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1988 NFL Draft Results

Rounds 1-3

By James Alder, About.com

Round 1
1. Atlanta - Aundray Bruce, DE Auburn
2. Kansas City - Neil Smith, DE Nebraska
3. Detroit - Bennie Blades, S Miami
4. Tampa Bay - Paul Gruber, T Wisconsin
5. Cincinnati - Rickey Dixon, DB Oklahoma
6. L.A. Raiders - Tim Brown, WR Notre Dame
7. Green Bay - Sterling Sharpe, WR South Carolina
8. N.Y. Jets - Dave Cadigan, G Southern California
9. L.A. Raiders - Terry McDaniel, CB Tennessee
10. N.Y. Giants - Eric Moore, G Indiana
11. Dallas - Michael Irvin, WR Miami
12. Phoenix - Ken Harvey, OLB California
13. Philadelphia - Keith Jackson, TE Oklahoma
14. L.A. Rams - Gaston Green, RB UCLA
15. San Diego - Anthony Miller, WR Tennessee
16. Miami - Eric Kumerow, OLB Ohio State
17. New England - John Stephens, RB Northwestern State, La.
18. Pittsburgh - Aaron Jones, DE Eastern Kentucky
19. Minnesota - Randall McDaniel, G Arizona State
20. L.A. Rams - Aaron Cox, WR Arizona State
21. Cleveland - Clifford Charlton, OLB Florida
22. Houston - Lorenzo White, RB Michigan State
23. Chicago - Brad Muster, RB Stanford
24. New Orleans - Craig Heyward, RB Pittsburgh
25. L.A. Raiders - Scott Davis, DT Illinois
26. Denver - Ted Gregory, NT Syracuse
27. Chicago - Wendell Davis, WR Louisiana State

Round 2
28. Atlanta - Marcus Cotton, OLB Southern California
29. Detroit - Chris Spielman, ILB Ohio State
30. Philadelphia - Eric Allen, CB Arizona State
31. Cincinnati - Ickey Woods, RB Nevada-Las Vegas
32. Detroit - Pat Carter, TE Florida State
33. San Francisco - Danny Stubbs, OLB Miami
34. Green Bay - Shawn Patterson, DE Arizona State
35. L.A. Rams - Anthony Newman, DB Oregon
36. N.Y. Giants - John Elliott, T Michigan
37. N.Y. Jets - Terry Williams, CB Bethune-Cookman
38. Phoenix - Tony Jeffery, RB Texas Christian
39. San Francisco - Pierce Holt, DT Angelo State
40. Buffalo - Thurman Thomas, RB Oklahoma State
41. Dallas - Ken Norton, MLB UCLA
42. Miami - Jarvis Williams, S Florida
43. New England - Vincent Brown, ILB Mississippi Valley
44. Pittsburgh - Dermontti Dawson, C Kentucky
45. Denver - Gerald Perry, T Southern U.
46. L.A. Rams - Willie Anderson, WR UCLA
47. L.A. Rams - Fred Strickland, OLB Purdue
48. Houston - Quintin Jones, CB Pittsburgh
49. Seattle - Brian Blades, WR Miami
50. Cleveland - Michael Dean Perry, DT Clemson
51. Chicago - Dante Jones, MLB Oklahoma
52. New Orleans - Brett Perriman, WR Miami
53. Tampa Bay - Lars Tate, RB Georgia
54. Minnesota - Brad Edwards, DB South Carolina
55. Washington - Chip Lohmiller, K Minnesota

Round 3
56. Atlanta - Alex Higdon, TE Ohio State
57. Cincinnati - Kevin Walker, ILB Maryland
58. Detroit - Ray Oof, WR Penn State
59. Kansas City - Kevin Porter, S Auburn
60. San Diego - Quinn Early, WR Iowa
61. Green Bay - Keith Woodside, RB Texas A&M
62. N.Y. Giants - Sheldon White, CB Miami, O.
63. N.Y. Jets - Erik McMillan, S Missouri
64. Philadelphia - Matt Patchan, T Miami
65. Buffalo - Bernard Ford, WR Central Florida
66. Washington - Mike Oliphant, RB Puget Sound
67. Dallas - Mark Hutson, G Oklahoma
68. Phoenix - Tom Tupa, P Ohio State
69. New England - Tom Rehder, T Notre Dame
70. Pittsburgh - Chuck Lanza, C Notre Dame
71. Minnesota - Al Noga, DE Hawaii
72. Houston - Greg Montgomery, P Michigan State
73. Miami - Ferrell Edmunds, TE Maryland
74. N.Y. Jets - James Hasty, CB Washington State
75. Seattle - Tommy Kane, WR Syracuse
76. Indianapolis - Chris Chandler, QB Washington
77. Cleveland - Van Waiters, OLB Indiana
78. Chicago - Ralph Jarvis, DE Temple
79. Denver - Kevin Guidry, CB Louisiana State
80. San Francisco - Bill Romanowski, OLB Boston College
81. New Orleans - Tony Stephens, NT Clemson
82. L.A. Rams - Mike Piel, DE Illinois

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