The 1978 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players.
It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had the first overall pick in the 1978 draft, by virtue of their 2–12 record in 1977.
Tampa Bay traded the pick to the Oilers, for tight end Jimmie Giles and the Oilers' first- and second-round picks in the 1978 draft, and their third- and fifth-round picks in 1979.
[3] Leon White, who was drafted in the third round, went on to have an extensive professional wrestling career as Big Van Vader.