Monday, July 2, 2018

1979 Profile: Joe Devlin

Offensive Tackle
No. 70
Iowa
In 1975 the Bills traded former number one draft choice Walt Patulski to the Cardinals for a second-round draft choice that was used to draft Joe Devlin. Known as the other Joe D. of the Bills' offensive line, he started the last two games of his rookie season in 1976, every game in '77 and every game in '78 until sidelined late in the season, 30 straight starts.
Joe is a strong and athletic offensive lineman who was a three-year starter at Iowa at both guard and tackle. In 1975 he was a first-team Sporting News All-American, an honorable mention UPI All-American and first-team All-Big Ten.

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