1980 NFL Draft Round 3
| YEAR | RND | PICK # | TEAM | PLAYER | POS | COLLEGE |
| 1980 | 3 | 57 | DET | Tom Turnure | C | Washington |
| 1980 | 3 | 58 | RAM | Jewerl Thomas | RB | San Jose St. |
| 1980 | 3 | 59 | CIN | Rod Horn | NT | Nebraska |
| 1980 | 3 | 60 | ARI | John Sinnott | T | Brown |
| 1980 | 3 | 61 | GNB | Syd Kitson | G | Wake Forest |
| 1980 | 3 | 62 | DET | Mike Friede | WR | Indiana |
| 1980 | 3 | 63 | ATL | Earl Jones | DB | Norfolk St. |
| 1980 | 3 | 64 | NYG | Myron Lapka | NT | USC |
| 1980 | 3 | 65 | SFO | Jim Miller | P | Mississippi |
| 1980 | 3 | 66 | KAN | James Hadnot | RB | Texas Tech |
| 1980 | 3 | 67 | BUF | Mark Brammer | TE | Michigan St. |
| 1980 | 3 | 68 | MIN | Brent Boyd | G | UCLA |
| 1980 | 3 | 69 | NYJ | Lance Mehl | LB | Penn St. |
| 1980 | 3 | 70 | RAM | LeRoy Irvin | DB | Kansas |
| 1980 | 3 | 71 | BUF | John Schmeding | G | Boston Col. |
| 1980 | 3 | 72 | CLE | Cliff Odom | LB | Texas-Arlington |
| 1980 | 3 | 73 | NWE | Steve McMichael | DT | Texas |
| 1980 | 3 | 74 | DEN | Larry Carter | DB | Kentucky |
| 1980 | 3 | 75 | MIA | Bill Barnett | DE | Nebraska |
| 1980 | 3 | 76 | TAM | Scot Brantley | LB | Florida |
| 1980 | 3 | 77 | SFO | Craig Puki | LB | Tennessee |
| 1980 | 3 | 78 | DAL | Bill Roe | LB | Colorado |
| 1980 | 3 | 79 | TEN | Tim Smith | WR | Nebraska |
| 1980 | 3 | 80 | DAL | James Jones | RB | Mississippi St. |
| 1980 | 3 | 81 | ARI | Charles Baker | LB | New Mexico |
| 1980 | 3 | 82 | RAM | Phil Murphy | DT | South Carolina St. |
| 1980 | 3 | 83 | PIT | Ray Sydnor | TE | Wisconsin |
