1982 NFL Draft Round 1
| YEAR | RND | PICK # | TEAM | PLAYER | POS | COLLEGE |
| 1982 | 1 | 1 | NWE | Kenneth Sims | DE | Texas |
| 1982 | 1 | 2 | IND | Johnie Cooks | LB | Mississippi St. |
| 1982 | 1 | 3 | CLE | Chip Banks | LB | USC |
| 1982 | 1 | 4 | IND | Art Schlichter | QB | Ohio St. |
| 1982 | 1 | 5 | CHI | Jim McMahon | QB | BYU |
| 1982 | 1 | 6 | SEA | Jeff Bryant | DE | Clemson |
| 1982 | 1 | 7 | MIN | Darrin Nelson | RB | Stanford |
| 1982 | 1 | 8 | TEN | Mike Munchak | G | Penn St. |
| 1982 | 1 | 9 | ATL | Gerald Riggs | RB | Arizona St. |
| 1982 | 1 | 10 | LAS | Marcus Allen | RB | USC |
| 1982 | 1 | 11 | KAN | Anthony Hancock | WR | Tennessee |
| 1982 | 1 | 12 | PIT | Walter Abercrombie | RB | Baylor |
| 1982 | 1 | 13 | NOR | Lindsay Scott | WR | Georgia |
| 1982 | 1 | 14 | RAM | Barry Redden | RB | Richmond |
| 1982 | 1 | 15 | DET | Jimmy Williams | LB | Nebraska |
| 1982 | 1 | 16 | ARI | Luis Sharpe | T | UCLA |
| 1982 | 1 | 17 | TAM | Sean Farrell | G | Penn St. |
| 1982 | 1 | 18 | NYG | Butch Woolfolk | RB | Michigan |
| 1982 | 1 | 19 | BUF | Perry Tuttle | WR | Clemson |
| 1982 | 1 | 20 | PHI | Mike Quick | WR | North Carolina St. |
| 1982 | 1 | 21 | DEN | Gerald Willhite | RB | San Jose St. |
| 1982 | 1 | 22 | GNB | Ron Hallstrom | G | Iowa |
| 1982 | 1 | 23 | NYJ | Bob Crable | LB | Notre Dame |
| 1982 | 1 | 24 | MIA | Roy Foster | G | USC |
| 1982 | 1 | 25 | DAL | Rod Hill | DB | Kentucky St. |
| 1982 | 1 | 26 | CIN | Glen Collins | DE | Mississippi St. |
| 1982 | 1 | 27 | NWE | Lester Williams | NT | Miami (FL) |
