History of the #85 Overall Pick

Summary

Every player taken with the 85th overall pick in our database, 1967–2025. DB is the most common position selected at this slot (8 times).

Every #85 Overall Pick

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	4	85	DEN	Carl Cunningham	DE	Houston
1968	4	85	NO	Willie Crittendon	DT	Tulsa
1969	4	85	NO	Dennis Hale	DB	Minnesota
1970	4	85	CIN	Joe Stephen	OG	Jackson State
1971	4	85	ATL	Mike Potchad	DT	Pittsburg State
1972	4	85	NO	Mike Crangle	DE	Tennessee-Martin
1973	4	85	IND	Ollie Smith	WR	Tennessee State
1974	4	85	LA	Durwood Keeton	DB	Oklahoma
1975	4	85	SF	Cleveland Elam	DT	Tennessee State
1976	3	85	MIN	Wes Hamilton	G	Tulsa
1977	4	85	CIN	Rick Walker	TE	UCLA; Rancho Santiago Community Coll
1978	4	85	KC	Danny Johnson	LB	Tennessee State
1979	4	85	KC	Frank Manumaleuga	ILB	San Jose State; UCLA; De Anza College
1980	4	85	DET	Eric Hipple	QB	Utah State
1981	4	85	NYG	Cliff Chatman	RB	Central Oklahoma; Oklahoma
1981	4	85	NYG	Clifford Chatman	RB	Central Oklahoma
1982	4	85	NE	George Crump	DE	East Carolina
1983	4	85	BAL	Phil Smith	WR	San Diego State
1984	4	85	HOU	Mark Studaway	DE	Tennessee
1985	4	85	MIN	Buster Rhymes	WR	Oklahoma
1986	4	85	LV	Mike Wise	DE	UC Davis
1987	4	85	IND	Randy Dixon	G	Pittsburgh
1988	4	85	DET	William White	S	Ohio State
1989	4	85	DAL	Tony Tolbert	DE	Texas-El Paso
1990	4	85	ARI	Travis Davis	DT	Michigan State
1991	4	85	CLE	Pio Sagapolutele	DE	San Diego State
1992	4	85	IND	Rodney Culver	RB	Notre Dame
1993	4	85	SEA	Dean Wells	LB	Kentucky
1994	3	85	SF	Doug Brien	K	California
1995	3	85	NYG	Rodney Young	DB	LSU
1996	3	85	PHI	Bobby Hoying	QB	Ohio State
1997	3	85	OAK	Tim Kohn	OG	Iowa State
1998	3	85	PHI	Allen Rossum	DB	Notre Dame
1999	3	85	DAL	Dat Nguyen	ILB	Texas A&M
2000	3	85	KC	Greg Wesley	FS	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
2000	3	85	KC	Gregory Wesley	DB	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
2001	3	85	MIA	Travis Minor	RB	Florida State
2002	3	85	SEA	Kris Richard	DB	USC
2003	3	85	NYJ	B.J. Askew	FB	Michigan
2004	3	85	DEN	Jeremy LeSueur	DB	Michigan
2005	3	85	SEA	David Greene	QB	Georgia
2006	3	85	KC	Brodie Croyle	QB	Alabama
2007	3	85	SEA	Brandon Mebane	DT	California
2008	3	85	TEN	Craig Stevens	TE	California
2009	3	85	NYG	Ramses Barden	WR	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
2010	3	85	CLE	Colt McCoy	QB	Texas
2011	3	85	BAL	Jah Reid	OT	UCF
2012	3	85	DET	Dwight Bentley	CB	Louisiana
2013	3	85	WAS	Jordan Reed	TE	Florida
2014	3	85	GB	Khyri Thornton	DT	Southern Mississippi
2015	3	85	CIN	Tyler Kroft	TE	Rutgers
2016	3	85	HOU	Braxton Miller	WR	Ohio State
2017	3	85	NE	Antonio Garcia	OT	Troy
2018	3	85	CAR	Rashaan Gaulden	DB	Tennessee
2019	3	85	BAL	Jaylon Ferguson	LB	Louisiana Tech
2020	3	85	IND	Julian Blackmon	SAF	Utah
2021	3	85	GB	Amari Rodgers	WR	Clemson
2023	3	85	LAC	Daiyan Henley	LB	Washington State; Nevada
2024	3	85	CLE	Zak Zinter	G	Michigan
2025	3	85	KC	Nohl Williams	CB	California