# 1982 NFL draft

The 1982 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 27–28, 1982, at the New York Sheraton Hotel in New York City, New York. At the time of the draft the Raiders were still the Oakland Raiders, they relocated to Los Angeles in May 1982. 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 New England Patriots selected defensive end Kenneth Sims.

## Player selections

| = Pro Bowler | = Hall of Famer |
| * | = compensatory selection |
| † | = Pro Bowler |
| ‡ | = Hall of Famer |
Positions key :
| C | Center | CB | Cornerback | DB | Defensive back | DE | Defensive end |
| DL | Defensive lineman | DT | Defensive tackle | FB | Fullback | FS | Free safety |
| G | Guard | K | Kicker | KR | Kickoff returner | LB | Linebacker |
| LS | Long snapper | MLB | Middle linebacker | OT | Offensive tackle | OL | Offensive lineman |
| OLB | Outside linebacker | 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 |

### Round one

| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | New England Patriots | Kenneth Sims | DE | Texas | SWC | |
| 1 | 2 | Baltimore Colts | Johnie Cooks | LB | Mississippi State | SEC | |
| 1 | – | New Orleans Saints | The New Orleans Saints forfeited their 1982 first round pick after selecting Dave Wilson in the 1981 supplemental draft. | The New Orleans Saints forfeited their 1982 first round pick after selecting Dave Wilson in the 1981 supplemental draft. | The New Orleans Saints forfeited their 1982 first round pick after selecting Dave Wilson in the 1981 supplemental draft. | The New Orleans Saints forfeited their 1982 first round pick after selecting Dave Wilson in the 1981 supplemental draft. | The New Orleans Saints forfeited their 1982 first round pick after selecting Dave Wilson in the 1981 supplemental draft. |
| 1 | 3 | Cleveland Browns | Chip Banks $^†$ | LB | USC | Pac-10 | |
| 1 | 4 | Baltimore Colts | Art Schlichter | QB | Ohio State | Big Ten | from L. A. Rams |
| 1 | 5 | Chicago Bears | Jim McMahon $^†$ | QB | BYU | WAC | |
| 1 | 6 | Seattle Seahawks | Jeff Bryant | DE | Clemson | ACC | |
| 1 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings | Darrin Nelson | RB | Stanford | Pac-10 | |
| 1 | 8 | Houston Oilers | Mike Munchak$^‡$$^†$ | OG | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 1 | 9 | Atlanta Falcons | Gerald Riggs $^†$ | RB | Arizona State | Pac-10 | |
| 1 | 10 | Los Angeles Raiders | Marcus Allen$^‡$$^†$ | RB | USC | Pac-10 | Heisman Trophy winner |
| 1 | 11 | Kansas City Chiefs | Anthony Hancock | WR | Tennessee | SEC | from St. Louis |
| 1 | 12 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Walter Abercrombie | RB | Baylor | SWC | |
| 1 | 13 | New Orleans Saints | Lindsay Scott | WR | Georgia | SEC | from Green Bay via San Diego |
| 1 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams | Barry Redden | RB | Richmond | Ind. | from Washington |
| 1 | 15 | Detroit Lions | Jimmy Williams | LB | Nebraska | Big Eight | |
| 1 | 16 | St. Louis Cardinals | Luis Sharpe $^†$ | OT | UCLA | Pac-10 | from Kansas City |
| 1 | 17 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Sean Farrell | OG | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 1 | 18 | New York Giants | Butch Woolfolk | RB | Michigan | Big Ten | |
| 1 | 19 | Buffalo Bills | Perry Tuttle | WR | Clemson | ACC | from Denver |
| 1 | 20 | Philadelphia Eagles | Mike Quick $^†$ | WR | NC State | ACC | |
| 1 | 21 | Denver Broncos | Gerald Willhite | RB | San Jose State | PCAA | from Buffalo |
| 1 | 22 | Green Bay Packers | Ron Hallstrom | OG | Iowa | Big Ten | from San Diego |
| 1 | 23 | New York Jets | Bob Crable | LB | Notre Dame | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 1 | 24 | Miami Dolphins | Roy Foster $^†$ | OG | USC | Pac-10 | |
| 1 | 25 | Dallas Cowboys | Rod Hill | CB | Kentucky State | Ind. (Div. II) | |
| 1 | 26 | Cincinnati Bengals | Glen Collins | DE | Mississippi State | SEC | |
| 1 | 27 | New England Patriots | Lester Williams | NT | Miami (FL) | Ind. (I-A) | from San Francisco |

### Round two

| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes |
| 2 | 28 | Baltimore Colts | Leo Wisniewski | NT | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 2 | 29 | San Francisco 49ers | William Paris | OT | Michigan | Big Ten | from New England |
| 2 | 30 | New Orleans Saints | Brad Edelman $^†$ | OG | Missouri | Big Eight | |
| 2 | 31 | Cleveland Browns | Keith Baldwin | DE | Texas A&M | SWC | |
| 2 | 32 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Booker Reese | DE | Bethune–Cookman | MEAC | |
| 2 | 33 | Seattle Seahawks | Bruce Scholtz | LB | Texas | SWC | |
| 2 | 34 | Baltimore Colts | Rohn Stark $^†$ | P | Florida State | Ind. (I-A) | from L. A. Rams |
| 2 | 35 | Los Angeles Raiders | Jack Squirek | LB | Illinois | Big Ten | from Houston |
| 2 | 36 | Atlanta Falcons | Doug Rogers | DE | Stanford | Pac-10 | |
| 2 | 37 | Los Angeles Raiders | Jim Romano | C | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 2 | 38 | St. Louis Cardinals | David Galloway | DE | Florida | SEC | |
| 2 | 39 | Minnesota Vikings | Terry Tausch | OG | Texas | SWC | |
| 2 | 40 | New England Patriots | Robert Weathers | RB | Arizona State | Pac-10 | from Green Bay via San Diego |
| 2 | 41 | New England Patriots | Andre Tippett$^‡$$^†$ | LB | Iowa | Big Ten | from Washington via San Francisco |
| 2 | 42 | Detroit Lions | Bobby Watkins | CB | Southwest Texas State | LSC | |
| 2 | 43 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Meyer, JohnJohn Meyer | OT | Arizona State | Pac-10 | |
| 2 | 44 | Houston Oilers | Oliver Luck | QB | West Virginia | Ind. (I-A) | from Tampa Bay via Miami and L. A. Rams |
| 2 | 45 | New York Giants | Joe Morris $^†$ | RB | Syracuse | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 2 | 46 | Kansas City Chiefs | Calvin Daniels | LB | North Carolina | ACC | |
| 2 | 47 | Philadelphia Eagles | Lawrence Sampleton | TE | Texas | SWC | |
| 2 | 48 | Buffalo Bills | Matt Kofler | QB | San Diego State | WAC | |
| 2 | 49 | Washington Redskins | Vernon Dean | CB | San Diego State | WAC | from San Diego via Los Angeles |
| 2 | 50 | Denver Broncos | Orlando McDaniel | WR | LSU | SEC | |
| 2 | 51 | New York Jets | Reggie McElroy | OT | West Texas A&M | MVC | |
| 2 | 52 | Miami Dolphins | Mark Duper $^†$ | WR | Northwestern State | Ind. (I-AA) | |
| 2 | 53 | Dallas Cowboys | Jeff Rohrer | LB | Yale | Ivy | |
| 2 | 54 | Cincinnati Bengals | Emanuel Weaver | NT | South Carolina State | MEAC | |
| 2 | 55 | New England Patriots | Darryl Haley | OT | Utah | WAC | from San Francisco |

### Round three

| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes |
| 3 | 56 | New England Patriots | Cedric Jones | WR | Duke | ACC | |
| 3 | 57 | Baltimore Colts | Jim Burroughs | CB | Michigan State | Big Ten | |
| 3 | 58 | New Orleans Saints | Rodney Lewis | DB | Nebraska | Big Eight | |
| 3 | 59 | Buffalo Bills | Eugene Marve | LB | Saginaw Valley State | GLIAC | from Cleveland |
| 3 | 60 | New England Patriots | Clayton Weishuhn | LB | Angelo State | LSC | from Seattle |
| 3 | 61 | Washington Redskins | Powell, CarlCarl Powell | WR | Jackson State | SWAC | from L. A. Rams |
| 3 | 62 | Chicago Bears | Tim Wrightman | TE | UCLA | Pac-10 | |
| 3 | 63 | Atlanta Falcons | Stacey Bailey | WR | San Jose State | PCAA | |
| 3 | 64 | Los Angeles Raiders | Vann McElroy $^†$ | S | Baylor | SWC | |
| 3 | 65 | St. Louis Cardinals | Benny Perrin | S | Alabama | SEC | |
| 3 | 66 | New Orleans Saints | Eugene Goodlow | LB | Kansas State | Big Eight | from Minnesota |
| 3 | 67 | Los Angeles Rams | Bechtold, BillBill Bechtold | C | Oklahoma | Big Eight | from Houston |
| 3 | 68 | New Orleans Saints | Kenny Duckett | WR | Wake Forest | ACC | from Washington |
| 3 | 69 | Detroit Lions | Steve Doig | LB | New Hampshire | Yankee | |
| 3 | 70 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Mike Merriweather $^†$ | LB | Pacific | PCAA | |
| 3 | 71 | Green Bay Packers | Del Rodgers | RB | Utah | WAC | |
| 3 | 72 | Houston Oilers | Stan Edwards | RB | Michigan | Big Ten | from N. Y. Giants |
| 3 | 73 | St. Louis Cardinals | Rusty Guilbeau | DE | McNeese State | Southland | from Kansas City |
| 3 | 74 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Jerry Ball | TE | Arizona State | Pac-10 | |
| 3 | 75 | Seattle Seahawks | Pete Metzelaars | TE | Wabash | N/A | from Buffalo |
| 3 | 76 | New Orleans Saints | John Krimm | DB | Notre Dame | Ind. (I-A) | from San Diego |
| 3 | 77 | Houston Oilers | Robert Abraham | LB | NC State | ACC | from Denver via L. A. Rams |
| 3 | 78 | Philadelphia Eagles | Vyto Kab | TE | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 3 | 79 | New York Jets | Dwayne Crutchfield | RB | Iowa State | Big Eight | |
| 3 | 80 | Miami Dolphins | Paul Lankford | CB | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 3 | 81 | Dallas Cowboys | Jim Eliopulos | LB | Wyoming | WAC | |
| 3 | 82 | Cincinnati Bengals | Rodney Holman $^†$ | TE | Tulane | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 3 | 83 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | John Cannon | DE | William & Mary | Ind. (I-A) | from San Francisco via San Diego |

### Round four

| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes |
| 4 | 84 | Baltimore Colts | Mike Pagel | QB | Arizona State | Pac-10 | |
| 4 | 85 | New England Patriots | George Crump | DE | East Carolina | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 4 | 86 | New Orleans Saints | Morten Andersen$^‡$$^†$ | K | Michigan State | Big Ten | |
| 4 | 87 | Cleveland Browns | Dwight Walker | WR | Nicholls State | Ind. (I-AA) | |
| 4 | 88 | Los Angeles Rams | Jeff Gaylord | LB | Missouri | Big Eight | |
| 4 | 89 | Chicago Bears | Dennis Gentry | RB | Baylor | SWC | |
| 4 | 90 | St. Louis Cardinals | Tootie Robbins | OT | East Carolina | Ind. (I-A) | from Seattle |
| 4 | 91 | Los Angeles Raiders | Ed Muransky | OT | Michigan | Big Ten | |
| 4 | 92 | Minnesota Vikings | Jim Fahnhorst | LB | Minnesota | Big Ten | |
| 4 | 93 | Buffalo Bills | Van Williams | RB | Carson–Newman | N/A | from St. Louis |
| 4 | 94 | Houston Oilers | Steve Bryant | WR | Purdue | Big Ten | |
| 4 | 95 | Atlanta Falcons | Reggie Brown | RB | Oregon | Pac-10 | |
| 4 | 96 | Detroit Lions | Bruce McNorton | CB | Georgetown (KY) | N/A | |
| 4 | 97 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Rick Woods | CB | Boise State | Big Sky | |
| 4 | 98 | Green Bay Packers | Robert Brown | LB | Virginia Tech | Ind. | |
| 4 | 99 | Washington Redskins | Todd Liebenstein | DE | UNLV | Ind. | |
| 4 | 100 | Kansas City Chiefs | Louis Haynes | LB | North Texas State | Ind. | |
| 4 | 101 | Dallas Cowboys | Brian Carpenter | CB | Michigan | Big Ten | from Tampa Bay |
| 4 | 102 | New York Giants | Raymond, GerryGerry Raymond | OG | Boston College | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 4 | 103 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Barrett, DaveDave Barrett | RB | Houston | SWC | from San Diego |
| 4 | 104 | Kansas City Chiefs | Stuart Anderson | LB | Virginia | ACC | from Denver |
| 4 | 105 | Philadelphia Eagles | Anthony Griggs | LB | Ohio State | Big Ten | |
| 4 | 106 | Denver Broncos | Plater, DanDan Plater | WR | BYU | WAC | from Buffalo |
| 4 | 107 | New York Jets | George Floyd | DB | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | |
| 4 | 108 | Miami Dolphins | Charles Bowser | LB | Duke | ACC | |
| 4 | 109 | Dallas Cowboys | Monty Hunter | S | Salem | N/A | |
| 4 | 110 | Cincinnati Bengals | Rodney Tate | RB | Texas | SWC | |
| 4 | 111 | New England Patriots | Brian Ingram | LB | Tennessee | SEC | |

### Round five

| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes |
| 5 | 112 | New England Patriots | Fred Marion $^†$ | S | Miami (FL) | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 5 | 113 | Baltimore Colts | Terry Crouch | OG | Oklahoma | Big Eight | |
| 5 | 114 | New Orleans Saints | Tony Elliott | DE | North Texas State | Ind. | |
| 5 | 115 | Cleveland Browns | Mike Baab | C | Texas | SWC | |
| 5 | 116 | Chicago Bears | Perry Hartnett | OT | SMU | SWC | |
| 5 | 117 | Los Angeles Rams | Wally Kersten | OT | Minnesota | Big Ten | from Seattle |
| 5 | 118 | Los Angeles Rams | Doug Barnett | DE | Azusa Pacific | Ind. (NAIA) | |
| 5 | 119 | St. Louis Cardinals | Vance Bedford | DE | Texas | SWC | |
| 5 | 120 | Miami Dolphins | Bob Nelson | DT | Miami (FL) | Ind. (I-A) | from Minnesota |
| 5 | 121 | Houston Oilers | Malcolm Taylor | DE | Tennessee State | Ind. (I-AA) | |
| 5 | 122 | Atlanta Falcons | Von Mansfield | CB | Wisconsin | Big Ten | |
| 5 | 123 | Los Angeles Raiders | Jackson, EdEd Jackson | LB | Louisiana Tech | Southland | |
| 5 | 124 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ken Dallafior | OT | Minnesota | Big Ten | |
| 5 | 125 | St. Louis Cardinals | Earl Ferrell | RB | East Tennessee State | SoCon | from Washington |
| 5 | 126 | Green Bay Packers | Mike Meade | RB | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 5 | 127 | Detroit Lions | William Graham | S | Texas | SWC | |
| 5 | 128 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Jeff Davis | LB | Clemson | ACC | |
| 5 | 129 | New York Giants | Rich Umphrey | C | Colorado | Big Eight | |
| 5 | 130 | Kansas City Chiefs | Del Thompson | RB | UTEP | WAC | |
| 5 | 131 | Denver Broncos | Sammy Winder $^†$ | RB | Southern Miss | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 5 | 132 | Philadelphia Eagles | Dennis DeVaughn | DB | Bishop | Ind. (Div. III) | |
| 5 | 133 | Washington Redskins | Mike Williams | TE | Alabama A&M | SIAC | from Buffalo |
| 5 | 134 | Chicago Bears | Tabron, DennisDennis Tabron | DB | Duke | ACC | from San Diego |
| 5 | 135 | New York Jets | Mark Jerue | LB | Washington | Pac-10 | |
| 5 | 136 | Miami Dolphins | Rich Diana | RB | Yale | Ivy | |
| 5 | 137 | Dallas Cowboys | Phil Pozderac | OT | Notre Dame | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 5 | 138 | Cincinnati Bengals | Sorensen, PaulPaul Sorensen | DB | Washington State | Pac-10 | |
| 5 | 139 | San Francisco 49ers | Newton Williams | RB | Arizona State | Pac-10 | |

### Round six

| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes |
| 6 | 140 | Baltimore Colts | Pat Beach | TE | Washington State | Pac-10 | |
| 6 | 141 | New England Patriots | Ricky Smith | DB | Alabama State | Ind. (Div. II) | |
| 6 | 142 | New Orleans Saints | Lewis, MarvinMarvin Lewis | RB | Tulane | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 6 | 143 | Dallas Cowboys | Hammond, KenKen Hammond | OG | Vanderbilt | SEC | from Cleveland |
| 6 | 144 | Seattle Seahawks | Jack Campbell | OT | Utah | WAC | |
| 6 | 145 | Los Angeles Rams | Kerry Locklin | TE | New Mexico State | MVC | |
| 6 | 146 | Chicago Bears | Kurt Becker | OG | Michigan | Big Ten | |
| 6 | 147 | Minnesota Vikings | Greg Storr | LB | Boston College | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 6 | 148 | Houston Oilers | Gary Allen | RB | Hawaii | WAC | |
| 6 | 149 | Atlanta Falcons | Mike Kelley | QB | Georgia Tech | Ind. | |
| 6 | 150 | St. Louis Cardinals | Craig Shaffer | LB | Indiana State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 6 | 151 | San Francisco 49ers | Williams, VinceVince Williams | RB | Oregon | Pac-10 | from L. A. Raiders |
| 6 | 152 | Green Bay Packers | Chet Parlavecchio | LB | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 6 | 153 | Washington Redskins | Holt Jeffers, LemontLemont Holt Jeffers | LB | Tennessee | SEC | |
| 6 | 154 | Detroit Lions | Mike Machurek | QB | Idaho State | Big Sky | |
| 6 | 155 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Mike Perko | DT | Utah State | Big West | |
| 6 | 156 | New York Giants | Darrell Nicholson | LB | North Carolina | ACC | |
| 6 | 157 | Kansas City Chiefs | Durwood Roquemore | CB | Texas A&I | LSC | |
| 6 | 158 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Tyler, AndreAndre Tyler | WR | Stanford | Pac-10 | |
| 6 | 159 | Philadelphia Eagles | Grieve, CurtCurt Grieve | WR | Yale | Ivy | |
| 6 | 160 | Buffalo Bills | Chivers, DeWayneDeWayne Chivers | TE | South Carolina | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 6 | 161 | Miami Dolphins | Tom Tutson | DB | South Carolina State | MEAC | from San Diego |
| 6 | 162 | Cleveland Browns | Mike Whitwell | WR | Texas A&M | SWC | from Denver |
| 6 | 163 | New York Jets | Phea, LonellLonell Phea | WR | Houston | SWC | |
| 6 | 164 | Miami Dolphins | Ron Hester | LB | Florida State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 6 | 165 | Dallas Cowboys | Daum, CharlesCharles Daum | DT | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | CCAA | |
| 6 | 166 | Cincinnati Bengals | King, ArthurArthur King | DE | Grambling State | SWAC | |
| 6 | 167 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Craig Bingham | LB | Syracuse | Ind. (I-A) | from San Francisco via New Orleans |

### Round seven

| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes |
| 7 | 168 | New England Patriots | Jeff Roberts | LB | Tulane | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 7 | 169 | Baltimore Colts | Fletcher Jenkins | DT | Washington | Pac-10 | |
| 7 | 170 | Miami Dolphins | Dan Johnson | TE | Iowa State | Big Eight | from New Orleans |
| 7 | 171 | Buffalo Bills | Gary Anderson $^†$ | K | Syracuse | Ind. (I-A) | from Cleveland |
| 7 | 172 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Edmund Nelson | DT | Auburn | SEC | from L. A. Rams |
| 7 | 173 | Chicago Bears | Henry Waechter | DT | Nebraska | Big Eight | |
| 7 | 174 | Seattle Seahawks | Eugene Williams | LB | Tulsa | MVC | |
| 7 | 175 | Detroit Lions | Bates, PhilPhil Bates | RB | Nebraska | Big Eight | from Houston |
| 7 | 176 | Atlanta Falcons | David Toloumu | RB | Hawaii | WAC | |
| 7 | 177 | Los Angeles Raiders | Jackson, JeffJeff Jackson | DE | Toledo | MAC | |
| 7 | 178 | St. Louis Cardinals | Sebro, BobBob Sebro | C | Colorado | Big Eight | |
| 7 | 179 | Minnesota Vikings | Steve Jordan $^†$ | TE | Brown | Ivy | |
| 7 | 180 | Washington Redskins | Schachtner, JohnJohn Schachtner | LB | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | |
| 7 | 181 | Los Angeles Rams | Joe Shearin | OG | Texas | SWC | |
| 7 | 182 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Emil Boures | C | Pittsburgh | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 7 | 183 | Green Bay Packers | Whitley, JoeyJoey Whitley | DB | UTEP | WAC | |
| 7 | 184 | Kansas City Chiefs | Greg Smith | DT | Kansas | Big Eight | |
| 7 | 185 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Morris, TomTom Morris | DB | Michigan State | Big Ten | |
| 7 | 186 | New York Giants | Tom Wiska | OG | Michigan State | Big Ten | |
| 7 | 187 | Detroit Lions | Simmons, VictorVictor Simmons | WR | Oregon State | Pac-10 | from Buffalo via L. A. Rams |
| 7 | 188 | San Diego Chargers | Hall, HollisHollis Hall | DB | Clemson | ACC | |
| 7 | 189 | Denver Broncos | Ruben, AlvinAlvin Ruben | DE | Houston | SWC | |
| 7 | 190 | Philadelphia Eagles | Harvey Armstrong | DT | SMU | SWC | |
| 7 | 191 | New York Jets | Tom Coombs | TE | Idaho | Big Sky | |
| 7 | 192 | Miami Dolphins | Larry Cowan | RB | Jackson State | SWAC | |
| 7 | 193 | Dallas Cowboys | Bill Purifoy | DE | Tulsa | MVC | |
| 7 | 194 | Cincinnati Bengals | Ben Needham | LB | Michigan | Big Ten | |
| 7 | 195 | San Francisco 49ers | Ron Ferrari | LB | Illinois | Big Ten | |

### Round eight

| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. |
| 8 | 196 | Baltimore Colts | Loia, TonyTony Loia | OG | Arizona State | Pac-10 |
| 8 | 197 | New England Patriots | Collins, KenKen Collins | LB | Washington State | Pac-10 |
| 8 | 198 | New Orleans Saints | Slaughter, ChuckChuck Slaughter | T | South Carolina | Ind. (I-A) |
| 8 | 199 | Cleveland Browns | Mark Kafentzis | DB | Hawaii | WAC |
| 8 | 200 | Chicago Bears | Jerry Doerger | T | Wisconsin | Big Ten |
| 8 | 201 | Seattle Seahawks | Cooper, ChesterChester Cooper | WR | Minnesota | Big Ten |
| 8 | 202 | Los Angeles Rams | A. J. Jones | RB | Texas | SWC |
| 8 | 203 | Atlanta Falcons | Eberhart, RickyRicky Eberhart | DB | Morris Brown | SIAC |
| 8 | 204 | Cleveland Browns | Heflin, VanVan Heflin | TE | Vanderbilt | SEC |
| 8 | 205 | St. Louis Cardinals | Lindstrom, ChrisChris Lindstrom | DT | Boston University | Yankee |
| 8 | 206 | Minnesota Vikings | Harmon, KirkKirk Harmon | LB | Pacific | PCAA |
| 8 | 207 | Los Angeles Rams | Mike Reilly | LB | Oklahoma | Big Eight |
| 8 | 208 | Detroit Lions | Martin Moss | DE | UCLA | Pac-10 |
| 8 | 209 | Pittsburgh Steelers | John Goodson | P | Texas | SWC |
| 8 | 210 | Green Bay Packers | Thomas Boyd | LB | Alabama | SEC |
| 8 | 211 | Cleveland Browns | Bill Jackson | DB | North Carolina | ACC |
| 8 | 212 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Kelvin Atkins | LB | Illinois | Big Ten |
| 8 | 213 | New York Giants | Hubble, RobertRobert Hubble | TE | Rice | SWC |
| 8 | 214 | Kansas City Chiefs | Case deBruijn | P | Idaho State | Big Sky |
| 8 | 215 | San Diego Chargers | Maury Buford | P | Texas Tech | SWC |
| 8 | 216 | Dallas Cowboys | George Peoples | RB | Auburn | SEC |
| 8 | 217 | Philadelphia Eagles | Fritzche, JimJim Fritzche | T | Purdue | Big Ten |
| 8 | 218 | Buffalo Bills | Luc Tousignant | QB | Fairmont State | N/A |
| 8 | 219 | Buffalo Bills | Texada, LawrenceLawrence Texada | RB | Henderson State | Arkansas |
| 8 | 220 | Miami Dolphins | Tate Randle | DB | Texas Tech | SWC |
| 8 | 221 | Dallas Cowboys | Dwight Sullivan | RB | NC State | ACC |
| 8 | 222 | Cincinnati Bengals | Kari Yli-Renko | T | Cincinnati | Ind. (I-A) |
| 8 | 223 | Washington Redskins | Warthen, RalphRalph Warthen | DT | Gardner–Webb | SAC |

### Round nine

| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. |
| 9 | 224 | New England Patriots | Murdock, KelvinKelvin Murdock | WR | Troy State | Gulf South |
| 9 | 225 | Baltimore Colts | Berryhill, TonyTony Berryhill | C | Clemson | ACC |
| 9 | 226 | Washington Redskins | Ken Coffey | DB | Southwest Texas State | LSC |
| 9 | 227 | Cleveland Browns | Baker, MiltonMilton Baker | TE | West Texas State | N/A |
| 9 | 228 | Seattle Seahawks | Jefferson, DavidDavid Jefferson | LB | Miami (FL) | Ind. (I-A) |
| 9 | 229 | Los Angeles Rams | Speight, BobBob Speight | T | Boston University | Yankee |
| 9 | 230 | Chicago Bears | Hatchett, MikeMike Hatchett | DB | Texas | SWC |
| 9 | 231 | Detroit Lions | Dan Wagoner | DB | Kansas | Big Eight |
| 9 | 232 | St. Louis Cardinals | Dailey, DarnellDarnell Dailey | LB | Maryland | ACC |
| 9 | 233 | Minnesota Vikings | Howard, BryanBryan Howard | DB | Tennessee State | Ind. (I-AA) |
| 9 | 234 | Houston Oilers | Matt Bradley | DB | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) |
| 9 | 235 | Atlanta Falcons | Mike Horan $^†$ | P | Long Beach State | PCAA |
| 9 | 236 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Hirn, MikeMike Hirn | TE | Central Michigan | MAC |
| 9 | 237 | Green Bay Packers | Charles Riggins | DE | Bethune–Cookman | MEAC |
| 9 | 238 | Washington Redskins | Randy Trautman | DT | Boise State | Big Sky |
| 9 | 239 | Miami Dolphins | Steve Clark | DE | Utah | WAC |
| 9 | 240 | New York Giants | Higgins, JohnJohn Higgins | DB | UNLV | Ind. |
| 9 | 241 | Kansas City Chiefs | Byford, LyndleLyndle Byford | T | Oklahoma | Big Eight |
| 9 | 242 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Bob Lane | QB | Northeast Louisiana | Ind. (I-A) |
| 9 | 243 | Denver Broncos | Keith Uecker | T | Auburn | SEC |
| 9 | 244 | Philadelphia Eagles | Tony Woodruff | WR | Fresno State | PCAA |
| 9 | 245 | Buffalo Bills | Dennis Edwards | DT | USC | Pac-10 |
| 9 | 246 | San Diego Chargers | Lyles, WarrenWarren Lyles | DT | Alabama | SEC |
| 9 | 247 | New York Jets | Rocky Klever | RB | Montana | Big Sky |
| 9 | 248 | Miami Dolphins | Mack Boatner | RB | Southeastern Louisiana | Ind. (I-AA) |
| 9 | 249 | Dallas Cowboys | Joe Gary | DT | UCLA | Pac-10 |
| 9 | 250 | Cincinnati Bengals | Bennett, JamesJames Bennett | WR | Northwestern State | Ind. (I-AA) |
| 9 | 251 | San Francisco 49ers | Bryan Clark | QB | Michigan State | Big Ten |

### Round ten

| Pick # | NFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 252 | Baltimore Colts | Tom Deery | Safety | Widener |
| 253 | New England Patriots | Brian Clark | Kicker | Florida |
| 254 | Washington Redskins | Harold Smith | Defensive end | Kentucky State |
| 255 | Cleveland Browns | Ricky Floyd | Running back | Southern Mississippi |
| 256 | Los Angeles Rams | Miles McPherson | Defensive back | New Haven |
| 257 | Chicago Bears | Joe Turner | Defensive back | USC |
| 258 | Seattle Seahawks | Craig Austin | Linebacker | South Dakota |
| 259 | St. Louis Cardinals | Eddie McGill | Tight end | Western Carolina |
| 260 | Minnesota Vikings | Gerald Lucear | Wide receiver Did not play | Temple |
| 261 | Houston Oilers | Ron Reeves | Quarterback | Texas Tech |
| 262 | Atlanta Falcons | Curtis Stowers | Linebacker | Mississippi State |
| 263 | Los Angeles Raiders | Rich D'Amico | Linebacker | Penn State |
| 264 | Green Bay Packers | Eddie Garcia | Kicker | Southern Methodist |
| 265 | Washington Redskins | Terry Daniels | Defensive back | Tennessee |
| 266 | Detroit Lions | Roosevelt Barnes | Linebacker | Purdue |
| 267 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sal Sunseri | Linebacker | Pittsburgh |
| 268 | Kansas City Chiefs | Larry Brodsky | Wide receiver | Miami (FL) |
| 269 | San Francisco 49ers | Dana McLemore | Defensive back | Hawaii |
| 270 | New York Giants | Rich Baldinger | Tackle | Wake Forest |
| 271 | Miami Dolphins | Robin Fisher | Linebacker | Florida |
| 272 | Buffalo Bills | Vic James | Defensive back | Colorado |
| 273 | San Diego Chargers | Andre Young | Defensive back | Louisiana Tech |
| 274 | Denver Broncos | Ken Woodard | Linebacker | Tuskegee |
| 275 | New York Jets | Darryl Hemphill | Defensive back | West Texas State |
| 276 | Miami Dolphins | Wayne Jones | Tackle | Utah |
| 277 | Dallas Cowboys | Todd Eckerson | Tackle | North Carolina State |
| 278 | Cincinnati Bengals | Larry Hogue | Defensive back | Utah State |
| 279 | San Francisco 49ers | Tim Barbian | Defensive tackle | Western Illinois |

### Round eleven

| Pick # | NFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 280 | Baltimore Colts | Lamont Meacham | Defensive back | Western Kentucky |
| 281 | Washington Redskins | Dan Miller | Kicker | Miami (FL) |
| 282 | Cleveland Browns | Steve Michuta | Quarterback | Grand Valley State |
| 283 | Chicago Bears | Guy Boliaux | Linebacker | Wisconsin |
| 284 | Seattle Seahawks | Sam Clancy | Defensive end | Pittsburgh (never played college football, was a basketball standout) |
| 285 | Los Angeles Rams | Ricky Coffman | Wide receiver | UCLA |
| 286 | Minnesota Vikings | Curtis Rouse | Guard | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 287 | Houston Oilers | Jim Campbell | Tight end | Kentucky |
| 288 | Atlanta Falcons | Jeff Keller | Wide receiver | Washington State |
| 289 | Los Angeles Raiders | Willie Turner | Wide receiver | Louisiana State |
| 290 | St. Louis Cardinals | James Williams | Defensive end | North Carolina A&T |
| 291 | Washington Redskins | Bob Holly | Quarterback | Princeton |
| 292 | Detroit Lions | Edward Lee | Wide receiver | South Carolina State |
| 293 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Mikal Abdul-Saboor | Guard | Morgan State |
| 294 | Green Bay Packers | John Macaulay | Center | Stanford |
| 295 | Dallas Cowboys | George Thompson | Wide receiver | Albany State |
| 296 | New England Patriots | Steve Sandon | Quarterback | Northern Iowa |
| 297 | Kansas City Chiefs | Bob Carter | Wide receiver | Arizona |
| 298 | Buffalo Bills | Frank Kalil | Guard | Arizona |
| 299 | San Diego Chargers | Anthony Watson | Defensive back | New Mexico State |
| 300 | Denver Broncos | Stuart Yatsko | Guard | Oregon |
| 301 | Philadelphia Eagles | Ron Ingram | Wide receiver | Oklahoma State |
| 302 | New York Jets | Perry Parmelee | Wide receiver | Santa Clara |
| 303 | Miami Dolphins | Gary Crum | Tackle | Wyoming |
| 304 | Dallas Cowboys | Michael Whiting | Running back | Florida State |
| 305 | Cincinnati Bengals | Russell Davis | Running back | Idaho |
| 306 | San Francisco 49ers | Gary Gibson | Linebacker | Arizona |

### Round twelve

| Pick # | NFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 307 | Baltimore Colts | Johnnie Wright | Running back | South Carolina |
| 308 | New England Patriots | Greg Taylor | Wide receiver | Virginia |
| 309 | Washington Redskins | Donald Laster | Tackle | Tennessee State |
| 310 | Cleveland Browns | Scott Nicolas | Linebacker | Miami (FL) |
| 311 | Seattle Seahawks | Frank Naylor | Center | Rutgers |
| 312 | Los Angeles Rams | Raymond Coley | Defensive tackle | Alabama A&M |
| 313 | Chicago Bears | Ricky Young | Linebacker | Oklahoma State |
| 314 | Houston Oilers | Donnie Craft | Running back | Louisville |
| 315 | Atlanta Falcons | Dave Levenick | Linebacker | Wisconsin |
| 316 | Los Angeles Raiders | Randy Smith | Wide receiver | East Texas State |
| 317 | St. Louis Cardinals | Bob Atha | Kicker | Ohio State |
| 318 | Minnesota Vikings | Bill Busarello | Running back | Glassboro St |
| 319 | Detroit Lions | Ricky Porter | Running back | Slippery Rock |
| 320 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Al Hughes | Defensive end | Western Michigan |
| 321 | Green Bay Packers | Phil Epps | Wide receiver | Texas Christian |
| 322 | Washington Redskins | Jeff Goff | Linebacker | Arkansas |
| 323 | New York Giants | Mark Seale | Defensive tackle | Richmond |
| 324 | Kansas City Chiefs | Mike Miller | Defensive back | Southwest Texas State |
| 325 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Michael Morton | Running back | UNLV |
| 326 | Detroit Lions | Rob Rubick | Tight end | Grand Valley State |
| 327 | Denver Broncos | Brian Clark | Guard | Clemson |
| 328 | Philadelphia Eagles | Rob Taylor | Tackle | Northwestern |
| 329 | Buffalo Bills | Tony Suber | Defensive tackle | Gardner-Webb |
| 330 | New York Jets | Tom Carlstrom | Guard | Nebraska |
| 331 | Miami Dolphins | Mike Rodrigue | Wide receiver | Miami (FL) |
| 332 | Dallas Cowboys | Rich Burtness | Guard | Montana |
| 333 | Cincinnati Bengals | Dan Feraday | Quarterback | Toronto |
| 334 | San Francisco 49ers | Tim Washington | Defensive back | Fresno State |
| = Pro Bowler | = Hall of Famer |

## Supplemental draft

| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes |
| 9 | | Detroit Lions | Robinson, KevinKevin Robinson | DB | North Carolina A&T | MEAC | |

## Hall of Famers

* Mike Munchak, guard from Pennsylvania State, taken 1st round 8th overall by Houston Oilers
    Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2001.
* Marcus Allen, running back from Southern California, taken 1st round 10th overall by Los Angeles Raiders
    Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2003.
* Andre Tippett, linebacker from Iowa, taken 2nd round 41st overall by New England Patriots
    Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2008.
* Morten Andersen, kicker from Michigan State, taken 4th round 86th overall by New Orleans Saints
    Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2017.

## Notable undrafted players

| $^†$ | =Pro Bowler |
| Original NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. |
| Atlanta Falcons | William Curran | WR | UCLA | Pac-10 |
| Atlanta Falcons | Mike Kennedy | DB | Toledo | MAC |
| Atlanta Falcons | Scott Norwood $^†$ | K | James Madison | Ind. (I-AA) |
| Baltimore Colts | Bernard Henry | WR | Arizona State | Pac-10 |
| Buffalo Bills | Nolan Franz | WR | Tulane | Ind. (I-A) |
| Buffalo Bills | Joey Lumpkin | LB | Arizona State | Pac-10 |
| Chicago Bears | Calvin Thomas | RB | Illinois | Big Ten |
| Dallas Cowboys | Brian Baldinger | OG | Duke | ACC |
| Dallas Cowboys | Dave Finzer | P | DePauw | Ind. (Div. III) |
| Denver Broncos | Darren Comeaux | LB | Arizona State | Pac-10 |
| Denver Broncos | Roger Jackson | DB | Bethune–Cookman | MEAC |
| Green Bay Packers | Bill Cherry | C | Middle Tennessee State | OVC |
| Green Bay Packers | Larry Rubens | LB | Montana State | Big Sky |
| Los Angeles Raiders | Mike Durrette | DE | West Virginia | Ind. (I-A) |
| Los Angeles Rams | Kyle Whittingham | LB | BYU | WAC |
| New England Patriots | Tim Golden | LB | Florida | SEC |
| New England Patriots | Mike Kerrigan | QB | Northwestern | Big Ten |
| New England Patriots | Dennis Owens | DT | NC State | ACC |
| New York Giants | Floyd Eddings | WR | California | Pac-10 |
| New York Giants | John Fourcade | QB | Ole Miss | SEC |
| New York Giants | Sylvester McGrew | DT | Tulane | Ind. (I-A) |
| New York Giants | Jerome Sally | DT | Missouri | Big Eight |
| New York Jets | Eric Truvillion | WR | Florida A&M | MEAC |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Brian Franco | K | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Jeff Rodenberger | RB | Maryland | ACC |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Craig Walls | LB | Indiana | Big Ten |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Sam Washington | CB | Mississippi Valley State | SWAC |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Keith Willis | DE | Northeastern | Ind. (I-AA) |
| San Diego Chargers | Don Brown | OT | Santa Clara | — |
| San Diego Chargers | Dennis McKnight | OG | Drake | MVC |
| San Francisco 49ers | Frank Frazier | OG | Miami (FL) | Ind. (I-A) |
| San Francisco 49ers | Renaldo Nehemiah | WR | Maryland | ACC |
| San Francisco 49ers | Jeff Stover | DE | Oregon | Pac-10 |
| Seattle Seahawks | Mike Hagen | FB | Montana | Big Sky |
| Seattle Seahawks | Norm Johnson $^†$ | K | UCLA | Pac-10 |
| Seattle Seahawks | Kani Kauahi | C | Hawaii | WAC |
| Seattle Seahawks | Joe Nash $^†$ | DT | Boston College | Ind. (I-A) |
| Seattle Seahawks | Shelton Robinson | LB | North Carolina | ACC |
| Seattle Seahawks | Byron Walker | WR | The Citadel | SoCon |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Sandy LaBeaux | CB | Cal State Hayward | N/A |