1983_NFL_draft

1983 NFL draft
1983 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)	April 26–27, 1983
Location	New York Sheraton Hotel; in New York City, NY
Network(s)	ESPN
Overview
	335 total selections in 12 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	John Elway, QB; Baltimore Colts
Mr. Irrelevant	John Tuggle, RB; New York Giants
Most selections (19)	New England Patriots
Fewest selections (5)	New Orleans Saints
Hall of Famers	8 QB John Elway; RB Eric Dickerson; OT Jim Covert; OT Bruce Matthews; QB Jim Kelly; QB Dan Marino; CB Darrell Green; DE Richard Dent;
	← 1982 1984 →

1983 NFL draft

Procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players

The 1983 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 26–27, 1983, at the New York Sheraton Hotel in New York City, New York.^[1]^[2] No teams elected to claim any players in the supplemental draft that year.

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The draft is frequently referred to as the quarterback class of 1983, because six quarterbacks were taken in the first round—John Elway, Todd Blackledge, Jim Kelly, Tony Eason, Ken O'Brien, and Dan Marino—the highest number of first round picks for the position, later tied by the 2024 NFL Draft. Of these quarterbacks, Elway, Kelly, Eason, and Marino played in the Super Bowl, Elway, Kelly, O'Brien, and Marino were selected to play in the Pro Bowl, and Elway, Kelly, and Marino have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. All six quarterbacks were drafted by American Football Conference (AFC) teams, with every member of the five-team AFC East (the Baltimore Colts, Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, and New England Patriots) selecting a quarterback. In eleven of the sixteen years following this draft, the AFC was represented in the Super Bowl by a team led by one of these quarterbacks: five with the Denver Broncos and Elway, four with the Bills and Kelly, one with the Dolphins and Marino, and one with the Patriots and Eason.

They met with little success in the Super Bowl, however, compiling a 2–9 record among them, with an 0–9 record for their first 14 years in the league. The only two wins were by Elway in XXXII and XXXIII during his final two seasons in 1997 and 1998. Three of the most lopsided Super Bowl losses in history also came at the hands of quarterbacks from the Class of '83: Elway, a 55–10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in XXIV; Eason, a 46–10 loss to the Chicago Bears in XX; and Kelly, a 52–17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in XXVII. Marino would only reach the Super Bowl once in a 38–16 loss to San Francisco in XIX following the end of his second season, when he won league MVP. Kelly and the Bills would appear in the Super Bowl for a record four consecutive years, from 1990 to 1993, but lost all four.

Of the six first round quarterbacks drafted, Hall of Famers Elway and Kelly did not sign with the teams that selected them for the 1983 season. Elway, who had made his antipathy towards the Colts known long before the draft, was also a promising baseball player in the New York Yankees organization. With Yankees owner George Steinbrenner aggressively pursuing a commitment from Elway to play baseball full-time, Elway and his agent, Marvin Demoff, successfully leveraged the threat of Elway abandoning football altogether to compel the Colts to trade Elway to the Broncos a few days after selecting him with the first overall pick of the draft.^[3]

Kelly, the other holdout, instead signed with the Houston Gamblers of the United States Football League (USFL), where he led the springtime circuit in passing in both 1984 and 1985. Kelly was set to play for the New Jersey Generals when the USFL planned to switch to a fall season in 1986, but when the USFL won only $1 (trebled to $3) from its antitrust lawsuit vs. the NFL on July 29, 1986, Kelly finally signed with the Bills three weeks later.

Including the aforementioned Elway, Kelly, and Marino, a total of seven players drafted in the first round have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and eight players overall have been inducted. Each round of this draft also contained at least one player who was later selected to play in the Pro Bowl. Several websites, including Bleacher Report and Athlon Sports, have called the class of 1983 the greatest of all time.^[4]^[5]

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[edge-8] May sometimes be referred to as an edge rusher (EDGE)

[9] Also known as offensive guard (OG)

[10] Also known as placekicker (PK)

[11] Also known as inside linebacker (ILB)

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"NFL Draft Locations". FootballGeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.

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Salomone, Dan (October 2, 2014). "NFL Draft headed to Chicago in 2015". Giants.com. New York Giants. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.

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Janofsky, Michael (May 3, 1983). "ELWAY TRADED TO BRONCOS BY COLTS - The New York Times". The New York Times.

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Paul Thelen (April 18, 2013). "The Greatest Draft Class in NFL History". Bleacher Report. Retrieved May 1, 2015.

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"10 Greatest Draft Classes in NFL History". Athlonsports.com | Expert Predictions, Picks, and Previews.

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

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Players are identified as a Hall of Famer if they have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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This last selection is commonly referred to as Mr. Irrelevant.

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List of 1990s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com ^{"Pro Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 11, 2008.}

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List of 2000s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com ^{"Pro Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 11, 2008.}

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Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
1	1	Baltimore Colts	John Elway^‡^†	QB	Stanford	Pac-10	Rights later traded to Denver
1	2	Los Angeles Rams	Eric Dickerson^‡^†	RB	SMU	SWC	from Houston through Seattle
1	3	Seattle Seahawks	Curt Warner ^†	RB	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)	from L. A. Rams
1	4	Denver Broncos	Chris Hinton ^†	OG	Northwestern	Big Ten	Rights later traded to Baltimore
1	5	San Diego Chargers	Billy Ray Smith	LB	Arkansas	SWC	from San Francisco
1	6	Chicago Bears	Jim Covert^‡^†	OT	Pittsburgh	Ind. (I-A)
1	7	Kansas City Chiefs	Todd Blackledge	QB	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
1	8	Philadelphia Eagles	Michael Haddix	RB	Mississippi State	SEC
1	9	Houston Oilers	Bruce Matthews^‡^†	OT	USC	Pac-10	from Seattle
1	10	New York Giants	Terry Kinard ^†	S	Clemson	ACC
1	11	Green Bay Packers	Tim Lewis	CB	Pittsburgh	Ind. (I-A)	from New Orleans
1	12	Buffalo Bills	Tony Hunter	TE	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
1	13	Detroit Lions	James Jones	FB	Florida	SEC
1	14	Buffalo Bills	Jim Kelly^‡^†	QB	Miami (FL)	Ind. (I-A)	from Cleveland
1	15	New England Patriots	Tony Eason	QB	Illinois	Big Ten
1	16	Atlanta Falcons	Mike Pitts	DE	Alabama	SEC
1	17	St. Louis Cardinals	Leonard Smith	CB	McNeese State	Southland
1	18	Chicago Bears	Willie Gault	WR	Tennessee	SEC	from Tampa Bay
1	19	Minnesota Vikings	Joey Browner ^†	CB	USC	Pac-10
1	20	San Diego Chargers	Gary Anderson ^†	RB	Arkansas	SWC	from Green Bay
1	21	Pittsburgh Steelers	Gabriel Rivera	DT	Texas Tech	SWC
1	22	San Diego Chargers	Gill Byrd ^†	CB	San Jose State	PCAA	from San Diego through San Francisco
1	23	Dallas Cowboys	Jim Jeffcoat	DE	Arizona State	Pac-10
1	24	New York Jets	Ken O'Brien ^†	QB	UC Davis	NCAC
1	25	Cincinnati Bengals	Dave Rimington	C	Nebraska	Big Eight
1	26	Los Angeles Raiders	Don Mosebar ^†	C	USC	Pac-10
1	27	Miami Dolphins	Dan Marino^‡^†	QB	Pittsburgh	Ind. (I-A)
1	28	Washington Redskins	Darrell Green^‡^†	CB	Texas A&I	LSC

Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
2	29	Baltimore Colts	Vernon Maxwell	LB	Arizona State	Pac-10
2	30	Houston Oilers	Harvey Salem	OT	California	Pac-10
2	31	Denver Broncos	Mark Cooper	OT	Miami (FL)	Ind. (I-A)
2	32	Los Angeles Rams	Henry Ellard ^†	WR	Fresno State	PCAA
2	33	Chicago Bears	Mike Richardson	CB	Arizona State	Pac-10
2	34	Kansas City Chiefs	Dave Lutz	OG	Georgia Tech	Ind.
2	35	Philadelphia Eagles	Wes Hopkins ^†	S	SMU	SWC
2	36	Los Angeles Rams	Mike Wilcher	LB	North Carolina	ACC	from San Francisco
2	37	New York Giants	Leonard Marshall ^†	DE	LSU	SEC
2	38	New Orleans Saints	Steve Korte	C	Arkansas	SWC
2	39	Buffalo Bills	Darryl Talley ^†	LB	West Virginia	Ind. (I-A)
2	40	Detroit Lions	Rich Strenger	OT	Michigan	Big Ten
2	41	Cleveland Browns	Ron Brown ^†	WR	Arizona State	Pac-10
2	42	Houston Oilers	Keith Bostic ^†	S	Michigan	Big Ten	from Seattle
2	43	Atlanta Falcons	James Britt	CB	LSU	SEC
2	44	St. Louis Cardinals	Cedric Mack	CB	Baylor	SWC
2	45	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Randy Grimes	C	Baylor	SWC
2	46	Philadelphia Eagles	Jody Schulz	LB	East Carolina	Ind. (I-A)
2	47	New England Patriots	Darryal Wilson	WR	Tennessee	SEC
2	48	Green Bay Packers	Dave Drechsler	OG	North Carolina	ACC
2	49	San Francisco 49ers	Roger Craig ^†	RB	Nebraska	Big Eight	from San Diego
2	50	Dallas Cowboys	Michael Walter	LB	Oregon	Pac-10
2	51	New York Jets	Johnny Hector	RB	Texas A&M	SWC
2	52	Pittsburgh Steelers	Wayne Capers	WR	Kansas	Big Eight
2	53	Cincinnati Bengals	Ray Horton	S	Washington	Pac-10
2	54	Los Angeles Raiders	Bill Pickel ^†	DT	Rutgers	Ind. (I-A)
2	55	Miami Dolphins	Mike Charles	DT	Syracuse	Ind. (I-A)
2	56	Washington Redskins	Richard Williams	RB	Memphis State	Ind. (I-A)

Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
3	57	Baltimore Colts	George Achica	NT	USC	Pac-10
3	58	Houston Oilers	Tim Joiner	LB	LSU	SEC
3	59	San Francisco 49ers	Blanchard Montgomery	LB	UCLA	Pac-10	from L. A. Rams
3	60	Denver Broncos	Clint Sampson	WR	San Diego State	WAC
3	61	Kansas City Chiefs	Albert Lewis ^†	CB	Grambling State	SWAC
3	62	Philadelphia Eagles	Glen Young	WR	Mississippi State	SEC
3	63	New York Giants	Jamie Williams	TE	Nebraska	Big Eight	from San Francisco via L. A. Rams
3	64	Chicago Bears	Dave Duerson ^†	S	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
3	65	New Orleans Saints	John Tice	TE	Maryland	ACC
3	66	New Orleans Saints	Cliff Austin	RB	Clemson	ACC	from Buffalo via St. Louis
3	67	Detroit Lions	Mike Cofer ^†	LB	Tennessee	SEC
3	68	Cleveland Browns	Reggie Camp	DE	California	Pac-10
3	69	Houston Oilers	Chris Dressel	TE	Stanford	Pac-10	from Seattle
3	70	New York Giants	Karl Nelson	OT	Iowa State	Big Eight
3	71	St. Louis Cardinals	Ramsey Dardar	DT	LSU	SEC
3	72	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Jeremiah Castille	CB	Alabama	SEC
3	73	Minnesota Vikings	Walker Lee Ashley	LB	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
3	74	New England Patriots	Stephen Starring	WR	McNeese State	Southland
3	75	Atlanta Falcons	Andrew Provence	NT	South Carolina	Ind. (I-A)
3	76	Miami Dolphins	Charles Benson	DE	Baylor	SWC	from Green Bay via Houston
3	77	Dallas Cowboys	Bryan Caldwell	DE	Arizona State	Pac-10
3	78	New York Jets	JoJo Townsell	WR	UCLA	Pac-10
3	79	Pittsburgh Steelers	Todd Seabaugh	LB	San Diego State	WAC
3	80	New England Patriots	Steve Moore	OG	Tennessee State	Ind. (I-AA)	from San Diego
3	81	Cincinnati Bengals	Jimmy Turner	S	UCLA	Pac-10
3	82	Los Angeles Raiders	Tony Caldwell	LB	Washington	Pac-10
3	83	Houston Oilers	Steve Brown	CB	Oregon	Pac-10	from Miami
3	84	Washington Redskins	Charles Mann ^†	DE	Nevada	Big Sky

Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
4	85	Baltimore Colts	Phil Smith	WR	San Diego State	WAC
4	86	Houston Oilers	Greg Hill	CB	Oklahoma State	Big Eight
4	87	Los Angeles Rams	Chuck Nelson	K	Washington	Pac-10	from Denver via San Francisco
4	88	Houston Oilers	Mike McCloskey	TE	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)	from L. A. Rams
4	89	Philadelphia Eagles	Mike Williams	RB	Mississippi College	Gulf South
4	90	San Francisco 49ers	Tom Holmoe	S	BYU	WAC
4	91	Chicago Bears	Tom Thayer	C	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
4	92	Kansas City Chiefs	Ron Wetzel	TE	Arizona State	Pac-10
4	93	Buffalo Bills	Trey Junkin	LB	Louisiana Tech	Southland
4	94	Detroit Lions	August Curley	LB	USC	Pac-10
4	95	San Diego Chargers	Danny Walters	CB	Arkansas	SWC	from Cleveland
4	96	St. Louis Cardinals	Mark Duda	DT	Maryland	ACC	from Seattle
4	97	Los Angeles Rams	Vince Newsome	CB	Washington	Pac-10	from N. Y. Giants
4	98	New Orleans Saints	Gary Lewis	DT	Oklahoma State	Big Eight
4	99	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Kelly Thomas	OT	USC	Pac-10
4	100	Minnesota Vikings	Rush, MarkMark Rush	RB	Miami (FL)	Ind. (I-A)
4	101	New England Patriots	Johnny Rembert ^†	LB	Clemson	ACC
4	102	Atlanta Falcons	John Harper	LB	Southern Illinois	MVC
4	103	St. Louis Cardinals	Lionel Washington	CB	Tulane	Ind. (I-A)
4	104	Green Bay Packers	Mike Miller	WR	Tennessee	SEC
4	105	New York Jets	Howell, WesWes Howell	TE	California	Pac-10
4	106	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bo Metcalf	CB	Baylor	SWC
4	107	Chicago Bears	Pat Dunsmore	TE	Drake	MVC	from San Diego
4	108	Dallas Cowboys	Chris Faulkner	TE	Florida	SEC
4	109	Cincinnati Bengals	Steve Maidlow	LB	Michigan State	Big Ten
4	110	Los Angeles Raiders	Greg Townsend ^†	DE	TCU	SWC
4	111	Los Angeles Rams	Doug Reed	DT	San Diego State	WAC	from Miami
4	112	Buffalo Bills	Payne, JimmyJimmy Payne	DE	Georgia	SEC	from Washington

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
113	Baltimore Colts	Sid Abramowitz	Tackle	Tulsa
114	Houston Oilers	Larry Moriarty	Running back	Notre Dame
115	Detroit Lions	Demetrious Johnson	Safety	Missouri
116	Denver Broncos	Weedy Harris	Linebacker	Houston
117	San Francisco 49ers	Riki Ellison	Linebacker	USC
118	New England Patriots	Smiley Creswell	Defensive end	Michigan State
119	Kansas City Chiefs	Jim Arnold	Punter	Vanderbilt
120	Philadelphia Eagles	Byron Darby	Defensive tackle	USC
121	Detroit Lions	Steve Mott	Center	Alabama
122	Cleveland Browns	Bill Contz	Tackle	Penn State
123	Seattle Seahawks	Chris Castor	Wide receiver	Duke
124	New York Giants	Malcolm Scott	Tight end	Louisiana State
125	Denver Broncos	Bruce Baldwin	Defensive back	Harding
126	Buffalo Bills	Matt Vandenboom	Defensive back	Wisconsin
127	Minnesota Vikings	Mark Stewart	Linebacker	Washington
128	New England Patriots	Darryl Lewis	Tight end	Texas-Arlington
129	Atlanta Falcons	Brett Miller	Tackle	Iowa
130	St. Louis Cardinals	Steve Bird	Wide receiver	Eastern Kentucky
131	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Tony Chickillo	Defensive tackle	Miami (FL)
132	Green Bay Packers	Bryan Thomas	Running back	Pittsburgh
133	Pittsburgh Steelers	Paul Skansi	Wide receiver	Washington
134	Los Angeles Rams	Otis Grant	Wide receiver	Michigan State
135	Dallas Cowboys	Chuck McSwain	Running back	Clemson
136	New York Jets	John Walker	Defensive tackle	Nebraska-Omaha
137	Cincinnati Bengals	Jeff Christensen	Quarterback	Eastern Illinois
138	Los Angeles Raiders	Dokie Williams	Wide receiver	UCLA
139	Houston Oilers	Jerome Foster	Defensive tackle	Ohio State
140	Pittsburgh Steelers	Gregg Garrity	Wide receiver	Penn State

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1983 NFL draft

Player selections

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

Round seven

Round eight

Round nine

Round ten

Round eleven

Round twelve

Hall of Fame inductees

Notable undrafted players

References

External links

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Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
141	San Diego Chargers	Trumaine Johnson	Wide receiver	Grambling
142	Houston Oilers	Steve Haworth	Defensive back	Oklahoma
143	Denver Broncos	Victor Heflin	Defensive back	Delaware State
144	Los Angeles Rams	Gary Kowalski	Tackle	Boston College
145	Cleveland Browns	Tim Stracka	Tight end	Wisconsin
146	Kansas City Chiefs	Ellis Gardner	Tackle	Georgia Tech
147	Philadelphia Eagles	Victor Oatis	Wide receiver	Northwest Louisiana
148	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Gene Branton	Wide receiver	Texas Southern
149	Cleveland Browns	Dave Puzzuoli	Defensive tackle	Pittsburgh
150	Seattle Seahawks	Reginald Gipson	Running back	Alabama A&M
151	New York Giants	Darrell Patterson	Linebacker	Texas Christian
152	Cincinnati Bengals	Kiki DeAyala	Linebacker	Texas
153	New York Giants	Kevin Belcher	Guard	Texas-El Paso
154	Detroit Lions	Todd Brown	Wide receiver	Nebraska
155	New England Patriots	Mike Bass	Kicker	Illinois
156	Atlanta Falcons	Anthony Allen	Wide receiver	Washington
157	St. Louis Cardinals	George Schmitt	Defensive back	Delaware
158	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Ken Kaplan	Tackle	New Hampshire
159	Minnesota Vikings	Mike Jones	Wide receiver	Tennessee State
160	Green Bay Packers	Ron Sams	Guard	Pittsburgh
161	Baltimore Colts	Grant Feasel	Center	Abilene Christian
162	Dallas Cowboys	Reggie Collier	Quarterback	Southern Mississippi
163	New York Jets	Vincent White	Running back	Stanford
164	Pittsburgh Steelers	Eric Williams	Defensive back	North Carolina State
165	Cincinnati Bengals	Larry Kinnebrew	Running back	Tennessee State
166	Washington Redskins	Bob Winckler	Tackle	Wisconsin
167	Miami Dolphins	Reggie Roby	Punter	Iowa
168	Washington Redskins	Babe Laufenberg	Quarterback	Indiana

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
169	Baltimore Colts	Alvin Moore	Running back	Arizona State
170	Houston Oilers	Herkie Walls	Wide receiver	Texas
171	Los Angeles Rams	Jeff Simmons	Wide receiver	USC
172	Denver Broncos	Myron Dupree	Defensive back	North Carolina Central
173	Kansas City Chiefs	Ken Thomas	Running back	San Jose State
174	Philadelphia Eagles	Anthony Edgar	Running back	Hawaii
175	San Francisco 49ers	Gary Moten	Linebacker	Southern Methodist
176	Cleveland Browns	Rocky Belk	Wide receiver	Miami (FL)
177	Seattle Seahawks	Sam Merriman	Linebacker	Idaho
178	New York Giants	Perry Williams	Cornerback	North Carolina State
179	Kansas City Chiefs	Daryl Posey	Running back	Mississippi College
180	Buffalo Bills	Gurnest Brown	Defensive tackle	Maryland
181	Detroit Lions	Mike Black	Punter	Arizona State
182	Philadelphia Eagles	Jon Schultheis	Guard	Princeton
183	Atlanta Falcons	Jeff Turk	Defensive back	Boise State
184	St. Louis Cardinals	Carlos Scott	Center	Texas-El Paso
185	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Weldon Ledbetter	Running back	Oklahoma
186	Minnesota Vikings	Carl Lee	Cornerback	Marshall
187	New England Patriots	Craig James	Running back	Southern Methodist
188	Green Bay Packers	Jessie Clark	Running back	Arkansas
189	Dallas Cowboys	Chris Schultz	Tackle	Arizona
190	New York Jets	Darrin Newbold	Linebacker	SW Missouri State
191	Pittsburgh Steelers	Mark Kirchner	Guard	Baylor
192	San Diego Chargers	Bill Elko	Defensive tackle	Louisiana State
193	Cincinnati Bengals	James Griffin	Defensive back	Middle Tennessee State
194	Los Angeles Raiders	Jeff McCall	Running back	Clemson
195	Miami Dolphins	Keith Woetzel	Linebacker	Rutgers
196	Washington Redskins	Kelvin Bryant	Running back	North Carolina

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
197	Denver Broncos	Gary Kubiak	Quarterback	Texas A&M
198	Houston Oilers	Robert Thompson	Linebacker	Michigan
199	Pittsburgh Steelers	Henry Odom	Running back	South Carolina State
200	Los Angeles Rams	Troy West	Defensive back	USC
201	Philadelphia Eagles	Rich Kraynak	Linebacker	Pittsburgh
202	San Diego Chargers	Earnest Jackson	Running back	Texas A&M
203	Chicago Bears	Richard Dent	Defensive end	Tennessee State
204	Kansas City Chiefs	Irv Eatman	Tackle	UCLA
205	New York Giants	Andy Headen	Linebacker	Clemson
206	New Orleans Saints	David Greenwood	Defensive back	Wisconsin
207	Buffalo Bills	James Durham	Defensive back	Houston
208	Detroit Lions	Bill Stapleton	Defensive back	Washington
209	Cleveland Browns	Mike McClearn	Guard	Temple
210	Seattle Seahawks	Matt Hernandez	Tackle	Purdue
211	St. Louis Cardinals	Bob Harris	Defensive back	Auburn
212	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	John Samuelson	Linebacker	Azusa Pacific
213	Minnesota Vikings	Norris Brown	Tight end	Georgia
214	New England Patriots	Ronnie Lippett	Defensive back	Miami (FL)
215	Atlanta Falcons	John Rade	Linebacker	Boise State
216	Green Bay Packers	Carlton Briscoe	Defensive back	McNeese State
217	New York Jets	Davlin Mullen	Defensive back	Western Kentucky
218	Pittsburgh Steelers	Craig Dunaway	Tight end	Michigan
219	Chicago Bears	Mark Bortz	Guard	Iowa
220	Dallas Cowboys	Lawrence Ricks	Running back	Michigan
221	Cincinnati Bengals	Mike Martin	Wide receiver	Illinois
222	Los Angeles Raiders	Mike Dotterer	Running back	Stanford
223	Miami Dolphins	Mark Clayton	Wide receiver	Louisville
224	Washington Redskins	Todd Hallstrom	Tackle	Minnesota

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
225	Baltimore Colts	Jim Mills	Tackle	Hawaii
226	Houston Oilers	Kevin Potter	Defensive back	Missouri
227	Los Angeles Rams	Jack Belcher	Center	Boston College
228	Denver Broncos	Brian Hawkins	Defensive back	San Jose State
229	San Francisco 49ers	Mike Mularkey	Tight end	Florida
230	Chicago Bears	Rob Fada	Guard	Pittsburgh
231	Kansas City Chiefs	Adam Lingner	Center	Illinois
232	Philadelphia Eagles	Rich Pelzer	Tackle	Rhode Island
233	New England Patriots	Ricky Williams	Running back	Langston
234	Buffalo Bills	George Parker	Running back	Norfolk State
235	Chicago Bears	Mark Zavagnin	Linebacker	Notre Dame
236	Seattle Seahawks	Bob Clasby	Defensive tackle	Notre Dame
237	New York Giants	Ali Haji-Sheikh	Kicker	Michigan
238	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Hasson Arbubakrr	Defensive tackle	Texas Tech
239	Minnesota Vikings	Rod Achter	Wide receiver	Toledo
240	New England Patriots	Mark Keel	Tight end	Arizona
241	Baltimore Colts	Chris Rose	Tackle	Stanford
242	St. Louis Cardinals	Otis Brown	Running back	Jackson State
243	Green Bay Packers	Robin Ham	Center	West Texas State
244	Pittsburgh Steelers	Blake Wingle	Guard	UCLA
245	San Diego Chargers	Mike Green	Linebacker	Oklahoma State
246	Dallas Cowboys	Al Gross	Defensive back	Arizona
247	New York Jets	Bobby Humphery	Wide receiver	New Mexico State
248	Cincinnati Bengals	Stanley Wilson	Running back	Oklahoma
249	Los Angeles Raiders	Kent Jordan	Tight end	St. Mary's (CA)
250	Miami Dolphins	Mark Brown	Linebacker	Purdue
251	Washington Redskins	Marcus Gilbert	Running back	Texas Christian

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
252	Baltimore Colts	Ronald Hopkins	Defensive back	Murray State
253	Green Bay Packers	Byron Williams	Wide receiver	Texas-Arlington
254	Denver Broncos	Walt Bowyer	Defensive end	Arizona State
255	Minnesota Vikings	Melvin Brown	Defensive back	Mississippi
256	Chicago Bears	Anthony Hutchison	Running back	Texas Tech
257	Kansas City Chiefs	Mark Shumate	Defensive tackle	Wisconsin
258	Philadelphia Eagles	Thomas Strauthers	Defensive tackle	Jackson State
259	San Francisco 49ers	Jeff Merrell	Defensive tackle	Nebraska
260	Buffalo Bills	Richard Tharpe	Defensive tackle	Louisville
261	Detroit Lions	Dave Laube	Guard	Penn State
262	Cleveland Browns	Thomas Hopkins	Tackle	Alabama State
263	Seattle Seahawks	Pete Speros	Guard	Penn State
264	New England Patriots	James Williams	Tight end	Wyoming
265	New England Patriots	Toby Williams	Defensive end	Nebraska
266	Minnesota Vikings	Walter Tate	Center	Tennessee State
267	New England Patriots	Tom Ramsey	Quarterback	UCLA
268	Atlanta Falcons	Ralph Giacomarro	Punter	Penn State
269	St. Louis Cardinals	Tim Lucas	Linebacker	California
270	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Darius Durham	Wide receiver	San Diego State
271	Green Bay Packers	Jimmy Thomas	Defensive back	Indiana
272	San Diego Chargers	Bruce Mathison	Quarterback	Nebraska
273	Dallas Cowboys	Eric Moran	Tackle	Washington
274	New York Jets	Dan Fike	Tackle	Florida
275	Pittsburgh Steelers	Roosevelt Straughter	Defensive back	N.E. Louisiana
276	Cincinnati Bengals	Tim Krumrie	Defensive tackle	Wisconsin
277	Los Angeles Raiders	Mervyn Fernandez	Wide receiver	San Jose State
278	Miami Dolphins	Anthony Reed	Running back	South Carolina State
279	Washington Redskins	Geff Gandy	Linebacker	Baylor

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
280	Baltimore Colts	Jim Bob Taylor	Quarterback	Georgia Tech
281	New York Giants	Lee Jenkins	Defensive back	Tennessee
282	Los Angeles Rams	Danny Triplett	Linebacker	Clemson
283	Denver Broncos	Don Bailey	Center	Miami (FL)
284	Kansas City Chiefs	Dwayne Jackson	Defensive end	South Carolina State
285	Philadelphia Eagles	Steve Sebahar	Center	Washington State
286	Chicago Bears	Gary Worthy	Running back	Wilmington (OH)
287	Detroit Lions	Ben Tate	Running back	North Carolina Central
288	Cleveland Browns	Boyce Green	Running back	Carson-Newman
289	San Francisco 49ers	Jesse Sapolu	Center	Hawaii
290	Seattle Seahawks	Bob Mayberry	Guard	Clemson
291	New York Giants	Clenzie Pierson	Defensive tackle	Rice
292	New England Patriots	Steve Parker	Wide receiver	Abilene Christian
293	Buffalo Bills	Larry White	Defensive end	Jackson State
294	New England Patriots	Calvin Eason	Defensive back	Houston
295	Atlanta Falcons	John Salley	Defensive back	Wyoming
296	St. Louis Cardinals	Aaron Williams	Wide receiver	Washington
297	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Mark Witte	Tight end	North Texas State
298	Minnesota Vikings	Brian Butcher	Guard	Clemson
299	Green Bay Packers	Bucky Scribner	Punter	Kansas
300	Dallas Cowboys	Dan Taylor	Tackle	Idaho State
301	New York Jets	Mike Harmon	Wide receiver	Mississippi
302	Pittsburgh Steelers	Mark Raugh	Tight end	West Virginia
303	San Diego Chargers	Tim Kearse	Wide receiver	San Jose State
304	Cincinnati Bengals	Gary Williams	Wide receiver	Ohio State
305	Cleveland Browns	Howard McAdoo	Linebacker	Michigan State
306	Miami Dolphins	Joe Lukens	Guard	Ohio State
307	San Diego Chargers	Tim Spencer	Running back	Ohio State

Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
308	Baltimore Colts	Carl Williams	Wide receiver	Texas Southern
309	New York Giants	Robbie Jones	Linebacker	Alabama
310	Denver Broncos	Karl Mecklenburg	Linebacker	Minnesota
311	Los Angeles Rams	Clete Casper	Quarterback	Washington State
312	Philadelphia Eagles	David Mangrum	Quarterback	Baylor
313	Chicago Bears	Oliver Williams	Wide receiver	Illinois
314	San Diego Chargers	Billy Blaylock	Defensive back	Tennessee Tech
315	Kansas City Chiefs	Ken Jones	Tackle	Tennessee
316	Cleveland Browns	Paul Farren	Tackle	Boston University
317	Seattle Seahawks	Don Dow	Tackle	Washington
318	New York Giants	Frank Magwood	Wide receiver	Clemson
319	New England Patriots	Waddell Kelly	Running back	Arkansas State
320	Buffalo Bills	Julius Dawkins	Wide receiver	Pittsburgh
321	Detroit Lions	Jim Lane	Center	Idaho State
322	Atlanta Falcons	Allama Matthews	Tight end	Vanderbilt
323	St. Louis Cardinals	James Lane	Linebacker	Alabama State
324	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	John Higginbotham	Defensive tackle	N.E. Oklahoma
325	Minnesota Vikings	Maurice Turner	Running Back	Utah State
326	New England Patriots	Andy Ekern	Tackle	Missouri
327	Green Bay Packers	John Harvey	Linebacker	USC
328	New York Jets	Stu Crum	Kicker	Tulsa
329	San Diego Chargers	Chuck Ehin	Defensive tackle	Brigham Young
330	Pittsburgh Steelers	Roger Wiley	Running back	Sam Houston State
331	Dallas Cowboys	Lorenzo Bouier	Running back	Maine
332	Cincinnati Bengals	Andre Young	Linebacker	Bowling Green
333	Los Angeles Raiders	Scott Lindquist	Quarterback	Northern Arizona
334	Miami Dolphins	Anthony Carter	Wide receiver	Michigan
335^[8]	New York Giants	John Tuggle	Running back	California

Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
Atlanta Falcons	Dan Benish	DT	Clemson	ACC
Atlanta Falcons	Arthur Cox	TE	Texas Southern	SWAC
Atlanta Falcons	David Frye	LB	Purdue	Big Ten
Baltimore Colts	John Miller	LB	Mississippi State	SEC
Buffalo Bills	David Kilson	DB	Nevada	Big Sky
Buffalo Bills	Scott Virkus	DE	Purdue	Big Ten
Chicago Bears	Brian Glasgow	TE	Northern Illinois	MAC
Chicago Bears	Mike Hohensee	QB	Minnesota	Big Ten
Chicago Bears	John Janata	T	Illinois	Big Ten
Chicago Bears	Dennis McKinnon	WR	Florida State	Ind. (I-A)
Cincinnati Bengals	Jim Gustafson	WR	St. Thomas (MN)	MIAC
Cleveland Browns	Dale Carver	LB	Georgia	SEC
Cleveland Browns	Andy Gibler	TE	Missouri	Big Eight
Cleveland Browns	Roger Ruzek	K	Weber State	Big Sky
Dallas Cowboys	Raúl Allegre	K	Texas	SWC
Dallas Cowboys	Bill Bates ^†	S	Tennessee	SEC
Dallas Cowboys	Kirk Phillips	WR	Tulsa	MVC
Dallas Cowboys	Broderick Thompson	OT	Kansas	Big Eight
Dallas Cowboys	Mark Tuinei ^†	DT	Hawaii	WAC
Dallas Cowboys	John Warren	P	Tennessee	SEC
Dallas Cowboys	Jon Zogg	OG	Boise State	Big Sky
Denver Broncos	Dan DeRose	LB	CSU Pueblo	RMAC
Denver Broncos	Shawn Hollingsworth	T	Angelo State	LSC
Denver Broncos	Mike Morris	LS	Truman State	MIAA
Denver Broncos	Rich Stachowski	DT	California	Pac-10
Detroit Lions	Jeff Chadwick	WR	Grand Valley State	GLIAC
Houston Oilers	Bob Hamm	DE	Nevada	Big Sky
Houston Oilers	Brian Sochia ^†	DT	Northwestern Oklahoma State	OIC
Kansas City Chiefs	Van Jakes	CB	Kent State	MAC
Kansas City Chiefs	Jim Bob Morris	S	Kansas State	Big Eight
Los Angeles Raiders	Vince Courville	WR	Rice	SWC
Los Angeles Rams	Mike McDonald	LS	USC	Pac-10
Los Angeles Rams	Scott Tinsley	QB	USC	Pac-10
Minnesota Vikings	Bill Renner	P	Virginia Tech	Ind.
New England Patriots	Ed Reynolds	LB	Virginia	ACC
New England Patriots	Clarence Weathers	WR	Delaware State	MEAC
New Orleans Saints	Bobby Hebert ^†	QB	Northwestern State	Ind. (I-AA)
New York Giants	Bart Oates ^†	C	BYU	WAC
New York Giants	Zeke Mowatt	TE	Florida State	Ind. (I-A)
New York Jets	Ted Banker	OG	Southeast Missouri State	MIAA
New York Jets	Nick Bruckner	WR	Syracuse	Ind. (I-A)
Philadelphia Eagles	Major Everett	FB	Mississippi College	Gulf South
Philadelphia Eagles	Elbert Foules	CB	Alcorn State	SWAC
Pittsburgh Steelers	Lou Rash	DB	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC
Pittsburgh Steelers	Pete Rostosky	T	UConn	Yankee
St. Louis Cardinals	Fernanza Burgess	WR	Morris Brown	SIAC
San Diego Chargers	Gary Plummer	LB	California	Pac-10
San Diego Chargers	Joaquin Zendejas	K	La Verne	SCIAC
Seattle Seahawks	Joe Dufek	QB	Yale	Ivy
Seattle Seahawks	David Hardy	K	Texas A&M	SWC
Seattle Seahawks	Frank Middleton	RB	Florida A&M	MEAC
Seattle Seahawks	Paul Moyer	S	Arizona State	Pac-10
Seattle Seahawks	John Stadnik	C	Western Illinois	AMCU
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Bob Hewko	QB	Florida	SEC
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Alan Risher	QB	LSU	SEC
Washington Redskins	D.D. Hoggard	DB	NC State	ACC
Washington Redskins	Kevin Kellin	DT	Minnesota	Big Ten
Washington Redskins	Nate Newton ^†	OT	Florida A&M	MEAC