List of Oklahoma State Cowboys in the NFL Draft
The Oklahoma State Cowboys football team has had 109 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936.[A 1]
Each NFL franchise seeks to add new players through the annual NFL draft. The draft rules were last updated in 2009. The team with the worst record the previous year picks first, the next-worst team second, and so on. Teams that did not make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record with any remaining ties broken by strength of schedule. Playoff participants are sequenced after non-playoff teams, based on their round of elimination (wild card, division, conference, and Super Bowl).[3]
Before the merger agreements in 1966, the American Football League (AFL) operated in direct competition with the NFL and held a separate draft. This led to a massive bidding war over top prospects between the two leagues. As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues would hold a multiple round "common draft". Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "common draft" simply became the NFL draft.[1][2][4]
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 |
| * | Selected to a Pro Bowl | ||||
| † | Won an NFL championship | ||||
| ‡ | Selected to a Pro Bowl and won an NFL championship | ||||
Selections[]
| Year[A 2] | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | Team[A 3] | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 20 | 6 | 186 | Chicago Bears | C | — | |
| 1940 | 17 | 1 | 151 | Ralph Foster | Chicago Cardinals | T | — |
| 1942 | 14 | 4 | 124 | Chicago Cardinals | T | — | |
| 1943 | 14 | 8 | 128 | Green Bay Packers | B | — | |
| 14 | 9 | 129 | Loyd Arms | Chicago Bears | G | — | |
| 20 | 1 | 181 | Detroit Lions | B | — | ||
| 23 | 6 | 216 | New York Giants | E | — | ||
| 1945 | 19 | 9 | 195 | Joe Spencer | Philadelphia Eagles | T | — |
| 19 | 11 | 197 | Ed Jeffers | Green Bay Packers | T | — | |
| 20 | 9 | 206 | Philadelphia Eagles | T | — | ||
| 24 | 9 | 250 | Philadelphia Eagles | G | — | ||
| 28 | 2 | 287 | Pittsburgh Steelers | T | — | ||
| 32 | 6 | 330 | Green Bay Packers | B | — | ||
| 1946 | 8 | 6 | 66 | Green Bay Packers | T | — | |
| 9 | 1 | 71 | Jake Colhouer | Chicago Cardinals | G | — | |
| 32 | 2 | 297 | Detroit Lions | G | — | ||
| 1947 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Bob Fenimore | Chicago Bears | B | — |
| 1 | 8 | 8 | Neill Armstrong | Philadelphia Eagles | E | — | |
| 11 | 7 | 92 | Green Bay Packers | C | — | ||
| 24 | 8 | 223 | Los Angeles Rams | T | — | ||
| 1948 | 1 | 11 | 11 | Jim Spavital | Chicago Cardinals | FB | — |
| 17 | 10 | 155 | Chicago Cardinals | C | — | ||
| 20 | 7 | 182 | Chicago Bears | T | — | ||
| 25 | 9 | 234 | Jim Parmer | Philadelphia Eagles | B | — | |
| 1949 | 2 | 9 | 20 | Billy Grimes | Chicago Bears | B | — |
| 5 | 4 | 45 | Pittsburgh Steelers | E | — | ||
| 5 | 5 | 46 | New York Giants | G | — | ||
| 6 | 1 | 52 | Detroit Lions | B | — | ||
| 1950 | 6 | 2 | 68 | Ben Aldridge | New York Bulldogs | B | — |
| 6 | 9 | 75 | San Francisco 49ers | E | — | ||
| 12 | 10 | 154 | Chicago Bears | B | — | ||
| 13 | 5 | 162 | Washington Redskins | C | — | ||
| 15 | 5 | 188 | Alex Loyd | Washington Redskins | E | — | |
| 16 | 9 | 205 | Charlie Shaw | San Francisco 49ers | G | — | |
| 30 | 4 | 382 | Cleveland Browns | C | — | ||
| 1951 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Jim Spavital | New York Giants | B | — |
| 17 | 5 | 200 | Detroit Lions | DB | — | ||
| 18 | 12 | 219 | Cleveland Browns | C | — | ||
| 1952 | 17 | 4 | 197 | Philadelphia Eagles | E | — | |
| 27 | 8 | 321 | San Francisco 49ers | T | — | ||
| 1954 | 4 | 1 | 38 | Bill Bredde | Chicago Cardinals | B | — |
| 26 | 7 | 308 | Washington Redskins | B | — | ||
| 1955 | 5 | 10 | 59 | Chicago Bears | T | — | |
| 8 | 3 | 88 | Dale Meinert | Baltimore Colts | LB | — | |
| 8 | 8 | 93 | Freddie Meyers | San Francisco 49ers | B | — | |
| 1956 | 23 | 5 | 270 | Philadelphia Eagles | E | — | |
| 26 | 4 | 305 | Earl Lunsford | Philadelphia Eagles | B | — | |
| 27 | 4 | 317 | Chicago Cardinals | T | — | ||
| 1957 | 13 | 4 | 149 | Pittsburgh Steelers | T | — | |
| 1958 | 26 | 7 | 308 | Pittsburgh Steelers | E | — | |
| 1959 | 4 | 4 | 40 | Jim Wood | Washington Redskins | E | — |
| 12 | 2 | 134 | Howard Keys | Philadelphia Eagles | C | — | |
| 24 | 2 | 278 | Philadelphia Eagles | T | — | ||
| 1960 | 8 | 5 | 89 | Green Bay Packers | C | — | |
| 1961 | 3 | 4 | 32 | Los Angeles Rams | G | — | |
| 6 | 9 | 79 | Frank Parker | Cleveland Browns | T | — | |
| 1962 | 4 | 9 | 51 | Jim Dillard | Baltimore Colts | B | — |
| 7 | 14 | 98 | Gary Cutsinger | Green Bay Packers | T | — | |
| 1965 | 13 | 11 | 179 | Detroit Lions | B | — | |
| 1966 | 5 | 15 | 79 | Walt Garrison | Dallas Cowboys | RB | — |
| 8 | 3 | 113 | Charlie Harper | New York Giants | T | — | |
| 1967 | 3 | 13 | 66 | Dennis Randall | New York Jets | DE | — |
| 3 | 14 | 67 | Harold Akin | San Diego Chargers | T | — | |
| 3 | 18 | 71 | Baltimore Colts | LB | — | ||
| 12 | 17 | 307 | Baltimore Colts | G | — | ||
| 17 | 16 | 435 | St. Louis Cardinals | DE | — | ||
| 1969 | 3 | 4 | 56 | Jon Kolb | Pittsburgh Steelers | T | — |
| 3 | 21 | 73 | Terry Brown | St. Louis Cardinals | DB | — | |
| 1970 | 1 | 25 | 25 | John Ward | Minnesota Vikings | G | — |
| 2 | 21 | 47 | Jerry Sherk | Cleveland Browns | DT | — | |
| 6 | 1 | 131 | Chicago Bears | QB | — | ||
| 14 | 20 | 358 | John Little | New York Jets | DT | — | |
| 1971 | 17 | 12 | 428 | New Orleans Saints | WR | — | |
| 1972 | 17 | 8 | 424 | New England Patriots | WR | — | |
| 1974 | 1 | 18 | 18 | Reuben Gant | Buffalo Bills | TE | — |
| 3 | 5 | 57 | Glenn Robinson | Baltimore Colts | DE | — | |
| 5 | 26 | 130 | Cleveland Vann | Miami Dolphins | LB | — | |
| 8 | 24 | 206 | Bon Boatwright | San Diego Chargers | DT | — | |
| 1975 | 8 | 12 | 194 | Leonard Thompson | Detroit Lions | WR | — |
| 1976 | 1 | 25 | 25 | James White | Minnesota Vikings | DT | — |
| 7 | 15 | 197 | Houston Oilers | DT | — | ||
| 1977 | 1 | 12 | 12 | Phil Dokes | Buffalo Bills | DT | — |
| 6 | 8 | 147 | Cliff Parsley | New Orleans Saints | P | — | |
| 7 | 5 | 172 | Derrel Gofourth | Green Bay Packers | G | — | |
| 9 | 14 | 237 | Miami Dolphins | RB | — | ||
| 10 | 26 | 277 | Ron Baker | Baltimore Colts | G | — | |
| 1978 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Terry Miller | Buffalo Bills | RB | — |
| 2 | 13 | 41 | San Diego Chargers | T | — | ||
| 12 | 14 | 320 | Atlanta Falcons | LB | — | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 3 | 223 | Scott Burk | Cincinnati Bengals | DB | — |
| 10 | 6 | 254 | Baltimore Colts | TE | — | ||
| 1980 | 5 | 24 | 134 | John Corker | Houston Oilers | LB | — |
| 8 | 24 | 217 | Harold Bailey | Houston Oilers | WR | — | |
| 1981 | 3 | 19 | 75 | Roger Taylor | Kansas City Chiefs | T | — |
| 5 | 8 | 119 | Dexter Manley | Washington Redskins | DE | — | |
| 10 | 23 | 271 | Dean Prater | Cleveland Browns | DE | — | |
| 1982 | 11 | 22 | 301 | Philadelphia Eagles | WR | — | |
| 12 | 7 | 313 | Chicago Bears | LB | — | ||
| 1983 | 4 | 2 | 86 | Greg Hill | Houston Oilers | DB | — |
| 4 | 14 | 98 | Gary Lewis | New Orleans Saints | DT | — | |
| 9 | 21 | 245 | Mike Green | San Diego Chargers | LB | — | |
| 1984 | 2 | 20 | 48 | Chris Rockins | Cleveland Browns | DB | — |
| 3 | 18 | 74 | Ernest Anderson | Detroit Lions | RB | — | |
| 10 | 16 | 268 | Minnesota Vikings | LB | — | ||
| 10 | 25 | 277 | John Chesley | Miami Dolphins | TE | — | |
| 12 | 1 | 309 | Los Angeles Rams | DB | — | ||
| 1985 | 6 | 3 | 143 | Rusty Hilger | Los Angeles Raiders | QB | — |
| 7 | 9 | 177 | Washington Redskins | WR | — | ||
| 8 | 12 | 208 | Matt Monger | New York Jets | LB | — | |
| 9 | 27 | 251 | Miami Dolphins | DB | — | ||
| 12 | 24 | 332 | Los Angeles Raiders | DB | — | ||
| 1986 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Leslie O'Neal | San Diego Chargers | DE | — |
| 3 | 18 | 73 | John Washington | New York Giants | DE | — | |
| 4 | 28 | 110 | Paul Blair | Chicago Bears | T | — | |
| 1986s | 7 | 0 | 0 | Charles Crawford | Philadelphia Eagles | RB | — |
| 1987 | 4 | 20 | 104 | Seattle Seahawks | DB | — | |
| 1988 | 2 | 13 | 40 | Thurman Thomas | Buffalo Bills | RB | — |
| 4 | 10 | 92 | Ricky Shaw | New York Giants | LB | — | |
| 1989 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Barry Sanders | Detroit Lions | RB | — |
| 1 | 16 | 16 | Hart Lee Dykes | New England Patriots | WR | — | |
| 1991 | 9 | 9 | 232 | Minnesota Vikings | RB | — | |
| 10 | 3 | 253 | Curtis Mayfield | Denver Broncos | WR | — | |
| 1992 | 12 | 17 | 325 | Kansas City Chiefs | DB | — | |
| 1994 | 3 | 23 | 88 | Jason Gildon | Pittsburgh Steelers | LB | — |
| 7 | 16 | 210 | Keith Burns | Denver Broncos | LB | — | |
| 1995 | 4 | 32 | 130 | Dallas Cowboys | LB | — | |
| 1996 | 4 | 13 | 108 | Jevon Langford | Cincinnati Bengals | DE | — |
| 1998 | 1 | 28 | 28 | R. W. McQuarters | San Francisco 49ers | DB | — |
| 3 | 26 | 87 | Kevin Williams | New York Jets | DB | — | |
| 4 | 2 | 94 | Alonzo Mayes | Chicago Bears | TE | — | |
| 1998s | 2 | 0 | 0 | Jamal Williams | San Diego Chargers | DT | — |
| 2000 | 2 | 31 | 62 | Jacoby Shepherd | St. Louis Rams | DB | — |
| 7 | 44 | 250 | Washington Redskins | DB | — | ||
| 2003 | 1 | 9 | 9 | Kevin Williams | Minnesota Vikings | DE | — |
| 2004 | 1 | 31 | 31 | Rashaun Woods | San Francisco 49ers | WR | — |
| 2 | 9 | 41 | Tatum Bell | Denver Broncos | RB | — | |
| 5 | 3 | 135 | Antonio Smith | Arizona Cardinals | DE | — | |
| 2005 | 2 | 24 | 56 | Darrent Williams | Denver Broncos | DB | — |
| 3 | 9 | 73 | Vernand Morency | Houston Texans | RB | — | |
| 7 | 35 | 249 | Billy Bajema | San Francisco 49ers | TE | — | |
| 2006 | 6 | 30 | 199 | Charlie Johnson | Indianapolis Colts | T | — |
| 2007 | 4 | 33 | 132 | Ryan McBean | Pittsburgh Steelers | DE | — |
| 6 | 35 | 209 | Corey Hilliard | New England Patriots | T | — | |
| 2009 | 1 | 20 | 20 | Brandon Pettigrew | Detroit Lions | TE | — |
| 2010 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Russell Okung | Seattle Seahawks | T | — |
| 1 | 24 | 24 | Dez Bryant | Dallas Cowboys | WR | — | |
| 5 | 6 | 137 | Perrish Cox | Denver Broncos | DB | — | |
| 7 | 43 | 250 | Zac Robinson | New England Patriots | QB | — | |
| 2011 | 4 | 18 | 115 | Kendall Hunter | San Francisco 49ers | RB | — |
| 2012 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Justin Blackmon | Jacksonville Jaguars | WR | — |
| 1 | 22 | 22 | Brandon Weeden | Cleveland Browns | QB | — | |
| 6 | 20 | 190 | Markelle Martin | Tennessee Titans | DB | — | |
| 2013 | 5 | 18 | 151 | Joseph Randle | Dallas Cowboys | RB | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Justin Gilbert | Cleveland Browns | DB | — |
| 2015 | 7 | 35 | 252 | Josh Furman | Denver Broncos | DB | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 32 | Emmanuel Ogbah | Cleveland Browns | DE | — |
| 2017 | 6 | 10 | 194 | Vincent Taylor | Miami Dolphins | DT | — |
| 7 | 31 | 249 | Chris Carson | Seattle Seahawks | RB | — | |
| 2018 | 2 | 28 | 60 | James Washington | Pittsburgh Steelers | WR | — |
| 3 | 12 | 76 | Mason Rudolph | Pittsburgh Steelers | QB | — | |
| 5 | 9 | 146 | Tre Flowers | Seattle Seahawks | DB | — | |
| 7 | 10 | 228 | Marcell Ateman | Oakland Raiders | WR | — | |
| 2019 | 4 | 11 | 113 | Justice Hill | Baltimore Ravens | RB | — |
| 7 | 39 | 253 | Jordan Brailford | Washington Redskins | DE | — | |
| 2021 | 2 | 7 | 39 | Teven Jenkins | Chicago Bears | T | — |
| 4 | 21 | 126 | Chuba Hubbard | Carolina Panthers | RB | — | |
| 4 | 26 | 131 | Tylan Wallace | Baltimore Ravens | WR | — | |
| 6 | 17 | 201 | Rodarius Williams | New York Giants | DB | — |
Notes[]
- ^ Because of the NFL–AFL merger agreement, the history of the AFL is officially recognized by the NFL and therefore this list includes the AFL draft (1960–1966) and the common draft (1967–1969).[1][2]
- ^ From 1960 through 1966, teams with a superscript AFL denotes player drafted in the AFL draft and teams with a superscript NFL denotes a player drafted in the NFL draft.
- ^ This is the team that drafted the player, not their most recent team.
References[]
- General
- "Draft History by School–Oklahoma State". National Football League. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- "NFL Players who attended Oklahoma State University". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- "2009 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Oklahoma State University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- "Oklahoma State Players/Alumni". Sports Reference LLC. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- "Draft History "O" Colleges". DraftHistory.com. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- Specific
- ^ a b Cross, B. Duane (2001-01-22). "The AFL: A Football Legacy". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ^ a b "NFL History by Decade: 1961–1970". NFL. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ^ Clayton, John (2009-03-26). "Draft order to change for playoff teams". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-26.
- ^ "Time Changes for 2008 NFL Draft". NFL. 2008-04-22. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
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