1981 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 4 4 Kenny Easley DB UCLA 1 8 8 Ronnie Lott DB Southern Cal 1 15 15 Dennis Smith DB Southern Cal 1 21 21 Ted Watts DB Texas Tech 1 22 22 Hanford Dixon DB Southern Miss 1 25 25 Bobby Butler DB Florida State 2 1 29 Russell Gary DB Nebraska 2 12 40 Eric Wright DB Missouri 2 16 44 Anthony Washington DB Fresno State 2 21 49 Chris Williams DB LSU 3 5 61 Jeff Griffin DB Utah 3 8 64 John Simmons DB SMU 3 9 65 Carlton Williamson DB Pittsburgh 3 21 77 Irvin Phillips DB Arkansas Tech 3 22 78 Lloyd Burress DB Maryland 3 24 80 Scott Woerner DB Georgia 4 6 89 John Holt DB West Texas State 4 12 95 Todd Bell DB Ohio State 4 18 101 John Swain DB Miami 5 7 118 James Davis DB Southern 5 10 121 Lynn Thomas DB Pittsburgh 6 6 144 Johnnie Poe DB Missouri 6 12 150 Reuben Henderson DB San Diego State 6 16 154 Fulton Walker DB West Virginia 6 17 155 Sam Johnson DB Maryland 6 21 159 Bill Kay DB Purdue 6 25 163 Vince Skillings DB Ohio State 7 5 171 Kevin Donnalley DB North Dakota State 7 6 172 Bill Whitaker DB Missouri 7 7 173 Ron Fellows DB Missouri 7 11 177 Jeff Fisher DB Southern Cal 7 25 191 Ken Miller DB Eastern Michigan 7 27 193 Don Washington DB Texas A&I 8 9 202 Bobby Kemp DB Fullerton State 8 11 204 Ken Sitton DB Oklahoma 8 15 208 William Judson DB South Carolina State 8 20 213 J.C. Watts DB Oklahoma 8 22 215 Kevin Eavns DB Arkansas 8 26 219 Cliff Toney DB Auburn 9 4 225 Admiral Dewey Larry DB UNLV 9 16 237 Tony Vereen DB Southeast Louisiana 9 17 238 Hugh Jernigan DB Arkansas 9 19 240 Dave Martin DB Villanova 9 26 247 Chuck Commiskey DB Mississippi 10 11 259 Trent Bryant DB Arkansas 10 17 265 Mike Mayock DB Boston College 10 26 274 Robert Murphy DB Ohio State 11 7 283 Johnny Ray Smith DB Lamar 11 9 285 Robert Jackson DB Central Michigan 11 18 294 Willie Jackson DB Mississippi State 11 20 296 Marcellus Greene DB Arizona 11 22 298 Larry Friday DB Mississippi State 12 19 323 Cris Crissy DB Princeton 12 26 330 Mark McCants DB Temple 12 27 331 Ray Ellis DB Ohio State There were (55) DB's Drafted in 1981 Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Team Draft Picks... 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