Steve Niehaus

Steve Niehaus
Personal information
Position:	Defensive lineman
Date of birth:	(1954-09-25) September 25, 1954
Place of birth:	Cincinnati, Ohio
Career information
College:	Notre Dame
NFL draft:	1976 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2
Career history
Seattle Seahawks (1976-78) Minnesota Vikings (1979)
Career highlights and awards
All-America (1975)

Steve Niehaus was a defensive lineman in the NFL. He was the first ever draft pick for the Seattle Seahawks and the second player taken in the 1976 NFL Draft.^[1] Niehaus was the 1976 NFC Defensive Rookie of the Year^[2] and holds the Seahawk rookie record for sacks in a season with 9½.^[3]

He suffered multiple knee injuries which ended his career.

Notes

↑ Player Bio.Retrieved December 29, 2010.
↑ Seattle Seahawks Spirit of '76.Retrieved December 29, 2010.
↑ NFL Stats.Retrieved December 29, 2010.

1973 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football—AP national champions

Art Best Cliff Brown Dave Casper Tom Clements Greg Collins Gerry DiNardo Mike Fanning Al Hunter Steve Niehaus Gene Smith Steve Sylvester Bob Thomas Mike Townsend Head coach: Ara Parseghian Assistant coaches: Greg Blache Joe Yonto

1975 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB John Sciarra RB Ricky Bell RB Archie Griffin RB Chuck Muncie E Steve Rivera E Larry Seivers OT Dennis Lick OT Bob Simmons G Randy Johnson G Ted Smith C Rik Bonness

Defense	DL Leroy Cook DL Jimbo Elrod DL Steve Niehaus DL Dewey Selmon DL Lee Roy Selmon LB Greg Buttle LB Sammy Green LB Ed Simonini DB Tim Fox DB Chet Moeller DB Pat Thomas

1976 NFL draft first-round selections

Lee Roy Selmon Steve Niehaus Chuck Muncie Joe Washington Mike Haynes Richard Todd Mike Pruitt Dennis Lick Bubba Bean James Hunter Billy Brooks Pete Brock Troy Archer Rod Walters Tom Glassic Lawrence Gaines Larry Gordon Mario Clark Kim Bokamper Ken Novak Tim Fox Mike Dawson Mark Koncar Archie Griffin James White Kevin McLain Aaron Kyle Bennie Cunningham

Seattle Seahawks first-round draft picks

Niehaus August Simpson Tuiasosopo Green Easley Bryant Warner Taylor Williams Woods Bosworth Heck Kennedy McGwire Roberts Mirer Adams Galloway Kendall Springs Jones Simmons King Alexander McIntosh Robinson Hutchinson Stevens Trufant Tubbs Spencer Jennings Jackson Curry Okung Thomas Carpenter Irvin

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI LA SF SEA

Seattle Seahawks 1976 NFL draft selections

Steve Niehaus Sammy Green Sherman Smith Steve Raible Jeff Lloyd Rick Engles Don Bitterlich Steve Myer Randy Johnson Andrew Bolton Don Dufek Ernie Jones Larry Bates Al Darby Dick Dixon Larry Shipp Bob Bos Randy Coffield Keith Muehr Ron Barnett Andy Reid Jarvis Blinks Dan Smith Jeff Urczyk Chris Rowland

Seattle Seahawks 1976 Inaugural Season Roster

Head coach: Jack Patera

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