The 1980 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 29–30, 1980 , at the New York Sheraton Hotel in New York City , New York.[1] [2] supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season. This draft is notable as the first that the nascent ESPN network (which had first gone on the air seven months earlier) aired in its entirety, and the first to be televised.
Player selections Round one Round two Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 29 Buffalo Bills Joe Cribbs Running Back Auburn 30 Minnesota Vikings Willie Teal Cornerback Louisiana State 31 Cincinnati Bengals Kirby Criswell Linebacker Kansas 32 Baltimore Colts Ray Donaldson Center Georgia 33 St. Louis Cardinals Doug Marsh Tight End Michigan 34 Green Bay Packers Mark Lee Cornerback Washington 35 Pittsburgh Steelers Bob Kohrs Linebacker Arizona State 36 Atlanta Falcons Buddy Curry Linebacker North Carolina 37 Buffalo Bills Gene Bradley Quarterback Arkansas State 38 Houston Oilers Angelo Fields Offensive Tackle Michigan State 39 San Francisco 49ers Keena Turner Linebacker Purdue 40 New York Jets Darrol Ray Safety Oklahoma 41 New Orleans Saints Dave Waymer Safety Notre Dame 42 Denver Broncos Rulon Jones Defensive End Utah State 43 Oakland Raiders Matt Millen Linebacker Penn State 44 Seattle Seahawks Andre Hines Offensive Tackle Stanford 45 New England Patriots Larry McGrew Linebacker USC 46 Chicago Bears Matt Suhey Running Back Penn State 47 New York Jets Ralph Clayton Wide Receiver Michigan 48 Miami Dolphins Dwight Stephenson Center Alabama 49 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Kevin House Wide Receiver Southern Illinois 50 Los Angeles Rams Irv Pankey Offensive Tackle Penn State 51 Baltimore Colts Tim J. Foley Defensive Back Notre Dame 52 Houston Oilers Daryle Skaugstad Defensive Tackle California 53 Philadelphia Eagles Perry Harrington Running Back Jackson State 54 Cleveland Browns Cleveland Crosby Defensive End Arizona 55 Washington Redskins Mat Mendenhall Defensive End Brigham Young 56 Pittsburgh Steelers John Goodman Defensive End Oklahoma
Round three Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 57 Detroit Lions Tom Turnure Center Washington 58 Los Angeles Rams Jewerl Thomas Running back San Jose State 59 Cincinnati Bengals Rod Horn Defensive tackle Nebraska 60 St. Louis Cardinals John Sinnott Tackle Brown 61 Green Bay Packers Syd Kitson Guard Wake Forest 62 Detroit Lions Mike Friede Wide receiver Indiana 63 Atlanta Falcons Earl Jones Cornerback Norfolk State 64 New York Giants Myron Lapka Defensive tackle USC 65 San Francisco 49ers Jim Miller Punter Mississippi 66 Kansas City Chiefs James Hadnot Running back Texas Tech 67 Buffalo Bills Mark Brammer Tight end Michigan State 68 Minnesota Vikings Brent Boyd Center UCLA 69 New York Jets Lance Mehl Linebacker Penn State 70 Los Angeles Rams LeRoy Irvin Cornerback Kansas 71 Buffalo Bills John Schmeding Guard Boston College 72 Cleveland Browns Cliff Odom Linebacker Texas-Arlington 73 New England Patriots Steve McMichael Defensive tackle Texas 74 Denver Broncos Larry Carter Defensive back Kentucky 75 Miami Dolphins Bill Barnett Defensive end Nebraska 76 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Scot Brantley Linebacker Florida 77 San Francisco 49ers Craig Puki Linebacker Tennessee 78 Dallas Cowboys Bill Roe Linebacker Colorado 79 Houston Oilers Tim Smith Wide receiver Nebraska 80 Dallas Cowboys James Jones Running back Mississippi State 81 St. Louis Cardinals Charles Baker Linebacker New Mexico 82 Los Angeles Rams Phil Murphy Defensive tackle South Carolina State 83 Pittsburgh Steelers Ray Sydnor Tight end Wisconsin
Round four Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 84 San Francisco 49ers Ricky Churchman Cornerback Texas 85 Detroit Lions Eric Hipple Quarterback Utah State 86 Cincinnati Bengals Bill Glass Guard Baylor 87 Green Bay Packers Fred Nixon Wide receiver Oklahoma 88 Baltimore Colts Ray Butler Wide receiver USC 89 St. Louis Cardinals Rusty Lisch Quarterback Notre Dame 90 New York Giants Danny Pittman Wide receiver Wyoming 91 Atlanta Falcons Jim Laughlin Linebacker Ohio State 92 Minnesota Vikings Dennis Johnson Linebacker USC 93 Buffalo Bills Ervin Parker Linebacker South Carolina State 94 Kansas City Chiefs Dave Klug Linebacker Concordia 95 New York Jets Jesse Johnson Defensive back Colorado 96 New Orleans Saints Mike Jolly Defensive back Michigan 97 Seattle Seahawks Terry Dion Defensive end Oregon 98 San Francisco 49ers David Hodge Linebacker Houston 99 Cleveland Browns Ron Crews Defensive end UNLV 100 Miami Dolphins Elmer Bailey Wide receiver Minnesota 101 San Diego Chargers Ed Luther Quarterback San Jose State 102 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Larry Flowers Safety Texas Tech 103 Chicago Bears Arland Thompson Guard Baylor 104 Atlanta Falcons I. M. Hipp Running back Nebraska 105 Dallas Cowboys Kurt Petersen Defensive end Missouri 106 Houston Oilers Chris Combs Tight end New Mexico 107 Denver Broncos Rick Parros Running back Utah State 108 San Diego Chargers Bob Gregor Defensive back Washington State 109 Cleveland Browns Paul McDonald Quarterback USC 110 Pittsburgh Steelers Bill Hurley Defensive back Syracuse
Round five Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 111 Detroit Lions Mark Streeter Defensive back Arizona 112 San Francisco 49ers Kenneth Times Defensive tackle Southern 113 Cincinnati Bengals Bryan Hicks Safety McNeese State 114 Kansas City Chiefs Carlos Carson Wide receiver Louisiana State 115 Kansas City Chiefs Dan Pensick Defensive tackle Nebraska 116 Cleveland Browns Elvis Franks Defensive end Morgan State 117 Atlanta Falcons Brad Vassar Linebacker Pacific 118 New York Giants Tony Blount Defensive back Virginia 119 Buffalo Bills Jeff Pyburn Defensive back Georgia 120 Detroit Lions Tom Ginn Guard Arkansas 121 Minnesota Vikings Doug Paschal Running back North Carolina 122 Minnesota Vikings Paul Jones Running back California 123 New York Jets Jim Zidd Linebacker Kansas 124 New England Patriots Doug McDougald Defensive end Virginia Tech 125 Oakland Raiders Kenny Lewis Running back Virginia Tech 126 Oakland Raiders John Adams Linebacker Louisiana State 127 Seattle Seahawks Joe Steele Running back Washington 128 Oakland Raiders William Bowens Linebacker North Alabama 129 Buffalo Bills Keith Lee Defensive back Colorado State 130 Chicago Bears Paul Tabor Center Oklahoma 131 Denver Broncos Mike Harden Defensive back Michigan 132 Seattle Seahawks Daniel Jacobs Defensive end Winston-Salem State 133 Dallas Cowboys Gary Hogeboom Quarterback Central Michigan 134 Houston Oilers John Corker Linebacker Oklahoma State 135 Philadelphia Eagles Nate Rivers Wide receiver South Carolina State 136 Denver Broncos Laval Short Defensive tackle Colorado 137 Atlanta Falcons Kenny Johnson Defensive back Mississippi State 138 Pittsburgh Steelers Craig Wolfley Guard Syracuse
Round six Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 139 San Francisco 49ers Herb Williams Defensive back Southern 140 Detroit Lions Chris Dieterich Tackle North Carolina State 141 Cincinnati Bengals Jo Jo Heath Defensive back Pittsburgh 142 St. Louis Cardinals Bill Acker Defensive tackle Texas 143 Green Bay Packers Karl Swanke Guard Boston College 144 Baltimore Colts Chris Foote Center USC 145 New York Giants Scott Brunner Quarterback Delaware 146 Atlanta Falcons Mike Davis Defensive back Colorado 147 Kansas City Chiefs Bubba Garcia Wide receiver Texas-El Paso 148 Minnesota Vikings Ray Yakavonis Defensive end East Stroudsburg (PA) 149 New York Jets George Visger Defensive end Colorado 150 New Orleans Saints Lester Boyd Linebacker Kentucky 151 San Diego Chargers LaRue Harrington Running back Norfolk State 152 New York Jets Tom Schremp Defensive end Wisconsin 153 Seattle Seahawks Mark McNeal Defensive end Idaho 154 Los Angeles Rams Mike Guman Running back Penn State 155 Washington Redskins Farley Bell Linebacker Cincinnati 156 Chicago Bears Mike Guess Defensive back Ohio State 157 Denver Broncos Keith Bishop Guard Baylor 158 Miami Dolphins Eugene Byrd Wide receiver Michigan State 159 Cincinnati Bengals Andrew Melontree Linebacker Baylor 160 New England Patriots Preston Brown Wide receiver Vanderbilt 161 Philadelphia Eagles Greg Murtha Tackle Minnesota 162 Dallas Cowboys Timmy Newsome Running back Winston-Salem State 163 San Diego Chargers Wayne Hamilton Linebacker Alabama 164 Kansas City Chiefs Larry Heater Running back Arizona 165 Pittsburgh Steelers Tunch Ilkin Tackle Indiana State
Round seven Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 166 Detroit Lions Eddie Murray Kicker Tulane 167 Cincinnati Bengals Ron Simpkins Linebacker Michigan 168 Cincinnati Bengals Gary Don Johnson Defensive tackle Baylor 169 Green Bay Packers Buddy Aydelette Tackle Alabama 170 Baltimore Colts Wesley Roberts Defensive end Texas Christian 171 St. Louis Cardinals Ben Apuna Linebacker Arizona State 172 Atlanta Falcons Mike Smith Wide receiver Grambling 173 Oakland Raiders Malcolm Barnwell Wide receiver Virginia Union 174 Minnesota Vikings Henry Johnson Linebacker Georgia Tech 175 San Diego Chargers Chuck Loewen Guard South Dakota State 176 Los Angeles Rams Kirk Collins Defensive back Baylor 177 New Orleans Saints Mike Morucci Running back Bloomsburg (PA) 178 New York Jets Bob Batton Running back UNLV 179 New York Giants Darry Hebert Defensive back Oklahoma 180 New England Patriots Tom Kearns Guard Kentucky 181 New York Giants Chris Linnin Defensive end Washington 182 Houston Oilers Craig Bradshaw Quarterback Utah State 183 Chicago Bears Emanuel Tolbert Wide receiver Southern Methodist 184 Denver Broncos John Havekost Guard Nebraska 185 Miami Dolphins Joe Rose Tight end California 186 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jim Leonard Center Santa Clara 187 Washington Redskins Melvin Jones Guard Houston 188 Philadelphia Eagles Terrell Ward Defensive back San Diego State 189 Dallas Cowboys Lester Brown Running back Clemson 190 New York Jets Bennie Leverett Running back Bethune-Cookman 191 San Diego Chargers Stuart Dodds Punter Montana State 192 Los Angeles Rams Gerry Ellis Running back Missouri 193 Pittsburgh Steelers Nate Johnson Wide receiver Hillsdale 0 Atlanta Falcons (supplemental draft) Matthew Teague Defensive end Prairie View A&M
Round eight Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 194 Oakland Raiders Ken Hill Defensive back Yale 195 Baltimore Colts Ken Walter Tackle Texas Tech 196 Cincinnati Bengals Mark Lyles Running back Florida State 197 Denver Broncos Don Coleman Wide receiver Oregon 198 St. Louis Cardinals Dupree Branch Defensive back Colorado State 199 Green Bay Packers Tim Smith Defensive back Oregon State 200 New York Giants Ken Harris Running back Alabama 201 Atlanta Falcons Al Richardson Linebacker Georgia Tech 202 Buffalo Bills Todd Krueger Quarterback Northern Michigan 203 Kansas City Chiefs Sam Stepney Linebacker Boston University 204 Seattle Seahawks Vic Minor Defensive back N.E. Louisiana 205 New York Jets Jeff Dziama Linebacker Boston College 206 New Orleans Saints Chuck Evans Linebacker Stanford 207 Seattle Seahawks Jack Cosgrove Center Pacific 208 New England Patriots Mike House Tight end Pacific 209 Cleveland Browns Jeff Copeland Linebacker Texas Tech 210 San Francisco 49ers Bobby Leopold Linebacker Notre Dame 211 St. Louis Cardinals Grant Hudson Defensive tackle Virginia 212 Miami Dolphins Jeff Allen Defensive back California-Davis 213 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Derrick Goddard Defensive back Drake 214 Miami Dolphins David Woodley Quarterback Louisiana State 215 Chicago Bears Randy Clark Guard Northern Illinois 216 Dallas Cowboys Larry Savage Linebacker Michigan State 217 Houston Oilers Harold Bailey Quarterback Oklahoma State 218 Philadelphia Eagles Mike Curcio Linebacker Temple 219 San Diego Chargers Curtis Sirmones Running back North Alabama 220 Los Angeles Rams Tom Pettigrew Tackle Eastern Illinois 221 Pittsburgh Steelers Ted Walton Defensive back Connecticut
Round nine Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 222 Detroit Lions DeWayne Jett Wide receiver Hawaii 223 Detroit Lions Tom Tuinei Defensive tackle Hawaii 224 Cincinnati Bengals Greg Bright Defensive back Morehead State 225 St. Louis Cardinals Stafford Mays Defensive end Washington 226 Green Bay Packers Kelly Saalfeld Center Nebraska 227 Baltimore Colts Mark Bright Running back Temple 228 Atlanta Falcons Glen Keller Center West Texas State 229 New York Giants Otis Wonsley Running back Alcorn State 230 Kansas City Chiefs Tom Donovan Wide receiver Penn State 231 Buffalo Bills Kent Davis Defensive back Southeast Missouri State 232 Minnesota Vikings Dennis Mosley Running back Iowa 233 New Orleans Saints Frank Mordica Running back Vanderbilt 234 New York Jets Joe Peters Defensive tackle Arizona State 235 New England Patriots Barry Burdet Linebacker Oklahoma 236 Cleveland Browns Roy Dewalt Running back Texas-Arlington 237 San Francisco 49ers Dan Hartwig Quarterback California-Lutheran 238 Seattle Seahawks Jim Swift Tackle Iowa 239 Miami Dolphins Mark Goodspeed Tackle Nebraska 240 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Gerald Carter Wide receiver Texas A&M 241 Washington Redskins Lawrence McCullough Wide receiver Illinois 242 Chicago Bears Turk Schonert Quarterback Stanford 243 Denver Broncos Greg Bracelin Linebacker California 244 Houston Oilers Ed Harris Running back Bishop 245 Philadelphia Eagles Bob Harris Tackle Bowling Green 246 Dallas Cowboys Jackie Flowers Wide receiver Florida State 247 San Diego Chargers Steve Whitman Running back Alabama 248 Los Angeles Rams George Farmer Wide receiver Southern 249 Pittsburgh Steelers Ron McCall Wide receiver Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0 San Diego Chargers (supplemental draft) Billy Mullins Wide receiver USC
Round ten Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 250 Pittsburgh Steelers Woodrow Wilson Defensive back North Carolina State 251 Detroit Lions Henry Henderson Defensive back Utah State 252 Cincinnati Bengals Sandro Vitello Kicker Massachusetts 253 Green Bay Packers Jafus White Defensive back Texas A&I 254 Baltimore Colts Larry Stewart Tackle Maryland 255 St. Louis Cardinals Rush Brown Defensive tackle Ball State 256 New York Giants Joe Sanford Tackle Washington 257 Atlanta Falcons Walt Bellamy Defensive back Virginia Military Inst 258 Minnesota Vikings Kenny Brown Wide receiver Nebraska 259 Buffalo Bills Greg Cater Punter Tennessee-Chattanooga 260 New York Jets Guy Bingham Center Montana 261 Kansas City Chiefs Rob Martinovich Tackle Notre Dame 262 New Orleans Saints Tanya Webb Defensive end Michigan State 263 Cleveland Browns Kevin Fiedel Center San Diego State 264 Oakland Raiders Walter Carter Defensive tackle Florida State 265 Seattle Seahawks Ron Essink Tackle Grand Valley State 266 New England Patriots Rom Daniel Center Georgia Tech 267 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Andy Hawkins Linebacker Texas A&I 268 Washington Redskins Lewis Walker Running back Utah 269 Chicago Bears Willie Stephens Defensive back Texas Tech 270 Denver Broncos Virgil Seay Wide receiver Troy State 271 Miami Dolphins Doug Lantz Center Miami (OH) 272 Miami Dolphins Ben Long Linebacker South Dakota 273 Dallas Cowboys Matthew Teague Defensive end Prairie View A&M 274 Seattle Seahawks Billy Rivers Wide receiver Morris Brown 275 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Brett Davis Running back UNLV 276 Los Angeles Rams Bob DiDonato Wide Receiver Fordham 277 Pittsburgh Steelers Ken Fritz Guard Ohio State
Round eleven Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 278 Detroit Lions Wayne Smith Defensive back Purdue 279 Miami Dolphins Phil Driscoll Defensive end Mankato State 280 Baltimore Colts Ed Whitley Tight end Kansas State 281 Cincinnati Bengals Alton Alexis Wide receiver Tulane 282 St. Louis Cardinals Delrick Brown Defensive back Houston 283 Green Bay Packers Ricky Skiles Linebacker Louisville 284 Atlanta Falcons Mike Babb Defensive back Oklahoma 285 New York Giants Steve Bernish Defensive end South Carolina 286 Buffalo Bills Joe Gordon Defensive tackle Grambling 287 Kansas City Chiefs Dale Markham Defensive tackle North Dakota 288 Minnesota Vikings Sam Harrell Running back East Carolina 289 New Orleans Saints George Woodard Running back Texas A&M 290 New York Jets James Zachery Linebacker Texas A&M 291 Oakland Raiders Mike Massey Linebacker Arkansas 292 Seattle Seahawks Tali Ena Running back Washington State 293 New England Patriots Mike Hubach Punter Kansas 294 Cleveland Browns Roland Sales Running back Arkansas 295 Washington Redskins Mike Matocha Defensive end Texas-Arlington 296 Chicago Bears Chris Judge Defensive back Texas Christian 297 Denver Broncos Phil Farris Wide receiver North Carolina 298 Philadelphia Eagles Lee Jukes Wide receiver North Carolina State 299 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Terry Jones Defensive end Central State (OK) 300 Dallas Cowboys Gary Padjen Linebacker Arizona State 301 Houston Oilers Eddie Preston Wide receiver Western Kentucky 302 Philadelphia Eagles Thomas Brown Defensive end Baylor 303 San Diego Chargers John Singleton Defensive end Texas-El Paso 304 Los Angeles Rams Terry Greer Wide receiver Alabama State 305 Pittsburgh Steelers Frank Pollard Running back Baylor
Round twelve Pick # NFL Team Player Position College 306 Pittsburgh Steelers Charles Vaclavik Defensive back Texas 307 Detroit Lions Ray Williams Wide receiver Washington State 308 Cincinnati Bengals Mike Wright Quarterback Vanderbilt 309 St. Louis Cardinals Tyrone Gray Wide receiver Washington State 310 Green Bay Packers James Stewart Defensive back Memphis State 311 Baltimore Colts Randy Bielski Kicker Towson State 312 New York Giants Mike Lansford Kicker Washington 313 Atlanta Falcons Quinn Jones Running back Tulsa 314 Kansas City Chiefs Mike Brewington Linebacker East Carolina 315 Minnesota Vikings Thomas Lane Defensive back Florida A&M 316 Buffalo Bills Roger Lapham Tight end Maine 317 New York Jets David Dumars Defensive back N.E. Louisiana 318 New Orleans Saints Kiser Lewis Linebacker Florida A&M 319 Seattle Seahawks Presnell Gilbert Defensive back U.S. International 320 New England Patriots Jimmy Jordan Quarterback Florida State 321 Cleveland Browns Marcus Jackson Defensive tackle Purdue 322 Oakland Raiders Calvin Muhammad Wide receiver Texas Southern 323 Chicago Bears Robert Fisher Tight end Southern Methodist 324 Baltimore Colts Marvin Sims Running back Clemson 325 Miami Dolphins Chuck Stone Guard North Carolina State 326 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Gene Coleman Defensive back Miami (FL) 327 Washington Redskins Marcene Emmett Defensive back North Alabama 328 Houston Oilers Wiley Pitts Wide receiver Temple 329 Philadelphia Eagles Howard Fields Defensive back Baylor 330 Dallas Cowboys Norm Wells Defensive end Northwestern 331 San Diego Chargers Harry Price Wide receiver McNeese State 332 Los Angeles Rams Kevin Scanlon Quarterback Arkansas 333 [6] Pittsburgh Steelers Tyrone McGriff Guard Florida A&M
= Pro Bowler [3] = Hall of Famer
Hall of Famers Anthony Muñoz , offensive tackle from University of Southern California taken 1st round 3rd overall by the Cincinnati Bengals.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1998.[7] Dwight Stephenson , center from the University of Alabama taken 2nd round 48th overall by the Miami Dolphins.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1998.[7] Art Monk , wide receiver from Syracuse University taken 1st round 18th overall by the Washington Redskins.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2008.[8] Notable undrafted players References ^ "NFL Draft Locations" . FootballGeography.com . October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved October 23, 2014 .^ Salomone, Dan (October 2, 2014). "NFL Draft headed to Chicago in 2015" . Giants.com . New York Giants . Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved June 3, 2015 . ^ a b c Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career. ^ Billy Sims, 1978 Heisman Trophy winner as a junior "Heisman Trophy" . Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved August 14, 2013 . ^ Charles White, 1979 Heisman Trophy winner "Heisman Trophy" . Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2013 . ^ This last selection is commonly referred to as Mr. Irrelevant . ^ a b List of 1990s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com "Pro Football Hall of Fame" . Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-10-11 . ^ List of 2000s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com "Pro Football Hall of Fame" . Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-10-11 . External links