#1 Pick| Draft# | Team | Player, Position, College |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore Colts | John Elway qb, Stanford |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams1 | Eric Dickerson rb, SMU |
| 3 | Seattle Seahawks2 | Curt Warner rb, Penn State |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Chris Hinton g, Northwestern |
| 5 | San Diego Chargers3 | Billy Ray Smith, Jr. LB, Arkansas |
| 6 | Chicago Bears | Jim Covert T, Pittsburgh |
| 7 | Kansas City Chiefs | Todd Blackledge qb, Penn State |
| 8 | Philadelphia Eagles | Michael Haddix rb, Mississippi State |
| 9 | Houston Oilers4 | Bruce Matthews T, USC |
| 10 | New York Giants | Terry Kinard db, Clemson |
| 11 | Green Bay Packers5 | Tim Lewis DB, Pittsburgh |
| 12 | Buffalo Bills | Tony Hunter te, Notre Dame |
| 13 | Detroit Lions | James Jones rb, Florida |
| 14 | Buffalo Bills6 | Jim Kelly qb, Miami |
| 15 | New England Patriots | Tony Eason qb, Illinois |
| 16 | Atlanta Falcons | Mike Pitts de, Alabama |
| 17 | St. Louis Rams | Leonard Smith db, McNeese State |
| 18 | Chicago Bears7 | Willie Gault wr, Tennessee |
| 19 | Minnesota Vikings | Joey Browner db, USC |
| 20 | San Diego Chargers8 | Gary Anderson WR/RB, Arkansas |
| 21 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gabriel Rivera dt, Texas Tech |
| 22 | San Diego Chargers | Gill Byrd db, Southern Mississippi |
| 23 | Dallas Cowboys | Jim Jeffcoat de, Arizona State |
| 24 | New York Jets | Ken O'Brien qb, Cal-Davis |
| 25 | Cincinnati Bengals | Dave Rimington c, Nebraska |
| 26 | Los Angeles Raiders | Don Mosebar t, USC |
| 27 | Miami Dolphins | Dan Marino qb, Pittsburgh |
| 28 | Washington Redskins | Darrell Green db, Texas A&I |