1978 NFL Player Draft

Round 1
Rd (OV)	Team	Name	Pos	College
1 (1)	HOO	Earl Campbell	RB	Texas
2 (2)	KAN	Art Still	DE	Kentucky
3 (3)	NOR	Wes Chandler	WR	Florida
4 (4)	NYJ	Chris Ward	T	Ohio State
5 (5)	BUF	Terry Miller	RB	Oklahoma State
6 (6)	GNB	James Lofton	WR	Stanford
7 (7)	SFO	Ken MacAfee	TE	Notre Dame
8 (8)	CIN	Ross Browner	DE	Notre Dame
9 (9)	SEA	Keith Simpson	DB	Memphis State
10 (10)	NYG	Gordon King	T	Stanford
11 (11)	DET	Luther Bradley	DB	Notre Dame
12 (12)	CLE	Clay Matthews	LB	USC
13 (13)	ATL	Mike Kenn	T	Michigan
14 (14)	SDG	John Jefferson	WR	Arizona State
15 (15)	SLC	Steve Little	K	Arkansas
16 (16)	CIN	Blair Bush	C	Washington
17 (17)	TAM	Doug Williams	QB	Grambling
18 (18)	NWE	Bob Cryder	G	Alabama
19 (19)	SLC	Ken Greene	DB	Washington State
20 (20)	LAM	Elvis Peacock	RB	Oklahoma
21 (21)	MIN	Randy Holloway	DE	Pittsburgh
22 (22)	PIT	Ron Johnson	DB	Eastern Michigan
23 (23)	CLE	Ozzie Newsome	TE	Alabama
24 (24)	SFO	Dan Bunz	LB	Long Beach State
25 (25)	BLC	Reese McCall	TE	Auburn
26 (26)	GNB	John Anderson	LB	Michigan
27 (27)	DEN	Don Latimer	DT	Miami (FL)
28 (28)	DAL	Larry Bethea	DE	Michigan State
Round 2
Rd (OV)	Team	Name	Pos	College
1 (29)	KAN	Sylvester Hicks	DE	Tennessee State
2 (30)	TAM	Johnny Davis	RB	Alabama
3 (31)	NYJ	Mark Merrill	LB	Minnesota
4 (32)	BUF	Dee Hardison	DE	North Carolina
5 (33)	NOR	James Taylor	T	Missouri
6 (34)	GNB	Mike Hunt	LB	Minnesota
7 (35)	CIN	Ray Griffin	DB	Ohio State
8 (36)	SEA	Keith Butler	LB	Memphis State
9 (37)	NYG	Odis McKinney	DB	Colorado
10 (38)	BUF	Scott Hutchinson	DE	Florida
11 (39)	CLE	Johnny Evans	P	North Carolina State
12 (40)	DET	Al Baker	DE	Colorado State
13 (41)	SDG	Milton Hardaway	T	Oklahoma State
14 (42)	SLC	John Barefield	LB	Texas A&I
15 (43)	ATL	Steve Stewart	LB	Minnesota
16 (44)	TAM	Brett Moritz	G	Nebraska
17 (45)	CIN	Dave Turner	RB	San Diego State
18 (46)	LAM	Stan Johnson	DT	Tennessee State
19 (47)	SFO	Walt Downing	G	Michigan
20 (48)	MIN	John Turner	DB	Miami (FL)
21 (49)	PIT	Willie Fry	DE	Notre Dame
22 (50)	NWE	Matt Cavanaugh	QB	Pittsburgh
23 (51)	MIA	Guy Benjamin	QB	Stanford
24 (52)	BLC	Mike Woods	LB	Cincinnati
25 (53)	LAM	Ronnie Smith	WR	San Diego State
26 (54)	OAK	Dave Browning	DE	Washington
27 (55)	DEN	Bill Gay	TE	USC
28 (56)	DAL	Todd Christensen	TE	Brigham Young
Round 3
Rd (OV)	Team	Name	Pos	College
1 (57)	OAK	Derrick Jensen	RB	Texas-Arlington
2 (58)	KAN	Gary Spani	LB	Kansas State
3 (59)	BUF	Dennis Johnson	RB	Mississippi State
4 (60)	NOR	Barry Bennett	DT	Concordia
5 (61)	NYJ	Mickey Shuler	TE	Penn State
6 (62)	GNB	Estus Hood	DB	Illinois State
7 (63)	SEA	Bob Jury	DB	Pittsburgh
8 (64)	MIA	Lyman Smith	DT	Duke
9 (65)	BUF	Danny Fulton	WR	Nebraska-Omaha
10 (66)	PHI	Reggie Wilken	LB	Georgia Tech
11 (67)	CLE	Larry Collins	RB	Texas A&I
12 (68)	CLE	Mark Miller	QB	Bowling Green
13 (69)	SLC	Doug Greene	DB	Texas A&I
14 (70)	ATL	Stan Waldemore	G	Nebraska
15 (71)	SDG	Rickey Anderson	RB	South Carolina State
16 (72)	CIN	Ted Vincent	DT	Wichita State
17 (73)	HOO	Gifford Nielsen	QB	Brigham Young
18 (74)	CHI	Brad Shearer	DT	Texas
19 (75)	MIN	Whip Walton	LB	San Diego State
20 (76)	PIT	Craig Colquitt	P	Tennessee
21 (77)	NWE	Carlos Pennywell	WR	Grambling
22 (78)	LAM	Frank Corral	K	UCLA
23 (79)	SFO	Ernie Hughes	G	Notre Dame
24 (80)	LAM	Leon White	C	Colorado
25 (81)	MIA	Jimmy Cefalo	WR	Penn State
26 (82)	OAK	Lindsey Mason	T	Kansas State
27 (83)	CIN	Don Bass	WR	Houston
28 (84)	DAL	Dave Hudgens	T	Oklahoma
Round 4
Rd (OV)	Team	Name	Pos	College
1 (85)	KAN	Danny Johnson	LB	Tennessee State
2 (86)	OAK	Maurice Harvey	DB	Ball State
3 (87)	NOR	Don Schwartz	DB	Washington State
4 (88)	NYJ	Dodie Donnell	RB	Nebraska
5 (89)	BUF	Lucius Sanford	LB	Georgia Tech
6 (90)	NYG	Billy Taylor	RB	Texas Tech
7 (91)	SFO	Terry LeCount	WR	Florida
8 (92)	PHI	Dennis Harrison	DT	Vanderbilt
9 (93)	MIA	Gerald Small	DB	San Jose State
10 (94)	DET	William Fifer	T	West Texas State
11 (95)	ATL	Brian Cabral	LB	Colorado
12 (96)	SLC	George Collins	G	Georgia
13 (97)	SLC	Jim Childs	WR	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
14 (98)	HOO	Mike Renfro	WR	Texas Christian
15 (99)	CIN	Dennis Law	WR	East Tennessee State
16 (100)	MIN	Jim Hough	C	Utah State
17 (101)	PIT	Larry Anderson	DB	Louisiana Tech
18 (102)	NWE	Dwight Wheeler	T	Tennessee State
19 (103)	CLE	Pete Pallara	G	Tennessee-Chattanooga
20 (104)	KAN	Pete Woods	QB	Missouri
21 (105)	LAM	Mark Manges	QB	Maryland
22 (106)	MIA	Eric Laakso	T	Tulane
23 (107)	DET	Homer Elias	G	Tennessee State
24 (108)	OAK	Joe Stewart	WR	Missouri
25 (109)	DET	Larry Tearry	C	Wake Forest
26 (110)	DAL	Alois Blackwell	RB	Houston
Round 5
Rd (OV)	Team	Name	Pos	College
1 (111)	MIA	Ted Burgmeier	DB	Notre Dame
2 (112)	KAN	Jerrold McRae	WR	Tennessee State
3 (113)	NYJ	Randy Sidler	LB	Penn State
4 (114)	BUF	Ken Spaeth	TE	Nebraska
5 (115)	NOR	Eric Felton	DB	Texas Tech
6 (116)	GNB	Mike Douglass	LB	San Diego State
7 (117)	BLC	Frank Myers	T	Texas A&M
8 (118)	KAN	Dwight Carey	DT	Texas-Arlington
9 (119)	SEA	Louis Bullard	T	Jackson State
10 (120)	NYG	Terry Jackson	DB	San Diego State
11 (121)	DET	Amos Fowler	G	Southern Mississippi
12 (122)	CLE	Keith Wright	WR	Memphis State
13 (123)	DET	Dan Gray	DE	Rutgers
14 (124)	SLC	Earl Carr	RB	Florida
15 (125)	ATL	Dennis Pearson	WR	San Diego State
16 (126)	CIN	Tom Dinkel	LB	Kansas
17 (127)	SFO	Archie Reese	DT	Clemson
18 (128)	GNB	Willie Wilder	RB	Florida
19 (129)	NWE	Bill Matthews	LB	South Dakota State
20 (130)	PHI	Norris Banks	RB	Kansas
21 (131)	CIN	Rob Hertel	QB	USC
22 (132)	NYG	Jim Krahl	DT	Texas Tech
23 (133)	SFO	Bruce Threadgill	DB	Mississippi State
24 (134)	KAN	Robert Woods	WR	Grambling
25 (135)	SDG	John Choma	G	Virginia
26 (136)	OAK	Derrick Ramsey	TE	Kentucky
27 (137)	NYG	Brian DeRoo	WR	Redlands
28 (138)	DAL	Rich Rosen	G	Syracuse
Round 6
Rd (OV)	Team	Name	Pos	College
1 (139)	CHI	John Skibinski	RB	Purdue
2 (140)	OAK	Tom Davis	C	Nebraska
3 (141)	NYJ	Bobby Jackson	DB	Florida State
4 (142)	NOR	Mike Rieker	QB	Lehigh
5 (143)	NYJ	Gregg Robinson	DT	Dartmouth
6 (144)	GNB	Leotis Harris	G	Arkansas
7 (145)	BUF	Eric Smith	T	Southern Mississippi
8 (146)	SEA	Glenn Starks	WR	Texas A&I
9 (147)	NYG	Randy Pass	G	Georgia Tech
10 (148)	SFO	Elliott Walker	RB	Pittsburgh
11 (149)	CLE	Al Pitts	C	Michigan State
12 (150)	DET	Dwight Hicks	DB	Michigan
13 (151)	SLC	Jack Williams	DE	Bowling Green
14 (152)	ATL	Rodney Parker	WR	Tennessee State
15 (153)	DET	Tony Ardizzone	G	Northwestern
16 (154)	HOO	Conrad Rucker	TE	Southern
17 (155)	CIN	Steve Geise	RB	Penn State
18 (156)	NWE	Ken Coleman	LB	Mississippi
19 (157)	NOR	Francis Chesley	LB	Wyoming
20 (158)	CHI	Mekeli Ieremia	DE	Brigham Young
21 (159)	WAS	Tony Green	RB	Florida
22 (160)	PIT	Randy Reutershan	WR	Pittsburgh
23 (161)	BLC	Ben Garry	RB	Southern Mississippi
24 (162)	TAM	Elijah Marshall	WR	North Carolina State
25 (163)	MIA	Doug Betters	DE	Nevada
26 (164)	OAK	Mike Levenseller	WR	Washington State
27 (165)	DET	Jesse Thompson	WR	California
28 (166)	DAL	Harold Randolph	LB	East Carolina
Round 7
Rd (OV)	Team	Name	Pos	College
1 (167)	ATL	Alfred Jackson	WR	Texas
2 (168)	KAN	Ricky Odom	DB	USC
3 (169)	NYJ	Levi Armstrong	DB	UCLA
4 (170)	NYJ	James Earley	RB	Michigan State
5 (171)	BUF	Mario Celotto	LB	USC
6 (172)	GNB	George Plasketes	LB	Mississippi
7 (173)	SEA	John Harris	DB	Arizona State
8 (174)	NYG	Dan Doornink	RB	Washington State
9 (175)	SFO	Fred Quillan	C	Oregon
10 (176)	OAK	Arthur Whittington	RB	Southern Methodist
11 (177)	DET	Bruce Gibson	RB	Pacific
12 (178)	MIA	Karl Baldischwiler	T	Oklahoma
13 (179)	ATL	James Wright	TE	Texas Christian
14 (180)	SDG	Cliff Featherstone	DB	Colorado State
15 (181)	SLC	Dave Stief	WR	Portland State
16 (182)	CIN	Joe Branson	DB	Livingstone College
17 (183)	BUF	Steve Powell	RB	N.E. Missouri State
18 (184)	KAN	Bill Kellar	WR	Stanford
19 (185)	CHI	Herman Jones	WR	Ohio State
20 (186)	PHI	Greg Marshall	DT	Oregon State
21 (187)	PIT	Mark Dufresne	TE	Nebraska
22 (188)	NWE	Mike Hawkins	LB	Texas A&I
23 (189)	LAM	Reggie Doss	DE	Hampton
24 (190)	MIA	Lloyd Henry	WR	N.E. Missouri State
25 (191)	BLC	Jeff Logan	RB	Ohio State
26 (192)	OAK	Earl Inman	LB	Bethune-Cookman
27 (193)	CIN	Danny Bass	T	Elon
28 (194)	DAL	Tom Randall	DT	Iowa State
Round 8
Rd (OV)	Team	Name	Pos	College
1 (195)	KAN	John Henry White	RB	Louisiana Tech
2 (196)	TAM	John McGriff	LB	Miami (FL)
3 (197)	NYJ	Derrick Gaffney	WR	Florida
4 (198)	NWE	Terry Falcon	G	Montana
5 (199)	NOR	Brooks Williams	TE	North Carolina
6 (200)	GNB	Dennis Sproul	QB	Arizona State
7 (201)	NYG	Jeff Grady	LB	Florida A&M
8 (202)	WAS	Walker Lee	WR	North Carolina
9 (203)	NYJ	Mike Mock	P	Texas Tech
10 (204)	MIN	Mike Wood	K	Southeast Missouri State
11 (205)	CLE	Jesse Turnbow	DT	Tennessee
12 (206)	DET	Jim Breech	K	California
13 (207)	OAK	Mark Nichols	DE	Colorado State
14 (208)	PIT	Rick Moser	RB	Rhode Island
15 (209)	ATL	David Adkins	LB	Ohio State
16 (210)	HOO	J.C. Wilson	DB	Pittsburgh
17 (211)	CIN	Bill Miller	T	Western Illinois
18 (212)	CHI	George Freitas	TE	California
19 (213)	NYJ	Roy Eppes	DB	Clemson
20 (214)	PIT	Andre Keys	WR	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
21 (215)	NWE	Mosi Tatupu	RB	USC
22 (216)	ATL	David Williams	DB	Tennessee-Martin
23 (217)	MIA	Sean Clancy	LB	Amherst
24 (218)	BLC	Monte Anthony	RB	Nebraska
25 (219)	WAS	Don Hover	LB	Washington State
26 (220)	SDG	Gavin Hendrick	P	Washington State
27 (221)	DEN	Frank Smith	T	Alabama A&M
28 (222)	DAL	Homer Butler	WR	UCLA
Round 9
Rd (OV)	Team	Name	Pos	College
1 (223)	TAM	Willie Taylor	WR	Pittsburgh
2 (224)	KAN	Larry Browk	T	Miami (FL)
3 (225)	NYJ	Reggie Grant	DB	Oregon
4 (226)	NOR	Richard Carter	DB	North Carolina State
5 (227)	NYJ	Neil Hutton	DB	Penn State
6 (228)	GNB	Keith Myers	QB	Utah State
7 (229)	SFO	Herman Redden	DB	Howard
8 (230)	PHI	Charles Williams	DB	Jackson State
9 (231)	SEA	Rich Grimmett	T	Illinois
10 (232)	NYG	Bill Swiacki	TE	Amherst
11 (233)	SFO	Dean Moore	LB	Iowa
12 (234)	CLE	Jon Kramer	G	Baylor
13 (235)	SLC	Joe Mosley	TE	Central State (OH)
14 (236)	ATL	Tom Pridemore	DB	West Virginia
15 (237)	SDG	Henry Bradley	DT	Alcorn State
16 (238)	CIN	Ron Shumon	LB	Wichita State
17 (239)	HOO	Jim Mol	DE	Morningside
18 (240)	MIN	Mike Deutsch	P	Colorado State
19 (241)	PIT	Lance Reynolds	T	Brigham Young
20 (242)	NWE	Tim Petersen	LB	Arizona State
21 (243)	WAS	John Hurley	QB	Santa Clara
22 (244)	CHI	Mike Martin	LB	Kentucky
23 (245)	BLC	Dave Studdard	T	Texas
24 (246)	LAM	Andre Anderson	DE	New Mexico State
25 (247)	MIA	Bruce Hardy	TE	Arizona State
26 (248)	SDG	Blake Whitlatch	LB	Louisiana State
27 (249)	SFO	Steve McDaniels	T	Notre Dame
28 (250)	DAL	Russ Williams	DB	Tennessee
Round 10
Rd (OV)	Team	Name	Pos	College
0 (0)	HOU	Johnnie Dirden	WR	Sam Houston State
1 (251)	KAN	Earl Bryant	DE	Jackson State
2 (252)	TAM	Aaron Brown	LB	Ohio State
3 (253)	NYG	Greg Jorgensen	G	Nebraska
4 (254)	NYJ	Louis Richardson	DE	Florida State
5 (255)	BUF	Will Grant	C	Kentucky
6 (256)	GNB	Larry Key	RB	Florida State
7 (257)	ATL	Ricky Patton	RB	Jackson State
8 (258)	SEA	Rob Stewart	WR	Lafayette
9 (259)	GNB	Mark Totten	C	Florida
10 (260)	SFO	Mike Connell	P	Cincinnati
11 (261)	CLE	Brent Watson	T	Tennessee
12 (262)	DET	Fred Arrington	LB	Purdue
13 (263)	ATL	Ray Strong	RB	UNLV
14 (264)	SDG	Charles Price	TE	Cincinnati
15 (265)	SLC	Randy Gill	LB	San Jose State
16 (266)	HOO	Steve Young	TE	Wake Forest
17 (267)	CIN	Tom DePaso	LB	Penn State
18 (268)	PIT	Doug Becker	LB	Notre Dame
19 (269)	NWE	Bryan Ferguson	DB	Miami (FL)
20 (270)	WAS	Scott Hartenstein	DE	Azusa Pacific
21 (271)	CHI	Ben Zambiasi	LB	Georgia
22 (272)	MIN	Hughie Shaw	RB	Texas A&I
23 (273)	LAM	Charles Peal	T	Indiana
24 (274)	MIA	Mark Dennard	C	Texas A&M
25 (275)	BLC	Dallas Owens	DB	Kentucky
26 (276)	PIT	Tom Jurich	K	Northern Arizona
27 (277)	DEN	Vince Kinney	WR	Maryland
28 (278)	DAL	Barry Tomasetti	T	Iowa
Round 11
Rd (OV)	Team	Name	Pos	College
1 (279)	PIT	Nat Terry	DB	Florida State
2 (280)	KAN	Ray Milo	DB	New Mexico State
3 (281)	NYJ	Pat Ryan	QB	Tennessee
4 (282)	BUF	Jerry Blanton	LB	Kentucky
5 (283)	NOR	Nathan Besaint	DT	Southern
6 (284)	GNB	Terry Jones	DT	Alabama
7 (285)	NOR	Dave Riley	RB	West Virginia
8 (286)	NYG	Dennis Heim	DT	SW Missouri State
9 (287)	SFO	Willie McCray	DE	Troy State
10 (288)	PHI	Bill Campfield	RB	Kansas
11 (289)	DET	Richard Murray	DT	Oklahoma
12 (290)	CLE	Larry Gillard	DT	Mississippi State
13 (291)	OAK	Dean Jones	DB	Fresno State
14 (292)	CIN	Cal Prince	RB	Louisville
15 (293)	ATL	Scooter Reed	DB	Baylor
16 (294)	CIN	Mark Donahue	G	Michigan
17 (295)	HOO	Willie Thicklen	WR	Alabama State
18 (296)	NWE	Charlie Williams	LB	Florida
19 (297)	WAS	Mike Williams	DB	Texas A&M
20 (298)	CHI	Walt Underwood	DE	USC
21 (299)	MIN	Ron Harris	RB	Colorado State
22 (300)	PIT	Tom Brzoza	C	Pittsburgh
23 (301)	SEA	George Halas	LB	Miami (FL)
24 (302)	BLC	Henry Mason	WR	Central Missouri State
25 (303)	LAM	Ron Hostetler	LB	Penn State
26 (304)	OAK	Bob Glazebrook	DB	Fresno State
27 (305)	DEN	Lacy Brumley	T	Clemson
28 (306)	DAL	Dennis Thurman	DB	USC
Round 12
Rd (OV)	Team	Name	Pos	College
0 (0)	SFO	Rod Connors	RB	Southern California
1 (307)	KAN	Willie Brock	C	Colorado
2 (308)	TAM	Kevin McLee	RB	Georgia
3 (309)	BUF	Richard Crump	RB	N.E. Oklahoma A&M
4 (310)	NOR	Larry Hardy	TE	Jackson State
5 (311)	NYJ	Alan Williams	P	Florida
6 (312)	GNB	Eason Ramson	TE	Washington State
7 (313)	NYG	Greg Lawson	RB	Western Illinois
8 (314)	SFO	Dan Irons	T	Texas Tech
9 (315)	PHI	Mark Slater	C	Minnesota
10 (316)	SEA	Jeff Bergeron	RB	Lamar
11 (317)	CLE	Leo Bidermann	T	California
12 (318)	DET	Mark Patterson	DB	Washington State
13 (319)	SLC	Anthony Clay	LB	South Carolina State
14 (320)	ATL	Daria Butler	LB	Oklahoma State
15 (321)	SDG	Kevin Bell	WR	Lamar
16 (322)	HOO	John Schumacher	G	USC
17 (323)	CIN	Kim Featsent	WR	Kent State
18 (324)	WAS	Steve McCabe	G	Bowdoin
19 (325)	CHI	Lew Sibley	LB	Louisiana State
20 (326)	MIN	Jeff Morrow	T	Minnesota
21 (327)	PIT	Brad Carr	LB	Maryland
22 (328)	NWE	John Gibney	C	Colgate
23 (329)	BLC	Bruce Allen	P	Richmond
24 (330)	LAM	Gus Coppens	T	UCLA
25 (331)	MIA	Mike Moore	RB	Middle Tennessee State
26 (332)	OAK	Joe Conron	WR	Pacific
27 (333)	MIA	Bill Kenney	QB	Northern Colorado
28 (334)	DAL	Lee Washburn	G	Montana State

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