1980 NFL draft

The 1980 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 29–30, 1980, at the New York Sheraton Hotel in New York City, New York.^[1][2] The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season. With the first overall pick of the draft, the Detroit Lions selected running back Billy Sims.

1980 NFL draft
The former Sheraton Hotel (draft venue), photographed in 2010
General information
Date(s)	April 29–30, 1980
Location	New York Sheraton Hotel in New York City, NY
Network(s)	ESPN
Overview
333 total selections in 12 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Billy Sims, RB Detroit Lions
Mr. Irrelevant	Tyrone McGriff, G Pittsburgh Steelers
Most selections (15)	New York Jets Pittsburgh Steelers
Fewest selections (8)	Washington Redskins
Hall of Famers	4 OT Anthony Muñoz WR Art Monk C Dwight Stephenson DT Steve McMichael
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This draft is notable as the first that the nascent ESPN network (which had first gone on the air seven months earlier) aired in its entirety, and the first to be televised.

Player selections

Jump to round 2 3 4 5 6 7 * compensatory selection † Pro Bowler[N 1] ‡ Hall of Famer[3]

Positions key C Center CB Cornerback DB Defensive back DE Defensive end[a] DL Defensive lineman DT Defensive tackle FB Fullback FS Free safety G Guard[b] K Kicker[c] KR Kickoff returner LB Linebacker LS Long snapper MLB Middle linebacker[d] OT Offensive tackle OL Offensive lineman OLB Outside linebacker[a] NT Nose tackle P Punter PR Punt returner QB Quarterback RS Return specialist RB Running back S Safety SS Strong safety TE Tight end WR Wide receiver May sometimes be referred to as an edge rusher (EDGE) Also known as offensive guard (OG) Also known as placekicker (PK) Also known as inside linebacker (ILB)

	Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	1	1	Detroit Lions	Billy Sims †	RB	Oklahoma	Big Eight	1978 Heisman Trophy Winner[4]
	1	2	New York Jets	Lam Jones	WR	Texas	SWC	from San Francisco
	1	3	Cincinnati Bengals	Anthony Muñoz‡†	OT	USC	Pac-10
	1	4	Green Bay Packers	Bruce Clark †	DE	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
	1	5	Baltimore Colts	Curtis Dickey	RB	Texas A&M	SWC
	1	6	St. Louis Cardinals	Curtis Greer	DE	Michigan	Big Ten
	1	7	Atlanta Falcons	Junior Miller †	TE	Nebraska	Big Eight
	1	8	New York Giants	Mark Haynes †	CB	Colorado	Big Eight
	1	9	Minnesota Vikings	Doug Martin	DE	Washington	Pac-10
	1	10	Seattle Seahawks	Jacob Green †	DE	Texas A&M	SWC	from Buffalo
	1	11	Kansas City Chiefs	Brad Budde	OG	USC	Pac-10
	1	12	New Orleans Saints	Stan Brock	OT	Colorado	Big Eight
	1	13	San Francisco 49ers	Earl Cooper	RB	Rice	SWC	from N.Y. Jets
	1	14	New England Patriots	Roland James	CB	Tennessee	SEC
	1	15	Oakland Raiders	Marc Wilson	QB	BYU	WAC
	1	16	Buffalo Bills	Jim Ritcher †	OG	NC State	ACC	from Seattle
	1	17	Los Angeles Rams	Johnnie Johnson	CB	Texas	SWC	from Cleveland
	1	18	Washington Redskins	Art Monk‡†	WR	Syracuse	Ind. (I-A)
	1	19	Chicago Bears	Otis Wilson †	LB	Louisiville	Ind. (I-A)
	1	20	San Francisco 49ers	Jim Stuckey	DE	Clemson	ACC	from Denver via N.Y. Jets
	1	21	Miami Dolphins	Don McNeal	CB	Alabama	SEC
	1	22	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Ray Snell	OG	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	1	23	Philadelphia Eagles	Roynell Young †	CB	Alcorn State	SWAC
	1	24	Baltimore Colts	Derrick Hatchett	S	Texas	SWC	from Dallas
	1	25	New England Patriots	Vagas Ferguson	RB	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)	from Houston
	1	26	Green Bay Packers	George Cumby	LB	Oklahoma	Big Eight	from San Diego
	1	27	Cleveland Browns	Charles White †	RB	USC	Pac-10	from Los Angeles 1979 Heisman Trophy winner[5]
	1	28	Pittsburgh Steelers	Mark Malone	QB	Arizona State	Pac-10
	2	29	Buffalo Bills	Joe Cribbs †	RB	Auburn	SEC	from Detroit
	2	30	Minnesota Vikings	Willie Teal	CB	LSU	SEC	from San Francisco via Philadelphia
	2	31	Cincinnati Bengals	Kirby Criswell	LB	Kansas	Big Eight
	2	32	Baltimore Colts	Ray Donaldson †	C	Georgia	SEC
	2	33	St. Louis Cardinals	Doug Marsh	TE	Michigan	Big Ten
	2	34	Green Bay Packers	Mark Lee	CB	Washington	Pac-10
	2	35	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bob Kohrs	DE	Arizona State	Pac-10	From N.Y. Giants
	2	36	Atlanta Falcons	Buddy Curry	LB	North Carolina	ACC
	2	37	Buffalo Bills	Gene Bradley	QB	Arkansas State	Southland
	2	38	Houston Oilers	Angelo Fields	OT	Michigan State	Big Ten	from Kansas City
	2	39	San Francisco 49ers	Keena Turner †	LB	Purdue	Big Ten	from Minnesota
	2	40	New York Jets	Darrol Ray	CB	Oklahoma	Big Eight
	2	41	New Orleans Saints	Dave Waymer †	S	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
	2	42	Denver Broncos	Rulon Jones †	DE	Utah State	Big West	from Cleveland
	2	43	Oakland Raiders	Matt Millen †	LB	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
	2	44	Seattle Seahawks	Andre Hines	OT	Stanford	Pac-10
	2	45	New England Patriots	Larry McGrew	LB	USC	Pac-10
	2	46	Chicago Bears	Matt Suhey	RB	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
	2	47	New York Jets	Ralph Clayton	WR	Michigan	Big Ten	from Denver
	2	48	Miami Dolphins	Dwight Stephenson‡†	C	Alabama	SEC
	2	49	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Kevin House	WR	Southern Illinois	MVC
	2	50	Los Angeles Rams	Irv Pankey	OT	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)	from Washington
	2	51	Baltimore Colts	Tim Foley	OT	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)	from Dallas
	2	52	Houston Oilers	Daryle Skaugstad	DT	California	Pac-10
	2	53	Philadelphia Eagles	Perry Harrington	RB	Jackson State	SWAC
	2	54	Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Crosby	DE	Arizona	Pac-10	from San Diego via Los Angeles
	2	55	Washington Redskins	Mat Mendenhall	DE	BYU	WAC	from Los Angeles
	2	56	Pittsburgh Steelers	John Goodman	DE	Oklahoma	Big Eight
	3	57	Detroit Lions	Tom Turnure	C	Washington	Pac-10
	3	58	Los Angeles Rams	Jewerl Thomas	RB	San Jose State	PCAA	from San Francisco
	3	59	Cincinnati Bengals	Ron Horn	DT	Nebraska	Big Eight
	3	60	St. Louis Cardinals	John Sinnott	OT	Brown	Ivy
	3	61	Green Bay Packers	Syd Kitson	OG	Wake Forest	ACC
	3	62	Detroit Lions	Mike Friede	WR	Indiana	Big Ten	from Baltimore
	3	63	Atlanta Falcons	Earl Jones	CB	Norfolk State	CIAA
	3	64	New York Giants	Myron Lapka	DT	USC	Pac-10
	3	65	San Francisco 49ers	Jim Miller	P	Ole Miss	SEC	from Minnesota
	3	66	Kansas City Chiefs	James Hadnot	RB	Texas Tech	SWC
	3	67	Buffalo Bills	Mark Brammer	TE	Michigan State	Big Ten
	3	68	Minnesota Vikings	Brent Boyd	OG	UCLA	Pac-10	from New Orleans
	3	69	New York Jets	Lance Mehl †	LB	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
	3	70	Los Angeles Rams	LeRoy Irvin †	CB	Kansas	Big Eight	from Oakland
	3	71	Buffalo Bills	Schmeding, JohnJohn Schmeding	OG	Boston College	Ind. (I-A)	from Seattle
	3	72	Cleveland Browns	Cliff Odom	LB	Texas–Arlington	—
	3	73	New England Patriots	Steve McMichael‡†	DT	Texas	SWC
	3	74	Denver Broncos	Carter, LarryLarry Carter	DB	Kentucky	SEC
	3	75	Miami Dolphins	Bill Barnett	DE	Nebraska	Big Eight
	3	76	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Scot Brantley	LB	Florida	SEC
	3	77	San Francisco 49ers	Craig Puki	LB	Tennessee	SEC
	3	78	Dallas Cowboys	Bill Roe	LB	Colorado	Big Eight	from Chicago
	3	79	Houston Oilers	Tim Smith	WR	Nebraska	Big Eight
	3	80	Dallas Cowboys	James Jones	RB	Mississippi State	SEC
	3	81	St. Louis Cardinals	Charles Baker	LB	New Mexico	WAC	from San Diego
	3	82	Los Angeles Rams	Phil Murphy	DT	South Carolina State	MEAC
	3	83	Pittsburgh Steelers	Sydnor, RayRay Sydnor	TE	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	4	84	San Francisco 49ers	Ricky Churchman	SS	Texas	SWC
	4	85	Detroit Lions	Eric Hipple	QB	Utah State	Big West
	4	86	Cincinnati Bengals	Glass, WilliamWilliam Glass	OG	Baylor	SWC
	4	87	Green Bay Packers	Fred Nixon	WR	Oklahoma	Big Eight
	4	88	Baltimore Colts	Ray Butler	WR	USC	Pac-10
	4	89	St. Louis Cardinals	Rusty Lisch	QB	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
	4	90	New York Giants	Danny Pittman	WR	Wyoming	WAC
	4	91	Atlanta Falcons	Jim Laughlin	LB	Ohio State	Big Ten
	4	92	Minnesota Vikings	Dennis Johnson	LB	USC	Pac-10
	4	93	Buffalo Bills	Ervin Parker	LB	South Carolina State	MEAC
	4	94	Kansas City Chiefs	Dave Klug	LB	Concordia–Moorhead	N/A
	4	95	New York Jets	Jesse Johnson	CB	Colorado	Big Eight
	4	96	New Orleans Saints	Mike Jolly	S	Michigan	Big Ten
	4	97	Seattle Seahawks	Terry Dion	DE	Oregon	Pac-10
	4	98	San Francisco 49ers	Hodge, DavidDavid Hodge	LB	Houston	SWC
	4	99	Cleveland Browns	Ron Crews	DT	UNLV	Ind.
	4	100	Miami Dolphins	Elmer Bailey	WR	Minnesota	Big Ten
	4	101	San Diego Chargers	Ed Luther	QB	San Jose State	PCAA	from Tampa Bay
	4	102	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Larry Flowers	S	Texas Tech	SWC
	4	103	Chicago Bears	Arland Thompson	OG	Baylor	SWC
	4	104	Atlanta Falcons	I. M. Hipp	RB	Nebraska	Big Eight
	4	105	Dallas Cowboys	Kurt Petersen	OG	Missouri	Big Eight
	4	106	Houston Oilers	Chris Combs	TE	New Mexico	WAC
	4	107	Denver Broncos	Rick Parros	RB	Utah State	Big West
	4	108	San Diego Chargers	Bob Gregor	S	Washington State	Pac-10
	4	109	Cleveland Browns	Paul McDonald	QB	USC	Pac-10	from Los Angeles
	4	110	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bill Hurley	S	Syracuse	Ind. (I-A)
	5	111	Detroit Lions	Streeter, MarkMark Streeter	DB	Arizona	Pac-10
	5	112	San Francisco 49ers	Times, KennethKenneth Times	DT	Southern	SWAC
	5	113	Cincinnati Bengals	Bryan Hicks	S	McNeese State	Southland
	5	114	Kansas City Chiefs	Carlos Carson †	WR	LSU	SEC
	5	115	Kansas City Chiefs	Pensick, DanDan Pensick	DT	Nebraska	Big Eight
	5	116	Cleveland Browns	Elvis Franks	DE	Morgan State	Ind. (Div. II)
	5	117	Atlanta Falcons	Vassar, BradBrad Vassar	LB	Pacific	PCAA
	5	118	New York Giants	Tony Blount	S	Virginia	ACC
	5	119	Buffalo Bills	Pyburn, JeffJeff Pyburn	DB	Georgia	SEC
	5	120	Detroit Lions	Tommie Ginn	C	Arkansas	SWC
	5	121	Minnesota Vikings	Doug Paschal	RB	North Carolina	ACC
	5	122	Minnesota Vikings	Jones, PaulPaul Jones	RB	California	Pac-10
	5	123	New York Jets	Zidd, JimJim Zidd	LB	Kansas	Big Eight
	5	124	New England Patriots	Doug McDougald	N/A	Virginia Tech	Ind.
	5	125	Oakland Raiders	Kenny Lewis	RB	Virginia Tech	Ind.
	5	126	Oakland Raiders	Adams, JohnJohn Adams	LB	LSU	SEC
	5	127	Seattle Seahawks	Joe Steele	RB	Washington	Pac-10
	5	128	Oakland Raiders	Bowens, WilliamWilliam Bowens	LB	North Alabama	Gulf South
	5	129	Buffalo Bills	Keith Lee	CB	Colorado State	WAC
	5	130	Chicago Bears	Paul Tabor	C	Oklahoma	Big Eight
	5	131	Denver Broncos	Mike Harden	S	Michigan	Big Ten
	5	132	Seattle Seahawks	Jacobs, DanielDaniel Jacobs	DE	Winston-Salem State	CIAA
	5	133	Dallas Cowboys	Gary Hogeboom	QB	Central Michigan	MAC
	5	134	Houston Oilers	John Corker	LB	Oklahoma State	Big Eight
	5	135	Philadelphia Eagles	Nate Rivers	RB	South Carolina State	MEAC
	5	136	Denver Broncos	Laval Short	DT	Colorado	Big Eight
	5	137	Atlanta Falcons	Kenny Johnson	CB	Mississippi State	SEC
	5	138	Pittsburgh Steelers	Craig Wolfley	OG	Syracuse	Ind. (I-A)
	6	139	San Francisco 49ers	Herb Williams	CB	Southern	SWAC
	6	140	Detroit Lions	Chris Dieterich	OT	NC State	ACC
	6	141	Cincinnati Bengals	Jo Jo Heath	CB	Pittsburgh	Ind. (I-A)
	6	142	St. Louis Cardinals	Bill Acker	DT	Texas	SWC
	6	143	Green Bay Packers	Karl Swanke	OT	Boston College	Ind. (I-A)
	6	144	Baltimore Colts	Chris Foote	C	USC	Pac-10
	6	145	New York Giants	Scott Brunner	QB	Delaware	Ind. (Div. II)
	6	146	Atlanta Falcons	Davis, MikeMike Davis	DB	Colorado	Big Eight
	6	147	Kansas City Chiefs	Bubba Garcia	WR	UTEP	WAC
	6	148	Minnesota Vikings	Ray Yakavonis	DT	East Stroudsburg State	PSAC
	6	149	New York Jets	George Visger	DT	Colorado	Big Eight
	6	150	New Orleans Saints	Boyd, LesterLester Boyd	LB	Kentucky	SEC
	6	151	San Diego Chargers	LaRue Harrington	RB	Norfolk State	CIAA
	6	152	New York Jets	Schremp, TomTom Schremp	DE	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	6	153	Seattle Seahawks	McNeal, MarkMark McNeal	DE	Idaho	Big Sky
	6	154	Los Angeles Rams	Mike Guman	RB	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
	6	155	Washington Redskins	Bell, FarleyFarley Bell	LB	Cincinnati	Ind. (I-A)
	6	156	Chicago Bears	Guess, MikeMike Guess	DB	Ohio State	Big Ten
	6	157	Denver Broncos	Keith Bishop †	OG	Baylor	SWC
	6	158	Miami Dolphins	Byrd, EugeneEugene Byrd	WR	Michigan State	Big Ten
	6	159	Cincinnati Bengals	Andrew Melontree	LB	Baylor	SWC
	6	160	New England Patriots	Preston Brown	WR	Vanderbilt	SEC
	6	161	Philadelphia Eagles	Greg Murtha	OT	Minnesota	Big Ten
	6	162	Dallas Cowboys	Timmy Newsome	RB	Winston-Salem State	CIAA
	6	163	San Diego Chargers	Hamilton, WayneWayne Hamilton	LB	Alabama	SEC
	6	164	Kansas City Chiefs	Larry Heater	RB	Arizona	Pac-10
	6	165	Pittsburgh Steelers	Tunch Ilkin †	OT	Indiana State	Ind. (I-A)
	7	166	Detroit Lions	Eddie Murray †	K	Tulane	Ind. (I-A)
	7	167	Cincinnati Bengals	Ron Simpkins	LB	Michigan	Big Ten
	7	168	Cincinnati Bengals	Johnson, Gary DonGary Don Johnson	DT	Baylor	SWC
	7	169	Green Bay Packers	Buddy Aydelette	OT	Alabama	SEC
	7	170	Baltimore Colts	Wes Roberts	DE	TCU	SWC
	7	171	St. Louis Cardinals	Ben Apuna	LB	Arizona State	Pac-10
	7	172	Atlanta Falcons	Mike Smith	WR	Grambling State	SWAC
	7	173	Oakland Raiders	Malcolm Barnwell	WR	Virginia Union	CIAA
	7	174	Minnesota Vikings	Henry Johnson	LB	Georgia Tech	Ind.
	7	175	San Diego Chargers	Chuck Loewen	OT	South Dakota State	NCC
	7	176	Los Angeles Rams	Kirk Collins	CB	Baylor	SWC
	7	177	New Orleans Saints	Morucci, MikeMike Morucci	RB	Bloomsburg State	PSAC
	7	178	New York Jets	Bobby Batton	RB	UNLV	Ind.
	7	179	New York Giants	Darryl Hebert	DB	Oklahoma	Big Eight
	7	180	New England Patriots	Kearns, TomTom Kearns	OG	Kentucky	SEC
	7	181	New York Giants	Chris Linnin	DE	Washington	Pac-10
	7	182	Houston Oilers	Craig Bradshaw	QB	Utah State	Big West
	7	183	Chicago Bears	Emanuel Tolbert	WR	SMU	SWC
	7	184	Denver Broncos	Havekost, JohnJohn Havekost	OG	Nebraska	Big Eight
	7	185	Miami Dolphins	Joe Rose	TE	California	Pac-10
	7	186	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Leonard, JimJim Leonard	OG	Santa Clara	—
	7	187	Washington Redskins	Melvin Jones	OG	Houston	SWC
	7	188	Philadelphia Eagles	Ward, TerrellTerrell Ward	DB	San Diego State	WAC
	7	189	Dallas Cowboys	Lester Brown	RB	Clemson	ACC
	7	190	New York Jets	Leverett, BennieBennie Leverett	RB	Bethune–Cookman	MEAC
	7	191	San Diego Chargers	Dodds, StuartStuart Dodds	P	Montana State	Big Sky
	7	192	Los Angeles Rams	Gerry Ellis	RB	Missouri	Big Eight
	7	193	Pittsburgh Steelers	Nate Johnson	WR	Hillsdale	GLIAC
	8	194	Oakland Raiders	Kenny Hill	S	Yale	Ivy
	8	195	Baltimore Colts	Walter, KenKen Walter	OT	Texas Tech	SWC
	8	196	Cincinnati Bengals	Lyles, MarkMark Lyles	RB	Florida State	Ind. (I-A)
	8	197	Denver Broncos	Coleman, DonDon Coleman	WR	Oregon	Pac-10
	8	198	St. Louis Cardinals	Branch, DupreeDupree Branch	DB	Colorado State	WAC
	8	199	Green Bay Packers	Smith, TimTim Smith	S	Oregon State	Pac-10
	8	200	New York Giants	Harris, KenKen Harris	RB	Alabama	SEC
	8	201	Atlanta Falcons	Al Richardson	LB	Georgia Tech	Ind.
	8	202	Buffalo Bills	Todd Krueger	QB	Northern Michigan	MCAA
	8	203	Kansas City Chiefs	Stepney, SamSam Stepney	LB	Boston University	Yankee
	8	204	Seattle Seahawks	Vic Minor	S	Northeast Louisiana	Ind. (I-A)
	8	205	New York Jets	Dziama, JeffJeff Dziama	LB	Boston College	Ind. (I-A)
	8	206	New Orleans Saints	Evans, ChuckChuck Evans	LB	Stanford	Pac-10
	8	207	Seattle Seahawks	Cosgrove, JackJack Cosgrove	C	Pacific	PCAA
	8	208	New England Patriots	House, MikeMike House	TE	Pacific	PCAA
	8	209	Cleveland Browns	Copeland, JeffJeff Copeland	LB	Texas Tech	SWC
	8	210	San Francisco 49ers	Bobby Leopold	LB	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
	8	211	St. Louis Cardinals	Grant Hudson	DT	Virginia	ACC
	8	212	Miami Dolphins	Jeff Allen	CB	UC Davis	FWC
	8	213	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Goddard, DerrickDerrick Goddard	DB	Drake	MVC
	8	214	Miami Dolphins	David Woodley	QB	LSU	SEC
	8	215	Chicago Bears	Randy Clark	C	Northern Illinois	MAC
	8	216	Dallas Cowboys	Larry Savage	LB	Michigan State	Big Ten
	8	217	Houston Oilers	Harold Bailey	WR	Oklahoma State	Big Eight
	8	218	Philadelphia Eagles	Mike Curcio	LB	Temple	Ind. (I-A)
	8	219	San Diego Chargers	Sirmones, CurtisCurtis Sirmones	RB	North Alabama	Gulf South
	8	220	Los Angeles Rams	Tom Pettigrew	OT	Eastern Illinois	MCAA
	8	221	Pittsburgh Steelers	Walton, TedTed Walton	DB	UConn	Yankee
	9	222	Detroit Lions	Jett, DeWayneDeWayne Jett	WR	Hawaii	WAC
	9	223	Detroit Lions	Tom Tuinei	DT	Hawaii	WAC
	9	224	Cincinnati Bengals	Greg Bright	DB	Morehead State	OVC
	9	225	St. Louis Cardinals	Stafford Mays	DE	Washington	Pac-10
	9	226	Green Bay Packers	Kelly Saalfeld	C	Nebraska	Big Eight
	9	227	Baltimore Colts	Bright, MarkMark Bright	RB	Temple	Ind. (I-A)
	9	228	Atlanta Falcons	Keller, GlenGlen Keller	C	West Texas State	MVC
	9	229	New York Giants	Otis Wonsley	RB	Alcorn State	SWAC
	9	230	Kansas City Chiefs	Tom Donovan	WR	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
	9	231	Buffalo Bills	Davis, KentKent Davis	DB	Southeast Missouri State	MIAA
	9	232	Minnesota Vikings	Dennis Mosley	RB	Iowa	Big Ten
	9	233	New Orleans Saints	Mordica, FrankFrank Mordica	RB	Vanderbilt	SEC
	9	234	New York Jets	Peters, JoeJoe Peters	DT	Arizona State	Pac-10
	9	235	New England Patriots	Burdet, BarryBarry Burdet	LB	Oklahoma	Big Eight
	9	236	Cleveland Browns	Roy Dewalt	RB	Texas–Arlington	—
	9	237	San Francisco 49ers	Hartwig, DanDan Hartwig	QB	Cal Lutheran	—
	9	238	Seattle Seahawks	Swift, JimJim Swift	OT	Iowa	Big Ten
	9	239	Miami Dolphins	Mark Goodspeed	OT	Nebraska	Big Eight
	9	240	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Gerald Carter	WR	Texas A&M	SWC
	9	241	Washington Redskins	McCullough, LawrenceLawrence McCullough	WR	Illinois	Big Ten
	9	242	Chicago Bears	Turk Schonert	QB	Stanford	Pac-10
	9	243	Denver Broncos	Greg Bracelin	LB	California	Pac-10
	9	244	Houston Oilers	Harris, EdEd Harris	RB	Bishop	Ind. (Div. III)
	9	245	Philadelphia Eagles	Harris, BobBob Harris	OT	Bowling Green	MAC
	9	246	Dallas Cowboys	Jackie Flowers	WR	Florida State	Ind. (I-A)
	9	247	San Diego Chargers	Whitman, SteveSteve Whitman	RB	Alabama	SEC
	9	248	Los Angeles Rams	George Farmer	WR	Southern	SWAC
	9	249	Pittsburgh Steelers	McCall, RonRon McCall	WR	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Ind. (Div. II)
	10	250	Pittsburgh Steelers	Wilson, WoodrowWoodrow Wilson	DB	NC State	ACC
	10	251	Detroit Lions	Donnie Henderson	DB	Utah State	Big West
	10	252	Cincinnati Bengals	Sandro Vitiello	K	UMass	Yankee
	10	253	Green Bay Packers	Jafus White	DB	Texas A&I	LSC
	10	254	Baltimore Colts	Stewart, LarryLarry Stewart	OT	Maryland	ACC
	10	255	St. Louis Cardinals	Rush Brown	DT	Ball State	MAC
	10	256	New York Giants	Sanford, JoeJoe Sanford	OT	Washington	Pac-10
	10	257	Atlanta Falcons	Walt Bellamy	DB	VMI	SoCon
	10	258	Minnesota Vikings	Brown, KennyKenny Brown	WR	Nebraska	Big Eight
	10	259	Buffalo Bills	Greg Cater	P	Chattanooga	SoCon
	10	260	New York Jets	Guy Bingham	C	Montana	Big Sky
	10	261	Kansas City Chiefs	Martinovich, RobRob Martinovich	OT	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
	10	262	New Orleans Saints	Webb, TanyaTanya Webb	DE	Michigan State	Big Ten
	10	263	Cleveland Browns	Fiedel, KevinKevin Fiedel	C	San Diego State	WAC
	10	264	Oakland Raiders	Carter, WalterWalter Carter	DE	Florida State	Ind. (I-A)
	10	265	Seattle Seahawks	Ron Essink	OT	Grand Valley State	GLIAC
	10	266	New England Patriots	Daniel, RomRom Daniel	C	Georgia Tech	Ind.
	10	267	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Andy Hawkins	LB	Texas A&I	LSC
	10	268	Washington Redskins	Walker, LewisLewis Walker	RB	Utah	WAC
	10	269	Chicago Bears	Stephens, WillieWillie Stephens	DB	Texas Tech	SWC
	10	270	Denver Broncos	Virgil Seay	WR	Troy State	Gulf South
	10	271	Miami Dolphins	Lantz, DougDoug Lantz	C	Miami (OH)	MAC
	10	272	Miami Dolphins	Long, BenBen Long	LB	South Dakota	NCC
	10	273	Dallas Cowboys	Matthew Teague	DE	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	Selection ruled invalid
	10	274	Seattle Seahawks	Rivers, BillyBilly Rivers	WR	Morris Brown	SIAC
	10	275	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Davis, BrettBrett Davis	RB	UNLV	Ind.
	10	276	Los Angeles Rams	DiDonato, BobBob DiDonato	OT	Pittsburgh	Ind. (I-A)
	10	277	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ken Fritz	OG	Ohio State	Big Ten
	11	278	Detroit Lions	Wayne Smith	CB	Purdue	Big Ten
	11	279	Miami Dolphins	Driscoll, PhilPhil Driscoll	DE	Mankato State	N/A
	11	280	Baltimore Colts	Whitley, EdEd Whitley	TE	Kansas State	Big Eight
	11	281	Cincinnati Bengals	Alton Alexis	WR	Tulane	Ind. (I-A)
	11	282	St. Louis Cardinals	Brown, DelrickDelrick Brown	DB	Houston	SWC
	11	283	Green Bay Packers	Skiles, RickyRicky Skiles	LB	Louisiville	Ind. (I-A)
	11	284	Atlanta Falcons	Babb, MikeMike Babb	DB	Oklahoma	Big Eight
	11	285	New York Giants	Bernish, SteveSteve Bernish	DE	South Carolina	Ind. (I-A)
	11	286	Buffalo Bills	Gordon, JoeJoe Gordon	DT	Grambling State	SWAC
	11	287	Kansas City Chiefs	Dale Markham	OT	North Dakota	NCC
	11	288	Minnesota Vikings	Sam Harrell	RB	East Carolina	Ind. (I-A)
	11	289	New Orleans Saints	Woodard, GeorgeGeorge Woodard	RB	Texas A&M	SWC
	11	290	New York Jets	James Zachery	LB	Texas A&M	SWC
	11	291	Oakland Raiders	Massey, MikeMike Massey	LB	Arkansas	SWC
	11	292	Seattle Seahawks	Ena, TaliTali Ena	RB	Washington State	Pac-10
	11	293	New England Patriots	Mike Hubach	P	Kansas	Big Eight
	11	294	Cleveland Browns	Roland Sales	RB	Arkansas	SWC
	11	295	Washington Redskins	Matocha, MikeMike Matocha	DE	Texas–Arlington	—
	11	296	Chicago Bears	Judge, ChrisChris Judge	DB	TCU	SWC
	11	297	Denver Broncos	Farris, PhilPhil Farris	WR	North Carolina	ACC
	11	298	Philadelphia Eagles	Jukes, LeeLee Jukes	WR	NC State	ACC
	11	299	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Jones, TerryTerry Jones	DE	Central State (OK)	Ind. (NAIA)
	11	300	Dallas Cowboys	Gary Padjen	LB	Arizona State	Pac-10
	11	301	Houston Oilers	Preston, EddieEddie Preston	WR	Western Kentucky	OVC
	11	302	Philadelphia Eagles	Thomas Brown	DE	Baylor	SWC
	11	303	San Diego Chargers	Singleton, JohnJohn Singleton	DE	UTEP	WAC
	11	304	Los Angeles Rams	Terry Greer	WR	Alabama State	Ind. (Div. II)
	11	305	Pittsburgh Steelers	Frank Pollard	RB	Baylor	SWC
	12	306	Pittsburgh Steelers	Vaclavik, CharlesCharles Vaclavik	DB	Texas	SWC
	12	307	Detroit Lions	Ray Williams	RB	Washington State	Pac-10
	12	308	Cincinnati Bengals	Wright, MikeMike Wright	QB	Vanderbilt	SEC
	12	309	St. Louis Cardinals	Tyrone Gray	WR	Washington State	Pac-10
	12	310	Green Bay Packers	Stewart, JamesJames Stewart	DB	Memphis State	Ind. (I-A)
	12	311	Baltimore Colts	Bielski, RandyRandy Bielski	K	Towson State	Ind. (Div. II)
	12	312	New York Giants	Mike Lansford	K	Washington	Pac-10
	12	313	Atlanta Falcons	Jones, QuinnQuinn Jones	RB	Tulsa	MVC
	12	314	Kansas City Chiefs	Brewington, MikeMike Brewington	LB	East Carolina	Ind. (I-A)
	12	315	Minnesota Vikings	Lane, ThomasThomas Lane	DB	Florida A&M	MEAC
	12	316	Buffalo Bills	Lapham, RogerRoger Lapham	TE	Maine	Yankee
	12	317	New York Jets	David Dumars	DB	Northeast Louisiana	Ind. (I-A)
	12	318	New Orleans Saints	Lewis, KiserKiser Lewis	LB	Florida A&M	MEAC
	12	319	Seattle Seahawks	Gilbert, PresnellPresnell Gilbert	DB	US International	N/A
	12	320	New England Patriots	Jimmy Jordan	QB	Florida State	Ind. (I-A)
	12	321	Cleveland Browns	Jackson, MarcusMarcus Jackson	DE	Purdue	Big Ten
	12	322	Oakland Raiders	Calvin Muhammad	WR	Texas Southern	SWAC
	12	323	Chicago Bears	Bob Fisher	TE	SMU	SWC
	12	324	Baltimore Colts	Marvin Sims	RB	Clemson	ACC
	12	325	Miami Dolphins	Stone, ChuckChuck Stone	OG	NC State	ACC
	12	326	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Coleman, GeneGene Coleman	DB	Miami (FL)	Ind. (I-A)
	12	327	Washington Redskins	Emmett, MarceneMarcene Emmett	DB	North Alabama	Gulf South
	12	328	Houston Oilers	Pitts, WileyWiley Pitts	WR	Temple	Ind. (I-A)
	12	329	Philadelphia Eagles	Howard Fields	DB	Baylor	SWC
	12	330	Dallas Cowboys	Norm Wells	DT	Northwestern	Big Ten
	12	331	San Diego Chargers	Price, HarryHarry Price	WR	McNeese State	Southland
	12	332	Los Angeles Rams	Scanlon, KevinKevin Scanlon	QB	Arkansas	SWC
	12	333	Pittsburgh Steelers	Tyrone McGriff	OG	Florida A&M	MEAC

1. Players are identified as Pro Bowlers if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.

Hall of Famers

• Anthony Muñoz, offensive tackle from Southern California, taken 1st round 3rd overall by Cincinnati Bengals

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1998.^[6]

• Dwight Stephenson, center from Alabama, taken 2nd round 48th overall by Miami Dolphins

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1998.^[6]

• Art Monk, wide receiver from Syracuse, taken 1st round 18th overall by Washington Redskins

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2008.^[7]

• Steve McMichael, defensive tackle from Texas, taken 3rd round 73rd overall by the New England Patriots.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024.

Notable undrafted players

†	= Pro Bowler[8]

Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
Atlanta Falcons	Reggie Smith	WR	North Carolina Central	CIAA
Baltimore Colts	Ron LaPointe	TE	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
Buffalo Bills	Steve Carpenter	S	Western Illinois	MCAA
Buffalo Bills	Rick Dennison	LB	Colorado State	WAC
Buffalo Bills	John Misko	P	Oregon State	Pac-10
Cincinnati Bengals	M. L. Harris	TE	Kansas State	Big Eight
Cincinnati Bengals	Blake Moore	C	Wooster	OAC
Cincinnati Bengals	John Pointer	LB	Vanderbilt	SEC
Cleveland Browns	Alvin Hall	S	Miami (OH)	MAC
Cleveland Browns	Joel Patten	OT	Duke	ACC
Dallas Cowboys	Dextor Clinkscale	S	South Carolina State	MEAC
Dallas Cowboys	Anthony Dickerson	LB	SMU	SWC
Dallas Cowboys	Jeff Gossett †	P	Eastern Illinois	MCAA
Dallas Cowboys	Guy Prather	LB	Grambling State	SWAC
Dallas Cowboys	John Roveto	K	Southwestern Louisiana	Southland
Dallas Cowboys	Don Smerek	DE	Nevada	Big Sky
Detroit Lions	Mike Whited	T	Pacific	PCAA
Green Bay Packers	Mark Murphy	S	West Liberty	WVIAC
Houston Oilers	Donnie Echols	TE	Oklahoma State	Big Eight
Kansas City Chiefs	Paul Dombroski	CB	Linfield	PNWC
Kansas City Chiefs	Dino Mangiero	DT	Rutgers	Ind. (I-A)
Kansas City Chiefs	Donovan Rose	CB/S	Hampton	CIAA
Los Angeles Rams	Walt Arnold	TE	New Mexico	WAC
Los Angeles Rams	Lucious Smith	CB	Cal State	PCAA
Los Angeles Rams	Kurt Sohn	WR	Fordham	Ind. (Div. III)
Miami Dolphins	Steve Shull	LB	William & Mary	Ind. (I-A)
New Orleans Saints	Mike Augustyniak	FB	Purdue	Big Ten
New Orleans Saints	Gordan Banks	WR	Stanford	Pac-10
New Orleans Saints	Larry Coombs	OG	Idaho	Big Sky
New Orleans Saints	Jeff George	CB	Illinois State	Ind.
New Orleans Saints	Steve Parker	DE	Idaho	Big Sky
New York Giants	Phil Cancik	LB	Northern Arizona	Big Sky
New York Giants	Mike Dennis	CB	Wyoming	WAC
New York Giants	Curtis McGriff	DT	Alabama	SEC
New York Giants	Leon Perry	RB	Ole Miss	SEC
New York Giants	Mike Whittington	LB	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
New York Giants	Kervin Wyatt	LB	Maryland	ACC
New York Jets	Sam Bowers	TE	Fordham	Ind. (Div. III)
New York Jets	Gary Dulin	DT	Ohio State	Big Ten
New York Jets	Jerry Holmes	CB/S	West Virginia	Ind. (I-A)
New York Jets	Jim Luscinski	T	Norwich	—
Washington Redskins	Jeff Bostic †	C	Clemson	ACC
Philadelphia Eagles	Oudious Lee	NT	Nebraska	Big Eight
Pittsburgh Steelers	Bill Ring	RB	Brigham Young	WAC
St. Louis Cardinals	Gary Hayes	CB/S	Fresno State	PCAA
San Diego Chargers	Rock Richmond	DB	Oregon	Pac-10
Seattle Seahawks	Greg Feasel	T	Abilene Christian	LSC
Seattle Seahawks	Mike Garrett	P	Georgia	SEC
Seattle Seahawks	Dave Krieg †	QB	Milton College	IBFC
Seattle Seahawks	Will Lewis	RB	Millersville	PSAC
Seattle Seahawks	Mark McGrath	WR	Montana State	Big Sky
Seattle Seahawks	Terry Rennaker	LB	Stanford	Pac-10
Seattle Seahawks	Kirk Springs	S	Miami (OH)	MAC
Washington Redskins	Chris Godfrey	OG	Michigan	Big Ten
Washington Redskins	Pat Ogrin	DT	Wyoming	WAC
Washington Redskins	Kevin Turner	LB	Pacific	PCAA