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-====== February 25, 1962 ====== +{{page>1962_news#february 25, 1962}}
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-===== Transactions ===== +
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-• The team signed tackle [[Pete Nicklas]] out of Baylor +
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-• Nicklas had been selected by the Colts in the ninth round of the NFL draft, but there was some contradictory information about how his rights went to the Raiders +
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-• The //Tribune// reported that he had been one of the team’s redshirt picks, in the 15th round, in 1960, though his name didn’t show up on any lists at the time +
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-• His name also came up during the reporting of the AFL “sneak draft” last November as a redshirt pick the team was trying to sign, though none of the evidence is conclusive +
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-• Current draft lists show him as a 30th round pick in the 1962 draft but contemporaneous reports only list out to the 25th round and the supplemental redshirt picks announced on February 22 comprise the 26th through 28th round choices on current lists +
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-• They also signed free agent cornerback [[Ben Brown]] of Oregon +
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-<prespan>[[February-23-1962|< Feb 23, 1962]]      [[1962_calendar|Back to Calendar]]      [[february-27-1962|Feb 27, 1962 >]]</prespan> +
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