1978 Patriots ROUND TEAM POSITION COLLEGE --- Track by Round ---1234567 --- Track by Team --- Arizona Atlanta Baltimore Buffalo Carolina Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Green Bay Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City LA Chargers LA Rams Las Vegas Miami Minnesota New England New Orleans N.Y. Giants N.Y. Jets Philadelphia Pittsburgh Seattle San Francisco Tampa Bay Tennessee Washington --- Track by Position ----- Offense --QuarterbackRunning BackFullbackTight EndWide ReceiverCenterGuardOffensive TackleKicker-- Defense --Defensive EndDefensive TackleInside LinebackerOutside LinebackerCornerbackFree SafetyStrong SafetyPunterLong Snapper --- Track by College ---Abilene ChristianAir ForceAkronAlabamaAlabama StateAlcorn StateAppalachian StateArizonaArizona StateArkansasArkansas StateAuburnAugustanaBall StateBaylorBethune CookmanBloomsburgBoise StateBoston CollegeBowling GreenBuffaloBYUCal DavisCal State-SacramentoCaliforniaCarson NewmanCentral ArkansasCentral MichiganCentral Missouri StateCentral WashingtonCincinnatiClarionClemsonColoradoColorado StateConnecticutDelawareDukeEast CarolinaEast Tennessee StEast Texas BaptistEastern IllinoisEastern KentuckyEastern WashingtonEvangelFloridaFlorida A&MFlorida StateFordhamFresno StateGeorgiaGeorgia TechHamptonHawaiiHoustonIdahoIdaho StateIllinoisIndianaIndiana (Pa.)IowaIowa StateJackson StateKansasKansas StateKentuckyLouisiana TechLouisiana-LafayetteLouisiana-MonroeLouisvilleLSUMars HillMarshallMarylandMassachusettsMcNeese StateMemphisMiami(FL)Miami(OH)MichiganMichigan StateMiddle Tennessee StMinnesotaMississippiMississippi StateMissouriMontanaMontana StateMorgan StateNebraskaNebraska-OmahaNevadaNew MexicoNicholls StateNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina A&TNorth Carolina StateNorth Dakota StateNorth TexasNorthern ArizonaNorthern IllinoisNorthern IowaNorthwesternNotre DameOhio StateOklahomaOklahoma StateOregonOregon StateOttawa (KS)Penn StatePittsburghPurdueRiceRutgersSan Diego StateSan Jose StateSMUSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaSouth FloridaSouthernSouthern CalSouthern MissSouthern OregonStanfordStephen F. AustinSyracuseTCUTempleTennesseeTennessee StTexasTexas A&MTexas TechToledoTroy StateTulaneTulsaTusculumUCFUCLAUNLVUtahUtah StateUTEPVanderbiltVirginiaVirginia TechWake ForestWashingtonWashington StateWest VirginiaWestern CarolinaWestern MichiganWisconsinWoffordWyomingYale Quick Jump -> [ROUND 1] [ROUND 2] [ROUND 3] [ROUND 4] [ROUND 5] [ROUND 6] [ROUND 7] TEAM RND PICK OVR PICK PLAYER POS COLLEGE TRADE NOTES 1 18 18 Bob Cryder G Alabama 2 22 50 Matt Cavanaugh QB Pittsburgh 3 21 77 Carlos Pennywell WR Grambling 4 18 102 Dwight Wheeler OT Tennessee State 5 19 129 Bill Matthews LB South Dakota State 6 18 156 Ken Coleman LB Mississippi 7 22 188 Mike Hawkins LB Texas A&I 8 4 198 Terry Falcon G Montana 8 21 215 Mosi Tatupu RB Southern Cal 9 20 242 Tim Petersen LB Arizona State 10 19 269 Bryan Ferguson DB Miami 11 18 296 Charlie Williams LB Florida 12 22 328 John Gibney C Colgate The Patriots have 13 Draft Picks in 1978 Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Team Draft Picks... Arizona Atlanta Baltimore Buffalo Carolina Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Green Bay Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Miami Minnesota New England New Orleans N.Y. Giants N.Y. Jets Oakland Philadelphia Pittsburgh San Diego Seattle San Francisco St. Louis Tampa Bay Tennessee Washington Draft Scout Weekly ** Buy Draft Scout Data Direct ** (20+ Years of Scouting List Excel Spreadsheets, Everything Online PLUS) One Full Year 2025-2028 College FB + 2024 Final EditionAvailable HERE! Draft Scout Archives ** 2010-2022 Draft Scout Archives ** (Yearly Player Data Exports, Testing Numbers & More) Support Draft Scout The Database Engine for NFLDraftScout.com, Draft Scout is being repurposed...Support the Future Development of ScoutNation.com... Draft Scout Future 100% Dedicated and Never Done 80% Innovated 45% Hidden 35% Built Synergization Did You Know? The Draft Scout Database started in 1998 as a Madden and NCAA Computer Football Video Game Player Ratings Database. Hidden Designs In 2004, Draft Scout's Database was part of a Visonary Scouting Solution that has Still not been offered or created by others today. Future Development Exciting Expansion Plans & Partnerships are in the Works. Previous Next