The 1987 NFL Draft

195 picks. First overall: Vinny Testaverde, quarterback, from Miami, to Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Most picks: Penn State 9, Miami 6, Texas A&M 6, Baylor 6, LSU 5.

The 1987 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	Vinny Testaverde	QB		Miami	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2	Cornelius Bennett	LB		Alabama	→ Indianapolis Colts
3	Alonzo Highsmith	RB		Miami	→ Houston Oilers
4	Brent Fullwood	RB		Auburn	→ Green Bay Packers
5	Mike Junkin	LB		Duke	→ Cleveland Browns
6	Kelly Stouffer	QB		Colorado State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
7	Reggie Rogers	DE		Washington	→ Detroit Lions
8	Shane Conlan	LB		Penn State	→ Buffalo Bills
9	Jerome Brown	DT		Miami	→ Philadelphia Eagles
10	Rod Woodson	DB		Purdue	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
11	Shawn Knight	DE		BYU	→ New Orleans Saints
12	Danny Noonan	DT		Nebraska	→ Dallas Cowboys
13	Chris Miller	QB		Oregon	→ Atlanta Falcons
14	D.J. Dozier	RB		Penn State	→ Minnesota Vikings
15	John Clay	OT		Missouri	→ Los Angeles Raiders
16	John Bosa	DE		Boston College	→ Miami Dolphins
17	Jason Buck	DE		BYU	→ Cincinnati Bengals
18	Tony Woods	LB		Pittsburgh	→ Seattle Seahawks
19	Paul Palmer	RB		Temple	→ Kansas City Chiefs
20	Haywood Jeffires	WR		NC State	→ Houston Oilers
21	Roger Vick	RB		Texas A&M	→ New York Jets
22	Harris Barton	OT		North Carolina	→ San Francisco 49ers
23	Bruce Armstrong	OT		Louisville	→ New England Patriots
24	Rod Bernstine	TE		Texas A&M	→ San Diego Chargers
25	Terrence Flagler	RB		Clemson	→ San Francisco 49ers
26	Jim Harbaugh	QB		Michigan	→ Chicago Bears
27	Ricky Nattiel	WR		Florida	→ Denver Broncos
28	Mark Ingram	WR		Michigan State	→ New York Giants

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
57	Mark Carrier	WR		Nicholls	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
58	Chris Gambol	OT		Iowa	→ Indianapolis Colts
59	Karl Wilson	DE		LSU	→ San Diego Chargers
60	David Brandon	LB		Memphis	→ Buffalo Bills
61	Dave Croston	OT		Iowa	→ Green Bay Packers
62	Robert Awalt	TE		San Diego State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
63	Jerry Ball	DT		SMU	→ Detroit Lions
64	Cody Carlson	QB		Baylor	→ Houston Oilers
65	Ben Tamburello	C		Auburn	→ Philadelphia Eagles
66	Charles Lockett	WR		Long Beach State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
67	Mike Adams	DB		Arkansas State	→ New Orleans Saints
68	Jeff Zimmerman	OG		Florida	→ Dallas Cowboys
69	Scott Stephen	LB		Arizona State	→ Green Bay Packers
70	Colin Scotts	DT		Hawai’i	→ St. Louis Cardinals
71	Frankie Neal	WR		Fort Hays	→ Green Bay Packers
72	Henry Thomas	DT		LSU	→ Minnesota Vikings
73	Todd Howard	LB		Texas A&M	→ Kansas City Chiefs
74	Clifford Hicks	DB		Oregon	→ Los Angeles Rams
75	Onzy Elam	LB		Tennessee State	→ New York Jets
76	Leonard Bell	DB		Indiana	→ Cincinnati Bengals
77	Skip McClendon	DE		Arizona State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
78	Jamie Mueller	RB		Benedictine College	→ Buffalo Bills
79	Bob Perryman	RB		Michigan	→ New England Patriots
80	Tim Manoa	RB		Penn State	→ Cleveland Browns
81	Steve Smith	RB		Penn State	→ Los Angeles Raiders
82	Jeff Jaeger	K		Washington	→ Cleveland Browns
83	Stephen Baker	WR		Fresno State	→ New York Giants
84	Michael Brooks	LB		LSU	→ Denver Broncos

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
85	Don Graham	LB		Penn State	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
86	Randy Dixon	OT		Pittsburgh	→ Indianapolis Colts
87	Ron Hall	TE		Hawai’i	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
88	Mark Vlasic	QB		Iowa	→ San Diego Chargers
89	Lorenzo Freeman	DT		Pittsburgh	→ Green Bay Packers
90	Rod Saddler	DT		Texas A&M	→ St. Louis Cardinals
91	Doug Bartlett	DT		Northern Illinois	→ Los Angeles Rams
92	Garland Rivers	DB		Michigan	→ Detroit Lions
93	Byron Evans	LB		Arizona	→ Philadelphia Eagles
94	Thomas Everett	DB		Baylor	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
95	Kelvin Martin	WR		Boston College	→ Dallas Cowboys
96	Steve Trapilo	OG		Boston College	→ New Orleans Saints
97	Ralph Van Dyke	OT		Southern Illinois	→ Atlanta Falcons
98	Rich Gannon	QB		Delaware	→ New England Patriots
99	Troy Stradford	QB		Boston College	→ Miami Dolphins
100	Reggie Rutland	DB		Georgia Tech	→ Minnesota Vikings
101	Sean Smith	DE		Grambling	→ Chicago Bears
102	Derrick Beasley	DB		Winston-Salem State	→ New England Patriots
103	Jim Riggs	TE		Clemson	→ Cincinnati Bengals
104	Mark Moore	DB		Oklahoma State	→ Seattle Seahawks
105	Mark Dusbabek	LB		Minnesota	→ Houston Oilers
106	Bruce Hill	WR		Arizona State	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
107	Tim Jordan	LB		Wisconsin	→ New England Patriots
108	Larry Kelm	LB		Texas A&M	→ Los Angeles Rams
109	Leon Seals	DE		Jackson State	→ Buffalo Bills
110	Steve Beuerlein	QB		Notre Dame	→ Los Angeles Raiders
111	Marc Munford	LB		Nebraska	→ Denver Broncos
112	Odessa Turner	WR		Northwestern State	→ New York Giants

Round 5

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
113	Danny Villa	OT		Arizona State	→ New England Patriots
114	Roy Banks	WR		Eastern Illinois	→ Indianapolis Colts
115	Nelson Jones	DB		NC State	→ San Diego Chargers
116	Tom Gibson	DE		Northern Arizona	→ New England Patriots
117	Timmy Smith	RB		Texas Tech	→ Washington Redskins
118	George Swarn	RB		Miami (OH)	→ St. Louis Cardinals
119	Tommie Agee	RB		Auburn	→ Seattle Seahawks
120	Steve Bryan	DE		Oklahoma	→ Chicago Bears
121	David Alexander	C		Tulsa	→ Philadelphia Eagles
122	Hardy Nickerson	LB		California	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
123	Milton Mack	DB		Alcorn State	→ New Orleans Saints
124	Everett Gay	WR		Texas	→ Dallas Cowboys
125	Mark Mraz	DE		Utah State	→ Atlanta Falcons
126	John Bruno	P		Penn State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
127	Ilia Jarostchuk	LB		New Hampshire	→ St. Louis Cardinals
128	Kitrick Taylor	WR		Washington State	→ Kansas City Chiefs
129	Kirby Jackson	DB		Mississippi State	→ New York Jets
130	Marc Logan	RB		Kentucky	→ Cincinnati Bengals
131	Ruben Rodriguez	P		Arizona	→ Seattle Seahawks
132	Chris Conlin	OT		Penn State	→ Miami Dolphins
133	Spencer Tillman	RB		Oklahoma	→ Houston Oilers
134	Paul Jokisch	WR		Michigan	→ San Francisco 49ers
135	Henry Rolling	LB		Nevada	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
136	Scott Mersereau	DT		Southern Connecticut State	→ Los Angeles Rams
137	Tony Mayes	DB		Kentucky	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
138	Will Johnson	DE		UL Monroe	→ Chicago Bears
139	Greg Horne	P		Arkansas	→ Cincinnati Bengals
140	Paul O’Connor	OG		Miami	→ New York Giants

Round 7

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
169	Curt Jarvis	DT		Alabama	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
170	Mark Bellini	WR		BYU	→ Indianapolis Colts
171	Kerry Porter	RB		Washington State	→ Buffalo Bills
172	Tony Leiker	DT		Stanford	→ Green Bay Packers
173	Jamie Holland	WR		Ohio State	→ San Diego Chargers
174	Tim Peoples	DB		Washington	→ St. Louis Cardinals
175	Dan Saleaumua	DT		Arizona State	→ Detroit Lions
176	Robert Banks	DT		Notre Dame	→ Houston Oilers
177	Brian Williams	OT		Central Michigan	→ Philadelphia Eagles
178	Chris Kelley	TE		Akron	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
179	Gene Atkins	DB		Florida A&M	→ New Orleans Saints
180	Kevin Sweeney	QB		Fresno State	→ Dallas Cowboys
181	Michael Reid	LB		Wisconsin	→ Atlanta Falcons
182	Tom Brown	RB		Pittsburgh	→ Miami Dolphins
183	Bo Jackson	RB		Auburn	→ Los Angeles Raiders
184	Roland Barbay	DT		LSU	→ Seattle Seahawks
185	Derek Tennell	TE		UCLA	→ Seattle Seahawks
186	Doug Hudson	QB		Nicholls	→ Kansas City Chiefs
187	Gerald Nichols	DT		Florida State	→ New York Jets
188	Chris Thatcher	OG		Lafayette	→ Cincinnati Bengals
189	Steve DeLine	K		Colorado State	→ San Francisco 49ers
190	Harry Swayne	DE		Rutgers	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
191	Bill Smith	P		Ole Miss	→ Green Bay Packers
192	Johnny Thomas	DB		Baylor	→ Washington Redskins
193	Archie Harris	OT		William & Mary	→ Chicago Bears
194	Wilbur Strozier	TE		Georgia	→ Denver Broncos
195	William Harris	TE		Birmingham-Southern	→ St. Louis Cardinals