1980 NFL Draft — All Picks

239 selections listed across 12 rounds

Summary

239Selections Listed

12Rounds

The 1980 NFL Draft opened with Billy Sims, a RB out of Oklahoma, taken first overall. Nebraska led all programs with 8 players selected. 12 quarterbacks were drafted.

First Round Picks

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1	1	DET	Billy Sims	RB	Oklahoma
1	2	NYJ	Lam Jones	WR	Texas
1	2	NYJ	"Johnny ""Lam"" Jones"	WR	Texas
1	3	CIN	Anthony Munoz	OT	USC
1	4	GB	Bruce Clark	DT	Penn State
1	5	BAL	Curtis Dickey	RB	Texas A&M
1	6	LA	Curtis Greer	DE	Michigan
1	7	ATL	Junior Miller	TE	Nebraska
1	8	NYG	Mark Haynes	DB	Colorado
1	10	SEA	Jacob Green	DE	Texas A&M
1	11	KC	Brad Budde	G	USC
1	12	NO	Stan Brock	OT	Colorado
1	13	SF	Earl Cooper	RB	Rice
1	14	NE	Roland James	S	Tennessee
1	15	LV	Marc Wilson	QB	BYU
1	16	BUF	Jim Ritcher	G	N.C. State
1	17	LA	Johnnie Johnson	DB	Texas
1	18	WAS	Art Monk	WR	Syracuse
1	19	CHI	Otis Wilson	OLB	Louisville; Syracuse
1	20	SF	Jim Stuckey	DE	Clemson
1	21	MIA	Don McNeal	DB	Alabama
1	22	TB	Ray Snell	G	Wisconsin
1	23	PHI	Roynell Young	CB	Alcorn State
1	24	BAL	Derrick Hatchett	DB	Texas
1	25	NE	Vagas Ferguson	RB	Notre Dame
1	26	GB	George Cumby	LB	Oklahoma
1	27	CLE	Charles White	RB	USC
1	28	PIT	Mark Malone	QB	Arizona State

All 1980 Draft Picks

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1	1	DET	Billy Sims	RB	Oklahoma
1	2	NYJ	Lam Jones	WR	Texas
1	2	NYJ	"Johnny ""Lam"" Jones"	WR	Texas
1	3	CIN	Anthony Munoz	OT	USC
1	4	GB	Bruce Clark	DT	Penn State
1	5	BAL	Curtis Dickey	RB	Texas A&M
1	6	LA	Curtis Greer	DE	Michigan
1	7	ATL	Junior Miller	TE	Nebraska
1	8	NYG	Mark Haynes	DB	Colorado
1	10	SEA	Jacob Green	DE	Texas A&M
1	11	KC	Brad Budde	G	USC
1	12	NO	Stan Brock	OT	Colorado
1	13	SF	Earl Cooper	RB	Rice
1	14	NE	Roland James	S	Tennessee
1	15	LV	Marc Wilson	QB	BYU
1	16	BUF	Jim Ritcher	G	N.C. State
1	17	LA	Johnnie Johnson	DB	Texas
1	18	WAS	Art Monk	WR	Syracuse
1	19	CHI	Otis Wilson	OLB	Louisville; Syracuse
1	20	SF	Jim Stuckey	DE	Clemson
1	21	MIA	Don McNeal	DB	Alabama
1	22	TB	Ray Snell	G	Wisconsin
1	23	PHI	Roynell Young	CB	Alcorn State
1	24	BAL	Derrick Hatchett	DB	Texas
1	25	NE	Vagas Ferguson	RB	Notre Dame
1	26	GB	George Cumby	LB	Oklahoma
1	27	CLE	Charles White	RB	USC
1	28	PIT	Mark Malone	QB	Arizona State
2	29	BUF	Joe Cribbs	RB	Auburn
2	30	MIN	Willie Teal	DB	LSU
2	31	CIN	Kirby Criswell	LB	Kansas
2	32	BAL	Ray Donaldson	C	Georgia
2	33	LA	Doug Marsh	TE	Michigan
2	34	GB	Mark Lee	DB	Washington
2	35	PIT	Bob Kohrs	LB	Arizona State
2	36	ATL	Buddy Curry	LB	North Carolina
2	37	BUF	Gene Bradley	QB	Arkansas State
2	38	HOU	Angelo Fields	OT	Michigan State
2	39	SF	Keena Turner	LB	Purdue
2	40	NYJ	Darrol Ray	FS	Oklahoma
2	41	NO	Dave Waymer	DB	Notre Dame
2	42	DEN	Rulon Jones	DE	Utah State
2	43	LV	Matt Millen	MLB	Penn State
2	44	SEA	Andre Hines	OT	Stanford
2	45	NE	Larry McGrew	LB	USC; Contra Costa
2	46	CHI	Matt Suhey	RB	Penn State
2	47	NYJ	Ralph Clayton	WR	Michigan
2	48	MIA	Dwight Stephenson	C	Alabama
2	49	TB	Kevin House	WR	Southern Illinois
2	50	LAR	Irv Pankey	OT	Penn State
2	51	BAL	Tim Foley	OT	Notre Dame
2	52	HOU	Daryle Skaugstad	NT	California
2	53	PHI	Perry Harrington	RB	Jackson State University
2	54	CLE	Cleveland Crosby	DE	Arizona; Purdue
2	55	WAS	Mat Mendenhall	DE	BYU
2	56	PIT	John Goodman	DE	Oklahoma
3	57	DET	Tom Turnure	C	Washington
3	58	LA	Jewerl Thomas	RB	San Jose State; UCLA
3	59	CIN	Rod Horn	NT	Nebraska
3	60	LA	John Sinnott	OT	Brown
3	61	GB	Syd Kitson	G	Wake Forest
3	62	DET	Mike Friede	WR	Indiana; Garden City CC
3	63	ATL	Earl Jones	DB	Norfolk State
3	64	NYG	Myron Lapka	DT	USC
3	65	SF	Jim Miller	P	Mississippi
3	66	KC	Jim Hadnot	RB	Texas Tech
3	66	KC	James Hadnot	RB	Texas Tech
3	67	BUF	Mark Brammer	TE	Michigan State
3	68	MIN	Brent Boyd	G	UCLA
3	69	NYJ	Lance Mehl	LB	Penn State
3	70	LA	LeRoy Irvin	CB	Kansas
3	71	BUF	John Schmeding	OG	Boston College
3	72	CLE	Cliff Odom	LB	University of Texas-Arlington
3	73	NE	Steve McMichael	DT	Texas
3	74	DEN	Larry Carter	DB	Kentucky
3	75	MIA	Bill Barnett	NT	Nebraska
3	76	TB	Scot Brantley	LB	Florida
3	77	SF	Craig Puki	LB	Tennessee
3	78	DAL	Bill Roe	LB	Colorado
3	81	LA	Charles Baker	LB	New Mexico
3	82	LA	Phil Murphy	DT	South Carolina State
3	82	LAR	Phillip Murphy	DT	South Carolina State
3	83	PIT	Ray Sydnor	TE	Wisconsin
4	84	SF	Ricky Churchman	DB	Texas
4	85	DET	Eric Hipple	QB	Utah State
4	86	CIN	William Glass	G	Baylor
4	86	CIN	Bill Glass	OG	Baylor
4	87	GB	Fred Nixon	WR	Oklahoma
4	88	BAL	Ray Butler	WR	USC; Wharton County Junior College
4	89	LA	Rusty Lisch	QB	Notre Dame
4	90	NYG	Danny Pittman	WR	Wyoming; Pasadena College
4	91	ATL	Jim Laughlin	LB	Ohio State
4	93	BUF	Ervin Parker	OLB	South Carolina State
4	94	KC	Dave Klug	ILB	Concordia College
4	95	NYJ	Jesse Johnson	DB	Colorado
4	96	NO	Mike Jolly	DB	Michigan
4	97	SEA	Terry Dion	DE	Oregon
4	98	SF	David Hodge	LB	Houston
4	99	CLE	Ron Crews	DE	UNLV; Notre Dame
4	100	MIA	Elmer Bailey	WR	Minnesota; Lincoln University (MO)
4	101	LAC	Ed Luther	QB	San Jose State
4	102	TB	Larry Flowers	DB	Texas Tech
4	103	CHI	Arland Thompson	G	Baylor
4	104	ATL	I.M. Hipp	RB	Nebraska
4	105	DAL	Kurt Petersen	G	Missouri
4	107	DEN	Rick Parros	RB	Utah State
4	108	LAC	Bob Gregor	FS	Washington State
4	109	CLE	Paul McDonald	QB	USC
4	110	PIT	Bill Hurley	DB	Syracuse
5	111	DET	Mark Streeter	DB	Arizona
5	112	SF	Ken Times	DT	Southern
5	112	SF	Kenneth Times	DT	Southern University
5	113	CIN	Bryan Hicks	FS	McNeese State
5	114	KC	Carlos Carson	WR	LSU
5	115	KC	Dan Pensick	DT	Nebraska
5	116	CLE	Elvis Franks	DE	Morgan State
5	117	ATL	Brad Vassar	LB	Pacific
5	118	NYG	Tony Blount	DB	Virginia
5	119	BUF	Jeff Pyburn	DB	Georgia
5	120	DET	Tommie Ginn	G	Arkansas
5	120	DET	Tom Ginn	OG	Arkansas
5	121	MIN	Doug Paschal	RB	North Carolina
5	122	MIN	Paul Jones	RB	California
5	123	NYJ	Jim Zidd	LB	Kansas
5	124	NE	Doug McDougald	DE	Virginia Tech
5	125	LV	Kenny Lewis	RB	Virginia Tech
5	126	OAK	John Adams	LB	LSU
5	127	SEA	Joe Steele	RB	Washington
5	128	OAK	William Bowens	LB	North Alabama
5	129	BUF	Keith Lee	DB	Colorado State; Santa Monica
5	130	CHI	Paul Tabor	C	Oklahoma
5	131	DEN	Mike Harden	S	Michigan
5	132	SEA	Daniel Jacobs	DE	Winston-Salem
5	133	DAL	Gary Hogeboom	QB	Central Michigan
5	134	HOU	John Corker	LB	Oklahoma State
5	135	PHI	Nate Rivers	WR	South Carolina State
5	136	DEN	Laval Short	DT	Colorado
5	137	ATL	Kenny Johnson	DB	Mississippi State
5	138	PIT	Craig Wolfley	G	Syracuse
6	139	SF	Herb Williams	S	Southern
6	140	DET	Chris Dieterich	G	N.C. State; Suffolk County CC-Brentwood
6	141	CIN	Jo Jo Heath	DB	Pittsburgh
6	142	LA	Bill Acker	NT	Texas
6	143	GB	Karl Swanke	C	Boston College
6	144	BAL	Chris Foote	C	USC
6	145	NYG	Scott Brunner	QB	Delaware
6	147	KC	Bubba Garcia	WR	Texas-El Paso
6	148	MIN	Ray Yakavonis	NT	East Stroudsburg State
6	149	NYJ	George Visger	DT	Colorado
6	150	NO	Lester Boyd	LB	Kentucky
6	151	LAC	LaRue Harrington	RB	Norfolk State
6	152	NYJ	Tom Schremp	DE	Wisconsin
6	153	SEA	Mark McNeal	DE	Idaho
6	154	LA	Mike Guman	RB	Penn State
6	155	WSH	Farley Bell	LB	Cincinnati
6	156	CHI	Mike Guess	DB	Ohio State
6	157	DEN	Keith Bishop	G	Baylor; Nebraska
6	158	MIA	Eugene Byrd	WR	Michigan State
6	159	CIN	Andrew Melontree	LB	Baylor; Tyler JC
6	161	PHI	Greg Murtha	OT	Minnesota
6	162	DAL	Timmy Newsome	FB	Winston Salem State University
6	162	DAL	Tim Newsome	RB	Winston-Salem
6	163	SD	Wayne Hamilton	LB	Alabama
6	164	KC	Larry Heater	RB	Arizona; Dixie College (UT)
6	165	PIT	Tunch Ilkin	OT	Indiana State
7	1	ATL	Matthew Teague	DE	Prairie View A&M
7	166	DET	Eddie Murray	K	Tulane
7	167	CIN	Ron Simpkins	LB	Michigan
7	168	CIN	Gary Don Johnson	DT	Baylor
7	169	GB	Buddy Aydelette	OT	Alabama
7	170	BAL	Wes Roberts	DE	TCU
7	170	IND	Wesley Roberts	DE	TCU
7	171	LA	Ben Apuna	ILB	Arizona State; Mesa CC
7	173	LV	Malcolm Barnwell	WR	Virginia Union
7	174	MIN	Henry Johnson	LB	Georgia Tech
7	175	LAC	Chuck Loewen	G	South Dakota State
7	176	LA	Kirk Collins	CB	Baylor; Blinn College
7	177	NO	Mike Morucci	RB	Bloomsburg
7	178	NYJ	Bobby Batton	RB	UNLV; Santa Rosa
7	178	NYJ	Bob Batton	RB	UNLV
7	179	NYG	Bud Hebert	FS	Oklahoma
7	180	NE	Tom Kearns	OG	Kentucky
7	181	NYG	Chris Linnin	ILB	Washington
7	182	HOU	Craig Bradshaw	QB	Utah State; Louisiana Tech
7	183	CHI	Emanuel Tolbert	WR	SMU
7	184	DEN	John Havekost	OG	Nebraska
7	185	MIA	Joe Rose	TE	California
7	186	TB	Jim Leonard	G	Santa Clara University
7	187	WAS	Melvin Jones	G	Houston
7	188	PHI	Terrell Ward	DB	San Diego State
7	189	DAL	Lester Brown	RB	Clemson
7	190	NYJ	Bennie Leverett	RB	Bethune-Cookman
7	191	SD	Stuart Dodds	P	Montana State
7	192	LA	Gerry Ellis	RB	Missouri; Fort Scott CC
7	193	PIT	Nate Johnson	WR	Hillsdale; Charles Stewart Mott CC
8	194	LV	Kenny Hill	DB	Yale
8	201	ATL	Al Richardson	OLB	Georgia Tech
8	204	SEA	Vic Minor	DB	Louisiana-Monroe
8	210	SF	Bobby Leopold	OLB	Notre Dame
8	214	MIA	David Woodley	QB	LSU
8	215	CHI	Randy Clark	OT	Northern Illinois
8	217	HOU	Harold Bailey	WR	Oklahoma State
8	218	PHI	Mike Curcio	LB	Temple
9	223	DET	Tom Tuinei	DT	Hawaii
9	224	CIN	Greg Bright	S	Morehead State University
9	225	LA	Stafford Mays	DE	Washington; Mount Hood Community College
9	226	GB	Kelly Saalfeld	C	Nebraska
9	229	NYG	Otis Wonsley	RB	Alcorn State
9	230	KC	Tom Donovan	WR	Penn State
9	239	MIA	Mark Goodspeed	OT	Nebraska
9	240	TB	Gerald Carter	WR	Texas A&M; Tyler JC
9	242	CHI	Turk Schonert	QB	Stanford
9	243	DEN	Greg Bracelin	OLB	California
9	248	LA	George Farmer	WR	Southern; Santa Monica
10	252	CIN	Sandro Vitiello	K	UMass Amherst; Nassau CC
10	255	LA	Rush Brown	DT	Ball State
10	259	BUF	Greg Cater	P	Tennessee-Chattanooga
10	260	NYJ	Guy Bingham	C	Montana
10	264	LV	Walter Carter	DE	Florida State
10	265	SEA	Ron Essink	OT	Grand Valley
10	267	TB	Andy Hawkins	LB	Texas A&M University-Kingsville
10	270	DEN	Virgil Seay	WR	Troy; East Mississippi JC
10	276	LA	Bob Gruber	OT	Pittsburgh
11	278	DET	Wayne Smith	DB	Purdue; Wisconsin La Crosse; Harold Washington College
11	281	CIN	Alton Alexis	WR	Tulane
11	287	KC	Dale Markham	DE	North Dakota
11	288	MIN	Sam Harrell	RB	East Carolina
11	293	NE	Mike Hubach	P	Kansas
11	300	DAL	Gary Padjen	LB	Arizona State
11	304	LA	Terry Greer	WR	Alabama State
11	305	PIT	Frank Pollard	RB	Baylor
12	307	DET	Ray Williams	RB	Washington State
12	312	NYG	Mike Lansford	K	Washington; Pasadena College
12	321	CLE	Marcus Jackson	DT	Purdue
12	322	LV	Calvin Muhammad	WR	Texas Southern
12	323	CHI	Bob Fisher	TE	SMU
12	324	BAL	Marvin Sims	FB	Clemson
12	330	DAL	Norm Wells	DT	Northwestern
12	333	PIT	Tyrone McGriff	G	Florida A&M