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Pick	Rd	Team	Player	Pos	School	Age	G	PB	AP1	AV
29	2	SFO San Francisco 49ers	James Owens	RB	UCLA	24	70	—	—	12
30	2	CIN Cincinnati Bengals	Dan Ross	TE	Northeastern	22	104	1	—	35
31	2	HOU Houston Oilers	Mike Stensrud	NT	Iowa State	23	139	—	—	32
32	2	BUF Buffalo Bills	Fred Smerlas	NT	Boston College	22	200	5	1	83
33	2	TAM Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Greg Roberts	G	Oklahoma	22	45	—	—	18
34	2	TAM Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Gordon Jones	WR	Pittsburgh	22	61	—	—	13
35	2	STL St. Louis Cardinals	Theotis Brown	RB	UCLA	22	84	—	—	25
36	2	NYG New York Giants	Earnest Gray	WR	Memphis	22	90	—	—	27
37	2	DET Detroit Lions	Ken Fantetti	LB	Wyoming	22	95	—	—	39
38	2	NOR New Orleans Saints	Reggie Mathis	LB	Oklahoma	23	32	—	—	7
39	2	CHI Chicago Bears	Rickey Watts	WR	Tulsa	22	56	—	—	16
40	2	CLE Cleveland Browns	Lawrence Johnson	DB	Wisconsin	21	96	—	—	19
41	2	NYJ New York Jets	Mark Gastineau	DE	Arizona State	22	137	5	3	84
42	2	OAK Oakland Raiders	Willie Jones	DE	Florida State	21	40	—	—	6
43	2	MIN Minnesota Vikings	Dave Huffman	G	Notre Dame	22	128	—	—	19
44	2	GNB Green Bay Packers	Steve Atkins	RB	Maryland	23	20	—	—	3
45	2	SEA Seattle Seahawks	Joe Norman	LB	Indiana	22	50	—	—	7
46	2	STL St. Louis Cardinals	Calvin Favron	LB	Southestern Louisiana	22	50	—	—	10
47	2	CLE Cleveland Browns	Sam Claphan	T	Oklahoma	22	87	—	—	26
48	2	PHI Philadelphia Eagles	Petey Perot	G	Northwestern State	22	74	—	—	21
49	2	ATL Atlanta Falcons	Pat Howell	G	Southern California	22	67	—	—	14
50	2	HOU Houston Oilers	Jesse Baker	DE	Jacksonville State	22	128	—	—	29
51	2	BUF Buffalo Bills	Jim Haslett	LB	Indiana (Pa.)	23	94	—	—	42
52	2	NWE New England Patriots	Bob Golic	NT	Notre Dame	21	187	3	—	71
53	2	MIA Miami Dolphins	Jeff Toews	G	Washington	21	71	—	—	14
54	2	RAM Los Angeles Rams	Eddie Hill	RB	Memphis	22	75	—	—	5
55	2	DAL Dallas Cowboys	Aaron Mitchell	DB	UNLV	22	44	—	—	9
56	2	PIT Pittsburgh Steelers	Zack Valentine	LB	East Carolina	22	56	—	—	8

★ = Pro Football Hall of Fame · G = Games played · PB = Pro Bowls · AP1 = First-team All-Pro · AV = Career Approximate Value

1979 NFL Draft — Round 2