Dolphins' drafts1976-80(Boldface indicates made active roster)1a Larry Gordon (17)
LB Arizona
State
(from Washington for Joe Theismann)
1b x-Kim Bokamper (18) LB
San Jose State
2 Loaird McCreary (49) TE
Tennessee State
3 Duriel Harris (80) WR
New Mexico State
4a Melvin Mitchell (96) G
Tennessee State
(from Detroit for Larry Ball)
4b TO PHILADELPHIA for Norm Bulaich (111)
5 TO DETROIT with Larry Ball (145)
6 Gary Davis (174) RB
Cal Poly-SLO
7a Joe Ingersoll (185) G/T
UNLV
(from New Orleans for Mel Baker)
7b Johnny Owens (200) DE
Tennessee State
8 Bob Simpson (230) DT
Colorado
9 y-Norris Thomas (257) CB
Southern Miss.
10a Gary Fencik (281) S
Yale
(from Washington for Karl Lorch)
10b Don Testerman (282) RB
Clemson
11 Dexter Pride (312) RB
Minnesota
12a Randy Young (338) T
Iowa State
12b Darryl Brandford (341) DT
Northwestern
(from St. Louis for Rodrigo Barnes)
13 Bernie Head (366) C
Tulsa
14 Bob Gissler (395) LB
South Dakota State
15 Ron Holmes (423) RB
Utah State
16 Mike Green (450) P/WR
Ohio
17 z-Jeff Grantz (480) QB
South Carolina
x – injured reserve ’76 y – quit camp ’76, active roster
’77
z – remained at South Carolina as coach
1977
1 A.J. Duhe (13)
DE
Louisiana State
2 Bob Baumhower (40) DT
Alabama
3a TO HOUSTON for Ken Ellis (70)
3b Mike Watson (71) T
Miami (Ohio)
(from Chicago for Bo Rather)
4 TO WASHINGTON in Jake Scott deal (97)
5a Mike Michel (113) P/K
Stanford
(from Tampa Bay for Ray Nettles’ rights)
5b Leroy Harris (123) RB
Arkansas State
6 TO N.Y. GIANTS for Andy Selfridge (153)
7 Bruce Herron (180) LB
New Mexico
8 Horace Perkins (207) CB
Colorado
9 Robert Turner (237) RB
Oklahoma State
10 Mark Carter (264) T
Eastern Michigan
11 John Alexander (291) DE
Rutgers
12 Terry Anderson (321) WR
Bethune-Cookman
1978
1 TO SAN FRANCISCO in Delvin Williams deal (24)
2 Guy Benjamin (51) QB
Stanford
3a Lyman Smith (64) DT
Drake
(from N.Y. Giants for Larry Csonka)
3b Jimmy Cefalo (81) WR
Penn State
4a Gerald Small (93) CB
San Jose State
(from Cleveland for Paul Warfield)
4b Eric Laakso (106) T
Tulane
5a Ted Burgmeier (111) S
Notre Dame
(from Tampa Bay for Jeris White)
5b TO SAN FRANCISCO in Delvin Williams deal (133)
6 Doug Betters (163) DE
Nevada-Reno
7a Karl Baldischwiler (178) T
Oklahoma
(from Cleveland for Paul Warfield)
7b Lloyd Henry (190) WR
NE Missouri
8 Sean Clancy (217) LB
Amherst
9 Bruce Hardy (247)
TE
Arizona State
10 x-Mark Dennard (274) C
Texas A&M
11 TO SEATTLE for Carl Barisich (301)
12a Mike Moore (331) RB
Middle Tennessee
12b Bill Kenney (333) QB
Northern Colorado
(from Denver for Jim Kiick)
x – injured reserve ’78
1979
1 Jon Giesler (24)
T
Michigan
2 Jeff Toews (53)
G
Washington
3a Tony Nathan (61) RB
Alabama
(from Tampa Bay for Randy Crowder)
3b Mel Land (63)
LB
Michigan State
(from N.Y. Giants for Larry Csonka)
3c Ronnie Lee (65)
TE Baylor
(from New Orleans for Don Reese)
3d TO ATLANTA for Ralph Ortega (79)
4 Steve Howell (107) RB
Baylor
5 Don Bessillieu (134) S
Georgia Tech
6 Steve Lindquist (162) G
Nebraska
7 Uwe von Schamann (189) K
Oklahoma
8a Jeff Groth (206) WR
Bowling Green
(from Washington for Jim Mandich)
8b Glenn Blackwood (215) S
Texas
(from Denver for Jim Kiick)
8c TO TAMPA BAY for Council Rudolph (217)
9 Jeff Weston (244) DT
Notre Dame
10a Jerome Stanton (258) CB
Michigan State
(from Detroit for Karl Baldischwiler)
10b Mike Kozlowski (272) S
Colorado
11 Mike Blanton (299) DE
Georgia Tech
12 Larry Fortner (327) QB
Miami (Ohio)
1980
1 Don McNeal (21)
CB
Alabama
2 Dwight Stephenson (48) C
Alabama
3 Bill Barnett (75) DE
Nebraska
4 Elmer Bailey (100) WR
Minnesota
5 TO WASHINGTON in Benny Malone deal (132)
6 Eugene Byrd (158) WR
Michigan State
7 Joe Rose (186)
TE
California
8a Jeff Allen (212) CB
California-Davis
8b David Woodley (214) QB
Louisiana State
(from Washington for Jim Mandich)
9 Mark Goodspeed (239) T
Nebraska
10a Doug Lantz (271) C
Miami (Ohio)
10b Ben Long (272) LB
South Dakota
(from Philadelphia, past considerations)
11a Phil Driscoll (279) DE
Mankato State
(from San Francisco for Charles Cornelius)
11b TO PHILADELPHIA, past considerations (298)
12 Chuck Stone (325) G
North Carolina State
