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              Pick (OVR)PlayerSchoolPOS
              • 1 (56)
                Tom RathmanNebraska
                RB
              • 2 (57)
                Rueben MayesWashington State
                RB
              • 3 (58)
                Jim SkowNebraska
                DE
              • 4 (59)
                Gene ChiltonTexas
              • 5 (60)
                Pat SwillingGeorgia Tech
                LB
              • 6 (61)
                Allen PinkettNotre Dame
                RB
              • 7 (62)
                Barry WordVirginia
                RB
              • 8 (63)
                Leonard GriffinGrambling
                DE
              • 9 (64)
                Tim McKyerUT Arlington
                DB
              • 10 (65)
                Mike HammersteinMichigan
                DT
              • 11 (66)
                Terry UnreinColorado State
                DE
              • 12 (67)
                Bubby BristerUL Monroe
                QB
              • 13 (68)
                Patrick HunterNevada
                DB
              • 14 (69)
                Joe MilinichikNC State
                OG
              • 15 (70)
                Jeff WalkerMemphis
                OT
              • 16 (71)
                Hugh MillenWashington
                QB
              • 17 (72)
                Robbie BoscoBYU
                QB
              • 18 (73)
                John WashingtonOklahoma State
                DE
              • 19 (74)
                Mark WalenUCLA
                DT
              • 20 (75)
                Alvin WaltonKansas
                DB
              • 21 (76)
                John TaylorDelaware State
                WR
              • 22 (77)
                Leonard BurtonSouth Carolina
              • 23 (78)
                David FulcherArizona State
                DB
              • 24 (79)
                Tim CrawfordTexas Tech
                LB
              • 25 (80)
                Brad CochranMichigan
                DB
              • 26 (81)
                T.J. TurnerHouston
                DT
              • 27 (82)
                David WilliamsIllinois
                WR

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