1982 NFL Draft
334 picks · 12 rounds · Showing 154
Round 1
| # | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenneth Sims DE · Texas · 74 G | NWE |
| 2 | Johnie Cooks LB · Mississippi St. · 128 G | BAL |
| 3 | Chip Banks LB · USC · 4 PB · 1 AP · 138 G | CLE |
| 6 | Jeff Bryant DE · Clemson · 175 G | SEA |
| 15 | Jimmy Williams LB · Nebraska · 152 G | DET |
| 23 | Bob Crable LB · Notre Dame · 66 G | NYJ |
| 25 | Rod Hill DB · Kentucky St. · 48 G | DAL |
| 26 | Glen Collins DE · Mississippi St. · 58 G | CIN |
| 27 | Lester Williams NT · Miami (FL) · 46 G | NWE |
Round 2
| # | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Leo Wisniewski NT · Penn St. · 36 G | BAL |
| 31 | Keith Baldwin DE · Texas A&M · 63 G | CLE |
| 32 | Booker Reese DE · Bethune-Cookman · 35 G | TAM |
| 33 | Bruce Scholtz LB · Texas · 104 G | SEA |
| 35 | Jack Squirek LB · Illinois · 55 G | RAI |
| 36 | Doug Rogers DE · Stanford · 41 G | ATL |
| 38 | David Galloway DT · Florida · 99 G | STL |
| 41 | Andre Tippett★ LB · Iowa · 5 PB · 2 AP · 151 G | NWE |
| 42 | Bobby Watkins DB · Texas St. · 83 G | DET |
| 46 | Calvin Daniels LB · North Carolina · 70 G | KAN |
| 49 | Vernon Dean DB · San Diego St. · 101 G | WAS |
| 53 | Jeff Rohrer LB · Yale · 83 G | DAL |
| 54 | Emanuel Weaver NT · South Carolina St. · 7 G | CIN |
Round 3
| # | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 57 | Jim Burroughs DB · Michigan St. · 30 G | BAL |
| 58 | Rodney Lewis DB · Nebraska · 27 G | NOR |
| 59 | Eugene Marve LB · Saginaw Valley St. · 156 G | BUF |
| 60 | Clayton Weishuhn LB · Angelo State (TX) · 39 G | NWE |
| 64 | Vann McElroy DB · Baylor · 2 PB · 111 G | RAI |
| 65 | Benny Perrin DB · Alabama · 48 G | STL |
| 69 | Steve Doig LB · New Hampshire · 40 G | DET |
| 70 | Mike Merriweather LB · Pacific · 3 PB · 149 G | PIT |
| 73 | Rusty Guilbeau LB · McNeese St. · 57 G | STL |
| 76 | John Krimm DB · Notre Dame · 9 G | NOR |
| 77 | Robert Abraham LB · North Carolina St. · 73 G | HOU |
| 80 | Paul Lankford DB · Penn St. · 130 G | MIA |
| 81 | Jim Eliopulos LB · Wyoming · 31 G | DAL |
| 83 | John Cannon DE · William & Mary · 122 G | TAM |
Round 4
| # | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 85 | George Crump DE · East Carolina · 9 G | NWE |
| 88 | Jeff Gaylord LB · Missouri | RAM |
| 92 | Jim Fahnhorst LB · Minnesota · 82 G | MIN |
| 96 | Bruce McNorton DB · Georgetown (KY) · 116 G | DET |
| 97 | Rick Woods DB · Boise St. · 71 G | PIT |
| 98 | Robert Brown DE · Virginia Tech · 164 G | GNB |
| 99 | Todd Liebenstein DE · UNLV · 29 G | WAS |
| 100 | Louis Haynes LB · North Texas · 11 G | KAN |
| 101 | Brian Carpenter DB · Michigan · 35 G | DAL |
| 104 | Stuart Anderson LB · Virginia · 40 G | KAN |
| 105 | Anthony Griggs LB · Ohio St. · 90 G | PHI |
| 107 | George Floyd DB · Eastern Kentucky · 15 G | NYJ |
| 108 | Charles Bowser LB · Duke · 42 G | MIA |
| 109 | Monty Hunter DB · Salem · 14 G | DAL |
| 111 | Brian Ingram LB · Tennessee · 40 G | NWE |
Round 5
| # | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 112 | Fred Marion DB · Miami (FL) · 1 PB · 144 G | NWE |
| 114 | Tony Elliott NT · North Texas · 84 G | NOR |
| 118 | Doug Barnett DE · Azusa Pacific · 37 G | RAM |
| 119 | Vance Bedford DB · Texas | STL |
| 120 | Bob Nelson NT · Miami (FL) · 62 G | MIA |
| 121 | Malcolm Taylor DE · Tennessee St. · 68 G | HOU |
| 122 | Von Mansfield DB · Wisconsin · 10 G | ATL |
| 123 | Ed Jackson LB · Louisiana Tech | RAI |
| 127 | William Graham DB · Texas · 69 G | DET |
| 128 | Jeff Davis LB · Clemson · 83 G | TAM |
| 132 | Dennis DeVaughn DB · Bishop · 13 G | PHI |
| 134 | Dennis Tabron DB · Duke | CHI |
| 135 | Mark Jerue LB · Washington · 86 G | NYJ |
| 138 | Paul Sorensen DB · Washington St. | CIN |
Round 6
| # | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 141 | Ricky Smith DB · Alabama St. · 49 G | NWE |
| 147 | Greg Storr LB · Boston Col. · 3 G | MIN |
| 150 | Craig Shaffer LB · Indiana St. · 18 G | STL |
| 152 | Chet Parlavecchio LB · Penn St. · 12 G | GNB |
| 153 | Lamont Jeffers LB · Tennessee | WAS |
| 155 | Mike Perko NT · Utah St. · 9 G | PIT |
| 156 | Darrell Nicholson LB · North Carolina | NYG |
| 157 | Durwood Roquemore DB · Texas A&M-Kingsville · 29 G | KAN |
| 161 | Tom Tutson DB · South Carolina St. · 10 G | MIA |
| 162 | Mike Whitwell DB · Texas A&M · 25 G | CLE |
| 164 | Ron Hester LB · Florida St. · 9 G | MIA |
| 165 | Charles Daum DT · Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | DAL |
| 166 | Arthur King DT · Grambling St. | CIN |
| 167 | Craig Bingham LB · Syracuse · 40 G | PIT |
Round 7
| # | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 168 | Jeff Roberts LB · Tulane | NWE |
| 169 | Fletcher Jenkins DE · Washington · 9 G | BAL |
| 172 | Edmund Nelson DE · Auburn · 84 G | PIT |
| 173 | Henry Waechter DE · Nebraska · 53 G | CHI |
| 174 | Eugene Williams LB · Tulsa · 13 G | SEA |
| 177 | Jeff Jackson DE · Toledo | RAI |
| 180 | John Schachtner LB · Northern Arizona | WAS |
| 183 | Joey Whitley DB · Texas-El Paso | GNB |
| 184 | Greg Smith DE · Kansas · 16 G | KAN |
| 185 | Tom Morris DB · Michigan St. · 20 G | TAM |
| 188 | Hollis Hall DB · Clemson | SDG |
| 189 | Alvin Ruben DE · Houston | DEN |
| 190 | Harvey Armstrong NT · SMU · 111 G | PHI |
| 193 | Bill Purifoy DE · Tulsa | DAL |
| 194 | Ben Needham LB · Michigan | CIN |
| 195 | Ron Ferrari LB · Illinois · 68 G | SFO |
Round 8
| # | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 197 | Ken Collins LB · Washington St. | NWE |
| 199 | Mark Kafentzis DB · Hawaii · 40 G | CLE |
| 203 | Ricky Eberhardt DB · Morris Brown | ATL |
| 205 | Chris Lindstrom DE · Boston Univ. · 19 G | STL |
| 206 | Kirk Harmon LB · Pacific | MIN |
| 207 | Mike Reilly LB · Oklahoma · 9 G | RAM |
| 208 | Martin Moss DE · UCLA · 42 G | DET |
| 210 | Thomas Boyd LB · Alabama · 4 G | GNB |
| 211 | Bill Jackson DB · North Carolina · 9 G | CLE |
| 212 | Kelvin Atkins LB · Illinois · 13 G | TAM |
| 220 | Tate Randle DB · Texas Tech · 69 G | MIA |
| 223 | Ralph Warthen DT · Gardner-Webb | WAS |
Round 9
| # | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 226 | Ken Coffey DB · Texas St. · 41 G | WAS |
| 228 | David Jefferson LB · Miami (FL) | SEA |
| 230 | Mike Hatchett DB · Texas | CHI |
| 231 | Danny Wagoner DB · Kansas · 34 G | DET |
| 232 | Darnell Dailey LB · Maryland | STL |
| 233 | Bryan Howard DB · Tennessee St. · 2 G | MIN |
| 234 | Matt Bradley DB · Penn St. | HOU |
| 237 | Charles Riggins DE · Bethune-Cookman · 3 G | GNB |
| 238 | Randy Trautman DT · Boise St. | WAS |
| 240 | John Higgins DB · UNLV | NYG |
| 245 | Dennis Edwards DE · USC · 3 G | BUF |
| 246 | Warren Lyles DT · Alabama | SDG |
| 249 | Joe Gary DT · UCLA | DAL |
Round 10
| # | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 252 | Tom Deery DB · Widener | BAL |
| 254 | Harold Smith DE · Kentucky St. | WAS |
| 256 | Miles McPherson DB · New Haven · 35 G | RAM |
| 257 | Joe Turner DB · USC | CHI |
| 258 | Craig Austin LB · South Dakota | SEA |
| 262 | Curtis Stowers LB · Mississippi St. | ATL |
| 263 | Rich D'Amico LB · Penn St. | RAI |
| 265 | Terry Daniels DB · Tennessee | WAS |
| 266 | Roosevelt Barnes LB · Purdue · 57 G | DET |
| 267 | Sal Sunseri LB · Pittsburgh | PIT |
| 269 | Dana McLemore DB · Hawaii · 72 G | SFO |
| 271 | Robin Fisher LB · Florida | MIA |
| 272 | Vic James DB · Colorado | BUF |
| 273 | Andre Young DB · Louisiana Tech · 36 G | SDG |
| 274 | Ken Woodard LB · Tuskegee · 104 G | DEN |
| 275 | Darryl Hemphill DB · West Texas A&M · 3 G | NYJ |
| 278 | Larry Hogue DB · Utah St. | CIN |
| 279 | Tim Barbian DT · Western Illinois | SFO |
Round 11
Round 12
| # | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 310 | Scott Nicolas LB · Miami (FL) · 85 G | CLE |
| 312 | Raymond Coley DT · Alabama A&M | RAM |
| 313 | Ricky Young LB · Oklahoma St. | CHI |
| 315 | Dave Levenick LB · Wisconsin · 24 G | ATL |
| 320 | Al Hughes DE · Western Michigan | PIT |
| 322 | Jeff Goff LB · Arkansas | WAS |
| 323 | Mark Seale DT · Richmond | NYG |
| 324 | Mike Miller DB · Texas St. | KAN |
| 329 | Tony Suber DT · Gardner-Webb | BUF |
| 334 | Tim Washington DB · Fresno St. · 2 G | SFO |
Source: nflverse draft_picks release. PB = Pro Bowls · AP = All-Pro selections · G = career games · ★ = Hall of Fame.