 He was drafted as the 244th pick of the 31st round of the 1962 AFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills, but he played for the Washington Redskins, wearing number 89.During the 1963 Washington Redskins season, in which the Redskins finished sixth in the NFL Eastern division with a record of 3–11, he played fourteen games with no receptions.After that season he stopped playing in the NFL.