OFFENSE

QUARTERBACK. Craig Penrose, San Diego State, 6 ft. 3 in., 213 lbs. In what the scouts see as only a fair crop of quarterbacks, Penrose is the only highly regarded prospect. The kind of drop-back, stay-in-the-pocket passer that the pros like, Penrose completed 57% of his passes and threw for 15 touchdowns this season at San Diego.

RUNNING BACKS. Chuck Muncie, California, 6 ft. 3 in., 230 lbs.; and Archie Griffin, Ohio State, 5 ft. 9 in., 182 lbs. Muncie is valued over Griffin because of his superior size and pass-catching skills. Like Chuck Foreman, the Minnesota Vikings' multitalented running back, Muncie is called "a devastating runner with the moves of a halfback." Griffin, though he may not be the top draft choice, is hardly a forgotten man. "He's superquick and super-competitive," notes a scout. Griffin is also durable. He has never missed a college game because of injury, though he carries the ball an average of 20 times per game. For a team in the market for a scatback like Terry Metcalf of the St. Louis Cardinals, the answer is Joe Washington, University of Oklahoma, 5 ft. 10 in., 184 lbs.

WIDE RECEIVERS. Larry Dorsey, Tennessee State, 6 ft. 1 in., 187 lbs.; and Tinker Owens, Oklahoma, 5 ft. 11 in., 180 lbs. Dorsey, with 4.5-sec. speed in the 40-yd. dash, has impressed the scouts by catching 47 passes this season despite frequent triple coverage. Owens, whose older brother Steve was a Heisman Award-winning running back for Oklahoma six years ago, "doesn't have size or speed but makes the clutch catch." Even though Oklahoma won the Big Eight title this year with a minimum of passing, the scouts say another top wide receiver is Owens' teammate Billy Brooks, 6 ft. 3 in., 202 lbs.

TIGHT END. Bennie Cunningham, Clemson, 6 ft. 5 in., 239 lbs. Cunningham plays at a position where blocking is as important as catching, and he excels at both. "He's a mountain of a man," say the experts. "Has good hands and is an exceptional blocker."

CENTER. Pete Brock, Colorado, 6 ft. 6 in., 258 lbs. Brock is considered the best offensive lineman in the draft. He scatters opposing linemen with his blocks and hits his punter on the numbers with every long snap. "If an expansion team wants a thinking big man to start building an offense around," claims one scout, "Brock is the pick."

GUARDS. Ken Jones, Arkansas State, 6 ft. 5 in., 255 lbs.; and Joe Devlin, Iowa, 6 ft. 5 in., 277 lbs. Jones is the kind of guard the late Vince Lombardi would have admired: with 4.8 speed in the 40-yd. dash, he pulls out swiftly ahead of his running backs. Devlin is another for midable blocker, quick off the ball and adept at keeping pass rushers away from his quarterback.

TACKLES. Dennis Lick, Wisconsin, 6 ft. 4 in., 262 lbs.; and Rod Walters, Iowa, 6 ft. 4 in., 260 lbs. The pros like Lick be cause he "sustains a block," keeping holes open for his running backs and protecting his quarterback for the extra second it often takes to break a big play.

Walters is "exceptionally fast off the ball," hitting and straightening up de fensive linemen right after the snap.

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