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 8 8 Ottis Anderson RB Miami 1 12 12 Charles Alexander RB LSU 1 15 15 Eddie Lee Ivery RB Georgia Tech 1 16 16 Ted Brown RB North Carolina State 1 28 28 Greg Hawthorne RB Baylor 2 7 35 Theotis Brown RB UCLA 2 16 44 Steve Atkins RB Maryland 2 26 54 Eddie Hill RB Memphis State 3 4 60 Jerry Eckwood RB Arkansas 3 5 61 Tony Nathan RB Alabama 3 10 66 Willie McClendon RB Georgia 3 11 67 Bo Robinson RB West Texas State 3 16 72 Kenny King RB Oklahoma 3 19 75 James Mayberry RB Colorado State 3 23 79 William Andrews RB Auburn 3 24 80 Rick Berns RB Nebraska 4 4 86 Russell Davis RB Michigan 4 12 94 Ben Cowins RB Arkansas 4 18 100 Lynn Cain RB Southern Cal 4 25 107 Steve Howell RB Baylor 5 2 112 Earl Gant RB Missouri 5 9 119 Jerry Aldridge RB Angelo State 5 10 120 Harlan Huckleby RB Michigan 5 26 136 Ron Springs RB Ohio State 6 7 144 Thomas Lott RB Oklahoma 6 8 145 Bob Torrey RB Penn State 6 21 158 Eddie Hicks RB East Carolina 7 1 166 Phil Francis RB Stanford 7 14 179 Emmett King RB Houston 8 3 195 Mike Williams RB New Mexico 8 17 209 Robert Hawkins RB Kentucky 8 18 210 Wilbert Haslip RB Hawaii 8 24 216 Randy Love RB Houston 9 10 230 Jerome Heavens RB Notre Dame 9 12 232 Gordy Sprattler RB North Dakota State 9 20 240 Ezra Tate RB Mississippi State 10 2 250 Nathan Poole RB Louisville 10 23 271 Allan Clark RB Northern Arizona 10 24 272 Mike Mozlowski RB Colorado 11 9 284 Ken Johnson RB Miami 11 22 297 Zach Dixon RB Temple 12 2 305 Michael Forrest RB Arkansas 12 5 308 Mike Harris RB Arizona State 12 8 311 Kelsey Finch RB Tennessee 12 16 319 Jeff Moore RB Jackson State 12 21 324 Wayne Wilson RB Shepherd College There were (46) RB's Drafted in 1979 Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Team Draft Picks... 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