List of BYU Cougars in the NFL draft
This is a list of Brigham Young University Cougars football players in the NFL Draft.
Key
B | Back | K | Kicker | NT | Nose tackle |
C | Center | LB | Linebacker | FB | Fullback |
DB | Defensive back | P | Punter | HB | Halfback |
DE | Defensive end | QB | Quarterback | WR | Wide receiver |
DT | Defensive tackle | RB | Running back | G | Guard |
E | End | T | Offensive tackle | TE | Tight end |
Selections
Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | Team | Position |
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1938 | 9 | 3 | 73 | John Stringham | Brooklyn Dodgers | B |
1939 | 21 | 2 | 192 | Merrill Waters | Detroit Lions | E |
1942 | 16 | 6 | 146 | Dean Chipman | Washington Redskins | B |
17 | 1 | 151 | Garth Chamberlain | Pittsburgh Steelers | G | |
1946 | 14 | 4 | 124 | Dick Chatterton | Chicago Bears | B |
1947 | 16 | 1 | 136 | Reed Nielsen | Detroit Lions | C |
19 | 6 | 171 | Scotty Deeds | Chicago Cardinals | B | |
28 | 2 | 257 | Dick Chatterton | Boston Yanks | B | |
1948 | 31 | 4 | 289 | Gayland Mills | Green Bay Packers | E |
1949 | 16 | 1 | 152 | Kimball Merrill | Detroit Lions | T |
1951 | 14 | 3 | 162 | Rex Berry | San Francisco 49ers | DB |
1952 | 14 | 8 | 165 | Ray Oliverson | Detroit Lions | B |
1954 | 22 | 12 | 256 | Dewey Brundage | Detroit Lions | DE |
1955 | 17 | 7 | 200 | Bob Bills | New York Giants | B |
1957 | 18 | 10 | 215 | Jay Weenig | Detroit Lions | G |
1960 | 7 | 6 | 78 | Lonnie Dennis | Pittsburgh Steelers | G |
10 | 6 | 114 | John Kapele | Pittsburgh Steelers | DE | |
1962 | 19 | 2 | 146 | Kent Horne | Oakland Raiders | T |
11 | 12 | 152 | Kent Horne | Philadelphia Eagles | T | |
1963 | 17 | 12 | 236 | Gene Frantz | Detroit Lions | B |
1964 | 21 | 8 | 168 | Alan Robinson | San Diego Chargers | B |
16 | 6 | 216 | Alan Robinson | Detroit Lions | B | |
1966 | 10 | 2 | 84 | Dennis Brewster | Boston Patriots | T |
6 | 5 | 85 | Dennis Brewster | Chicago Bears | T | |
1967 | 3 | 11 | 64 | Curg Belcher | Washington Redskins | DB |
6 | 9 | 142 | Virgil Carter | Chicago Bears | QB | |
11 | 6 | 269 | Lou Andrus | Denver Broncos | DE | |
14 | 22 | 363 | Casey Boyett | Oakland Raiders | WR | |
1968 | 5 | 9 | 120 | Phil Odle | Detroit Lions | WR |
9 | 14 | 233 | Casey Boyett | San Francisco 49ers | WR | |
13 | 5 | 332 | Max Huber | New England Patriots | T | |
17 | 13 | 449 | Dennis Patera | San Francisco 49ers | K | |
1969 | 8 | 16 | 198 | Mike Loper | San Francisco 49ers | T |
1970 | 14 | 11 | 349 | Jeff Slipp | Denver Broncos | LB |
1971 | 3 | 6 | 58 | Chris Farasopoulos | New York Jets | DB |
1972 | 2 | 12 | 38 | Gordon Gravelle | Pittsburgh Steelers | T |
4 | 4 | 82 | Jeff Lyman | St. Louis Cardinals | LB | |
1973 | 3 | 2 | 54 | Paul Howard | Denver Broncos | G |
3 | 14 | 66 | Pete Van Valkenburg | New Orleans Saints | RB | |
15 | 19 | 383 | Dan Hansen | San Francisco 49ers | DB | |
1974 | 10 | 20 | 254 | Dave Atkinson | Pittsburgh Steelers | DB |
14 | 21 | 359 | Doug Richards | Dallas Cowboys | DB | |
1975 | 3 | 12 | 64 | Gary Sheide | Cincinnati Bengals | QB |
3 | 22 | 74 | Wayne Baker | San Francisco 49ers | DT | |
4 | 15 | 93 | Paul Linford | Baltimore Colts | DT | |
1976 | 3 | 23 | 83 | Brad Oates | St. Louis Cardinals | T |
6 | 13 | 169 | Stan Varner | Atlanta Falcons | DT | |
8 | 13 | 222 | Orrin Olsen | Kansas City Chiefs | C | |
10 | 2 | 267 | Sid Smith | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | LB | |
17 | 26 | 485 | Gary Shaw | Los Angeles Rams | DB | |
1977 | 5 | 24 | 136 | Dave Hubbard | New Orleans Saints | T |
8 | 4 | 199 | Bill Rice | New York Giants | DT | |
11 | 16 | 295 | Brian Billick | San Francisco 49ers | TE | |
1978 | 2 | 28 | 56 | Todd Christensen | Dallas Cowboys | TE |
3 | 17 | 73 | Gifford Nielsen | Houston Oilers | QB | |
6 | 20 | 158 | Mekeli Ieremia | Chicago Bears | DE | |
9 | 19 | 241 | Lance Reynolds | Pittsburgh Steelers | T | |
1979 | 8 | 7 | 199 | Larry Miller | St. Louis Cardinals | LB |
10 | 27 | 275 | Tod Thompson | Pittsburgh Steelers | TE | |
1980 | 1 | 15 | 15 | Marc Wilson | Oakland Raiders | QB |
2 | 27 | 55 | Mat Mendenhall | Washington Redskins | DE | |
1981 | 2 | 14 | 42 | Clay Brown | Denver Broncos | TE |
3 | 25 | 81 | Glen Titensor | Dallas Cowboys | DE | |
4 | 4 | 87 | Scott Phillips | Seattle Seahawks | WR | |
4 | 23 | 106 | Nick Eyre | Houston Oilers | T | |
6 | 28 | 166 | Glen Redd | New Orleans Saints | LB | |
8 | 2 | 195 | Lloyd Jones | New York Jets | WR | |
8 | 3 | 196 | Eric Lane | Seattle Seahawks | RB | |
1982 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Jim McMahon | Chicago Bears | QB |
4 | 23 | 106 | Dan Plater | Denver Broncos | WR | |
1983 | 4 | 6 | 90 | Tom Holmoe | San Francisco 49ers | DB |
12 | 22 | 329 | Chuck Ehin | San Diego Chargers | DT | |
1984 | 1 | 24 | 24 | Todd Shell | San Francisco 49ers | LB |
11 | 24 | 304 | Kirk Pendleton | San Francisco 49ers | WR | |
1 | 1 | 1 | Steve Young | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | QB | |
1 | 22 | 22 | Gordon Hudson | Seattle Seahawks | TE | |
1985 | 1 | 28 | 28 | Trevor Matich | New England Patriots | C |
4 | 22 | 106 | Kyle Morrell | Minnesota Vikings | DB | |
5 | 19 | 131 | Louis Wong | St. Louis Cardinals | G | |
5 | 26 | 138 | Lee Johnson | Houston Oilers | K | |
7 | 16 | 184 | Jim Herrmann | Dallas Cowboys | DE | |
1986 | 3 | 17 | 72 | Robbie Bosco | Green Bay Packers | QB |
5 | 13 | 123 | Leon White | Cincinnati Bengals | LB | |
8 | 19 | 213 | Kurt Gouveia | Washington Redskins | LB | |
9 | 9 | 230 | Cary Whittingham | Cincinnati Bengals | LB | |
10 | 5 | 254 | Vai Sikahema | St. Louis Cardinals | RB | |
11 | 28 | 305 | Glen Kozlowski | Chicago Bears | WR | |
12 | 15 | 320 | Jeff Sprowls | San Diego Chargers | DB | |
1987 | 1 | 11 | 11 | Shawn Knight | New Orleans Saints | DT |
1 | 17 | 17 | Jason Buck | Cincinnati Bengals | DE | |
7 | 2 | 170 | Mark Bellini | Indianapolis Colts | WR | |
9 | 26 | 249 | Lakei Heimuli | Chicago Bears | RB | |
1988 | 5 | 17 | 126 | Rodney Thomas | Miami Dolphins | DB |
12 | 8 | 313 | David Futrell | New York Giants | DT | |
12 | 14 | 319 | Steve Kaufusi | Philadelphia Eagles | DE | |
1989 | 3 | 24 | 80 | John Hunter | Minnesota Vikings | T |
8 | 15 | 210 | Rodney Rice | New England Patriots | DB | |
8 | 20 | 215 | Warren Wheat | Los Angeles Rams | T | |
1990 | 3 | 23 | 76 | Mo Elewonibi | Washington Redskins | G |
1991 | 6 | 4 | 143 | Neal Fort | Los Angeles Rams | T |
7 | 5 | 172 | Brian Mitchell | Atlanta Falcons | DB | |
11 | 17 | 295 | Chris Smith | Cincinnati Bengals | TE | |
1992 | 9 | 6 | 230 | Ty Detmer | Green Bay Packers | QB |
1993 | 4 | 8 | 92 | Derwin Gray | Indianapolis Colts | DB |
1995 | 3 | 23 | 87 | Evan Pilgrim | Chicago Bears | G |
4 | 29 | 127 | Tim Hanshaw | San Francisco 49ers | TE | |
6 | 10 | 181 | Travis Hall | Atlanta Falcons | DT | |
6 | 19 | 190 | Eli Herring | Oakland Raiders | T | |
7 | 5 | 213 | John Walsh | Cincinnati Bengals | QB | |
1996 | 3 | 34 | 95 | Mike Ulufale | Dallas Cowboys | DT |
1997 | 6 | 11 | 174 | Itula Mili | Seattle Seahawks | TE |
1998 | 5 | 26 | 149 | Eric Bateman | New York Jets | T |
6 | 30 | 183 | Dustin Johnson | New York Jets | RB | |
7 | 22 | 211 | Jason Andersen | New England Patriots | C | |
1999 | 1 | 14 | 14 | John Tait | Kansas City Chiefs | T |
6 | 19 | 188 | Daren Yancey | Oakland Raiders | DT | |
7 | 38 | 244 | Joe Wong | Miami Dolphins | G | |
2000 | 1 | 28 | 28 | Rob Morris | Indianapolis Colts | LB |
3 | 31 | 93 | Byron Frisch | Tennessee Titans | DE | |
5 | 9 | 138 | Matt Johnson | Indianapolis Colts | G | |
2001 | 7 | 16 | 216 | Owen Pochman | New England Patriots | K |
7 | 46 | 246 | Tevita Ofahengaue | Arizona Cardinals | TE | |
2002 | 2 | 23 | 55 | Doug Jolley | Oakland Raiders | TE |
2 | 29 | 61 | Ryan Denney | Buffalo Bills | DE | |
5 | 28 | 163 | Brandon Doman | San Francisco 49ers | QB | |
7 | 3 | 214 | Luke Staley | Detroit Lions | RB | |
7 | 31 | 242 | Brett Keisel | Pittsburgh Steelers | DE | |
2003 | 6 | 31 | 204 | Dustin Rykert | Oakland Raiders | T |
7 | 20 | 234 | Spencer Nead | New England Patriots | TE | |
2004 | 7 | 39 | 240 | Colby Bockwoldt | New Orleans Saints | LB |
2005 | 4 | 24 | 125 | Brady Poppinga | Green Bay Packers | DE |
5 | 36 | 172 | Scott Young | Philadelphia Eagles | G | |
7 | 14 | 228 | Shaun Nua | Pittsburgh Steelers | DE | |
2006 | 7 | 10 | 218 | Todd Watkins | Arizona Cardinals | WR |
2007 | 2 | 8 | 40 | John Beck | Miami Dolphins | QB |
2008 | 4 | 24 | 123 | Bryan Kehl | New York Giants | LB |
2009 | 4 | 27 | 127 | Austin Collie | Indianapolis Colts | WR |
7 | 6 | 215 | Fui Vakapuna | Cincinnati Bengals | FB | |
2010 | 4 | 16 | 114 | Dennis Pitta | Baltimore Ravens | TE |
2013 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Ezekiel Ansah | Detroit Lions | DE |
2014 | 2 | 8 | 40 | Kyle Van Noy | Detroit Lions | LB |
2016 | 3 | 7 | 70 | Bronson Kaufusi | Baltimore Ravens | DE |
2017 | 4 | 27 | 134 | Jamaal Williams | Green Bay Packers | RB |
2018 | 3 | 6 | 70 | Fred Warner | San Francisco 49ers | LB |
2019 | 3 | 16 | 80 | Sione Takitaki | Cleveland Browns | LB |
2021 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Zach Wilson | New York Jets | QB |
3 | 6 | 70 | Brady Christensen | Carolina Panthers | T | |
7 | 22 | 250 | Khyiris Tonga | Chicago Bears | DT | |
7 | 23 | 251 | Chris Wilcox | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | DB | |
7 | 30 | 258 | Dax Milne | Washington Football Team | WR | |
2022 | 5 | 8 | 151 | Tyler Allgeier | Atlanta Falcons | RB |
2023 | 4 | 4 | 106 | Blake Freeland | Indianapolis Colts | T |
5 | 29 | 164 | Jaren Hall | Minnesota Vikings | QB | |
5 | 42 | 177 | Puka Nacua | Los Angeles Rams | WR | |
2024 | 2 | 31 | 63 | Kingsley Suamataia | Kansas City Chiefs | T |
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Notable undrafted players
Note: No drafts held before 1936
References
- ^ DraftHistory.com
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