1981 NFL Draft — All Picks

247 total picks | 32 teams | 12 rounds

Summary

247Total Picks
32Teams
12Rounds
28First Rounders

All 1981 Draft Picks

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
1 1 NO George Rogers RB South Carolina
1 1 NO Dave Wilson QB Illinois, Fullerton
1 2 NYG Lawrence Taylor OLB North Carolina
1 3 NYJ Freeman McNeil RB UCLA
1 4 SEA Kenny Easley DB UCLA
1 5 LA E.J. Junior LB Alabama
1 6 GB Rich Campbell QB California
1 7 TB Hugh Green LB Pittsburgh
1 8 SF Ronnie Lott SAF USC
1 9 LA Mel Owens LB Michigan
1 10 CIN David Verser WR Kansas
1 11 CHI Keith Van Horne OT USC
1 12 BAL Randy McMillan RB Pittsburgh, Harford Community College
1 13 MIA David Overstreet RB Oklahoma
1 14 KC Willie Scott TE South Carolina
1 15 DEN Dennis Smith FS USC
1 17 PIT Keith Gary DE Oklahoma, Ferrum College
1 18 BAL Donnell Thompson DE North Carolina
1 19 NE Brian Holloway OT Stanford
1 20 WAS Mark May G Pittsburgh
1 21 LV Ted Watts DB Texas Tech, Coffeyville CC
1 22 CLE Hanford Dixon CB Southern Mississippi
1 23 LV Curt Marsh G Washington
1 24 LAC James Brooks RB Auburn
1 25 ATL Bobby Butler DB Florida State
1 26 DAL Howard Richards OT Missouri
1 27 PHI Leonard Mitchell OT Houston
1 28 BUF Booker Moore RB Penn State
2 29 NO Russell Gary DB Nebraska
2 31 SEA David Hughes RB Boise State
2 32 NYG Dave Young TE Purdue
2 33 LA Neil Lomax QB Portland State
2 34 TB James Wilder RB Missouri, Northeast Oklahoma
2 36 SF John Harty DT Iowa
2 37 CIN Cris Collinsworth WR Florida
2 38 CHI Mike Singletary MLB Baylor
2 39 MIN Mardye McDole WR Mississippi State
2 41 KC Joe Delaney RB Northwestern State (LA)
2 42 DEN Clay Brown RB BYU
2 43 LA Jim Collins ILB Syracuse
2 44 PIT Anthony Washington DB Fresno State, California, Fresno City College
2 45 MIN Robin Sendlein OLB Texas
2 46 DET Curtis Green DT Alabama State
2 47 NE Tony Collins RB East Carolina
2 48 LV Howie Long DE Villanova
2 49 BUF Chris Williams FS LSU
2 50 BUF Byron Franklin WR Auburn
2 51 NO Rickey Jackson DE Pittsburgh
2 52 MIN Jarvis Redwine RB Nebraska, Oregon State
2 53 DAL Doug Donley WR Ohio State
2 54 ATL Lyman White LB LSU
2 55 PHI Dean Miraldi G Utah, California State - Long Beach
2 56 MIA Andra Franklin RB Nebraska
3 57 NO Frank Warren NT Auburn
3 58 SEA Bill Dugan G Penn State
3 59 NYG John Mistler WR Arizona State
3 60 NYJ Ben Rudolph DT California State - Long Beach
3 61 LA Jeff Griffin DB Utah
3 62 GB Ray Stachowicz P Michigan State
3 63 LA Greg Meisner DE Pittsburgh
3 64 CIN John Simmons DB SMU
3 65 SF Carlton Williamson DB Pittsburgh
3 66 LA Bob Cobb DE Arizona, Cincinnati
3 66 LAR Robert Cobb DE Arizona
3 67 CHI Ken Margerum WR Stanford
3 68 BAL Randy Van Divier OT Washington
3 69 WAS Russ Grimm G Pittsburgh
3 70 KC Marvin Harvey TE Southern Mississippi
3 71 NO Hoby Brenner TE USC
3 72 DET Don Greco G Western Illinois
3 73 PIT Rick Donnalley C North Carolina
3 74 MIN Tim Irwin OT Tennessee
3 75 KC Roger Taylor OT Oklahoma State
3 76 BUF Mike Mosley WR Texas A&M
3 77 LAC Irvin Phillips DB Arkansas Tech University
3 78 KC Lloyd Burruss DB Maryland
3 79 HOU Mike Holston WR Morgan State, Hagerstown Junior College
3 79 TEN Michael Holston WR Morgan State
3 80 ATL Scott Woerner DB Georgia
3 81 DAL Glen Titensor G BYU, UCLA
3 82 PHI Greg LaFleur TE LSU
4 84 MIA Sam Greene WR UNLV
4 85 NYG Cliff Chatman RB Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma
4 85 NYG Clifford Chatman RB Central Oklahoma
4 86 NYJ Al Washington LB Ohio State
4 87 SEA Scott Phillips WR BYU
4 88 ARI Steve Rhodes WR Oklahoma
4 89 TB John Holt DB West Texas State
4 90 WAS Tom Flick QB Washington
4 91 DAL Scott Pelluer ILB Washington State
4 92 CLE Mike Robinson DE Arizona, Oklahoma State
4 93 CIN Guy Frazier OLB Wyoming
4 94 BAL Tim Sherwin TE Boston College
4 95 CHI Todd Bell S Ohio State
4 96 MIA Brad Wright QB New Mexico
4 97 KC Ron Washington WR Arizona State
4 98 DEN Mark Herrmann QB Purdue
4 100 PIT Robbie Martin WR Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
4 101 MIN John Swain DB Miami
4 102 NE Don Blackmon LB Tulsa
4 103 LAC Amos Lawrence RB North Carolina
4 104 LA George Lilja C Michigan
4 105 GB Richard Turner NT Oklahoma
4 106 HOU Nick Eyre OT BYU
4 107 LAC Eric Sievers TE Maryland
4 108 DAL Derrie Nelson LB Nebraska
4 109 ATL John Scully G Notre Dame
4 110 PHI Calvin Murray RB Ohio State
4 111 LV Johnny Robinson DE Louisiana Tech
5 112 NO Louis Oubre G Oklahoma
5 113 NYJ Tyrone Keys DE Mississippi State
5 114 SEA Edwin Bailey G South Carolina State
5 115 NYG Bill Neill DT Pittsburgh
5 116 LA John Gillen LB Illinois
5 117 GB Byron Braggs DT Alabama
5 119 WAS Dexter Manley DE Oklahoma State
5 120 CIN Benjie Pryor TE Pittsburgh
5 121 SF Lynn Thomas CB Pittsburgh
5 122 SF Arrington Jones RB Winston Salem State University
5 123 MIN Wendell Ray DE Missouri
5 124 KC Todd Thomas OT North Dakota
5 125 DEN Ken Lanier OT Florida State
5 126 MIA Ken Poole DE Louisiana-Monroe
5 127 PIT Ricky Martin WR New Mexico
5 128 NO Jerry Boyarsky NT Pittsburgh
5 129 DET Larry Lee G UCLA
5 131 LAC Keith Ferguson DE Ohio State
5 132 WSH Gary Sayre OG Cameron
5 133 TEN Delbert Fowler LB West Virginia
5 134 CLE Steve Cox P Arkansas, Tulsa
5 135 BUF Calvin Clark DE Purdue
5 136 ATL Eric Sanders OT Nevada
5 137 DAL Danny Spradlin LB Tennessee
5 138 MIA Tommy Vigorito RB Virginia
6 139 NO Nat Hudson G Georgia
6 140 SEA Steve Durham DE Clemson
6 141 LAC Andrew Gissinger OT Syracuse
6 141 SD Andy Gissinger OT Syracuse
6 142 NYJ John Woodring LB Brown
6 143 LA Dave Ahrens OLB Wisconsin
6 144 NO Johnnie Poe DB Missouri
6 145 NYG Melvin Hoover WR Arizona State
6 145 NYG Mel Hoover WR Arizona State
6 146 CIN Rex Robinson K Georgia
6 147 SF Pete Kugler DT Penn State
6 148 WAS Larry Kubin LB Penn State
6 149 BAL Bubba Green DT N.C. State
6 150 CHI Reuben Henderson DB San Diego State, Oklahoma State
6 151 DEN Alvin Lewis RB Colorado State
6 152 MIA Mack Moore DE Texas A&M, City College (SF)
6 153 KC Dock Luckie DT Florida
6 154 MIA Fulton Walker DB West Virginia
6 155 DET Sam Johnson DB Maryland
6 156 PIT Bryan Hinkle LB Oregon
6 157 NE Ron Wooten G North Carolina
6 158 LAR William Daniels DT Alabama State
6 159 HOU Bill Kay CB Purdue
6 160 CLE Ron Simmons DT Florida State
6 161 BUF Robert Holt WR Baylor
6 162 LAC Bobby Duckworth WR Arkansas
6 163 DAL Vince Skillings DB Ohio State
6 164 ATL Harry Stanback DE North Carolina
6 165 NYG Edward O'Neal RB Tuskegee
6 166 NO Glen Redd LB BYU
7 168 NYG Louis Jackson RB Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
7 169 NYJ Kenny Neil DE Iowa State
7 172 GB Bill Whitaker DB Missouri
7 173 DAL Ron Fellows CB Missouri, Butler County JC
7 174 PHI Alan Duncan PK Tennessee
7 175 LA Ron Battle TE North Texas
7 176 CIN Jeff Schuh LB Minnesota, North Hennepin Community Coll
7 177 CHI Jeff Fisher DB USC
7 178 BAL Obed Ariri K Clemson
7 179 MIA Mike Daum OT Cal Poly
7 180 KC Billy Jackson RB Alabama
7 181 DEN Steve Busick LB USC
7 182 DET Lee Spivey OT SMU
7 183 PIT David Little ILB Florida
7 184 MIN Don Shaver RB Kutztown
7 185 NE Ken Toler WR Ole Miss
7 186 SEA Brad Scovill TE Penn State
7 187 CLE Eddie Johnson LB Louisville
7 188 BUF Steve Doolittle LB Colorado
7 189 LAC Pete Holohan TE Notre Dame
7 190 LA Mike Clark DE Florida
7 191 DAL Ken Miller DB Eastern Michigan
7 192 PHI Doak Field LB Baylor
7 193 TEN Don Washington DB Texas A&M-Kingsville
8 196 SEA Eric Lane RB BYU, Chabot College
8 198 LA Mike Fisher WR Baylor
8 201 WAS Charlie Brown WR South Carolina State
8 202 CIN Bobby Kemp DB California State-Fullerton, Taft College
8 207 NYG Mark Reed QB Morehead State University
8 208 MIA William Judson CB South Carolina State
8 209 PIT Frank Wilson TE Rice
8 210 MIN Wade Wilson QB Texas A&M-Commerce
8 211 DET Bob Niziolek TE Colorado
8 212 NE Lin Dawson TE N.C. State
8 216 LA Art Plunkett OT UNLV
8 217 HOU Willie Tullis CB Troy, Southern Mississippi
8 220 BAL Hosea Taylor DE Houston
8 221 NYG Billy Ard G Wake Forest
9 222 NO Toussaint Tyler RB Washington
9 224 NYG Byron Hunt LB SMU
9 226 LA Stump Mitchell RB The Citadel
9 227 GB Tim Huffman OT Notre Dame
9 229 CIN Jim Hannula OT Northern Illinois
9 231 WAS Darryl Grant DT Rice
9 239 PIT James Hunter DE USC
9 241 BUF Robb Riddick RB University of Millersville
9 243 HOU Avon Riley LB UCLA, College of the Canyons
9 246 DAL Mike Wilson WR Washington State
9 247 PHI Chuck Commiskey G Mississippi
10 249 NO Hokie Gajan RB LSU
10 251 NYJ Marty Wetzel LB Tulane
10 259 BAL Trent Bryant DB Arkansas
10 261 MIA Steve Folsom TE Utah, California State - Long Beach
10 262 KC Les Studdard C Texas
10 265 PIT Mike Mayock DB Boston College
10 266 MIN James Murphy WR Utah State
10 267 WAS Allan Kennedy OT Washington State
10 269 LA Robert Alexander RB West Virginia
10 271 CLE Dean Prater DE Oklahoma State
10 272 BUF Justin Cross OT Western State
10 275 PHI Hubie Oliver RB Arizona
10 276 LV Frank Hawkins RB Nevada
11 2 NE Chy Davidson WR Rhode Island
11 283 TB Johnny Ray Smith DB Lamar
11 288 BAL Holden Smith WR California
11 289 KC Frank Case DE Penn State
11 291 MIA Jim Jensen WR Boston University
11 292 PIT Rick Trocano QB Pittsburgh
11 296 LA Marcellus Greene DB Arizona
11 298 CLE Larry Friday DB Mississippi State, Alcorn State
11 299 BUF Buster Barnett TE Jackson State University
11 300 LAC Carlos Bradley LB Wake Forest
11 304 LV Chester Willis RB Auburn
12 305 NO Jim Wilks NT San Diego State, California, Pasadena College
12 310 TB Brad White DT Tennessee
12 311 GB Cliff Lewis LB Southern Mississippi
12 314 WAS Clint Didier TE Portland State, Columbia Basin College
12 315 BAL Eric Scoggins LB USC
12 319 KC Bob Gagliano QB Utah State, Alliant International University, Glendale Community College
12 323 NE Cris Crissy CB Princeton
12 324 HOU Bill Capece K Florida State
12 328 LA Jairo Penaranda RB UCLA, Los Angeles Valley College
12 331 PHI Ray Ellis DB Ohio State
Round-by-Round Breakdown