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 2 2 Lawrence Taylor LB North Carolina 1 5 5 E.J. Junior LB Alabama 1 7 7 Hugh Green LB Pittsburgh 1 9 9 Mel Owens LB Michigan 2 10 38 Mike Singletary LB Baylor 2 15 43 Jim Collins LB Syracuse 2 17 45 Robin Sendlein LB Texas 2 23 51 Ricky Jackson LB Pittsburgh 2 26 54 Lyman White LB LSU 4 3 86 Al Washington LB Ohio State 4 8 91 Scott Pelluer LB Washington State 4 10 93 Guy Grazier LB Wyoming 4 19 102 Don Blackmon LB Tulsa 4 25 108 Derrie Nelson LB Nebraska 5 5 116 John Gillen LB Illinois 5 20 131 Keith Ferguson LB Ohio State 5 22 133 Delbert Fowler LB West Virginia 5 26 137 Danny Spradlin LB Tennessee 6 4 142 John Woodring LB Brown 6 5 143 Dave Ahrens LB Wisconsin 6 10 148 Larry Kubin LB Penn State 6 18 156 Bryan Hinkle LB Oregon 6 28 166 Glen Redd LB BYU 7 10 176 Jeff Schuh LB Minnesota 7 15 181 Steve Busick LB Southern Cal 7 17 183 David Little LB Florida 7 21 187 Eddie Johnson LB Louisiana Tech 7 22 188 Steve Doolittle LB Colorado State 7 26 192 Doak Field LB Baylor 8 7 200 Larry Werts LB Jackson State 8 21 214 Gene Gladys LB Penn State 8 25 218 Paul Piurowski LB Florida State 9 3 224 Byron Hunt LB SMU 9 21 242 Ron Seawell LB Portland State 9 22 243 Avon Riley LB UCLA 10 3 251 Marty Wetzel LB Tulane 10 8 256 Gregg Gerken LB Northern Arizona 10 16 264 Andy Cannavino LB Michigan 11 6 282 Forrest Valora LB Oklahoma 11 24 300 Carlos Bradley LB Wake Forest 12 7 311 Cliff Lewis LB Southern Miss 12 11 315 Eric Scoggins LB Southern Cal 12 12 316 Bob Shupryt LB New Mexico 12 13 317 John Hankerd LB Notre Dame 12 22 326 Keith Clark LB Memphis State There were (45) LB'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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