1983 NFL DRAFT

The '1983 National Football League Draft' is also frequently known as the 'Quarterback class of 1983', because of the six quarterbacks taken in the first round. Of these quarterbacks, four have played in the Super Bowl, and three were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The next highest number of quarterbacks taken in the first round was five, in the 1999 NFL Draft. All six quarterbacks were drafted by AFC teams. In the sixteen years following the draft, 11 times the AFC was represented in the Super Bowl by a team led by a quarterback taken in the first round: the Denver Broncos by Elway, the Miami Dolphins by Marino, the Buffalo Bills by Kelly, or the New England Patriots by Tony Eason.

Contents

Player selections

Round one

Hall of Famers

External links

Player selections

= Pro Bowler

Round one

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Baltimore Colts (rights traded to Denver)	John Elway	Quarterback	Stanford
2	Los Angeles Rams	Eric Dickerson	Running Back	Southern Methodist
3	Seattle Seahawks	Curt Warner	Running Back	Penn State
4	Denver Broncos	Chris Hinton	Offensive Line	Northwestern
5	San Diego Chargers	Billy Ray Smith	Linebacker	Arkansas
6	Chicago Bears	Jim Covert	Offensive Line	Pittsburgh
7	Kansas City Chiefs	Todd Blackledge	Quarterback	Penn State
8	Philadelphia Eagles	Michael Haddix	Running Back	Mississippi State
9	Houston Oilers	Bruce Matthews	Offensive Line	USC
10	New York Giants	Terry Kinard	Defensive Back	Clemson
11	Green Bay Packers	Tim Lewis	Cornerback	Pittsburgh
12	Buffalo Bills	Tony Hunter	Tight End	Notre Dame
13	Detroit Lions	James Jones	Fullback	Florida
14	Buffalo Bills	Jim Kelly	Quarterback	Miami (FL)
15	New England Patriots	Tony Eason	Quarterback	Illinois
16	Atlanta Falcons	Mike Pitts	Defensive End	Alabama
17	St. Louis Cardinals	Leonard Smith	Cornerback	McNeese State
18	Chicago Bears	Willie Gault	Wide Receiver	Tennessee
19	Minnesota Vikings	Joey Browner	Defensive Back	USC
20	San Diego Chargers	Gary Anderson	Running Back	Arkansas
21	Pittsburgh Steelers	Gabriel Rivera	Defensive Tackle	Texas Tech
22	San Diego Chargers	Gill Byrd	Cornerback	San Jose State
23	Dallas Cowboys	Jim Jeffcoat	Defensive End	Arizona State
24	New York Jets	Ken O'Brien	Quarterback	UC Davis
25	Cincinnati Bengals	Dave Rimington	Center	Nebraska
26	Los Angeles Raiders	Don Mosebar	Offensive Line	USC
27	Miami Dolphins	Dan Marino	Quarterback	Pittsburgh
28	Washington Redskins	Darrell Green	Cornerback	Texas A&I University

= Pro Bowler

Hall of Famers

★ John Elway, Quarterback, Baltimore Colts - 1st Round (1st overall). Inducted in 2004.

★ Eric Dickerson, Running Back, Los Angeles Rams - 1st round (2nd overall). Inducted in 1999.

★ Bruce Matthews, Offensive Lineman, Houston Oilers- 1st Round (9th overall). Inducted in 2007.

★ Jim Kelly, Quarterback, Buffalo Bills - 1st round (14th overall). Inducted in 2002.

★ Dan Marino, Quarterback, Miami Dolphins - 1st Round (27th overall). Inducted in 2005.

External links

★ 1983 NFL Draft

★ Patrick Mondout, NFL 1983 Draft, ''Awesome 80s.com''.

★ Vic Carucci, In a Class by Themselves, ''Pro Football Hall of Fame''.