| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Buffalo Bills | Tom Cousineau | LB | Ohio State | Big Ten | |
| 1 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs | Mike Bell | DE | Colorado State | WAC | |
| 1 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals | Jack Thompson | QB | Washington State | Pac-10 | |
| 1 | 4 | Chicago Bears | Dan Hampton‡† | DT | Arkansas | SWC | |
| 1 | 5 | Buffalo Bills | Jerry Butler † | WR | Clemson | ACC | |
| 1 | 6 | Baltimore Colts | Barry Krauss | LB | Alabama | SEC | |
| 1 | 7 | New York Giants | Phil Simms † | QB | Morehead State | OVC | |
| 1 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals | Ottis Anderson † | RB | Miami (FL) | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 1 | 9 | Chicago Bears | Al Harris | DE | Arizona State | Pac-10 | |
| 1 | 10 | Detroit Lions | Keith Dorney † | OT | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 1 | 11 | New Orleans Saints | Russell Erxleben | K/P | Texas | SWC | |
| 1 | 12 | Cincinnati Bengals | Charles Alexander | RB | LSU | SEC | |
| 1 | 13 | San Diego Chargers | Kellen Winslow‡† | TE | Missouri | Big Eight | from Cleveland |
| 1 | 14 | New York Jets | Marty Lyons | DE | Alabama | SEC | |
| 1 | 15 | Green Bay Packers | Eddie Lee Ivery | RB | Georgia Tech | Ind. | |
| 1 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings | Ted Brown | RB | NC State | ACC | |
| 1 | 17 | Atlanta Falcons | Don Smith | DE | Miami (FL) | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 1 | 18 | Seattle Seahawks | Manu Tuiasosopo | DT | UCLA | Pac-10 | |
| 1 | 19 | Los Angeles Rams | George Andrews | LB | Nebraska | Big Eight | |
| 1 | 20 | Cleveland Browns | Willis Adams | WR | Houston | SWC | from San Diego |
| 1 | 21 | Philadelphia Eagles | Jerry Robinson † | LB | UCLA | Pac-10 | |
| 1 | 22 | Denver Broncos | Kelvin Clark | OT | Nebraska | Big Eight | |
| 1 | 23 | Kansas City Chiefs | Steve Fuller | QB | Clemson | ACC | |
| 1 | 24 | Miami Dolphins | Jon Giesler | OT | Michigan | Big Ten | |
| 1 | 25 | New England Patriots | Rick Sanford | DB | South Carolina | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 1 | 26 | Los Angeles Rams | Kent Hill † | OT | Georgia Tech | Ind. | |
| 1 | 27 | Dallas Cowboys | Robert Shaw | C | Tennessee | SEC | |
| 1 | 28 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Greg Hawthorne | RB | Baylor | SWC | |
| 2 | 29 | San Francisco 49ers | James Owens | WR | UCLA | Pac-10 | |
| 2 | 30 | Cincinnati Bengals | Dan Ross † | TE | Northeastern | Ind. (I-AA) | |
| 2 | 31 | Houston Oilers | Mike Stensrud | DT | Iowa State | Big Eight | from Kansas City |
| 2 | 32 | Buffalo Bills | Fred Smerlas † | DT | Boston College | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 2 | 33 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Greg Roberts | OG | Oklahoma | Big Eight | from Baltimore |
| 2 | 34 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Gordon Jones | WR | Pittsburgh | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 2 | 35 | St. Louis Cardinals | Theotis Brown | RB | UCLA | Pac-10 | |
| 2 | 36 | New York Giants | Earnest Gray | WR | Memphis State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 2 | 37 | Detroit Lions | Ken Fantetti | LB | Wyoming | WAC | |
| 2 | 38 | New Orleans Saints | Reggie Mathis | LB | Oklahoma | Big Eight | |
| 2 | 39 | Chicago Bears | Rickey Watts | WR | Tulsa | MVC | |
| 2 | 40 | Cleveland Browns | Lawrence Johnson | CB | Wisconsin | Big Ten | |
| 2 | 41 | New York Jets | Mark Gastineau † | DE | East Central | OIC | |
| 2 | 42 | Oakland Raiders | Willie Jones | DE | Florida State | Ind. (I-A) | from Washington via St. Louis |
| 2 | 43 | Minnesota Vikings | Dave Huffman | C | Notre Dame | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 2 | 44 | Green Bay Packers | Steve Atkins | RB | Maryland | ACC | |
| 2 | 45 | Seattle Seahawks | Joe Norman | LB | Indiana | Big Ten | |
| 2 | 46 | St. Louis Cardinals | Calvin Favron | LB | Southeastern Louisiana | Gulf South | from Oakland |
| 2 | 47 | Cleveland Browns | Sam Claphan | OT | Oklahoma | Big Eight | from San Diego |
| 2 | 48 | Philadelphia Eagles | Petey Perot | OG | Northwestern State | Ind. (I-AA) | from San Diego |
| 2 | 49 | Atlanta Falcons | Pat Howell | OG | USC | Pac-10 | |
| 2 | 50 | Houston Oilers | Jesse Baker | DE | Jacksonville State | Gulf South | |
| 2 | 51 | Buffalo Bills | Jim Haslett | LB | IUP | PSAC | from Denver |
| 2 | 52 | New England Patriots | Bob Golic † | DT | Notre Dame | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 2 | 53 | Miami Dolphins | Jeff Toews | OT | Washington | Pac-10 | |
| 2 | 54 | Los Angeles Rams | Eddie Hill | RB | Memphis State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 2 | 55 | Dallas Cowboys | Aaron Mitchell | CB | UNLV | Ind. | |
| 2 | 56 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Zack Valentine | LB | East Carolina | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 3 | 57 | Seattle Seahawks | Michael Jackson | LB | Washington | Pac-10 | from San Francisco |
| 3 | 58 | Los Angeles Rams | Moore, JeffJeff Moore | WR | Tennessee | SEC | from Kansas City |
| 3 | 59 | Cincinnati Bengals | Barney Cotton | OG | Nebraska | Big Eight | |
| 3 | 60 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Jerry Eckwood | RB | Arkansas | SWC | from Baltimore |
| 3 | 61 | Miami Dolphins | Tony Nathan | RB | Alabama | SEC | |
| 3 | 62 | Buffalo Bills | Jon Borchardt | OT | Montana State | Big Sky | |
| 3 | 63 | Miami Dolphins | Mel Land | LB | Michigan State | Big Ten | from N. Y. Giants |
| 3 | 64 | St. Louis Cardinals | Joe Bostic | OT | Clemson | ACC | |
| 3 | 65 | Miami Dolphins | Ronnie Lee | TE | Baylor | SWC | from New Orleans |
| 3 | 66 | Chicago Bears | Willie McClendon | RB | Georgia | SEC | |
| 3 | 67 | Detroit Lions | Bo Robinson | RB | West Texas State | MVC | |
| 3 | 68 | New York Jets | Donald Dykes | CB | Southeastern Louisiana | Gulf South | |
| 3 | 69 | Baltimore Colts | Kim Anderson | S | Arizona State | Pac-10 | from Washington via Houston |
| 3 | 70 | Cleveland Browns | James Ramey | DE | Kentucky | SEC | |
| 3 | 71 | Green Bay Packers | Charles Johnson | DT | Maryland | ACC | |
| 3 | 72 | Houston Oilers | Kenny King † | RB | Oklahoma | Big Eight | from Oakland via Baltimore |
| 3 | 73 | San Diego Chargers | Clifford Thrift | LB | East Central | OIC | |
| 3 | 74 | Philadelphia Eagles | Tony Franklin † | K | Texas A&M | SWC | |
| 3 | 75 | Atlanta Falcons | James Mayberry | RB | Colorado | Big Eight | |
| 3 | 76 | Dallas Cowboys | Doug Cosbie † | TE | Santa Clara | — | from Seattle |
| 3 | 77 | Denver Broncos | Bruce Radford | DE | Grambling State | SWAC | |
| 3 | 78 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Lewis, ReginaldReginald Lewis | DE | North Texas | Ind. | from Houston |
| 3 | 79 | Atlanta Falcons | William Andrews † | RB | Auburn | SEC | from Miami |
| 3 | 80 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Rick Berns | RB | Nebraska | Big Eight | from Los Angeles via Washington thorough Miami and Oakland |
| 3 | 81 | Los Angeles Rams | Mike Wellman | C | Kansas | Big Eight | from New England |
| 3 | 82 | San Francisco 49ers | Joe Montana‡† | QB | Notre Dame | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 3 | – | Pittsburgh Steelers | Selection forfeited when the team was found to have practiced with pads during an off-season period when pads were not allowed[5] |
| 4 | 83 | Buffalo Bills | Ken Johnson | DE | Knoxville | SIAC | |
| 4 | 84 | Cincinnati Bengals | James White | DT | Albany State | SIAC | |
| 4 | 85 | Kansas City Chiefs | Frank Manumaleuga | LB | San Jose State | PCAA | |
| 4 | 86 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Russell Davis | RB | Michigan | Big Ten | from Tampa Bay via Detroit |
| 4 | 87 | Buffalo Bills | Jeff Nixon | S | Richmond | Ind. | |
| 4 | 88 | Detroit Lions | Ulysses Norris | TE | Georgia | SEC | from Baltimore |
| 4 | 89 | St. Louis Cardinals | Roy Green † | DB | Henderson State | Arkansas | |
| 4 | 90 | New York Giants | Phil Tabor | DE | Oklahoma | Big Eight | |
| 4 | 91 | Cincinnati Bengals | Vaughn Lusby | CB | Arkansas | SWC | from Chicago |
| 4 | 92 | Detroit Lions | Jon Brooks | LB | Clemson | ACC | |
| 4 | 93 | New Orleans Saints | Jim Kovach | LB | Kentucky | SEC | |
| 4 | 94 | Philadelphia Eagles | Ben Cowins | RB | Arkansas | SWC | from Washington |
| 4 | 95 | Cleveland Browns | Matt Miller | OT | Colorado | Big Eight | |
| 4 | 96 | New York Jets | Eric Cunningham | OG | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 4 | 97 | Minnesota Vikings | Steve Dils | QB | Stanford | Pac-10 | |
| 4 | 98 | New York Jets | Johnny Lynn | CB | UCLA | Pac-10 | from Green Bay |
| 4 | 99 | Los Angeles Rams | Tucker, DerwinDerwin Tucker | DB | Illinois | Big Ten | from San Diego |
| 4 | 100 | Atlanta Falcons | Lynn Cain | RB | USC | Pac-10 | from Philadelphia |
| 4 | 101 | Atlanta Falcons | Charles Johnson | CB | Grambling State | SWAC | |
| 4 | 102 | Seattle Seahawks | Mark Bell | TE | Colorado State | WAC | |
| 4 | 103 | Washington Redskins | Don Warren | TE | San Diego State | WAC | from Oakland via Green Bay |
| 4 | 104 | San Diego Chargers | John Floyd | WR | Northeast Louisiana | Ind. (I-A) | from Houston |
| 4 | 105 | Denver Broncos | Charles Jefferson | DB | McNeese State | Southland | |
| 4 | 106 | New England Patriots | Eddie Hare | P | Tulsa | MVC | |
| 4 | 107 | Miami Dolphins | Steve Howell | RB | Baylor | SWC | |
| 4 | 108 | Los Angeles Rams | Jerry Wilkinson | DT | Oregon State | Pac-10 | |
| 4 | 109 | Dallas Cowboys | Ralph DeLoach | DE | California | Pac-10 | |
| 4 | 110 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Calvin Sweeney | WR | USC | Pac-10 | |
| 5 | 111 | San Francisco 49ers | Tom Seabron | LB | Michigan | Big Ten | |
| 5 | 112 | Kansas City Chiefs | Earl Gant | RB | Missouri | Big Eight | |
| 5 | 113 | Cincinnati Bengals | Casey Merrill | DE | UC Davis | FWC | |
| 5 | 114 | Buffalo Bills | Rod Kush | S | Nebraska–Omaha | NCC | |
| 5 | 115 | Baltimore Colts | Larry Braziel | CB | USC | Pac-10 | |
| 5 | 116 | Buffalo Bills | Dan Manucci | QB | Kansas State | Big Eight | from Tampa Bay via Seattle |
| 5 | 117 | New York Giants | Cleveland Jackson | TE | UNLV | Ind. | |
| 5 | 118 | St. Louis Cardinals | Steve Henry | DB | Emporia State | — | |
| 5 | 119 | San Francisco 49ers | Jerry Aldridge | RB | Angelo State | LSC | from Detroit |
| 5 | 120 | New Orleans Saints | Harlan Huckleby | RB | Michigan | Big Ten | |
| 5 | 121 | Dallas Cowboys | Hukill, BobBob Hukill | OG | North Carolina | ACC | from Chicago |
| 5 | 122 | Los Angeles Rams | Victor Hicks | TE | Oklahoma | Big Eight | from Cleveland |
| 5 | 123 | New York Jets | Kelly Kirchbaum | LB | Kentucky | SEC | |
| 5 | 124 | Cleveland Browns | Rich Dimler | DT | USC | Pac-10 | from Washington via Los Angeles |
| 5 | 125 | New York Jets | Stan Blinka | LB | Sam Houston | LSC | from Green Bay |
| 5 | 126 | Philadelphia Eagles | Scott Fitzkee | WR | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 5 | 127 | Atlanta Falcons | Mike Zele | DT | Kent State | MAC | |
| 5 | 128 | Dallas Cowboys | Curtis Anderson | DE | Central State (OH) | Ind. (NAIA) | |
| 5 | 129 | Minnesota Vikings | Jerry Meter | LB | Michigan | Big Ten | |
| 5 | 130 | St. Louis Cardinals | Mark Bell | WR | Colorado State | WAC | from Oakland |
| 5 | 131 | Detroit Lions | Brown, WaltWalt Brown | C | Pittsburgh | Ind. (I-A) | from San Diego via Los Angeles |
| 5 | 132 | Denver Broncos | Rick Leach | QB | Michigan | Big Ten | |
| 5 | 133 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Chuck Fusina | QB | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | from Houston |
| 5 | 134 | Miami Dolphins | Don Bessillieu | S | Georgia Tech | Ind. | |
| 5 | 135 | New England Patriots | John Zamberlin | LB | Pacific Lutheran | N/A | |
| 5 | 136 | Dallas Cowboys | Ron Springs | RB | Ohio State | Big Ten | |
| 5 | 137 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Dwaine Board | DE | North Carolina A&T | MEAC | |
| 6 | 138 | San Francisco 49ers | Ruben Vaughan | DT | Colorado | Big Eight | |
| 6 | 139 | Cincinnati Bengals | Steve Kreider | WR | Lehigh | Ind. (I-AA) | |
| 6 | 140 | Kansas City Chiefs | Gaines, SpiderSpider Gaines | WR | Washington | Pac-10 | |
| 6 | 141 | Buffalo Bills | Burrow, MikeMike Burrow | OG | Auburn | SEC | from Baltimore |
| 6 | 142 | Oakland Raiders | Ira Matthews | RB | Wisconsin | Big Ten | from Tampa Bay |
| 6 | 143 | Houston Oilers | Daryl Hunt | LB | Oklahoma | Big Eight | from Buffalo |
| 6 | 144 | St. Louis Cardinals | Thomas Lott | RB | Oklahoma | Big Eight | |
| 6 | 145 | New York Giants | Bob Torrey | RB | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 6 | 146 | New Orleans Saints | Ricky Ray | DB | Norfolk State | CIAA | |
| 6 | 147 | Chicago Bears | John Sullivan | LB | Illinois | Big Ten | |
| 6 | 148 | Denver Broncos | Jeff McIntyre | LB | Arizona State | Pac-10 | from Detroit |
| 6 | 149 | New York Jets | Dufek, BillBill Dufek | OG | Michigan | Big Ten | |
| 6 | 150 | Baltimore Colts | Moore, JimJim Moore | OT | Ohio State | Big Ten | from Washington |
| 6 | 151 | Cleveland Browns | Clinton Burrell | DB | LSU | SEC | |
| 6 | 152 | Minnesota Vikings | Joe Senser † | TE | West Chester | PSAC | |
| 6 | 153 | Green Bay Packers | Dave Simmons | LB | North Carolina | ACC | |
| 6 | 154 | Atlanta Falcons | Mike Moroski | QB | UC Davis | FWC | |
| 6 | 155 | Dallas Cowboys | Lavender, TimTim Lavender | DB | USC | Pac-10 | from Seattle |
| 6 | 156 | Oakland Raiders | Henry Williams | CB | San Diego State | WAC | |
| 6 | 157 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bill Murrell | TE | Winston-Salem State | CIAA | from San Diego |
| 6 | 158 | New York Giants | Eddie Hicks | RB | East Carolina | Ind. (I-A) | from Philadelphia |
| 6 | 159 | Houston Oilers | Mike Murphy | LB | SW Missouri State | MIAA | |
| 6 | 160 | Dallas Cowboys | Salzano, MikeMike Salzano | OG | North Carolina | ACC | from Denver |
| 6 | 161 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Dwayne Woodruff | CB | Louisville | Ind. (I-A) | from New England |
| 6 | 162 | Miami Dolphins | Lindquist, SteveSteve Lindquist | OG | Nebraska | Big Eight | |
| 6 | 163 | Cleveland Browns | Ronan, JimJim Ronan | DT | Minnesota | Big Ten | from Los Angeles |
| 6 | 164 | Dallas Cowboys | Chris DeFrance | WR | Arizona State | Pac-10 | |
| 6 | 165 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Matt Bahr | K | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 7 | 166 | San Francisco 49ers | Phil Francis | RB | Stanford | Pac-10 | |
| 7 | 167 | Kansas City Chiefs | Ken Kremer | DE | Ball State | MAC | |
| 7 | 168 | Cincinnati Bengals | Max Montoya † | OG | UCLA | Pac-10 | |
| 7 | 169 | Seattle Seahawks | Larry Polowski | LB | Boise State | Big Sky | from Tampa Bay via Washington |
| 7 | 170 | Buffalo Bills | Tom Mullady | TE | Rhodes | CAC | |
| 7 | 171 | Houston Oilers | Ries, TimTim Ries | DB | SW Missouri State | MIAA | from Baltimore |
| 7 | 172 | New York Giants | Steve Alvers | TE | Miami (FL) | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 7 | 173 | St. Louis Cardinals | Kirk Gibson | WR | Michigan State | Big Ten | |
| 7 | 174 | Chicago Bears | Lee Kunz | LB | Nebraska | Big Eight | |
| 7 | 175 | Oakland Raiders | Matia, JackJack Matia | OT | Drake | MVC | from Detroit via Cleveland |
| 7 | 176 | New Orleans Saints | Stan Sytsma | LB | Minnesota | Big Ten | |
| 7 | 177 | New England Patriots | Judson Flint | FS | Memphis State | Ind. (I-A) | from Washington |
| 7 | 178 | Philadelphia Eagles | Swafford, DonDon Swafford | OT | Florida | SEC | from Cleveland |
| 7 | 179 | New York Jets | King, EmmettEmmett King | RB | Houston | SWC | |
| 7 | 180 | Green Bay Packers | Henry Monroe | DB | Mississippi State | SEC | |
| 7 | 181 | Minnesota Vikings | Bob Winkel | DT | Kentucky | SEC | |
| 7 | 182 | Washington Redskins | Rich Milot | LB | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | from Seattle |
| 7 | 183 | Cleveland Browns | Cody Risien † | OT | Texas A&M | SWC | from Oakland |
| 7 | 184 | Green Bay Packers | Rich Wingo | LB | Alabama | SEC | from San Diego |
| 7 | 185 | Philadelphia Eagles | Bunche, CurtisCurtis Bunche | DE | Albany State | SIAC | |
| 7 | 186 | Atlanta Falcons | Westlund, RogerRoger Westlund | OT | Washington | Pac-10 | |
| 7 | 187 | New York Jets | Brown, KeithKeith Brown | DB | Minnesota | Big Ten | from Houston |
| 7 | 188 | Denver Broncos | Luke Prestridge † | P | Baylor | SWC | |
| 7 | 189 | Miami Dolphins | Uwe von Schamann | K | Oklahoma | Big Eight | |
| 7 | 190 | Los Angeles Rams | Jeff Delaney | S | Pittsburgh | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 7 | 191 | Dallas Cowboys | Fitzpatrick, GregGreg Fitzpatrick | LB | Youngstown State | MCAA | |
| 7 | 192 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bruce Kimball | OG | UMass | Yankee | |
| 8 | 193 | Green Bay Packers | Ron Cassidy | WR | Utah State | Big West | from San Francisco |
| 8 | 194 | Cincinnati Bengals | Howie Kurnick | LB | Cincinnati | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 8 | 195 | Kansas City Chiefs | Mike Williams | RB | New Mexico | WAC | |
| 8 | 196 | Philadelphia Eagles | Chuck Correal | C | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | from Buffalo |
| 8 | 197 | Baltimore Colts | Steve Heimkreiter | LB | Notre Dame | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 8 | 198 | New York Jets | Marshall Harris | DT | TCU | SWC | from Tampa Bay |
| 8 | 199 | St. Louis Cardinals | Miller, LarryLarry Miller | LB | BYU | WAC | |
| 8 | 200 | New York Giants | Perry, D. K.D. K. Perry | DB | SMU | SWC | |
| 8 | 201 | New York Giants | Roy Simmons | OG | Georgia Tech | Ind. | from Detroit |
| 8 | 202 | New Orleans Saints | Panfil, DougDoug Panfil | OG | Tulsa | MVC | |
| 8 | 203 | Chicago Bears | Moss, RickRick Moss | DB | Purdue | Big Ten | |
| 8 | 204 | Cleveland Browns | Perkow, KentKent Perkow | DE | San Diego State | WAC | |
| 8 | 205 | New York Jets | Beamon, WillieWillie Beamon | LB | Boise State | Big Sky | |
| 8 | 206 | Miami Dolphins | Jeff Groth | WR | Bowling Green | MAC | from Washington |
| 8 | 207 | Baltimore Colts | Nesby Glasgow | S | Washington | Pac-10 | from Minnesota |
| 8 | 208 | Green Bay Packers | Rick Partridge | P | Utah | WAC | |
| 8 | 209 | Oakland Raiders | Hawkins, RobertRobert Hawkins | RB | Kentucky | SEC | |
| 8 | 210 | San Diego Chargers | Wilbert Haslip | RB | Hawaii | Ind. | |
| 8 | 211 | Philadelphia Eagles | Max Runager | P | South Carolina | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 8 | 212 | Atlanta Falcons | Miller, KeithKeith Miller | LB | N.E. Oklahoma | N/A | |
| 8 | 213 | Detroit Lions | John Mohring | LB | C. W. Post | N/A | from Seattle |
| 8 | 214 | Houston Oilers | Carter Hartwig | CB | USC | Pac-10 | |
| 8 | 215 | Miami Dolphins | Glenn Blackwood | S | Texas | SWC | from Denver |
| 8 | 216 | New England Patriots | Randy Love | RB | Houston | SWC | |
| 8 | 217 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Gene Sanders | DT | Texas A&M | SWC | from Miami |
| 8 | 218 | Kansas City Chiefs | Brewer, RobertRobert Brewer | OG | Temple | Ind. (I-A) | from Los Angeles via St. Louis |
| 8 | 219 | Dallas Cowboys | Bruce Thornton | DT | Illinois | Big Ten | |
| 8 | 220 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Tom Graves | LB | Michigan State | Big Ten | |
| 9 | 221 | San Francisco 49ers | Hamilton, SteveSteve Hamilton | DT | Missouri | Big Eight | |
| 9 | 222 | Kansas City Chiefs | Folston, JamesJames Folston | TE | Cameron | Ind. (NAIA) | |
| 9 | 223 | Cincinnati Bengals | Scott Burk | S | Oklahoma State | Big Eight | |
| 9 | 224 | Baltimore Colts | Henderson, RussRuss Henderson | P | Virginia | ACC | |
| 9 | 225 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Henry Vereen | WR | UNLV | Ind. | |
| 9 | 226 | Buffalo Bills | Baker, KevenKeven Baker | DE | William Penn | IIAC | |
| 9 | 227 | New York Giants | Tom Rusk | LB | Iowa | Big Ten | |
| 9 | 228 | St. Louis Cardinals | Bob Rozier | DE | California | Pac-10 | |
| 9 | 229 | Kansas City Chiefs | Robinson, JoeJoe Robinson | OT | Ohio State | Big Ten | from New Orleans |
| 9 | 230 | Chicago Bears | Jerome Heavens | RB | Notre Dame | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 9 | 231 | Detroit Lions | Jeff Komlo | QB | Delaware | Ind. (Div. II) | |
| 9 | 232 | New York Jets | Sprattler, GordyGordy Sprattler | RB | North Dakota State | NCC | |
| 9 | 233 | Washington Redskins | Kris Haines | WR | Notre Dame | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 9 | 234 | Cleveland Browns | Carl McGee | LB | Duke | ACC | |
| 9 | 235 | Green Bay Packers | John Thompson | TE | Utah State | Big West | |
| 9 | 236 | Minnesota Vikings | Diggs, BillyBilly Diggs | WR | Winston-Salem State | CIAA | |
| 9 | 237 | San Diego Chargers | Alvin Garrett | WR | Angelo State | LSC | |
| 9 | 238 | Oakland Raiders | Jim Rourke | OT | Boston College | Ind. (I-A) | from Philadelphia |
| 9 | 239 | Atlanta Falcons | Dave Parkin | FS | Utah State | Big West | |
| 9 | 240 | Seattle Seahawks | Tate, EzraEzra Tate | RB | Mississippi College | Gulf South | |
| 9 | 241 | Cleveland Browns | Curtis Weathers | TE | Ole Miss | SEC | from Oakland |
| 9 | 242 | Denver Broncos | Taylor, CharlieCharlie Taylor | WR | Rice | SWC | |
| 9 | 243 | Houston Oilers | Richard Ellender | WR | McNeese State | Southland | |
| 9 | 244 | Miami Dolphins | Jeff Weston | DT | Notre Dame | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 9 | 245 | New England Patriots | John Spagnola | TE | Yale | Ivy | |
| 9 | 246 | Los Angeles Rams | Jeff Rutledge | QB | Alabama | SEC | |
| 9 | 247 | Dallas Cowboys | Garry Cobb | LB | USC | Pac-10 | |
| 9 | 248 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Kirk, RickRick Kirk | DE | Denison | N/A | |
| 10 | 249 | San Francisco 49ers | Dwight Clark † | WR | Clemson | ACC | |
| 10 | 250 | Cincinnati Bengals | Nathan Poole | RB | Louisville | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 10 | 251 | Kansas City Chiefs | DuPree, MikeMike DuPree | LB | Florida | SEC | |
| 10 | 252 | San Francisco 49ers | Howard Ballage | DB | Colorado | Big Eight | |
| 10 | 253 | Buffalo Bills | Dave Marler | QB | Mississippi State | SEC | |
| 10 | 254 | Baltimore Colts | Stephens, SteveSteve Stephens | TE | Oklahoma State | Big Eight | |
| 10 | 255 | St. Louis Cardinals | Holloway, JerryJerry Holloway | TE | Western Illinois | MCAA | |
| 10 | 256 | New York Giants | Dan Fowler | OG | Kentucky | SEC | |
| 10 | 257 | Chicago Bears | Restic, JoeJoe Restic | DB | Notre Dame | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 10 | 258 | Miami Dolphins | Stanton, JeromeJerome Stanton | DB | Michigan State | Big Ten | |
| 10 | 259 | Oakland Raiders | Smith, RickyRicky Smith | DB | Tulane | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 10 | 260 | Kansas City Chiefs | Gerald Jackson | DB | Mississippi State | SEC | |
| 10 | 261 | Cleveland Browns | John Smith | WR | Tennessee State | Ind. | |
| 10 | 262 | New York Jets | Sybeldon, SteveSteve Sybeldon | OT | North Dakota | NCC | |
| 10 | 263 | New York Jets | Ed McGlasson | C | Youngstown State | MCAA | |
| 10 | 264 | Green Bay Packers | Frank Lockett | WR | Nebraska | Big Eight | |
| 10 | 265 | San Diego Chargers | Petruccio, TonyTony Petruccio | DT | Penn State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 10 | 266 | Atlanta Falcons | Bruce Beekley | LB | Oregon | Pac-10 | |
| 10 | 267 | Seattle Seahawks | Robert Hardy | DT | Jackson State | SWAC | |
| 10 | 268 | Kansas City Chiefs | Willis, LarryLarry Willis | WR | Alcorn State | SWAC | |
| 10 | 269 | San Diego Chargers | Al Green | DB | LSU | SEC | |
| 10 | 270 | New England Patriots | Martin Cox | WR | Vanderbilt | SEC | |
| 10 | 271 | New England Patriots | Allan Clark | RB | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | |
| 10 | 272 | Miami Dolphins | Mike Kozlowski | RB | Colorado | Big Eight | |
| 10 | 273 | Los Angeles Rams | Ebensberger, GradyGrady Ebensberger | DT | Houston | SWC | |
| 10 | 274 | Dallas Cowboys | Mike Calhoun | DT | Notre Dame | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 10 | 275 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Thompson, TodTod Thompson | TE | BYU | WAC | |
| 11 | 276 | San Francisco 49ers | McBride, BillyBilly McBride | DB | Tennessee State | Ind. | |
| 11 | 277 | Kansas City Chiefs | Stan Rome | WR | Clemson | ACC | |
| 11 | 278 | Cincinnati Bengals | Ken Bungarda | DE | Missouri | Big Eight | |
| 11 | 279 | Buffalo Bills | Lawler, PaulPaul Lawler | DB | Colgate | Ind. | |
| 11 | 280 | Baltimore Colts | John Priestner | LB | Western Ontario | OUAA | |
| 11 | 281 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Rippentrop, BobBob Rippentrop | TE | Fresno State | PCAA | |
| 11 | 282 | New York Giants | Mince, MikeMike Mince | DB | Fresno State | PCAA | |
| 11 | 283 | St. Louis Cardinals | Henderson, NateNate Henderson | OT | Florida State | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 11 | 284 | New York Giants | Johnson, KenKen Johnson | RB | Miami (FL) | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 11 | 285 | New Orleans Saints | Hall, DavidDavid Hall | WR | Missouri–Rolla | MIAA | |
| 11 | 286 | Chicago Bears | Wright, BobBob Wright | OT | Cincinnati | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 11 | 287 | Cleveland Browns | Poeschl, RandyRandy Poeschl | DE | Nebraska | Big Eight | |
| 11 | 288 | New York Jets | Danny Sanders | QB | Carson–Newman | SAC | |
| 11 | 289 | Washington Redskins | Monte Coleman | LB | Central Arkansas | Arkansas | |
| 11 | 290 | Green Bay Packers | Thorson, MarkMark Thorson | DB | Ottawa (KS) | HAAC | |
| 11 | 291 | Minnesota Vikings | Nelson, BrianBrian Nelson | WR | Texas Tech | SWC | |
| 11 | 292 | Atlanta Falcons | Leer, BillBill Leer | C | Colorado State | WAC | |
| 11 | 293 | Seattle Seahawks | Hinesly, JimJim Hinesly | OG | Michigan State | Big Ten | |
| 11 | 294 | Oakland Raiders | Bruce Davis | OT | UCLA | Pac-10 | |
| 11 | 295 | San Diego Chargers | Dave Rader | QB | Tulsa | MVC | |
| 11 | 296 | Philadelphia Eagles | Al Chesley | LB | Pittsburgh | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 11 | 297 | Denver Broncos | Zach Dixon | RB | Temple | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 11 | 298 | Houston Oilers | Taylor, MikeMike Taylor | OT | Georgia Tech | Ind. | |
| 11 | 299 | Miami Dolphins | Blanton, MikeMike Blanton | DE | Georgia Tech | Ind. | |
| 11 | 300 | Washington Redskins | Hall, TonyTony Hall | WR | Knoxville | SIAC | |
| 11 | 301 | Los Angeles Rams | Deremus, JesseJesse Deremus | DT | Tennessee State | Ind. | |
| 11 | 302 | Detroit Lions | Cole, EddieEddie Cole | LB | Ole Miss | SEC | |
| 11 | 303 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Moore, CharlieCharlie Moore | C | Wichita State | MVC | |
| 12 | 304 | Cincinnati Bengals | Jim Browner | DB | Notre Dame | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 12 | 305 | Kansas City Chiefs | Michael Forrest | RB | Arkansas | SWC | |
| 12 | 306 | Baltimore Colts | Green, CharlieCharlie Green | WR | Kansas State | Big Eight | |
| 12 | 307 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | David Logan † | DT | Pittsburgh | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 12 | 308 | Buffalo Bills | Harris, MikeMike Harris | RB | Arizona State | Pac-10 | |
| 12 | 309 | St. Louis Cardinals | McBride, RickRick McBride | LB | Georgia | SEC | |
| 12 | 310 | New York Giants | Gillespie, TimTim Gillespie | OG | NC State | ACC | |
| 12 | 311 | New Orleans Saints | Finch, KelseyKelsey Finch | RB | Tennessee | SEC | |
| 12 | 312 | Chicago Bears | Dave Becker | DB | Iowa | Big Ten | |
| 12 | 313 | Detroit Lions | Forster, BobBob Forster | C | Brown | Ivy | |
| 12 | 314 | New York Jets | Paul Darby | WR | Southwest Texas State | LSC | |
| 12 | 315 | Cleveland Browns | Methvin, DewittDewitt Methvin | C | Tulane | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 12 | 316 | Oakland Raiders | Abernathy, DirkDirk Abernathy | DB | Bowling Green | MAC | |
| 12 | 317 | Minnesota Vikings | Stephens, DavidDavid Stephens | LB | Kentucky | SEC | |
| 12 | 318 | Green Bay Packers | Moats, BillBill Moats | P | South Dakota | NCC | |
| 12 | 319 | Seattle Seahawks | Jeff Moore | RB | Jackson State | SWAC | |
| 12 | 320 | Oakland Raiders | Reggie Kinlaw | DT | Oklahoma | Big Eight | |
| 12 | 321 | San Diego Chargers | Frank Duncan | DB | San Francisco State | FWC | |
| 12 | 322 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ed Smith | LB | Vanderbilt | SEC | |
| 12 | 323 | Atlanta Falcons | Walker, StuartStuart Walker | LB | Colorado | Big Eight | |
| 12 | 324 | Houston Oilers | Wayne Wilson | RB | Shepherd | WVIAC | |
| 12 | 325 | Denver Broncos | Dave Jacobs | K | Syracuse | Ind. (I-A) | |
| 12 | 326 | Detroit Lions | Sweeney, BrianBrian Sweeney | WR | Texas A&I | LSC | |
| 12 | 327 | Miami Dolphins | Fortner, LarryLarry Fortner | QB | Miami (OH) | MAC | |
| 12 | 328 | Los Angeles Rams | Drew Hill † | WR | Georgia Tech | Ind. | |
| 12 | 329 | Dallas Cowboys | Quentin Lowry | LB | Youngstown State | MCAA | |
| 12 | 330 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Almond, MikeMike Almond | WR | Northwestern State | Ind. (I-AA) | |