#1 Pick| Draft# | Team | Player, Position, College |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots1 | Irving Fryar wr, Nebraska |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Dean Steinkuhler T, Nebraska |
| 3 | New York Giants | Carl Banks lb, Michigan State |
| 4 | Philadelphia Eagles | Kenny Jackson wr, Penn State |
| 5 | Kansas City Chiefs | Bill Maas dt, Pittsburgh |
| 6 | San Diego Chargers | Mossy Cade db, Texas |
| 7 | Cincinnati Bengals | Ricky Hunley lb, Arizona |
| 8 | Indianapolis Colts | Leonard Coleman Db, Vanderbilt |
| 9 | Atlanta Falcons | Rick Bryan dT, Oklahoma |
| 10 | New York Jets | Russell Carter db, SMU |
| 11 | Chicago Bears | Wilber Marshall lb, Florida |
| 12 | Green Bay Packers | Alphonso Carreker de, Florida State |
| 13 | Minnesota Vikings | Keith Millard de, Washington State |
| 14 | Miami Dolphins2 | Jackie Shipp lb, Oklahoma |
| 15 | New York Jets3 | Ron Faurot de, Arkansas |
| 16 | Cincinnati Bengals4 | Pete Koch de, Maryland |
| 17 | St. Louis Cardinals | Clyde Duncan wr, Tennessee |
| 18 | Cleveland Browns | Don Rogers db, UCLA |
| 19 | Indianapolis Colts5 | Ron Solt g, Maryland |
| 20 | Detroit Lions | David Lewis te, California |
| 21 | Kansas City Chiefs6 | John Alt t, Iowa |
| 22 | Seattle Seahawks | Terry Taylor db, Southern Illinois |
| 23 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Louis Lipps wr, Southern Mississippi |
| 24 | San Francisco 49ers | Todd Shell lb, BYU |
| 25 | Dallas Cowboys | Billy Cannon Jr. lb, Texas A&M |
| 26 | Buffalo Bills7 | Greg Bell rb, Notre Dame |
| 27 | New York Giants8 | William Roberts t, Ohio State |
| 28 | Cincinnati Bengals9 | Brian Blados t, North Carolina |