List of Northwestern Wildcats in the NFL Draft
This is a list of Northwestern Wildcats football players in the NFL first round 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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1936 | 4 | 2 | 29 | Paul Tangora | Boston Redskins | G |
8 | 7 | 70 | Wally Cruice | Green Bay Packers | B | |
1937 | 5 | 9 | 49 | Green Bay Packers | T | |
8 | 3 | 73 | Steve Reid | Brooklyn Dodgers | G | |
8 | 8 | 78 | Chicago Bears | B | ||
1938 | 3 | 8 | 23 | Fred Vanzo | New York Giants | B |
7 | 7 | 57 | Johnny Kovatch | Green Bay Packers | E | |
1939 | 15 | 6 | 136 | Bob Voigts | Chicago Bears | T |
1940 | 3 | 5 | 20 | Cleveland Rams | C | |
11 | 4 | 94 | Brooklyn Dodgers | T | ||
11 | 9 | 99 | Green Bay Packers | G | ||
1941 | 11 | 7 | 97 | Green Bay Packers | C | |
14 | 3 | 123 | Joe Lokanc | Chicago Cardinals | G | |
18 | 8 | 168 | Chicago Bears | B | ||
1942 | 2 | 5 | 15 | Alf Bauman | Detroit Lions | T |
14 | 6 | 126 | Bill DeCorrevont | Washington Redskins | B | |
17 | 2 | 152 | Cleveland Rams | B | ||
19 | 9 | 179 | George Benson | Green Bay Packers | B | |
1943 | 9 | 10 | 80 | Bob Motl | Washington Redskins | E |
16 | 4 | 144 | Chicago Cardinals | G | ||
28 | 8 | 268 | Green Bay Packers | E | ||
1944 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Otto Graham | Detroit Lions | QB |
16 | 8 | 161 | Ed Hirsch | Chicago Bears | B | |
21 | 3 | 211 | Alex Kapter | Detroit Lions | G | |
21 | 7 | 215 | Washington Redskins | T | ||
23 | 1 | 231 | Chicago Cardinals | B | ||
26 | 8 | 271 | Chicago Bears | B | ||
29 | 1 | 297 | Vince DiFrancesca | Chicago Cardinals | T | |
1945 | 8 | 10 | 75 | New York Giants | B | |
11 | 6 | 104 | Washington Redskins | B | ||
31 | 3 | 321 | Ben Schadler | Detroit Lions | B | |
1946 | 8 | 8 | 68 | Jim Lecture | Philadelphia Eagles | G |
17 | 5 | 155 | New York Giants | G | ||
24 | 1 | 221 | Chicago Cardinals | B | ||
24 | 7 | 227 | Detroit Lions | B | ||
30 | 4 | 284 | Chicago Bears | B | ||
1947 | 1 | 10 | 10 | Vic Schwall | New York Giants | B |
6 | 3 | 38 | Frank Aschenbrenner | Pittsburgh Steelers | B | |
7 | 7 | 52 | Green Bay Packers | B | ||
8 | 5 | 60 | Chicago Cardinals | T | ||
11 | 6 | 91 | Alex Sarkisian | Philadelphia Eagles | C | |
26 | 10 | 245 | Max Morris | Chicago Bears | B | |
30 | 5 | 280 | Jerry Carle | Green Bay Packers | B | |
31 | 2 | 287 | Vince DiFrancesca | Pittsburgh Steelers | G | |
1948 | 9 | 6 | 71 | New York Giants | E | |
1949 | 12 | 4 | 115 | New York Giants | B | |
1950 | 3 | 4 | 31 | Art Murakowski | Detroit Lions | B |
6 | 6 | 72 | Chicago Bears | B | ||
12 | 6 | 150 | Ray Wietecha | New York Giants | C | |
15 | 4 | 187 | Detroit Lions | B | ||
18 | 13 | 235 | Philadelphia Eagles | B | ||
19 | 8 | 243 | Chicago Cardinals | B | ||
23 | 5 | 292 | Washington Redskins | E | ||
28 | 13 | 365 | Philadelphia Eagles | B | ||
1951 | 3 | 4 | 30 | Don Stonesifer | Chicago Cardinals | E |
14 | 12 | 171 | Cleveland Browns | T | ||
16 | 4 | 187 | Chicago Cardinals | B | ||
25 | 10 | 301 | Chicago Bears | B | ||
1952 | 9 | 6 | 103 | Dick Alban | Washington Redskins | B |
13 | 7 | 152 | Chicago Bears | B | ||
1953 | 15 | 5 | 174 | Ralph Jecha | Chicago Bears | G |
20 | 8 | 237 | San Francisco 49ers | T | ||
30 | 1 | 350 | Baltimore Colts | T | ||
30 | 8 | 357 | Philadelphia Eagles | B | ||
1954 | 22 | 4 | 257 | Joe Collier | New York Giants | E |
30 | 7 | 356 | Washington Redskins | B | ||
1955 | 13 | 7 | 152 | John Damore | New York Giants | C |
1956 | 28 | 1 | 326 | Detroit Lions | G | |
29 | 4 | 341 | Chicago Cardinals | B | ||
1957 | 23 | 8 | 273 | Washington Redskins | G | |
30 | 5 | 354 | Cleveland Browns | B | ||
1958 | 27 | 4 | 317 | Chicago Bears | E | |
28 | 3 | 328 | Gene Gossage | Philadelphia Eagles | T | |
1959 | 5 | 7 | 55 | Andy Cvercko | Green Bay Packers | C |
8 | 2 | 86 | Philadelphia Eagles | B | ||
1960 | 1 | 9 | 9 | Ron Burton | Philadelphia Eagles | B |
4 | 3 | 39 | Jim Andreotti | Detroit Lions | C | |
9 | 2 | 98 | St. Louis Cardinals | T | ||
1961 | 2 | 4 | 18 | Elbert Kimbrough | Los Angeles Rams | E |
6 | 5 | 75 | Los Angeles Rams | B | ||
6 | 13 | 83 | Dick Thornton | St. Louis Cardinals | QB | |
7 | 9 | 93 | Ray Purdin | San Francisco 49ers | B | |
7 | 14 | 98 | Irv Cross | Philadelphia Eagles | B | |
12 | 8 | 162 | Mike Stock | St. Louis Cardinals | B | |
20 | 7 | 273 | Elbert Kimbrough | Baltimore Colts | B | |
1962 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Fate Echols | St. Louis Cardinals | T |
8 | 12 | 110 | Larry Onesti | Chicago Bears | C | |
20 | 11 | 277 | Paul Flatley | Cleveland Browns | B | |
1963 | 4 | 2 | 44 | Paul Flatley | Minnesota Vikings | E |
5 | 7 | 63 | Green Bay Packers | G | ||
7 | 13 | 97 | New York Giants | G | ||
1964 | 7 | 14 | 98 | Chuck Logan | Chicago Bears | E |
14 | 13 | 195 | Green Bay Packers | E | ||
15 | 14 | 210 | George Burman | Chicago Bears | T | |
1965 | 2 | 2 | 16 | Joe Cerne | San Francisco 49ers | C |
4 | 4 | 46 | Tom Myers | Detroit Lions | QB | |
13 | 12 | 180 | St. Louis Cardinals | RB | ||
18 | 3 | 241 | Chicago Bears | T | ||
1966 | 9 | 13 | 138 | Ron Rector | Green Bay Packers | RB |
14 | 12 | 212 | Chicago Bears | DB | ||
1967 | 1 | 11 | 11 | Cas Banaszek | San Francisco 49ers | TE |
3 | 23 | 76 | Phil Clark | Dallas Cowboys | DB | |
6 | 11 | 144 | John McCambridge | Detroit Lions | DE | |
7 | 26 | 185 | New Orleans Saints | RB | ||
8 | 10 | 195 | Chicago Bears | WR | ||
10 | 5 | 242 | Woodrow Campbell | Houston Oilers | RB | |
17 | 7 | 426 | Ken Ramsey | Detroit Lions | DT | |
1968 | 11 | 11 | 284 | Washington Redskins | DB | |
1969 | 4 | 23 | 101 | Jack Rudnay | Kansas City Chiefs | C |
17 | 7 | 423 | New Orleans Saints | DB | ||
1971 | 5 | 16 | 120 | Mike Adamle | Kansas City Chiefs | RB |
8 | 16 | 198 | Kansas City Chiefs | DB | ||
11 | 14 | 274 | Cleveland Browns | G | ||
12 | 1 | 287 | New England Patriots | T | ||
1972 | 7 | 6 | 162 | Houston Oilers | DB | |
9 | 19 | 227 | San Francisco 49ers | DB | ||
1973 | 3 | 13 | 65 | Jim Lash | Minnesota Vikings | WR |
14 | 20 | 358 | Green Bay Packers | DT | ||
1974 | 3 | 12 | 64 | Steve Craig | Minnesota Vikings | TE |
5 | 19 | 123 | Oakland Raiders | DB | ||
7 | 24 | 180 | Mike Varty | Washington Redskins | LB | |
1975 | 17 | 3 | 419 | Atlanta Falcons | QB | |
1976 | 12 | 23 | 342 | Miami Dolphins | DT | |
1977 | 5 | 5 | 117 | Randy Dean | New York Giants | QB |
6 | 13 | 152 | Pete Shaw | San Diego Chargers | DB | |
7 | 7 | 174 | Greg Boykin | New Orleans Saints | RB | |
1978 | 6 | 15 | 153 | Tony Ardizzone | Detroit Lions | G |
1980 | 12 | 25 | 330 | Norm Wells | Dallas Cowboys | DE |
1982 | 12 | 22 | 328 | Rob Taylor | Philadelphia Eagles | T |
1983 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Chris Hinton | Denver Broncos | T |
1984 | 2 | 5 | 33 | Mike Guendling | San Diego Chargers | LB |
5 | 16 | 128 | John Kidd | Buffalo Bills | P | |
1985 | 3 | 27 | 83 | Alex Moyer | Miami Dolphins | LB |
9 | 2 | 226 | Steve Tasker | Houston Oilers | WR | |
9 | 14 | 238 | Cincinnati Bengals | DE | ||
11 | 21 | 301 | Los Angeles Rams | DB | ||
1986 | 11 | 17 | 294 | Cincinnati Bengals | LB | |
1987 | 10 | 7 | 258 | Curtis Duncan | Houston Oilers | WR |
1989 | 7 | 1 | 168 | Dallas Cowboys | LB | |
9 | 25 | 248 | Chicago Bears | RB | ||
11 | 16 | 295 | Seattle Seahawks | DE | ||
1991 | 12 | 4 | 310 | Bob Christian | Atlanta Falcons | RB |
1992 | 7 | 3 | 171 | Darryl Ashmore | Los Angeles Rams | T |
1994 | 3 | 21 | 86 | Cincinnati Bengals | LB | |
6 | 26 | 187 | Lee Gissendaner | Houston Oilers | WR | |
1995 | 2 | 1 | 33 | Matt O'Dwyer | New York Jets | G |
5 | 1 | 135 | Carolina Panthers | WR | ||
1997 | 4 | 9 | 105 | Darnell Autry | Chicago Bears | RB |
6 | 1 | 164 | New York Jets | LB | ||
7 | 2 | 203 | Miami Dolphins | DB | ||
1998 | 5 | 11 | 134 | Casey Dailey | New York Jets | LB |
6 | 18 | 171 | Miami Dolphins | C | ||
1999 | 2 | 4 | 35 | Barry Gardner | Philadelphia Eagles | LB |
3 | 10 | 71 | D'Wayne Bates | Chicago Bears | WR | |
4 | 17 | 112 | Sean Bennett | New York Giants | RB | |
2000 | 5 | 35 | 164 | Jay Tant | Arizona Cardinals | TE |
2001 | 7 | 10 | 210 | Harold Blackmon | Seattle Seahawks | DB |
7 | 31 | 231 | Dwayne Missouri | Baltimore Ravens | DE | |
2002 | 1 | 23 | 23 | Napoleon Harris | Oakland Raiders | LB |
4 | 3 | 101 | Kevin Bentley | Cleveland Browns | LB | |
5 | 35 | 170 | Sam Simmons | Miami Dolphins | WR | |
2003 | 4 | 36 | 133 | Austin King | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | C |
2005 | 1 | 28 | 28 | Luis Castillo | San Diego Chargers | DT |
3 | 29 | 93 | Trai Essex | Pittsburgh Steelers | T | |
7 | 30 | 244 | Noah Herron | Pittsburgh Steelers | RB | |
2006 | 4 | 27 | 124 | Barry Cofield | New York Giants | DT |
7 | 2 | 210 | Zach Strief | New Orleans Saints | G | |
7 | 13 | 221 | Tim McGarigle | St. Louis Rams | LB | |
2010 | 4 | 11 | 109 | Corey Wootton | Chicago Bears | DE |
4 | 24 | 122 | Mike Kafka | Philadelphia Eagles | QB | |
5 | 13 | 144 | Sherrick McManis | Houston Texans | DB | |
2012 | 7 | 26 | 233 | Drake Dunsmore | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | TE |
7 | 28 | 235 | Jeremy Ebert | New England Patriots | WR | |
2015 | 4 | 16 | 115 | Ibraheim Campbell | Cleveland Browns | DB |
7 | 33 | 250 | Trevor Siemian | Denver Broncos | QB | |
2016 | 4 | 39 | 137 | Dean Lowry | Green Bay Packers | DE |
6 | 22 | 197 | Danny Vitale | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | FB | |
2017 | 5 | 17 | 161 | Anthony Walker Jr. | Indianapolis Colts | LB |
7 | 2 | 220 | Ifeadi Odenigbo | Minnesota Vikings | DE | |
2018 | 7 | 33 | 251 | Justin Jackson | Los Angeles Chargers | RB |
2019 | 5 | 29 | 167 | Clayton Thorson | Philadelphia Eagles | QB |
2021 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Rashawn Slater | Los Angeles Chargers | T |
1 | 26 | 26 | Greg Newsome II | Cleveland Browns | DB | |
5 | 30 | 174 | Earnest Brown IV | Los Angeles Rams | DE |
References[]
Categories:
- Lists of National Football League draftees by college football team
- Northwestern Wildcats football players