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 5 5 Jerry Butler WR Clemson 1 20 20 Willis Adams WR Houston 2 1 29 James Owens WR UCLA 2 6 34 Gordon Jones WR Pittsburgh 2 8 36 Ernest Gray WR Memphis State 2 11 39 Rickey Watts WR Tulsa 3 2 58 Jeff Moore WR Tennessee 4 7 89 Roy Green WR Henderson State 4 22 104 John Floyd WR N.E. Louisiana 4 28 110 Calvin Sweeney WR Southern Cal 5 16 126 Scott Fitzkee WR Penn State 5 20 130 Mark Bell WR Colorado State 6 2 139 Steve Kreider WR Lehigh 6 3 140 Robert Gaines WR Washington 6 5 142 Ira Matthews WR Wisconsin 6 27 164 Chris DeFrance WR Arizona State 7 8 173 Kirk Gibson WR Michigan State 8 1 193 Ron Cassidy WR Utah State 8 14 206 Jeff Groth WR Bowling Green 9 5 225 Henry Vereen WR UNLV 9 13 233 Kris Haines WR Notre Dame 9 16 236 Billy Diggs WR Winston-Salem State 9 17 237 Alvin Garrett WR Angelo State 9 22 242 Charlie Taylor WR Rice 9 23 243 Richard Ellender WR McNeese State 10 1 249 Dwight Clark WR Clemson 10 13 261 John Smith WR Tennessee State 10 16 264 Frank Lockett WR Nebraska 10 20 268 Larry Willis WR Alcorn State 10 22 270 Martin Cox WR Vanderbilt 11 2 277 Stan Rome WR Clemson 11 10 285 David Hall WR Missouri-Rolla 11 16 291 Brian Nelson WR Texas Tech 11 25 300 Tony Hall WR Knoxville 12 3 306 Charlie Green WR Kansas State 12 11 314 Paul Darby WR SW Texas State 12 23 326 Brian Sweeney WR Texas A&I 12 25 328 Drew Hill WR Georgia Tech 12 27 330 Mike Almond WR NW Louisiana There were (39) WR'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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