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              Pick (OVR)PlayerSchoolPOS
              • 1 (85)
                Phil SmithSan Diego State
                WR
              • 2 (86)
                Greg HillOklahoma State
                DB
              • 3 (87)
                Chuck NelsonWashington
                PK
              • 4 (88)
                Mike McCloskeyPenn State
                TE
              • 5 (89)
                Mike WilliamsMississippi College
                RB
              • 6 (90)
                Tom HolmoeBYU
                DB
              • 7 (91)
                Tom ThayerNotre Dame
              • 8 (92)
                Ron WetzelArizona State
                TE
              • 9 (93)
                Trey JunkinLouisiana Tech
                LB
              • 10 (94)
                August CurleyUSC
                LB
              • 11 (95)
                Danny WaltersArkansas
                DB
              • 12 (96)
                Mark DudaMaryland
                DT
              • 13 (97)
                Vince NewsomeWashington
                DB
              • 14 (98)
                Gary LewisOklahoma State
                DT
              • 15 (99)
                Kelly ThomasUSC
                OT
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                Mark RushMiami
                RB
              • 17 (101)
                Johnny RembertClemson
                LB
              • 18 (102)
                John HarperSouthern Illinois
                LB
              • 19 (103)
                Lionel WashingtonTulane
                DB
              • 20 (104)
                Mike MillerTennessee
                WR
              • 21 (105)
                Wes HowellCalifornia
                TE
              • 22 (106)
                Bo Scott MetcalfBaylor
                DB
              • 23 (107)
                Pat DunsmoreDrake
                TE
              • 24 (108)
                Chris FaulknerFlorida
                TE
              • 25 (109)
                Steve MaidlowMichigan State
                LB
              • 26 (110)
                Greg TownsendTCU
                DE
              • 27 (111)
                Doug ReedSan Diego State
                DE
              • 28 (112)
                Jimmy PayneGeorgia
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