TEAMS IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE came out of the 1982 college football season excited at the prospect of picking up the veritable bumper crop of talent that was going to be available in their April 1983 draft.  Dan Marino and John Elway, Tim Spencer and Roger Craig, Reggie Collier and Ken O'Brien, Irv Eatman and Bruce Matthews... players who would join NFL rosters and surely propel the league to new heights as the 1980's wore on.  And then... the USFL came along, skimming some of the cream off that crop - and serving notice to anyone who listened that the league wasn't going to settle for second rate talent.

The inaugural USFL draft consisted of a whopping 24 rounds, covering 288 total selections, and was held over two days (January 3-4, 1983).
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ROUND ONE

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ROUND THIRTEEN
No. Club Selection, Position College/University . No. Club Selection, Position College/University
1. Los Angeles  Dan Marino, QB Pittsburgh . 145. Los Angeles Don Turner, DB Fresno State
2. Chicago (a) Tim Spencer, RB Ohio State . 146. Arizona Vince Stroth, T Brigham Young
3. Birmingham (b) Reggie Collier, QB So. Mississippi . 147. New Jersey Rickey Williams, DE Mars Hill
4. Washington Craig James, RB So. Methodist . 148. Washington William Wall, TE Virginia Union
5. New Jersey (c) Gary Anderson, RB Arkansas . 149. Birmingham Major Everett, RB Mississippi College
6. Arizona (d) Eric Dickerson, RB So. Methodist . 150. Chicago Blitz Ron Versnik, C Wisconsin
7. Oakland Billy Ray Smith, LB Arkansas . 151. Oakland Reginald Gipson, RB Alabama A&M
8. Philadelphia Irv Eatman, T UCLA . 152. Philadelphia John Walker, DT Nebraska - Omaha
9. Denver Demetrious Johnson, DB Missouri . 153. Denver Price McJunkins, QB Wichita State
10. Michigan David Greenwood, DB/P Wisconsin . 154. Michigan Kevin Sloan, T Washington State
11. Chicago (e) Trumaine Johnson, WR Grambling . 155. Boston Darral Hambrick, WR Nevada - Las Vegas
12. Tampa Bay Jimbo Covert, T Pittsburgh . 156. Tampa Bay Greg Boone, RB Duke
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ROUND TWO

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ROUND FOURTEEN
No. Club Selection, Position College/University . No. Club Selection, Position College/University
13. Tampa Bay Jimmy Payne, DE Georgia . 157. Tampa Bay Willie Canady, RB Fort Valley State
14. Boston Leonard Smith, DB McNeese State . 158. Boston Charles Young, DT North Texas State
15. Michigan Wayne Radloff, C Georgia . 159. Michigan John Williams, RB Wisconsin
16. Denver Michael Haddix, RB Mississippi State . 160. Denver Tim Rucks, T Carthage
17. Philadelphia Bart Oates, C Brigham Young . 161. Philadelphia Sean Landeta, P Towson State
18. Oakland Glen Young, WR Mississippi State . 162. Oakland Charles Tucker, G Austin Peay
19. Chicago Johnny Hector, RB Texas A&M . 163. Chicago Jim Kelly, QB Miami
20. Birmingham Steve Korte, G Arkansas . 164. Birmingham Gregg Lowery, P Jacksonville State
21. Washington Tim Lewis, DB Pittsburgh . 165. Washington Jody Schulz, LB East Carolina
22. New Jersey Mark Stewart, LB Washington . 166. New Jersey James Britt, DB Louisiana State
23. Arizona Gary Williams, WR Ohio State . 167. Arizona Mike Durden, DB UCLA
24. New Jersey (f) Darryl Talley, LB West Virginia . 168. Los Angeles Gary Moten, LB So. Methodist
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ROUND THREE

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ROUND FIFTEEN
No. Club Selection, Position College/University . No. Club Selection, Position College/University
25. Los Angeles Ray Horton, DB Washington . 169. Los Angeles Maceo Fifer, T Houston
26. Arizona Sid Abramowitz, T Tulsa . 170. Arizona Alan Risher, QB Louisiana State
27. New Jersey Ramsey Dardar, DL Louisiana State . 171. New Jersey Todd Hallstrom, T Minnesota
28. Washington Stephan Starring, QB McNeese State . 172. Washington Rocky Belk, WR Miami
29. Birmingham Gary Lewis, DT Oklahoma State . 173. Birmingham Charles Martin, DT Livingston
30. Chicago Frank Minnifield, DB Louisville . 174. Chicago Matt Hernandez, DT Purdue
31. Oakland David Lutz, T Georgia Tech . 175. Philadelphia (k) Albert Lewis, DB Grambling
32. Philadelphia Greg Hill, DB Oklahoma State . 176. Philadelphia Marlin Evans, LB Indiana
33. Denver John Harper, LB Southern Illinois . 177. Denver Gregg Harmon, LB Houston
34. Michigan Bobby Hebert, QB Northwest Louisiana . 178. Michigan Mike Green, LB Oklahoma State
35. Boston Clinton Sampson, WR San Diego State . 179. Boston Bill Fallon, LB California - Pomona
36. Tampa Bay Anthony Allen, WR Washington . 180. Tampa Bay John Canei, T Miami
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ROUND FOUR

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ROUND SIXTEEN
No. Club Selection, Position College/University . No. Club Selection, Position College/University
37. Birmingham (g) Steve Moore, G Tennessee State . 181. Tampa Bay Willie Gillespie, WR Tenn - Chattanooga
38. Boston Weedy Harris, LB Houston . 182. Boston Tim Cowan, QB Washington
39. Michigan Paul Skansi, WR Washington . 183. Michigan Harold Brown, RB Iowa State
40. Denver Mark Kirchner, G Baylor . 184. Denver Clenzie Pierson, DE Rice
41. Philadelphia Antonio Gibson, DB Cincinnati . 185. Philadelphia J.C. Pelusi, DT Pittsburgh
42. Oakland Vince Newsome, DB Washington . 186. Oakland Eric Moran, T Washington
43. Chicago Matt Vandenboom, DB Wisconsin . 187. Chicago Reggie Roby, P Iowa
44. Tampa Bay (c) Karl Nelson, T Iowa State . 188. Birmingham Mike Turner, G Louisiana State
45. Washington Bob Winckler, T Wisconsin . 189. Washington Rich Tharpe, DE Louisville
46. New Jersey Wes Hopkins, DB So. Methodist . 190. New Jersey Steve Cox, G Tulsa
47. Arizona Rob Fada, G Pittsburgh . 191. New Jersey (a) Tony Chickillo, DT Miami
48. Los Angeles Mark Bortz, DT Iowa . 192. Los Angeles Tim Harris, RB Washington State
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ROUND FIVE

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ROUND SEVENTEEN
No. Club Selection, Position College/University . No. Club Selection, Position College/University
49. Los Angeles Tom Ramsey, QB UCLA . 193. Los Angeles Doug Reed, DT San Diego State
50. Washington (a) Mike Hohensee, QB Minnesota . 194. Arizona Ray Cattage, DE Washington
51. New Jersey Wayne Harris, G Mississippi State . 195. New Jersey Jeff Christensen, QB Eastern Illinois
52. Arizona (h) Blanch. Montgomery, LB UCLA . 196. Washington Jamie Pope, RB Gardner-Webb
53. Tampa Bay Chris Cantor, WR Duke . 197. Birmingham John Clemens, DE Vanderbilt
54. Washington (d) Doug Howard, T North Carolina St. . 198. Chicago Chuck Ehin, DE Brigham Young
55. Oakland Jerome Foster, DT Ohio State . 199. Oakland Jesse Sapolu, G Hawaii
56. Philadelphia Allen Harvin, RB Cincinnati . 200. Philadelphia Bryan Thomas, RB Pittsburgh
57. Washington (i) Brett Miller, T Iowa . 201. Denver Joe Himes, LB Texas Christian
58. Michigan (h) Whit Taylor, QB Vanderbilt . 202. Michigan John Arnaud, DB Iowa
59. Boston John Tuggle, RB California . 203. Boston Thomas Hopkins, T Alabama A&M
60. New Jersey (l) Mark Cooper, T Miami . 204. Tampa Bay Raymond Robinson, DE Houston
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ROUND SIX

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ROUND EIGHTEEN
No. Club Selection, Position College/University . No. Club Selection, Position College/University
61. Tampa Bay Nick Yeast, RB Eastern Kentucky . 205. Tampa Bay Bill Elko, DT Louisiana State
62. Boston John Courtney, DT South Carolina St. . 206. Boston Mickey Cochran, G Cameron State
63. Washington (j) George Parker, RB Norfolk State . 207. Michigan Will Cokeley, LB Kansas State
64. Denver Scott Collie, WR Brigham Young . 208. Denver Tim Moore, DE Southern
65. Philadelphia Anthony Caldwell, LB Washington . 209. Philadelphia Glenn Cobb, LB Ohio State
66. Oakland Ken O'Brien, QB California - Davis . 210. Oakland Charles Mann, LB Nevada - Reno
67. Los Angeles (d) Jim Mills, T Hawaii . 211. Chicago Andy Gibler, TE Missouri
68. Birmingham James Lockette, DT Missouri . 212. Birmingham Scott McCall, G Abilene Christian
69. Michigan (h) Ken Lacy, RB Tulsa . 213. Washington Jeff Brown, DB Liberty Baptist
70. New Jersey Randy Grimes, C Baylor . 214. New Jersey Dana Moore, K Mississippi State
71. Arizona Randy Jostes, DT Missouri . 215. Arizona Carlos Scott, C Texas - El Paso
72. Los Angeles JoJo Townsell, WR UCLA . 216. Los Angeles Wayne Faalafua, G Brigham Young
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ROUND SEVEN

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ROUND NINETEEN
No. Club Selection, Position College/University . No. Club Selection, Position College/University
73. Los Angeles John Barnett, RB Oregon Tech . 217. Los Angeles Duane Galloway, DB Arizona State
74. Arizona Steve Brown, DB Oregon . 218. Arizona Darryl Clark, RB Texas
75. New Jersey Kent Hull, C Mississippi State . 219. New Jersey Norris Brown, TE Georgia
76. Washington Perry Williams, DB North Carolina St. . 220. Washington Mike Thurman, DB James Madison
77. Birmingham Michael Williams, RB Mississippi College . 221. Birmingham Eddie Walker, DB Southern Mississippi
78. Los Angeles (d) Dave Croudip, DB San Diego State . 222. Chicago Shamus McDonough, DT Iowa State
79. Oakland Greg Townsend, DE Texas Christian . 223. Oakland Vince Randall, T Portland State
80. Philadelphia Jim Turner, DB UCLA . 224. Philadelphia Victor Oatis, WR Northwest Louisiana
81. Denver Mark Witte, TE North Texas State . 225. Denver Darryl Goosby, TE Cincinnati
82. Michigan Craig Wederquist, T Drake . 226. Michigan Steve Bisch, T Minnesota
83. Boston Dan Dufour, C UCLA . 227. Boston Mark Tuinei, DT Hawaii
84. Tampa Bay Tim Krumrie, T Wisconsin . 228. Tampa Bay Bob Norris, G Eastern Illinois
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