List of Kansas State Wildcats in the NFL Draft

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Josh Freeman was drafted 17th overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2009 NFL Draft.

This is a list of Kansas State Wildcats football players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). Kansas State has had a total of 147 players selected – including five players taken in the first round – from the first NFL Draft in 1936 through the 2019 NFL Draft. Kansas State has an active streak of having at least one player drafted into the NFL for 26 consecutive years (1994–2019).

After the NFL merged with the AFL in 1966, the history of the AFL was officially adopted by the NFL and therefore this list includes players taken in the AFL Draft (1960–1966) and in the Common Draft (1967–1969) in addition to the NFL Draft. Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "Common Draft" simply became the NFL Draft. Because four KSU players were selected in both the NFL and AFL drafts, the total number of selections listed below is 151 (including one "redshirt" selection in the 1965 AFL Draft), through the 2019 draft.

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).

Key

B	Back	K	Kicker	NT	Nose tackle
C	Center	LB	Linebacker	BB	Blocking back
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
FB	Fullback
*	Selected to a Pro Bowl
†	Won a NFL championship
‡	Selected to a Pro Bowl and won a NFL championship

Players selected

Terence Newman was drafted 5th overall by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2003 NFL Draft.

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Michael Bishop was drafted in the 7th round by the New England Patriots in the 1999 NFL Draft.

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Jordy Nelson was drafted 36th overall by the Green Bay Packers in the 2008 NFL Draft.

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Mark Simoneau was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in 2000 NFL draft.

AFL Draft (1960–1966)

Year	Rnd	Pick	Overall	Player name	Position	AFL team	Notes
1960	—	—	—	Littlejohn, JohnJohn Littlejohn	B	Buffalo Bills	also selected in NFL Draft
1960	—	—	—	Vader, JoeJoe Vader	E	Dallas Texans	&10000000000000000000000—
1961	6	—	41	Evans, DaleDale Evans	B	Denver Broncos	also selected in NFL Draft
1961	30	—	238	Price, CedricCedric Price	E	Dallas Texans	&10000000000000000000000—
1963	26	—	204	Crenshaw, WillisWillis Crenshaw	B	Buffalo Bills	also selected in NFL Draft
1965	redshirt	—	—	Barlow, RonRon Barlow	FB	New York Jets	&10000000000000000000000—
1966	9	—	74	Matan, BillBill Matan	E	Miami Dolphins	also selected in NFL Draft

NFL Draft (1936–present)

Year	Rnd	Pick	Overall	Player name	Position	NFL team	Notes
1937	3	6	26	Elder, MauriceMaurice Elder	B	Boston Redskins	&10000000000000001000000starter on undefeated 1937 Los Angeles Bulldogs
1937	7	6	66	Holland, RollaRolla Holland	G	Boston Redskins	&10000000000000000000000—
1937	9	1	81	Fanning, PaulPaul Fanning	T	Philadelphia Eagles	&10000000000000000000000—
1940	11	2	92	Hackney, ElmerElmer Hackney	RB	Philadelphia Eagles	&10000000000000000000000—
1940	15	2	142	Crumbaker, DonDon Crumbaker	E	Philadelphia Eagles	&10000000000000000000000—
1940	20	3	183	DeBord, BillBill DeBord	T	Philadelphia Eagles	&10000000000000000000000—
1941	11	8	98	Weiner, BernieBernie Weiner	T	Brooklyn Dodgers	&10000000000000000000000—
1944	13	11	131	Zeleznak, MikeMike Zeleznak	B	Boston Yanks	&10000000000000000000000—
1944	24	8	249	Bortka, JackJack Bortka	B	Chicago Bears	&10000000000000000000000—
1945	11	2	100	Haury, EarlEarl Haury	T	Brooklyn Tigers	&10000000000000000000000—
1945	16	2	155	Ungles, JimJim Ungles	B	Pittsburgh Steelers	&10000000000000000000000—
1945	23	8	238	Vargon, MikeMike Vargon	E	Chicago Bears	&10000000000000000000000—
1946	31	5	295	Cowan, DaleDale Cowan	T	Los Angeles Rams	&10000000000000000000000—
1950	7	9	88	Prather, RollinRollin Prather	E	Chicago Bears	&10000000000000000000000—
1953	13	7	152	McShulski, JackJack McShulski	E	New York Giants	&10000000000000000000000—
1954	1	4	4	Switzer, VerylVeryl Switzer	HB	Green Bay Packers	&10000000000000000000000—
1955	2	6	19	Taylor, CorkyCorky Taylor	B	Los Angeles Rams	&10000000000000000000000—
1955	7	7	80	Marciniak, RonRon Marciniak	G	Washington Redskins	&10000000000000000000000—
1955	19	12	229	Ebert, TomTom Ebert	E	Cleveland Browns	&10000000000000000000000—
1955	25	9	298	Wade, DeweyDewey Wade	E	San Francisco 49ers	&10000000000000000000000—
1956	7	8	81	Nery, RonRon Nery	T	New York Giants	&10000000000000001000000AFL All-Pro (1961)
1956	13	12	157	Furey, JimJim Furey	C	Cleveland Browns	&10000000000000000000000—
1956	26	5	306	Zickefoose, ChuckChuck Zickefoose	E	Chicago Cardinals	&10000000000000000000000—
1956	29	6	343	Rusher, JimJim Rusher	E	Baltimore Colts	&10000000000000000000000—
1958	7	10	83	Pfeifer, RalphRalph Pfeifer	B	Detroit Lions	&10000000000000000000000—
1958	9	1	98	Keelan, JohnJohn Keelan	T	Chicago Cardinals	&10000000000000000000000—
1958	19	6	223	Keady, GeneGene Keady	B	Pittsburgh Steelers	&10000000000000000000000—
1958	30	9	358	Stahura, TedTed Stahura	T	San Francisco 49ers	&10000000000000000000000—
1959	29	3	339	Stolte, JohnJohn Stolte	T	Philadelphia Eagles	&10000000000000000000000—
1960	16	5	185	Littlejohn, JohnJohn Littlejohn	B	Green Bay Packers	&10000000000000000000000—
1961	6	8	78	Evans, DaleDale Evans	B	St. Louis Cardinals	&10000000000000000000000—
1963	9	2	114	Crenshaw, WillisWillis Crenshaw	B	St. Louis Cardinals	&10000000000000000000000—
1964	17	5	229	Provenzano, JoeJoe Provenzano	T	Detroit Lions	&10000000000000000000000—
1965	16	4	214	Dusenbury, DougDoug Dusenbury	K	Pittsburgh Steelers	&10000000000000000000000—
1965	20	5	271	Barlow, DonDon Barlow	T	Dallas Cowboys	&10000000000000000000000—
1966	8	8	118	Matan, BillBill Matan	WR	New York Giants	&10000000000000000000000—
1966	18	11	271	Jones, WillieWillie Jones	DT	St. Louis Cardinals	&10000000000000000000000—
1968	16	13	421	Lankas, DanDan Lankas	LB	St. Louis Cardinals	&10000000000000000000000—
1969	5	17	121	Davis, CorneliusCornelius Davis	RB	Minnesota Vikings	&10000000000000000000000—
1969	8	9	191	Brown, LarryLarry Brown*	RB	Washington Redskins	&10000000000000003000000NFL MVP (1972) Pro Bowl (1969, 70, 71, 72) Washington Redskins Ring of Fame
1969	11	14	280	Jones, DaveDave Jones	WR	Washington Redskins	&10000000000000000000000—
1969	15	14	378	Coble, BobBob Coble	P	Chicago Bears	&10000000000000000000000—
1970	4	1	79	Larson, LynnLynn Larson	T	Chicago Bears	&10000000000000000000000—
1970	6	2	132	Barrera, ManuelManuel Barrera	LB	Pittsburgh Steelers	&10000000000000000000000—
1970	6	13	143	Herron, MackMack Herron	RB	Atlanta Falcons	&10000000000000000000000—
1970	8	8	190	Gordon, IraIra Gordon	T	Philadelphia Eagles	&10000000000000000000000—
1970	12	6	292	Collins, CharlesCharles Collins	WR	St. Louis Cardinals	&10000000000000000000000—
1970	16	26	416	Ross, RandyRandy Ross	LB	Kansas City Chiefs	&10000000000000000000000—
1971	1	14	14	Scott, ClarenceClarence Scott*	DB	Cleveland Browns	&10000000000000001000000Pro Bowl (1973)
1971	3	4	56	Dickey, LynnLynn Dickey	QB	Houston Oilers	Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
1971	3	13	65	Montgomery, MikeMike Montgomery	RB	San Diego Chargers	&10000000000000000000000—
1971	5	10	114	Shaternick, DeanDean Shaternick	T	San Francisco 49ers	&10000000000000000000000—
1971	7	22	178	Dickerson, RonRon Dickerson	DB	Miami Dolphins	&10000000000000000000000—
1971	8	17	199	Yankowski, RonRon Yankowski	RB	St. Louis Cardinals	&10000000000000000000000—
1971	13	19	331	Harrison, RussellRussell Harrison	RB	Los Angeles Rams	&10000000000000000000000—
1972	5	7	111	Butler, BillBill Butler	RB	New Orleans Saints	&10000000000000000000000—
1972	7	3	159	Colquitt, JoeJoe Colquitt	DE	Pittsburgh Steelers	&10000000000000000000000—
1972	8	12	194	Lattimore, MarionMarion Lattimore	G	New York Jets	&10000000000000000000000—
1972	8	13	195	Beyrle, SteveSteve Beyrle	G	New England Patriots	&10000000000000000000000—
1972	11	2	262	Robertson, JohnJohn Robertson	DB	New York Giants	&10000000000000000000000—
1973	13	25	336	Fergerson, RickRick Fergerson	WR	Pittsburgh Steelers	&10000000000000000000000—
1973	14	19	357	Morrison, DennisDennis Morrison	QB	San Francisco 49ers	&10000000000000000000000—
1974	5	5	109	Childs, HenryHenry Childs*	TE	Atlanta Falcons	&10000000000000001000000Pro Bowl (1979) New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame
1974	7	10	167	Cullars, WillieWillie Cullars	DE	Philadelphia Eagles	&10000000000000000000000—
1974	10	14	249	Calhoun, DonDon Calhoun	RB	Buffalo Bills	&10000000000000000000000—
1974	11	10	271	Brittain, BillBill Brittain	C	Philadelphia Eagles	&10000000000000000000000—
1974	13	12	325	Rothwell, FredFred Rothwell	C	Detroit Lions	&10000000000000000000000—
1974	15	12	377	Wells, JohnJohn Wells	G	Detroit Lions	&10000000000000000000000—
1974	15	20	385	Jackson, IsaacIsaac Jackson	RB	Cincinnati Bengals	&10000000000000000000000—
1975	5	12	116	Grogan, SteveSteve Grogan	QB	New England Patriots	&10000000000000000000000—
1975	16	10	401	Tuttle, JohnJohn Tuttle	WR	Cincinnati Bengals	&10000000000000000000000—
1975	16	15	406	Chaves, LesLes Chaves	DB	Detroit Lions	&10000000000000000000000—
1978	3	2	58	Spani, GaryGary Spani	LB	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame
1979	5	6	116	Manucci, DanDan Manucci	QB	Buffalo Bills	&10000000000000000000000—
1979	12	3	306	Green, CharlieCharlie Green	WR	Baltimore Colts	&10000000000000000000000—
1980	11	3	280	Whitley, EddyEddy Whitley	TE	Baltimore Colts	&10000000000000000000000—
1981	5	19	130	Clark, StevanStevan Clark	DT	New England Patriots	&10000000000000000000000—
1982	3	11	66	Goodlow, EugeneEugene Goodlow	WR	New Orleans Saints	CFL All Star (1981)
1986	10	28	277	Hundley, BartonBarton Hundley	DB	Chicago Bears	&10000000000000000000000—
1986	11	12	289	Stone, TimTim Stone	T	Cincinnati Bengals	&10000000000000000000000—
1988	5	23	132	Jordan, TonyTony Jordan	RB	Phoenix Cardinals	&10000000000000000000000—
1990	6	10	147	Henry, MauriceMaurice Henry	LB	Detroit Lions	&10000000000000000000000—
1992	5	6	118	Green, RogerickRogerick Green	DB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	&10000000000000000000000—
1992	7	11	179	Campbell, RussRuss Campbell	TE	Pittsburgh Steelers	&10000000000000000000000—
1992	10	2	254	Alexander, ElijahElijah Alexander	LB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	&10000000000000000000000—
1994	2	18	47	Randolph, ThomasThomas Randolph	DB	New York Giants	&10000000000000000000000—
1995	2	26	58	Brooks, BarrettBarrett Brooks†	T	Philadelphia Eagles	&10000000000000002000000Super Bowl Champion (XL)
1995	4	13	111	May, ChadChad May	QB	Minnesota Vikings	&10000000000000000000000—
1996	4	10	105	Gaskins, PercellPercell Gaskins	LB	St. Louis Rams	&10000000000000000000000—
1997	1	29	29	Canty, ChrisChris Canty	DB	New England Patriots	&10000000000000000000000—
1997	2	17	47	Lockett, KevinKevin Lockett	WR	Kansas City Chiefs	&10000000000000000000000—
1998	2	17	47	Weiner, ToddTodd Weiner	T	Seattle Seahawks	&10000000000000000000000—
1999	3	29	80	Gramática, MartínMartín Gramática‡	K	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	&10000000000000002000000Pro Bowl (2000) Super Bowl Champion (XXXVII)
1999	6	29	198	Kelly, JeffJeff Kelly	LB	Atlanta Falcons	&10000000000000000000000—
1999	7	17	223	Young, RyanRyan Young	T	New York Jets	&10000000000000000000000—
1999	7	21	227	Bishop, MichaelMichael Bishop	QB	New England Patriots	&10000000000000000000000—
1999	7	30	238	Swift, JustinJustin Swift	TE	Denver Broncos	&10000000000000000000000—
1999	7	34	240	McDonald, DarnellDarnell McDonald	WR	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	&10000000000000000000000—
2000	2	2	33	Howard, DarrenDarren Howard	DE	New Orleans Saints	&10000000000000000000000—
2000	3	5	67	Simoneau, MarkMark Simoneau†	LB	Atlanta Falcons	&10000000000000002000000Super Bowl Champion (XLIV)
2000	3	21	83	McIntosh, DamionDamion McIntosh	T	San Diego Chargers	&10000000000000000000000—
2000	5	17	146	Chapman, LamarLamar Chapman	DB	Cleveland Browns	&10000000000000000000000—
2000	6	4	170	Murphy, FrankFrank Murphy	RB	Chicago Bears	&10000000000000000000000—
2001	2	2	33	Morgan, QuincyQuincy Morgan†	WR	Cleveland Browns	&10000000000000002000000Super Bowl Champion (XL)
2001	3	28	90	Meier, ShadShad Meier	TE	Tennessee Titans	&10000000000000000000000—
2001	4	11	107	Beisel, MontyMonty Beisel	LB	Kansas City Chiefs	&10000000000000000000000—
2001	5	2	133	Fatafehi, MarioMario Fatafehi	DT	Arizona Cardinals	&10000000000000000000000—
2001	5	11	143	Cooper, JarrodJarrod Cooper	DB	Carolina Panthers	&10000000000000000000000—
2001	5	12	145	Butler, JerametriusJerametrius Butler	DB	St. Louis Rams	&10000000000000000000000—
2002	2	25	57	McGraw, JonJon McGraw	DB	New York Jets	&10000000000000000000000—
2002	3	6	71	Leber, BenBen Leber	LB	San Diego Chargers	&10000000000000000000000—
2002	6	1	173	Faggins, DeMarcusDeMarcus Faggins	DB	Houston Texans	&10000000000000000000000—
2002	6	13	185	Scobey, JoshJosh Scobey	RB	Arizona Cardinals	UFL Champion (2009)
2002	7	43	254	Lockett, AaronAaron Lockett	WR	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	&10000000000000000000000—
2002	7	46	257	Cartwright, RockRock Cartwright	RB	Washington Redskins	&10000000000000000000000—
2003	1	5	5	Newman, TerenceTerence Newman*	DB	Dallas Cowboys	&10000000000000001000000Pro Bowl (2007, 2009)
2003	2	19	51	Pierce, TerryTerry Pierce	LB	Denver Broncos	&10000000000000000000000—
2003	5	20	155	Williams, MelvinMelvin Williams	DE	New Orleans Saints	&10000000000000000000000—
2003	7	10	224	Wallace, TacoTaco Wallace	WR	Seattle Seahawks	&10000000000000000000000—
2004	6	2	167	Leckey, NickNick Leckey†	C	Arizona Cardinals	&10000000000000002000000Super Bowl Champion (XLIV)
2004	7	3	236	Washington, RashadRashad Washington	DB	New York Jets	&10000000000000000000000—
2005	4	29	130	Sproles, DarrenDarren Sproles‡	RB	San Diego Chargers	&10000000000000002000000Super Bowl Champion (LII) Pro Bowl (2014, 2015)
2006	6	18	187	Clary, JeromeyJeromey Clary	T	San Diego Chargers	&10000000000000000000000—
2007	3	10	74	Figurs, YamonYamon Figurs	WR	Baltimore Ravens	&10000000000000000000000—
2007	6	12	186	Clayton, ThomasThomas Clayton	RB	San Francisco 49ers	&10000000000000000000000—
2007	7	8	218	Diles, ZacZac Diles	LB	Houston Texans	&10000000000000000000000—
2008	2	5	36	Nelson, JordyJordy Nelson‡	WR	Green Bay Packers	&10000000000000002000000Super Bowl Champion (XLV) Pro Bowl (2015)
2008	7	39	242	Jackson, RobRob Jackson	DE	Washington Redskins	&10000000000000000000000—
2009	1	17	17	Freeman, JoshJosh Freeman	QB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	&10000000000000000000000—
2010	5	10	141	Moore, JoshJosh Moore	DB	Chicago Bears	&10000000000000000000000—
2011	2	30	62	Thomas, DanielDaniel Thomas	RB	Miami Dolphins	&10000000000000000000000—
2012	7	22	229	Brown, BryceBryce Brown	RB	Philadelphia Eagles	&10000000000000000000000—
2013	2	24	56	Brown, ArthurArthur Brown	LB	Baltimore Ravens	&10000000000000000000000—
2013	4	25	123	Harper, ChrisChris Harper	WR	Seattle Seahawks	&10000000000000000000000—
2013	6	35	204	Wilson, BradenBraden Wilson	FB	Kansas City Chiefs	&10000000000000000000000—
2014	6	26	202	Rooks, TavonTavon Rooks	OT	New Orleans Saints	&10000000000000000000000—
2015	3	5	69	Lockett, TylerTyler Lockett*	WR	Seattle Seahawks	&10000000000000002000000Pro Bowl (2016) NFL All-Pro (2015)
2015	6	20	196	Evans, RandallRandall Evans	DB	Philadelphia Eagles	&10000000000000000000000—
2016	2	25	56	Whitehair, CodyCody Whitehair*	OL	Chicago Bears	&10000000000000002000000Pro Bowl (2019)
2017	3	9	73	Willis, JordanJordan Willis	DE	Cincinnati Bengals	&10000000000000000000000—
2017	7	14	232	Lee, ElijahElijah Lee	LB	Minnesota Vikings	&10000000000000000000000—
2018	5	5	142	Reed, D.J.D.J. Reed	DB	San Francisco 49ers	&10000000000000000000000—
2019	2	9	41	Risner, DaltonDalton Risner	OT	Denver Broncos	&10000000000000000000000—
2019	6	32	205	Shelley, DukeDuke Shelley	DB	Chicago Bears	&10000000000000000000000—

Notable undrafted players

A selection of notable KSU football players who entered the NFL outside the draft includes:

• Bert Pearson entered the NFL in 1929, before the draft began. In an eight-year career with the Chicago Bears he was part of two NFL championship teams.
• Doug Russell entered the NFL in 1934, before the draft began. He led the league in rushing in the 1935 NFL season, playing for the Chicago Cardinals.
• Paul Coffman entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 1978. He earned three Pro Bowl appearances during his career and is in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.
• Damian Johnson entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 1986 and played for the New York Giants' Super Bowl XXI-winning team.
• Kendyl Jacox entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 1998. He had a nine-year NFL career, starting 93 games on the offensive line.
• Ryan Lilja entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He had a eight-year NFL career, starting in 104 games on the offensive line and playing for the Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl XLI winning team.

Nine KSU players were selected by other leagues directly challenging the NFL: two were drafted in the 1948 All-America Football Conference draft (Rollin Prather and Mike Zeleznek), two were selected in the 1983 USFL Draft (Amos Donaldson and Will Cokeley), three were selected in the 1984 USFL Draft (Reggie Singletary, L. E. Madison and Eric Mack), and two more in the 1985 USFL Draft (Eric Bailey and Kyle Clawson). Many of these players also played in the NFL.

See also

• List of Kansas State University people