| New York Jets Draft 1980 |
| Round (pick) |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 1 (#2) from SF |
Jones, Johnny (Lam) |
WR |
Texas |
| 2 (#40) |
Ray, Darrol |
DB |
Oklahoma |
| 2 (#47) from Den |
Clayton, Ralph |
FB |
Michigan |
| 3 (#69) |
Mehl, Lance |
LB |
Penn State |
| 4 (#95) |
Johnson, Jesse |
DB |
Colorado |
| 5 (#123) |
Zidd, Jim |
LB |
Kansas |
| 6 (#149) |
Visger, George |
DE-DT |
Colorado |
| 6 (#152) from Rai |
Schremp, Tom |
DE-DT |
Wisconsin |
| 7 (#178) |
Batton, Bob |
RB |
Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 7 (#190) from Hou |
Leverett, Bennie |
RB |
Bethune-Cookman |
| 8 (#205) |
Dziama, Jeff |
LB |
Boston College |
| 9 (#234) |
Peters, Joe |
DT |
Arizona State |
| 10 (#260) |
Bingham, Guy |
C |
Montana |
| 11 (#290) |
Zachery, James |
LB |
Texas A&M |
| 12 (#317) |
Dumars, David |
DB |
Northeast Louisiana |
