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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
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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. No teams elected to claim any players in the supplemental draft that year.

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 — tied with the 2024 draft for the highest number taken. 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 and coach Frank Kush, a harsh disciplinarian, 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.

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 (tripled 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.

Player selections

The famed "Quarterback Class of 1983" includes hall-of-famers John Elway, Jim Kelly, and Dan Marino (pictured from left to right).

= Pro Bowler

= Hall of Famer

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*	= 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

^ 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)

Round one


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
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)
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
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	Harper, JohnJohn 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	Metcalf, BoBo 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
5	113	Baltimore Colts	Sid Abramowitz	T	Tulsa	MVC
5	114	Houston Oilers	Larry Moriarty	RB	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
5	115	Detroit Lions	Demetrious Johnson	S	Missouri	Big Eight
5	116	Denver Broncos	Harris, WeedyWeedy Harris	LB	Houston	SWC
5	117	San Francisco 49ers	Riki Ellison	LB	USC	Pac-10
5	118	New England Patriots	Smiley Creswell	DE	Michigan State	Big Ten
5	119	Kansas City Chiefs	Jim Arnold	P	Vanderbilt	SEC
5	120	Philadelphia Eagles	Byron Darby	DT	USC	Pac-10
5	121	Detroit Lions	Steve Mott	C	Alabama	SEC
5	122	Cleveland Browns	Bill Contz	T	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
5	123	Seattle Seahawks	Chris Castor	WR	Duke	ACC
5	124	New York Giants	Malcolm Scott	TE	LSU	SEC
5	125	Denver Broncos	Bruce Baldwin	DB	Harding	Arkansas
5	126	Buffalo Bills	Vandenboom, MattMatt Vandenboom	DB	Wisconsin	Big Ten
5	127	Minnesota Vikings	Mark Stewart	LB	Washington	Pac-10
5	128	New England Patriots	Darryl Lewis	TE	Texas–Arlington	—
5	129	Atlanta Falcons	Brett Miller	T	Iowa	Big Ten
5	130	St. Louis Cardinals	Steve Bird	WR	Eastern Kentucky	OVC
5	131	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Tony Chickillo	DT	Miami (FL)	Ind. (I-A)
5	132	Green Bay Packers	Thomas, BryanBryan Thomas	RB	Pittsburgh	Ind. (I-A)
5	133	Pittsburgh Steelers	Paul Skansi	WR	Washington	Pac-10
5	134	Los Angeles Rams	Otis Grant	WR	Michigan State	Big Ten
5	135	Dallas Cowboys	Chuck McSwain	RB	Clemson	ACC
5	136	New York Jets	John Walker	DT	Nebraska–Omaha	NCC
5	137	Cincinnati Bengals	Jeff Christensen	QB	Eastern Illinois	AMCU
5	138	Los Angeles Raiders	Dokie Williams	WR	UCLA	Pac-10
5	139	Houston Oilers	Jerome Foster	DT	Ohio State	Big Ten
5	140	Pittsburgh Steelers	Gregg Garrity	WR	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
6	141	San Diego Chargers	Trumaine Johnson	WR	Grambling State	SWAC
6	142	Houston Oilers	Steve Haworth	DB	Oklahoma	Big Eight
6	143	Denver Broncos	Victor Heflin	DB	Delaware State	MEAC
6	144	Los Angeles Rams	Gary Kowalski	T	Boston College	Ind. (I-A)
6	145	Cleveland Browns	Tim Stracka	TE	Wisconsin	Big Ten
6	146	Kansas City Chiefs	Ellis Gardner	T	Georgia Tech	Ind.
6	147	Philadelphia Eagles	Victor Oatis	WR	Northwestern State	Ind. (I-AA)
6	148	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Gene Branton	WR	Texas Southern	SWAC
6	149	Cleveland Browns	Dave Puzzuoli	DT	Pittsburgh	Ind. (I-A)
6	150	Seattle Seahawks	Gipson, ReginaldReginald Gipson	RB	Alabama A&M	SIAC
6	151	New York Giants	Patterson, DarrellDarrell Patterson	LB	TCU	SWC
6	152	Cincinnati Bengals	Kiki DeAyala	LB	Texas	SWC
6	153	New York Giants	Kevin Belcher	OG	UTEP	WAC
6	154	Detroit Lions	Todd Brown	WR	Nebraska	Big Eight
6	155	New England Patriots	Bass, MikeMike Bass	K	Illinois	Big Ten
6	156	Atlanta Falcons	Anthony Allen	WR	Washington	Pac-10
6	157	St. Louis Cardinals	George Schmitt	DB	Delaware	Ind. (I-AA)
6	158	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Ken Kaplan	T	New Hampshire	Yankee
6	159	Minnesota Vikings	Mike Jones	WR	Tennessee State	Ind. (I-AA)
6	160	Green Bay Packers	Ron Sams	OG	Pittsburgh	Ind. (I-A)
6	161	Baltimore Colts	Grant Feasel	C	Abilene Christian	LSC
6	162	Dallas Cowboys	Reggie Collier	QB	Southern Miss	Ind. (I-A)
6	163	New York Jets	Vincent White	RB	Stanford	Pac-10
6	164	Pittsburgh Steelers	Eric Williams	DB	NC State	ACC
6	165	Cincinnati Bengals	Larry Kinnebrew	RB	Tennessee State	Ind. (I-AA)
6	166	Washington Redskins	Winckler, BobBob Winckler	T	Wisconsin	Big Ten
6	167	Miami Dolphins	Reggie Roby	P	Iowa	Big Ten
6	168	Washington Redskins	Babe Laufenberg	QB	Indiana	Big Ten
7	169	Baltimore Colts	Alvin Moore	RB	Arizona State	Pac-10
7	170	Houston Oilers	Herkie Walls	WR	Texas	SWC
7	171	Los Angeles Rams	Jeff Simmons	WR	USC	Pac-10
7	172	Denver Broncos	Myron Dupree	DB	North Carolina Central	CIAA
7	173	Kansas City Chiefs	Ken Thomas	RB	San Jose State	PCAA
7	174	Philadelphia Eagles	Edgar, AnthonyAnthony Edgar	RB	Hawaii	WAC
7	175	San Francisco 49ers	Gary Moten	LB	SMU	SWC
7	176	Cleveland Browns	Rocky Belk	WR	Miami (FL)	Ind. (I-A)
7	177	Seattle Seahawks	Sam Merriman	LB	Idaho	Big Sky
7	178	New York Giants	Perry Williams	CB	NC State	ACC
7	179	Kansas City Chiefs	Posey, DarylDaryl Posey	RB	Mississippi College	Gulf South
7	180	Buffalo Bills	Brown, GurnestGurnest Brown	DT	Maryland	ACC
7	181	Detroit Lions	Mike Black	P	Arizona State University	Pac-10
7	182	Philadelphia Eagles	Schultheis, JonJon Schultheis	OG	Princeton	Ivy
7	183	Atlanta Falcons	Turk, JeffJeff Turk	DB	Boise State	Big Sky
7	184	St. Louis Cardinals	Carlos Scott	C	UTEP	WAC
7	185	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Ledbetter, WeldonWeldon Ledbetter	RB	Oklahoma	Big Eight
7	186	Minnesota Vikings	Carl Lee	CB	Marshall	SoCon
7	187	New England Patriots	Craig James	RB	SMU	SWC
7	188	Green Bay Packers	Jessie Clark	RB	Arkansas	SWC
7	189	Dallas Cowboys	Chris Schultz	T	Arizona	Pac-10
7	190	New York Jets	Newbold, DarrinDarrin Newbold	LB	Southwest Missouri State	AMCU
7	191	Pittsburgh Steelers	Mark Kirchner	OG	Baylor	SWC
7	192	San Diego Chargers	Elko, BillBill Elko	DT	LSU	SEC
7	193	Cincinnati Bengals	James Griffin	DB	Middle Tennessee	OVC
7	194	Los Angeles Raiders	McCall, JeffJeff McCall	RB	Clemson	ACC
7	195	Miami Dolphins	Woetzel, KeithKeith Woetzel	LB	Rutgers	Ind. (I-A)
7	196	Washington Redskins	Kelvin Bryant	RB	North Carolina	ACC
8	197	Denver Broncos	Gary Kubiak	QB	Texas A&M	SWC
8	198	Houston Oilers	Robert Thompson	LB	Michigan	Big Ten
8	199	Pittsburgh Steelers	Henry Odom	RB	South Carolina State	MEAC
8	200	Los Angeles Rams	West, TroyTroy West	DB	USC	Pac-10
8	201	Philadelphia Eagles	Kraynak, RichRich Kraynak	LB	Pittsburgh	Ind. (I-A)
8	202	San Diego Chargers	Earnest Jackson	RB	Texas A&M	SWC
8	203	Chicago Bears	Richard Dent	DE	Tennessee State	Ind. (I-AA)
8	204	Kansas City Chiefs	Irv Eatman	T	UCLA	Pac-10
8	205	New York Giants	Andy Headen	LB	Clemson	ACC
8	206	New Orleans Saints	David Greenwood	DB	Wisconsin	Big Ten
8	207	Buffalo Bills	Durham, JamesJames Durham	DB	Houston	SWC
8	208	Detroit Lions	Stapleton, BillBill Stapleton	DB	Washington	Pac-10
8	209	Cleveland Browns	McClearn, MikeMike McClearn	OG	Temple	Ind. (I-A)
8	210	Seattle Seahawks	Matt Hernandez	T	Purdue	Big Ten
8	211	St. Louis Cardinals	Harris, BobBob Harris	DB	Auburn	SEC
8	212	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Samuelson, JohnJohn Samuelson	LB	Azusa Pacific	Ind. (NAIA)
8	213	Minnesota Vikings	Norris Brown	TE	Georgia	SEC
8	214	New England Patriots	Ronnie Lippett	DB	Miami (FL)	Ind. (I-A)
8	215	Atlanta Falcons	John Rade	LB	Boise State	Big Sky
8	216	Green Bay Packers	Briscoe, CarltonCarlton Briscoe	DB	McNeese State	N/A
8	217	New York Jets	Mullen, DavlinDavlin Mullen	DB	Western Kentucky	Ind. (I-AA)
8	218	Pittsburgh Steelers	Craig Dunaway	TE	Michigan	Big Ten
8	219	Chicago Bears	Mark Bortz	OG	Iowa	Big Ten
8	220	Dallas Cowboys	Lawrence Ricks	RB	Michigan	Big Ten
8	221	Cincinnati Bengals	Mike Martin	WR	Illinois	Big Ten
8	222	Los Angeles Raiders	Dotterer, MikeMike Dotterer	RB	Stanford	Pac-10
8	223	Miami Dolphins	Mark Clayton	WR	Louisville	Ind. (I-A)
8	224	Washington Redskins	Hallstrom, ToddTodd Hallstrom	T	Minnesota	Big Ten
9	225	Baltimore Colts	Jim Mills	T	Hawaii	WAC
9	226	Houston Oilers	Kevin Potter	DB	Missouri	Big Eight
9	227	Los Angeles Rams	Becher, JackJack Becher	C	Boston College	Ind. (I-A)
9	228	Denver Broncos	Hawkins, BrianBrian Hawkins	DB	San Jose State	N/A
9	229	San Francisco 49ers	Mularkey, MikeMike Mularkey	TE	Florida	SEC
9	230	Chicago Bears	Rob Fada	OG	Pittsburgh	Ind. (I-A)
9	231	Kansas City Chiefs	Adam Lingner	C	Illinois	Big Ten
9	232	Philadelphia Eagles	Pelzer, RichRich Pelzer	T	Rhode Island	Yankee
9	233	New England Patriots	Williams, RickyRicky Williams	RB	Langston	Ind. (NAIA)
9	234	Buffalo Bills	Parker, GeorgeGeorge Parker	RB	Norfolk State	CIAA
9	235	Chicago Bears	Zavagnin, MarkMark Zavagnin	LB	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
9	236	Seattle Seahawks	Bob Clasby	DT	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
9	237	New York Giants	Ali Haji-Sheikh	K	Michigan	Big Ten
9	238	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Hasson Arbubakrr	DT	Texas Tech	SWC
9	239	Minnesota Vikings	Rod Achter	WR	Toledo	MAC
9	240	New England Patriots	Mark Keel	TE	Arizona	Pac-10
9	241	Baltimore Colts	Rose, ChrisChris Rose	T	Stanford	Pac-10
9	242	St. Louis Cardinals	Brown, OtisOtis Brown	RB	Jackson State	SWAC
9	243	Green Bay Packers	Ham, RobinRobin Ham	C	West Texas State	MVC
9	244	Pittsburgh Steelers	Blake Wingle	OG	UCLA	Pac-10
9	245	San Diego Chargers	Mike Green	LB	Oklahoma State	Big Eight
9	246	Dallas Cowboys	Al Gross	DB	Arizona	Pac-10
9	247	New York Jets	Bobby Humphery	WR	New Mexico State	MVC
9	248	Cincinnati Bengals	Stanley Wilson	RB	Oklahoma	Big Eight
9	249	Los Angeles Raiders	Jordan, KentKent Jordan	TE	St. Mary's (CA)	N/A
9	250	Miami Dolphins	Mark Brown	LB	Purdue	Big Ten
9	251	Washington Redskins	Gilbert, MarcusMarcus Gilbert	RB	TCU	SWC
10	252	Baltimore Colts	Hopkins, RonaldRonald Hopkins	DB	Murray State	OVC
10	253	Green Bay Packers	Byron Williams	WR	Texas Arlington	—
10	254	Denver Broncos	Walt Bowyer	DE	Arizona State	Pac-10
10	255	Minnesota Vikings	Brown, MelvinMelvin Brown	DB	Ole Miss	SEC
10	256	Chicago Bears	Anthony Hutchinson	RB	Texas Tech	SWC
10	257	Kansas City Chiefs	Mark Shumate	DT	Wisconsin	Big Ten
10	258	Philadelphia Eagles	Thomas Strauthers	DT	Jackson State	SWAC
10	259	San Francisco 49ers	Merrell, JeffJeff Merrell	DT	Nebraska	Big Eight
10	260	Buffalo Bills	Thorpe, RichardRichard Thorpe	DT	Louisville	Ind. (I-A)
10	261	Detroit Lions	Laube, DaveDave Laube	OG	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
10	262	Cleveland Browns	Thomas Hopkins	T	Alabama State	SWAC
10	263	Seattle Seahawks	Speros, PetePete Speros	OG	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
10	264	New England Patriots	WIlliams, JamesJames WIlliams	TE	Wyoming	WAC
10	265	New England Patriots	Williams, TobyToby Williams	DE	Nebraska	Big Eight
10	266	Minnesota Vikings	Tate, WalterWalter Tate	C	Tennessee State	Ind. (I-AA)
10	267	New England Patriots	Tom Ramsey	QB	UCLA	Pac-10
10	268	Atlanta Falcons	Giacomarro, RalphRalph Giacomarro	P	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
10	269	St. Louis Cardinals	Tim Lucas	LB	California	Pac-10
10	270	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Darius Durham	WR	San Diego State	WAC
10	271	Green Bay Packers	Thomas, JimmyJimmy Thomas	DB	Indiana	Big Ten
10	272	San Diego Chargers	Bruce Mathison	QB	Nebraska	Big Eight
10	273	Dallas Cowboys	Eric Moran	T	Washington	Pac-10
10	274	New York Jets	Dan Fike	T	Florida	SEC
10	275	Pittsburgh Steelers	Straughter, RooseveltRoosevelt Straughter	DB	Northeast Louisiana	Southland
10	276	Cincinnati Bengals	Tim Krumrie	DT	Wisconsin	Big Ten
10	277	Los Angeles Raiders	Mervyn Fernandez	WR	San Jose State	PCAA
10	278	Miami Dolphins	Reed, AnthonyAnthony Reed	RB	South Carolina State	MEAC
10	279	Washington Redskins	Gandy, GeffGeff Gandy	LB	Baylor	N/A
11	280	Baltimore Colts	Taylor, Jim BobJim Bob Taylor	QB	Georgia Tech	Ind.
11	281	New York Giants	Jenkins, LeeLee Jenkins	DB	Tennessee	SEC
11	282	Los Angeles Rams	Triplett, DannyDanny Triplett	LB	Clemson	ACC
11	283	Denver Broncos	Don Bailey	C	Miami (FL)	Ind. (I-A)
11	284	Kansas City Chiefs	Jackson, DwayneDwayne Jackson	DE	South Carolina State	MEAC
11	285	Philadelphia Eagles	Sebahar, SteveSteve Sebahar	C	Washington State	Pac-10
11	286	Chicago Bears	Worthy, GaryGary Worthy	RB	Wilmington (OH)	N/A
11	287	Detroit Lions	Tate, BenBen Tate	RB	North Carolina Central	CIAA
11	288	Cleveland Browns	Boyce Green	RB	Carson–Newman	SAC
11	289	San Francisco 49ers	Jesse Sapolu	C	Hawaii	WAC
11	290	Seattle Seahawks	Mayberry, BobBob Mayberry	OG	Clemson	ACC
11	291	New York Giants	Pierson, ClenzieClenzie Pierson	DT	Rice	SWC
11	292	New England Patriots	Parker, SteveSteve Parker	WR	Abilene Christian	LSC
11	293	Buffalo Bills	White, LarryLarry White	DE	Jackson State	SWAC
11	294	New England Patriots	Eason, CalvinCalvin Eason	DB	Houston	SWC
11	295	Atlanta Falcons	Salley, JohnJohn Salley	DB	Wyoming	WAC
11	296	St. Louis Cardinals	Williams, AaronAaron Williams	WR	Washington	Pac-10
11	297	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Mark Witte	TE	North Texas State	Ind.
11	298	Minnesota Vikings	Butcher, BrianBrian Butcher	OG	Clemson	ACC
11	299	Green Bay Packers	Bucky Scribner	P	Kansas	Big Eight
11	300	Dallas Cowboys	Taylor, DanDan Taylor	T	Idaho State	Big Sky
11	301	New York Jets	Mike Harmon	WR	Ole Miss	SEC
11	302	Pittsburgh Steelers	Raugh, MarkMark Raugh	TE	West Virginia	Ind. (I-A)
11	303	San Diego Chargers	Tim Kearse	WR	San Jose State	PCAA
11	304	Cincinnati Bengals	Williams, GaryGary Williams	WR	Ohio State	Big Ten
11	305	Cleveland Browns	McAdoo, HowardHoward McAdoo	LB	Michigan State	Big Ten
11	306	Miami Dolphins	Lukens, JoeJoe Lukens	OG	Ohio State	Big Ten
11	307	San Diego Chargers	Tim Spencer	RB	Ohio State	Big Ten
12	308	Baltimore Colts	Williams, CarlCarl Williams	WR	Texas Southern	SWAC
12	309	New York Giants	Robbie Jones	LB	Alabama	SEC
12	310	Denver Broncos	Karl Mecklenburg	LB	Minnesota	Big Ten
12	311	Los Angeles Rams	Casper, CleteClete Casper	QB	Washington State	Pac-10
12	312	Philadelphia Eagles	Mangrum, DavidDavid Mangrum	QB	Baylor	SWC
12	313	Chicago Bears	Oliver Williams	WR	Illinois	Big Ten
12	314	San Diego Chargers	Blaylock, BillyBilly Blaylock	DB	Tennessee Tech	OVC
12	315	Kansas City Chiefs	Jones, KenKen Jones	T	Tennessee	SEC
12	316	Cleveland Browns	Paul Farren	T	Boston University	Yankee
12	317	Seattle Seahawks	Dow, DonDon Dow	T	Washington	Pac-10
12	318	New York Giants	Magwood, FrankFrank Magwood	WR	Clemson	ACC
12	319	New England Patriots	Kelly, WaddellWaddell Kelly	RB	Arkansas State	Southland
12	320	Buffalo Bills	Julius Dawkins	WR	Pittsburgh	Ind. (I-A)
12	321	Detroit Lions	Lane, JimJim Lane	C	Idaho State	Big Sky
12	322	Atlanta Falcons	Allama Matthews	TE	Vanderbilt	SEC
12	323	St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)	Lane, JamesJames Lane	LB	Alabama State	SWAC
12	324	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Higginbotham, JohnJohn Higginbotham	DT	Northeastern State	OIC
12	325	Minnesota Vikings	Maurice Turner	RB	Utah State	Big West
12	326	New England Patriots	Ekern, AndyAndy Ekern	T	Missouri	Big Eight
12	327	Green Bay Packers	Harvey, JohnJohn Harvey	LB	USC	Pac-10
12	328	New York Jets	Crum, StuStu Crum	K	Tulsa	MVC
12	329	San Diego Chargers	Chuck Ehin	DT	BYU	WAC
12	330	Pittsburgh Steelers	Wiley, RogerRoger Wiley	RB	Sam Houston State	LSC
12	331	Dallas Cowboys	Bouier, LorenzoLorenzo Bouier	RB	Maine	Yankee
12	332	Cincinnati Bengals	Young, AndreAndre Young	LB	Bowling Green	MAC
12	333	Los Angeles Raiders	Lindquist, ScottScott Lindquist	QB	Northern Arizona	Big Sky
12	334	Miami Dolphins	Anthony Carter	WR	Michigan	Big Ten
12	335	New York Giants	John Tuggle	RB	California	Pac-10

Hall of Fame inductees

Eric Dickerson, running back from Southern Methodist, taken 1st round 2nd overall by Los Angeles Rams

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1999.

Jim Kelly, quarterback from Miami, taken 1st round 14th overall by Buffalo Bills

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2002.

John Elway, quarterback from Stanford, taken 1st round 1st overall by Baltimore Colts

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2004.

Dan Marino, quarterback from Pittsburgh, taken 1st round 27th overall by Miami Dolphins

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2005.

Bruce Matthews, offensive lineman from Southern California, taken 1st round 9th overall by Houston Oilers

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2007.

Darrell Green, cornerback from Texas A&I, taken 1st round 28th overall by Washington Redskins

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2008.

Richard Dent, defensive end from Tennessee State, taken 8th round 203rd overall by Chicago Bears

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2011.

Jim Covert, offensive lineman from Pittsburgh, taken 1st round 6th overall by Chicago Bears

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2020.

Notable undrafted players

= Pro Bowler


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	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
Green Bay Packers	Frank Mattiace	NT	Holy Cross	Ind. (I-AA)
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

References

"NFL Draft Locations". FootballGeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
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.
Janofsky, Michael (May 3, 1983). "ELWAY TRADED TO BRONCOS BY COLTS - The New York Times". The New York Times.
Paul Thelen (April 18, 2013). "The Greatest Draft Class in NFL History". Bleacher Report. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
"10 Greatest Draft Classes in NFL History". Athlonsports.com | Expert Predictions, Picks, and Previews.
^ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.
Players are identified as a Hall of Famer if they have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
List of 1990s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com
^ List of 2000s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com

External links

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See also	List of drafts first overall picks second overall picks Mr. Irrelevant supplemental picks List of broadcasters

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