The 1985 NFL Draft

196 picks. First overall: Bruce Smith, defensive end, from Virginia Tech, to Buffalo Bills. Most picks: Wisconsin 8, Texas A&M 5, Florida 5, Washington 5, Clemson 5.

The 1985 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	Bruce Smith	DE		Virginia Tech	→ Buffalo Bills
2	Bill Fralic	OT		Pittsburgh	→ Atlanta Falcons
3	Ray Childress	DE		Texas A&M	→ Houston Oilers
4	Chris Doleman	DE		Pittsburgh	→ Minnesota Vikings
5	Duane Bickett	LB		USC	→ Indianapolis Colts
6	Lomas Brown	OT		Florida	→ Detroit Lions
7	Ken Ruettgers	OT		USC	→ Green Bay Packers
8	Ron Holmes	DE		Washington	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
9	Kevin Allen	OT		Indiana	→ Philadelphia Eagles
10	Al Toon	WR		Wisconsin	→ New York Jets
11	Richard Johnson	DB		Wisconsin	→ Houston Oilers
12	Jim Lachey	OT		Ohio State	→ San Diego Chargers
13	Eddie Brown	WR		Miami	→ Cincinnati Bengals
14	Derrick Burroughs	DB		Memphis	→ Buffalo Bills
15	Ethan Horton	TE		North Carolina	→ Kansas City Chiefs
16	Jerry Rice	WR		Mississippi Valley State	→ San Francisco 49ers
17	Kevin Brooks	DE		Michigan	→ Dallas Cowboys
18	Freddie Joe Nunn	DE		Ole Miss	→ St. Louis Cardinals
19	George Adams	RB		Kentucky	→ New York Giants
20	Darryl Sims	DE		Wisconsin	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
21	Jerry Gray	DB		Texas	→ Los Angeles Rams
22	William Perry	DT		Clemson	→ Chicago Bears
23	Jessie Hester	WR		Florida State	→ Los Angeles Raiders
24	Alvin Toles	LB		Tennessee	→ New Orleans Saints
25	Emanuel King	LB		Alabama	→ Cincinnati Bengals
26	Steve Sewell	RB		Oklahoma	→ Denver Broncos
27	Lorenzo Hampton	RB		Florida	→ Miami Dolphins
28	Trevor Matich	C		BYU	→ New England Patriots

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
29	Mark Traynowicz	OG		Nebraska	→ Buffalo Bills
30	Issiac Holt	DB		Alcorn State	→ Minnesota Vikings
31	Vance Johnson	WR		Arizona	→ Denver Broncos
32	Don Anderson	DB		Purdue	→ Indianapolis Colts
33	Tory Nixon	DB		San Diego State	→ Washington Redskins
34	Kevin Glover	C		Maryland	→ Detroit Lions
35	Greg Allen	RB		Florida State	→ Cleveland Browns
36	Richard Byrd	DE		Southern Miss	→ Houston Oilers
37	Randall Cunningham	QB		UNLV	→ Philadelphia Eagles
38	Daren Gilbert	OT		Cal State Fullerton	→ New Orleans Saints
39	Wayne Davis	DB		Indiana State	→ San Diego Chargers
40	Lester Lyles	DB		Virginia	→ New York Jets
41	Jonathan Hayes	TE		Iowa	→ Kansas City Chiefs
42	Chris Burkett	WR		Jackson State	→ Buffalo Bills
43	Carl Zander	LB		Tennessee	→ Cincinnati Bengals
44	Jesse Penn	LB		Virginia Tech	→ Dallas Cowboys
45	Mike Gann	DE		Notre Dame	→ Atlanta Falcons
46	Stacy Robinson	WR		North Dakota State	→ New York Giants
47	Mark Behning	OT		Nebraska	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
48	Garin Veris	DE		Stanford	→ New England Patriots
49	Reggie Phillips	DB		SMU	→ Chicago Bears
50	Chuck Scott	WR		Vanderbilt	→ Los Angeles Rams
51	Scott Bergold	OT		Wisconsin	→ St. Louis Cardinals
52	Jim Bowman	DB		Central Michigan	→ New England Patriots
53	Owen Gill	RB		Iowa	→ Seattle Seahawks
54	Simon Fletcher	LB		Houston	→ Denver Broncos
55	Jeff Dale	DB		LSU	→ San Diego Chargers
56	Ben Thomas	DE		Auburn	→ New England Patriots

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
57	Frank Reich	QB		Maryland	→ Buffalo Bills
58	Tyrone Davis	DB		Clemson	→ New York Giants
59	Kirk Lowdermilk	C		Ohio State	→ Minnesota Vikings
60	Tim Meamber	LB		Washington	→ Minnesota Vikings
61	Anthony Young	DB		Temple	→ Indianapolis Colts
62	James Johnson	LB		San Diego State	→ Detroit Lions
63	Hal Garner	LB		Utah State	→ Buffalo Bills
64	Ervin Randle	LB		Baylor	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
65	George Little	DT		Iowa	→ Miami Dolphins
66	Tim Long	OT		Memphis	→ Minnesota Vikings
67	Donnie Elder	DB		Memphis	→ New York Jets
68	Jack Del Rio	LB		USC	→ New Orleans Saints
69	John Hendy	DB		Long Beach State	→ San Diego Chargers
70	Sean Thomas	DB		TCU	→ Cincinnati Bengals
71	Rich Moran	OG		San Diego State	→ Green Bay Packers
72	Lance Smith	OG		LSU	→ St. Louis Cardinals
73	Brian Johnston	C		North Carolina	→ New York Giants
74	Liffort Hobley	DB		LSU	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
75	Ricky Moore	RB		Alabama	→ San Francisco 49ers
76	Crawford Ker	OG		Florida	→ Dallas Cowboys
77	Dale Hatcher	P		Clemson	→ Los Angeles Rams
78	James Maness	WR		TCU	→ Chicago Bears
79	Tim Moffett	WR		Ole Miss	→ Los Angeles Raiders
80	Stefon Adams	DB		East Carolina	→ Los Angeles Raiders
81	Danny Greene	WR		Washington	→ Seattle Seahawks
82	Mike Kelley	C		Notre Dame	→ Houston Oilers
83	Alex Moyer	LB		Northwestern	→ Miami Dolphins
84	Audray McMillian	DB		Houston	→ New England Patriots

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
85	Buster Rhymes	WR		Oklahoma	→ Minnesota Vikings
86	Andre Reed	WR		Kutztown	→ Buffalo Bills
87	Tom Briehl	LB		Stanford	→ Houston Oilers
88	Willie Broughton	DE		Miami	→ Indianapolis Colts
89	Emile Harry	WR		Stanford	→ Atlanta Falcons
90	Kevin Hancock	LB		Baylor	→ Detroit Lions
91	Mike Smith	DB		UTEP	→ Miami Dolphins
92	Mike Heaven	DB		Illinois	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
93	Greg Naron	OG		North Carolina	→ Philadelphia Eagles
94	Doug Allen	WR		Arizona State	→ New York Jets
95	Billy Allen	DB		Florida State	→ New Orleans Saints
96	Ralf Mojsiejenko	P		Michigan State	→ San Diego Chargers
97	Anthony Tuggle	DB		Nicholls	→ Cincinnati Bengals
98	Walter Stanley	WR		Colorado Mesa	→ Green Bay Packers
99	Bob Olderman	OG		Virginia	→ Kansas City Chiefs
100	Mark Bavaro	TE		Notre Dame	→ New York Giants
101	Dan Turk	C		Wisconsin	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
102	Tom Toth	OT		Western Michigan	→ New England Patriots
103	Robert Lavette	RB		Georgia Tech	→ Dallas Cowboys
104	Ron Wolfley	RB		West Virginia	→ St. Louis Cardinals
105	Kevin Butler	K		Georgia	→ Chicago Bears
106	Kyle Morrell	DB		BYU	→ Minnesota Vikings
107	Jamie Kimmel	LB		Syracuse	→ Los Angeles Raiders
108	Gerard Phelan	WR		Boston College	→ New England Patriots
109	Tony Davis	TE		Missouri	→ Seattle Seahawks
110	Keli McGregor	TE		Colorado State	→ Denver Broncos
111	Jeff Dellenbach	OT		Wisconsin	→ Miami Dolphins
112	Dale Hellestrae	OT		SMU	→ Buffalo Bills

Round 5

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
113	Kevin Greene	LB		Auburn	→ Los Angeles Rams
114	Herschel Walker	RB		Georgia	→ Dallas Cowboys
115	Mark MacDonald	OG		Boston College	→ Minnesota Vikings
116	K.D. Dunn	TE		Clemson	→ St. Louis Cardinals
117	Roger Caron	OT		Harvard	→ Indianapolis Colts
118	Joe McIntosh	RB		NC State	→ Detroit Lions
119	Matt Darwin	C		Texas A&M	→ Dallas Cowboys
120	Troy Benson	LB		Pittsburgh	→ New York Jets
121	Dwayne Jiles	LB		Texas Tech	→ Philadelphia Eagles
122	Raphel Cherry	DB		Hawai’i	→ Washington Redskins
123	Mark Napolitan	C		Michigan State	→ Seattle Seahawks
124	Brian Luft	DT		USC	→ New York Jets
125	Brian Noble	LB		Arizona State	→ Green Bay Packers
126	Bruce King	RB		Purdue	→ Kansas City Chiefs
127	Tony Degrate	DT		Texas	→ Cincinnati Bengals
128	Arnold Brown	DB		North Carolina Central	→ Seattle Seahawks
129	Lee Davis	DB		Ole Miss	→ Cincinnati Bengals
130	Jimmy Teal	WR		Texas A&M	→ Buffalo Bills
131	Louis Wong	OG		BYU	→ St. Louis Cardinals
132	Tracy Henderson	WR		Iowa State	→ New York Giants
133	Frank Bush	LB		NC State	→ Houston Oilers
134	Tony Smith	WR		San José State	→ New York Jets
135	Dan Reeder	RB		Delaware	→ Los Angeles Raiders
136	Cam Jacobs	LB		Kentucky	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
137	Johnnie Jones	RB		Tennessee	→ Seattle Seahawks
138	Lee Johnson	K		BYU	→ Houston Oilers
139	Billy Hinson	OG		Florida	→ Denver Broncos
140	Bruce Collie	OT		Texas–Arlington	→ San Francisco 49ers

Round 6

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
141	Mike Hamby	DT		Utah State	→ Buffalo Bills
142	Steve Bono	QB		UCLA	→ Minnesota Vikings
143	Rusty Hilger	QB		Oklahoma State	→ Los Angeles Raiders
144	Kurt Ploeger	DE		Gustavus Adolphus	→ Dallas Cowboys
145	George Shorthose	WR		Missouri	→ Miami Dolphins
146	Stan Short	OG		Penn State	→ Detroit Lions
147	Mark Krerowicz	OG		Ohio State	→ Cleveland Browns
148	Eric Stokes	OT		Northeastern	→ Cincinnati Bengals
149	John Bostic	DB		Bethune-Cookman	→ Kansas City Chiefs
150	Terry Lewis	DB		Michigan State	→ San Diego Chargers
151	Jeff Deaton	OG		Stanford	→ New York Jets
152	Reggie Pleasant	DB		Clemson	→ Atlanta Falcons
153	Joe Krakoski	LB		Washington	→ Houston Oilers
154	Keith Lester	TE		Murray State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
155	Mark Lewis	TE		Texas A&M	→ Green Bay Packers
156	Ken Reeves	OT		Texas A&M	→ Philadelphia Eagles
157	Matt Moran	OG		Stanford	→ Dallas Cowboys
158	Jay Novacek	TE		Wyoming	→ St. Louis Cardinals
159	Jack Oliver	OG		Memphis	→ New York Giants
160	Gregg Carr	LB		Auburn	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
161	Michael Young	WR		UCLA	→ Los Angeles Rams
162	Damone Johnson	TE		Cal Poly	→ Los Angeles Rams
163	Danzell Lee	TE		Lamar	→ Washington Redskins
164	Tim Newton	DT		Florida	→ Minnesota Vikings
165	Mark Pembrook	DB		Cal State Fullerton	→ New York Giants
166	Rich Miano	DB		Hawai’i	→ New York Jets
167	Ron Davenport	RB		Louisville	→ Miami Dolphins
168	Scott Barry	QB		UC Davis	→ San Francisco 49ers

Round 7

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
169	Ron Pitts	DB		UCLA	→ Buffalo Bills
170	Mike Akiu	WR		Hawai’i	→ Houston Oilers
171	Eric Wilson	LB		Maryland	→ Green Bay Packers
172	Kim Locklin	RB		New Mexico State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
173	James Harbour	WR		Ole Miss	→ Indianapolis Colts
174	Tony Staten	DB		Angelo State	→ Detroit Lions
175	Reggie Langhorne	WR		Elizabeth City State	→ Cleveland Browns
176	Mike Prior	DB		Illinois State	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
177	James Harris	WR		Oklahoma State	→ Washington Redskins
178	Karl Powe	WR		Alabama State	→ Dallas Cowboys
179	Eric Martin	WR		LSU	→ New Orleans Saints
180	Vince Thomson	DE		Missouri Western	→ Kansas City Chiefs
181	Joe Walter	OT		Texas Tech	→ Cincinnati Bengals
182	Gary Ellerson	RB		Wisconsin	→ Green Bay Packers
183	Dave Heffernan	OG		Miami	→ Kansas City Chiefs
184	Jim Herrmann	DE		BYU	→ Dallas Cowboys
185	Lionel Vital	RB		Nicholls	→ Washington Redskins
186	Kevin Belcher	OT		Wisconsin	→ Los Angeles Raiders
187	Alan Andrews	TE		Rutgers	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
188	Mark Pattison	WR		Washington	→ Los Angeles Raiders
189	Danny Bradley	RB		Oklahoma	→ Los Angeles Rams
190	Charles Bennett	DE		Louisiana	→ Chicago Bears
191	Bret Clark	DB		Nebraska	→ Los Angeles Raiders
192	Nick Haden	C		Penn State	→ Los Angeles Raiders
193	Ron Mattes	OT		Virginia	→ Seattle Seahawks
194	Dallas Cameron	DT		Miami	→ Denver Broncos
195	Fuad Reveiz	K		Tennessee	→ Miami Dolphins
196	Mark Fellows	LB		Montana State	→ San Diego Chargers