Joe Profit

Joe Profit
Career information
Date of birth	(1949-08-13) August 13, 1949
Place of birth	Lake Providence, Louisiana
Position(s)	Running back
College	Northeast Louisiana University
NFL draft	1971 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7
Career history
As player
1971–1973	Atlanta Falcons
1973	New Orleans Saints
1974	Birmingham Americans
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Joe Profit (born August 13, 1949) is a former American football running back with the Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League (NFL). He spent two seasons, plus part of a third, on the Atlanta Falcons before moving to the New Orleans Saints. He was selected in the first round with the seventh overall pick in the 1971 NFL Draft. In his three seasons in the NFL, he rushed 133 times for 471 yards and three touchdowns. He spent the 1974 season with the Birmingham Americans and 1975 with the Birmingham Vulcans, both of the World Football League.

He played college football at Northeast Louisiana University.

1971 NFL draft first-round selections

Jim Plunkett Archie Manning Dan Pastorini J. D. Hill Richard Harris John Riggins Joe Profit Frank Lewis John Brockington Isiah Robertson Joe Moore Marv Montgomery Leon Burns Clarence Scott Vernon Holland Elmo Wright Norm Thompson Rocky Thompson Jack Tatum Jack Youngblood Bob Bell Don McCauley Tim Anderson Leo Hayden Tody Smith Lenny Dunlap

Atlanta Falcons first-round draft picks

Atlanta Falcons 1971 NFL draft selections

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