1977 Rookie Profile: Gary Jeter

Defensive Tackle
1st Round
USC
"From USC, he was described by one scout as 'an up and down player, sometimes great, other times gets pushed around.' The Giants' No. 1 choice."

-John Devaney, Schenley Pro Football Guide 1977

"The All-American defensive star from USC was the top-rated player on the Giants' list at both defensive end and defensive tackle and at 6-4 and 255, he has the size, and his recorded times of 4.7 and 4.8 in the 40-yard dash is ample proof of his quickness and agility. 'His physical ability is awesome,' says USC coach John Robinson, and teammate Ricky Bell, the draft's No. 1 pick this year, calls Jeter, 'the best defensive player I've ever seen ... there was more than one game in which Gary kept us in the game by his sheer determination on defense.'
This past season as the Trojans again went to the Rose Bowl and a big triumph over Michigan, Jeter was selected to both the Football Writers Association and NEA All-American first team and to the  Associated Press All-American second team.
He had 55 unassisted tackles on the season, including a half-dozen quarterback sacks, three pass deflections and three fumble recoveries. A starter since his freshman year when he took over at left tackle in the third game of the season, Jeter has accumulated remarkable totals in his defensive statistics, not only in solo tackles (235) and quarterback sacks (31), but in the area of deflected passes at the line of scrimmage and in fumble recoveries.
From Cleveland, Ohio, Gary was an all-around high school star at Cathedral Latin High School in that city, being named Ohio's Outstanding Lineman in 1972 and also being a consensus High School All-American."

-1977 New York Giants Media Guide

1977 Profile: Don Zimmerman

Wide Receiver
No. 80
N.E. Louisiana
"Obtained via waivers from Green Bay during this past off-season, Zimmerman had spent three seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles prior to his brief stint at Green Bay where he appeared in but two games and had a pass catch for 13 yards.
A No. 12 draft choice of the Eagles in 1972, Don spent that year on the Eagle taxi squad but became a starter in 1973 for 11 games, and then was a starter for all 14 games during the 1974 season. He had 22 catches for 220 yards and three touchdowns in 1973, 30 catches for 368 yards and two touchdowns in 1974 and made touchdown catches against the Giants in both '73 and '74. Zimmerman had a 64-yard touchdown against Dallas in '74, the longest scoring play of the year for Philadelphia.
Zimmerman was a two-year starter as a wide receiver at Northeast Louisiana after starting his college career at Arkansas A M & N, and also lettered in track where he clocked 21.7 in the 220-yard dash. He received in B.S. in education.
Don was born in Monroe, Louisiana, and was a football, basketball and track standout at Richwood High School in his hometown."

-1977 New York Giants Media Guide