years draftedround birth_place teams stats article_title position birth_date college name draftedyear
1970-1972 1973-1974 17th tyler , texas new orleans saints detroit lions y doug wyatt
 defensive back 18 october 1946 university of tulsa john douglas wyatt 1970
doug wyatt

john douglas wyatt doug wyatt is a former professional american football player who played defensive back in the national football league for five seasons for the new orleans saints and detroit lions .
wyatt was a three-time all-missouri valley conference selection as a defensive back for the golden hurricane in 1967 , '68 and ' 69 .
also returned punts and handled field goal kicking and pats his sophomore and junior seasons .
tallied a team-high eight pass breakups and was second in tackles with 72 stops as a junior in 1968 .
was looked at to be dallas cowboys number one draft pick in the 1969 draft to play strong safety , however doug underwent knee surgery in the spring before his senior season after an injury on the practice field .
as a senior , wyatt came back to lead tulsa in interceptions and pass breakups with five pick offs for 41 yards and 10 pass breakups while recording 66 tackles .
had totals of 53 points as a sophomore and 25 points his junior season on conversions and field goals , and also totaled 312 yards on 25 punt returns in those two seasons .
played in the hula bowl after his senior campaign .
wyatt , before the draft was helping the state of texas with highway cleanup in 1969 , when he picked up a 7 up bottle that had been lying on the highway easement .
when he rinsed off the bottle , it exploded from the texas heat and a piece of shrapnel hit him in his left eye .
wyatt has been blind in that eye to this day .
however doug never disclosed his injury to anyone .
wyatt , was taken in the 17th round as a gamble , but ended up starting the first game for the new orleans saints playing blind in one eye every play.wyatt started 3 seasons with the saints and was traded to detroit .
doug played 2 seasons in detroit .
doug wyatt was inducted to the tulsa hof in 2006 for football ... he is still an avid saints & lions fan .
he currently resides in tyler , texas
