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              Pick (OVR)PlayerSchoolPOS
              • 1 (1)
                Bo JacksonAuburn
                RB
              • 2 (2)
                Tony CasillasOklahoma
                DT
              • 3 (3)
                Jim EverettPurdue
                QB
              • 4 (4)
                Jon HandAlabama
                DE
              • 5 (5)
                Anthony BellMichigan State
                LB
              • 6 (6)
                Jim DombrowskiVirginia
                OT
              • 7 (7)
                Brian JozwiakWest Virginia
                OG
              • 8 (8)
                Leslie O'NealOklahoma State
                DE
              • 9 (9)
                John RienstraTemple
                OG
              • 10 (10)
                Keith ByarsOhio State
                RB
              • 11 (11)
                Joe KellyWashington
                LB
              • 12 (12)
                Chuck LongIowa
                QB
              • 13 (13)
                James FitzpatrickUSC
                OT
              • 14 (14)
                Gerald RobinsonAuburn
                DE
              • 15 (15)
                John L WilliamsFlorida
                RB
              • 16 (16)
                Ronnie HarmonIowa
                RB
              • 17 (17)
                Tim GreenSyracuse
                LB
              • 18 (18)
                Mike SherrardUCLA
                WR
              • 19 (19)
                Eric DorseyNotre Dame
                DE
              • 20 (20)
                Will WolfordVanderbilt
                OT
              • 21 (21)
                Tim McGeeTennessee
                WR
              • 22 (22)
                Mike HaightIowa
                OG
              • 23 (23)
                Mike SchadQueen's (CAN)
                OT
              • 24 (24)
                Bob BuczkowskiPittsburgh
                DE
              • 25 (25)
                Roderick JonesSMU
                DB
              • 26 (26)
                Reggie DupardSMU
                RB
              • 27 (27)
                Neal AndersonFlorida
                RB

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