1979 Jets 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 14 14 Marty Lyons DE Alabama 2 13 41 Mark Gastineau DE East Central Oklahoma 3 12 68 Donald Dykes DB Southeast Louisiana 4 14 96 Eric Cunningham G Penn State 4 16 98 Johnny Lynn DB UCLA 5 13 123 Kelly Kirchbaum LB Kentucky 5 15 125 Stan Blinka LB Sam Houston State 6 12 149 Bill Dufek G Michigan 7 14 179 Emmett King RB Houston 7 22 187 Keith Brown DB Minnesota 8 6 198 Marshall Harris DT TCU 8 13 205 Willie Beamon LB Boise State 9 12 232 Gordy Sprattler RB North Dakota State 10 14 262 Steve Sybeldon OT North Dakota 10 15 263 Ed McGlasson C Youngstown State 11 13 288 Danny Sanders QB Carson Newman 12 11 314 Paul Darby WR SW Texas State The Jets have 17 Draft Picks 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. Jets Oakland Philadelphia Pittsburgh San Diego Seattle San Francisco St. Louis Tampa Bay Tennessee Washington Draft Scout Weekly ** Buy Draft Scout Data Direct ** (20+ Years of Scouting List Excel Spreadsheets, Everything Online PLUS) One Full Year 2025-2028 College FB + 2024 Final EditionAvailable HERE! Draft Scout Archives ** 2010-2022 Draft Scout Archives ** (Yearly Player Data Exports, Testing Numbers & More) Support Draft Scout The Database Engine for NFLDraftScout.com, Draft Scout is being repurposed...Support the Future Development of ScoutNation.com... Draft Scout Future 100% Dedicated and Never Done 80% Innovated 45% Hidden 35% Built Synergization Did You Know? The Draft Scout Database started in 1998 as a Madden and NCAA Computer Football Video Game Player Ratings Database. Hidden Designs In 2004, Draft Scout's Database was part of a Visonary Scouting Solution that has Still not been offered or created by others today. Future Development Exciting Expansion Plans & Partnerships are in the Works. Previous Next