The 1982 NFL Draft

195 picks. First overall: Kenneth Sims, defensive tackle, from Texas, to New England Patriots. Most picks: Texas 9, Penn State 8, Michigan 7, Arizona State 6, Clemson 4.

The 1982 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	Kenneth Sims	DT		Texas	→ New England Patriots
2	Johnie Cooks	LB		Mississippi State	→ Baltimore Colts
3	Chip Banks	LB		USC	→ Cleveland Browns
4	Art Schlichter	QB		Ohio State	→ Baltimore Colts
5	Jim McMahon	QB		BYU	→ Chicago Bears
6	Jeff Bryant	DE		Clemson	→ Seattle Seahawks
7	Darrin Nelson	RB		Stanford	→ Minnesota Vikings
8	Mike Munchak	OG		Penn State	→ Houston Oilers
9	Gerald Riggs	RB		Arizona State	→ Atlanta Falcons
10	Marcus Allen	RB		USC	→ Los Angeles Raiders
11	Anthony Hancock	WR		Tennessee	→ Kansas City Chiefs
12	Walter Abercrombie	RB		Baylor	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
13	Lindsay Scott	WR		Georgia	→ New Orleans Saints
14	Barry Redden	RB		Richmond	→ Los Angeles Rams
15	Jimmy Williams	LB		Nebraska	→ Detroit Lions
16	Luis Sharpe	OT		UCLA	→ St. Louis Cardinals
17	Sean Farrell	OG		Penn State	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
18	Butch Woolfolk	RB		Michigan	→ New York Giants
19	Perry Tuttle	WR		Clemson	→ Buffalo Bills
20	Mike Quick	WR		NC State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
21	Gerald Willhite	RB		San José State	→ Denver Broncos
22	Ron Hallstrom	OG		Iowa	→ Green Bay Packers
23	Bob Crable	LB		Notre Dame	→ New York Jets
24	Roy Foster	OG		USC	→ Miami Dolphins
25	Rod Hill	DB		Kentucky State	→ Dallas Cowboys
26	Glen Collins	DE		Mississippi State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
27	Lester Williams	DT		Miami	→ New England Patriots

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
28	Leo Wisniewski	DT		Penn State	→ Baltimore Colts
29	Bubba Paris	OT		Michigan	→ San Francisco 49ers
30	Brad Edelman	C		Missouri	→ New Orleans Saints
31	Keith Baldwin	DE		Texas A&M	→ Cleveland Browns
32	Booker Reese	DE		Bethune-Cookman	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
33	Bruce Scholtz	LB		Texas	→ Seattle Seahawks
34	Rohn Stark	P		Florida State	→ Baltimore Colts
35	Jack Squirek	LB		Illinois	→ Los Angeles Raiders
36	Doug Rogers	DE		Stanford	→ Atlanta Falcons
37	Jim Romano	C		Penn State	→ Los Angeles Raiders
38	David Galloway	DT		Florida	→ St. Louis Cardinals
39	Terry Tausch	OT		Texas	→ Minnesota Vikings
40	Robert Weathers	RB		Arizona State	→ New England Patriots
41	Andre Tippett	LB		Iowa	→ New England Patriots
42	Bobby Watkins	DB		Texas State	→ Detroit Lions
43	John Meyer	OT		Arizona State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
44	Oliver Luck	QB		West Virginia	→ Houston Oilers
45	Joe Morris	RB		Syracuse	→ New York Giants
46	Calvin Daniels	LB		North Carolina	→ Kansas City Chiefs
47	Lawrence Sampleton	TE		Texas	→ Philadelphia Eagles
48	Matt Kofler	QB		San Diego State	→ Buffalo Bills
49	Vernon Dean	DB		San Diego State	→ Washington Redskins
50	Orlando McDaniel	WR		LSU	→ Denver Broncos
51	Reggie McElroy	OT		West Texas	→ New York Jets
52	Mark Duper	WR		Northwestern State	→ Miami Dolphins
53	Jeff Rohrer	LB		Yale	→ Dallas Cowboys
54	Emanuel Weaver	DT		South Carolina State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
55	Darryl Haley	OT		Utah	→ New England Patriots

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
56	Cedric Jones	WR		Duke	→ New England Patriots
57	James Burroughs	DB		Michigan State	→ Baltimore Colts
58	Rodney Lewis	DB		Nebraska	→ New Orleans Saints
59	Eugene Marve	LB		Saginaw Valley State	→ Buffalo Bills
60	Clayton Weishuhn	LB		Angelo State	→ New England Patriots
61	Carl Powell	WR		Jackson State	→ Washington Redskins
62	Tim Wrightman	TE		UCLA	→ Chicago Bears
63	Stacey Bailey	WR		San José State	→ Atlanta Falcons
64	Vann McElroy	DB		Baylor	→ Los Angeles Raiders
65	Benny Perrin	DB		Alabama	→ St. Louis Cardinals
66	Eugene Goodlow	WR		Kansas State	→ New Orleans Saints
67	Bill Bechtold	C		Oklahoma	→ Los Angeles Rams
68	Kenny Duckett	WR		Wake Forest	→ New Orleans Saints
69	Steve Doig	LB		New Hampshire	→ Detroit Lions
70	Mike Merriweather	LB		Pacific	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
71	Del Rodgers	RB		Utah	→ Green Bay Packers
72	Stanley Edwards	RB		Michigan	→ Houston Oilers
73	Rusty Guilbeau	DE		McNeese	→ St. Louis Cardinals
74	Jerry Bell	TE		Arizona State	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
75	Pete Metzelaars	TE		Wabash	→ Seattle Seahawks
76	John Krimm	DB		Notre Dame	→ New Orleans Saints
77	Robert Abraham	LB		NC State	→ Houston Oilers
78	Vyto Kab	TE		Penn State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
79	Dwayne Crutchfield	RB		Iowa State	→ New York Jets
80	Paul Lankford	DB		Penn State	→ Miami Dolphins
81	Jim Eliopulos	LB		Wyoming	→ Dallas Cowboys
82	Rodney Holman	TE		Tulane	→ Cincinnati Bengals
83	John Cannon	DE		William & Mary	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
84	Mike Pagel	QB		Arizona State	→ Baltimore Colts
85	George Crump	DE		East Carolina	→ New England Patriots
86	Morten Andersen	K		Michigan State	→ New Orleans Saints
87	Dwight Walker	WR		Nicholls	→ Cleveland Browns
88	Jeff Gaylord	LB		Missouri	→ Los Angeles Rams
89	Dennis Gentry	RB		Baylor	→ Chicago Bears
90	Tootie Robbins	OT		East Carolina	→ St. Louis Cardinals
91	Ed Muransky	OT		Michigan	→ Los Angeles Raiders
92	Jim Fahnhorst	LB		Minnesota	→ Minnesota Vikings
93	Van Williams	RB		Carson Newman	→ Buffalo Bills
94	Steve Bryant	WR		Purdue	→ Houston Oilers
95	Reggie Brown	RB		Oregon	→ Atlanta Falcons
96	Bruce McNorton	DB		Georgetown (KY)	→ Detroit Lions
97	Rick Woods	DB		Boise State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
98	Robert Brown	LB		Virginia Tech	→ Green Bay Packers
99	Todd Liebenstein	DE		UNLV	→ Washington Redskins
100	Louis Haynes	LB		North Texas	→ Kansas City Chiefs
101	Brian Carpenter	DB		Michigan	→ Dallas Cowboys
102	Gerry Raymond	OG		Boston College	→ New York Giants
103	Dave Barrett	RB		Houston	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
104	Stuart Anderson	LB		Virginia	→ Kansas City Chiefs
105	Anthony Griggs	LB		Ohio State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
106	Dan Plater	WR		BYU	→ Denver Broncos
107	George Floyd	DB		Eastern Kentucky	→ New York Jets
108	Charles Bowser	LB		Duke	→ Miami Dolphins
109	Monty Hunter	DB		Salem International	→ Dallas Cowboys
110	Rodney Tate	RB		Texas	→ Cincinnati Bengals
111	Brian Ingram	LB		Tennessee	→ New England Patriots

Round 5

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
112	Fred Marion	DB		Miami	→ New England Patriots
113	Terry Crouch	OG		Oklahoma	→ Baltimore Colts
114	Tony Elliott	DE		North Texas	→ New Orleans Saints
115	Mike Baab	C		Texas	→ Cleveland Browns
116	Perry Hartnett	OG		SMU	→ Chicago Bears
117	Wally Kersten	OT		Minnesota	→ Los Angeles Rams
118	Doug Barnett	DE		Azusa Pacific	→ Los Angeles Rams
119	Vance Bedford	DB		Texas	→ St. Louis Cardinals
120	Bob Nelson	DT		Miami	→ Miami Dolphins
121	Malcolm Taylor	DE		Tennessee State	→ Houston Oilers
122	Von Mansfield	DB		Wisconsin	→ Atlanta Falcons
123	Ed Jackson	LB		Louisiana Tech	→ Los Angeles Raiders
124	Ken Dallafior	OT		Minnesota	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
125	Earl Ferrell	RB		East Tennessee State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
126	Mike Meade	RB		Penn State	→ Green Bay Packers
127	William Graham	DB		Texas	→ Detroit Lions
128	Jeff Davis	LB		Clemson	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
129	Rich Umphrey	C		Colorado	→ New York Giants
130	Del Thompson	RB		UTEP	→ Kansas City Chiefs
131	Sammy Winder	RB		Southern Miss	→ Denver Broncos
132	Dennis DeVaughn	DB		Birmingham-Southern	→ Philadelphia Eagles
133	Michael Williams	TE		Alabama A&M	→ Washington Redskins
134	Dennis Tabron	DB		Duke	→ Chicago Bears
135	Mark Jerue	LB		Washington	→ New York Jets
136	Rich Diana	RB		Yale	→ Miami Dolphins
137	Phil Pozderac	OT		Notre Dame	→ Dallas Cowboys
138	Paul Sorensen	DB		Washington State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
139	Newton Williams	RB		Arizona State	→ San Francisco 49ers

Round 6

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
140	Pat Beach	TE		Washington State	→ Baltimore Colts
141	Ricky Smith	DB		Alabama State	→ New England Patriots
142	Marvin Lewis	RB		Tulane	→ New Orleans Saints
143	Ken Hammond	OG		Vanderbilt	→ Dallas Cowboys
144	Jack Campbell	OT		Utah	→ Seattle Seahawks
145	Kerry Locklin	TE		New Mexico State	→ Los Angeles Rams
146	Kurt Becker	OG		Michigan	→ Chicago Bears
147	Greg Storr	LB		Boston College	→ Minnesota Vikings
148	Gary Allen	RB		Hawai’i	→ Houston Oilers
149	Mike Kelley	QB		Georgia Tech	→ Atlanta Falcons
150	Craig Shaffer	LB		Indiana State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
151	Vince Williams	RB		Oregon	→ San Francisco 49ers
152	Chet Parlavecchio	LB		Penn State	→ Green Bay Packers
153	Lemont Jeffers	LB		Tennessee	→ Washington Redskins
154	Mike Machurek	QB		Idaho State	→ Detroit Lions
155	Mike Perko	DT		Utah State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
156	Darrell Nicholson	LB		North Carolina	→ New York Giants
157	Durwood Roquemore	DB		Texas A&M–Kingsville	→ Kansas City Chiefs
158	Andre Tyler	WR		Stanford	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
159	Curt Grieve	WR		Yale	→ Philadelphia Eagles
160	DeWayne Chivers	TE		South Carolina	→ Buffalo Bills
161	Tom Tutson	DB		South Carolina State	→ Miami Dolphins
162	Mike Whitwell	WR		Texas A&M	→ Cleveland Browns
163	Lonell Phea	WR		Houston	→ New York Jets
164	Ron Hester	LB		Florida State	→ Miami Dolphins
165	Charles Daum	DT		Cal Poly	→ Dallas Cowboys
166	Arthur King	DE		Grambling	→ Cincinnati Bengals
167	Craig Bingham	LB		Syracuse	→ Pittsburgh Steelers

Round 7

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
168	Jeff Roberts	LB		Tulane	→ New England Patriots
169	Fletcher Jenkins	DT		Washington	→ Baltimore Colts
170	Dan Johnson	TE		Iowa State	→ Miami Dolphins
171	Gary Anderson	K		Syracuse	→ Buffalo Bills
172	Edmund Nelson	DT		Auburn	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
173	Henry Waechter	DT		Nebraska	→ Chicago Bears
174	Eugene Williams	LB		Tulsa	→ Seattle Seahawks
175	Phil Bates	RB		Nebraska	→ Detroit Lions
176	David Toloumu	RB		Hawai’i	→ Atlanta Falcons
177	Jeff Jackson	DE		Toledo	→ Los Angeles Raiders
178	Bob Sebro	C		Colorado	→ St. Louis Cardinals
179	Steve Jordan	TE		Brown	→ Minnesota Vikings
180	John Schachtner	LB		Northern Arizona	→ Washington Redskins
181	Joe Shearin	OG		Texas	→ Los Angeles Rams
182	Emil Boures	C		Pittsburgh	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
183	Joey Whitley	DB		UTEP	→ Green Bay Packers
184	Greg Smith	DT		Kansas	→ Kansas City Chiefs
185	Tom Morris	DB		Michigan State	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
186	Jeff Wiska	OG		Michigan State	→ New York Giants
187	Victor Simmons	WR		Oregon State	→ Detroit Lions
188	Hollis Hall	DB		Clemson	→ San Diego Chargers
189	Alvin Ruben	DE		Houston	→ Denver Broncos
190	Harvey Armstrong	DT		SMU	→ Philadelphia Eagles
191	Tom Coombs	TE		Idaho	→ New York Jets
192	Larry Cowan	RB		Jackson State	→ Miami Dolphins
193	Bill Purifoy	DE		Tulsa	→ Dallas Cowboys
194	Ben Needham	LB		Michigan	→ Cincinnati Bengals
195	Ron Ferrari	LB		Illinois	→ San Francisco 49ers