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List of Virginia Tech Hokies in the NFL draft

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Bruce Smith was the first overall selection in the 1985 NFL draft.

The Virginia Tech Hokies football team has had 146 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936.[1][A 1] This includes eleven players taken in the first round and two overall number one picks, Bruce Smith in the 1985 NFL draft and Michael Vick in the 2001 NFL draft. Fifteen former Virginia Tech players have been selected to a Pro Bowl, thirteen have won a championship with their respective teams and one has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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] Prior to 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 bidding war over top prospects between the two leagues. As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues held a multiple round "common draft". Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "common draft" became the NFL draft.[2]

Key

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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 an all-star game (AFL All-Star game, NFL All-Star game or Pro Bowl)
Won a league championship (AFL championship, NFL championship, or Super Bowl)
Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame

Selections

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=An American football player speaks into a microphone.
Michael Vick was the first overall selection in the 2001 NFL draft.

American Football League

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Year Round Overall Player name Position AFL team Notes
1960 1 Carroll Dale E Oakland Raiders
1961
[4]
4 26 Mike Zeno G Boston Patriots
21 162 Don Oakes* T Boston Patriots AFL All-Star Game (1967)
1962
[5]
No selections
1963
[6]
16 122 Gene Breen LB San Diego Chargers
1964
[7]
12 93 Jake Adams E Kansas City Chiefs
1965
[8]
4 28 Bob Schweickert B New York Jets
13 100 Sonny Utz FB New York Jets
1966
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No selections

National Football League

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Year Round Pick Overall Player name Position NFL team Notes
1936 No selections
1937 7 3 63 Herman "Foots" Dickerson E Chicago Cardinals
1938 No selections
1939 No selections
1940 No selections
1941 No selections
1942 No selections
1943 No selections
1944 14 11 142 John Maskas[A 2] G/T Boston Yanks
1945 No selections
1946 No selections
1947 No selections
1948 No selections
1949 No selections
1950 No selections
1951 28 10 337 Sterling Wingo B Los Angeles Rams
1952 No selections
1953 12 3 136 Madison "Buzz" Nutter*† C Washington Redskins Pro Bowl (1963)
NFL Champion (1958, 1959)
1954 25 11 300 Tom Hughes T Cleveland Browns
1955 5 2 51 George Preas G/T Baltimore Colts NFL Champion (1958, 1959)
7 9 82 Johnny Dean B San Francisco 49ers
21 1 242 Howie Wright B Chicago Cardinals
27 2 315 Jim Locke T Baltimore Colts
30 2 351 Tom Petty E Washington Redskins
1956 No selections
1957 13 2 147 Bob Wolfenden B Los Angeles Rams
16 10 191 Hillmer Olson C Detroit Lions
22 11 264 Tom Dalzell T Chicago Bears
1958 24 4 281 Russ Moon T Chicago Bears
1959 26 2 302 Jim Burks T Philadelphia Eagles
1960 8 2 26 Carroll Dale*† E Los Angeles Rams Pro Bowl (1968, 1969, 1970)
NFL Champion (1965)
Super Bowl Champion (I, II)
College Football Hall of Fame (1987)
1961 3 14 42 Don Oakes*† T Philadelphia Eagles AFL All-Star (1967)
16 4 214 Mike Zeno G Los Angeles Rams
16 11 221 Bernie Vishneski T New York Giants
1962 No selections
1963 15 14 210 Gene Breen LB Green Bay Packers
1964 13 9 177 Jake Adams E St. Louis Cardinals
1965 3 1 29 Bob Schweickert B San Francisco 49ers
6 5 75 Sonny Utz FB Dallas Cowboys
1966 No selections
1967 4 25 105 Andy Bowling LB St. Louis Cardinals
14 6 347 Tom Francisco HB Denver Broncos
16 16 409 Don Bruce G Oakland Raiders
1968 5 2 113 Ken Barefoot TE Washington Redskins
8 18 210 Jim Richards DB New York Jets
1969 8 1 183 James "Waddey" Harvey T Buffalo Bills
13 24 335 Rick Piland G Kansas City Chiefs
1970 6 4 134 Ken Edwards RB Buffalo Bills
1971 17 9 425 Jack Simcsak Placekicker Denver Broncos
1972 No selections
1973 5 7 111 Don Strock QB Miami Dolphins Super Bowl Champion (VIII)
1974 No selections
1975 13 15 327 Ricky Scales WR Houston Oilers
16 12 402 Ken Lambert DB Houston Oilers
1976 7 21 203 Phil Rogers RB St. Louis Cardinals
1977 3 4 60 Tom Beasley DT Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl Champion (XIII, XIV)
1978 No selections
1979 No selections
1980 5 14 124 Doug McDougald DE New England Patriots
5 15 125 Kenny Lewis RB Oakland Raiders
1981 No selections
1982 4 15 98 Robert Brown LB Green Bay Packers
1983 No selections
1984 6 9 149 Tony Paige FB New York Jets
1[A 3] 18 18 Mike Johnson*† LB Cleveland Browns Pro Bowl (1989, 1990)
1985 1 1 1 Bruce Smith*‡ DE Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992,
1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
Pro Football Hall of Fame (2009)
2 16 44 Jesse Penn LB Dallas Cowboys
8 5 201 Ashley Lee DB Atlanta Falcons
10 18 270 Joe Jones TE Dallas Cowboys
11 19 299 Allen Young[A 4] DB New York Giants
1986 No selections
1987 8 1 196 Eddie Hunter RB New York Jets
8 13 208 Curtis Taliaferro LB Atlanta Falcons
1988 6 17 154 Steve Johnson TE New England Patriots
12 1 306 Carter Wiley DB Atlanta Falcons
12 5 310 Victor Jones LB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1989 No selections
1990 8 19 212 Jock Jones LB Cleveland Browns
8 22 215 Roger Brown DB Green Bay Packers Super Bowl Champion (XXV)
1991 12 8 314 Al Chamblee LB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1992 1 13 13 Eugene Chung[A 5] T New England Patriots
4 23 107 Will Furrer QB Chicago Bears
6 11 151 Damien Russell DB San Francisco 49ers
7 19 187 William Boatwright G Philadelphia Eagles
12 26 334 John Granby WR Denver Broncos
1993 No selections
1994 2 22 62 Tyronne Drakeford CB San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl Champion (XXIX)
4 18 121 John Burke TE New England Patriots
7 6 200 Jim Pyne C Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1995 3 26 90 Antonio Freeman*† WR Green Bay Packers Pro Bowl (1998)
Super Bowl Champion (XXXI)
4 26 124 Ken Brown LB Denver Broncos
1996 2 11 41 Bryan Still WR San Diego Chargers
3 27 88 J. C. Price DT Carolina Panthers
1997 1 26 26 Jim Druckenmiller QB San Francisco 49ers
2 19 49 Torrian Gray S Minnesota Vikings
4 17 113 Antonio Banks CB Minnesota Vikings
6 31 194 Cornell Brown DE Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl Champion (XXXV)
1998 4 12 104 Todd Washington C Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl Champion (XXXVII)
4 17 109 Gennaro DiNapoli G Oakland Raiders
7 12 201 Ken Oxendine FB Atlanta Falcons
7 13 202 Marcus Parker RB Cincinnati Bengals
1999 4 15 110 Pierson Prioleau S San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl Champion (XLIV)
5 32 165 Derek Smith T Washington Redskins
2000 2 4 35 John Engelberger DT San Francisco 49ers
2 21 52 Ike Charlton CB Seattle Seahawks
3 27 89 Corey Moore LB Buffalo Bills
5 5 134 Anthony Midget CB Atlanta Falcons
7 37 243 Shyrone Stith RB Jacksonville Jaguars
2001 1 1 1 Michael Vick* QB Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowl (2002, 2004, 2005, 2010)
3 29 91 Cory Bird S Indianapolis Colts
5 6 137 Matt Lehr G Dallas Cowboys
2002 2 15 47 André Davis WR Cleveland Browns
4 13 111 Ben Taylor LB Cleveland Browns
5 13 148 Kevin McCadam S Atlanta Falcons
6 10 182 David Pugh DT Indianapolis Colts
6 39 211 Bob Slowikowski TE Dallas Cowboys
7 7 218 Chad Beasley T Minnesota Vikings
7 13 224 Derrius Monroe DE New Orleans Saints
7 40 251 Jarrett Ferguson FB Buffalo Bills
2003 4 18 115 Lee Suggs RB Cleveland Browns
7 38 252 Willie Pile S Kansas City Chiefs
2004 1 8 8 DeAngelo Hall* CB Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowl (2005, 2006, 2010)
1 30 30 Kevin Jones RB Detroit Lions
2 13 45 Jake Grove C Oakland Raiders
4 24 120 Ernest Wilford WR Jacksonville Jaguars
5 13 145 Nathaniel Adibi DE Pittsburgh Steelers
2005 3 11 75 Eric Green CB Arizona Cardinals
4 7 108 Vincent Fuller S Tennessee Titans
6 7 217 Jon Dunn T Cleveland Browns
2006 2 5 37 Jimmy Williams CB Atlanta Falcons
2 31 63 Darryl Tapp DE Seattle Seahawks
3 24 88 James Anderson LB Carolina Panthers
5 23 155 Jeff King TE Carolina Panthers
6 8 177 Jonathan Lewis DT Arizona Cardinals
7 14 222 Justin Hamilton S Cleveland Browns
7 19 227 Jimmy Martin T San Diego Chargers
7 26 234 Will Montgomery G Carolina Panthers
7 32 240 Cedric Humes RB Pittsburgh Steelers
2007 3 26 89 Aaron Rouse S Green Bay Packers
5 20 157 David Clowney WR Green Bay Packers
5 26 163 Brandon Frye T Houston Texans
2008 1 26 26 Duane Brown* T Houston Texans Pro Bowl (2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2021)
2 3 35 Brandon Flowers* CB Kansas City Chiefs Pro Bowl (2013)
2 11 42 Eddie Royal WR Denver Broncos
3 9 72 Chris Ellis DE Buffalo Bills
4 19 118 Xavier Adibi LB Houston Texans
5 13 148 Carlton Powell DT Denver Broncos
6 8 174 Josh Morgan WR San Francisco 49ers
7 8 215 Justin Harper WR Baltimore Ravens
2009 5 21 157 Victor "Macho" Harris CB Philadelphia Eagles
2010 2 20 52 Jason Worilds DE Pittsburgh Steelers
5 2 133 Kam Chancellor*† S Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl Champion (XLVIII)
Pro Bowl (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)
5 9 140 Ed Wang T Buffalo Bills
6 3 172 Brent Bowden P Tampa Bay Buccaneers
7 4 211 Cody Grimm LB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2011 2 6 38 Ryan Williams RB Arizona Cardinals
4 30 127 Rashad "Roc" Carmichael CB Houston Texans
6 15 180 Tyrod Taylor QB Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl Champion (XLVII)
Pro Bowl (2015)
2012 1 32 32 David Wilson RB New York Giants
3 31 94 Jayron Hosley CB New York Giants
5 17 152 Danny Coale WR Dallas Cowboys
2013 6 3 171 Corey Fuller WR Detroit Lions
6 5 173 Vinston Painter T Denver Broncos
2014 1 14 14 Kyle Fuller* CB Chicago Bears Pro Bowl (2018, 2019)
4 20 120 Logan Thomas QB Arizona Cardinals
6 6 182 Antone Exum CB Minnesota Vikings
2015 6 5 181 Kyshoen Jarrett S Washington Redskins
7 26 243 Laurence Gibson T Dallas Cowboys
2016 3 21 84 Kendall Fuller CB Washington Redskins Super Bowl Champion (LIV)
6 28 203 Dadi Nicolas LB Kansas City Chiefs
2017 6 2 186 Chuck Clark S Baltimore Ravens
6 17 201 Bucky Hodges TE Minnesota Vikings
6 22 206 Sam Rogers FB Los Angeles Rams
7 19 237 Isaiah Ford WR Miami Dolphins
2018 1 16 16 Tremaine Edmunds* LB Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl (2019, 2020)
First time two brothers chosen in 1st round of NFL draft[13]
1 28 28 Terrell Edmunds DB Pittsburgh Steelers First time two brothers chosen in 1st round of NFL draft[13]
5 26 163

Tim Settle

DT Washington Redskins
5 29 166

Wyatt Teller

G Buffalo Bills
7 23 241

Greg Stroman

DB Washington Redskins
2019 No selections
2020 3 37 101 Dalton Keene TE New England Patriots
2021 1 22 22 Caleb Farley DB Tennessee Titans
1 23 23 Christian Darrisaw T Minnesota Vikings
3 16 80 Divine Deablo DB Las Vegas Raiders
6 33 217 Khalil Herbert RB Chicago Bears
2022 5 34 177 James Mitchell TE Detroit Lions
6 10 189 Amaré Barno LB Carolina Panthers
6 31 209 Luke Tenuta T Buffalo Bills
6 36 215 Lecitus Smith G Arizona Cardinals
2023 4 17 119 Chamarri Conner DB Kansas City Chiefs

Notes

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  1. ^ 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).[2]
  2. ^ John Maskas was also drafted by the Buffalo Bills of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in the 10th round with the 74th overall pick of the 1947 AAFC draft.[10] He played for the Bills in 1947 and 1949,[11] and was then drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round of the 1950 AAFC dispersal draft.
  3. ^ Mike Johnson was selected as the 18th overall pick in the 1984 NFL supplemental draft of USFL and CFL players.[12]
  4. ^ Allen Young played basketball at Virginia Tech and not football.
  5. ^ Eugene Chung is Korean American, and was the first Asian American player to be drafted in the first round.

Notable undrafted players

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Note: No drafts held before 1920

Debut year Player name Position Debut NFL/AFL team Notes
1976 Bill Ellenbogen G New York Giants
1976 Billy Hardee CB Denver Broncos
1978 George Roberts P Miami Dolphins
1980 Mickey Fitzgerald RB Atlanta Falcons
1981 Dave Smigelsky P Washington Redskins
1983 Bill Renner P Minnesota Vikings
1984 Gary Smith G Cincinnati Bengals
1996 J. C. Price DE Carolina Panthers
1997 Bill Conaty C Buffalo Bills
1999 Keion Carpenter S Buffalo Bills
2000 Shayne Graham K New Orleans Saints
2001 Nick Sorensen S St. Louis Rams
2003 Grant Noel QB Baltimore Ravens
2004 Garnell Wilds DB Washington Redskins
2005 Bryan Randall QB Atlanta Falcons
2009 Sean Glennon QB Minnesota Vikings
2011 Darren Evans RB Indianapolis Colts
Davon Morgan S New York Jets
2012 Jarrett Boykin WR Jacksonville Jaguars
2013 Marcus Davis WR New York Giants
2017 Jerod Evans QB Pittsburgh Steelers
2018 Cam Phillips WR Buffalo Bills
2019 Yosh Nijman T Green Bay Packers
2022 John Parker Romo PK New Orleans Saints
Jordan Williams DT Miami Dolphins
2024 Pheldarius Payne DT Houston Texans

References

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General
  • "Draft History by School–Virginia Tech". National Football League. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  • "Virginia Tech Drafted Players/Alumni". Sports Reference, LLC. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  • "Hokies In The NFL Draft". Virginia Tech. HokieSports.com. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
Specific
  1. ^ Sports Reference, LLC: Alabama Drafted Players/Alumni
  2. ^ a b Cross, B. Duane (January 22, 2001). "The AFL: A Football Legacy". Sports Illustrated. CNNSI.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2001. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  3. ^ Clayton, John (March 26, 2009). "Draft order to change for playoff teams". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  4. ^ "1961 AFL Draft". Sports Reference, LLC. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  5. ^ "1962 AFL Draft". Sports Reference, LLC. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  6. ^ "1963 AFL Draft". Sports Reference, LLC. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  7. ^ "1964 AFL Draft". Sports Reference, LLC. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  8. ^ "1965 AFL Draft". Sports Reference, LLC. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  9. ^ "1966 AFL Draft". Sports Reference, LLC. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  10. ^ "1947 AAFC DRAFT" (PDF). ProFootballResearchers.org. Professional Football Researchers Association: AAFC Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  11. ^ "John Maskas Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  12. ^ "Browns Like Mack Attack". Daily Times. Cleveland, Ohio. Associated Press. June 6, 1984. p. 9. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  13. ^ a b "Edmundses first brothers picked in first round". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 27, 2018.