It’s rare when a football team finds two offensive tackles in the same draft who not only start immediately as rookies but become longtime pillars of the line.
That was the case in 1982, when the Cardinals drafted UCLA’s Luis Sharpe in the first round (16th overall) and East Carolina’s Tootie Robbins in the fourth round (90th).

The Big Red traded down five spots in Round 1 and made Sharpe their first offensive lineman taken in the first round in 20 years (Irv Goode, 1962). An All-American and a three-year starter in college, the 6-5, 275-pound Sharpe was voted UCLA’s most valuable player in 1981. Jim Hanifan, who had been an NFL offensive line coach before being named head coach of the Cardinals in 1980, recognized Sharpe’s potential from Day 1.
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