1982 NFL Draft
The New England Patriots took Kenneth Sims first overall in the 1982 NFL draft, the first of 195 picks over 7 rounds. The most decorated name in the class is Marcus Allen, with 5 awards on the NFL honours list.
What the 1982 class won
- Marcus Allen — NFL Comeback Player of the Year, NFL MVP, NFL Offensive Player of the Year, NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, Super Bowl MVP
- Chip Banks — NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year
- Jim McMahon — NFL Comeback Player of the Year
- Marvin Lewis — NFL Coach of the Year
Counted from the NFL award history, every season a pick has won something.
Round 1
| Pick | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenneth Sims |  New England Patriots |
| 2 | Johnie Cooks |  Indianapolis Colts |
| 3 | Chip Banks |  Cleveland Browns |
| 4 | Art Schlichter | Indianapolis Colts |
| 5 | Jim McMahon |  Chicago Bears |
| 6 | Jeff Bryant |  Seattle Seahawks |
| 7 | Darrin Nelson |  Minnesota Vikings |
| 8 | Mike Munchak |  Tennessee Titans |
| 9 | Gerald Riggs |  Atlanta Falcons |
| 10 | Marcus Allen |  Las Vegas Raiders |
| 11 | Anthony Hancock |  Kansas City Chiefs |
| 12 | Walter Abercrombie |  Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 13 | Lindsay Scott |  New Orleans Saints |
| 14 | Barry Redden |  Los Angeles Rams |
| 15 | Jimmy Williams |  Detroit Lions |
| 16 | Luis Sharpe |  Arizona Cardinals |
| 17 | Sean Farrell |  Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 18 | Butch Woolfolk |  New York Giants |
| 19 | Perry Tuttle |  Buffalo Bills |
| 20 | Mike Quick |  Philadelphia Eagles |
| 21 | Gerald Willhite |  Denver Broncos |
| 22 | Ron Hallstrom |  Green Bay Packers |
| 23 | Bob Crable |  New York Jets |
| 24 | Roy Foster |  Miami Dolphins |
| 25 | Rod Hill |  Dallas Cowboys |
| 26 | Glen Collins |  Cincinnati Bengals |
| 27 | Lester Williams | New England Patriots |
Round 2
| Pick | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Leo Wisniewski | Indianapolis Colts |
| 29 | Bubba Paris |  San Francisco 49ers |
| 30 | Brad Edelman | New Orleans Saints |
| 31 | Keith Baldwin | Cleveland Browns |
| 32 | Booker Reese | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 33 | Bruce Scholtz | Seattle Seahawks |
| 34 | Rohn Stark | Indianapolis Colts |
| 35 | Jack Squirek | Las Vegas Raiders |
| 36 | Doug Rogers | Atlanta Falcons |
| 37 | Jim Romano | Las Vegas Raiders |
| 38 | David Galloway | Arizona Cardinals |
| 39 | Terry Tausch | Minnesota Vikings |
| 40 | Robert Weathers | New England Patriots |
| 41 | Andre Tippett | New England Patriots |
| 42 | Bobby Watkins | Detroit Lions |
| 43 | John Meyer | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 44 | Oliver Luck | Tennessee Titans |
| 45 | Joe Morris | New York Giants |
| 46 | Calvin Daniels | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 47 | Lawrence Sampleton | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 48 | Matt Kofler | Buffalo Bills |
| 49 | Vernon Dean |  Washington Commanders |
| 50 | Orlando McDaniel | Denver Broncos |
| 51 | Reggie McElroy | New York Jets |
| 52 | Mark Duper | Miami Dolphins |
| 53 | Jeff Rohrer | Dallas Cowboys |
| 54 | Emanuel Weaver | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 55 | Darryl Haley | New England Patriots |
Round 3
| Pick | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 56 | Cedric Jones | New England Patriots |
| 57 | James Burroughs | Indianapolis Colts |
| 58 | Rodney Lewis | New Orleans Saints |
| 59 | Eugene Marve | Buffalo Bills |
| 60 | Clayton Weishuhn | New England Patriots |
| 61 | Carl Powell | Washington Commanders |
| 62 | Tim Wrightman | Chicago Bears |
| 63 | Stacey Bailey | Atlanta Falcons |
| 64 | Vann McElroy | Las Vegas Raiders |
| 65 | Benny Perrin | Arizona Cardinals |
| 66 | Eugene Goodlow | New Orleans Saints |
| 67 | Bill Bechtold | Los Angeles Rams |
| 68 | Kenny Duckett | New Orleans Saints |
| 69 | Steve Doig | Detroit Lions |
| 70 | Mike Merriweather | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 71 | Del Rodgers | Green Bay Packers |
| 72 | Stanley Edwards | Tennessee Titans |
| 73 | Rusty Guilbeau | Arizona Cardinals |
| 74 | Jerry Bell | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 75 | Pete Metzelaars | Seattle Seahawks |
| 76 | John Krimm | New Orleans Saints |
| 77 | Robert Abraham | Tennessee Titans |
| 78 | Vyto Kab | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 79 | Dwayne Crutchfield | New York Jets |
| 80 | Paul Lankford | Miami Dolphins |
| 81 | Jim Eliopulos | Dallas Cowboys |
| 82 | Rodney Holman | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 83 | John Cannon | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Round 4
| Pick | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 84 | Mike Pagel | Indianapolis Colts |
| 85 | George Crump | New England Patriots |
| 86 | Morten Andersen | New Orleans Saints |
| 87 | Dwight Walker | Cleveland Browns |
| 88 | Jeff Gaylord | Los Angeles Rams |
| 89 | Dennis Gentry | Chicago Bears |
| 90 | Tootie Robbins | Arizona Cardinals |
| 91 | Ed Muransky | Las Vegas Raiders |
| 92 | Jim Fahnhorst | Minnesota Vikings |
| 93 | Van Williams | Buffalo Bills |
| 94 | Steve Bryant | Tennessee Titans |
| 95 | Reggie Brown | Atlanta Falcons |
| 96 | Bruce McNorton | Detroit Lions |
| 97 | Rick Woods | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 98 | Robert Brown | Green Bay Packers |
| 99 | Todd Liebenstein | Washington Commanders |
| 100 | Louis Haynes | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 101 | Brian Carpenter | Dallas Cowboys |
| 102 | Gerry Raymond | New York Giants |
| 103 | Dave Barrett | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 104 | Stuart Anderson | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 105 | Anthony Griggs | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 106 | Dan Plater | Denver Broncos |
| 107 | George Floyd | New York Jets |
| 108 | Charles Bowser | Miami Dolphins |
| 109 | Monty Hunter | Dallas Cowboys |
| 110 | Rodney Tate | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 111 | Brian Ingram | New England Patriots |
Round 5
| Pick | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 112 | Fred Marion | New England Patriots |
| 113 | Terry Crouch | Indianapolis Colts |
| 114 | Tony Elliott | New Orleans Saints |
| 115 | Mike Baab | Cleveland Browns |
| 116 | Perry Hartnett | Chicago Bears |
| 117 | Wally Kersten | Los Angeles Rams |
| 118 | Doug Barnett | Los Angeles Rams |
| 119 | Vance Bedford | Arizona Cardinals |
| 120 | Bob Nelson | Miami Dolphins |
| 121 | Malcolm Taylor | Tennessee Titans |
| 122 | Von Mansfield | Atlanta Falcons |
| 123 | Ed Jackson | Las Vegas Raiders |
| 124 | Ken Dallafior | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 125 | Earl Ferrell | Arizona Cardinals |
| 126 | Mike Meade | Green Bay Packers |
| 127 | William Graham | Detroit Lions |
| 128 | Jeff Davis | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 129 | Rich Umphrey | New York Giants |
| 130 | Del Thompson | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 131 | Sammy Winder | Denver Broncos |
| 132 | Dennis DeVaughn | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 133 | Michael Williams | Washington Commanders |
| 134 | Dennis Tabron | Chicago Bears |
| 135 | Mark Jerue | New York Jets |
| 136 | Rich Diana | Miami Dolphins |
| 137 | Phil Pozderac | Dallas Cowboys |
| 138 | Paul Sorensen | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 139 | Newton Williams | San Francisco 49ers |
Round 6
| Pick | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 140 | Pat Beach | Indianapolis Colts |
| 141 | Ricky Smith | New England Patriots |
| 142 | Marvin Lewis | New Orleans Saints |
| 143 | Ken Hammond | Dallas Cowboys |
| 144 | Jack Campbell | Seattle Seahawks |
| 145 | Kerry Locklin | Los Angeles Rams |
| 146 | Kurt Becker | Chicago Bears |
| 147 | Greg Storr | Minnesota Vikings |
| 148 | Gary Allen | Tennessee Titans |
| 149 | Mike Kelley | Atlanta Falcons |
| 150 | Craig Shaffer | Arizona Cardinals |
| 151 | Vince Williams | San Francisco 49ers |
| 152 | Chet Parlavecchio | Green Bay Packers |
| 153 | Lemont Jeffers | Washington Commanders |
| 154 | Mike Machurek | Detroit Lions |
| 155 | Mike Perko | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 156 | Darrell Nicholson | New York Giants |
| 157 | Durwood Roquemore | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 158 | Andre Tyler | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 159 | Curt Grieve | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 160 | DeWayne Chivers | Buffalo Bills |
| 161 | Tom Tutson | Miami Dolphins |
| 162 | Mike Whitwell | Cleveland Browns |
| 163 | Lonell Phea | New York Jets |
| 164 | Ron Hester | Miami Dolphins |
| 165 | Charles Daum | Dallas Cowboys |
| 166 | Arthur King | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 167 | Craig Bingham | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Round 7
| Pick | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 168 | Jeff Roberts | New England Patriots |
| 169 | Fletcher Jenkins | Indianapolis Colts |
| 170 | Dan Johnson | Miami Dolphins |
| 171 | Gary Anderson | Buffalo Bills |
| 172 | Edmund Nelson | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 173 | Henry Waechter | Chicago Bears |
| 174 | Eugene Williams | Seattle Seahawks |
| 175 | Phil Bates | Detroit Lions |
| 176 | David Toloumu | Atlanta Falcons |
| 177 | Jeff Jackson | Las Vegas Raiders |
| 178 | Bob Sebro | Arizona Cardinals |
| 179 | Steve Jordan | Minnesota Vikings |
| 180 | John Schachtner | Washington Commanders |
| 181 | Joe Shearin | Los Angeles Rams |
| 182 | Emil Boures | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 183 | Joey Whitley | Green Bay Packers |
| 184 | Greg Smith | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 185 | Tom Morris | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 186 | Jeff Wiska | New York Giants |
| 187 | Victor Simmons | Detroit Lions |
| 188 | Hollis Hall |  Los Angeles Chargers |
| 189 | Alvin Ruben | Denver Broncos |
| 190 | Harvey Armstrong | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 191 | Tom Coombs | New York Jets |
| 192 | Larry Cowan | Miami Dolphins |
| 193 | Bill Purifoy | Dallas Cowboys |
| 194 | Ben Needham | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 195 | Ron Ferrari | San Francisco 49ers |
Picks from ESPN's draft pages. A team links to its page when the franchise is still in the league under that name; a player links when the player is on file.