National Football League - 1988 NFL Draft Picks



Year	Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Pos	From	Notes	ROY	HOF	Allstar	Heismann
1988	1988	1	1	Aundray Bruce	LB	Auburn
1988	1988	1	2	Neil Smith	DE	Nebraska
1988	1988	1	3	Bennie Blades	DB	Miami (FL)
1988	1988	1	4	Paul Gruber	T	Wisconsin
1988	1988	1	5	Rickey Dixon	DB	Oklahoma
1988	1988	1	6	Tim Brown	WR	Notre Dame
1988	1988	1	7	Sterling Sharpe	WR	South Carolina
1988	1988	1	8	Dave Cadigan	T	USC
1988	1988	1	9	Terry McDaniel	DB	Tennessee
1988	1988	1	10	Eric Moore	T	Indiana
1988	1988	1	11	Michael Irvin	WR	Miami (FL)
1988	1988	1	12	Ken Harvey	LB	California
1988	1988	1	13	Keith Jackson	TE	Oklahoma
1988	1988	1	14	Gaston Green	RB	UCLA
1988	1988	1	15	Anthony Miller	WR	Tennessee
1988	1988	1	16	Eric Kumerow	DE	Ohio State
1988	1988	1	17	John Stephens	RB	Northwest Louisiana	!	1988
1988	1988	1	18	Aaron Jones	DE	Eastern Kentucky
1988	1988	1	19	Randall McDaniel	G	Arizona State
1988	1988	1	20	Aaron Cox	WR	Arizona State
1988	1988	1	21	Clifford Charlton	LB	Florida
1988	1988	1	22	Lorenzo White	RB	Michigan State
1988	1988	1	23	Brad Muster	RB	Stanford
1988	1988	1	24	Craig Heyward	RB	Pittsburgh
1988	1988	1	25	Scott Davis	DE	Illinois
1988	1988	1	26	Ted Gregory	DT	Syracuse
1988	1988	1	27	Wendell Davis	WR	Louisiana State
1988	1988	2	28	Marcus Cotton	LB	USC
1988	1988	2	29	Chris Spielman	LB	Ohio State
1988	1988	2	30	Eric Allen	DB	Arizona State
1988	1988	2	31	Ickey Woods	RB	UNLV
1988	1988	2	32	Pat Carter	TE	Florida State
1988	1988	2	33	Daniel Stubbs	DE	Miami (FL)
1988	1988	2	34	Shawn Patterson	DT	Arizona State
1988	1988	2	35	Anthony Newman	DB	Oregon
1988	1988	2	36	John Elliott	T	Michigan
1988	1988	2	37	Terry Williams	DB	Bethune-Cookman
1988	1988	2	38	Tony Jeffery	RB	Texas Christian
1988	1988	2	39	Pierce Holt	DT	Angelo State
1988	1988	2	40	Thurman Thomas	RB	Oklahoma State
1988	1988	2	41	Ken Norton Jr.	LB	UCLA
1988	1988	2	42	Jarvis Williams	DB	Florida
1988	1988	2	43	Vincent Brown	LB	Mississippi Valley State
1988	1988	2	44	Dermontti Dawson	C	Kentucky
1988	1988	2	45	Gerald Perry	T	Southern
1988	1988	2	46	Flipper Anderson	WR	UCLA
1988	1988	2	47	Fred Stickland	LB	Purdue
1988	1988	2	48	Quintin Jones	DB	Pittsburgh
1988	1988	2	49	Brian Blades	WR	Miami (FL)
1988	1988	2	50	Michael Dean Perry	DT	Clemson
1988	1988	2	51	Dante Jones	LB	Oklahoma
1988	1988	2	52	Brett Perriman	WR	Miami (FL)
1988	1988	2	53	Lars Tate	RB	Georgia
1988	1988	2	54	Brad Edwards	DB	South Carolina
1988	1988	2	55	Chip Lohmiller	K	Minnesota
1988	1988	3	56	Alex Higdon	TE	Ohio State
1988	1988	3	57	Kevin Walker	LB	Maryland
1988	1988	3	58	Ray Roundtree	WR	Penn State
1988	1988	3	59	Kevin Porter	DB	Auburn
1988	1988	3	60	Quinn Early	WR	Iowa
1988	1988	3	61	Keith Woodside	RB	Texas A&M
1988	1988	3	62	Sheldon White	DB	Miami (OH)
1988	1988	3	63	Erik McMillan	DT	Missouri	!	1988
1988	1988	3	64	Matt Patchan	T	Miami (FL)
1988	1988	3	65	Bernard Fored	WR	Central Florida
1988	1988	3	66	Mike Oliphant	RB	Puget Sound
1988	1988	3	67	Mark Hutson	G	Oklahoma
1988	1988	3	68	Tom Tupa	QB	Ohio State
1988	1988	3	69	Tom Rehder	T	Notre Dame
1988	1988	3	70	Chuck Lanza	C	Notre Dame
1988	1988	3	71	Al Noga	DT	Hawaii
1988	1988	3	72	Greg Montgomery	P	Michigan State
1988	1988	3	73	Ferrell Edmunds	TE	Maryland
1988	1988	3	74	James Hasty	DB	Washington State
1988	1988	3	75	Tommy Kane	WR	Syracuse
1988	1988	3	76	Chris Chandler	QB	Washington
1988	1988	3	77	Van Waiters	LB	Indiana
1988	1988	3	78	Ralph Jarvis	DE	Temple
1988	1988	3	79	Kevin Guidry	DB	Louisiana State
1988	1988	3	80	Bill Romanowski	LB	Boston College
1988	1988	3	81	Tony Stephens	DT	Clemson
1988	1988	3	82	Mike Piel	DT	Illinois
1988	1988	4	83	Pig Goff	DT	Auburn
1988	1988	4	84	David Grant	DT	West Virginia
1988	1988	4	85	William White	DB	Ohio State
1988	1988	4	86	John Bruhin	G	Tennessee
1988	1988	4	87	Tim Goad	DT	North Carolina
1988	1988	4	88	Rollin Putzier	DT	Oregon
1988	1988	4	89	Chuck Cecil	DB	Arizona
1988	1988	4	90	Tim Rother	DT	Nebraska
1988	1988	4	91	Joe Campbell	DE	New Mexico State
1988	1988	4	92	Ricky Shaw	LB	Oklahoma State
1988	1988	4	93	Stacy Searels	T	Auburn
1988	1988	4	94	Dave Widell	T	Boston College
1988	1988	4	95	Michael Brim	DB	Virginia Union
1988	1988	4	96	J.R. Ambrose	WR	Mississippi
1988	1988	4	97	Sammy Martin	WR	Louisiana State
1988	1988	4	98	David Richards	T	UCLA
1988	1988	4	99	Greg Johnson	T	Oklahoma
1988	1988	4	100	Teddy Garcia	K	N.E. Louisiana
1988	1988	4	101	Kevin Harmon	RB	Iowa
1988	1988	4	102	Barry Helton	P	Colorado
1988	1988	4	103	Anthony Blaylock	DB	Winston-Salem State
1988	1988	4	104	Michael Ball	DB	Southern
1988	1988	4	105	Jim Thornton	TE	Fullerton State
1988	1988	4	106	Lydell Carr	RB	Oklahoma
1988	1988	4	107	Monte Robbins	P	Michigan
1988	1988	4	108	Todd Kalis	G	Arizona State
1988	1988	4	109	Jamie Morris	RB	Michigan
1988	1988	5	110	Charles Dimry	DB	UNLV
1988	1988	5	111	Eric Andolsek	G	Louisiana State
1988	1988	5	112	Greg Scales	TE	Wake Forest
1988	1988	5	113	William Howard	RB	Tennessee
1988	1988	5	114	Herb Wester	T	Iowa
1988	1988	5	115	Troy Wolkow	G	Minnesota
1988	1988	5	116	Darrell Reed	LB	Oklahoma
1988	1988	5	117	Robert Delpino	RB	Missouri
1988	1988	5	118	Jon Carter	DE	Pittsburgh
1988	1988	5	119	Mike Withycombe	T	Fresno State
1988	1988	5	120	Chris Gaines	LB	Vanderbilt
1988	1988	5	121	Darin Jordan	LB	Northeastern
1988	1988	5	122	Eric Everett	DB	Texas Tech
1988	1988	5	123	Ezekial Gadson	DB	Pittsburgh
1988	1988	5	124	Darrell Fullington	DB	Miami (FL)
1988	1988	5	125	Cris Dishman	DB	Purdue
1988	1988	5	126	Rodney Thomas	DB	Brigham Young
1988	1988	5	127	Carl Mims	DB	Sam Houston State
1988	1988	5	128	Jerry Reese	DT	Kentucky
1988	1988	5	129	John Baylor	DB	Southern Mississippi
1988	1988	5	130	Chris Verhulst	TE	Chico State
1988	1988	5	131	Dennis Price	DB	UCLA
1988	1988	5	132	Tony Jordan	RB	Kansas State
1988	1988	5	133	Troy Johnson	LB	Oklahoma
1988	1988	5	134	Keith Taylor	DB	Illinois
1988	1988	5	135	Kirk Roach	K	Western Carolina
1988	1988	5	136	Corris Ervin	DB	Central Florida
1988	1988	5	137	James Washington	DB	UCLA
1988	1988	6	138	George Thomas	WR	UNLV
1988	1988	6	139	James Saxon	RB	San Jose State
1988	1988	6	140	Houston Hoover	G	Jackson State
1988	1988	6	141	Paul Jetton	G	Texas
1988	1988	6	142	Carl Painter	RB	Hampton
1988	1988	6	143	Erwin Grabisna	LB	Case Western Reserve
1988	1988	6	144	Nate Hill	DE	Auburn
1988	1988	6	145	David Houle	G	Michigan State
1988	1988	6	146	Paul Frase	DE	Syracuse
1988	1988	6	147	Keith Jones	RB	Nebraska
1988	1988	6	148	Jon Phillips	G	Oklahoma
1988	1988	6	149	Don McPherson	QB	Syracuse
1988	1988	6	150	Dan Murray	LB	East Stroudsburg (PA)
1988	1988	6	151	Scott Secules	QB	Virginia
1988	1988	6	152	Cedric Figaro	LB	Notre Dame
1988	1988	6	153	Melvin Bratton	RB	Miami (FL)
1988	1988	6	154	Steve Johnson	TE	Virginia Tech
1988	1988	6	155	Warren Williams	RB	Miami (FL)
1988	1988	6	156	George Cooper	RB	Ohio State
1988	1988	6	157	Kurt Crain	LB	Auburn
1988	1988	6	158	Roy Hart	DT	South Carolina
1988	1988	6	159	Stan Humphries	QB	N.E. Louisiana
1988	1988	6	160	Rob Sterling	DB	Maine
1988	1988	6	161	Lemuel Stinson	DB	Texas Tech
1988	1988	6	162	Bob Sims	G	Florida
1988	1988	6	163	Shawn Lee	DT	North Alabama
1988	1988	6	164	Derrick White	DB	Oklahoma
1988	1988	6	165	Jeff Knapton	DT	Wyoming
1988	1988	7	166	Michael Haynes	WR	Northern Arizona
1988	1988	7	167	Kerry Goode	RB	Alabama
1988	1988	7	168	Rich Romer	LB	Union College
1988	1988	7	169	Jeff James	WR	Stanford
1988	1988	7	170	Troy Stedman	LB	Washburn
1988	1988	7	171	Derrick Crudup	DB	Oklahoma
1988	1988	7	172	Gary Patton	RB	Eastern Michigan
1988	1988	7	173	Gary Richard	DB	Pittsburgh
1988	1988	7	174	Pat Kelly	TE	Syracuse
1988	1988	7	175	Mike Perez	QB	San Jose State
1988	1988	7	176	Todd White	WR	Fullerton State
1988	1988	7	177	Tim Brocky	T	Memphis State
1988	1988	7	178	Owen Howen	T	Oregon State
1988	1988	7	179	Ernie jones	WR	Indiana
1988	1988	7	180	Kerwin Bell	QB	Florida
1988	1988	7	181	Darryl Usher	WR	Illinois
1988	1988	7	182	Marc Zeno	WR	Tulane
1988	1988	7	183	Brad Beckman	TE	Nebraska-Omaha
1988	1988	7	184	Bo Wright	RB	Alabama
1988	1988	7	185	Ray Jackson	DB	Ohio State
1988	1988	7	186	Danta Whitaker	TE	Mississippi Valley State
1988	1988	7	187	Tracey Eaton	DB	Portland State
1988	1988	7	188	Thane Gash	DB	East Tennessee State
1988	1988	7	189	Caesar Rentie	T	Oklahoma
1988	1988	7	190	Brian Forde	LB	Washington State
1988	1988	7	191	Kevin Bryant	LB	Delaware State
1988	1988	7	192	Gary Frank	G	Mississippi State
1988	1988	7	193	Harold Hicks	DB	San Diego State
1988	1988	8	194	Phillip Brown	LB	Alabama
1988	1988	8	195	Curtis Maxey	DT	Grambling
1988	1988	8	196	Gary Hadd	DE	Minnesota
1988	1988	8	197	Alfredo Roberts	TE	Miami (FL)
1988	1988	8	198	Anthony Simpson	RB	East Carolina
1988	1988	8	199	Mike Alexander	WR	Penn State
1988	1988	8	200	Patrick Collins	RB	Oklahoma
1988	1988	8	201	Darryl Franklin	WR	Washington State
1988	1988	8	202	Sammy Lilly	DB	Georgia Tech
1988	1988	8	203	Keith Neubert	TE	Nebraska
1988	1988	8	204	John Hagy	DB	Texas
1988	1988	8	205	Mark Higgs	RB	Kentucky
1988	1988	8	206	Tim Moore	LB	Michigan State
1988	1988	8	207	David Smith	RB	Western Kentucky
1988	1988	8	208	David Tate	DB	Colorado
1988	1988	8	209	Mark Nichols	DT	Michigan State
1988	1988	8	210	Joe Cain	LB	Oregon Tech
1988	1988	8	211	Mike Hinnant	TE	Temple
1988	1988	8	212	Harry Galbreath	G	Tennessee
1988	1988	8	213	Jeff Wright	DT	Central Missouri State
1988	1988	8	214	Dave Viaene	C	Minnesota-Duluth
1988	1988	8	215	Robert Tyler	TE	South Carolina State
1988	1988	8	216	J.J. Birden	WR	Oregon
1988	1988	8	217	Harvey Reed	RB	Howard
1988	1988	8	218	Glenn Derby	T	Wisconsin
1988	1988	8	219	Larry Clarkson	T	Montana
1988	1988	8	220	Louis Cheek	T	Texas A&M
1988	1988	8	221	Darryl McGill	RB	Wake Forest
1988	1988	9	222	James Primus	RB	UCLA
1988	1988	9	223	Kip Corrington	DB	Texas A&M
1988	1988	9	224	Azizuddin Abdur-Ra'oof	WR	Maryland
1988	1988	9	225	Reuben David	DT	North Carolina
1988	1988	9	226	Brandy Wells	DB	Notre Dame
1988	1988	9	227	Reggie Ware	RB	Auburn
1988	1988	9	228	Neal Wilkinson	TE	James Madison
1988	1988	9	229	Scott Tabor	P	California
1988	1988	9	230	Ralph Tamm	G	West Chester (PA)
1988	1988	9	231	Pat Foster	DT	Montana
1988	1988	9	232	Brain Bedford	WR	California
1988	1988	9	233	Scott Dill	G	Memphis State
1988	1988	9	234	Todd Irvin	T	Mississippi
1988	1988	9	235	Carlton Bailey	LB	North Carolina
1988	1988	9	236	Gordie Lockbaum	RB	Holy Cross
1988	1988	9	237	Paul McGowan	LB	Florida State
1988	1988	9	238	Joey Howard	T	Tennessee
1988	1988	9	239	Jeff Cross	DE	Missouri
1988	1988	9	240	Neil Galbraith	DB	Central State (OK)
1988	1988	9	241	David Spradlin	LB	Texas Christian
1988	1988	9	242	Deatrich Wise	DT	Jackson State
1988	1988	9	243	Jeff Herrod	LB	Mississippi
1988	1988	9	244	Danny Copeland	DB	Eastern Kentucky
1988	1988	9	245	Rogie Magee	WR	Louisiana State
1988	1988	9	246	Clarence Nunn	DB	San Diego State
1988	1988	9	247	Brian Bonner	LB	Minnesota
1988	1988	9	248	Mel Farr Jr.	RB	UCLA
1988	1988	9	249	Blake Peterson	LB	Mesa State
1988	1988	10	250	Stan Clayton	T	Penn State
1988	1988	10	251	Kenny Gamble	RB	Colgate
1988	1988	10	252	John Jackson	T	Eastern Kentucky
1988	1988	10	253	Ellis Dillahunt	DB	East Carolina
1988	1988	10	254	Paco Craig	WR	UCLA
1988	1988	10	255	Newt Harrell	T	West Texas State
1988	1988	10	256	Bud Keyes	QB	Wisconsin
1988	1988	10	257	John Booty	DB	Texas Christian
1988	1988	10	258	R.C. Mullin	T	Southwestern Louisiana
1988	1988	10	259	Eric Hickerson	DB	Indiana
1988	1988	10	260	Andy Schillinger	WR	Miami (OH)
1988	1988	10	261	Joe Schuster	DT	Iowa
1988	1988	10	262	Martin Mayhew	DB	Florida State
1988	1988	10	263	Billy Owens	DB	Pittsburgh
1988	1988	10	264	Brian Habib	DT	Washington
1988	1988	10	265	Steve Wilkes	TE	Appalachian State
1988	1988	10	266	Artis Jackson	DT	Texas Tech
1988	1988	10	267	Rodney Lossow	C	Wisconsin
1988	1988	10	268	Channing Williams	RB	Arizona State
1988	1988	10	269	Derwin Jones	DE	Miami (FL)
1988	1988	10	270	O'Brien Alston	LB	Maryland
1988	1988	10	271	Marco Johnson	WR	Hawaii
1988	1988	10	272	Brian Washington	DB	Nebraska
1988	1988	10	273	Joel Porter	G	Baylor
1988	1988	10	274	Todd Santos	QB	San Diego State
1988	1988	10	275	Tim Foley	K	Georgia Southern
1988	1988	10	276	Vincent Fizer	LB	Southern
1988	1988	10	277	Henry Brown	T	Ohio State
1988	1988	11	278	James Milling	WR	Maryland
1988	1988	11	279	Frank Pillow	WR	Tennessee State
1988	1988	11	280	Paul Hickert	K	Murray State
1988	1988	11	281	Danny McCoin	QB	Cincinnati
1988	1988	11	282	Danny McManus	QB	Florida State
1988	1988	11	283	David Weber	QB	Carroll College
1988	1988	11	284	Rick McLeod	T	Washington
1988	1988	11	285	Ed Miller	C	Pittsburgh
1988	1988	11	286	Greg Harris	WR	Troy State
1988	1988	11	287	John Galvin	LB	Boston College
1988	1988	11	288	Izel Jenkins	DB	North Carolina State
1988	1988	11	289	Pete Curkendall	DT	Penn State
1988	1988	11	290	Chad Hennings	DT	Air Force
1988	1988	11	291	Keith McCoy	DB	Fresno State
1988	1988	11	292	Tom Kelleher	RB	Holy Cross
1988	1988	11	293	George Hinkle	DT	Arizona
1988	1988	11	294	Marvin Allen	RB	Tulane
1988	1988	11	295	Bobby Dawson	DB	Illinois
1988	1988	11	296	Norman Floyd	DB	South Carolina
1988	1988	11	297	Donnie Dee	TE	Tulsa
1988	1988	11	298	Jethro Franklin	DE	Fresno State
1988	1988	11	299	Dwayne Harper	DB	South Carolina State
1988	1988	11	300	Hendley Hawkins	WR	Nebraska
1988	1988	11	301	Stave Forch	LB	Nebraska
1988	1988	11	302	Gary Couch	WR	Minnesota
1988	1988	11	303	Chet Brooks	DB	Texas A&M
1988	1988	11	304	Richard Calvin	RB	Washington State
1988	1988	11	305	Curt Koch	DE	Colorado
1988	1988	12	306	Carter Wiley	DB	Virginia Tech
1988	1988	12	307	Carl Parker	WR	Vanderbilt
1988	1988	12	308	Aaron Kenney	WR	Wisconsin-Stevens Point
1988	1988	12	309	John Driscoll	T	New Hampshire
1988	1988	12	310	Victor Jones	LB	Virginia Tech
1988	1988	12	311	Greg Kunkel	G	Kentucky
1988	1988	12	312	Scott Bolton	WR	Auburn
1988	1988	12	313	David Futrell	DT	Brigham Young
1988	1988	12	314	Albert Goss	DT	Jackson State
1988	1988	12	315	Wayne Ross	P	San Diego State
1988	1988	12	316	Tom Erlandson	LB	Washington
1988	1988	12	317	Ben Hummell	LB	UCLA
1988	1988	12	318	Chris Carrier	DB	Louisiana State
1988	1988	12	319	Steve Kaufusi	DE	Brigham Young
1988	1988	12	320	Brian Kinchen	TE	Louisiana State
1988	1988	12	321	Dave Nugent	DT	Boston College
1988	1988	12	322	James Earle	LB	Clemson
1988	1988	12	323	Brendan McCormack	DT	South Carolina
1988	1988	12	324	Wendell Phillips	DB	North Alabama
1988	1988	12	325	John Brantley	LB	Georgia
1988	1988	12	326	Dave DesRochers	T	San Diego State
1988	1988	12	327	Tim Vesling	K	Syracuse
1988	1988	12	328	Steve Slayden	QB	Duke
1988	1988	12	329	Greg Clark	LB	Arizona State
1988	1988	12	330	Paul Jurgensen	LB	Georgia Tech
1988	1988	12	331	Georga Mira Jr.	LB	Miami (FL)
1988	1988	12	332	Johnny Carter	DT	Grambling
1988	1988	12	333	Jeff Bethard	WR	Southern Oregon State
1988	1988	5	0	Ryan Bethea	WR	South Carolina			0	0

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Davan S. Mani says:

April 17, 2020 at 11:36 pm

what a year. the competitiveness of the ABL really brought the NBA out of its duldrums.

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