1988 NFL Draft — All Picks

212 selections listed across 12 rounds

Summary

212Selections Listed

12Rounds

The 1988 NFL Draft opened with Aundray Bruce, a DE out of Auburn, taken first overall. Miami led all programs with 8 players selected. Of everyone taken that year, Aaron Jones went on to play the most regular-season games (120). 4 quarterbacks were drafted.

First Round Picks

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1	1	ATL	Aundray Bruce	DE	Auburn
1	2	KC	Neil Smith	DE	Nebraska
1	3	DET	Bennie Blades	S	Miami
1	4	TB	Paul Gruber	OT	Wisconsin
1	5	CIN	Rickey Dixon	DB	Oklahoma
1	6	LV	Tim Brown	WR	Notre Dame
1	7	GB	Sterling Sharpe	WR	South Carolina
1	8	NYJ	Dave Cadigan	G	USC
1	9	LV	Terry McDaniel	DB	Tennessee
1	10	NYG	Eric Moore	OT	Indiana; Northeast Oklahoma
1	11	DAL	Michael Irvin	WR	Miami
1	12	ARI	Ken Harvey	OLB	California; Laney College
1	13	PHI	Keith Jackson	TE	Oklahoma
1	14	LA	Gaston Green	RB	UCLA
1	16	MIA	Eric Kumerow	DE	Ohio State
1	17	NE	John Stephens	RB	Northwestern State (LA)
1	18	PIT	Aaron Jones	DE	Eastern Kentucky
1	19	MIN	Randall McDaniel	G	Arizona State
1	20	LA	Aaron Cox	WR	Arizona State
1	21	CLE	Clifford Charlton	LB	Florida
1	22	HOU	Lorenzo White	RB	Michigan State
1	23	CHI	Brad Muster	FB	Stanford
1	24	NO	Craig Heyward	RB	Pittsburgh
1	26	DEN	Ted Gregory	NT	Syracuse
1	27	CHI	Wendell Davis	WR	LSU

All 1988 Draft Picks

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1	1	ATL	Aundray Bruce	DE	Auburn
1	2	KC	Neil Smith	DE	Nebraska
1	3	DET	Bennie Blades	S	Miami
1	4	TB	Paul Gruber	OT	Wisconsin
1	5	CIN	Rickey Dixon	DB	Oklahoma
1	6	LV	Tim Brown	WR	Notre Dame
1	7	GB	Sterling Sharpe	WR	South Carolina
1	8	NYJ	Dave Cadigan	G	USC
1	9	LV	Terry McDaniel	DB	Tennessee
1	10	NYG	Eric Moore	OT	Indiana; Northeast Oklahoma
1	11	DAL	Michael Irvin	WR	Miami
1	12	ARI	Ken Harvey	OLB	California; Laney College
1	13	PHI	Keith Jackson	TE	Oklahoma
1	14	LA	Gaston Green	RB	UCLA
1	16	MIA	Eric Kumerow	DE	Ohio State
1	17	NE	John Stephens	RB	Northwestern State (LA)
1	18	PIT	Aaron Jones	DE	Eastern Kentucky
1	19	MIN	Randall McDaniel	G	Arizona State
1	20	LA	Aaron Cox	WR	Arizona State
1	21	CLE	Clifford Charlton	LB	Florida
1	22	HOU	Lorenzo White	RB	Michigan State
1	23	CHI	Brad Muster	FB	Stanford
1	24	NO	Craig Heyward	RB	Pittsburgh
1	26	DEN	Ted Gregory	NT	Syracuse
1	27	CHI	Wendell Davis	WR	LSU
2	28	ATL	Marcus Cotton	LB	USC
2	29	DET	Chris Spielman	LB	Ohio State
2	30	PHI	Eric Allen	CB	Arizona State
2	31	CIN	Ickey Woods	RB	UNLV
2	32	DET	Pat Carter	TE	Florida State
2	33	SF	Danny Stubbs	DE	Miami
2	34	GB	Shawn Patterson	DT	Arizona State
2	35	LA	Anthony Newman	S	Oregon
2	36	NYG	Jumbo Elliott	OT	Michigan
2	37	NYJ	Terry Williams	DB	Bethune-Cookman College
2	38	ARI	Tony Jeffery	RB	TCU
2	39	SF	Pierce Holt	DT	Angelo State University
2	40	BUF	Thurman Thomas	RB	Oklahoma State
2	41	DAL	Ken Norton	MLB	UCLA
2	42	MIA	Jarvis Williams	S	Florida
2	43	NE	Vincent Brown	ILB	Mississippi Valley State University
2	44	PIT	Dermontti Dawson	C	Kentucky
2	45	DEN	Gerald Perry	OT	Southern; Northwest Mississippi CC
2	46	LA	Flipper Anderson	WR	UCLA
2	47	LA	Fred Strickland	LB	Purdue
2	48	HOU	Quintin Jones	DB	Pittsburgh
2	49	SEA	Brian Blades	WR	Miami
2	50	CLE	Michael Dean Perry	DT	Clemson
2	51	CHI	Dante Jones	MLB	Oklahoma
2	52	NO	Brett Perriman	WR	Miami
2	53	TB	Lars Tate	RB	Georgia
2	54	MIN	Brad Edwards	FS	South Carolina
2	55	WAS	Chip Lohmiller	K	Minnesota
3	56	ATL	Alex Higdon	TE	Ohio State
3	57	CIN	Kevin Walker	ILB	Maryland
3	58	DET	Ray Roundtree	WR	Penn State
3	59	KC	Kevin Porter	DB	Auburn
3	60	LAC	Quinn Early	WR	Iowa
3	61	GB	Keith Woodside	RB	Texas A&M
3	62	NYG	Sheldon White	DB	Miami (Ohio)
3	63	NYJ	Erik McMillan	DB	Missouri
3	65	BUF	Bernard Ford	WR	UCF; Marion Military Institute
3	66	WAS	Mike Oliphant	RB	Puget Sound Christian College
3	68	ARI	Tom Tupa	P	Ohio State
3	69	NE	Tom Rehder	OT	Notre Dame
3	70	PIT	Chuck Lanza	C	Notre Dame
3	71	MIN	Al Noga	DT	Hawaii
3	72	HOU	Greg Montgomery	P	Michigan State; Penn State
3	73	MIA	Ferrell Edmunds	TE	Maryland
3	74	NYJ	James Hasty	DB	Washington State; Central Washington University
3	75	SEA	Tommy Kane	WR	Syracuse
3	76	IND	Chris Chandler	QB	Washington
3	77	CLE	Van Waiters	LB	Indiana
3	78	CHI	Ralph Jarvis	DE	Temple
3	79	DEN	Kevin Guidry	DB	LSU
3	80	SF	Bill Romanowski	OLB	Boston College
3	82	LA	Mike Piel	DE	Illinois; Saddleback Community College
4	83	TB	Robert Goff	DT	Auburn; Butler County JC
4	84	CIN	David Grant	NT	West Virginia
4	85	DET	William White	S	Ohio State
4	86	TB	John Bruhin	G	Tennessee
4	87	NE	Tim Goad	DT	North Carolina
4	88	GB	Rollin Putzier	NT	Oregon
4	89	GB	Chuck Cecil	FS	Arizona
4	90	LV	Tim Rother	DT	Nebraska
4	92	NYG	Ricky Shaw	LB	Oklahoma State
4	94	DAL	Dave Widell	G	Boston College
4	95	ARI	Michael Brim	CB	Virginia Union
4	97	NE	Sammy Martin	WR	LSU
4	98	LAC	David Richards	OT	UCLA; SMU
4	100	NE	Teddy Garcia	K	Louisiana-Monroe
4	101	SEA	Kevin Harmon	RB	Iowa
4	102	SF	Barry Helton	P	Colorado
4	103	CLE	Anthony Blaylock	CB	Winston Salem State University
4	104	IND	Michael Ball	DB	Southern
4	105	CHI	Jim Thornton	TE	California State-Fullerton
4	106	NO	Lydell Carr	RB	Oklahoma
4	108	MIN	Todd Kalis	G	Arizona State
4	109	WAS	Jamie Morris	RB	Michigan
5	110	ATL	Charles Dimry	CB	UNLV
5	111	DET	Eric Andolsek	G	LSU
5	112	NO	Greg Scales	TE	Wake Forest
5	113	TB	William Howard	RB	Tennessee
5	117	LA	Robert Delpino	FB	Missouri; Dodge City CC
5	118	NYG	Jon Carter	DE	Pittsburgh
5	119	NYJ	Mike Withycombe	OT	Fresno State
5	120	ARI	Chris Gaines	LB	Vanderbilt
5	121	PIT	Darin Jordan	LB	Northeastern University, Mass
5	122	PHI	Eric Everett	DB	Texas Tech
5	124	MIN	Darrell Fullington	FS	Miami
5	125	HOU	Cris Dishman	CB	Purdue
5	126	MIA	Rodney Thomas	DB	BYU
5	128	PIT	Jerry Reese	NT	Kentucky
5	129	IND	John Baylor	S	Southern Mississippi
5	130	HOU	Chris Verhulst	TE	California State - Chico
5	131	LV	Dennis Price	DB	UCLA
5	132	ARI	Tony Jordan	RB	Kansas State
5	133	CHI	Troy Johnson	LB	Oklahoma
5	134	NO	Keith Taylor	DB	Illinois
5	137	LA	James Washington	S	UCLA
6	138	ATL	George Thomas	WR	UNLV
6	139	KC	James Saxon	RB	San Jose State; American River
6	140	ATL	Houston Hoover	G	Jackson State University
6	141	CIN	Paul Jetton	G	Texas
6	142	DET	Carl Painter	RB	Hampton
6	144	GB	Nate Hill	DE	Auburn
6	146	NYJ	Paul Frase	DE	Syracuse
6	150	BUF	Dan Murray	LB	East Stroudsburg State
6	151	DAL	Scott Secules	QB	Virginia
6	152	LAC	Cedric Figaro	LB	Notre Dame
6	154	NE	Steve Johnson	TE	Virginia Tech
6	155	PIT	Warren Williams	RB	Miami
6	158	SEA	Roy Hart	NT	South Carolina; Northwest Mississippi CC
6	159	WAS	Stan Humphries	QB	Louisiana-Monroe; LSU
6	161	CHI	Lemuel Stinson	DB	Texas Tech
6	163	TB	Shawn Lee	DE	North Alabama; Westchester Community College
7	166	ATL	Michael Haynes	WR	Northern Arizona; Eastern Arizona
7	167	TB	Kerry Goode	RB	Alabama
7	168	CIN	Rich Romer	LB	Union College
7	170	KC	Troy Stedman	LB	Washburn; Iowa, Central University of; Kirkwood Community College
7	171	LV	Derrick Crudup	DB	Oklahoma; Florida
7	173	GB	Gary Richard	DB	Pittsburgh; Bakersfield College
7	174	DEN	Pat Kelly	TE	Syracuse
7	180	MIA	Kerwin Bell	QB	Florida
7	181	NE	Darryl Usher	WR	Illinois
7	183	MIN	Brad Beckman	TE	Nebraska-Omaha
7	186	NYG	Danta Whitaker	TE	Mississippi Valley State University
7	187	HOU	Tracey Eaton	DB	Portland State
7	188	CLE	Thane Gash	DB	East Tennessee State
7	189	CHI	Caesar Rentie	OT	Oklahoma
7	190	NO	Brian Forde	LB	Washington State
8	195	CIN	Curtis Maxey	NT	Grambling State
8	196	DET	Gary Hadd	NT	Minnesota
8	197	KC	Alfredo Roberts	TE	Miami
8	199	LV	Mike Alexander	WR	Penn State; Nassau CC
8	200	GB	Patrick Collins	RB	Oklahoma
8	202	NYG	Sammy Lilly	DB	Georgia Tech
8	203	NYJ	Keith Neubert	TE	Nebraska
8	204	BUF	John Hagy	DB	Texas
8	205	DAL	Mark Higgs	RB	Kentucky
8	208	CHI	David Tate	DB	Colorado
8	210	MIN	Joe Cain	LB	Oregon Institute Of Technology; Stanford
8	211	PIT	Mike Hinnant	TE	Temple
8	212	MIA	Harry Galbreath	G	Tennessee
8	213	BUF	Jeff Wright	NT	Central Missouri; Tulsa; Coffeyville CC
8	214	HOU	David Viaene	C	Duluth/University of Minnesota; Wisconsin-Platteville
8	215	SEA	Robert Tyler	TE	South Carolina State
8	216	CLE	J.J. Birden	WR	Oregon
8	218	NO	Glenn Derby	OT	Wisconsin
8	220	MIA	Louis Cheek	OT	Texas A&M
9	222	ATL	James Primus	RB	UCLA
9	223	DET	Kip Corrington	FS	Texas A&M
9	225	TB	Reuben Davis	DE	North Carolina
9	230	NYJ	Ralph Tamm	G	West Chester State University
9	233	ARI	Scott Dill	G	Memphis
9	235	BUF	Carlton Bailey	LB	North Carolina
9	238	LAC	Joey Howard	OT	Tennessee; Northeast Oklahoma
9	239	MIA	Jeff Cross	DE	Missouri; Riverside Community College
9	243	IND	Jeff Herrod	MLB	Mississippi
9	244	CLE	Danny Copeland	S	Eastern Kentucky
9	247	SF	Brian Bonner	LB	Minnesota; Wisconsin
9	248	DEN	Mel Farr Jr.	RB	UCLA
10	250	ATL	Stan Clayton	OT	Penn State
10	251	KC	Kenny Gamble	RB	Colgate
10	252	PIT	John Jackson	OT	Eastern Kentucky
10	253	CIN	Ellis Dillahunt	DB	East Carolina
10	254	DET	Paco Craig	WR	UCLA
10	257	NYJ	John Booty	SAF	TCU; Cisco Junior College
10	260	ARI	Andy Schillinger	WR	Miami (Ohio)
10	262	BUF	Martin Mayhew	CB	Florida State
10	263	DAL	Billy Owens	DB	Pittsburgh
10	264	MIN	Brian Habib	G	Washington
10	270	IND	O'Brien Alston	OLB	Maryland
10	272	CLE	Brian Washington	S	Nebraska
11	278	ATL	James Milling	WR	Maryland
11	279	TB	Frank Pillow	WR	Tennessee State
11	287	NYJ	John Galvin	LB	Boston College
11	288	PHI	Izel Jenkins	CB	N.C. State; Taft College
11	290	DAL	Chad Hennings	DT	Air Force
11	293	LAC	George Hinkle	DE	Arizona
11	294	NE	Marvin Allen	RB	Tulane
11	297	IND	Donnie Dee	TE	Tulsa
11	298	HOU	Jethro Franklin	DE	Fresno State; San Jose City College
11	299	SEA	Dwayne Harper	DB	South Carolina State
11	303	SF	Chet Brooks	S	Texas A&M
12	307	CIN	Carl Parker	WR	Vanderbilt
12	310	TB	Victor Jones	LB	Virginia Tech
12	312	GB	Scott Bolton	WR	Auburn
12	316	BUF	Tom Erlandson Jr.	LB	Washington
12	319	PHI	Steve Kaufusi	DE	BYU
12	320	MIA	Brian Kinchen	TE	LSU
12	325	HOU	John Brantley	LB	Georgia