1978 NFL Draft

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1978 NFL Draft

Contents 1 Round one 2 Round two 3 Round three 4 Round four 5 Hall of Famers 6 Sources

[edit] Round one

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Houston Oilers	Earl Campbell	Running Back	Texas
2	Kansas City Chiefs	Art Still	Defensive End	Kentucky
3	New Orleans Saints	Wes Chandler	Wide Receiver	Florida
4	New York Jets	Chris Ward	Offensive Tackle	Ohio State
5	Buffalo Bills	Terry Miller	Running Back	Oklahoma State
6	Green Bay Packers	James Lofton	Wide Receiver	Stanford
7	San Francisco 49ers	Ken MacAfee	Tight End	Notre Dame
8	Cincinnati Bengals	Ross Browner	Defensive End	Notre Dame
9	Seattle Seahawks	Keith Simpson	Defensive Back	Memphis State
10	New York Giants	Gordon King	Offensive Tackle	Stanford
11	Detroit Lions	Luther Bradley	Defensive Back	Notre Dame
12	Cleveland Browns	Clay Matthews	Linebacker	USC
13	Atlanta Falcons	Mike Kenn	Offensive Tackle	Michigan
14	San Diego Chargers	John Jefferson	Wide Receiver	Arizona State
15	St. Louis Cardinals	Steve Little	Kicker	Arkansas
16	Cincinnati Bengals	Blair Bush	Center	Washington
17	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Doug Williams	Quarterback	Grambling
18	New England Patriots	Bob Cryder	Guard	Alabama
19	St. Louis Cardinals	Ken Greene	Defensive back	Washington State
20	Los Angeles Rams	Elvis Peacock	Running Back	Oklahoma
21	Minnesota Vikings	Randy Holloway	Defensive End	Pittsburgh
22	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ron Johnson	Defensive Back	Eastern Michigan
23	Cleveland Browns	Ozzie Newsome	Tight End	Alabama
24	San Francisco 49ers	Dan Bunz	Linebacker	Long Beach State
25	Baltimore Colts	Reese McCall	Tight End	Auburn
26	Green Bay Packers	John Anderson	Linebacker	Michigan
27	Denver Broncos	Don Latimer	Defensive Tackle	Miami
28	Dallas Cowboys	Larry Bethea	Defensive End	Michigan State

[edit] Round two

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
29	Kansas	Sylvester Hicks	--	Tennessee State
30	Tampa	Johnny Davis	--	Alabama
31	New York Jets	Mark Merrill	--	Minnesota
32	Buffalo	Dee Hardison	--	North Carolina
33	New Orleans	James Taylor	--	Missouri
34	Green Bay	Mike Hunt	--	Minnesota
35	Cincinnati	Ray Griffin	--	Ohio State
36	Seattle	Kieth Butler	--	Memphis State
37	New York Giants	Odis McKinney	--	Colorado
38	Buffalo	Scott Hutchinson	--	Florida
39	Cleveland	Johnny Evans	--	North Carolina State
40	Detroit	Al Baker	--	Colorado State
41	San Diego	Milton Hardaway	--	Oklahoma State
42	St. Louis	John Barefield	--	Texas A&I
43	Atlanta	Steve Stewart	--	Minnesota
44	Tampa	Brett Moritz	--	Nebraska
45	Cincinnati	Dave Turner	--	San Diego State
46	Las Angeles	Stan Johnson	--	Tennessee State
47	San Francisco	Walt Downing	--	Michigan
48	Minnesota	John Turner	--	Miami
49	Pittsburgh	Willie Fry	--	Notre Dame
50	New England	Matt Cavanaugh	--	Pittsburgh
51	Miami	Guy Benjamin	--	Stanford
52	Baltimore	Mike Woods	--	Cincinnati
53	Las Angeles	Ronnie Smith	--	San Diego State
54	Oakland	Dave Browning	--	Washington
55	Denver	Bill Gay	--	USC
56	Dallas	Todd Christensen	--	Brigham Young

[edit] Round three

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
57	Oakland	Derrick Jensen	--	Texas-Arlington
58	Kansas	Gary Spani	--	Kansas State
59	Buffalo	Denis Johnson	--	Mississippi State
60	New Orleans	Barry Bennett	--	Concordia
61	New York Jets	Mickey Shuler	--	Penn State
62	Green Bay	Estus Hood	--	Illinois State
63	Seattle	Bob Jury	--	Pittsburgh
64	Miami	Lyman Smith	--	Duke
65	Buffalo	Danny Fulton	--	Nebraska-Omaha
66	Philadelphia	Reggie Wilken	--	Georgia Tech
67	Cleveland	Larry Collins	--	Texas A&I
68	Cleveland	Mark Miller	--	Bowling Green
69	St. Louis	Doug Greene	--	Texas A&I
70	Atlanta	Stan Waldemore	--	Nebraska
71	San Diego	Rickey Anderson	--	South Carolina State
72	Cincinnati	Ted Vincent	--	Wichita State
73	Houston	Gifford Nielsen	--	Brigham Young
74	Chicago	Brad Shearer	--	Texas
75	Minnesota	Whip Walton	--	San Diego State
76	Pittsburgh	Craig Colquitt	--	Tennessee
77	New England	Carlos Pennywell	--	Grambling
78	Las Angeles	Frank Corral	--	UCLA
79	San Francisco	Ernie Hughes	--	Notre Dame
80	Las Angeles	Leon White	--	Colorado
81	Miami	Jimmy Cefalo	--	Penn State
82	Oakland	Lindsey Mason	--	Kansas State
83	Cincinnati	Don Bass	--	Houston
84	Dallas	Dave Hudgens	--	Oklahoma

[edit] Round four

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
85	Kansas	Danny Johnson	--	Tennessee State
86	Oakland	Maurice Harvey	--	Ball State
87	New Orleans	Don Schwartz	--	Washington State
88	New York Jets	Dodie Donnell	--	Nebraska
89	Buffalo	Lucius Sanford	--	Georgia Tech
90	New York Giants	Billy Taylor	--	Texas Tech
91	San Francisco	Terry LeCount	--	Florida
92	Philadelphia	Dennis Harrison	--	Vanderbilt
93	Miami	Gerald Small	--	San Jose State
94	Detroit	William Fifer	--	West Texas State
95	Atlanta	Brian Cabral	--	Colorado
96	St. Louis	George Collins	--	Georgia
97	St. Louis	Jim Childs	--	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
98	Houston	Mike Renfro	--	Texas Christian
99	Cincinnati	Dennis Law	--	East Tennessee State
100	Minnesota	Jim Hough	--	Utah State
101	Pittsburgh	Larry Anderson	--	Louisiana Tech
102	New England	Dwight Wheeler	--	Tennessee State
103	Cleveland	Pete Pallara	--	Tennessee-Chattanooga
104	Kansas	Pete Woods	--	Missouri
105	Las Angeles	Mark Manges	--	Maryland
106	Miami	Eric Laakso	--	Tulane
107	Detroit	Homer Elias	--	Tennessee State
108	Oakland	Joe Stewart	--	Missouri
109	Detroit	Larry Tearry	--	Wake Forest
110	Dallas	Alois Blackwell	--	Houston

[edit] Hall of Famers

• Earl Campbell, RB, Houston Oilers - 1st round (1st overall). Inducted in 1991.
• James Lofton, RB, Green Bay Packers - 1st round (6th overall). Inducted in 2003.
• Ozzie Newsome, WR, Cleveland Browns - 1st round (23rd overall). Inducted in 1999.

[edit] Sources

Database football 1978