The 1977 NFL Draft

195 picks. First overall: Ricky Bell, running back, from USC, to Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Most picks: USC 10, Texas A&M 7, Colorado 7, Kansas 6, Baylor 5.

The 1977 NFL Draft ran 12 rounds; this page lists the first seven. Teams appear under the name they had that year. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Round 1

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
1	Ricky Bell	RB		USC	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2	Tony Dorsett	RB		Pittsburgh	→ Dallas Cowboys
3	Eddie Edwards	DE		Miami	→ Cincinnati Bengals
4	Marvin Powell	OT		USC	→ New York Jets
5	Gary Jeter	DE		USC	→ New York Giants
6	Warren Bryant	OT		Kentucky	→ Atlanta Falcons
7	Joe Campbell	DE		Maryland	→ New Orleans Saints
8	Wilson Whitley	DT		Houston	→ Cincinnati Bengals
9	Mike Butler	DE		Kansas	→ Green Bay Packers
10	Gary Green	DB		Baylor	→ Kansas City Chiefs
11	Morris Towns	OT		Missouri	→ Houston Oilers
12	Phil Dokes	DT		Oklahoma State	→ Buffalo Bills
13	A.J. Duhe	LB		LSU	→ Miami Dolphins
14	Steve August	OT		Tulsa	→ Seattle Seahawks
15	Ted Albrecht	OT		California	→ Chicago Bears
16	Raymond Clayborn	DB		Texas	→ New England Patriots
17	Robert Jackson	LB		Texas A&M	→ Cleveland Browns
18	Steve Schindler	OG		Boston College	→ Denver Broncos
19	Steve Pisarkiewicz	QB		Missouri	→ St. Louis Cardinals
20	Wilson Faumuina	DT		San José State	→ Atlanta Falcons
21	Robin Cole	LB		New Mexico	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
22	Mike Cobb	TE		Michigan State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
23	Bob Brudzinski	LB		Ohio State	→ Los Angeles Rams
24	Bob Rush	C		Memphis	→ San Diego Chargers
25	Stanley Morgan	WR		Tennessee	→ New England Patriots
26	Randy Burke	WR		Kentucky	→ Baltimore Colts
27	Tommy Kramer	QB		Rice	→ Minnesota Vikings
28	Ezra Johnson	DE		Morris Brown	→ Green Bay Packers

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
29	Dave Lewis	LB		USC	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
30	Tom Lynch	OT		Boston College	→ Seattle Seahawks
31	Nolan Cromwell	DB		Kansas	→ Los Angeles Rams
32	Johnny Perkins	WR		Abilene Christian	→ New York Giants
33	Wesley Walker	WR		California	→ New York Jets
34	Mike Fultz	DT		Nebraska	→ New Orleans Saints
35	Mike Davis	DB		Colorado	→ Oakland Raiders
36	R.C. Thielemann	OG		Arkansas	→ Atlanta Falcons
37	Tony Reed	RB		Colorado	→ Kansas City Chiefs
38	George Reihner	OG		Penn State	→ Houston Oilers
39	Greg Koch	OT		Arkansas	→ Green Bay Packers
40	Bob Baumhower	DT		Alabama	→ Miami Dolphins
41	Terry Beeson	LB		Kansas	→ Seattle Seahawks
42	Walt Williams	DB		New Mexico State	→ Detroit Lions
43	Mike Spivey	DB		Colorado	→ Chicago Bears
44	Horace Ivory	RB		Oklahoma	→ New England Patriots
45	Rob Lytle	RB		Michigan	→ Denver Broncos
46	Tom Skladany	P		Ohio State	→ Cleveland Browns
47	George Franklin	RB		Texas A&M	→ St. Louis Cardinals
48	Sidney Thornton	RB		Northwestern State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
49	Pete Johnson	RB		Ohio State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
50	Billy Waddy	WR		Colorado	→ Los Angeles Rams
51	Peter Cronan	LB		Boston College	→ Seattle Seahawks
52	Don Hasselbeck	TE		Colorado	→ New England Patriots
53	Mike Ozdowski	DE		Virginia	→ Baltimore Colts
54	Glenn Carano	QB		UNLV	→ Dallas Cowboys
55	Dennis Swilley	OG		Texas A&M	→ Minnesota Vikings
56	Ted McKnight	RB		Minnesota Duluth	→ Oakland Raiders

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
57	Charles Hannah	DE		Alabama	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
58	Dennis Boyd	DE		Oregon State	→ Seattle Seahawks
59	Curtis Brown	RB		Missouri	→ Buffalo Bills
60	Tom Beasley	DT		Virginia Tech	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
61	Robin Earl	RB		Washington	→ Chicago Bears
62	Tony Hill	WR		Stanford	→ Dallas Cowboys
63	Edgar Fields	DT		Texas A&M	→ Atlanta Falcons
64	Robert Watts	LB		Boston College	→ New Orleans Saints
65	Elmo Boyd	WR		Eastern Kentucky	→ San Francisco 49ers
66	Tim Wilson	RB		Maryland	→ Houston Oilers
67	Thomas Howard	LB		Texas Tech	→ Kansas City Chiefs
68	Ed Fulton	OG		Maryland	→ Los Angeles Rams
69	Rick Kane	RB		San José State	→ Detroit Lions
70	Jimmy Giles	TE		Alcorn State	→ Houston Oilers
71	Mike Watson	OT		Miami (OH)	→ Miami Dolphins
72	Tank Marshall	DE		Texas A&M	→ New York Jets
73	John Kimbrough	WR		St. Cloud State	→ Buffalo Bills
74	Rick Scribner	OG		Idaho State	→ Green Bay Packers
75	Jim Smith	WR		Michigan	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
76	Mike Voight	RB		North Carolina	→ Cincinnati Bengals
77	Keith King	DB		Colorado State	→ San Diego Chargers
78	Kurt Allerman	LB		Penn State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
79	Wendell Tyler	RB		UCLA	→ Los Angeles Rams
80	Terdell Middleton	RB		Memphis	→ St. Louis Cardinals
81	Val Belcher	OG		Houston	→ Dallas Cowboys
82	Sidney Brown	DB		Oklahoma	→ New England Patriots
83	Tom Hannon	DB		Michigan State	→ Minnesota Vikings
84	Rob Carpenter	RB		Miami (OH)	→ Houston Oilers

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
85	Rick Walker	TE		UCLA	→ Cincinnati Bengals
86	Jimmy Dean	DT		Texas A&M	→ Buffalo Bills
87	John Yarno	C		Idaho	→ Seattle Seahawks
88	Mike Vaughan	OT		Oklahoma	→ New York Giants
89	Allan Leavitt	K		Georgia	→ Atlanta Falcons
90	Scott Dierking	RB		Purdue	→ New York Jets
91	Vince Ferragamo	QB		Nebraska	→ Los Angeles Rams
92	Mark Bailey	RB		Long Beach State	→ Kansas City Chiefs
93	Ted Petersen	C		Eastern Illinois	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
94	Andre Samuels	TE		Bethune-Cookman	→ Kansas City Chiefs
95	Darius Helton	OG		North Carolina Central	→ Kansas City Chiefs
96	Luther Blue	WR		Iowa State	→ Detroit Lions
97	Duncan McColl	DE		Stanford	→ Washington Redskins
98	Warren Anderson	WR		West Virginia State	→ Houston Oilers
99	Laverne Smith	RB		Kansas	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
100	Stan Black	DB		Mississippi State	→ San Francisco 49ers
101	Bill Bryan	C		Duke	→ Denver Broncos
102	Oliver Davis	DB		Tennessee State	→ Cleveland Browns
103	Mike Wilson	OT		Georgia	→ Cincinnati Bengals
104	Eric Harris	DB		Memphis	→ Kansas City Chiefs
105	Jerry Anderson	DB		Oklahoma	→ Cincinnati Bengals
106	Dan Audick	OG		Hawai’i	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
107	Eary Jones	DE		Memphis	→ Los Angeles Rams
108	Guy Brown	LB		Houston	→ Dallas Cowboys
109	Gerald Skinner	OT		Arkansas	→ New England Patriots
110	Robert Sims	DT		South Carolina State	→ Cleveland Browns
111	Larry Seivers	WR		Tennessee	→ Seattle Seahawks
112	Mickey Marvin	OG		Tennessee	→ Oakland Raiders

Round 5

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
113	Mike Michel	K		Stanford	→ Miami Dolphins
114	Ron Crosby	LB		Penn State	→ Detroit Lions
115	Fred Besana	QB		California	→ Buffalo Bills
116	Perry Griggs	WR		Troy	→ New York Jets
117	Randy Dean	QB		Northwestern	→ New York Giants
118	Dave Lafary	OT		Purdue	→ New Orleans Saints
119	Skip Sharp	DB		Kansas	→ Philadelphia Eagles
120	Shelton Diggs	WR		USC	→ Atlanta Falcons
121	Cliff Stoudt	QB		Youngstown State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
122	Nathan Simpson	RB		Tennessee State	→ Green Bay Packers
123	Leroy Harris	RB		Arkansas State	→ Miami Dolphins
124	Clarence Williams	RB		South Carolina	→ San Diego Chargers
125	Steve Courson	OG		South Carolina	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
126	Lester Hayes	DB		Texas A&M	→ Oakland Raiders
127	Neil O’Donoghue	K		Auburn	→ Buffalo Bills
128	Cliff Olander	QB		New Mexico State	→ San Diego Chargers
129	Gary Gregory	OT		Baylor	→ New York Jets
130	Donnie Hickman	OG		USC	→ Los Angeles Rams
131	Ernest Lee	DT		Texas	→ St. Louis Cardinals
132	Dennis Winston	LB		Arkansas	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
133	Ray Phillips	LB		Nebraska	→ Cincinnati Bengals
134	Jeff Williams	OG		Rhode Island	→ Los Angeles Rams
135	Andy Spiva	LB		Tennessee	→ St. Louis Cardinals
136	Dave Hubbard	OT		BYU	→ New Orleans Saints
137	Andy Frederick	DT		New Mexico	→ Dallas Cowboys
138	Ken Moore	TE		Northern Illinois	→ Minnesota Vikings
139	Jeff Barnes	LB		California	→ Oakland Raiders

Round 6

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
140	Vince Evans	QB		USC	→ Chicago Bears
141	Mike Burns	DB		USC	→ San Francisco 49ers
142	Tony Benjamin	RB		Duke	→ Seattle Seahawks
143	Bob Jordan	OT		Memphis	→ New York Giants
144	Joe Klecko	DT		Temple	→ New York Jets
145	Kevin Russell	DB		Tennessee State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
146	Dave Lindstrom	DE		Boston University	→ San Diego Chargers
147	Cliff Parsley	P		Oklahoma State	→ New Orleans Saints
148	Gary Woolford	DB		Florida State	→ Houston Oilers
149	Tim Moresco	DB		Syracuse	→ Green Bay Packers
150	Rick Burleson	DE		Texas	→ Kansas City Chiefs
151	Lawrence Barnes	RB		Tennessee State	→ San Diego Chargers
152	Pete Shaw	DB		Northwestern	→ San Diego Chargers
153	Emery Moorehead	TE		Colorado	→ New York Giants
154	Wilbert Montgomery	RB		Abilene Christian	→ Philadelphia Eagles
155	Jim Harlan	C		Howard Payne	→ San Francisco 49ers
156	Art Best	RB		Kent State	→ Los Angeles Rams
157	Ron Pruitt	DE		Nebraska	→ Buffalo Bills
158	Martin Mitchell	DB		Tulane	→ Philadelphia Eagles
159	Paul Harris	LB		Alabama	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
160	Tommy Duniven	QB		Texas Tech	→ Cincinnati Bengals
161	Keith Jenkins	DB		Cincinnati	→ Atlanta Falcons
162	Tom Schick	OG		Maryland	→ New Orleans Saints
163	Calvin O’Neal	LB		Michigan	→ Baltimore Colts
164	Jim Cooper	OT		Temple	→ Dallas Cowboys
165	David Carter	C		Western Kentucky	→ Houston Oilers
166	Reggie Pinkney	DB		East Carolina	→ Detroit Lions
167	Andre Herrera	RB		Southern Illinois	→ Kansas City Chiefs

Round 7

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
168	Charlie White	RB		Bethune-Cookman	→ New York Jets
169	David Sims	RB		Georgia Tech	→ Seattle Seahawks
170	Mike Nelms	DB		Baylor	→ Buffalo Bills
171	Bob Grupp	DB		Duke	→ New York Jets
172	Derrel Gofourth	C		Oklahoma State	→ Green Bay Packers
173	Ken Randle	WR		USC	→ Cleveland Browns
174	Greg Boykin	RB		Northwestern	→ New Orleans Saints
175	Charles Johnson	DT		Colorado	→ Philadelphia Eagles
176	Rell Tipton	OG		Baylor	→ Green Bay Packers
177	Chris Golub	DB		Kansas	→ Kansas City Chiefs
178	Al Dixon	TE		Iowa State	→ New York Giants
179	Tim Black	LB		Baylor	→ Detroit Lions
180	Bruce Herron	LB		New Mexico	→ Miami Dolphins
181	Ron Bush	DB		USC	→ San Diego Chargers
182	Gerald Butler	WR		Nicholls	→ Chicago Bears
183	Jim Van Wagner	RB		Michigan Tech	→ San Francisco 49ers
184	Blane Smith	TE		Purdue	→ Cleveland Browns
185	Larry Swider	P		Pittsburgh	→ Denver Broncos
186	Randy Frisch	DT		Missouri	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
187	Louis Breeden	DB		North Carolina Central	→ Cincinnati Bengals
188	Bob Lingenfelter	OT		Nebraska	→ Cleveland Browns
189	Reggie Haynes	TE		UNLV	→ Washington Redskins
190	Rich Martini	WR		UC Davis	→ Oakland Raiders
191	David Stalls	DT		Northern Colorado	→ Dallas Cowboys
192	Ken Smith	WR		Arkansas–Pine Bluff	→ New England Patriots
193	Blanchard Carter	OT		UNLV	→ Baltimore Colts
194	Jim Corbett	TE		Pittsburgh	→ Cincinnati Bengals
195	Kevin Long	RB		South Carolina	→ New York Jets