1980s All-Rookie Teams

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1980
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	David Woodley	MIA	DE	Jacob Green	SEA	PK	Eddie Murray	DET
RB	Joe Cribbs	BUF	DE	Rulon Jones	DEN	P	Jim Miller	SF
RB	Billy Sims	DET	DT	Rush Brown	STL
WR	Ray Butler	BAL	DT	Jim Stuckey	SF
WR	Art Monk	WAS	OLB	Bobby Leopold	SF
TE	Junior Miller	ATL	OLB	Al Richardson	ATL
C	Tommie Ginn	DET	MLB	Buddy Curry	ATL
G	Tyrone McGriff	PIT	CB	Don McNeil	MIA
G	Ray Snell	TB	CB	Roynell Young	PHI
T	Stan Brock	NO	S	Johnnie Johnson	LA
T	Anthony Muñoz	CIN	S	Darrol Ray	NYJ

1981
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Neil Lomax	STL	DE	Curtis Green	DET	PK	Mick Luckhurst	ATL
RB	Joe Delaney	KC	DE	Donnell Thompson	BAL	P	Tom Orosz	MIA
RB	George Rogers	NO	DT	Bill Neil	NYG
WR	Cris Collinsworth	CIN	DT	Johnny Robinson	OAK
WR	Ken Margerum	CHI	OLB	Hugh Green	TB
TE	Greg LaFleur	STL	OLB	Lawrence Taylor	NYG
C	John Scully	ATL	MLB	Mike Singletary	CHI
G	Billy Ard	NYG	CB	Ronnie Lott	SF
G	Curt Marsh	OAK	CB	Everson Walls	DAL
T	Joe Jacoby	WAS	S	Kenny Easley	SEA
T	Keith Van Horne	CHI	S	Carlton Williamson	SF

1982
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Jim McMahon	CHI	DE	Bruce Clark	NO	PK	Gary Anderson	PIT
RB	Marcus Allen	LARaid	DE	Kenneth Sims	NE	P	Rohn Stark	BAL
RB	Butch Woolfolk	NYG	DT	Lester Williams	NE
WR	Charlie Brown	WAS	DT	Leo Wisniewski	BAL
WR	Lindsay Scott	NO	OLB	Chip Banks	CLE
TE	Pete Metzelaars	SEA	OLB	Johnie Cooks	BAL
C	Rich Umphrey	NYG	MLB	Tom Cousineau	CLE
G	Brad Edelman	NO	CB	Vernon Dean	WAS
G	Sean Farrell	TB	CB	Bobby Watkins	DET
T	Tootie Robbins	STL	S	Benny Perrin	STL
T	Luis Sharpe	STL	S	Andre Young	SD

1983
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Dan Marino	MIA	DE	Mike Pitts	ATL	PK	Ali Haji-Sheikh	NYG
RB	Eric Dickerson	LARams	DE	Greg Townsend	LARaid	P	Reggie Roby	MIA
RB	Curt Warner	SEA	DT	Bill Pickel	LARaid
WR	Jeff Chadwick	DET	DT	Andrew Provence	ATL
WR	Willie Gault	CHI	OLB	John Rade	ATL
TE	Tony Hunter	BUF	OLB	Vernon Maxwell	BAL
C	Dave Rimington	CIN	MLB	Mike Green	SD
G	Chris Hinton	BAL	CB	Darrell Green	WAS
G	Bruce Matthews	HOU	CB	Denny Walters	SD
T	Jimbo Covert	CHI	S	Bill Bates	DAL
T	Harvey Salem	HOU	S	Terry Kinard	NYG

1984
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Warren Moon	HOU	DE	Alphonso Carreker	GB	PK	Paul McFadden	PHI
RB	Alfred Anderson	MIN	DE	Blaise Winter	IND	P	Brian Hansen	NO
RB	Greg Bell	BUF	DT	Bill Maas	KC
WR	Louis Lipps	PIT	OLB	Carl Banks	NYG
WR	Daryl Turner	SEA	OLB	Keith Browner	TB
TE	Clarence Kay	DEN	ILB	Eugene Lockhart	DAL
C	Jim Sweeney	NYJ	ILB	Gary Reasons	NYG
G	Brian Blados	CIN	CB	Frank Minnifield	CLE
G	Ron Solt	IND	CB	Kevin Ross	KC
T	Ron Heller	TB	S	Tom Flynn	GB
T	Dean Steinkuhler	HOU	S	Don Rogers	CLE

1985
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Dieter Brock	LARams	DE	Ray Childress	HOU	PK	Kevin Butler	CHI
RB	Gary Anderson	SD	DE	Garin Veris	NE	P	Dale Hatcher	LARams
RB	Kevin Mack	CLE	DT	Tim Newton	MIN
WR	Eddie Brown	CIN	OLB	Duane Bickett	IND
WR	Jerry Rice	SF	OLB	Chris Doleman	MIN
TE	Mark Bavaro	NYG	ILB	Jack Del Rio	NO
C	Bart Oates	NYG	ILB	Brian Noble	GB
G	Bill Fralic	ATL	CB	Derrick Burroughs	BUF
G	Tom Thayer	CHI	CB	John Hendy	SD
T	Lomas Brown	DET	S	Raphel Cherry	WAS
T	Jim Lachey	SD	S	Lonnie Young	STL

1986
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Jim Everett	LARams	DE	Leslie O'Neal	SD	PK	John Lee	STL
RB	Rueben Mayes	NO	DE	Brent Williams	NE	P	John Teltschik	PHI
RB	John Williams	SEA	DT	Tony Casillas	ATL
WR	Bill Brooks	IND	DT	Reggie Singletary	PHI
WR	Ernest Givins	HOU	OLB	Tim Cofield	KC
TE	Greg Baty	NE	OLB	Charles Haley	SF
C	Matt Darwin	PHI	ILB	Dino Hackett	KC
G	Tom Newberry	LARams	ILB	John Offerdahl	MIA
G	Will Wolford	BUF	CB	Don Griffin	SF
T	Brian Jozwiak	KC	CB	Tim McKyer	SF
T	J.D. Maarleveld	TB	S	David Fulcher	CIN
			S	Devon Mitchell	DET

1987
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Vinny Testaverde	TB	DE	John Bosa	MIA	PK	Jeff Jaeger	CLE
RB	Christian Okoye	KC	DE	Shawn Knight	NO	P	Ruben Rodriguez	SEA
RB	Troy Stradford	MIA	DT	Jerry Ball	DET
WR	Ricky Nattiel	DEN	DT	Jerome Brown	PHI
WR	Frankie Neal	GB	OLB	Cornelius Bennett	BUF
TE	Robert Awalt	STL	OLB	Alex Gordon	NYJ
C	no selection		ILB	Brian Bosworth	SEA
G	Todd Peat	STL	ILB	Shane Conlan	BUF
G	Steve Trapilo	NO	CB	Delton Hall	PIT
T	Bruce Armstrong	NE	CB	Nate Odomes	BUF
T	Harris Barton	SF	S	Gene Atkins	NO
			S	Thomas Everett	PIT

1988
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Chris Chandler	IND	DE	Michael Dean Perry	CLE	PK	Chip Lohmiller	WAS
RB	John Stephens	NE	DE	Daniel Stubbs	SF	P	Jeff Feagles	NE
RB	Ickey Woods	CIN	DT	Tim Goad	NE
WR	Brian Blades	SEA	DT	Pierce Holt	SF
WR	Tim Brown	LARaid	OLB	Aundray Bruce	ATL
TE	Keith Jackson	PHI	OLB	O'Brien Alston Bill Romanowski	IND SF
C	no selection		ILB	Sidney Coleman	TB
G	Randall McDaniel	MIN	ILB	Chris Spielman	DET
G	Eric Moore	NYG	CB	Eric Allen	PHI
T	Jumbo Elliott	NYG	CB	James Hasty	NYJ
T	Paul Gruber	TB	S	Bennie Blades	DET
			S	Erik McMillan	NYJ

1989
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Troy Aikman	DAL	DE	Trace Armstrong	CHI	PK	Chris Jacke	GB
RB	Barry Sanders	DET	DE	Burt Grossman	SD	P	Chris Mohr	TB
RB	Bobby Humphrey	DEN	DT	Bill Hawkins	LARams
WR	Shawn Collins	ATL	DT	Tracy Rocker	WAS
WR	Andre Rison	IND	OLB	Jeff Lageman	NYJ
TE	Travis McNeal	SEA	OLB	Derrick Thomas	KC
C	Courtney Hall	SD	ILB	Jerry Olsavsky	PIT
G	Steve Wisniewski	LARaid	CB	Robert Massey	NO
G	Joe Wolf	PHX	CB	Deion Sanders	ATL
T	Kevin Haverdink	NO	S	Steve Atwater	DEN
T	Andy Heck	SEA	S	Carnell Lake	DET

Many thanks to John Turney of the Professional Football Researchers Association for his assistance in completing the PFWA’s award history.