1970s
Rex Kern was a 10th round pick of the Baltimore Colts in 1971. He spent two seasons with them and one with the Buffalo Bills. Despite being a QB in college, Kern wound up as a DB in the NFL. He made 15 starts in the NFL and had two interceptions. Ron Maciejowski was Kern’s backup as a Buckeye. He was chosen in the 15th round by the Bears and did not have an NFL career. Greg Hare was selected by the Buffalo Bills in 1974 in the eighth round. A 2017 story actually ledes with “Greg Hare may have been the best quarterback to never throw a pass in the NFL.” “The Dallas Cowboys were talking about drafting me in the eighth round,“ recalls the Ohio State graduate. “They were going to pay me $10,000 to go to Japan and throw passes to Olympic champion Bob Hayes in exhibitions. I was on cloud nine.” Then came a cloudburst. Hare was taken in the eighth round of the 1974 draft by the Buffalo Bills and they told him he couldn’t take the Japan trip that the Cowboys were still offering. Hare spent some time in the CFL. Cornelius Greene did get drafted by the Cowboys in the 11th round in 1976. He busted as a WR,