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1980's-All-Time-Draft

1980 NFL Draft - April 29-30

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Player Round Position College Selection
Anthony Munoz 1 T Southern California 3
Kirby Criswell 2 LB Kansas 31
Rod Horn 3 DL Nebraska 59
Bill Glass 4 G Baylor 86
Bryan Hicks 5 S McNeese State 113
Jo Jo Heath 6a KR/DB Pittsburgh 141
Andrew Melontree (acquired from Tampa Bay in trade on 5-30-79) 6b LB Baylor 159
Ron Simpkins (acquired from San Francisco in trade on 7-16-79) 7a LB Michigan 167
Gary Don Johnson 7b DT Baylor 168
Mark Lyles 8 RB Florida State 196
Greg Bright 9 S Morehead State 224
Sandro Vitiello 10 K Massachusetts 252
Alton Alexis 11 WR Tulane *281
Mike Wright 12 QB Vanderbilt 308

*NOTE: The Bengals had the No. 280 overall choice in Round 11 but passed, allowing Baltimore to move from No. 281 to 280.

1981 NFL Draft - April 28-29

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Player Round Position College Selection
David Verser 1 WR Kansas 10
Cris Collinsworth 2 WR Florida 37
John Simmons 3 CB Southern Methodist 64
Guy Frazier 4 LB Wyoming 93
Benjie Pryor 5 TE Pittsburgh 120
Rex Robinson 6 PK Georgia 146
Jeff Schuh 7 LB Minnesota 176
Bobby Kemp 8 S Cal State - Fullerton 202
Jim Hannula 9a OL Northern Illinois 229
Samoa Samoa (acquired from San Francisco in trade on 3-19-80) 9b RB Washington State 230
Hubert Simpson 10 RB Tennessee 258
Robert Jackson 11 S Central Michigan 285
Mark O'Connell 12 QB/K Ball State 312

1982 NFL Draft - April 27-28

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Player Round Position College Selection
Glen Collins 1 DE Mississippi State 26
Emanuel Weaver 2 NT South Carolina 54
Rodney Holman 3 TE Tulane 82
Rodney Tate 4 RB Texas 110
Paul Sorensen 5 DB Washington State 138
Arthur King 6 NT Grambling 166
Ben Needham 7 LB Michigan 194
Kari Yli-Renko 8 T Cincinnati 222
James Bennett 9 WR Northwestern State (La.) 250
Larry Hogue 10 CB Utah State 278
Russell Davis 11 RB Idaho 305
Dan Feraday 12 QB Toronto 333

1983 NFL Draft - April 26-27

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Player Round Position College Selection Number
Dave Rimington 1 C Nebraska 25
Ray Horton 2 CB Washington 53
Jimmy Turner 3 CB UCLA 81
Steve Maidlow 4 LB Michigan State 109
Jeff Christensen 5 QB Eastern Illinois 137
Kiki DeAyala (acquired from New Orleans in trade on 8-20-82) 6a LB Texas 152
Larry Kinnebrew 6b RB Tennessee State 165
James Griffin 7 S Middle Tennessee State 193
Mike Martin 8 WR Illinois 221
Stanley Wilson 9 RB Oklahoma 248
Tim Krumrie 10 NT Wisconsin 276
Gary Williams 11 WR Ohio State 304
Andre Young 12 LB Bowling Green 332

1984 NFL Draft - May 1-2

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Player Round Position College Selection
(acquired from Tampa Bay in trade on 6-2-83, then sent to New England in trade on 4-4-84) 1 1
Ricky Hunley 1a LB Arizona 7
Pete Koch (acquired from New England in trade on 4-4-84) 1b DE Maryland 16
Brian Blados (acquired from New England in trade on 4-4-84) 1c OL North Carolina 28
Boomer Esiason 2 QB Maryland 38
Stanford Jennings 3 RB Furman 65
John Farley 4 RB Cal State - Sacramento 92
Barney Bussey 5 DB South Carolina State 119
Don Kern 6 TE Arizona State 150
Leo Barker 7 LB New Mexico State 177
Bruce Reimers 8 T Iowa State 204
Bruce Kozerski 9 OL Holy Cross 231
Aaron Jackson 10a LB North Carolina 262
Brent Ziegler (acquired from New England in trade on 4-4-84) 10b RB Syracuse 265
Steve McKeaver 11 RB Central State (Okla.) 289
Steve Racquet 12 LB Holy Cross 316
Wayne Peace 1-s QB Florida *7
Bill Johnson 2-s RB Arkansas State *35
Tom Kilkenny 3-s LB Temple *65

*NOTE: On June 5, the NFL held a supplemental draft for college seniors who had been eligible for the league's common draft a month earlier but had already signed a contract with a pro team in either the USFL or the CFL and thus were not selected by an NFL team in that common draft. In the supplemental draft, NFL teams obtained the rights to 84 of those players (76 USFL and eight CFL). The Bengals drafted three of them: QB Wayne Peace (had signed with the Tampa Bay Bandits of the USFL), RB Bill Johnson (Denver Gold, USFL) and LB Tom Kilkenny (Chicago Blitz, USFL). Of those three, only Johnson later joined the Bengals (in 1985), and he went on to make the team's all-time roster (played from '85-87).

1985 NFL Draft - April 30 - May 1

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Player Round Position College Selection
Eddie Brown 1a WR Miami (Fla.) 13
Emanuel King (acquired from Seattle in trade on 6-29-83) 1b LB Alabama 25
Carl Zander 2 LB Tennessee 43
Sean Thomas 3 CB Texas Christian 70
Anthony Tuggle 4 CB Nicholls State 97
Tony Degrate 5a NT Texas 127
Lee Davis (acquired from New England in trade on 4-4-84) 5b CB Mississippi 129
Eric Stokes (acquired from Tampa Bay in trade on 6-24-84) 6a T Northeastern 148
Keith Lester 6b TE Murray State 154
Kim Locklin (acquired from Atlanta in trade on 8-23-84) 7a RB New Mexico State 172
Joe Walter 7b T Texas Tech 181
Dave Strobel 8 LB Iowa 211
Keith Cruise 9 DE Northwestern 238
Bernard King 10 LB Syracuse 265
Harold Stanfield 11 TE Mississippi College *296
Louis Garza 12 T New Mexico State 322

*NOTE: The Bengals had the No. 295 overall choice in Round 11 but passed, allowing New England to move from No. 296 to 295.

1986 NFL Draft - April 29-30

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Player Round Position College Selection
Joe Kelly 1a LB Washington 11
Tim McGee (acquired from Denver in trade on 10-9-84) 1b WR Tennessee 21
Lewis Billups 2 CB North Alabama 38
Jim Skow (acquired from Atlanta in trade on 4-2-86) 3a DE Nebraska 58
Mike Hammerstein 3b DE Michigan 65
David Fulcher (acquired from Denver in trade on 10-9-84) 3c S Arizona State 78
Eric Kattus 4a TE Michigan 91
Doug Gaynor (acquired from Seattle in trade on 10-15-85) 4b QB Cal State - Long Beach 99
Leon White 5 LB Brigham Young 123
Gary Hunt 6 CB Memphis State 152
Pat Franklin 7 RB Southwest Texas State 177
David Douglas 8 T Tennessee 204
Cary Whittingham 9 LB Brigham Young 230
Jeff Shaw 10 NT Salem College 262
Tim Stone 11a T Kansas State 289
Tom Flaherty (acquired from Green Bay in trade on 9-4-85) 11b LB Northwestern 294
Steve Bradley 12 QB Indiana 316

1987 NFL Draft - April 28-29

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Player Round Position College Selection
Jason Buck 1 DE Brigham Young 17
Eric Thomas 2 CB Tulane 49
Leonard Bell 3a FS Indiana 76
Skip McClendon (acquired from Seattle in trade on 8-27-86) 3b DE Arizona State 77
Jim Riggs 4 TE Clemson 103
Marc Logan 5a RB Kentucky 130
Greg Horne (acquired from Denver in trade on 10-9-84) 5b P/PK Arkansas 139
Sonny Gordon 6 FS Ohio State 157
Chris Thatcher 7 G/C Lafayette 188
Solomon Wilcots 8 CB Colorado 215
Craig Raddatz 9 LB Wisconsin 242
David McCluskey 10 RB Georgia 269
Jim Warne 11 T Arizona State 296
John Hollifield 12 RB West Virginia 328

1988 NFL Draft - April 24-25

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Player Round Position College Selection
Rickey Dixon 1 CB Oklahoma 5
Eibert "Ickey" Woods 2 RB Nevada - Las Vegas 31
Kevin Walker 3 LB Maryland 57
David Grant 4 NT West Virginia 84
Herb Wester 5 T Iowa 114
Paul Jetton 6 OL Texas 141
Rich Romer 7 LB Union (N.Y.) 168
Curtis Maxey 8 NT Grambling 195
Brandy Wells 9 DB Notre Dame 226
Ellis Dillahunt 10 DB East Carolina 253
Paul Hickert 11 K Murray State 280
Carl Parker 12 WR Vanderbilt 307

1989 NFL Draft - April 23-24

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Player Round Position College Selection
(sent to Atlanta in trade on 4-23-89) 1 27
Eric Ball (acquired from Atlanta in trade on 4-23-89) 2a RB UCLA 35
Freddie Childress 2b G Arkansas 55
Erik Wilhelm 3 QB Oregon State 83
Kerry Owens (acquired from Atlanta in trade on 4-23-89) 4a LB Arkansas 89
Rob Woods 4b T Arizona 111
Natu Tuatagaloa 5 NT California 138
Craig Taylor 6 RB West Virginia 166
Kendal Smith 7 WR Utah State 194
Chris Chenault 8 LB Kentucky 222
Richard Stephens 9 T Tulsa 250
Cornell Holloway (acquired from Atlanta in trade on 4-23-89) 10a CB Pittsburgh 256
Bob Jean 10b QB New Hampshire 178
Dana Wells 11 NT Arizona 306
Scott Jones 12 T Washington 334

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