History of the #78 Overall Pick

Summary

Every player taken with the 78th overall pick in our database, 1967–2025. The most productive by games played is Laveranues Coles (153), drafted in 2000. WR is the most common position selected at this slot (13 times).

Every #78 Overall Pick

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	3	78	GB	John Rowser	DB	Michigan
1968	3	78	IND	Rich O'Hara	WR	Northern Arizona
1969	3	78	TEN	Rich Johnson	RB	Illinois
1970	3	78	KC	David Hadley	DB	Alcorn State
1971	3	78	IND	Karl Douglas	QB	Texas A&M-Kingsville
1972	3	78	DAL	Marv Bateman	P	Utah
1973	3	78	MIA	Leon Gray	OT	Jackson State
1974	3	78	MIA	Nat Moore	WR	Florida; Miami-Dade CC North FL
1975	3	78	PIT	Walter White	TE	Maryland; Mesa CC
1976	3	78	BUF	Ben Williams	DE	Mississippi
1977	3	78	LA	Kurt Allerman	ILB	Penn State
1978	3	78	LA	Frank Corral	K	UCLA; Riverside Community College
1979	3	78	TB	Reginald Lewis	DE	North Texas
1980	3	78	DAL	Bill Roe	LB	Colorado
1981	3	78	KC	Lloyd Burruss	DB	Maryland
1982	3	78	PHI	Vyto Kab	TE	Penn State
1983	3	78	NYJ	Jo-Jo Townsell	WR	UCLA
1983	3	78	NYJ	JoJo Townsell	WR	UCLA
1984	3	78	DEN	Tony Lilly	DB	Florida
1985	3	78	CHI	James Maness	WR	TCU
1986	3	78	CIN	David Fulcher	DB	Arizona State
1987	3	78	BUF	Jamie Mueller	RB	Benedictine College
1988	3	78	CHI	Ralph Jarvis	DE	Temple
1989	3	78	NYG	Greg Jackson	DB	LSU
1990	3	78	LA	Latin Berry	RB	Oregon
1991	3	78	CHI	Chris Gardocki	P	Clemson
1992	3	78	CLE	Gerald Dixon	OLB	South Carolina; Garden City CC
1993	3	78	MIA	Terry Kirby	RB	Virginia
1994	3	78	NE	Ervin Collier	DT	Florida A&M
1995	3	78	PHI	Chris T. Jones	WR	Miami (FL)
1996	3	78	DEN	Mark Campbell	DT	Florida
1997	3	78	MIN	Stalin Colinet	DE	Boston College
1998	3	78	CIN	Mike Goff	G	Iowa
1999	3	78	CHI	Marty Booker	WR	Louisiana-Monroe
2000	3	78	NYJ	Laveranues Coles	WR	Florida State
2001	3	78	NYG	William Peterson	DB	Western Illinois
2002	3	78	NYG	Jeff Hatch	OT	Penn
2003	3	78	MIA	Wade Smith	OT	Memphis
2004	3	78	CHI	Bernard Berrian	WR	Fresno State
2005	3	78	LV	Kirk Morrison	LB	San Diego State
2006	3	78	CLE	Travis Wilson	WR	Oklahoma
2008	3	78	NE	Shawn Crable	OLB	Michigan
2009	3	78	LAC	Louis Vasquez	G	Texas Tech
2010	3	78	CAR	Brandon LaFell	WR	LSU
2011	3	78	LA	Austin Pettis	WR	Boise State
2012	3	78	MIA	Michael Egnew	TE	Missouri
2013	3	78	BUF	Marquise Goodwin	WR	Texas
2014	3	78	WAS	Spencer Long	C	Nebraska
2015	3	78	NO	P.J. Williams	S	Florida State
2016	3	78	NE	Joe Thuney	G	N.C. State
2017	3	78	BAL	Tim Williams	LB	Alabama
2018	3	78	CIN	Malik Jefferson	LB	Texas
2019	3	78	MIA	Michael Deiter	C	Wisconsin
2020	3	78	ATL	Matt Hennessy	C	Temple
2021	3	78	MIN	Chazz Surratt	LB	North Carolina
2022	3	78	CLE	Alex Wright	DE	UAB
2023	3	78	GB	Tucker Kraft	TE	South Dakota State
2024	3	78	HOU	Calen Bullock	SAF	USC
2025	3	78	ARI	Jordan Burch	LB	Oregon; South Carolina