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The '''[[1976 NFL season|1976]] [[National Football League]] [[NFL Draft|Draft]]''' annual player selection meeting results.
The '''Republic of The Gambia''' is a nation in [[West Africa]]. It is entirely surrounded by [[Senegal]], except for where the [[Gambia River]] empties into the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. In [[1965]], The Gambia became independent from the [[British Empire]]. [[Banjul]] is its capital.
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==Player selections==
|+<big><big>'''Republic of The Gambia'''</big></big>
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===Round one===
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| align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of The Gambia|In Detail]])
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| align="center" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of The Gambia|Full size]])
|align=center|1||[[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Lee Roy Selmon]]||[[Linebacker]]||[[University of Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]
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|align=center|2||[[Seattle Seahawks]]||[[Steve Niehaus]]||[[Defensive tackle|Defensive Tackle]]||[[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]]
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|align=center|3||[[New Orleans Saints]]||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Chuck Muncie]]||[[Running back|Running Back]]||[[University of California|California]]
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|align=center|4||[[San Diego Chargers]]||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Joe Washington]]||Running Back||Oklahoma
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|align=center|5||[[New England Patriots]]||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Mike Haynes (football)|Mike Haynes]]||[[Cornerback]]||Arizona State
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|align=center|6||[[New York Jets]]||[[Richard Todd (football player)|Richard Todd]]||[[Quarterback]]||Alabama
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|align=center|7||[[Cleveland Browns]]||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Mike Pruitt]]||Running Back||[[Purdue University|Purdue]]
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|align=center|8||[[Chicago Bears]]||[[Dennis Lick]]||[[Offensive tackle|Offensive Tackle]]||[[University of Wisconsin-Madison|Wisconsin]]
|-Running Back
|align=center|9||[[Atlanta Falcons]]||[[Bubba Bean]]||Running Back||[[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M]]
|-
|align=center|10||[[Detroit Lions]]||[[James Hunter (NFL)|James Hunter]]||[[Defensive back|Defensive Back]]||[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|-
|align=center|11||[[Cincinnati Bengals]]||[[Billy Brooks]]||[[Wide receiver|Wide Receiver]]||Oklahoma
|-
|align=center|12||New England Patriots||[[Pete Brock (American football)|Pete Brock]]||[[Center (American football)|Center]]||Colorado
|-
|align=center|13||[[New York Giants]]||[[Troy Archer]]||[[Defensive end|Defensive End]]||Colorado
|-
|align=center|14||[[Kansas City Chiefs]]||[[Wayne Walters]]||[[guard (American football)|Guard]]||[[Iowa State University|Iowa]]
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|align=center|15||[[Denver Broncos]]||[[Tom Glassic]]||Guard||Virginia
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|align=center|16||Detroit Lions||[[Lawrence Gaines]]||Running Back||[[University of Wyoming|Wyoming]]
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|align=center|17||[[Miami Dolphins]]||[[Larry Gordon]]||Linebacker||[[Arizona State University|Arizona State]]
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|align=center|18||[[Buffalo Bills]]||[[Mario Clark]]||Defensive Back||Oregon
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|align=center|19||Miami Dolphins||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Kim Bokamper]]||Linebacker||[[San José State University|San José State]]
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|align=center|20||[[Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]]||[[Ken Novak]]||Defensive Tackle||Purdue
|-
|align=center|21||New England Patriots||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Tim Fox]]||[[Safety (football position)|Safety]]||[[Ohio State University|Ohio State]]
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|align=center|22||[[Arizona Cardinals|St. Louis Cardinals]]||[[Mike Dawson]]||Defensive Tackle||Arizona
|-
|align=center|23||[[Green Bay Packers]]||[[Mark Koncar]]||Offensive Tackle||Colorado
|-
|align=center|24||Cincinnati Bengals||[[Archie Griffin]]||Running Back||Ohio State
|-
|align=center|25||[[Minnesota Vikings]]||[[James White (football player)|James White]]||Defensive Tackle||[[Oklahoma State University System|Oklahoma State]]
|-
|align=center|26||[[St. Louis Rams|Los Angeles Rams]]||[[Kevin McLain]]||Linebacker||[[Colorado State University|Colorado State]]
|-
|align=center|27||[[Dallas Cowboys]]||[[Aaron Kyle]]||Defensive Back||Wyoming
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|align=center|28||[[Pittsburgh Steelers]]||[[Bennie Cunningham]]||[[Tight end|Tight End]]||[[Clemson University|Clemson]]
|}
 
===Round two===
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| align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Progress, Peace, Prosperity''</small>
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| align=center|29||Seattle colspan=2Seahawks||Sammy Green|| -- ||[[image:LocationGambia.pngUniversity of Florida|Florida]]
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|align=center|30||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Jimmy Dubose|| -- ||Florida
| '''[[Official language]]'''
| [[English language|English]], [[Mandinka]], [[Wolof language|Wolof]], [[Fula]], others
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|align=center|31||San Diego Chargers||[[Don Macek]]|| -- ||Boston College
| '''[[Capital]]'''
| [[Banjul]]
|-
|align=center|32||New Orleans Saints||[[Tony Galbreath]]|| -- ||Missouri
| '''Largest city'''
| [[Kanifing]]
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|align=center|33||New York Jets||Shafer Suggs|| -- ||Ball State
| '''[[List of Presidents of The Gambia|President]]'''
| Alhaji [[Yahya Jammeh]]
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|align=center|34||[[Oakland Raiders]]||Charles Philyaw|| -- ||Texas Southern
| '''[[Area]]'''<br>&nbsp;- Total <br>&nbsp;- % water
| [[List of countries by area|Ranked 158th]] <br> 10,380 [[square kilometre|km&sup2;]] <br> 11.5%
|-
|align=center|35||New England Patriots||Ike Forte|| -- ||Arkansas
| [[Population]]
<br>&nbsp;- Total
<br>&nbsp;- [[Population density|Density]]
| [[List of countries by population|Ranked 145th]]
<br> 1,367,124 (July 2000 est.)
<br> 132/km&sup2;
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|align=center|36||Atlanta Falcons||Sonny Collins|| -- ||Kentucky
| '''[[Independence]]'''
<br>&nbsp;- Date
| From the United Kingdom
<br>[[February 18]], [[1965]]
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|align=center|37||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Ray Pinney]]|| -- ||Washington
| '''[[Currency]]'''
| [[Dalasi]] (D)
|-
|align=center|38||Cincinnati Bengals||Glenn Bujnoch|| -- ||Texas A&M
| '''[[Time zone]]'''
| [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]
|-
|align=center|39||Los Angeles Rams||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Pat Thomas]]|| -- ||Texas A&M
| '''[[National anthem]]'''
| [[For The Gambia Our Homeland]]
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|align=center|40||Dallas Cowboys||Jim Jensen|| -- ||Iowa
| '''[[Top-level ___domain|Internet TLD]]'''
| [[.gm]]
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|align=center|41||Kansas City Chiefs||Cliff Frazier|| -- ||UCLA
| '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
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|align=center|42||[[San Francisco 49ers]]||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Randy Cross]]|| -- ||UCLA
|-
|align=center|43||Denver Broncos||Kurt Knoff|| -- ||Kansas
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|align=center|44||Detroit Lions||Ken Long|| -- ||Purdue
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|align=center|45||Buffalo Bills||[[Ken Jones (American football)|Ken Jones]]|| -- ||Arkansas State
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|align=center|46||Detroit Lions||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[David Hill (tight end)|David Hill]]|| -- ||[[Texas A&M University|Texas A&I]]
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|align=center|47||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Mike Kruczek]]|| -- ||Boston College
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|align=center|48||[[Tennessee Titans|Houston Oilers]]||[[Mike Barber]]|| -- ||Louisiana Tech
|-
|align=center|49||Miami Dolphins||Loaird McCreary|| -- ||Tennessee State
|-
|align=center|50||Oakland Raiders||Jeb Blount|| -- ||Tulsa
|-
|align=center|51||Cincinnati Bengals||[[Chris Bahr]]|| -- ||Penn State
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|align=center|52||Buffalo Bills||[[Joe Devlin (football player)|Joe Devlin]]|| -- ||Iowa
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|align=center|53||Los Angeles Rams||Ron McCartney|| -- ||[[University of Tennessee|Tennessee]]
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|align=center|54||Minnesota Vikings||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Sammy White (American football)|Sammy White]]|| -- ||Grambling
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|align=center|55||Dallas Cowboys||Jim Eidson|| -- ||Mississippi State
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|align=center|56||Pittsburgh Steelers||James Files|| -- ||McNeese State
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|align=center|57||San Francisco 49ers||Eddie Lewis|| -- ||Kansas
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|align=center|58||Seattle Seahawks||[[Sherman Smith]]|| -- ||Miami (OH)
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|align=center|59||Seattle Seahawks||[[Steve Raible]]|| -- ||Georgia Tech
|-
|align=center|60||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||[[Dewey Selmon]]|| -- ||Oklahoma
|}
== History ==
''Main article: [[History of The Gambia]]''
 
===Round three===
Gambia was once part of the [[Empire of Ghana]] and the [[Kingdom of the Songhais]]. The first written accounts of the region come from records of Arab traders in the [[9th century|9th] and [[10th century|10th centuries]] A.D. Arab traders established the trans-Saharan trade route for [[slaves]], [[gold]], and [[ivory]]. In the [[15th century]], the Portuguese took over this trade using maritime routes. At that time, The Gambia was part of the Kingdom of Mali.
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|align=center|61||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Steve Young|| -- ||Colorado
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|align=center|62||Seattle Seahawks||Jeff Lloyd|| -- ||West Texas State
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|align=center|63||Kansas City Chiefs||Keith Simons|| -- ||Minnesota
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|align=center|64||San Diego Chargers||Larry Dorsey|| -- ||Tennessee State
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|align=center|65||Cleveland Browns||[[Dave Logan (American football)|Dave Logan]]|| -- ||Colorado
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|align=center|66||Chicago Bears||[[Brian Baschnagel]]|| -- ||Ohio State
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|align=center|67||New York Jets||[[Greg Buttle]]|| -- ||Penn State
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|align=center|68||Detroit Lions||Russ Bolinger|| -- ||Long Beach State
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|align=center|69||Cincinnati Bengals||[[Danny Reece]]|| -- ||USC
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|align=center|70||Pittsburgh Steelers||Ron Coder|| -- ||Penn State
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|align=center|71||Atlanta Falcons||Dave Scott|| -- ||Kansas
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|align=center|72||Green Bay Packers||[[Mike McCoy (defensive back)|Mike McCoy]]|| -- ||Colorado
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|align=center|73||Dallas Cowboys||Duke Ferguson|| -- ||San Diego State
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|align=center|74||Kansas City Chiefs||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Gary Barbaro]]|| -- ||[[Nicholls State University|Nicholls State]]
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|align=center|75||Dallas Cowboys||John Smith|| -- ||Boise State
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|align=center|76||Detroit Lions||John Woodcock|| -- ||Hawaii
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|align=center|77||New Orleans Saints||Bob Simmons|| -- ||Texas
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|align=center|78||Buffalo Bills||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Ben Williams (football player)|Ben Williams]]|| -- ||Mississippi
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|align=center|79||Kansas City Chiefs||[[Henry Marshall]]|| -- ||Missouri
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|align=center|80||Miami Dolphins||[[Duriel Harris]]|| -- ||[[New Mexico State University|New Mexico State]]
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|align=center|81||Baltimore Colts||Ed Simonini|| -- ||Texas A&M
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|align=center|82||Cincinnati Bengals||[[Reggie Williams (linebacker)|Reggie Williams]]|| -- ||Dartmouth
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|align=center|83||St. Louis Cardinals||[[Brad Oates]]|| -- ||[[Brigham Young University|Brigham Young]]
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|align=center|84||Oakland Raiders||Rik Bonness|| -- ||Nebraska
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|align=center|85||Minnesota Vikings||[[Wes Hamilton]]|| -- ||Tulsa
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|align=center|86||Los Angeles Rams||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Jackie Slater]]|| -- ||Jackson State
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|align=center|87||Dallas Cowboys||[[Butch Johnson]]|| -- ||California-Riverside
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|align=center|88||Pittsburgh Steelers||Ernest Pough|| -- ||Texas Southern
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|align=center|89||Seattle Seahawks||Rick Engles|| -- ||Tulsa
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|align=center|90||Baltimore Colts||Ron Lee|| -- ||West Virginia
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|align=center|91||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Steve Maughan|| -- ||Utah State
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|align=center|92||Seattle Seahawks||Don Bitterlich|| -- ||Temple
|}
 
===Round four===
In 1588, the claimant to the [[List_of_Portuguese_monarchs|Portuguese throne]], Antonio, Prior of Crato, sold exclusive trade rights on the ppGambia River[[ to English merchants; this grant was confirmed by letters patent from [[Queen Elizabeth I]]. In 1618, [[King James I]] granted a charter to a British company for trade with The Gambia and the Gold Coast (now Ghana).
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|align=center|93||Seattle Seahawks||Steve Myer|| -- ||New Mexico
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|align=center|94||Los Angeles Rams||Gerald Taylor|| -- ||Texas A&I
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|align=center|95||San Diego Chargers||Bob Horn|| -- ||Oregon State
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|align=center|96||New Orleans Saints||Tinker Owens|| -- ||Oklahoma
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|align=center|97||Cleveland Browns||Gene Swick|| -- ||Toledo
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|align=center|98||Miami Dolphins||Melvin Mitchell|| -- ||Tennessee State
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|align=center|99||Cleveland Browns||Richard St. Clair|| -- ||Grambling
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|align=center|100||San Francisco 49ers||Steve Rivera|| -- ||California
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|align=center|101||Green Bay Packers||Tom Perko|| -- ||Pittsburgh
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|align=center|102||Atlanta Falcons||Walt Brett|| -- ||Montana
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|align=center|103||Chicago Bears||[[John Sciarra|John M. Sciarra]]|| -- ||UCLA
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|align=center|104||New York Giants||Gordon Bell|| -- ||Michigan
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|align=center|105||New York Giants||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Harry Carson]]|| -- ||South Carolina State
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|align=center|106||Cincinnati Bengals||Tony Davis|| -- ||Nebraska
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|align=center|107||Denver Broncos||Craig Penrose|| -- ||San Diego State
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|align=center|108||Chicago Bears||Wayne Rhodes|| -- ||Alabama
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|align=center|109||Buffalo Bills||Dan Jilek|| -- ||Michigan
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|align=center|110||Oakland Raiders||Herb McMath|| -- ||Morningside
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|align=center|111||[[Philadelphia Eagles]]||Mike Smith|| -- ||Florida
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|align=center|112||Pittsburgh Steelers||Wonder Monds|| -- ||Nebraska
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|align=center|113||San Diego Chargers||Ron Singleton|| -- ||Grambling
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|align=center|114||St. Louis Cardinals||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Pat Tilley]]|| -- ||Louisiana Tech
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|align=center|115||San Diego Chargers||Artie Owens|| -- ||West Virginia
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|align=center|116||Cincinnati Bengals||Greg Fairchild|| -- ||Tulsa
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|align=center|117||Houston Oilers||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Steve Largent]]|| -- ||Tulsa
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|align=center|118||Minnesota Vikings||Leonard Willis|| -- ||Ohio State
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|align=center|119||Dallas Cowboys||[[Tom Rafferty]]|| -- ||Penn State
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|align=center|120||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Theo Bell]]|| -- ||Arizona
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|align=center|121||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Richard Appleby|| -- ||Georgia
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|align=center|122||Seattle Seahawks||Randy Johnson|| -- ||Georgia
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|align=center|123||Seattle Seahawks||Andrew Bolton|| -- ||[[Fisk University|Fisk]]
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|align=center|124||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Everett Little|| -- ||Houston
|}
 
===Round five===
During the late 17th century and throughout the 18th, England and France struggled continuously for political and commercial supremacy in the regions of the Senegal and Gambia Rivers. The 1783 Treaty of Versailles gave Great Britain possession of The Gambia, but the French retained a tiny enclave at Albreda on the north bank of the river, which was ceded to the United Kingdom in 1857.
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|align=center|125||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Michael Kelson|| -- ||West Texas State
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|align=center|126||Seattle Seahawks||Don Dufek|| -- ||Michigan
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|align=center|127||New Orleans Saints||Scott Parrish|| -- ||Utah State
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|align=center|128||Los Angeles Rams||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Carl Ekern]]|| -- ||San Jose State
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|align=center|129||New York Jets||Steve King|| -- ||Michigan
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|align=center|130||Cleveland Browns||Henry Sheppard|| -- ||Southern Methodist
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|align=center|131||San Diego Chargers||[[Woodrow Lowe]]|| -- ||Alabama
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|align=center|132||Green Bay Packers||Aundra Thompson|| -- ||East Texas State
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|align=center|133||Minnesota Vikings||Steve Wagner|| -- ||Wisconsin
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|align=center|134|| Baltimore Colts||[[Sanders Shiver]]|| -- ||Carson-Newman
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|align=center|135||Philadelphia Eagles||Greg Johnson|| -- ||Florida State
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|align=center|136||New York Giants||Melvin Wilson|| -- ||Cal State-Northridge
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|align=center|137||Kansas City Chiefs||Willie Lee|| -- ||[[Bethune-Cookman University|Bethune-Cookman]]
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|align=center|138||Cincinnati Bengals||Willie Shelby|| -- ||Alabama
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|align=center|139||Denver Broncos||Lonnie Perrin|| -- ||Illinois
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|align=center|140||San Francisco 49ers||Tony Leonard|| -- ||Virginia Union
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|align=center|141||St. Louis Cardinals||[[Wayne Morris (football player)|Wayne Morris]]|| -- ||Southern Methodist
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|align=center|142||Buffalo Bills||Fred Coleman|| -- ||N.E. Louisiana
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|align=center|143|| Baltimore Colts||Mike Kirkland|| -- ||Arkansas
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|align=center|144||Kansas City Chiefs||Jimbo Elrod|| -- ||Oklahoma
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|align=center|145||Detroit Lions||Steadman Scavella|| -- ||Miami (FL)
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|align=center|146||Oakland Raiders||[[Fred Steinfort]]|| -- ||Boston College
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|align=center|147||Cincinnati Bengals||Scott Perry|| -- ||Williams
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|align=center|148||Washington Redskins||Mike Hughes|| -- ||[[Baylor University|Baylor]]
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|align=center|149||Minnesota Vikings||Keith Barnette|| -- ||Boston College
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|align=center|150||Los Angeles Rams||Ken Bordelon|| -- ||Louisiana State
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|align=center|151||Dallas Cowboys||Wally Pesuit|| -- ||Kentucky
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|align=center|152||Pittsburgh Steelers||Rodney Norton|| -- ||[[Rice University|Rice]]
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|align=center|153||Seattle Seahawks||Ernie Jones|| -- ||Miami (FL)
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|align=center|154||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||[[Steve Wilson (offensive lineman)|Steve Wilson]]|| -- ||Georgia
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|align=center|155||Los Angeles Rams||Dwight Scales|| -- ||Grambling
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|align=center|156||Seattle Seahawks||Larry Bates|| -- ||Miami (FL)
|}
 
===Round six===
As many as 3 million slaves may have been taken from the region during the three centuries that the transatlantic slave trade operated. In 1807, slave trading was abolished throughout the British Empire, and the British tried unsuccessfully to end the slave traffic in The Gambia. They established the military post of Bathurst (now Banjul) in 1816. In the ensuing years, Banjul was at times under the jurisdiction of the British governor general in Sierra Leone. In 1888, The Gambia became a separate colonial entity. In 1889, it became a crown colony.
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|align=center|157||Seattle Seahawks||Alvis Darby|| -- ||Florida
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|align=center|158||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||[[Curtis Jordan]]|| -- ||Texas Tech
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|align=center|159||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Gary Dunn]]|| -- ||Miami (FL)
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|align=center|160||New Orleans||[[Terry Stieve]]|| -- ||Wisconsin
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|align=center|161||Chicago Bears||[[Dan Jiggetts]]|| -- ||Harvard
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|align=center|162||New York Giants||Dan Lloyd|| -- ||Washington
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|align=center|163||New York Jets||Bob Martin|| -- ||Nebraska
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|align=center|164||Buffalo Bills||Leslie Benson|| -- ||Baylor
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|align=center|165||Philadelphia Eagles||Kirk Johnson|| -- ||Howard Payne
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|align=center|166||Kansas City Chiefs||Steve Taylor|| -- ||Kansas
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|align=center|167||Kansas City Chiefs||Bob Gregolunas|| -- ||Northern Illinois
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|align=center|168||San Francisco 49ers||Robert Pennywell|| -- ||Grambling
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|align=center|169||Atlanta Falcons||Stan Varner|| -- ||Brigham Young
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|align=center|170||New England||Greg Boyd|| -- ||San Diego State
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|align=center|171||Buffalo Bills||Scott Piper|| -- ||Arizona
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|align=center|172||Kansas City Chiefs||Calvin Harper|| -- ||Illinois State
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|align=center|173||Houston Oilers||Todd Simonsen|| -- ||South Dakota State
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|align=center|174||Miami Dolphins||Gary Davis|| -- ||[[California Polytechnic State University|Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo]]
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|align=center|175||Buffalo Bills||Darnell Powell|| -- ||Tennessee-Chattanooga
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|align=center|176||Cincinnati Bengals||Orlando Nelson|| -- ||Utah State
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|align=center|177||San Francisco 49ers||Scott Bull|| -- ||Arkansas
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|align=center|178||San Diego Chargers||Calvin Lane|| -- ||Fresno State
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|align=center|179||Washington Redskins||Tom Marvaso|| -- ||Cincinnati
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|align=center|180||Minnesota Vikings||Terry Egerdahl|| -- ||Minnesota-Duluth
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|align=center|181||Dallas Cowboys||Greg McGuire|| -- ||Indiana
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|align=center|182||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Jack Deloplaine]]|| -- ||Salem
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===Round seven===
After [[World War II]], the pace of constitutional reform quickened. Following general elections in [[1962]], full internal self-government was granted in [[1963]]. The Gambia achieved independence on February 18, 1965, as a constitutional monarchy within the British Commonwealth. On April 24, 1970, The Gambia became a republic following a referendum.
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|align=center|183||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Parnell Dickinson|| -- ||[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
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|align=center|184||Seattle Seahawks||Dick Dixon|| -- ||Arkansas State
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|align=center|185||Miami Dolphins||Joe ingersoll|| -- ||UNLV
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|align=center|186||Dallas Cowboys||Greg Schaum|| -- ||Michigan State
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|align=center|187||Cincinnati Bengals||Bob Bateman|| -- ||Brown
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|align=center|188||New York Jets||Abdul (Larry) Salaam|| -- ||[[Kent State University|(Faulk) Kent State]]
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|align=center|189||Cleveland||Steve Cassidy|| -- ||Louisiana State
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|align=center|190||Chicago Bears||Jerry Muckenstrum|| -- ||Arkansas State
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|align=center|191||Philadelphia Eagles||[[Carl Hairston]]|| -- ||Maryland-Eastern Shore
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|align=center|192||Cincinnati Bengals||Carmen Rome|| -- ||Miami (OH)
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|align=center|193||Atlanta Falcons||Karl Farmer|| -- ||Pittsburgh
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|align=center|194||San Francisco 49ers||Jay Chesley|| -- ||Vanderbilt
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|align=center|195||Buffalo Bills||Jackie Williams|| -- ||Texas A&M
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|align=center|196||Kansas City Chiefs||Rod Wellington|| -- ||Iowa
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|align=center|197||Houston Oilers||Larry Harris|| -- ||Oklahoma State
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|align=center|198||Detroit Lions||Garth Ten Napel|| -- ||Texas A&M
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|align=center|199||New York Jets||James Richards|| -- ||Florida
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|align=center|200||Miami Dolphins||John Owens|| -- ||Tennessee State
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|align=center|201||New Orleans||Ed Bauer|| -- ||Notre Dame
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|align=center|202||New England||Perry Brooks|| -- ||Southern
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|align=center|203||St. Louis Cardinals||Phil Rogers|| -- ||Virginia Tech
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|align=center|204||Oakland Raiders||Clarence Chapman|| -- ||Eastern Michigan
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|align=center|205||Cincinnati Bengals||Ken Kuhn|| -- ||Ohio State
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|align=center|206||Minnesota Vikings||Larry Brune|| -- ||Rice
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|align=center|207||Los Angeles Rams||Larry Buie|| -- ||Mississippi State
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|align=center|208||Dallas Cowboys||David Williams|| -- ||Colorado
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|align=center|209||Pittsburgh Steeler||Barry Burton|| -- ||Vanderbilt
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===Round eight===
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|align=center|210||Seattle Seahawks||Larry Shipp|| -- ||Louisiana State
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|align=center|211||New York Jets||Joe Davis|| -- ||USC
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|align=center|212||San Diego Chargers||Tony DiRienzo|| -- ||Oklahoma
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|align=center|213||New Orleans||Craig Cassady|| -- ||Ohio State
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|align=center|214||New York Jets||[[Louie Giammona]]|| -- ||Utah State
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|align=center|215||Buffalo Bills||Scott Gardner|| -- ||Virginia
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|align=center|216||Philadelphia Eagles||Richard LaFargue|| -- ||Arkansas
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|align=center|217||Detroit Lions||Rich Sorenson|| -- ||Chico State
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|align=center|218||Green Bay||Jim Burrow|| -- ||Nebraska
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|align=center|219||Atlanta Falcons||Frank Reed|| -- ||Washington
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|align=center|220||Oakland Raiders||Jerome Dove|| -- ||Colorado State
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|align=center|221||New York Giants||John Jordan|| -- ||Indiana
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|align=center|222||Kansas City Chiefs||Orrin Olsen|| -- ||Brigham Young
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|align=center|223||San Francisco 49ers||[[John Ayers]]|| -- ||West Texas State
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|align=center|224||Denver Broncos||James Betterson|| -- ||North Carolina
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|align=center|225||Detroit Lions||Charles Braswell|| -- ||West Virginia
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|align=center|226||Buffalo Bills||Bobby Joe|| -- ||Easter Middle Tennessee State
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|align=center|227||Buffalo Bills||Art Meadowcroft|| -- ||Minnesota
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|align=center|228|| Baltimore Colts||Ricky Thompson|| -- ||Baylor
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|align=center|229||Houston Oilers||Bobby Simon|| -- ||Grambling
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|align=center|230||Miami Dolphins||Bob Simpson|| -- ||Colorado
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|align=center|231||Oakland Raiders||Terry Kunz|| -- ||Colorado
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|align=center|232||Cincinnati Bengals||Ron Hunt|| -- ||Oregon
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|align=center|233||St. Louis Cardinals||Randall Burks|| -- ||SE Oklahoma State
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|align=center|234||Washington Redskins||Bryan Fryer|| -- ||Alberta
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|align=center|235||New England||Stu Betts|| -- ||Northern Michigan
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|align=center|236||Dallas Cowboys||Henry Laws|| -- ||South Carolina
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|align=center|237||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Ed McAleney]]|| -- ||Massachusetts
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===Round nine===
Until a military [[coup]] in July [[1994]], The Gambia was led by [[Heads_of_State_of_the_Gambia|President]] [[Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara]], who was re-elected five times. The relative stability of the Jawara era was first broken by a violent, unsuccessful coup attempt in [[1981]].
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|align=center|238||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Bruce Welch|| -- ||Texas A&M
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|align=center|239||Seattle Seahawks||Bob Bos|| -- ||Iowa State
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|align=center|240||New Orleans||Warren Peiffer|| -- ||Iowa
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|align=center|241||Buffalo Bills||Jeff Turner|| -- ||Kansas
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|align=center|242||Cleveland||James Reed|| -- ||Mississippi
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|align=center|243||New England||Doug Beaudoin|| -- ||Minnesota
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|align=center|244||New York Jets||Ronnie Moore|| -- ||Virginia Military Inst.
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|align=center|245||Green Bay||Jim Gueno|| -- ||[[Tulane University|Tulane]]
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|align=center|246||Atlanta Falcons||[[Phil McKinnely]]|| -- ||UCLA
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|align=center|247||Philadelphia Eagles||Mike Hogan|| -- ||Tennessee-Chattanooga
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|align=center|248||Philadelphia Eagles||Richad Osborne|| -- ||Texas A&M
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|align=center|249||Kansas City Chiefs||Tim Collier|| -- ||East Texas State
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|align=center|250||San Francisco 49ers||Ken Harrison|| -- ||Southern Methodist
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|align=center|251||San Diego Chargers||Glynn Harrison|| -- ||Georgia
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|align=center|252||Denver Broncos||Jim Czirr|| -- ||Michigan
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|align=center|253||Detroit Lions||Leanell Jones|| -- ||Long Beach State
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|align=center|254||Washington Redskins||Curtis Akins|| -- ||Hawaii
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|align=center|255||Buffalo Bills||Bob Kotzur|| -- ||Southwest Texas State
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|align=center|256||Houston Oilers||Art Stringer|| -- ||Ball State
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|align=center|257||Miami Dolphins||[[Norris Thomas]]|| -- ||Southern Mississippi
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|align=center|258|| Baltimore Colts||Stu Levenick|| -- ||Illinois
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|align=center|259||Cincinnati Bengals||Lonnie Allgood||Wide Receiver||Syracuse
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|align=center|260||Denver Broncos||Jim Lisko|| -- ||Arkansas State
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|align=center|261||Cleveland Browns||Craig Nagel|| -- ||Purdue
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|align=center|262||Minnesota Vikings||Isaac Hagins|| -- ||Southern
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|align=center|263||Los Angeles Rams||Jeb Church|| -- ||Stanford
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|align=center|264||Dallas Cowboys||[[Beasley Reece]]|| -- ||[[University of North Texas|North Texas State]]
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|align=center|265||Pittsburgh Steelers||Wentford Gaines|| -- ||Cincinnati
|}
 
===Round ten===
In the aftermath of the attempted coup, [[Senegal]] and The Gambia signed the 1982 Treaty of Confederation. The result, the [[Senegambia Confederation]], aimed eventually to combine the armed forces of the two nations and to unify economies and currencies. The Gambia withdrew from the [[confederation]] in [[1989]].
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|align=center|266||Seattle Seahawks||Randy Coffield|| -- ||Florida State
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|align=center|267||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Sid Smith|| -- ||Brigham Young
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|align=center|268||San Diego Chargers||Jeff Perlinger|| -- ||Michigan
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|align=center|269||New Orleans Saints||Junior Hardin|| -- ||Eastern Kentucky
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|align=center|270||New England||Ricky Feacher|| -- ||Mississippi Valley State
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|align=center|271||Cleveland Browns||Doug Kleber|| -- ||Illinois
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|align=center|272||Washington Redskins||Paul Strohmeier|| -- ||Washington
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|align=center|273||Philadelphia Eagles||Herb Lusk|| -- ||Long Beach State
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|align=center|274||Green Bay Packers||Jessie Green|| -- ||Tulsa
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|align=center|275||San Francisco 49ers||Robin Ross|| -- ||Washington State
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|align=center|276||New York Giants||John Thomas|| -- ||Valley City (ND)
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|align=center|277||Kansas City Chiefs||Whitney Paul|| -- ||Colorado
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|align=center|278||Denver Broncos||Art Gilliam|| -- ||Grambling
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|align=center|279||Detroit Lions||Bill Bowerman|| -- ||New Mexico State
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|align=center|280||Buffalo Bills||Keith Moody|| -- ||Syracuse
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|align=center|281||Miami Dolphins||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Gary Fencik]]|| -- ||[[Yale University|Yale]]
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|align=center|282||Miami Dolphins||Don Testerman|| -- ||Clemson
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|align=center|283|| Baltimore Colts||Tim Baylor|| -- ||[[Morgan State University|Morgan State]]
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|align=center|284||Houston Oilers||Steve Kincannon|| -- ||[[Humboldt State University|Humboldt State]]
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|align=center|285||St. Louis Cardinals||Randy Walker|| -- ||Bethune-Cookman
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|align=center|286||Oakland Raiders||Dwight Lewis|| -- ||Purdue
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|align=center|287||Cincinnati Bengals||Tom Klaban|| -- ||Ohio State
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|align=center|288||Los Angeles Rams||Freeman Johns|| -- ||Southern Methodist
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|align=center|289||Minnesota Vikings||Bill Salmon|| -- ||Northern Iowa
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|align=center|290||Dallas Cowboys||Leroy Cook|| -- ||Alabama
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|align=center|291||Pittsburgh Steelers||Gary Campbell|| -- ||Colorado
|}
 
===Round eleven===
In July 1994, the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) seized power in a military coup d'etat, deposing the government of Sir Dawda Jawara. Lieutenant [[Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh]], chairman of the AFPRC, became head of state.
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!style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=6%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=14% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College
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|align=center|292||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Melvin Washington|| -- ||Colorado State
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|align=center|293||Seattle Seahawks||Keith Muehr|| -- ||Southwestern Louisiana
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|align=center|294||New Orleans Saints||Greg Kokal|| -- ||Kent State
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|align=center|295||San Diego Chargers||[[Raymond Preston|Ray Preston]]|| -- ||Syracuse
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|align=center|296||New York Jets||Lawrence Pillers|| -- ||[[Alcorn State University|Alcorn State]]
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|align=center|297||Cleveland Browns||Chuck Celek|| -- ||Kent State
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|align=center|298||New England Patriots||Donnie Thomas|| -- ||Indiana
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|align=center|299||Chicago Bears||Norman Andersen|| -- ||UCLA
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|align=center|300||Philadelphia Eagles||Mike Gilbert|| -- ||San Diego State
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|align=center|301||Green Bay Packers||Curtis Leak|| -- ||Johnson C. Smith
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|align=center|302||Atlanta Falcons||Chuck Brislin|| -- ||Mississippi State
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|align=center|303||New York Giants||Craig Brantley|| -- ||Clemson
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|align=center|304||Kansas City Chiefs||Bob Squires|| -- ||Hastings
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|align=center|305||San Francisco 49ers||Paul Hofer|| -- ||Mississippi
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|align=center|306||Denver Broncos||Greg Pittman|| -- ||Iowa State
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|align=center|307||Detroit Lions||Gary Shugrue|| -- ||[[Villanova University|Villanova]]
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|align=center|308||Washington Redskins||Dean Gissler|| -- ||Nebraska
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|align=center|309||Buffalo Bills||Forry Smith|| -- ||Iowa State
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|align=center|310|| Baltimore Colts||Rick Gibney|| -- ||Georgia Tech
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|align=center|311||Houston Oilers||Skip Walker|| -- ||Texas A&M
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|align=center|312||Miami Dolphins||Dexter Pride|| -- ||Minnesota
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|align=center|313||Oakland Raiders||Rich Jennings|| -- ||Maryland
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|align=center|314||Cincinnati Bengals||Melvin Morgan|| -- ||Mississippi Valley State
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|align=center|315||St. Louis Cardinals||Marty Akins|| -- ||Texas
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|align=center|316||Minnesota Vikings||Steve Kracher|| -- ||Montana State
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|align=center|317||Los Angeles Rams||Brian Nemeth|| -- ||South Carolina
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|align=center|318||Dallas Cowboys||Cornelius Greene|| -- ||Ohio State
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|align=center|319||Pittsburgh Steelers||Rolland Fuchs|| -- ||Arkansas
|}
 
===Round twelve===
The AFPRC announced a transition plan for return to democratic civilian government. The Provisional Independent Electoral Commission (PIEC) was established in 1996 to conduct national elections. The PIEC was transformed to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in 1997 and became responsible for registration of voters and conduct of elections and referenda. In late 2001 and early 2002, The Gambia completed a full cycle of presidential, legislative, and local elections, which foreign observers deemed free, fair, and transparent, albeit with some shortcomings. President Yahya Jammeh, who was re-elected, took the oath of office again on December 21, 2001. The APRC maintained its strong majority in the National Assembly, particularly after the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) boycotted the legislative elections.
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!style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=6%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=14% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College
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|align=center|320||Seattle Seahawks||Ron Barnett|| -- ||Texas-Arlington
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|align=center|321||Tampa Bay Buccaneers ||George Ragsdale|| -- ||North Carolina A&T
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|align=center|322||San Diego Chargers||Ron Lee|| -- ||Oregon
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|align=center|323||New Orleans Saints||Milton Butts|| -- ||North Carolina Central
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|align=center|324||Houston Oilers||Larry Bell|| -- ||East Texas State
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|align=center|325||New England Patriots||Nathaniel Bell|| -- ||Tulane
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|align=center|326||New York Jets||Don Buckey|| -- ||[[North Carolina State University|North Carolina State]]
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|align=center|327||New York Jets||Dave Buckey|| -- ||North Carolina State
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|align=center|328||Green Bay Packers||[[Mel Jackson (American football)|Mel Jackson]]|| -- ||USC
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|align=center|329||Atlanta Falcons||Pat Bolton|| -- ||Montana State
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|align=center|330||Chicago Bears||John O'Leary|| -- ||Nebraska
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|align=center|331||Kansas City Chiefs||Harold Porter|| -- ||Southwestern Louisiana
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|align=center|332||San Francisco 49ers||Gerald Loper|| -- ||Florida
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|align=center|333||New York Giants||Jerry Golsteyn|| -- ||Northern Illinois
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|align=center|334||Denver Broncos||Randy Moore|| -- ||Arizona State
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|align=center|335||Detroit Lions||Mike McCabe|| -- ||South Carolina
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|align=center|336||Buffalo Bills||Joe Lowery|| -- ||Jackson State
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|align=center|337||Washington Redskins||Walter Tullis|| -- ||Delaware State
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|align=center|338||San Diego Chargers||Herman Harris|| -- ||Mississippi Valley State
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|align=center|339||Miami Dolphins||Randy Young|| -- ||Iowa State
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|align=center|340||Baltimore Colts||Frank Stavroff|| -- ||Indiana
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|align=center|341||Cincinnati Bengals||Joe Dale Harris|| -- ||Alabama
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|align=center|342||Miami Dolphins||Darryl Brandford|| -- ||Northwestern
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|align=center|343||Oakland Raiders||[[Cedric Brown]]|| -- ||Kent State
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|align=center|344||Los Angeles Rams||Jim Jodat|| -- ||Carthage
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|align=center|345||Minnesota Vikings||Robert Sparks|| -- ||San Francisco State
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|align=center|346||Dallas Cowboys||Charles McShane|| -- ||California-Lutheran
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|align=center|347||Pittsburgh Steelers||Bill Carroll|| -- ||East Texas State
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===Round Politics thirteen===
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''Main article: [[Politics of The Gambia]]''
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|align=center|348||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||[[Brad Jenkins]]|| -- ||Nebraska
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|align=center|349||Seattle Seahawks||[[Andy Reid]]|| -- ||Georgia
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|align=center|350||New Orleans Saints||[[Kenny Downing]]|| -- ||Missouri
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|align=center|351||San Diego Chargers||[[John Lee]]|| -- ||Nebraska
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|align=center|352||New England Patriots||[[James Jones]]|| -- ||Central Michigan
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|align=center|353||Philadelphia Eagles||[[Terry Tautolo]]|| -- ||UCLA
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|align=center|354||Cleveland Browns||[[Brian Murray]]|| -- ||Arizona
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|align=center|355||Green Bay Packers||[[Bradley Bowman]]|| -- ||Southern Mississippi
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|align=center|356||Atlanta Falcons||[[Mike Williams]]|| -- ||Florida
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|align=center|357||Chicago Bears||[[Dale Kasowski]]|| -- ||North Dakota
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|align=center|358||Philadelphia Eagles||[[Steve Ebbecke]]|| -- ||Villanova
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|align=center|359||San Francisco 49ers||[[Larry Brumfield]]|| -- ||Indiana State
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|align=center|360||New York Giants||[[Rick Caswell]]|| -- ||Western Kentucky
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|align=center|361||Kansas City Chiefs||[[Joe Bruner]]|| -- ||N.E. Louisiana
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|align=center|362||Denver Broncos||[[Donnie McGraw]]|| -- ||Houston
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|align=center|363||Detroit Lions||[[Mel Jacobs]]|| -- ||San Diego State
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|align=center|364||Washington Redskins||[[Waymon Britt]]|| -- ||Michigan
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|align=center|365||Buffalo Bills||[[Will Wilcox]]|| -- ||Texas
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|align=center|366||Miami Dolphins||[[Bernie Head]]|| -- ||Tulsa
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|align=center|367||Oakland Raiders||[[Craig Crnick]]|| -- ||Idaho
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|align=center|368||Houston Oilers||[[Dan O'Rourke]]|| -- ||Colorado State
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|align=center|369||St. Louis Cardinals||[[Greg Brewton]]|| -- ||Michigan State
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|align=center|370||Oakland Raiders||[[Mark Young]]|| -- ||Washington State
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|align=center|371||Cincinnati Bengals||[[Randy Walker]]|| -- ||Miami (OH)
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|align=center|372||Minnesota Vikings||[[Gary Paulson]]|| -- ||Colorado State
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|align=center|373||Los Angeles Rams||[[Steve Hamilton]]|| -- ||Emporia State
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|align=center|374||Dallas Cowboys||[[Mark Driscoll]]|| -- ||Colorado State
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|align=center|375||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Larry Kain]]|| -- ||Ohio State
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===Round fourteen===
Before the coup d'état in July 1994, The Gambia was one of the oldest existing multi-party democracies in Africa. It had conducted freely contested elections every 5 years since independence. After the military coup, politicians from deposed President Jawara's [[People's Progressive Party]] (PPP) and other senior government officials were banned from participating in politics until [[July]] [[2001]].
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|align=center|376||Seattle Seahawks||Jarvis Blinks|| -- ||Northwest Louisiana
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|align=center|377||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Carl Roaches|| -- ||Texas A&M
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|align=center|378||San Diego Chargers||Ed Jones|| -- ||Cincinnati
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|align=center|379||New Orleans Saints||Rich Hucke|| -- ||Western Montana
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|align=center|380||New York Jets||Al Gluchoski|| -- ||West Virginia
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|align=center|381||Cleveland Browns||Joe Smalzer|| -- ||Illinois
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|align=center|382||New England Patriots||David Quehl|| -- ||Holy Cross
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|align=center|383||Atlanta Falcons||Mark Husfloen|| -- ||Washington State
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|align=center|384||Chicago Bears||Ron Cuie|| -- ||Oregon State
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|align=center|385||Philadelphia Eagles||Melvin Shy|| -- ||Tennessee State
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|align=center|386||Green Bay Packers||John Henson|| -- ||Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
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|align=center|387||New York Giants||Jerry Mullane|| -- ||Lehigh
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|align=center|388||Kansas City Chiefs||Rick Thurman|| -- ||Texas
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|align=center|389||San Francisco 49ers||Johnny Miller|| -- ||[[Livingstone College]]
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|align=center|390||Denver Broncos||Larry Evans|| -- ||Mississippi College
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|align=center|391||Detroit Lions||Leonard Elston|| -- ||Kentucky State
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|align=center|392||Buffalo Bills||Tony Williams|| -- ||Middle Tennessee State
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|align=center|393||Washington Redskins||Quinn Buckner|| -- ||Indiana
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|align=center|394||Baltimore Colts||Jeremiah Cummings|| -- ||Albany State
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|align=center|395||Houston Oilers||John Reimer|| -- ||Wisconsin
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|align=center|396||Miami Dolphins||Bob Gissler|| -- ||South Dakota State
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|align=center|397||Oakland Raiders||Calvin Young|| -- ||Fresno State
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|align=center|398||Cincinnati Bengals||Greg Coleman|| -- ||Florida A&M
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|align=center|399||St. Louis Cardinals||Raymond Crosier|| -- ||[[Abilene Christian University|Abilene Christian]]
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|align=center|400||Los Angeles Rams||Al Burleson|| -- ||Washington
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|align=center|401||Minnesota Vikings||Jeff Stapleton|| -- ||Purdue
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|align=center|402||Dallas Cowboys||Larry Mushinskie|| -- ||Nebraska
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|align=center|403||Pittsburgh Steelers||Wayne Field|| -- ||Florida
|}
 
===Round fifteen===
Following the coup in July [[1992]], a presidential [[Elections_in_the_Gambia|election]] took place in [[September]] [[1996]], in which retired Col. [[Jahya A.J.J. Jammeh]] won 56% of the vote. Four registered opposition parties participated in the [[October 18]], 2001, presidential election, which the incumbent, President Yahya Jammeh, won with almost 53% of the votes. The APRC maintained its strong majority in the [[National Assembly]] in legislative elections held in January 2002, particularly after the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) boycotted the legislative elections.
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|align=center|404||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Bob Dzierzak|| -- ||Utah State
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|align=center|405||Seattle Seahawks||Dan Smith|| -- ||Washington State
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|align=center|406||New Orleans Saints||Steve Seminoff|| -- ||Wichita State
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|align=center|407||San Diego Chargers||Jack Hoffman|| -- ||Indiana
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|align=center|408||Cleveland Browns||Luther Philyaw|| -- ||Loyola (CA)
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|align=center|409||New England Patriots||Bernard Coleman|| -- ||Bethune-Cookman
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|align=center|410||New York Jets||Rick Faulk|| -- ||San Francisco State
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|align=center|411||Chicago Bears||Jerry Meyers|| -- ||Northern Illinois
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|align=center|412||Philadelphia Eagles||Brett White|| -- ||UCLA
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|align=center|413||Green Bay Packers||Jerry Dandridge|| -- ||[[University of Memphis|Memphis State]]
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|align=center|414||Atlanta Falcons||Ron Olson|| -- ||Washington
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|align=center|415||Kansas City Chiefs||Dave Rozumek|| -- ||New Hampshire
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|align=center|416||San Francisco 49ers||Howard Stidham|| -- ||Tennessee Tech
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|align=center|417||New York Giants||Eddie Morgan|| -- ||Arkansas State
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|align=center|418||Denver Broncos||Wilbur Summers|| -- ||Louisville
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|align=center|419||Detroit Lions||Trent Smock|| -- ||Indiana
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|align=center|420||St. Louis Cardinals||[[Lee Nelson (football player)|Lee Nelson]]|| -- ||Florida State
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|align=center|421||Buffalo Bills||Arnold Robinson|| -- ||Bethune-Cookman
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|align=center|422||Houston Oilers||Bobby Byars|| -- ||Cheyney (PA)
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|align=center|423||Miami Dolphins||Ron Holmes|| -- ||Utah State
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|align=center|424||Baltimore Colts||Gary Alexander|| -- ||Clemson
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|align=center|425||Cincinnati Bengals||Lynn Hieber|| -- ||Indiana (PA)
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|align=center|426||Washington Redskins||John Monroe|| -- ||Bluefield State
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|align=center|427||Oakland Raiders||Carl Hargrave|| -- ||Upper Iowa
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|align=center|428||Minnesota Vikings||Ron Groce|| -- ||Macalester
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|align=center|429||Los Angeles Rams||Malcolm Campbell|| -- ||Cal State-Los Angeles
|-
|align=center|430||Dallas Cowboys||Dale Curry|| -- ||UCLA
|-
|align=center|431||Pittsburgh Steelers||Mel Davis|| -- ||North Texas State
|}
 
===GovernmentRound sixteen===
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The 1970 [[constitution]], which divided the government into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches, was suspended after the 1994 military coup. As part of the transition process, the AFPRC established the [[Constitution Review Commission]] (CRC) through [[decree]] in March 1995. In accordance with the timetable for the transition to a democratically elected government, the commission drafted a new constitution for The Gambia, which approved by referendum in August 1996. The constitution provides for a strong presidential government, a [[unicameral]] legislature, an independent judiciary, and the protection of human rights.
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''See'' [[Heads of State of the Gambia]]
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== Subdivisions ==
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[[Image:Ga-map.png|292px|thumb|Map of The Gambia]]
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''Main article: [[Subdivisions of The Gambia]]''
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The Gambia is divided into eight subdivisions:
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* [[Banjul (Gambian subdivision)|Banjul]]
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* [[Basse (Gambian subdivision)|Basse]]
|align=center|435||New Orleans Saints||Gene Jones|| -- ||Bowling Green
* [[Brikama (Gambian subdivision)|Brikama]]
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* [[Janjangbure (Gambian subdivision)|Janjangbure]]
|align=center|436||New England Patriots||Clifford Brown|| -- ||Tuskegee
* [[Kanifeng (Gambian subdivision)|Kanifeng]]
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* [[Kerewan (Gambian subdivision)|Kerewan]]
|align=center|437||New York Jets||James Godwin|| -- ||Fayetteville
* [[Kuntaur (Gambian subdivision)|Kuntaur]]
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* [[Mansakonko (Gambian subdivision)|Mansakonko]]
|align=center|438||Cleveland Browns||Chris Lorenzen|| -- ||Arizona State
 
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== Geography ==
|align=center|439||Philadelphia Eagles||Steve Campassi|| -- ||Kentucky
''Main article: [[Geography of The Gambia]]''
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|align=center|440||Green Bay Packers||Mike Timmermans|| -- ||Northern Iowa
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|align=center|441||Atlanta Falcons||Pat Curto|| -- ||Ohio State
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|align=center|442||Chicago Bears||Ronald Parker|| -- ||Texas Christian
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|align=center|443||San Francisco 49ers||Reggie Lewis|| -- ||San Diego State
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|align=center|444||New York Giants||David Lawson|| -- ||Air Force
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|align=center|445||Kansas City Chiefs||Dennis Anderson|| -- ||Arizona
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|align=center|446||Denver Broncos||John Huddleston|| -- ||Utah
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|align=center|447||Detroit Lions||Craig McCurdy|| -- ||William & Mary
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|align=center|448||Buffalo Bills||Gary Gorrell|| -- ||Boise State
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|align=center|449|| Baltimore Colts||Mike Fuhrman|| -- ||Memphis State
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|align=center|450||Miami Dolphins||Mike Green|| -- ||Ohio
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|align=center|451|| Baltimore Colts||Steve Ludwig|| -- ||Miami (FL)
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|align=center|452||Houston Oilers||Claude Johnson|| -- ||Florida A&M
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|align=center|453||St. Louis Cardinals||Cecil Beaird|| -- ||Fisk
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|align=center|454||Oakland Raiders||[[Doug Hogan]]|| -- ||USC
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|align=center|455||Cincinnati Bengals||George Demopoulis|| -- ||Miami (FL)
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|align=center|456||Los Angeles Rams||Rick Gage|| -- ||Arkansas Tech
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|align=center|457||Minnesota Vikings||Randy Hickel|| -- ||Montana State
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|align=center|458||Dallas Cowboys||Rick Costanzo|| -- ||Nebraska
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|align=center|459||Pittsburgh Steelers||Randy Butts|| -- ||Kearney State
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===Round seventeen===
The Gambia is a very small and narrow country with the border based on the [[Gambia River]]. The border is less than 48km wide. The country's present boundaries were defined in [[1889]] after an agreement between the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]]. It is almost an [[enclave]] of [[Senegal]] and smallest country on the continent of [[Africa]].
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== Economy ==
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''Main article: [[Economy of The Gambia]]''
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The Gambia has a liberal, market-based economy characterized by traditional subsistence agriculture, a historic reliance on groundnuts (peanuts) for export earnings, a re-export trade built up around its ocean port, low import duties, minimal administrative procedures, a fluctuating exchange rate with no exchange controls, and a significant tourism industry.
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Agriculture accounts for 29% of gross domestic product (GDP) and employs 75% of the labor force. Within agriculture, peanut production accounts for 6.9% of GDP, other crops 8.3%, livestock 5.3%, fishing 1.8%, and forestry 0.5%. Industry accounts for 12% of GDP and forestry 0.5%. Manufacturing accounts for 5.5% of GDP. The limited amount of manufacturing is primarily agriculturally based (e.g., peanut processing, bakeries, a brewery, and a tannery). Other manufacturing activities include soap, soft drinks, and clothing. Services account for 19% of GDP.
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The U.K. and other EU countries constitute The Gambia's major domestic export markets, accounting for 86% in total; followed by Asia at 14%; and the African subregion, including Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and Ghana at 8%. The U.K. and the other EU countries--namely, Germany, France, Netherlands, and Belgium--were the major source of imports accounting for 60% of the total share of imports followed by Asia at 23%, and Cote d'Ivoire and other African countries at 17%. The Gambia reports 11% of its exports going to and 14.6% of its imports coming from the United States.
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== Demographics ==
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''Main article: [[Demographics of The Gambia]]''
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A wide variety of ethnic groups live in The Gambia with a minimum of intertribal friction, each preserving its own language and traditions. The Mandinka tribe is the largest, followed by the Fula, Wolof, Jola, and Serahule. Approximately 3,500 non-Africans live in The Gambia, including Europeans and families of Lebanese origin.
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Muslims constitute more than 95% of the population. Christians of different denominations account for most of the remainder. Gambians officially observe the holidays of both religions and practice religious tolerance.
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More than 63% of Gambians live in rural villages (1993 census), although more and more young people come to the capital in search of work and education. Provisional figures from the 2003 census show that the gap between the urban and rural populations is narrowing as more areas are declared urban. While urban migration, development projects, and modernization are bringing more Gambians into contact with Western habits and values, the traditional emphasis on the extended family, as well as indigenous forms of dress and celebration, remain integral parts of everyday life.
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== Culture ==
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''Main article: [[Culture of The Gambia]]''
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== Miscellaneous topics ==
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* [[List of birds of The Gambia|Birds of The Gambia]]
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* [[Transportation of The Gambia]]
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* [[Communications of The Gambia]]
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* [[Foreign relations of The Gambia]]
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* [[Military of The Gambia]]
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* [[Public holidays in The Gambia]]
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== External links and references==
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* [http://www.gambia.gm/ Republic of The Gambia Official Website]
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* Much of the information presented here comes from the [[CIA World Factbook]] 2000 and the 2002 U.S. Department of State website.
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|align=center|475||Detroit Lions||[[Jim Meeks]]|| -- ||Boise State
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|align=center|476||Washington Redskins||[[Chuck Wills]]|| -- ||Oregon
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|align=center|477||Buffalo Bills||Bob Berg|| -- ||New Mexico
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|align=center|478||Oakland Raiders||Buddy Tate|| -- ||Tulsa
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|align=center|479||Houston Oilers||[[Allen Misher]]|| -- ||Louisiana State
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|align=center|480||Miami Dolphins||[[Jeff Grantz]]|| -- ||South Carolina
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|align=center|481||Oakland Raiders||[[Nate Beasley]]|| -- ||Delaware
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|align=center|482||Cincinnati Bengals||[[Scott Dannelley]]|| -- ||Ohio State
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|align=center|483||St. Louis Cardinals||[[Dan Myers]]|| -- ||Georgia Tech
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|align=center|484||Minnesota Vikings||[[Dick Lukowski]]|| -- ||West Virginia
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|align=center|485||Los Angeles Rams||Gary Shaw|| -- ||Brigham Young
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|align=center|486||Dallas Cowboys||[[Stan Woodfill]]|| -- ||Oregon
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|align=center|487||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Kelvin Kirk]]|| -- ||Dayton
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==[[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Famers]]==
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*Lee Roy Selmon, Defensive End, Oklahoma -- taken 1st round, 1st overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Inducted in 1995.
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*Mike Haynes, Cornerback, Arizona State -- taken 1st round, 5th overall by the New England Patriots. Inducted in 1997.
*Jackie Slater, Ofensive Tackle, Jackson State -- taken 3rd round, 86th overall by the Los Angeles Rams. Inducted in 2001.
*Harry Carson, Linebacker, South Carolina State - taken 4th round, 105th overall by the New York Giants. Inducted in 2006.
*Steve Largent, Wide Receiver, Tulsa - taken 4th round, 117th overall by the Houston Oilers. Inducted in 1995.
 
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