Jim Detwiler Jim Detwiler ( born in Bluffton , Ohio ) is a former American football halfback who was the 20th pick in the first round of the 1967 NFL Draft . Before this he had been an All - Big Ten Conference player for the Michigan Wolverines from 1964 to 1966 . A native of Toledo , Ohio , Detwiler was an All - City , All - Ohio and All - American running back as a senior at Toledo ' s DeVilbiss High School in 1962 . College . One of the most sought after players in Ohio in 1962 , Detwiler " refused an invitation to visit Ohio State , prompting Coach Woody Hayes to harangue him on the telephone one night for more than half an hour about being disloyal to the state of Ohio . " In 1964 , Detwiler was part of Bump Elliott ' s Big Ten Conference and Rose Bowl championship team . The Wolverines narrowly missed a National Championship in 1964 , in part due to a critical fumble by Detwiler into the end zone in the team ' s only defeat , a 21 - 20 loss to Purdue . As he ran toward what appeared to be a touchdown , a Purdue defender hit Detwiler from behind , sending the ball flying into the end zone where it was recovered by Purdue . Detwiler redeemed himself by scoring the only touchdown in the 1964 Michigan - Ohio State game ( Michigan - 10 ; Ohio State - 0 ) . Both teams were in the Top 10 , and Detwiler scored on an 18 - yard touchdown pass from Bob Timberlake in the final minute of the first half . Ironically , all of Michigan ' s scoring in the 1964 game came from Detwiler and Timberlake , both of whom were natives of Ohio . Detwiler later recalled : " My freshman year at Michigan , 21 of the top 30 guys on our team were from Ohio . We had a huge contingent , I think , primarily because Woody was a little bit off the deep end in those years . " In the 1965 Rose Bowl , Michigan beat the Oregon State Beavers 34 - 7 , and Detwiler had a 30 - yard reception from Timberlake on a key scoring drive in the third quarter . In the 1965 season , a knee injury limited Detwiler to three games . He had surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament . In 1966 , he returned from his injury , but he never fully recovered as his knee swelled after every game . He had the best game of his career against Ohio State in 1966 , gaining 140 yards , and scoring a touchdown , on 20 carries — all in the first half . The Wolverines won , 17 - 3 , and Detwiler later recalled : " We knew after the first two series that we were the better team . They couldn ' t stop us , and they couldn ' t do much against us . But I ' ll tell you what : That game got me a pro contract . " As for why he did not play in the second half , Detwiler recalled : " I ran the ball more times in the first half than I had ever run it before , but I ran out of gas . The coach very kindly told the media that I had the flu . I actually was rubber - legged and couldn ' t play much after that . " For his career at Michigan , Detwiler had 788 rushing yards and seven touchdowns . Detwiler was named to the first - team All Big Ten team , and he rushed for over 100 yards in the Blue - Gray Football Classic in 1966 , earning himself the game ' s most valuable back award . Professional career . The Baltimore Colts picked Detwiler in the first round of the 1967 NFL Draft as the 20th pick overall . This was the first year that the 20th overall selection in the National Football League Draft occurred in the first round because the American Football League ( AFL ) and NFL drafted together for the first time . Detwiler was part of a class of six NFL draftees from Michigan that year ( Mike Bass , Frank Nunley , John Rowser , Rick Volk , and Carl Ward ) . Detwiler received a $ 50 , 000 signing bonus and played in a couple preseason games in 1969 , but his knee was still hurting . He had more surgery on the knee and missed the entire 1967 season . He failed to make the team in 1968 , and his professional football career was over . He is the most recent 1st round NFL Draft choice to have never played a game in the NFL . Detwiler enrolled in dental school while trying to rehabilitate his knee . He used his $ 50 , 000 signing bonus to put himself through dental school . In 1971 , Detwiler returned to Toledo and set up a dental practice near Perrysburg , Ohio .