The 1983 NFL Draft

196 picks. First overall: John Elway, quarterback, from Stanford, to Baltimore Colts. Most picks: USC 9, Arizona State 8, Washington 7, Penn State 6, Pittsburgh 6.

The 1983 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	John Elway	QB		Stanford	→ Baltimore Colts
2	Eric Dickerson	RB		SMU	→ Los Angeles Rams
3	Curt Warner	RB		Penn State	→ Seattle Seahawks
4	Chris Hinton	OG		Northwestern	→ Denver Broncos
5	Billy Ray Smith	LB		Arkansas	→ San Diego Chargers
6	Jim Covert	OT		Pittsburgh	→ Chicago Bears
7	Todd Blackledge	QB		Penn State	→ Kansas City Chiefs
8	Michael Haddix	RB		Mississippi State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
9	Bruce Matthews	OG		USC	→ Houston Oilers
10	Terry Kinard	DB		Clemson	→ New York Giants
11	Tim Lewis	DB		Pittsburgh	→ Green Bay Packers
12	Tony Hunter	TE		Notre Dame	→ Buffalo Bills
13	James Jones	RB		Florida	→ Detroit Lions
14	Jim Kelly	QB		Miami	→ Buffalo Bills
15	Tony Eason	QB		Illinois	→ New England Patriots
16	Mike Pitts	DT		Alabama	→ Atlanta Falcons
17	Leonard Smith	DB		McNeese	→ St. Louis Cardinals
18	Willie Gault	WR		Tennessee	→ Chicago Bears
19	Joey Browner	DB		USC	→ Minnesota Vikings
20	Gary Anderson	RB		Arkansas	→ San Diego Chargers
21	Gabriel Rivera	DT		Texas Tech	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
22	Gill Byrd	DB		San José State	→ San Diego Chargers
23	Jim Jeffcoat	DE		Arizona State	→ Dallas Cowboys
24	Ken O’Brien	QB		UC Davis	→ New York Jets
25	Dave Rimington	C		Nebraska	→ Cincinnati Bengals
26	Don Mosebar	C		USC	→ Los Angeles Raiders
27	Dan Marino	QB		Pittsburgh	→ Miami Dolphins
28	Darrell Green	DB		Texas A&M–Kingsville	→ Washington Redskins

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
29	Vernon Maxwell	LB		Arizona State	→ Baltimore Colts
30	Harvey Salem	OT		California	→ Houston Oilers
31	Mark Cooper	OT		Miami	→ Denver Broncos
32	Henry Ellard	WR		Fresno State	→ Los Angeles Rams
33	Mike Richardson	DB		Arizona State	→ Chicago Bears
34	Dave Lutz	OT		Georgia Tech	→ Kansas City Chiefs
35	Wes Hopkins	DB		SMU	→ Philadelphia Eagles
36	Mike Wilcher	LB		North Carolina	→ Los Angeles Rams
37	Leonard Marshall	DE		LSU	→ New York Giants
38	Steve Korte	OG		Arkansas	→ New Orleans Saints
39	Darryl Talley	LB		West Virginia	→ Buffalo Bills
40	Rich Strenger	OT		Michigan	→ Detroit Lions
41	Ron Brown	WR		Arizona State	→ Cleveland Browns
42	Keith Bostic	DB		Michigan	→ Houston Oilers
43	James Britt	DB		LSU	→ Atlanta Falcons
44	Cedric Mack	DB		Baylor	→ St. Louis Cardinals
45	Randy Grimes	C		Baylor	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
46	Jody Schulz	LB		East Carolina	→ Philadelphia Eagles
47	Darryal Wilson	WR		Tennessee	→ New England Patriots
48	Dave Drechsler	OG		North Carolina	→ Green Bay Packers
49	Roger Craig	RB		Nebraska	→ San Francisco 49ers
50	Mike Walter	LB		Oregon	→ Dallas Cowboys
51	Johnny Hector	RB		Texas A&M	→ New York Jets
52	Wayne Capers	WR		Kansas	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
53	Ray Horton	DB		Washington	→ Cincinnati Bengals
54	Bill Pickel	DT		Rutgers	→ Los Angeles Raiders
55	Mike Charles	DT		Syracuse	→ Miami Dolphins
56	Richard Williams	RB		Memphis	→ Washington Redskins

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
57	George Achica	DT		USC	→ Baltimore Colts
58	Tim Joiner	LB		LSU	→ Houston Oilers
59	Blanchard Montgomery	LB		UCLA	→ San Francisco 49ers
60	Clinton Sampson	WR		San Diego State	→ Denver Broncos
61	Albert Lewis	DB		Grambling	→ Kansas City Chiefs
62	Glen Young	WR		Mississippi State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
63	Jamie Williams	TE		Nebraska	→ New York Giants
64	Dave Duerson	DB		Notre Dame	→ Chicago Bears
65	John Tice	TE		Maryland	→ New Orleans Saints
66	Cliff Austin	RB		Clemson	→ New Orleans Saints
67	Mike Cofer	DE		Tennessee	→ Detroit Lions
68	Reggie Camp	DE		California	→ Cleveland Browns
69	Chris Dressel	TE		Stanford	→ Houston Oilers
70	Karl Nelson	OT		Iowa State	→ New York Giants
71	Ramsey Dardar	DT		LSU	→ St. Louis Cardinals
72	Jeremiah Castille	DB		Alabama	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
73	Walker Lee Ashley	LB		Penn State	→ Minnesota Vikings
74	Stephen Starring	WR		McNeese	→ New England Patriots
75	Andrew Provence	DT		South Carolina	→ Atlanta Falcons
76	Charles Benson	DE		Baylor	→ Miami Dolphins
77	Bryan Caldwell	DE		Arizona State	→ Dallas Cowboys
78	JoJo Townsell	WR		UCLA	→ New York Jets
79	Todd Seabaugh	LB		San Diego State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
80	Steve Moore	OG		Tennessee State	→ New England Patriots
81	Jim Turner	DB		UCLA	→ Cincinnati Bengals
82	Tony Caldwell	LB		Washington	→ Los Angeles Raiders
83	Steve Brown	DB		Oregon	→ Houston Oilers
84	Charles Mann	DE		Nevada	→ Washington Redskins

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
85	Phil Smith	WR		San Diego State	→ Baltimore Colts
86	Greg Hill	DB		Oklahoma State	→ Houston Oilers
87	Chuck Nelson	K		Washington	→ Los Angeles Rams
88	Mike McCloskey	TE		Penn State	→ Houston Oilers
89	Mike Williams	RB		Mississippi College	→ Philadelphia Eagles
90	Tom Holmoe	DB		BYU	→ San Francisco 49ers
91	Tom Thayer	C		Notre Dame	→ Chicago Bears
92	Ron Wetzel	TE		Arizona State	→ Kansas City Chiefs
93	Trey Junkin	LB		Louisiana Tech	→ Buffalo Bills
94	August Curley	LB		USC	→ Detroit Lions
95	Danny Walters	DB		Arkansas	→ San Diego Chargers
96	Mark Duda	DT		Maryland	→ St. Louis Cardinals
97	Vince Newsome	DB		Washington	→ Los Angeles Rams
98	Gary Lewis	DT		Oklahoma State	→ New Orleans Saints
99	Kelly Thomas	OT		USC	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
100	Mark Rush	RB		Miami	→ Minnesota Vikings
101	Johnny Rembert	LB		Clemson	→ New England Patriots
102	John Harper	LB		Southern Illinois	→ Atlanta Falcons
103	Lionel Washington	DB		Tulane	→ St. Louis Cardinals
104	Mike Miller	WR		Tennessee	→ Green Bay Packers
105	Wes Howell	TE		California	→ New York Jets
106	Bo Scott Metcalf	DB		Baylor	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
107	Pat Dunsmore	TE		Drake	→ Chicago Bears
108	Chris Faulkner	TE		Florida	→ Dallas Cowboys
109	Steve Maidlow	LB		Michigan State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
110	Greg Townsend	DE		TCU	→ Los Angeles Raiders
111	Doug Reed	DE		San Diego State	→ Los Angeles Rams
112	Jimmy Payne	DE		Georgia	→ Buffalo Bills

Round 5

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
113	Sid Abramowitz	OT		Tulsa	→ Baltimore Colts
114	Larry Moriarty	RB		Notre Dame	→ Houston Oilers
115	Demetrious Johnson	DB		Missouri	→ Detroit Lions
116	Weedy Harris	LB		Houston	→ Denver Broncos
117	Riki Gray-Ellison	LB		USC	→ San Francisco 49ers
118	Smiley Creswell	DE		Michigan State	→ New England Patriots
119	Jim Arnold	P		Vanderbilt	→ Kansas City Chiefs
120	Byron Darby	DT		USC	→ Philadelphia Eagles
121	Steve Mott	C		Alabama	→ Detroit Lions
122	Bill Contz	OT		Penn State	→ Cleveland Browns
123	Chris Castor	WR		Duke	→ Seattle Seahawks
124	Malcolm Scott	TE		LSU	→ New York Giants
125	Bruce Baldwin	DB		Harding	→ Denver Broncos
126	Matt Vandenboom	DB		Wisconsin	→ Buffalo Bills
127	Mark Stewart	LB		Washington	→ Minnesota Vikings
128	Darryl Lewis	TE		Texas–Arlington	→ New England Patriots
129	Brett Miller	OT		Iowa	→ Atlanta Falcons
130	Steve Bird	WR		Eastern Kentucky	→ St. Louis Cardinals
131	Tony Chickillo	DT		Miami	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
132	Bryan Thomas	RB		Pittsburgh	→ Green Bay Packers
133	Paul Skansi	WR		Washington	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
134	Otis Grant	WR		Michigan State	→ Los Angeles Rams
135	Chuck McSwain	RB		Clemson	→ Dallas Cowboys
136	John Walker	DT		Nebraska–Omaha	→ New York Jets
137	Jeff Christensen	QB		Eastern Illinois	→ Cincinnati Bengals
138	Dokie Williams	WR		UCLA	→ Los Angeles Raiders
139	Jerome Foster	DT		Ohio State	→ Houston Oilers
140	Gregg Garrity	WR		Penn State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers

Round 6

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
141	Trumaine Johnson	WR		Grambling	→ San Diego Chargers
142	Steve Haworth	DB		Oklahoma	→ Houston Oilers
143	Victor Heflin	DB		Delaware State	→ Denver Broncos
144	Gary Kowalski	OT		Boston College	→ Los Angeles Rams
145	Tim Stracka	TE		Wisconsin	→ Cleveland Browns
146	Ellis Gardner	OT		Georgia Tech	→ Kansas City Chiefs
147	Victor Oatis	WR		Northwestern State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
148	Rheugene Branton	TE		Texas Southern	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
149	Dave Puzzuoli	DT		Pittsburgh	→ Cleveland Browns
150	Reginald Gipson	RB		Alabama A&M	→ Seattle Seahawks
151	Darrell Patterson	LB		TCU	→ New York Giants
152	Kiki DeAyala	LB		Texas	→ Cincinnati Bengals
153	Kevin Belcher	OG		UTEP	→ New York Giants
154	Todd Brown	WR		Nebraska	→ Detroit Lions
155	Mike Bass	K		Illinois	→ New England Patriots
156	Anthony Allen	WR		Washington	→ Atlanta Falcons
157	George Schmitt	DB		Delaware	→ St. Louis Cardinals
158	Ken Kaplan	OT		New Hampshire	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
159	Mike Jones	WR		Tennessee State	→ Minnesota Vikings
160	Ron Sams	OG		Pittsburgh	→ Green Bay Packers
161	Grant Feasel	C		Abilene Christian	→ Baltimore Colts
162	Reggie Collier	QB		Southern Miss	→ Dallas Cowboys
163	Vincent White	DB		Stanford	→ New York Jets
164	Eric Williams	DB		NC State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
165	Larry Kinnebrew	RB		Tennessee State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
166	Bob Winckler	OT		Wisconsin	→ Washington Redskins
167	Reggie Roby	P		Iowa	→ Miami Dolphins
168	Babe Laufenberg	QB		Indiana	→ Washington Redskins

Round 7

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
169	Alvin Moore	RB		Arizona State	→ Baltimore Colts
170	Herkie Walls	WR		Texas	→ Houston Oilers
171	Jeff Simmons	WR		USC	→ Los Angeles Rams
172	Myron Dupree	DB		North Carolina Central	→ Denver Broncos
173	Ken Thomas	RB		San José State	→ Kansas City Chiefs
174	Anthony Edgar	RB		Hawai’i	→ Philadelphia Eagles
175	Gary Moten	LB		SMU	→ San Francisco 49ers
176	Rocky Belk	WR		Miami	→ Cleveland Browns
177	Sam Merriman	LB		Idaho	→ Seattle Seahawks
178	Perry Williams	DB		NC State	→ New York Giants
179	Daryl Posey	RB		Mississippi College	→ Kansas City Chiefs
180	Gurnest Brown	DT		Maryland	→ Buffalo Bills
181	Mike Black	P		Arizona State	→ Detroit Lions
182	Jon Schultheis	OG		Princeton	→ Philadelphia Eagles
183	Jeff Turk	DB		Boise State	→ Atlanta Falcons
184	Carlos Scott	C		UTEP	→ St. Louis Cardinals
185	Weldon Ledbetter	RB		Oklahoma	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
186	Carl Lee	DB		Marshall	→ Minnesota Vikings
187	Craig James	RB		SMU	→ New England Patriots
188	Jessie Clark	RB		Arkansas	→ Green Bay Packers
189	Chris Schultz	OT		Arizona	→ Dallas Cowboys
190	Darrin Newbold	LB		Missouri State	→ New York Jets
191	Mark Kirchner	OG		Baylor	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
192	Bill Elko	DT		LSU	→ San Diego Chargers
193	James Griffin	DB		Middle Tennessee	→ Cincinnati Bengals
194	Jeff McCall	RB		Clemson	→ Los Angeles Raiders
195	Keith Woetzel	LB		Rutgers	→ Miami Dolphins
196	Kelvin Bryant	RB		North Carolina	→ Washington Redskins