List of Memphis Tigers in the NFL Draft
This is a list of Memphis Tigers 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[]
As of 2021, the Memphis football program has produced 134 NFL & AFL Draft picks. An additional 41 Memphis players have gone on to be signed by teams as undrafted free agents. In 2020, Isaac Bruce became the first Memphis player inducted in to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Pro Football Hall of Fame currently ranks former Tiger Stephen Gostkowski as the sixth-best kicker in NFL history.[1] Other notable former Memphis players include Andy Nelson, Dick Hudson, Harry Schuh, Tim Harris, DeAngelo Williams, and Dontari Poe.
Since 2019, the Memphis program has become known for producing a number of successful NFL running backs, including four drafted from 2019 to 2021 and a fifth signed as a free agent in 2020. In September 2021, sportscaster Dan Patrick dubbed Memphis the new "Running Back U".[2]
currently active players are in bold
Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | Team | Position | Professional achievements |
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1951 | 16 | 10 | 193 | Los Angeles Rams | E | ||
1953 | 22 | 4 | 257 | Chicago Bears | T | ||
1954 | 24 | 7 | 284 | Will Renfro | Washington Redskins | E | |
1956 | 22 | 10 | 263 | Chicago Bears | T | ||
1957 | 11 | 5 | 126 | Andy Nelson | Baltimore Colts | QB | Pro Bowl (1960), First Team All-Pro (1959), Second Team All-Pro (1958), 2x NFL Champion (1958, 1959) |
14 | 11 | 168 | Chicago Bears | B | |||
1958 | 25 | 3 | 292 | Philadelphia Eagles | T | ||
26 | 4 | 305 | Chicago Bears | B | |||
1961 | 3 | 8 | 36 | James Earl Wright | Philadelphia Eagles | QB | |
14 | 2 | 106 | James Earl Wright | Boston Patriots | QB | ||
12 | 10 | 164 | San Francisco 49ers | E | |||
25 | 7 | 199 | San Diego Chargers | E | |||
1962 | 2 | 8 | 16 | Dick Hudson | San Diego Chargers | T | AFL All-Star (1965), 2x AFL Champion (1964, 1964), Bills All-1960s Team |
15 | 8 | 120 | San Diego Chargers | DT | |||
10 | 13 | 135 | Baltimore Colts | T | |||
18 | 8 | 144 | Dennis Biodrowski | San Diego Chargers | G | AFL Champion (1966) | |
16 | 11 | 221 | Dennis Biodrowski | Cleveland Browns | G | ||
1963 | 4 | 1 | 43 | Los Angeles Rams | B | ||
8 | 5 | 61 | Denver Broncos | B | |||
27 | 4 | 212 | Buffalo Bills | G | |||
16 | 5 | 215 | Baltimore Colts | G | |||
16 | 12 | 222 | New York Giants | B | |||
29 | 4 | 228 | Buffalo Bills | B | |||
1964 | 5 | 9 | 65 | St. Louis Cardinals | E | ||
14 | 3 | 107 | New York Jets | E | |||
18 | 3 | 139 | New York Jets | G | |||
13 | 6 | 174 | Minnesota Vikings | B | |||
23 | 5 | 181 | John Evans | Buffalo Bills | T | ||
17 | 9 | 233 | John Evans | St. Louis Cardinals | T | ||
1965 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Harry Schuh | Oakland Raiders | DT | Pro Bowl (1970), 2x AFL All-Star (1967, 1969), All-AFL (1969), (1967), Raiders All-Time Team |
5 | 13 | 65 | Doug Woodlief | Los Angeles Rams | E | ||
11 | 13 | 153 | Olie Cordill | Cleveland Browns | B | ||
1966 | 5 | 8 | 41 | Bob Sherlag | Buffalo Bills | WR | |
6 | 4 | 84 | Bob Sherlag | Philadelphia Eagles | WR | ||
12 | 4 | 104 | Houston Oilers | DE | |||
15 | 4 | 219 | Philadelphia Eagles | T | |||
17 | 13 | 258 | Dave Hathcock | Green Bay Packers | DB | Super Bowl Champion (I), NFL Champion (1966) | |
1968 | 5 | 26 | 137 | Francis Winkler | Green Bay Packers | DE | |
7 | 21 | 168 | Cleveland Browns | RB | |||
11 | 16 | 289 | Rich Coady | Chicago Bears | TE | ||
14 | 5 | 359 | New Orleans Saints | RB | |||
14 | 7 | 361 | Buffalo Bills | DT | |||
15 | 19 | 400 | Cleveland Browns | WR | |||
1969 | 17 | 16 | 432 | San Francisco 49ers | LB | ||
1970 | 5 | 17 | 121 | Danny Pierce | Washington Redskins | RB | |
5 | 19 | 123 | Detroit Lions | G | |||
9 | 9 | 217 | Preston Riley | San Francisco 49ers | WR | ||
10 | 6 | 240 | Philadelphia Eagles | DB | |||
16 | 19 | 409 | Detroit Lions | DB | |||
1971 | 12 | 15 | 301 | Cincinnati Bengals | DE | ||
14 | 21 | 359 | Miami Dolphins | TE | |||
17 | 24 | 440 | Dallas Cowboys | C | |||
1972 | 5 | 25 | 129 | Charlie Babb | Miami Dolphins | DB | |
7 | 17 | 173 | Oakland Raiders | RB | |||
13 | 16 | 328 | Detroit Lions | TE | |||
1973 | 11 | 8 | 268 | San Diego Chargers | C | ||
13 | 3 | 315 | Philadelphia Eagles | WR | |||
1974 | 3 | 10 | 62 | Cliff Taylor | Chicago Bears | RB | |
1975 | 9 | 16 | 224 | Everett Taylor | New York Jets | DB | |
17 | 21 | 437 | Washington Redskins | DE | |||
1976 | 15 | 10 | 413 | Green Bay Packers | LB | ||
16 | 18 | 449 | Baltimore Colts | TE | |||
1977 | 1 | 24 | 24 | Bob Rush | San Diego Chargers | C | |
3 | 24 | 80 | Terdell Middleton | St. Louis Cardinals | RB | Pro Bowl (1978) | |
4 | 20 | 104 | Eric Harris | Kansas City Chiefs | DB | ||
4 | 23 | 107 | Earl Jones | Los Angeles Rams | DE | ||
6 | 4 | 143 | New York Giants | T | |||
1978 | 1 | 9 | 9 | Keith Simpson | Seattle Seahawks | DB | |
2 | 8 | 36 | Keith Butler | Seattle Seahawks | LB | 2x Super Bowl Champion (XL, XLIII) | |
5 | 12 | 122 | Keith Wright | Cleveland Browns | WR | ||
1979 | 2 | 8 | 36 | Earnest Gray | New York Giants | WR | |
2 | 26 | 54 | Eddie Hill | Los Angeles Rams | RB | ||
7 | 12 | 177 | Judson Flint | New England Patriots | DB | ||
1980 | 12 | 5 | 310 | Green Bay Packers | DB | ||
1981 | 12 | 22 | 326 | Buffalo Bills | LB | ||
1983 | 2 | 28 | 56 | Richard Williams | Washington Redskins | RB | |
1984 | 1 | 24 | 24 | Derrick Crawford | San Francisco 49ers | WR | |
1985 | 1 | 14 | 14 | Derrick Burroughs | Buffalo Bills | DB | |
3 | 10 | 66 | Tim Long | Minnesota Vikings | T | ||
3 | 11 | 67 | Donnie Elder | New York Jets | DB | ||
6 | 19 | 159 | New York Giants | G | |||
10 | 28 | 280 | Seattle Seahawks | DB | |||
11 | 8 | 288 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | RB | |||
1986 | 3 | 15 | 70 | Jeff Walker | San Diego Chargers | T | |
4 | 2 | 84 | Tim Harris | Green Bay Packers | LB | Pro Bowl (1989), 2x First-Team All-Pro (1988, 1989), Super Bowl Champion (XXIX) | |
6 | 14 | 152 | Cincinnati Bengals | DB | |||
8 | 4 | 198 | Trell Hooper | Indianapolis Colts | DB | ||
1987 | 3 | 4 | 60 | David Brandon | Buffalo Bills | LB | |
1988 | 7 | 12 | 177 | Buffalo Bills | T | ||
9 | 12 | 233 | Scott Dill | Phoenix Cardinals | T | ||
1989 | 7 | 17 | 184 | Seattle Seahawks | DB | ||
10 | 24 | 275 | Miami Dolphins | DT | |||
12 | 2 | 309 | James Cribbs | Detroit Lions | DE | ||
12 | 21 | 328 | Cleveland Browns | LB | |||
1990 | 5 | 23 | 132 | Charles Wilson | Green Bay Packers | WR | |
8 | 2 | 195 | Tory Epps | Atlanta Falcons | DT | ||
1991 | 5 | 15 | 126 | Reggie Jones | New Orleans Saints | DB | |
5 | 24 | 135 | Green Bay Packers | P | |||
6 | 5 | 144 | Phoenix Cardinals | T | |||
1993 | 4 | 27 | 111 | Russell Copeland | Buffalo Bills | WR | |
8 | 10 | 206 | Los Angeles Rams | P | |||
1994 | 2 | 4 | 33 | Isaac Bruce | Los Angeles Rams | WR | 4x Pro Bowl (1996, 1999—2001), Second-Team All-Pro (1999), Super Bowl Champion (XXXIV), NFL Receiving Yards Leader (1996), Pro Football Hall of Fame |
5 | 23 | 154 | Tony Semple | Detroit Lions | G | ||
7 | 5 | 199 | Steve Matthews | Kansas City Chiefs | QB | ||
1995 | 4 | 11 | 109 | Ken Irvin | Buffalo Bills | DB | |
1996 | 1 | 28 | 28 | Jerome Woods | Kansas City Chiefs | DB | Pro Bowl (2003) |
1997 | 5 | 21 | 151 | Tony Williams | Minnesota Vikings | DT | |
6 | 37 | 200 | Chicago Bears | LB | |||
7 | 32 | 233 | Chicago Bears | DE | |||
1999 | 3 | 26 | 87 | Mike McKenzie | Green Bay Packers | DB | Super Bowl Champion (XLIV) |
2001 | 2 | 6 | 37 | Idrees Bashir | Indianapolis Colts | DB | |
2 | 23 | 54 | Michael Stone | Arizona Cardinals | DB | ||
4 | 28 | 123 | Marcus Bell | Arizona Cardinals | DT | ||
2003 | 3 | 14 | 78 | Wade Smith | Miami Dolphins | T | Pro Bowl (2012) |
7 | 46 | 260 | Detroit Lions | WR | |||
2004 | 7 | 11 | 212 | Eric Taylor | Pittsburgh Steelers | DT | |
2006 | 1 | 27 | 27 | DeAngelo Williams | Carolina Panthers | RB | Pro Bowl (2009), Second-Team All-Pro (2008), 2x NFL Rushing Touchdowns leader (2008, 2015) |
4 | 21 | 118 | Stephen Gostkowski | New England Patriots | K | 4x Pro Bowl (2008, 2013—2015), 2x First-Team All-Pro (2008, 2015), NFL Record 479 Consecutive Extra Points made, 3x Super Bowl Champion (XLIX, LI, LIII) | |
2007 | 5 | 3 | 140 | Brandon McDonald | Cleveland Browns | CB | |
2009 | 7 | 40 | 249 | Clinton McDonald | Cincinnati Bengals | DE | Super Bowl Champion (XLVIII) |
2012 | 1 | 11 | 11 | Dontari Poe | Kansas City Chiefs | DT | 2x Pro Bowl (2013, 2014), Second-Team All-Pro (2013) |
2014 | 7 | 41 | 256 | Lonnie Ballentine | Houston Texans | DB | |
2015 | 5 | 9 | 145 | Bobby McCain | Miami Dolphins | CB | |
7 | 10 | 227 | Martin Ifedi | St. Louis Rams | DE | ||
2016 | 1 | 26 | 26 | Paxton Lynch | Denver Broncos | QB | |
2017 | 5 | 9 | 153 | Jake Elliott | Cincinnati Bengals | K | Super Bowl Champion (LII) |
2018 | 2 | 19 | 51 | Anthony Miller | Chicago Bears | WR | |
5 | 13 | 150 | Genard Avery | Cleveland Browns | LB | ||
2019 | 3 | 6 | 70 | Darrell Henderson | Los Angeles Rams | RB | |
4 | 26 | 128 | Tony Pollard | Dallas Cowboys | RB | ||
2020 | 3 | 2 | 66 | Antonio Gibson | Washington Redskins | RB | |
7 | 9 | 223 | Chris Claybrooks | Jacksonville Jaguars | DB | ||
7 | 16 | 230 | Dustin Woodard | New England Patriots | C | ||
2021 | 5 | 6 | 150 | Kenneth Gainwell | Philadelphia Eagles | RB |
Undrafted Free Agents[]
Draft Year | Player | First Team | Position | Professional achievements |
---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | Dave Strickland | Denver Broncos | G | |
1965 | John Bramlett | Denver Broncos | LB | 2x AFL All-Star |
1966 | Billy Fletcher | Denver Broncos | DB | |
1978 | James Thompson | New York Giants | WR | |
William Cesare | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | DB | ||
1980 | Ken Dunek | Philadelphia Eagles | TE | |
1982 | Rick Ackerman | San Diego Chargers | DT | |
1984 | Darrell Nelson | Pittsburgh Steelers | TE | |
Stan Adams | Los Angeles Raiders | LB | ||
1985 | Derrick Burroughs | Buffalo Bills | DB | |
1986 | Eric Fairs | Houston Oilers | LB | |
1987 | Jeff Womack | Minnesota Vikings | RB | |
Edwin Lovelady | New York Giants | WR | ||
Enis Jackson | Cleveland Browns | DB | ||
David Brandon | San Diego Chargers | LB | ||
Don Bramlett | Minnesota Vikings | DT | ||
Dennis Borcky | New York Giants | NT | ||
1991 | Glenn Rogers | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | DB | |
1995 | James Logan | Cincinnati Benglas | LB | |
1996 | Marcus Holliday | St. Louis Rams | RB | |
1999 | Mac Cody | Indianapolis Colts | WR | |
2000 | Darrius Blevins | St. Louis Rams | WR | Super Bowl Champion (XXXIV) |
Reggie Howard | Oakland Raiders | DB | ||
2003 | Artis Hicks | Philadelphia Eagles | G/T | |
2004 | Tony Brown | Carolina Panthers | DE | |
2007 | Robert Douglas | Tennessee Titans | RB | |
2010 | Duke Calhoun | New York Giants | WR | |
2011 | Kellen Heard | Oakland Raiders | DT | |
2012 | Ronald Leary | Dallas Cowboys | G | |
2013 | Robert Steeples | St. Louis Rams | CB | |
2014 | Akeem Davis | Washington Redskins | S | |
Marcus Ball | New Orleans Saints | S | ||
Jordan Devey | Baltimore Ravens | T | Super Bowl Champion (XLIX) | |
2016 | Alan Cross | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | TE | |
Wynton McManis | San Francisco 49ers | LB | ||
2017 | Mose Frazier | Denver Broncos | WR | |
Arthur Maulet | New Orleans Saints | CB | ||
2019 | Tevin Jones | Houston Texans | WR | |
2020 | Bryce Huff | New York Jets | LB | |
Patrick Taylor | Green Bay Packers | RB | ||
2021 | Riley Patterson | Detroit Lions | K |
References[]
- ^ "Top 10 Kickers | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site". www.profootballhof.com. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ "Dan Patrick named Memphis football the new "Running Back U"". Saturday Blitz. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- ^ DraftHistory.com
- Lists of National Football League draftees by college football team
- Memphis Tigers football players