National Football League draft
The 1985 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. The draft was held April 30 and May 1, 1985 , at the Omni Park Central Hotel in New York City , New York .[1] [2] The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season.
The first six selections of the draft made at least one Pro Bowl , and three of the first 16 picks — Bruce Smith , Chris Doleman , and Jerry Rice — have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame .[citation needed ]
For the second consecutive draft, there were no quarterbacks chosen in the first round (Day One).[3] The Buffalo Bills used the first overall pick of the draft to select defensive end Bruce Smith. Randall Cunningham was the first quarterback selected (second round) by the Philadelphia Eagles . Of note, University of Miami quarterback Bernie Kosar was taken by the Cleveland Browns in the supplemental draft several months later.
Player selections [ edit ] ^ a b May sometimes be referred to as an edge rusher (EDGE) ^ Also known as offensive guard (OG) ^ Also known as placekicker (PK) ^ Also known as inside linebacker (ILB)
Round one [ edit ] Round two [ edit ] Round three [ edit ] Round four [ edit ] Round five [ edit ] Round six [ edit ] Round seven [ edit ] Round eight [ edit ] Pick # NFL team Player Position College 198 Minnesota Vikings Nikita Blair Linebacker Texas-El Paso 199 Houston Oilers Chuck Thomas Center Oklahoma 200 Indianapolis Colts Ricky Nichols Wide receiver East Carolina 201 Atlanta Falcons Ashley Lee Defensive back Virginia Tech 202 Detroit Lions Scott Caldwell Running back Texas-Arlington 203 Cleveland Browns Fred Banks Wide receiver Liberty 204 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Phil Freeman Wide receiver Arizona State 205 Philadelphia Eagles Tom Polley Linebacker UNLV 206 New Orleans Saints Joe Kohlbrand Linebacker Miami (FL) 207 San Diego Chargers Curtis Adams Running back Central Michigan 208 New York Jets Matt Monger Linebacker Oklahoma State 209 Green Bay Packers Ken Stills Defensive back Wisconsin 210 Kansas City Chiefs Ira Hillary Wide receiver South Carolina 211 Cincinnati Bengals Dave Strobel Linebacker Iowa 212 St. Louis Cardinals Rob Monaco Guard Vanderbilt 213 New York Giants Lee Rouson Running back Colorado 214 Pittsburgh Steelers Harry Newsome Punter Wake Forest 215 Atlanta Falcons Ronnie Washington Linebacker N.E. Louisiana 216 Dallas Cowboys Leon Gonzalez Wide receiver Bethune-Cookman 217 Chicago Bears Steve Buxton Tackle Indiana State 218 Los Angeles Rams Marlon McIntyre Running back Pittsburgh 219 Washington Redskins Barry Wilburn Defensive back Mississippi 220 Los Angeles Raiders Leonard Wingate Defensive tackle South Carolina State 221 Seattle Seahawks Judious Lewis Wide receiver Arkansas State 222 Denver Broncos Eric Riley Defensive back Florida State 223 Miami Dolphins Dan Sharp Tight end Texas Christian 224 New England Patriots Milford Hodge Defensive tackle Washington State
Round nine [ edit ] Pick # NFL team Player Position College 225 Buffalo Bills Glenn Jones Defensive back Norfolk State 226 Houston Oilers Steve Tasker Wide receiver Northwestern 227 Minnesota Vikings Jamie Covington Running back Syracuse 228 Atlanta Falcons Micah Moon Linebacker North Carolina 229 Indianapolis Colts Mark Boyer Tight end USC 230 Detroit Lions June James Linebacker Texas 231 Philadelphia Eagles Dave Toub Center Texas-El Paso 232 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Steve Calabria Quarterback Colgate 233 Philadelphia Eagles Joe Drake Defensive tackle Arizona 234 San Diego Chargers Paul Berner Quarterback Pacific 235 New York Jets Mike Waters Running back San Diego State 236 New Orleans Saints Earl Johnson Defensive back South Carolina 237 Kansas City Chiefs Mike Armentrout Defensive back SW Missouri State 238 Cincinnati Bengals Keith Cruise Defensive end Northwestern 239 Green Bay Packers Morris Johnson Guard Alabama A&M 240 New York Giants Frank Wright Defensive tackle South Carolina 241 Pittsburgh Steelers Fred Small Linebacker Washington 242 Pittsburgh Steelers Andre Harris Defensive back Minnesota 243 Dallas Cowboys Scott Strasburger Linebacker Nebraska 244 St. Louis Cardinals Scott Williams Tight end Georgia 245 Los Angeles Rams Gary Swanson Linebacker Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 246 Los Angeles Raiders Chris Sydnor Defensive back Penn State 247 Washington Redskins Mitch Geier Guard Troy State 248 Seattle Seahawks Bob Otto Defensive end Idaho State 249 Denver Broncos Daryl Smith Defensive back North Alabama 250 Chicago Bears Thomas Sanders Running back Texas A&M 251 Miami Dolphins Adam Hinds Defensive back Oklahoma State 252 San Diego Chargers Dan Remsberg Tackle Abilene Christian
Round ten [ edit ] Pick # NFL team Player Position College 253 Buffalo Bills Chris Babyar Guard Illinois 254 Minnesota Vikings Juan Johnson Wide receiver Langston 255 Houston Oilers Mike Golic Defensive end Notre Dame 256 Indianapolis Colts Andre Pinesett Defensive tackle Fullerton State 257 Atlanta Falcons Brent Martin Center Stanford 258 Detroit Lions Clayton Beauford Wide receiver Auburn 259 Cleveland Browns Larry Williams Guard Notre Dame 260 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Donald Igwebuike Kicker Clemson 261 Philadelphia Eagles Mark Kelso Defensive back William & Mary 262 New York Jets Kerry Glenn Defensive back Minnesota 263 Washington Redskins Terry Orr Tight end Texas 264 San Diego Chargers David King Defensive back Auburn 265 Cincinnati Bengals Bernard King Linebacker Syracuse 266 Green Bay Packers Ronnie Burgess Defensive back Wake Forest 267 Kansas City Chiefs Jeff Smith Running back Nebraska 268 Pittsburgh Steelers Oliver White Tight end Kentucky 269 Denver Broncos Buddy Funck Quarterback New Mexico 270 Dallas Cowboys Joe Jones Tight end Virginia Tech 271 St. Louis Cardinals Dennis Williams Running back Furman 272 New York Giants Gregg Dubroc Linebacker Louisiana State 273 Chicago Bears Pat Coryatt Defensive tackle Baylor 274 Los Angeles Rams Duval Love Guard UCLA 275 Los Angeles Raiders Reggie McKenzie Linebacker Tennessee 276 Los Angeles Raiders Albert Myres Defensive back Tulsa 277 Seattle Seahawks John Conner Quarterback Arizona 278 Denver Broncos Ron Anderson Linebacker Southern Methodist 279 Miami Dolphins Mike Pendleton Defensive back Indiana 280 Seattle Seahawks James Bowers Defensive back Memphis State
Round eleven [ edit ] Pick # NFL team Player Position College 281 Houston Oilers Willie Drewrey Wide receiver West Virginia 282 Buffalo Bills James Seawright Linebacker South Carolina 283 Minnesota Vikings Tim Williams Defensive back North Carolina A&T 284 Atlanta Falcons John Ayres Defensive back Illinois 285 Los Angeles Rams Doug Flutie [7] Quarterback Boston College 286 Detroit Lions Kevin Harris Defensive back Georgia 287 Cleveland Browns Travis Tucker Tight end Southern Connecticut 288 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Punkin Williams Running back Memphis State 289 Philadelphia Eagles Herman Hunter Running back Tennessee State 290 Washington Redskins Raleigh McKenzie Guard Tennessee 291 San Diego Chargers Jeff Smith Defensive tackle Kentucky 292 New York Jets Brad White Defensive end Texas Tech 293 Kansas City Chiefs Chris Jackson Center Southern Methodist 294 Green Bay Packers Joe Shield Quarterback Trinity (CT) 295 New England Patriots Paul Lewis Running back Boston University 296 Cincinnati Bengals Harold Stanfield Tight end Mississippi College 297 Dallas Cowboys Neal Dellocono Linebacker UCLA 298 St. Louis Cardinals Ricky Anderson Kicker Vanderbilt 299 New York Giants Al Young Defensive back Virginia Tech 300 Pittsburgh Steelers Terry Matichak Defensive back Missouri 301 Los Angeles Rams Kevin Brown Defensive back Northwestern 302 Chicago Bears Jim Morrissey Linebacker Michigan State 303 Los Angeles Raiders Steve Strachan Running back Boston College 304 Washington Redskins Garry Kimble Defensive back Sam Houston State 305 Seattle Seahawks Louis Cooper Linebacker Western Carolina 306 Denver Broncos Gary Rolle Wide receiver Florida 307 Miami Dolphins Mike Jones Running back Tulane 308 San Francisco 49ers David Wood Defensive end Arizona
Round twelve [ edit ] Pick # NFL team Player Position College 309 Washington Redskins Dean Hamel Defensive tackle Tulsa 310 Minnesota Vikings Byron Jones Defensive tackle Tulsa 311 Houston Oilers Mark Vonder Haar Defensive tackle Minnesota 312 Indianapolis Colts Dave Burnette Tackle Central Arkansas 313 Atlanta Falcons Ken Whisenhunt Tight end Georgia Tech 314 Detroit Lions Mike Weaver Guard Georgia 315 Cleveland Browns Shane Swanson Wide receiver Nebraska 316 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jim Rockford Defensive back Oklahoma 317 Philadelphia Eagles Todd Russell Defensive back Boston College 318 San Diego Chargers Tony Simmons Defensive end Tennessee 319 New York Jets Bill Wallace Wide receiver Pittsburgh 320 New Orleans Saints Treg Songy Defensive back Tulane 321 Kansas City Chiefs Harper LeBel Center Colorado State 322 Cincinnati Bengals Louis Garza Tackle New Mexico State 323 Green Bay Packers Jim Meyer Punter Arizona State 324 Dallas Cowboys Karl Jordan Linebacker Vanderbilt 325 St. Louis Cardinals Lonnie Young Defensive back Michigan State 326 New York Giants Herb Welch Defensive back UCLA 327 Pittsburgh Steelers Jeff Sanchez Defensive back Georgia 328 New England Patriots Tony Mumford Running back Penn State 329 San Diego Chargers Bret Pearson Tight end Wisconsin 330 Tampa Bay Buccaneers James Melka Linebacker Wisconsin 331 Washington Redskins Bryant Winn Linebacker Houston 332 Los Angeles Raiders Raymond Polk Defensive back Oklahoma State 333 Buffalo Bills Paul Woodside Kicker West Virginia 334 Denver Broncos Dan Lynch Guard Washington State 335 Miami Dolphins Ray Noble Defensive back California 336 [8] San Francisco 49ers Donald Chumley Defensive tackle Georgia
Supplemental draft [ edit ] Hall of Famers [ edit ] Bruce Smith , defensive end from Virginia Tech, taken in 1st round 1st overall by Buffalo Bills Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2009.[9] Jerry Rice , wide receiver from Mississippi Valley State, taken in 1st round 16th overall by San Francisco 49ers Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2010.[10] Chris Doleman , defensive end from Pittsburgh, taken in 1st round 4th overall by Minnesota Vikings Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2012.[11] Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2014.[12] Kevin Greene , linebacker from Auburn, taken in 5th round 113rd overall by Los Angeles Rams Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2016. Notable undrafted players [ edit ] Notes and references [ edit ] ^ "NFL Draft Locations" . FootballGeography.com . October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014 . ^ Salomone, Dan (October 2, 2014). "NFL Draft headed to Chicago in 2015" . Giants.com . New York Giants . Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015 . ^ NFL Draft History: Quarterback Draft Class Facts and Figures ^ a b c d Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career. ^ Players are identified as a Hall of Famer if they have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. ^ Herschel Walker, 1982 Heisman Trophy winner "Heisman Trophy" . Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2013 . ^ Doug Flutie, 1984 Heisman Trophy winner "Heisman Trophy" . Archived from the original on June 9, 2007. Retrieved August 4, 2008 . ^ This last selection is commonly referred to as Mr. Irrelevant . ^ List of 2000s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com "Hall of Famers by Year of Induction: Class of 2009" . Pro Football Hall of Fame website . Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved October 11, 2008 . ^ Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2010 announced "Pro Football Hall of Fame" . Archived from the original on February 7, 2010. Retrieved February 7, 2010 . ^ "Enshrinement » The Drafting of the 2012 Class – Chris Doleman" . Profootballhof.com. July 17, 2012. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2012 . ^ "Hall of Famers >> ANDRE REED" . profootballhof.com . Retrieved February 22, 2014 . External links [ edit ]