1979 Detroit Lions season
Round Pick Player Position College
1 10 Keith Dorney Tackle Penn State
2 37 Ken Fantetti Linebacker Wyoming
3 67 Bo Robinson Running Back West Texas A & M
4 88 Ulysses Norris Tight End Georgia
4 92 Jon Brooks Linebacker Clemson
5 131 Walt Brown Center Pittsburgh
8 213 John Mohring Linebacker C.W . Post
9 231 Jeff Komlo Quarterback Delaware
11 302 Eddie Cole Linebacker Mississippi
12 313 Bob Forester Center Brown
12 326 Bryan Sweeney Wide Receiver Texas A & M-Kingsville
Offseason -- NFL Draft
The 1979 Detroit Lions season was the 50th season in franchise history. In the midst of a major rebuilding project, the woeful Lions finished the season with a 2-14 record, equal-worst record in the NFL and a tiebreaker with the 49ers gave the Lions the first pick overall in the 1980 NFL Draft. Detroit entered the year as a favorite in the NFC Central, but a season-ending injury to quarterback Gary Danielson in the preseason forced the Lions to ultimately turn to a rookie ninth-round pick, Jeff Komlo, behind center, with disastrous results.