Dubbed “Hacksaw” because after a frustrating loss he sliced an old car in half with a hacksaw, Jack Reynolds was the 22^nd overall pick in 1970 from the University of Tennessee, and he would win the starting Middle Linebacker job in 1973.  Reynolds stayed as a starter for the team throughout the decade and would be named to two Pro Bowls (1975 & 1980), and he played 145 Games for the Los Angeles.  He would later win two Super Bowls with San Francisco.

A Second Round Pick from Wisconsin-La Crosse, Tom Newberry was a member of the 1986 NFL All-Rookie Team at Left Guard.  He would be a Second Team All-Pro in '87 and in the two seasons that followed he was a First Team All-Pro and Pro Bowl Selection.  He would start 128 of his 131 Games as a Ram.

From San Diego, Dryer played collegiately at San Diego State and was drafted in the First Round by the New York Giants in 1969.  While Dryer's play was strong for the G-Men, he was not happy there and the Giants became frustrated with him so he would be traded to New England, who he refused to play for as there was no new contract and they traded him to the Los Angeles Rams as the Patriots declined to pay him what he asked.

In the 1970s, Lawrence McCutcheon was the top rusher for the Los Angeles Rams, but in many ways, he was also one of the most underrated of the decade.  The third-rounder from Purdue rode the pine as a rookie, but he took over as the team's starting Running Back in his second year (1973) where he would be chosen for his first of five straight Pro Bowls, four of which would see him exceed the 1,000 Yard mark.  In those four 1,000 Yard years, he was in the top five in Rushing Yards, the top six in Yards From Scrimmage and the top nine in All-Purpose Yards meaning that he was definitely near or in the upper echelon of Running Backs in that time period.  A Second Team All-Pro in 1974 he had two 1,500 Yards From Scrimmage seasons ('74 and '76) and overall as a Ram would accumulate 6,186 Rushing Yards with 23 Touchdowns and another 1,683 Yards and 12 Touchdowns from the air.