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1976 (April 8-9)

1

Dennis Lick

Tackle

Wisconsin

1

Choice to Detroit


2

Choice to Pittsburgh


3

Brian Baschnagel

Wide Receiver

Ohio State

3

Choice to Detroit


4

John Sciarra

Defensive Back

UCLA

4

Wayne Rhodes

Defensive Back

Alabama

5

Choice to Baltimore


6

Dan Jiggetts

Tackle

Harvard

6

Choice forfeited


7

Jerry Muckensturm

Linebacker

Arkansas State

8

Choice to Oakland


9

Choice to Philadelphia


10

Choice to Washington


11

Norm Andersen

Wide Receiver

UCLA

12

John O’Leary

Running Back

Nebraska

13

Dale Kasowski

Running Back

North Dakota

14

Ron Cuie

Running Back

Oregon State

15

Jerry Meyers

Defensive Tackle

Northern Illinois

16

Ronald Parker

Tight End

Texas Christian

17

Mike Mallham

Linebacker

Arkansas State

1977 (May 3-4)

1

Ted Albrecht

Tackle

California

2

Mike Spivey

Defensive Back

Colorado

3

Robin Earl

Running Back

Washington

3

Choice to Miami


4

Choice to Pittsburgh


5

Choice to Oakland


6

Vince Evans

Quarterback

USC

6

Choice to Philadelphia


7

Gerald Butler

Wide Receiver

Nicholls State

8

Choice to New York Jets


9

Nick Buonamici

Defensive Tackle

Ohio State

10

Dennis Breckner

Defensive End

Miami (FL)

11

Connie Zelencik

Center

Purdue

12

Terry Irvin

Defensive Back

Jackson State

1978 (May 2-3)

1

Choice to Los Angeles Rams


2

Choice to San Francisco


3

Brad Shearer

Defensive Tackle

Texas

4

Choice to Kansas City


5

Choice to Cincinnati


6

John Skibinski

Running Back

Purdue

6

Mekeli Ieremia

Defensive End

Brigham Young

7

Herman Jones

Wide Receiver

Ohio State

8

George Freitas

Tight End

California

9

Mike Martin

Linebacker

Kentucky

10

Ben Zambiasi

Linebacker

Georgia

11

Walt Underwood

Defensive End

USC

12

Lew Sibley

Linebacker

Louisiana State

1979 (May 3-4)

1

Dan Hampton

Defensive Tackle

Arkansas

1

Al Harris

Defensive End

Arizona State

2

Rickey Watts

Wide Receiver

Tulsa

3

Willie McClendon

Running Back

Georgia

4

Choice to Cincinnati


5

Choice to Dallas


6

John Sullivan

Linebacker

Illinois

7

Lee Kunz

Linebacker

Nebraska

8

Rick Moss

Defensive Back

Purdue

9

Jerome Heavens

Running Back

Notre Dame

10

Joe Restic

Defensive Back

Notre Dame

11

Bob Wright

Tackle

Cincinnati

12

Dave Becker

Defensive Back

Iowa

1980 (April 29-30)

1

Otis Wilson

Linebacker

Louisville

2

Matt Suhey

Running Back

Penn State

3

Choice to Dallas


4

Arland Thompson

Guard

Baylor

5

Paul Tabor

Center

Oklahoma

6

Mike Guess

Defensive Back

Ohio State

7

Emanuel Tolbert

Wide Receiver

Southern Methodist

8

Randy Clark

Guard

Northern Illinois

9

Turk Schonert

Quarterback

Stanford

10

Willie Stephens

Defensive Back

Texas Tech

11

Chris Judge

Defensive Back

Texas Christian

12

Robert Fisher

Tight End

Southern Methodist

1981 (April 28-29)

1

Keith Van Horne

Tackle

USC

2

Mike Singletary

Linebacker

Baylor

2

Choice to San Francisco


3

Ken Margerum

Wide Receiver

Stanford

4

Todd Bell

Defensive Back

Ohio State

5

Choice to San Francisco


6

Reuben Henderson

Defensive Back

San Diego State

7

Jeff Fisher

Defensive Back

USC

8

Scott Zettek

Defensive Tackle

Notre Dame

9

Frank Ditta

Guard

Baylor

10

Tim Clifford

Quarterback

Indiana

11

Lonnie Johnson

Running Back

Indiana

12

Bob Shupryt

Linebacker

New Mexico

1982 (April 27-28)

1

Jim McMahon

Quarterback

Brigham Young

2

Choice to Tampa Bay


3

Tim Wrightman

Tight End

UCLA

4

Dennis Gentry

Running Back

Baylor

5

Perry Hartnett

Guard

Southern Methodist

5

Dennis Tabron

Defensive Back

Duke

6

Kurt Becker

Guard

Michigan

7

Henry Waechter

Defensive Tackle

Nebraska

8

Jerry Doerger

Tackle

Wisconsin

9

Mike Hatchett

Defensive Back

Texas

10

Joe Turner

Defensive Back

USC

11

Guy Boliaux

Linebacker

Wisconsin

12

Ricky Young

Linebacker

Oklahoma State

1983 (April 26-27)

1

Jim Covert

Tackle

Pittsburgh

1

Willie Gault

Wide Receiver

Tennessee

2

Mike Richardson

Defensive Back

Arizona State

3

Dave Duerson

Defensive Back

Notre Dame

4

Tom Thayer

Center

Notre Dame

4

Pat Dunsmore

Tight End

Drake

5

Choice to New England


6

Choice to Cleveland


7

Choice to Cleveland


8

Richard Dent

Defensive End

Tennessee State

8

Mark Bortz

Defensive Tackle

Iowa

9

Rob Fada

Guard

Pittsburgh

9

Mark Zavagnin

Linebacker

Notre Dame

10

Anthony Hutchison

Running Back

Texas Tech

11

Gary Worthy

Running Back

Wilmington

12

Oliver Williams

Wide Receiver

Illinois

12

Choice to San Diego



1984 (May 1-2)

1

Wilber Marshall

Linebacker

Florida

2

Ron Rivera

Linebacker

California

3

Stefan Humphries

Guard

Michigan

4

Tom Andrews

Guard

Louisville

5

Choice to Washington


6

Choice to Dallas


7

Nakita Robertson

Running Back

Central Arkansas

8

Brad Anderson

Wide Receiver

Arizona

9

Choice to San Francisco


9

Mark Casale

Quarterback

Montclair State

10

Kurt Vestman

Tight End

Idaho

10

Shaun Gayle

Defensive Back

Ohio State

11

Choice to Los Angeles Rams


11

Mark Butkus

Defensive Tackle

Illinois

12

Choice to Miami


12

Donald Jordan

Running Back

Houston

1985 (April 30-May 1)

1

William Perry

Defensive Tackle

Clemson

2

Reggie Phillips

Defensive Back

Southern Methodist

3

James Maness

Wide Receiver

Texas Christian

4

Kevin Butler

Kicker

Georgia

5

Choice to New York Jets


6

Choice to Los Angeles Rams


7

Charles Bennett

Defensive End

Southwest Louisiana

8

Steve Buxton

Tackle

Indiana State

9

Thomas Sanders

Running Back

Texas A&M

10

Pat Coryatt

Defensive Tackle

Baylor

11

Jim Morrissey

Linebacker

Michigan State

12

Choice to San Diego