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#79 Overall Pick
History of the #79 Overall Pick
Every player selected 79th overall in the NFL Draft (59 players)
All #79 Overall Picks
Year
Rd
Pick
Team
Player
Pos
College
2025
3
82
TEN
Kevin Winston Jr.
SAF
Penn State
2024
3
81
SEA
Christian Haynes
G
Connecticut
2023
3
82
TB
Yaya Diaby
LB
Louisville
2022
3
81
NYG
Cordale Flott
CB
LSU
2021
3
80
LV
Divine Deablo
LB
Virginia Tech
2020
3
80
LV
Lynn Bowden
WR
Kentucky
2019
3
81
DET
Will Harris
SAF
Boston College
2018
3
81
DAL
Michael Gallup
WR
Colorado State, Butler County JC
2017
3
82
DEN
Carlos Henderson
WR
Louisiana Tech
2016
3
80
BUF
Adolphus Washington
DT
Ohio State
2015
3
80
DET
Alex Carter
CB
Stanford
2014
3
83
HOU
Louis Nix
DT
Notre Dame
2013
3
79
PIT
Markus Wheaton
WR
Oregon State
2012
3
80
ARI
Jamell Fleming
CB
Oklahoma
2011
3
79
WAS
Leonard Hankerson
WR
Miami
2010
3
82
PIT
Emmanuel Sanders
WR
SMU
2009
3
80
WAS
Kevin Barnes
DB
Maryland
2008
3
81
ARI
Early Doucet
WR
LSU
2007
3
86
BAL
Marshal Yanda
G
Iowa, North Iowa Area Community College
2006
3
78
CLE
Travis Wilson
WR
Oklahoma
2005
3
84
NE
Ellis Hobbs
CB
Iowa State
2004
3
84
SEA
Sean Locklear
G
N.C. State
2003
3
81
WAS
Derrick Dockery
G
Texas
2002
3
80
ATL
Will Overstreet
LB
Tennessee
2001
3
82
SEA
Heath Evans
FB
Auburn
2000
3
79
CLE
JaJuan Dawson
WR
Tulane
1999
3
80
TB
Martin Gramatica
K
Kansas State
1998
3
79
MIA
Brad Jackson
LB
Cincinnati
1997
3
79
JAX
James Hamilton
LB
North Carolina
1996
3
83
LA
Jerald Moore
RB
Oklahoma
1995
3
79
IND
Zack Crockett
RB
Florida State, Hinds CC
1994
3
79
NO
Winfred Tubbs
OLB
Texas
1993
3
81
GB
Earl Dotson
OT
Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Tyler JC
1992
3
82
DAL
James Brown
OT
Virginia State
1991
3
82
BUF
Darryl Wren
DB
Pittsburg State (KS)
1990
4
83
IND
Stacey Simmons
WR
Florida
1989
3
79
NO
Kim Phillips
DB
North Texas
1988
4
84
CIN
David Grant
NT
West Virginia
1987
3
79
NE
Bob Perryman
RB
Michigan
1986
3
81
MIA
T.J. Turner
DE
Houston
1985
3
81
SEA
Danny Greene
WR
Washington
1984
3
79
BUF
Sean McNanie
DE
San Diego State, Arizona State
1983
3
81
CIN
Jimmy Turner
DB
UCLA
1982
3
82
CIN
Rodney Holman
TE
Tulane
1981
4
84
MIA
Sam Greene
WR
UNLV
1980
3
82
LA
Phil Murphy
DT
South Carolina State
1979
4
84
CIN
Mike White
DT
Albany State (GA)
1978
3
84
DAL
Dave Hudgens
OT
Oklahoma
1977
3
81
DAL
Val Belcher
OG
Houston
1976
3
86
LA
Jackie Slater
OT
Jackson State University
1975
4
82
CLE
Tony Peters
S
Oklahoma, Northeast Oklahoma
1974
4
79
TEN
Steve Manstedt
LB
Nebraska
1973
4
85
IND
Ollie Smith
WR
Tennessee State
1972
4
81
CIN
Bernard Jackson
DB
Washington State
1971
4
85
ATL
Mike Potchad
DT
Pittsburg State
1970
4
86
ARI
Greg Lens
DT
Trinity (TX)
1969
4
83
CIN
Clem Turner
RB
Cincinnati
1968
4
84
CIN
Jess Phillips
DB
Michigan State
1967
4
82
NYG
Louis Thompson
DT
Alabama