# 1985 USFL draft

The 1985 USFL Draft was the third collegiate draft of the United States Football League (USFL). It took place on January 3, 1985.
| Round | Pick # | USFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | 1 | Birmingham Stallions | Jerry Rice | Wide receiver | Mississippi Valley State |
| 1 | 2 | Arizona Outlaws | Tory Nixon | Cornerback | San Diego State |
| 1 | 3 | San Antonio Gunslingers | Issiac Holt | Cornerback | Alcorn State |
| 1 | 4 | Denver Gold | John Nevens | Linebacker | Cal State Fullerton |
| 1 | 5 | New Jersey Generals | Jesse Penn | Linebacker | Virginia Tech |
| 1 | 6 | Houston Gamblers | Raphel Cherry | Safety | Hawaii |
| 1 | 7 | Oakland Invaders | Bob Standifer | Defensive end | Tennessee Chattanooga |
| 1 | 8 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Don Anderson | Cornerback | Purdue |
| 1 | 9 | Houston Gamblers | Mark Traynowicz | Offensive guard | Nebraska |
| 1 | 10 | Birmingham Stallions | Kevin Allen | Offensive tackle | Indiana |
| 1 | 11 | New Jersey Generals | Lee Rouson | Running back | Colorado |
| 1 | 12 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Mike Gann | Defensive end | Notre Dame |
| 1 | 13 | Arizona Outlaws | Ronnie Washington | Linebacker | Louisiana at Monroe |
| 1 | 14 | Baltimore Stars | Chris Burkett | Wide receiver | Jackson State |
| 1 | 15 | Arizona Outlaws | Sean Thomas | Safety | TCU |
| 1 | 16 | Los Angeles Express | Steve Sewell | Running back | Oklahoma |
| 1 | 17 | Los Angeles Express | James Maness | Wide receiver | TCU |
| 2 | 18 | Orlando Renegades | Lomas Brown | Offensive tackle | UCLA |
| 2 | 19 | Jacksonville Bulls | Mike Pendleton | Cornerback | Indiana |
| 2 | 20 | New Jersey Generals | Peter Muldoon | Quarterback | Holy Cross |
| 2 | 21 | Baltimore Stars | Wayne Davis | Cornerback | Indiana State |
| 2 | 22 | Portland Breakers | Daryl Smith | Cornerback | North Alabama |
| 2 | 23 | Denver Gold | Brad Calip | Wide receiver | East Central |
| 2 | 24 | San Antonio Gunslingers | Greg Greely | Cornerback | Nicholls State |
| 2 | 25 | Oakland Invaders | Timothy Williams | Cornerback | North Carolina A&T State |
| 2 | 26 | Houston Gamblers | Andre Harris | Cornerback | Minnesota |
| 2 | 27 | Jacksonville Bulls | Mike Hamby | Defensive end | Utah State |
| 2 | 28 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Cam Jacobs | Linebacker | Kentucky |
| 2 | 29 | Arizona Outlaws | Darrell Warden | Linebacker | Stephen F. Austin State |
| 2 | 30 | Baltimore Stars | Roger Caron | Offensive tackle | Harvard |
| 2 | 31 | New Jersey Generals | Gene Lake | Running back | Delaware State |
| 2 | 32 | Birmingham Stallions | Tracey Mack | Linebacker | Missouri |
| 3 | 33 | Orlando Renegades | George Adams | RB | Kentucky |
| 3 | 34 | Portland Breakers | Stacy Robinson | WR | North Dakota State |
| 3 | 35 | New Jersey Generals | George Shorthose | WR | Missouri |
| 3 | 36 | Memphis Showboats | Henry Williams | WR | East Carolina |
| 3 | 37 | Portland Breakers | Robert Brannon | DE | Arkansas |
| 3 | 38 | Los Angeles Express | Kevin Williams | DB | Iowa State |
| 3 | 39 | Orlando Renegades | Andre Reed | WR | Kutztown |
| 3 | 40 | Houston Gamblers | Ladell Wills | LB | Jackson State |
| 3 | 41 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Carlton Walker | G | Utah |
| 3 | 42 | New Jersey Generals | Robert Anae | G | Brigham Young |
| 3 | 43 | Baltimore Stars | Mike Heaven | DB | Illinois |
| 3 | 44 | Baltimore Stars | Hal Garner | LB | Utah State |
| 3 | 45 | Los Angeles Express | Jay Lawson | DB | UC Davis |
| 4 | 46 | Orlando Renegades | Kerry Glenn | DB | Minnesota |
| 4 | 47 | Jacksonville Bulls | Mike Kelley | C | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 48 | Birmingham Stallions | Thad McFadden | WR | Wisconsin |
| 4 | 49 | Arizona Outlaws | Mike Smith | DB | Texas-El Paso |
| 4 | 50 | Portland Breakers | James Johnson | LB | San Diego State |
| 4 | 51 | Denver Gold | Calvin Loveall | DB | Idaho |
| 4 | 52 | Oakland Invaders | Reggie Langhorne | WR | Elizabeth City State |
| 4 | 53 | Houston Gamblers | Dan Remsberg | T | Abilene Christian |
| 4 | 54 | Memphis Showboats | Walter Stanley | WR | Colorado Mesa |
| 4 | 55 | Arizona Outlaws | Steve Morgan | RB | Toledo |
| 4 | 56 | Tampa Bay Bandits | James Harbour | WR | Mississippi |
| 4 | 57 | Arizona Outlaws | Rich Moran | T | San Diego State |
| 4 | 58 | Baltimore Stars | Stefon Adams | WR | East Carolina |
| 4 | 59 | Birmingham Stallions | Kevin Murphy | LB | Holy Cross |
| 4 | 60 | Memphis Showboats | Mike Prior | DB | Illinois State |
| 4 | 61 | Houston Gamblers | Dave Heffernan | T | Miami (Florida) |
| 5 | 62 | Arizona Outlaws | Dan Coleman | DT | Murray State |
| 5 | 63 | Birmingham Stallions | Steve Buxton | T | Indiana State |
| 5 | 64 | Los Angeles Express | Anthony Tuggle | DB | Nicholls State |
| 5 | 65 | Portland Breakers | Charles Bennett | DT | Louisiana-Lafayette |
| 5 | 66 | Orlando Renegades | Mark Weiler | LB | Indiana |
| 5 | 67 | Oakland Invaders | Darnell Wall | DE | Virginia Union |
| 5 | 68 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Ron Sally | QB | Duke |
| 5 | 69 | Houston Gamblers | Jay Novacek | TE | Wyoming |
| 5 | 70 | New Jersey Generals | Ashley Lee | DB | Virginia Tech |
| 5 | 71 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Albert Myres | DB | Tulsa |
| 5 | 72 | Birmingham Stallions | Paul Calhoun | DB | Kentucky |
| 5 | 73 | Baltimore Stars | Tony Davis | TE | Missouri |
| 5 | 74 | Baltimore Stars | James Cofer | LB | Knoxville |
| 5 | 75 | Baltimore Stars | Jim Evans | WR | East Central |
| 6 | 76 | Orlando Renegades | Louis Cooper | LB | Western Carolina |
| 6 | 77 | Oakland Invaders | Mike Kenealy | DB | Central Michigan |
| 6 | 78 | Baltimore Stars | Bruce Collie | OT | Texas-Arlington |
| 6 | 79 | Portland Breakers | Derek Bunch | LB | Michigan State |
| 6 | 80 | Los Angeles Express | Judious Lewis | WR | Arkansas State |
| 6 | 81 | Oakland Invaders | Don Kindt | TE | Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
| 6 | 82 | Houston Gamblers | Curtis DeBardlabon | WR | Mississippi Valley State |
| 6 | 83 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Jeff Smith | DE | Kentucky |
| 6 | 84 | Baltimore Stars | Mark Kelso | DB | William & Mary |
| 6 | 85 | New Jersey Generals | Chas Fox | WR | Furman |
| 6 | 86 | Arizona Outlaws | Kevin Kott | QB | Eastern New Mexico |
| 6 | 87 | Baltimore Stars | Jess Atkinson | K | Maryland |
| 6 | 88 | Arizona Outlaws | Juan Johnson | WR | Langston |
| 6 | 89 | Orlando Renegades | Pete Roth | RB | Northern Illinois |
| 7 | 90 | Orlando Renegades | Glen Jones | DB | Norfolk State |
| 7 | 91 | Jacksonville Bulls | Rod Lyles | LB | Michigan |
| 7 | 92 | Birmingham Stallions | Jim Covington | T | Carson-Newman |
| 7 | 93 | Portland Breakers | Ricky Nichols | WR | East Carolina |
| 7 | 94 | Denver Gold | Doug Mikolas | DT | Portland State |
| 7 | 95 | Oakland Invaders | Tom Toth | T | Western Michigan |
| 7 | 96 | Los Angeles Express | John Warren | DB | Virginia Union |
| 7 | 97 | Los Angeles Express | Lenson Staples | LB | Missouri |
| 7 | 98 | San Antonio Gunslingers | Robert Lewis | RB | Texas Tech |
| 7 | 99 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Kirk Perry | DB | Louisville |
| 7 | 100 | Birmingham Stallions | Alex Moyer | LB | Northwestern |
| 7 | 101 | Baltimore Stars | Jeff Smith | RB | Nebraska |
| 7 | 102 | Denver Gold | Mark Pembrook | DB | Fullerton State |
| 8 | 103 | Orlando Renegades | Mark Dowdell | TE | Bowling Green State |
| 8 | 104 | Birmingham Stallions | Vince Thompson | DT | Missouri Western State |
| 8 | 105 | Oakland Invaders | Bruce King | RB | Purdue |
| 8 | 106 | Baltimore Stars | Jim Morrissey | LB | Michigan State |
| 8 | 107 | Denver Gold | Fred Banks | WR | Liberty |
| 8 | 108 | Oakland Invaders | Arnold Brown | DB | North Carolina Central |
| 8 | 109 | Arizona Outlaws | Mark Napolitan | C | Michigan State |
| 8 | 110 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Joe Jones | TE | Virginia Tech |
| 8 | 111 | Birmingham Stallions | Oliver White | TE | Kentucky |
| 8 | 112 | New Jersey Generals | Lonnie Young | DB | Michigan State |
| 8 | 113 | Arizona Outlaws | Jacque Robinson | RB | Washington |
| 8 | 114 | Orlando Renegades | Dale Hatcher | P | Clemson |
| 8 | 115 | Arizona Outlaws | Dennis Maher | T | Washington |
| 8 | 116 | Denver Gold | Robert Curry | T | Missouri |
| 9 | 117 | Orlando Renegades | Curtis Adams | RB | Central Michigan |
| 9 | 118 | Jacksonville Bulls | Ralf Mojsiejenko | K | Michigan State |
| 9 | 119 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Jay Wilson | C | Appalachian State |
| 9 | 120 | Memphis Showboats | Ron Davenport | FB | Louisville |
| 9 | 121 | Portland Breakers | Eric Bailey | TE | Kansas State |
| 9 | 122 | Memphis Showboats | Cleon Brown | DT | Central Arkansas |
| 9 | 123 | Oakland Invaders | David Pack | WR | Sewanee |
| 9 | 124 | Orlando Renegades | Chris Babyar | G | Illinois |
| 9 | 125 | Houston Gamblers | Lee Johnson | K | Brigham Young |
| 9 | 126 | Birmingham Stallions | Royce Fentress | LB | Elon |
| 9 | 127 | New Jersey Generals | Herman Fontenot | WR | Louisiana State |
| 9 | 128 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Allen Campbell | LB | Salem |
| 9 | 129 | Arizona Outlaws | Bob Otto | DE | Idaho State |
| 9 | 130 | Baltimore Stars | Terry Lewis | DB | Michigan State |
| 9 | 131 | New Jersey Generals | Tony Edwards | LB | Texas |
| 9 | 132 | Denver Gold | Rich Miano | DB | Hawaii |
| 10 | 133 | Orlando Renegades | Clarence Kelly | DB | Akron |
| 10 | 134 | Memphis Showboats | Dennis Williams | FB | Furman |
| 10 | 135 | Portland Breakers | Herb Welch | DB | UCLA |
| 10 | 136 | Portland Breakers | Larry Williams | T | Notre Dame |
| 10 | 137 | Orlando Renegades | Joe Kelly | WR | Vanderbilt |
| 10 | 138 | Portland Breakers | Floyd Layher | T | Pacific |
| 10 | 139 | Houston Gamblers | Trevor Matich | C | Brigham Young |
| 10 | 140 | New Jersey Generals | Kyle Clawson | DE | Kansas State |
| 10 | 141 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Kevin Brooks | DE | Michigan |
| 10 | 142 | Birmingham Stallions | Theoriea Ward | DT | Georgia Southern |
| 10 | 143 | Arizona Outlaws | Barry Wood | T | Connecticut |
| 10 | 144 | Baltimore Stars | Dave Burnette | DE | Central Arkansas |
| 10 | 145 | Oakland Invaders | Dale Dorning | DE | Oregon |
| 10 | 146 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Byron Jones | DT | Tulsa |
| 11 | 147 | Orlando Renegades | Leon Gonzalez | WR | Bethune-Cookman |
| 11 | 148 | Jacksonville Bulls | Phil Forney | LB | East Tennessee State |
| 11 | 149 | Baltimore Stars | Troy Bodine | QB | Cincinnati |
| 11 | 150 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Scott Barrows | G | West Virginia |
| 11 | 151 | Portland Breakers | Daryl Hill | DB | UC Davis |
| 11 | 152 | Denver Gold | Gill Stegall | WR | Harding |
| 11 | 153 | Oakland Invaders | Jim Bowman | DB | Central Michigan |
| 11 | 154 | Los Angeles Express | Kevin Murphy | LB | Oklahoma |
| 11 | 155 | Houston Gamblers | Mark Lee | LB | Arkansas |
| 11 | 156 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Doug Pritchett | DB | Louisville |
| 15 | 157 | Birmingham Stallions | Andy Baranek | QB | East Stroudsburg |
| 11 | 158 | Arizona Outlaws | Larry Addison | WR | Alabama A&M |
| 11 | 159 | Baltimore Stars | Ricky Dirks | RB | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 11 | 160 | Oakland Invaders | Darren Wilson | RB | Hampton |
| 11 | 161 | Baltimore Stars | Dwayne McMullen | WR | Minnesota |
| 11 | 162 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Jim Browne | RB | Boston College |
| 11 | 163 | San Antonio Gunslingers | Alan Veingrad | T | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 12 | 164 | Birmingham Stallions | Tommy Perkins | DT | Tennessee State |
| 12 | 165 | Houston Gamblers | Keith Edwards | RB | Vanderbilt |
| 12 | 166 | Memphis Showboats | Keith Lester | TE | Murray State |
| 12 | 167 | Houston Gamblers | Garry Kimble | DB | Sam Houston State |
| 12 | 168 | Portland Breakers | Paul Lavine | LB | Utah State |
| 12 | 169 | Los Angeles Express | Jon Cade | DE | Louisville |
| 12 | 170 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Kevin Langford | G | Louisiana State |
| 12 | 171 | Houston Gamblers | Mike Thompson | LB | North Texas |
| 12 | 172 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Greg Harraka | G | Maryland |
| 2 | 173 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Bob Molle | DT | Simon Fraser |
| 12 | 174 | Baltimore Stars | Carl Keever | LB | Boise State |
| 12 | 175 | Birmingham Stallions | Andy Cheatham | G | Clemson |
| 13 | 176 | Orlando Renegades | Mark Vonder Haar | T | Minnesota |
| 13 | 177 | Jacksonville Bulls | Chris Smith | RB | Notre Dame |
| 13 | 178 | Memphis Showboats | Larry Stephenson | QB | West Alabama |
| 13 | 179 | Portland Breakers | Neil Harris | DB | Nebraska |
| 13 | 180 | Denver Gold | Dave Toub | C | Texas-El Paso |
| 13 | 181 | Oakland Invaders | Kevin Belcher | OT | Wisconsin |
| 13 | 182 | Los Angeles Express | Keli McGregor | TE | Colorado State |
| 13 | 183 | Houston Gamblers | Dan Sharp | TE | Texas Christian |
| 13 | 184 | San Antonio Gunslingers | Clyde Johnson | DB | Kansas |
| 13 | 185 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Bob Mocarski | T | Boston University |
| 13 | 186 | Birmingham Stallions | Jim Boyle | DB | Holy Cross |
| 13 | 187 | Arizona Outlaws | Lionel Vital | RB | Nicholls State |
| 13 | 188 | Baltimore Stars | Dave Edwards | DB | Illinois |
| 14 | 189 | Orlando Renegades | Keith Cruise | T | Northwestern |
| 14 | 190 | Jacksonville Bulls | Mike Jones | RB | Tulane |
| 14 | 191 | Memphis Showboats | Tiger Greene | DB | Western Carolina |
| 14 | 192 | San Antonio Gunslingers | Rick Donnelly | P | Wyoming |
| 14 | 193 | Portland Breakers | Andre Pinesett | LB | Fullerton State |
| 14 | 194 | Denver Gold | Nate Harris | WR | Tulsa |
| 14 | 195 | Los Angeles Express | Scott Napier | RB | Redlands |
| 14 | 196 | Oakland Invaders | Angelo Snipes | DB | West Georgia |
| 14 | 197 | Houston Gamblers | Mike McCashland | DB | Nebraska |
| 14 | 198 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Vince Bean | WR | Michigan |
| 14 | 199 | Birmingham Stallions | Alvin Wright | DT | Jacksonville State |
| 14 | 200 | New Jersey Generals | Joe Shield | QB | Trinity (Connecticut) |
| 14 | 201 | Arizona Outlaws | Kevin McCall | RB | Oregon |
| 14 | 202 | Baltimore Stars | Dave Baran | C | UCLA |
| 14 | 203 | Memphis Showboats | Billy Leeson | T | Virginia Tech |
| 15 | 204 | Orlando Renegades | Mike Golic | DT | Notre Dame |
| 15 | 205 | Jacksonville Bulls | Damian Johnson | T | Kansas State |
| 15 | 206 | San Antonio Gunslingers | Scott Forester | C | Texas State |
| 15 | 207 | San Antonio Gunslingers | David Wood | WR | West Texas A&M |
| 15 | 208 | Portland Breakers | Brian Campbell | LB | Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 15 | 209 | Denver Gold | Todd Gerhart | RB | Fullerton State |
| 15 | 210 | Oakland Invaders | William Burse | DE | Kentucky State |
| 15 | 211 | Houston Gamblers | Karl Jordan | DE | Vanderbilt |
| 15 | 212 | Orlando Renegades | Mark Bavaro | TE | Notre Dame |
| 15 | 213 | New Jersey Generals | Harry Newsome | P | Wake Forest |
| 15 | 214 | Tampa Bay Bandits | Paul Lewis | RB | Boston University |
| 15 | 215 | Arizona Outlaws | Dan Fiala | LB | Colorado State |
| 15 | 216 | Baltimore Stars | Bryan Wagner | P | Northridge State |
| 15 | 217 | Birmingham Stallions | Phillip Mack | DT | Lamar |
| 15 | 218 | Portland Breakers | Buddy Funck | QB | New Mexico |
| 15 | 219 | Denver Gold | Fred Hemphill | DB | Hawaii |
| 15 | 220 | Houston Gamblers | Arthur Berry | T | Northwestern State (Louisiana) |
| 15 | 221 | Orlando Renegades | Willard Goff | DT | West Texas A&M |