1978 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 12 12 Clay Matthews LB Southern Cal 1 24 24 Dan Bunz LB Long Beach State 1 26 26 John Anderson LB Michigan 2 3 31 Mark Merrill LB Minnesota 2 6 34 Mike Hunt LB Minnesota 2 8 36 Keith Butler LB Memphis State 2 14 42 John Barefield LB Texas A&I 2 15 43 Steve Stewart LB Minnesota 2 24 52 Mike Woods LB Cincinnati 3 2 58 Gary Spani LB Kansas State 3 10 66 Reggie Wilken LB Georgia Tech 3 19 75 Whip Walton LB San Diego State 4 1 85 Danny Johnson LB Tennessee State 4 5 89 Lucius Sanford LB Georgia Tech 4 11 95 Brian Cabral LB Colorado 5 3 113 Randy Sidler LB Penn State 5 6 116 Mike Douglass LB San Diego State 5 16 126 Tom Dinkel LB Kansas 5 19 129 Bill Matthews LB South Dakota State 6 18 156 Ken Coleman LB Mississippi 6 19 157 Francis Chesley LB Wyoming 6 28 166 Harold Randolph LB East Carolina 7 5 171 Mario Celotto LB Southern Cal 7 6 172 George Plasketes LB Mississippi 7 22 188 Mike Hawkins LB Texas A&I 7 26 192 Earl Inman LB Bethune-Cookman 8 2 196 John McGriff LB Miami 8 7 201 Jeff Grady LB Florida A&M 8 15 209 David Adkins LB Ohio State 8 23 217 Sean Clancy LB Amherst 8 25 219 Don Hover LB Washington State 9 11 233 Dean Moore LB Iowa 9 16 238 Ron Shumon LB Wichita State 9 20 242 Tim Petersen LB Arizona State 9 22 244 Mike Martin LB Kentucky 9 26 248 Blake Whitlatch LB LSU 10 2 252 Aaron Brown LB Ohio State 10 12 262 Fred Arrington LB Purdue 10 15 265 Randy Gill LB San Jose State 10 17 267 Tom DePaso LB Penn State 10 18 268 Doug Becker LB Notre Dame 10 21 271 Ben Zambiasi LB Georgia 11 4 282 Jerry Blanton LB Kentucky 11 18 296 Charlie Williams LB Florida 11 23 301 George Halas LB Miami 11 25 303 Ron Hostetler LB Penn State 12 13 319 Anthony Clay LB South Carolina State 12 14 320 Daria Butler LB Oklahoma State 12 19 325 Lew Sibley LB LSU 12 21 327 Brad Carr LB Maryland There were (50) LB's Drafted in 1978 Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Team Draft Picks... 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