1981 NFL Draft

332 picks · 12 rounds · Showing 249

Round

Side

Round 4

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	PB	G
84	Sam Greene WR · UNLV	WR	MIA	UNLV	0	—
85	Cliff Chatman RB · Central Oklahoma · 6 G	RB	NYG	Central Oklahoma	0	6
86	Al Washington LB · Ohio St. · 16 G	LB	NYJ	Ohio St.	0	16
87	Scott Phillips WR · BYU	WR	SEA	BYU	0	—
88	Steve Rhodes WR · Oklahoma	WR	STL	Oklahoma	0	—
89	John Holt DB · West Texas A&M · 109 G	DB	TAM	West Texas A&M	0	109
90	Tom Flick QB · Washington · 21 G	QB	WAS	Washington	0	21
91	Scott Pelluer LB · Washington St. · 65 G	LB	DAL	Washington St.	0	65
92	Mike Robinson DE · Arizona · 18 G	DE	CLE	Arizona	0	18
93	Guy Frazier LB · Wyoming · 74 G	LB	CIN	Wyoming	0	74
94	Tim Sherwin TE · Boston Col. · 82 G	TE	BAL	Boston Col.	0	82
95	Todd Bell DB · Ohio St. · 1 PB · 103 G	DB	CHI	Ohio St.	1	103
96	Brad Wright QB · New Mexico	QB	MIA	New Mexico	0	—
97	Ron Washington WR · Arizona St.	WR	KAN	Arizona St.	0	—
98	Mark Herrmann QB · Purdue · 40 G	QB	DEN	Purdue	0	40
99	Tracy Porter WR · LSU · 52 G	WR	DET	LSU	0	52
100	Robbie Martin WR · Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo · 72 G	WR	PIT	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo	0	72
101	John Swain DB · Miami (FL) · 77 G	DB	MIN	Miami (FL)	0	77
102	Don Blackmon LB · Tulsa · 89 G	LB	NWE	Tulsa	0	89
103	Amos Lawrence RB · North Carolina · 21 G	RB	SDG	North Carolina	0	21
104	George Lilja G · Michigan · 54 G	G	RAM	Michigan	0	54
105	Richard Turner NT · Oklahoma · 30 G	NT	GNB	Oklahoma	0	30
106	Nick Eyre T · BYU · 6 G	T	HOU	BYU	0	6
107	Eric Sievers TE · Maryland · 122 G	TE	SDG	Maryland	0	122
108	Derrie Nelson LB · Nebraska · 48 G	LB	DAL	Nebraska	0	48
109	John Scully G · Notre Dame · 112 G	G	ATL	Notre Dame	0	112
110	Calvin Murray RB · Ohio St. · 8 G	RB	PHI	Ohio St.	0	8
111	Johnny Robinson NT · Louisiana Tech · 27 G	NT	OAK	Louisiana Tech	0	27

Round 5

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	PB	AP	G
112	Louis Oubre G · Oklahoma · 40 G	G	NOR	Oklahoma	0	0	40
113	Tyrone Keys DE · Mississippi St. · 74 G	DE	NYJ	Mississippi St.	0	0	74
114	Edwin Bailey G · South Carolina St. · 139 G	G	SEA	South Carolina St.	0	0	139
115	Bill Neill NT · Pittsburgh · 40 G	NT	NYG	Pittsburgh	0	0	40
116	John Gillen LB · Illinois · 28 G	LB	STL	Illinois	0	0	28
117	Byron Braggs DE · Alabama · 55 G	DE	GNB	Alabama	0	0	55
118	James Davis DB · Southern · 83 G	DB	OAK	Southern	0	0	83
119	Dexter Manley DE · Oklahoma St. · 1 PB · 1 AP · 143 G	DE	WAS	Oklahoma St.	1	1	143
120	Benjie Pryor TE · Pittsburgh	TE	CIN	Pittsburgh	0	0	—
121	Lynn Thomas DB · Pittsburgh · 24 G	DB	SFO	Pittsburgh	0	0	24
122	Arrington Jones RB · Winston-Salem St. · 1 G	RB	SFO	Winston-Salem St.	0	0	1
123	Wendell Ray DE · Missouri	DE	MIN	Missouri	0	0	—
124	Todd Thomas C · North Dakota · 15 G	C	KAN	North Dakota	0	0	15
125	Ken Lanier T · Florida St. · 179 G	T	DEN	Florida St.	0	0	179
126	Ken Poole DE · La-Monroe · 16 G	DE	MIA	La-Monroe	0	0	16
127	Ricky Martin WR · New Mexico	WR	PIT	New Mexico	0	0	—
128	Jerry Boyarsky NT · Pittsburgh · 98 G	NT	NOR	Pittsburgh	0	0	98
129	Larry Lee G · UCLA · 96 G	G	DET	UCLA	0	0	96
130	Steve Clark DE · Kansas St. · 7 G	DE	NWE	Kansas St.	0	0	7
131	Keith Ferguson DE · Ohio St. · 134 G	DE	SDG	Ohio St.	0	0	134
132	Gary Sayre G · Cameron	G	WAS	Cameron	0	0	—
133	Delbert Fowler LB · West Virginia	LB	HOU	West Virginia	0	0	—
134	Steve Cox P · Arkansas · 89 G	P	CLE	Arkansas	0	0	89
135	Calvin Clark DE · Purdue	DE	BUF	Purdue	0	0	—
136	Eric Sanders T · Nevada · 158 G	T	ATL	Nevada	0	0	158
137	Danny Spradlin LB · Tennessee · 63 G	LB	DAL	Tennessee	0	0	63
138	Tommy Vigorito RB · Virginia · 35 G	RB	MIA	Virginia	0	0	35

Round 6

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	G
139	Nat Hudson G · Georgia · 18 G	G	NOR	Georgia	18
140	Steve Durham DE · Clemson · 8 G	DE	SEA	Clemson	8
141	Andrew Gissinger T · Syracuse · 41 G	T	SDG	Syracuse	41
142	John Woodring LB · Brown · 52 G	LB	NYJ	Brown	52
143	Dave Ahrens LB · Wisconsin · 130 G	LB	STL	Wisconsin	130
144	Johnnie Poe DB · Missouri · 100 G	DB	NOR	Missouri	100
145	Melvin Hoover WR · Arizona St. · 32 G	WR	NYG	Arizona St.	32
146	Rex Robinson K · Georgia · 3 G	K	CIN	Georgia	3
147	Pete Kugler NT · Penn St. · 81 G	NT	SFO	Penn St.	81
148	Larry Kubin LB · Penn St. · 43 G	LB	WAS	Penn St.	43
149	Bubba Green DT · North Carolina St. · 15 G	DT	BAL	North Carolina St.	15
150	Reuben Henderson DB · San Diego St. · 46 G	DB	CHI	San Diego St.	46
151	Alvin Lewis RB · Colorado St.	RB	DEN	Colorado St.	—
152	Mack Moore DE · Texas A&M · 26 G	DE	MIA	Texas A&M	26
153	Dock Luckie DT · Florida	DT	KAN	Florida	—
154	Fulton Walker DB · West Virginia · 81 G	DB	MIA	West Virginia	81
155	Sam Johnson DB · Maryland	DB	DET	Maryland	—
156	Bryan Hinkle LB · Oregon · 163 G	LB	PIT	Oregon	163
157	Ron Wooten G · North Carolina · 98 G	G	NWE	North Carolina	98
158	William Daniels DT · Alabama St.	DT	RAM	Alabama St.	—
159	Bill Kay DB · Purdue · 56 G	DB	HOU	Purdue	56
160	Ron Simmons DT · Florida St.	DT	CLE	Florida St.	—
161	Robert Holt WR · Baylor · 7 G	WR	BUF	Baylor	7
162	Bobby Duckworth WR · Arkansas · 62 G	WR	SDG	Arkansas	62
163	Vince Skillings DB · Ohio St.	DB	DAL	Ohio St.	—
164	Harry Stanback DE · North Carolina · 2 G	DE	ATL	North Carolina	2
165	Edward O'Neal RB · Tuskegee	RB	NYG	Tuskegee	—
166	Glen Redd LB · BYU · 76 G	LB	NOR	BYU	76

Round 7

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	PB	G
167	Kevin Williams WR · USC · 11 G	WR	NOR	USC	0	11
168	Louis Jackson RB · Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo · 11 G	RB	NYG	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo	0	11
169	Kenny Neil DE · Iowa St. · 42 G	DE	NYJ	Iowa St.	0	42
170	Ron Johnson WR · Long Beach St. · 47 G	WR	SEA	Long Beach St.	0	47
171	Kevin Donnalley DB · North Dakota St. · 1 G	DB	STL	North Dakota St.	0	1
172	Bill Whitaker DB · Missouri · 39 G	DB	GNB	Missouri	0	39
173	Ron Fellows DB · Missouri · 112 G	DB	DAL	Missouri	0	112
174	Alan Duncan K · Tennessee	K	PHI	Tennessee	0	—
175	Ron Battle TE · North Texas · 13 G	TE	RAM	North Texas	0	13
176	Jeff Schuh LB · Minnesota · 87 G	LB	CIN	Minnesota	0	87
177	Jeff Fisher DB · USC · 49 G	DB	CHI	USC	0	49
178	Obed Ariri K · Clemson · 18 G	K	BAL	Clemson	0	18
179	Mike Daum T · Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo	T	MIA	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo	0	—
180	Billy Jackson RB · Alabama · 57 G	RB	KAN	Alabama	0	57
181	Steve Busick LB · USC · 78 G	LB	DEN	USC	0	78
182	Lee Spivey T · SMU	T	DET	SMU	0	—
183	David Little LB · Florida · 1 PB · 179 G	LB	PIT	Florida	1	179
184	Don Shaver RB · Kutztown (PA)	RB	MIN	Kutztown (PA)	0	—
185	Ken Toler WR · Mississippi · 25 G	WR	NWE	Mississippi	0	25
186	Brad Scovill TE · Penn St.	TE	SEA	Penn St.	0	—
187	Eddie Johnson LB · Louisville · 148 G	LB	CLE	Louisville	0	148
188	Steve Doolittle LB · Colorado	LB	BUF	Colorado	0	—
189	Pete Holohan TE · Notre Dame · 163 G	TE	SDG	Notre Dame	0	163
190	Mike Clark DE · Florida · 14 G	DE	RAM	Florida	0	14
191	Ken Miller DB · Eastern Michigan	DB	DAL	Eastern Michigan	0	—
192	Doak Field LB · Baylor · 7 G	LB	PHI	Baylor	0	7
193	Don Washington DB · Texas A&M-Kingsville	DB	HOU	Texas A&M-Kingsville	0	—

Round 8

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	PB	G
194	Ken Naber K · Stanford	K	NWE	Stanford	0	—
195	Lloyd Jones WR · BYU	WR	NYJ	BYU	0	—
196	Eric Lane RB · BYU · 97 G	RB	SEA	BYU	0	97
197	John Powers G · Michigan	G	NYG	Michigan	0	—
198	Mike Fisher WR · Baylor · 2 G	WR	STL	Baylor	0	2
199	Denver Johnson T · Tulsa	T	TAM	Tulsa	0	—
200	Larry Werts LB · Jackson St.	LB	GNB	Jackson St.	0	—
201	Charlie Brown WR · South Carolina St. · 2 PB · 68 G	WR	WAS	South Carolina St.	2	68
202	Bobby Kemp DB · Cal State-Fullerton · 95 G	DB	CIN	Cal State-Fullerton	0	95
203	Garry White RB · Minnesota	RB	SFO	Minnesota	0	—
204	Ken Sitton DB · Oklahoma	DB	BAL	Oklahoma	0	—
205	Scott Zettek DT · Notre Dame	DT	CHI	Notre Dame	0	—
206	David Dorn WR · Rutgers	WR	KAN	Rutgers	0	—
207	Mark Reed QB · Moorhead State (MN) · 1 G	QB	NYG	Moorhead State (MN)	0	1
208	William Judson DB · South Carolina St. · 115 G	DB	MIA	South Carolina St.	0	115
209	Frank Wilson TE · Rice · 1 G	TE	PIT	Rice	0	1
210	Wade Wilson QB · Texas A&M-Commerce · 1 PB · 125 G	QB	MIN	Texas A&M-Commerce	1	125
211	Bob Niziolek TE · Colorado · 4 G	TE	DET	Colorado	0	4
212	Lin Dawson TE · North Carolina St. · 105 G	TE	NWE	North Carolina St.	0	105
213	J.C. Watts DB · Oklahoma	DB	NYJ	Oklahoma	0	—
214	Gene Gladys LB · Penn St.	LB	NOR	Penn St.	0	—
215	Kevin Evans DB · Arkansas	DB	NOR	Arkansas	0	—
216	Art Plunkett T · UNLV · 71 G	T	RAM	UNLV	0	71
217	Willie Tullis DB · Troy · 106 G	DB	HOU	Troy	0	106
218	Paul Piurowski LB · Florida St.	LB	DAL	Florida St.	0	—
219	Clifford Toney DB · Auburn	DB	ATL	Auburn	0	—
220	Hosea Taylor DE · Houston · 20 G	DE	BAL	Houston	0	20
221	Billy Ard G · Wake Forest · 148 G	G	NYG	Wake Forest	0	148

Round 9

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	G
222	Toussaint Tyler RB · Washington · 18 G	RB	NOR	Washington	18
223	Jim Stone RB · Notre Dame	RB	SEA	Notre Dame	—
224	Byron Hunt LB · SMU · 100 G	LB	NYG	SMU	100
225	Admiral Dewey Larry DB · UNLV	DB	NYJ	UNLV	—
226	Stump Mitchell RB · The Citadel · 116 G	RB	STL	The Citadel	116
227	Tim Huffman G · Notre Dame · 47 G	G	GNB	Notre Dame	47
228	Mike Ford QB · SMU	QB	TAM	SMU	—
229	Jim Hannula T · Northern Illinois · 15 G	T	CIN	Northern Illinois	15
230	Samoa Samoa RB · Washington St.	RB	CIN	Washington St.	—
231	Darryl Grant DT · Rice · 141 G	DT	WAS	Rice	141
232	Frank Ditta G · Baylor	G	CHI	Baylor	—
233	Tim Gooch DT · Kentucky	DT	BAL	Kentucky	—
234	Rusty Olsen DE · Washington	DE	DEN	Washington	—
235	John Noonan WR · Nebraska	WR	MIA	Nebraska	—
236	Jim Whatley WR · Washington St.	WR	SEA	Washington St.	—
237	Anthony Vereen DB · Southeastern Louisiana	DB	KAN	Southeastern Louisiana	—
238	Hugh Jernigan DB · Arkansas	DB	DET	Arkansas	—
239	James Hunter NT · USC · 9 G	NT	PIT	USC	9
240	David Martin DB · Villanova · 7 G	DB	DET	Villanova	7
241	Robb Riddick RB · Millersville · 78 G	RB	BUF	Millersville	78
242	Ron Seawell LB · Portland St.	LB	RAM	Portland St.	—
243	Avon Riley LB · UCLA · 91 G	LB	HOU	UCLA	91
244	Randy Schleusener G · Nebraska	G	CLE	Nebraska	—
245	Calvin Fance RB · Rice	RB	ATL	Rice	—
246	Mike Wilson WR · Washington St. · 136 G	WR	DAL	Washington St.	136
247	Chuck Commiskey G · Mississippi · 34 G	G	PHI	Mississippi	34
248	Curt Mohl T · UCLA	T	OAK	UCLA	—

Round 10

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	G
249	Hokie Gajan RB · LSU · 45 G	RB	NOR	LSU	45
250	Mike Barker DT · Grambling St.	DT	NYG	Grambling St.	—
251	Marty Wetzel LB · Tulane · 5 G	LB	NYJ	Tulane	5
252	Ken Dawson RB · Savannah St.	RB	SEA	Savannah St.	—
253	James Mallard WR · Alabama	WR	STL	Alabama	—
254	Ken McCune DE · Texas	DE	TAM	Texas	—
255	Nickie Hall QB · Tulane	QB	GNB	Tulane	—
256	Gregg Gerken LB · Northern Arizona	LB	BAL	Northern Arizona	—
257	Phil Kessel QB · Northern Michigan	QB	WAS	Northern Michigan	—
258	Hubert Simpson RB · Tennessee	RB	CIN	Tennessee	—
259	Trent Bryant DB · Arkansas · 32 G	DB	BAL	Arkansas	32
260	Tim Clifford QB · Indiana	QB	CHI	Indiana	—
261	Steve Folsom TE · Utah · 45 G	TE	MIA	Utah	45
262	Les Studdard C · Texas · 15 G	C	KAN	Texas	15
263	Jim Joiner WR · Miami (FL)	WR	STL	Miami (FL)	—
264	Andy Cannavino LB · Michigan	LB	DET	Michigan	—
265	Mike Mayock DB · Boston Col. · 9 G	DB	PIT	Boston Col.	9
266	James Murphy WR · Utah St. · 10 G	WR	MIN	Utah St.	10
267	Allan Kennedy T · Washington St. · 34 G	T	WAS	Washington St.	34
268	Robert Parham RB · Grambling St.	RB	SDG	Grambling St.	—
269	Robert Alexander RB · West Virginia · 24 G	RB	RAM	West Virginia	24
270	Larry Jones RB · Colorado St.	RB	HOU	Colorado St.	—
271	Dean Prater DE · Oklahoma St. · 77 G	DE	CLE	Oklahoma St.	77
272	Justin Cross T · Western St. (CO) · 44 G	T	BUF	Western St. (CO)	44
273	Pat Graham DT · California	DT	DAL	California	—
274	Robert Murphy DB · Ohio St.	DB	ATL	Ohio St.	—
275	Hubie Oliver RB · Arizona · 52 G	RB	PHI	Arizona	52
276	Frank Hawkins RB · Nevada · 88 G	RB	OAK	Nevada	88

Round 11

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	G
277	Lester Mickens WR · Kansas	WR	NOR	Kansas	—
278	Ed Gall DT · Maryland	DT	NYJ	Maryland	—
279	Lance Olander RB · Colorado	RB	SEA	Colorado	—
280	Matt Petrzelka T · Iowa	T	SDG	Iowa	—
281	Mike Sherrod TE · Illinois	TE	STL	Illinois	—
282	Forrest Valora LB · Oklahoma	LB	GNB	Oklahoma	—
283	Johnny Ray Smith DB · Lamar · 26 G	DB	TAM	Lamar	26
284	Jerry Hill WR · North Alabama	WR	WAS	North Alabama	—
285	Robert Jackson DB · Central Michigan · 90 G	DB	CIN	Central Michigan	90
286	Ronnie DeBose TE · UCLA	TE	SFO	UCLA	—
287	Lonnie Johnson RB · Indiana	RB	CHI	Indiana	—
288	Holden Smith WR · California · 3 G	WR	BAL	California	3
289	Frank Case DE · Penn St. · 7 G	DE	KAN	Penn St.	7
290	Pat Walker WR · Miami (FL)	WR	DEN	Miami (FL)	—
291	Jim Jensen WR · Boston Univ. · 164 G	WR	MIA	Boston Univ.	164
292	Rick Trocano QB · Pittsburgh · 8 G	QB	PIT	Pittsburgh	8
293	Bill Stephanos T · Boston Col.	T	MIN	Boston Col.	—
294	Willie Jackson DB · Mississippi St.	DB	DET	Mississippi St.	—
295	Brian Buckley QB · Harvard	QB	NWE	Harvard	—
296	Marcellus Greene DB · Arizona · 14 G	DB	RAM	Arizona	14
297	Claude Mathews G · Auburn	G	HOU	Auburn	—
298	Larry Friday DB · Mississippi St. · 1 G	DB	CLE	Mississippi St.	1
299	Buster Barnett TE · Jackson St. · 56 G	TE	BUF	Jackson St.	56
300	Carlos Bradley LB · Wake Forest · 54 G	LB	SDG	Wake Forest	54
301	Keith Chappelle WR · Iowa	WR	ATL	Iowa	—
302	Tim Morrison G · Georgia	G	DAL	Georgia	—
303	Gail Davis T · Virginia Union	T	PHI	Virginia Union	—
304	Chester Willis RB · Auburn · 52 G	RB	OAK	Auburn	52

Round 12

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	G
305	Jim Wilks DE · San Diego St. · 183 G	DE	NOR	San Diego St.	183
306	Jeff Bednarek DT · Pacific	DT	SEA	Pacific	—
307	Mike Maher TE · Western Illinois	TE	NYG	Western Illinois	—
308	Mike Moeller T · Drake	T	NYJ	Drake	—
309	Joe Adams G · Nebraska	G	STL	Nebraska	—
310	Brad White NT · Tennessee · 73 G	NT	TAM	Tennessee	73
311	Cliff Lewis LB · Southern Miss · 57 G	LB	GNB	Southern Miss	57
312	Mark O'Connell QB · Ball St.	QB	CIN	Ball St.	—
313	Major Ogilvie RB · Alabama	RB	SFO	Alabama	—
314	Clint Didier TE · Portland St. · 105 G	TE	WAS	Portland St.	105
315	Eric Scoggins LB · USC · 3 G	LB	BAL	USC	3
316	Bob Shupryt LB · New Mexico	LB	CHI	New Mexico	—
317	John Hankerd LB · Notre Dame	LB	DEN	Notre Dame	—
318	John Alford DT · South Carolina St.	DT	MIA	South Carolina St.	—
319	Bob Gagliano QB · Utah St. · 32 G	QB	KAN	Utah St.	32
320	Brian Williams TE · Southern · 1 G	TE	MIN	Southern	1
321	Mandel Robinson RB · Wyoming	RB	DEN	Wyoming	—
322	Joe Adams QB · Tennessee St.	QB	SFO	Tennessee St.	—
323	Cris Crissy DB · Princeton · 1 G	DB	NWE	Princeton	1
324	Bill Capece K · Florida St. · 37 G	K	HOU	Florida St.	37
325	Kevin McGill T · Oregon	T	CLE	Oregon	—
326	Keith Clark LB · Memphis	LB	BUF	Memphis	—
327	Stacy Charles WR · Bethune-Cookman	WR	SDG	Bethune-Cookman	—
328	Jairo Penaranda RB · UCLA · 20 G	RB	RAM	UCLA	20
329	Nate Lundy WR · Indiana	WR	DAL	Indiana	—
330	Mark McCants DB · Temple	DB	ATL	Temple	—
331	Ray Ellis DB · Ohio St. · 100 G	DB	PHI	Ohio St.	100
332	Phil Nelson TE · Delaware	TE	OAK	Delaware	—

Source: nflverse draft_picks release. PB = Pro Bowls · AP = All-Pro selections · G = career games · ★ = Hall of Fame.