Gaines Adams was the fourth overall selection in the 2007 NFL Draft.
The Clemson University Tigers football team has had 243 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936.[1][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, along with the subsequent drafting of the same player in each draft. 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" simply became the NFL Draft.[2][4][5]
Through the 2017 NFL Draft, the highest that a Tiger has ever been drafted is fourth overall, which has happened on four occasions: Banks McFadden in 1939, Gaines Adams in 2007, Sammy Watkins in 2014, and Clelin Ferrell in 2019. The Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants have drafted the most Tigers, each with seventeen. The only current NFL franchises that have not selected a Clemson Tiger are the Baltimore Ravens and Carolina Panthers. Twenty-seven Tigers have been drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft, with the most recent being Shaq Lawson in 2016. The single first round of the NFL Draft with the most Tigers selected was 1979, 1982, 2015, and 2017 with two players. Of the Tigers selected in the NFL Draft, seventeen have been selected to a Pro Bowl, nineteen have been a member of a Super Bowl winning team, and four have achieved both. The most Tigers selected in a single NFL Draft is nine, in 1983 and 2016.
Key[]
| SS | Strong Safety | 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) | ||||
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Players selected[]
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Banks McFadden was drafted 4th overall by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940 NFL Draft.
Fred Cone was drafted 27th overall by the Green Bay Packers in the 1951 NFL Draft.
Don Chuy was drafted 38th overall by the Houston Oilers in the 1963 AFL Draft and 67th overall by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1963 NFL Draft.
Charlie Waters was drafted 66th overall by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970 NFL Draft.
Chris Gardocki was drafted 78th overall by the Chicago Bears in the 1991 NFL Draft.
Brian Dawkins was drafted 61st overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1995 NFL Draft.
Trevor Pryce was drafted 28th overall by the Denver Broncos in the 1997 NFL Draft.
Nick Eason was drafted 114th overall by the Denver Broncos in the 2003 NFL Draft.
Leroy Hill was drafted 98th overall by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2005 NFL Draft.
Tye Hill was drafted 15th overall by the St. Louis Rams in the 2006 NFL Draft.
Anthony Waters was drafted 96th overall by the San Diego Chargers in the 2007 NFL Draft.
Phillip Merling was drafted 32nd overall by the Miami Dolphins in the 2008 NFL Draft.
Darell Scott was drafted 103rd overall by the St. Louis Rams in the 2009 NFL Draft.
Jacoby Ford was drafted 108th overall by the Oakland Raiders in the 2010 NFL Draft.
Da'Quan Bowers was drafted 51st overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2011 NFL Draft.
Coty Sensabaugh was drafted 115th overall by the Tennessee Titans in the 2012 NFL Draft.
Sammy Watkins was drafted 4th overall by the Buffalo Bills in the 2014 NFL Draft.
Bashaud Breeland was drafted 102nd overall by the Washington Redskins in the 2014 NFL Draft.
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Draft Finder Query Results - NFL - Clemson". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. https://www.webcitation.org/6YPBebbXv?url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/draft-finder.cgi?request=1&year_min=1936&type=&round_min=1&round_max=30&slot_min=1&slot_max=500&league_id=NFL&team_id=&pos=ALL&college_id=clemson&conference=any&show=all. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cross, B. Duane (January 22, 2001). "The AFL: A Football Legacy". Sports Illustrated (CNNSI.com). Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2001/01/22/afl_history_2/. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
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- ↑ "Time Changes for 2008 NFL Draft". NFL. 2008-04-22. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20121026144408/http://www.nfl.com/draft/story?id=09000d5d807e6d6a&template=with-video&confirm=true. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ↑ "Draft Finder Query Results - AFL - Clemson". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-12-07. https://www.webcitation.org/63kEQrxRa?url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/draft-finder.cgi?request=1&year_min=1936&year_max=2011&type=&round_min=1&round_max=30&slot_min=1&slot_max=500&league_id=AFL&team_id=&pos=ALL&college_id=clemson&conference=any&show=all. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
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References[]
- General
- "Draft History by School–Clemson". National Football League. Archived from the original on 2011-12-07. https://www.webcitation.org/63kEiaIzu?url=http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?abbr=C&collegeName=Clemson&abbrFlag=0&type=school. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
- "Clemson Drafted Players/Alumni". Sports Reference LLC. Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. https://www.webcitation.org/63kEt7xd9?url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/colleges/clemson/drafted.htm. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
- "2012 Clemson Football Media Guide" (PDF). Clemson University Sports Information. 2012. pp. 194–195. http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/28500/pdf/football/2012-13/media_guide_12.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=28500. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
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