1968 Pro Football Journal All-Rookie Team

By John Turney 

Since, as far as we are aware, there was no All-Rookie team chosen for 1968, we at Pro Football Journal are picking one retroactively for that season. We did one for 1966 to fill in that year. Other organizations at the time picked ones for 1961-65, 1967, 1969 to the present. We picked teams from 1952-60 as well. 

Earl McCullouch was the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year, the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year was Claude Humphrey, the Falcons defensive end. The Sporting News and UPI Rookie of the Year was  McCullouch.

The team— Pro Football Journal

1968 All-Rookie

Offense

C — Gene Ceppetelli, Phi

G — Mark Nordquist, Phi

G — Steve Duich, Atl

T — Cas Banaszek, SF

T — Wayne Mass, Chi

WR — Earl McCullouch, Det

WR — Cecil Turner, Chi

TE — Charlie Sanders, Det

QB — Virgil Carter, Chi

RB — Terry Cole, Bal

RB — Bobby Duhon, NYG

Defense

E — Claude Humphrey, Atl

E — Larry Cole, Atl

T — Dennis Crane, Was

T — Carlton Dabney, Atl

LB — Henry Davis, NYG

LB — Jamie Rivers, Stl

LB — Tom Roussel, Was

DB — Gene Howard, NO

DB — Bob Atkins, StL

DB — Jim Smith, Was

DB — Johnny Fuller, SF

Specialists

K — Don Cockroft, Cle

P — Mike Bragg, Was