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Broncos top 10 draft classes -- No. 1: 1975

Highlights:

CB Louis Wright (Round 1, No. 17 overall)
WR/PR/KR Rick Upchurch (Round 4, No. 95 overall)
DT Rubin Carter (Round 5, No. 121 overall)
S/QB Steve Foley (Round 8, No. 199 overall)

John Ralston's 1973 draft class laid the foundation. But the 1975 class provided the structure that would turn the Broncos into one of the league's skyscraping franchises for decades to come.

The 1975 class remains the only collection of draft picks that included two Ring of Famers -- Wright and Upchurch.

Three members of the draft class were still with the Broncos for Super Bowl XXI; Louis Wright and Steve Foley started, while Rubin Carter was on injured reserve.