1978 NFL Draft — All Picks

248 total picks | 32 teams | 12 rounds

Summary

248Total Picks
32Teams
12Rounds
25First Rounders

All 1978 Draft Picks

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
1 1 HOU Earl Campbell RB Texas
1 2 KC Art Still DE Kentucky
1 3 NO Wes Chandler WR Florida
1 5 BUF Terry Miller RB Oklahoma State
1 6 GB James Lofton WR Stanford
1 7 SF Ken MacAfee TE Notre Dame
1 8 CIN Ross Browner NT Notre Dame
1 9 SEA Keith Simpson DB Memphis
1 10 NYG Gordon King OT Stanford
1 11 DET Luther Bradley CB Notre Dame
1 12 CLE Clay Matthews DE USC
1 13 ATL Mike Kenn OT Michigan
1 14 LAC John Jefferson WR Arizona State
1 15 LA Steve Little K Arkansas
1 16 CIN Blair Bush C Washington
1 18 NE Bob Cryder OT Alabama
1 19 LA Ken Greene S Washington State
1 20 LA Elvis Peacock RB Oklahoma
1 21 MIN Randy Holloway DE Pittsburgh
1 23 CLE Ozzie Newsome TE Alabama
1 24 SF Dan Bunz LB California State - Long Beach, California Riverside, Univ
1 25 BAL Reese McCall TE Auburn
1 26 GB John Anderson OLB Michigan
1 27 DEN Don Latimer DT Miami
1 28 DAL Larry Bethea DT Michigan State
2 29 KC Sylvester Hicks DE Tennessee State
2 30 TB Johnny Davis RB Alabama
2 31 NYJ Mark Merrill LB Minnesota
2 32 BUF Dee Hardison DE North Carolina
2 33 NO J.T. Taylor OT Missouri
2 33 NO James Taylor OT Missouri
2 34 GB Mike Hunt ILB Minnesota
2 35 CIN Ray Griffin CB Ohio State
2 36 SEA Keith Butler LB Memphis
2 37 NYG Odis McKinney DB Colorado, Los Angeles Valley College
2 38 BUF Scott Hutchinson DE Florida
2 39 CLE Johnny Evans P N.C. State
2 40 DET Al Baker DE Colorado State
2 41 LAC Buddy Hardaway OT Oklahoma State, Blinn College
2 41 SD Milton Hardaway OT Oklahoma State
2 42 LA John Barefield LB Texas A&M University-Kingsville
2 43 ATL Steve Stewart LB Minnesota
2 44 TB Brett Moritz G Nebraska, Army
2 45 CIN Deacon Turner RB San Diego State, Bakersfield College
2 45 CIN Dave Turner RB San Diego State
2 46 LA Stan Johnson NT Tennessee State
2 47 SF Walt Downing C Michigan
2 48 MIN John Turner DB Miami
2 49 PIT Willie Fry DE Notre Dame
2 50 NE Matt Cavanaugh QB Pittsburgh
2 51 MIA Guy Benjamin QB Stanford
2 52 BAL Mike Woods OLB Cincinnati, University of Tampa, Ellsworth CC
2 53 LA Ron Smith WR San Diego State, Fullerton
2 53 LAR Ronnie Smith WR San Diego State
2 54 LV Dave Browning DE Washington, Spokane Community College
2 55 DEN Bill Gay DE USC, San Diego City College
2 56 DAL Todd Christensen TE BYU
3 57 LV Derrick Jensen RB University of Texas-Arlington
3 58 KC Gary Spani LB Kansas State
3 60 NO Barry Bennett NT Concordia College
3 61 NYJ Mickey Shuler TE Penn State
3 62 GB Estus Hood DB Illinois State
3 63 SEA Bob Jury S Pittsburgh
3 64 MIA Lyman Smith DT Duke
3 65 BUF Danny Fulton WR Nebraska-Omaha, Nebraska
3 66 PHI Reggie Wilkes LB Georgia Tech
3 67 CLE Larry Collins RB Texas A&M University-Kingsville
3 68 CLE Mark Miller QB Bowling Green
3 69 LA Doug Greene DB Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Lakewood Community College
3 70 ATL Stan Waldemore G Nebraska
3 71 LAC Rickey Anderson RB South Carolina State
3 72 CIN Ted Vincent DT Wichita State University
3 73 HOU Gifford Nielsen QB BYU
3 74 CHI Brad Shearer DT Texas
3 75 MIN Whip Walton LB San Diego State
3 76 PIT Craig Colquitt P Tennessee, Cleveland State Community Coll
3 77 NE Carlos Pennywell WR Grambling State
3 78 LA Frank Corral K UCLA, Riverside Community College
3 79 SF Ernie Hughes C Notre Dame
3 81 MIA Jimmy Cefalo WR Penn State
3 82 LV Lindsey Mason OT Kansas
3 83 CIN Don Bass TE Houston
3 84 DAL Dave Hudgens OT Oklahoma
4 85 KC Danny Johnson LB Tennessee State
4 86 LV Maurice Harvey DB Ball State
4 87 NO Don Schwartz DB Washington State
4 88 NYJ Dodie Donnell RB Nebraska
4 89 BUF Lucius Sanford LB Georgia Tech
4 90 NYG Billy Taylor RB Texas Tech
4 91 SF Terry LeCount WR Florida
4 92 PHI Dennis Harrison DE Vanderbilt
4 93 MIA Gerald Small DB San Jose State
4 94 DET Bill Fifer OT West Texas State
4 94 DET William Fifer OT West Texas A&M
4 95 ATL Brian Cabral LB Colorado
4 96 LA George Collins G Georgia
4 97 LA Jimmy Childs WR Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
4 97 ARI Jim Childs WR Cal Poly
4 98 HOU Mike Renfro WR TCU
4 99 CIN Dennis Law WR East Tennessee State
4 100 MIN Jim Hough G Utah State
4 101 PIT Larry Anderson DB Louisiana Tech
4 102 NE Dwight Wheeler C Tennessee State
4 103 CLE Pete Pullara OG Chattanooga
4 104 KC Pete Woods QB Missouri
4 105 LA Mark Manges QB Maryland
4 106 MIA Eric Laakso OT Tulane
4 107 DET Homer Elias G Tennessee State
4 108 LV Joe Stewart WR Missouri
4 109 DET Larry Tearry C Wake Forest
4 110 DAL Alois Blackwell RB Houston
5 111 MIA Ted Burgmeier S Notre Dame
5 112 KC Jerrold McRae WR Tennessee State
5 113 NYJ Randy Sidler LB Penn State
5 114 BUF Ken Spaeth TE Nebraska
5 115 NO Eric Felton CB Texas Tech
5 116 GB Mike Douglass LB San Diego State, Arizona State, Los Angeles City College
5 117 BAL Frank Myers OT Texas A&M
5 118 KC Dwight Carey DT Texas-Arlington
5 119 SEA Louis Bullard OT Jackson State University
5 120 NYG Terry Jackson DB San Diego State, San Diego City College
5 121 DET Amos Fowler C Southern Mississippi
5 122 CLE Keith Wright WR Memphis
5 123 DET Dan Gray DE Rutgers
5 124 LA Earl Carr RB Florida
5 125 ATL Dennis Pearson WR San Diego State, Washington
5 126 CIN Tom Dinkel LB Kansas
5 127 SF Archie Reese DT Clemson
5 128 GB Willie Wilder RB Florida
5 129 NE Bill Matthews ILB South Dakota State
5 130 PHI Norris Banks RB Kansas
5 131 CIN Rob Hertel QB USC
5 132 NYG Jim Krahl DT Texas Tech
5 133 SF Bruce Threadgill DB Mississippi State
5 135 LAC John Choma G Virginia
5 136 LV Derrick Ramsey TE Kentucky
5 137 NYG Brian DeRoo WR Redlands
5 138 DAL Rich Rosen OG Syracuse
6 139 CHI John Skibinski RB Purdue
6 140 NYJ Bobby Jackson CB Florida State
6 140 OAK Tom Davis NA Nebraska
6 142 NYJ Gregg Robinson DE Dartmouth
6 142 NO Mike Rieker QB Lehigh
6 144 GB Leotis Harris G Arkansas
6 146 SEA Glenn Starks WR Texas A&M-Kingsville
6 147 NYG Randy Pass NA Georgia Tech
6 148 SF Elliott Walker RB Pittsburgh
6 149 CLE Al Pitts NA Michigan State
6 150 DET Dwight Hicks DB Michigan
6 152 ATL Rod Parker WR Tennessee State
6 152 ATL Rodney Parker WR Tennessee State
6 153 DET Tony Ardizzone C Northwestern
6 154 HOU Conrad Rucker TE Southern
6 155 CIN Steve Geise RB Penn State
6 156 NE Ken Coleman LB Ole Miss
6 157 NO Frank Chesley LB Wyoming
6 157 NO Francis Chesley LB Wyoming
6 158 CHI Mekeli Ieremia DE BYU
6 159 WAS Tony Green RB Florida
6 160 PIT Randy Reutershan WR Pittsburgh
6 161 BAL Ben Garry RB Southern Mississippi
6 162 TB Elijah Marshall WR North Carolina State
6 163 MIA Doug Betters DE Nevada, Montana
6 164 LV Mike Levenseller WR Washington State
6 165 DET Jesse Thompson WR California
6 166 DAL Harold Randolph LB East Carolina
7 168 KC Ricky Odom DB USC
7 169 NYJ Levi Armstrong DB UCLA
7 170 NYJ Jim Earley RB Michigan State
7 170 NYJ James Earley RB Michigan State
7 171 BUF Mario Celotto LB USC
7 172 GB George Plasketes LB Ole Miss
7 173 SEA John Harris FS Arizona State
7 174 NYG Dan Doornink RB Washington State
7 175 SF Fred Quillan C Oregon
7 176 LV Art Whittington RB SMU
7 176 OAK Arthur Whittington RB SMU
7 177 DET Bruce Gibson RB Pacific
7 178 MIA Karl Baldischwiler OT Oklahoma
7 180 SD Cliff Featherstone DB Colorado State
7 181 LA Dave Stief DB Portland State
7 182 CIN Joe Branson DB Livingstone
7 183 BUF Steve Powell RB Truman State University
7 184 KC Bill Kellar WR Stanford
7 185 CHI Herman Jones WR Ohio State
7 186 PHI Greg Marshall DT Oregon State
7 187 PIT Mark Dufresne TE Nebraska
7 188 NE Mike Hawkins LB Texas A&M University-Kingsville
7 189 LA Reggie Doss DT Hampton
7 190 MIA Lloyd Henry WR Truman State
7 191 IND Jeff Logan RB Ohio State
7 192 LV Earl Inmon LB Bethune-Cookman College
7 193 CIN Danny Bass OT Elon
7 194 DAL Tom Randall G Iowa State
8 197 NYJ Derrick Gaffney WR Florida
8 198 NE Terry Falcon G Montana, Minot State University
8 199 NO Brooks Williams TE North Carolina
8 200 GB Dennis Sproul QB Arizona State
8 203 NYJ Mike Mock LB Texas Tech
8 204 MIN Mike Wood K Southeast Missouri State
8 205 CLE Jesse Turnbow DT Tennessee
8 206 DET Jim Breech K California
8 207 LV Mark Nichols LB Colorado State, Golden West
8 208 PIT Rick Moser RB Rhode Island
8 210 HOU J.C. Wilson DB Pittsburgh, University of Tampa
8 215 NE Mosi Tatupu RB USC
8 217 MIA Sean Clancy LB Amherst College
8 219 WAS Don Hover MLB Washington State
8 221 DEN Franky Smith OT Alabama A&M
9 223 TB Willie Taylor WR Pittsburgh
9 225 NYJ Reggie Grant CB Oregon
9 230 PHI Charles Williams CB Jackson State University
9 233 SF Dean Moore LB Iowa
9 236 ATL Tom Pridemore S West Virginia
9 237 LAC Henry Bradley NT Alcorn State
9 238 CIN Ron Shumon OLB Wichita State University
9 245 BAL Dave Studdard OT Texas
9 247 MIA Bruce Hardy TE Arizona State
9 248 LAC Blake Whitlatch LB LSU
10 1 HOU Johnnie Dirden WR Sam Houston State
10 255 BUF Will Grant C Kentucky, Idaho State
10 257 ATL Ricky Patton RB Jackson State University, Michigan, Ferris State
10 260 SF Mike Connell P Cincinnati
10 263 ATL Ray Strong RB UNLV, Contra Costa
10 265 LA Randy Gill LB San Jose State, Mount Hood Community College
10 267 CIN Tom DePaso OLB Penn State
10 268 PIT Doug Becker LB Notre Dame
10 274 MIA Mark Dennard C Texas A&M
10 276 PIT Tom Jurich K Northern Arizona
10 277 DEN Vince Kinney WR Maryland
11 279 PIT Nat Terry CB Florida State
11 280 KC Ray Milo DB New Mexico State
11 281 NYJ Pat Ryan QB Tennessee
11 282 BUF Jerry Blanton ILB Kentucky
11 287 SF Willie McCray DE Troy, Alabama
11 288 PHI Billy Campfield RB Kansas
11 294 CIN Mark Donahue G Michigan
11 304 LV Bob Glazebrook FS Fresno State, Fresno City College
11 306 DAL Dennis Thurman DB USC
12 309 NO Larry Hardy TE Jackson State University
12 310 KC Willie Brock C Colorado, Mount Hood Community College
12 312 GB Eason Ramson TE Washington State
12 315 PHI Mark Slater C Minnesota
12 317 CLE Leo Biedermann OT California, Diablo Valley College
12 321 LAC Kevin Bell WR Lamar
12 322 HOU John Schuhmacher G USC
12 330 LA Gus Coppens OT UCLA
12 333 MIA Bill Kenney QB Northern Colorado, Arizona State, Saddleback Community College
Round-by-Round Breakdown