1979 NFL Draft Round 1
| YEAR | RND | PICK # | TEAM | PLAYER | POS | COLLEGE |
| 1979 | 1 | 1 | BUF | Tom Cousineau | LB | Ohio St. |
| 1979 | 1 | 2 | KAN | Mike Bell | DE | Colorado St. |
| 1979 | 1 | 3 | CIN | Jack Thompson | QB | Washington St. |
| 1979 | 1 | 4 | CHI | Dan Hampton | DE | Arkansas |
| 1979 | 1 | 5 | BUF | Jerry Butler | WR | Clemson |
| 1979 | 1 | 6 | IND | Barry Krauss | LB | Alabama |
| 1979 | 1 | 7 | NYG | Phil Simms | QB | Morehead St. |
| 1979 | 1 | 8 | ARI | Ottis Anderson | RB | Miami (FL) |
| 1979 | 1 | 9 | CHI | Al Harris | DE | Arizona St. |
| 1979 | 1 | 10 | DET | Keith Dorney | T | Penn St. |
| 1979 | 1 | 11 | NOR | Russell Erxleben | P | Texas |
| 1979 | 1 | 12 | CIN | Charles Alexander | RB | LSU |
| 1979 | 1 | 13 | LAC | Kellen Winslow | TE | Missouri |
| 1979 | 1 | 14 | NYJ | Marty Lyons | DE | Alabama |
| 1979 | 1 | 15 | GNB | Eddie Lee Ivery | RB | Georgia Tech |
| 1979 | 1 | 16 | MIN | Ted Brown | RB | North Carolina St. |
| 1979 | 1 | 17 | ATL | Don Smith | NT | Miami (FL) |
| 1979 | 1 | 18 | SEA | Manu Tuiasosopo | DT | UCLA |
| 1979 | 1 | 19 | RAM | George Andrews | LB | Nebraska |
| 1979 | 1 | 20 | CLE | Willis Adams | WR | Houston |
| 1979 | 1 | 21 | PHI | Jerry Robinson | LB | UCLA |
| 1979 | 1 | 22 | DEN | Kelvin Clark | T | Nebraska |
| 1979 | 1 | 23 | KAN | Steve Fuller | QB | Clemson |
| 1979 | 1 | 24 | MIA | Jon Giesler | T | Michigan |
| 1979 | 1 | 25 | NWE | Rick Sanford | DB | South Carolina |
| 1979 | 1 | 26 | RAM | Kent Hill | G | Georgia Tech |
| 1979 | 1 | 27 | DAL | Robert Shaw | C | Tennessee |
| 1979 | 1 | 28 | PIT | Greg Hawthorne | RB | Baylor |
