The Buffalo Bills selected Al Cowlings in the first round of the 1970 NFL Draft. He was a starter in Buffalo for the first three years after the 1972 season, then he was traded to Houston.
CAPTION: Al Cowlings is a former American football player and actor.(SOURCE: A.C. Cowlings)
He appeared in the 1985 film Bubba Until It Hurts, starring Bubba Smith, and then had a recurring minor role in the HBO football sitcom 1st & Ten while still a professional American football player. In addition, he served as a technical football advisor on the football scenes in Tony Scott’s film The Last Boy Scout, released in 1991. He also worked on the set of the 1993 sports drama ‘Rudy’ as the football coordinator.
