1983 NFL Draft — All Picks

265 selections listed across 12 rounds

Summary

265Selections Listed

12Rounds

The 1983 NFL Draft opened with John Elway, a QB out of Stanford, taken first overall. USC led all programs with 10 players selected. 13 quarterbacks were drafted.

First Round Picks

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1	1	BAL	John Elway	QB	Stanford
1	2	LA	Eric Dickerson	RB	SMU
1	3	SEA	Curt Warner	RB	Penn State
1	4	DEN	Chris Hinton	G	Northwestern
1	5	LAC	Billy Ray Smith Jr.	LB	Arkansas
1	5	SD	Billy Ray Smith	LB	Arkansas
1	6	CHI	Jimbo Covert	OT	Pittsburgh
1	7	KC	Todd Blackledge	QB	Penn State
1	8	PHI	Michael Haddix	FB	Mississippi State
1	9	HOU	Bruce Matthews	C	USC
1	10	NYG	Terry Kinard	FS	Clemson
1	11	GB	Tim Lewis	DB	Pittsburgh
1	12	BUF	Tony Hunter	TE	Notre Dame
1	14	BUF	Jim Kelly	QB	Miami
1	15	NE	Tony Eason	QB	Illinois; American River
1	16	ATL	Mike Pitts	DE	Alabama
1	17	LA	Leonard Smith	S	McNeese State
1	18	CHI	Willie Gault	WR	Tennessee
1	19	MIN	Joey Browner	DB	USC
1	20	LAC	Gary Anderson	RB	Arkansas
1	21	PIT	Gabe Rivera	DT	Texas Tech
1	21	PIT	Gabriel Rivera	DT	Texas Tech
1	22	LAC	Gill Byrd	DB	San Jose State
1	23	DAL	Jim Jeffcoat	DE	Arizona State
1	24	NYJ	Ken O'Brien	QB	UC Davis; Sacramento State
1	25	CIN	Dave Rimington	C	Nebraska
1	26	LV	Don Mosebar	C	USC
1	27	MIA	Dan Marino	QB	Pittsburgh
1	28	WAS	Darrell Green	CB	Texas A&M University-Kingsville

All 1983 Draft Picks

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1	1	BAL	John Elway	QB	Stanford
1	2	LA	Eric Dickerson	RB	SMU
1	3	SEA	Curt Warner	RB	Penn State
1	4	DEN	Chris Hinton	G	Northwestern
1	5	LAC	Billy Ray Smith Jr.	LB	Arkansas
1	5	SD	Billy Ray Smith	LB	Arkansas
1	6	CHI	Jimbo Covert	OT	Pittsburgh
1	7	KC	Todd Blackledge	QB	Penn State
1	8	PHI	Michael Haddix	FB	Mississippi State
1	9	HOU	Bruce Matthews	C	USC
1	10	NYG	Terry Kinard	FS	Clemson
1	11	GB	Tim Lewis	DB	Pittsburgh
1	12	BUF	Tony Hunter	TE	Notre Dame
1	14	BUF	Jim Kelly	QB	Miami
1	15	NE	Tony Eason	QB	Illinois; American River
1	16	ATL	Mike Pitts	DE	Alabama
1	17	LA	Leonard Smith	S	McNeese State
1	18	CHI	Willie Gault	WR	Tennessee
1	19	MIN	Joey Browner	DB	USC
1	20	LAC	Gary Anderson	RB	Arkansas
1	21	PIT	Gabe Rivera	DT	Texas Tech
1	21	PIT	Gabriel Rivera	DT	Texas Tech
1	22	LAC	Gill Byrd	DB	San Jose State
1	23	DAL	Jim Jeffcoat	DE	Arizona State
1	24	NYJ	Ken O'Brien	QB	UC Davis; Sacramento State
1	25	CIN	Dave Rimington	C	Nebraska
1	26	LV	Don Mosebar	C	USC
1	27	MIA	Dan Marino	QB	Pittsburgh
1	28	WAS	Darrell Green	CB	Texas A&M University-Kingsville
2	29	BAL	Vernon Maxwell	OLB	Arizona State
2	30	HOU	Harvey Salem	OT	California
2	31	DEN	Mark Cooper	G	Miami
2	32	LA	Henry Ellard	WR	Fresno State
2	33	CHI	Mike Richardson	DB	Arizona State
2	34	KC	Dave Lutz	G	Georgia Tech
2	35	PHI	Wes Hopkins	S	SMU
2	36	LA	Mike Wilcher	LB	North Carolina
2	37	NYG	Leonard Marshall	DT	LSU
2	38	NO	Steve Korte	G	Arkansas
2	39	BUF	Darryl Talley	OLB	West Virginia
2	40	DET	Rich Strenger	OT	Michigan
2	41	CLE	Ron Brown	WR	Arizona State
2	42	HOU	Keith Bostic	DB	Michigan
2	43	ATL	Jim Britt	DB	LSU
2	43	ATL	James Britt	DB	LSU
2	44	LA	Cedric Mack	DB	Baylor
2	45	TB	Randy Grimes	C	Baylor
2	46	PHI	Jody Schulz	LB	East Carolina; Chowan College
2	47	NE	Darryal Wilson	WR	Tennessee
2	48	GB	Dave Drechsler	G	North Carolina
2	49	SF	Roger Craig	RB	Nebraska
2	50	DAL	Mike Walter	LB	Oregon
2	51	NYJ	Johnny Hector	RB	Texas A&M
2	52	PIT	Wayne Capers	WR	Kansas
2	53	CIN	Ray Horton	FS	Washington
2	54	LV	Bill Pickel	DT	Rutgers
2	55	MIA	Mike Charles	DT	Syracuse
3	57	BAL	George Achica	DT	USC
3	58	HOU	Tim Joiner	LB	LSU
3	59	SF	Blanchard Montgomery	LB	UCLA
3	60	DEN	Clint Sampson	WR	San Diego State; Mt. San Antonio
3	60	DEN	Clinton Sampson	WR	San Diego State
3	61	KC	Albert Lewis	FS	Grambling State
3	62	PHI	Glen Young	WR	Mississippi State
3	63	NYG	Jamie Williams	TE	Nebraska
3	64	CHI	Dave Duerson	DB	Notre Dame
3	65	NO	John Tice	TE	Maryland
3	66	NO	Cliff Austin	RB	Clemson
3	67	DET	Mike Cofer	DE	Tennessee
3	68	CLE	Reggie Camp	DE	California
3	69	HOU	Chris Dressel	TE	Stanford
3	70	NYG	Karl Nelson	OT	Iowa State
3	71	LA	Ramsey Dardar	DT	LSU
3	72	TB	Jeremiah Castille	CB	Alabama
3	73	MIN	Walker Lee Ashley	LB	Penn State
3	74	NE	Stephen Starring	WR	McNeese State
3	75	ATL	Andrew Provence	LB	South Carolina
3	76	MIA	Charles Benson	DE	Baylor
3	77	DAL	Bryan Caldwell	DE	Arizona State; Mesa CC
3	78	NYJ	Jo-Jo Townsell	WR	UCLA
3	78	NYJ	JoJo Townsell	WR	UCLA
3	79	PIT	Todd Seabaugh	LB	San Diego State; Ventura
3	80	NE	Steve Moore	OT	Tennessee State
3	81	CIN	Jimmy Turner	DB	UCLA
3	81	CIN	Jim Turner	DB	UCLA
3	82	LV	Tony Caldwell	LB	Washington
3	83	HOU	Steve Brown	DB	Oregon
3	84	WAS	Charles Mann	DE	Nevada
4	85	BAL	Phil Smith	WR	San Diego State
4	87	LA	Chuck Nelson	K	Washington
4	88	HOU	Mike McCloskey	TE	Penn State
4	89	PHI	Michael Williams	RB	Mississippi College; Booneville JC (MS)
4	90	SF	Tom Holmoe	DB	BYU
4	91	CHI	Tom Thayer	G	Notre Dame
4	92	KC	Ron Wetzel	TE	Arizona State
4	93	BUF	Trey Junkin	TE	Louisiana Tech
4	94	DET	August Curley	LB	USC
4	95	LAC	Danny Walters	DB	Arkansas
4	96	LA	Mark Duda	DT	Maryland
4	97	LA	Vince Newsome	FS	Washington
4	98	NO	Gary Lewis	NT	Oklahoma State
4	99	TB	Kelly Thomas	OT	USC
4	100	MIN	Mark Rush	RB	Miami (FL)
4	101	NE	Johnny Rembert	ILB	Clemson; Cowley County Community Coll
4	102	ATL	John Harper	LB	Southern Illinois
4	103	LA	Lionel Washington	DB	Tulane
4	104	GB	Mike Miller	WR	Tennessee
4	105	NYJ	Wes Howell	TE	California
4	106	PIT	Bo Metcalf	DB	Baylor
4	106	PIT	Bo Scott Metcalf	DB	Baylor
4	107	CHI	Pat Dunsmore	TE	Drake
4	108	DAL	Chris Faulkner	TE	Florida
4	109	CIN	Steve Maidlow	LB	Michigan State
4	110	LV	Greg Townsend	DE	TCU; Long Beach City College
4	111	LA	Doug Reed	DE	San Diego State; San Diego Mesa College
4	112	BUF	Jimmy Payne	DE	Georgia
5	113	BAL	Sid Abramowitz	OT	Tulsa; Air Force
5	114	HOU	Larry Moriarty	RB	Notre Dame; Santa Barbara
5	115	DET	Demetrious Johnson	DB	Missouri
5	116	DEN	Weedy Harris	LB	Houston
5	117	SF	Riki Ellison	MLB	USC
5	117	SF	Riki Gray-Ellison	LB	USC
5	118	NE	Smiley Creswell	DB	Michigan State; Columbia Basin College
5	119	KC	Jim Arnold	P	Vanderbilt
5	120	PHI	Byron Darby	DT	USC
5	121	DET	Steve Mott	C	Alabama
5	122	CLE	Bill Contz	OT	Penn State
5	123	SEA	Chris Castor	WR	Duke
5	124	NYG	Malcolm Scott	TE	LSU
5	125	DEN	Bruce Baldwin	DB	Harding
5	126	BUF	Matt Vandenboom	DB	Wisconsin
5	127	MIN	Mark Stewart	LB	Washington
5	128	NE	Darryl Lewis	TE	University of Texas-Arlington
5	129	ATL	Brett Miller	OT	Iowa; Glendale Community College
5	130	LA	Steve Bird	WR	Eastern Kentucky
5	131	TB	Tony Chickillo	NT	Miami
5	133	PIT	Paul Skansi	WR	Washington
5	134	LA	Otis Grant	WR	Michigan State
5	135	DAL	Chuck McSwain	RB	Clemson
5	136	NYJ	John Walker	DT	Nebraska-Omaha
5	137	CIN	Jeff Christensen	QB	Eastern Illinois
5	138	LV	Dokie Williams	WR	UCLA
5	139	HOU	Jerome Foster	NT	Ohio State
5	140	PIT	Gregg Garrity	WR	Penn State
6	142	HOU	Steve Haworth	DB	Oklahoma
6	143	DEN	Victor Heflin	DB	Delaware State
6	144	LA	Gary Kowalski	OT	Boston College
6	145	CLE	Tim Stracka	TE	Wisconsin
6	146	KC	Ellis Gardner	OT	Georgia Tech
6	147	PHI	Victor Oatis	WR	Northwestern State (LA)
6	148	TB	Gene Branton	WR	Texas Southern
6	148	TB	Rheugene Branton	TE	Texas Southern
6	149	CLE	Dave Puzzuoli	NT	Pittsburgh
6	150	SEA	Reginald Gipson	RB	Alabama A&M
6	151	NYG	Darrell Patterson	LB	TCU
6	152	CIN	Kiki DeAyala	LB	Texas
6	153	NYG	Kevin Belcher	C	Texas-El Paso
6	154	DET	Todd Brown	WR	Nebraska
6	155	NE	Mike Bass	PK	Illinois
6	157	LA	George Schmitt	DB	Delaware
6	158	TB	Ken Kaplan	OT	New Hampshire
6	160	GB	Ron Sams	G	Pittsburgh
6	161	BAL	Grant Feasel	C	Abilene Christian
6	162	DAL	Reggie Collier	QB	Southern Mississippi
6	163	NYJ	Vincent White	DB	Stanford
6	165	CIN	Larry Kinnebrew	RB	Tennessee State
6	166	WSH	Bob Winckler	OT	Wisconsin
6	167	MIA	Reggie Roby	P	Iowa
6	168	WAS	Babe Laufenberg	QB	Indiana; Missouri; Stanford; Pierce College
7	169	BAL	Alvin Moore	RB	Arizona State
7	170	HOU	Herkie Walls	WR	Texas
7	171	LA	Jeff Simmons	WR	USC
7	172	DEN	Myron Dupree	DB	North Carolina Central
7	173	KC	Ken Thomas	RB	San Jose State
7	174	PHI	Anthony Edgar	RB	Hawai'i'
7	175	SF	Gary Moten	LB	SMU
7	176	CLE	Rocky Belk	WR	Miami
7	177	SEA	Sam Merriman	LB	Idaho
7	178	NYG	Perry Williams	CB	N.C. State
7	179	KC	Daryl Posey	RB	Mississippi College
7	180	BUF	Gurnest Brown	DT	Maryland
7	182	PHI	Jon Schultheis	OG	Princeton
7	183	ATL	Jeff Turk	DB	Boise State
7	184	LA	Carlos Scott	C	Texas-El Paso
7	185	TB	Weldon Ledbetter	RB	Oklahoma
7	186	MIN	Carl Lee	CB	Marshall
7	187	NE	Craig James	RB	SMU
7	188	GB	Jessie Clark	FB	Louisiana Tech; Arkansas
7	189	DAL	Chris Schultz	OT	Arizona
7	190	NYJ	Darrin Newbold	LB	Missouri State
7	191	PIT	Mark Kirchner	G	Baylor
7	192	LAC	Bill Elko	NT	LSU; Arizona State
7	193	CIN	James Griffin	DB	Middle Tennessee State
7	194	LV	Jeff McCall	RB	Clemson
7	195	MIA	Keith Woetzel	LB	Rutgers
7	196	WAS	Kelvin Bryant	RB	North Carolina
8	197	DEN	Gary Kubiak	QB	Texas A&M
8	198	HOU	Robert Thompson	LB	Michigan
8	199	PIT	Henry Odom	RB	South Carolina State
8	200	LA	Troy West	DB	USC; Mt. San Antonio
8	201	PHI	Rich Kraynak	LB	Pittsburgh
8	202	LAC	Earnest Jackson	RB	Texas A&M
8	203	CHI	Richard Dent	DE	Tennessee State
8	204	KC	Irv Eatman	OT	UCLA
8	205	NYG	Andy Headen	LB	Clemson
8	206	NO	David Greenwood	DB	Wisconsin
8	210	SEA	Matt Hernandez	OT	Purdue
8	211	LA	Bob Harris	DB	Auburn
8	213	MIN	Norris Brown	TE	Georgia
8	214	NE	Ronnie Lippett	CB	Miami
8	215	ATL	John Rade	LB	Boise State; Modesto Junior College
8	217	NYJ	Davlin Mullen	DB	Western Kentucky
8	218	PIT	Craig Dunaway	TE	Michigan
8	219	CHI	Mark Bortz	G	Iowa
8	220	DAL	Lawrence Ricks	RB	Michigan
8	223	MIA	Mark Clayton	WR	Louisville
9	226	HOU	Kevin Potter	DB	Missouri
9	229	SF	Mike Mularkey	TE	Florida
9	230	CHI	Rob Fada	G	Pittsburgh
9	231	KC	Adam Lingner	C	Illinois
9	236	SEA	Bob Clasby	DE	Notre Dame
9	237	NYG	Ali Haji-Sheikh	K	Michigan
9	238	TB	Hasson Arbubakrr	DE	Texas Tech; Pasadena College
9	240	NE	Mark Keel	TE	Arizona; Olympic College
9	244	PIT	Blake Wingle	G	UCLA; Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); Ventura
9	246	DAL	Al Gross	DB	Arizona
9	247	NYJ	Bobby Humphery	CB	New Mexico State
9	250	MIA	Mark Brown	LB	Purdue; Los Angeles Southwest College
10	253	GB	Byron Williams	WR	University of Texas-Arlington
10	254	DEN	Walt Bowyer	DE	Arizona State
10	256	CHI	Anthony Hutchison	RB	Texas Tech
10	257	KC	Mark Shumate	OT	Wisconsin
10	258	PHI	Thomas Strauthers	DE	Jackson State University
10	260	BUF	Richard Tharpe	DE	Louisville
10	262	CLE	Thomas Hopkins	OT	Alabama A&M
10	265	NE	Toby Williams	DE	Nebraska
10	267	NE	Tom Ramsey	QB	UCLA
10	268	ATL	Ralph Giacomarro	P	Penn State
10	269	LA	Tim Lucas	LB	California
10	272	LAC	Bruce Mathison	QB	Nebraska
10	273	DAL	Eric Moran	G	Washington
10	274	NYJ	Dan Fike	G	Florida
10	276	CIN	Tim Krumrie	DT	Wisconsin
10	277	LV	Mervyn Fernandez	WR	San Jose State; De Anza College; San Jose City College
11	280	BAL	Jim Bob Taylor	QB	Georgia Tech; SMU
11	283	DEN	Don Bailey	C	Miami
11	288	CLE	Boyce Green	RB	Carson Newman
11	289	SF	Jesse Sapolu	C	Hawaii
11	297	TB	Mark Witte	TE	North Texas
11	299	GB	Bucky Scribner	P	Kansas; Pratt Community College
11	301	NYJ	Mike Harmon	WR	Mississippi
11	303	LAC	Tim Kearse	WR	San Jose State
11	304	CIN	Gary Williams	WR	Ohio State
11	307	LAC	Tim Spencer	RB	Ohio State
12	309	NYG	Robbie Jones	LB	Alabama
12	310	DEN	Karl Mecklenburg	MLB	Minnesota; Augustana (SD)
12	313	CHI	Oliver Williams	WR	Illinois; LAHC
12	316	CLE	Paul Farren	OT	Boston University
12	320	BUF	Julius Dawkins	WR	Pittsburgh
12	322	ATL	Allama Matthews	TE	Vanderbilt
12	325	MIN	Maurice Turner	RB	Utah State
12	326	NE	Andy Ekern	OT	Missouri
12	329	LAC	Chuck Ehin	NT	BYU
12	334	MIA	Anthony Carter	WR	Michigan
12	335	NYG	John Tuggle	RB	California