Event Date: January 7th, 1988
Event Description: USFL Open Draft
All-America lineman Chad Hennings of Air Force and all-star defensive backs Eric Allen and Chuck Cecil were among 50 players selected by the twelve United States Football League teams Wednesday in the last five rounds of the college draft.
Eric Allen was selected alongside Hennings, who has a committment to the U.S. Air Force, by the Houston Gamblers in the first two rounds of the open draft and Cecil was in the third round round.
Quarterback Stan Humphries of Northeast Louisiana, who led the team to the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA championship game, was selected by the Birmingham Stallions in the third round.
There were 200 players chosen in the territorial and open phases of the draft. Each USFL team now has 20 players on its drafted list and will begin the difficult task of trying to sign them. For the complete list of those draft players go here.
The USFL opens its regular season on February 25th.
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