1979 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 1 1 Tom Cousineau LB Ohio State 1 6 6 Barry Krauss LB Alabama 1 19 19 George Andrews LB Nebraska 1 21 21 Jerry Robinson LB UCLA 2 9 37 Ken Fantetti LB Wyoming 2 10 38 Reggie Mathis LB Oklahoma 2 17 45 Joe Norman LB Indiana 2 18 46 Calvin Favron LB Southeast Louisiana 2 23 51 Jim Haslett LB Indiana (Pa.) 2 28 56 Zack Valentine LB East Carolina 3 1 57 Michael Jackson LB Washington 3 7 63 Mel Land LB Michigan State 3 17 73 Clifford Thrift LB East Central Oklahoma 4 3 85 Frank Manumaleuga LB San Jose State 4 10 92 Jonathan Brooks LB Clemson 4 11 93 Jim Kovach LB Kentucky 5 1 111 Tom Seabron LB Michigan 5 13 123 Kelly Kirchbaum LB Kentucky 5 15 125 Stan Blinka LB Sam Houston State 5 19 129 Jerry Meter LB Michigan 5 25 135 John Zamberlin LB Pacific Lutheran 6 6 143 Daryl Hunt LB Oklahoma 6 10 147 John Sullivan LB Illinois 6 11 148 Jeff McIntyre LB Arizona State 6 16 153 Dave Simmons LB North Carolina 6 22 159 Mike Murphy LB SW Missouri State 7 4 169 Larry Polowski LB Boise State 7 9 174 Lee Kunz LB Nebraska 7 11 176 Stan Sytsma LB Minnesota 7 17 182 Rich Milot LB Penn State 7 19 184 Rich Wingo LB Alabama 7 26 191 Greg Fitzpatrick LB Youngstown State 8 2 194 Howie Kurnick LB Cincinnati 8 5 197 Steve Heimkreiter LB Notre Dame 8 7 199 Larry Miller LB BYU 8 13 205 Willie Beamon LB Boise State 8 20 212 Keith Miller LB N.E. Oklahoma 8 21 213 John Mohring LB C.W. Post 8 28 220 Tom Graves LB Michigan State 9 7 227 Tom Rusk LB Iowa 9 14 234 Carl McGee LB Duke 9 27 247 Garry Cobb LB Southern Cal 10 3 251 Mike DuPree LB Florida 10 18 266 Bruce Beekley LB Oregon 11 5 280 John Priestner LB Western Ontario 11 14 289 Monte Coleman LB Central Arkansas 11 21 296 Al Chesley LB Pittsburgh 11 27 302 Eddie Cole LB Mississippi 12 6 309 Rick McBride LB Georgia 12 14 317 David Stephens LB Kentucky 12 19 322 Ed Smith LB Vanderbilt 12 20 323 Stuard Walker LB Colorado 12 26 329 Quentin Lowry LB Youngstown State There were (53) LB's Drafted in 1979 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. 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