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This is a list of Purdue Boilermakers football players in the NFL 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 | Name | Team | Position |
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2018 | 5 | 6 | 143 | Ja'Whaun Bentley | New England Patriots | LB | 2017 | 5 | 31 | 175 | DeAngelo Yancey | Green Bay Packers | WR | 2016 | 6 | 14 | 189 | Anthony Brown | Dallas Cowboys | DB | 2015 | 5 | 27 | 163 | Ryan Russell | Dallas Cowboys | DE | 2014 | 5 | 7 | 147 | Ricardo Allen | Atlanta Falcons | DB | 5 | 9 | 149 | Kevin Pamphile | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | T | 2013 | 2 | 12 | 44 | Kawann Short | Carolina Panthers | DT | 2012 | 5 | 18 | 153 | Dennis Kelly | Philadelphia Eagles | T | 6 | 25 | 195 | Nick Mondek | Houston Texans | T | 2011 | 1 | 16 | 16 | Ryan Kerrigan | Washington Redskins | LB | 2010 | 2 | 24 | 56 | Mike Neal | Green Bay Packers | DT | 2009 | 3 | 3 | 67 | Alex Magee | Kansas City Chiefs | DT | 6 | 28 | 201 | Curtis Painter | Indianapolis Colts | QB | 2008 | 1 | 30 | 30 | Dustin Keller | New York Jets | TE | 3 | 29 | 92 | Cliff Avril | Detroit Lions | DE | 4 | 35 | 134 | Stanford Keglar | Tennessee Titans | LB | 2007 | 1 | 26 | 26 | Anthony Spencer | Dallas Cowboys | DE | 5 | 12 | 149 | Uche Nwaneri | Jacksonville Jaguars | G | 7 | 13 | 223 | Mike Otto | Tennessee Titans | T | 2006 | 2 | 22 | 54 | Bernard Pollard | Kansas City Chiefs | DB | 4 | 30 | 127 | Ray Edwards | Minnesota Vikings | DE | 5 | 2 | 135 | Rob Ninkovich | New Orleans Saints | DE | 5 | 35 | 167 | Charles Davis | Pittsburgh Steelers | TE | 2005 | 4 | 5 | 106 | Kyle Orton | Chicago Bears | QB | 2004 | 3 | 3 | 66 | Nick Hardwick | San Diego Chargers | C | 3 | 4 | 67 | Stuart Schweigert | Oakland Raiders | DB | 3 | 6 | 69 | Gilbert Gardner | Indianapolis Colts | LB | 3 | 33 | 96 | Landon Johnson | Cincinnati Bengals | LB | 4 | 2 | 98 | Shaun Phillips | San Diego Chargers | DE | 4 | 20 | 116 | Niko Koutouvides | Seattle Seahawks | LB | 6 | 7 | 172 | Kelly Butler | Detroit Lions | T | 6 | 24 | 189 | Craig Terrill | Seattle Seahawks | DT | 7 | 22 | 223 | Jacques Reeves | Dallas Cowboys | DB | 2003 | 6 | 18 | 191 | Joe Odom | Chicago Bears | LB | 2002 | 3 | 24 | 89 | Akin Ayodele | Jacksonville Jaguars | LB | 4 | 11 | 109 | Travis Dorsch | Cincinnati Bengals | K | 2001 | 2 | 1 | 32 | Drew Brees | San Diego Chargers | QB | 2 | 17 | 48 | Matt Light | New England Patriots | T | 5 | 5 | 136 | Vinny Sutherland | Atlanta Falcons | WR | 5 | 15 | 146 | Chukky Okobi | Pittsburgh Steelers | C | 7 | 1 | 201 | Brandon Gorin | San Diego Chargers | T | 2000 | 6 | 29 | 195 | Michael Hawthorne | New Orleans Saints | DB | 6 | 35 | 201 | David Nugent | New England Patriots | DT | 1999 | 3 | 28 | 89 | Chike Okeafor | San Francisco 49ers | DE | 4 | 16 | 111 | Rosevelt Colvin | Chicago Bears | DE | 1998 | 3 | 9 | 70 | Brian Alford | New York Giants | WR | 5 | 17 | 140 | Mark Fischer | Washington Redskins | G | 7 | 29 | 218 | Edwin Watson | Green Bay Packers | RB | 1996 | 2 | 5 | 35 | Mike Alstott | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | RB | 1995 | 6 | 4 | 175 | Ryan Grigson | Cincinnati Bengals | T | 1993 | 7 | 17 | 185 | Jeff Zgonina | Pittsburgh Steelers | DT | 1992 | 4 | 27 | 111 | Frank Kmet | Buffalo Bills | DE | 1991 | 3 | 16 | 71 | Steve Jackson | Houston Oilers | DB | 5 | 7 | 118 | Scott Conover | Detroit Lions | G | 1990 | 5 | 24 | 133 | Calvin Williams | Philadelphia Eagles | WR | 8 | 9 | 202 | Bill Hitchcock | Seattle Seahawks | T | 11 | 3 | 279 | Derrick Kelson | New York Jets | DB | 12 | 1 | 305 | Shawn McCarthy | Atlanta Falcons | P | 1989 | 4 | 7 | 91 | Jerrol Williams | Pittsburgh Steelers | LB | 1988 | 2 | 20 | 47 | Fred Stickland | Los Angeles Rams | LB | 5 | 16 | 125 | Cris Dishman | Houston Oilers | DB | 1987 | 1 | 10 | 10 | Rod Woodson | Pittsburgh Steelers | DB | 1986 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Jim Everett | Houston Oilers | QB | 6 | 7 | 145 | Ray Wallace | Houston Oilers | RB | 6 | 23 | 161 | Mark Jackson | Denver Broncos | WR | 7 | 9 | 175 | Rodney Carter | Pittsburgh Steelers | RB | 11 | 2 | 279 | Mark Drenth | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | T | 12 | 3 | 308 | Steve Griffin | Atlanta Falcons | WR | 1985 | 2 | 4 | 32 | Don Anderson | Indianapolis Colts | DB | 5 | 14 | 126 | Bruce King | Kansas City Chiefs | RB | 1984 | 2 | 14 | 42 | Mel Gray | New Orleans Saints | RB | 2 | 15 | 43 | Eric Jordan | New England Patriots | RB | 3 | 10 | 66 | Chris Scott | Indianapolis Colts | DT | 5 | 20 | 132 | Cliff Benson | Atlanta Falcons | TE | 7 | 23 | 191 | Scott Campbell | Pittsburgh Steelers | QB | 1983 | 8 | 14 | 210 | Matt Hernandez | Seattle Seahawks | T | 9 | 26 | 250 | Mark Brown | Miami Dolphins | LB | 1982 | 4 | 11 | 94 | Steve Bryant | Houston Oilers | WR | 8 | 22 | 217 | Jim Fritzche | Philadelphia Eagles | T | 10 | 15 | 266 | Roosevelt Barnes | Detroit Lions | LB | 1981 | 2 | 4 | 32 | Dave Young | New York Giants | TE | 4 | 15 | 98 | Mark Herrmann | Denver Broncos | QB | 5 | 24 | 135 | Calvin Clark | Buffalo Bills | DE | 6 | 21 | 159 | Bill Kay | Houston Oilers | DB | 1980 | 2 | 11 | 39 | Keena Turner | San Francisco 49ers | LB | 11 | 1 | 278 | Wayne Smith | Detroit Lions | DB | 12 | 16 | 321 | Marcus Jackson | Cleveland Browns | DT | 1979 | 8 | 11 | 203 | Rick Moss | Chicago Bears | DB | 1978 | 6 | 1 | 139 | John Skibinski | Chicago Bears | RB | 10 | 12 | 262 | Fred Arrington | Detroit Lions | LB | 1977 | 4 | 5 | 89 | Scott Dierking | New York Jets | RB | 5 | 6 | 118 | Dave LaFary | New Orleans Saints | T | 7 | 17 | 184 | Blane Smith | Cleveland Browns | TE | 9 | 23 | 246 | Mike Northington | Washington Redskins | RB | 10 | 10 | 261 | Mark Vitali | Kansas City Chiefs | QB | 11 | 15 | 294 | Connie Zelencik | Chicago Bears | C | 1976 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Mike Pruitt | Cleveland Browns | RB | 1 | 20 | 20 | Ken Novak | Baltimore Colts | DT | 2 | 16 | 44 | Ken Long | Detroit Lions | G | 9 | 24 | 261 | Craig Nagel | Cleveland Browns | QB | 10 | 21 | 286 | Dwight Lewis | Oakland Raiders | DB | 14 | 26 | 401 | Jeff Stapleton | Minnesota Vikings | T | 1975 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Larry Burton | New Orleans Saints | WR | 6 | 8 | 138 | Fred Cooper | Detroit Lions | DB | 8 | 4 | 186 | Barry Santini | Cleveland Browns | TE | 8 | 24 | 206 | Ralph Perretta | San Diego Chargers | G | 1974 | 5 | 13 | 117 | Carl Capria | Detroit Lions | DB | 7 | 7 | 163 | Bob Herrick | Cleveland Browns | WR | 8 | 22 | 204 | Mark Gefert | Pittsburgh Steelers | LB | 12 | 21 | 307 | Bob Bobrowski | Baltimore Colts | QB | 1973 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Dave Butz | St. Louis Cardinals | DT | 1 | 9 | 9 | Otis Armstrong | Denver Broncos | RB | 1 | 19 | 19 | Darryl Stingley | New England Patriots | WR | 2 | 22 | 48 | Gary Hrivnak | Chicago Bears | DT | 2 | 25 | 51 | Steve Baumgartner | New Orleans Saints | DE | 4 | 1 | 79 | Gregg Bingham | Houston Oilers | LB | 6 | 23 | 153 | Brent Myers | Oakland Raiders | T | 7 | 17 | 173 | Don Smith | Kansas City Chiefs | T | 1972 | 3 | 16 | 68 | Tom Luken | Philadelphia Eagles | G | 6 | 15 | 145 | Charles Potts | Detroit Lions | DB | 10 | 15 | 249 | Jim Teal | Detroit Lions | LB | 12 | 25 | 311 | Ashley Bell | Miami Dolphins | TE | 1971 | 5 | 3 | 107 | Donnie Green | Buffalo Bills | T | 5 | 14 | 118 | Stan Brown | Cleveland Browns | WR | 9 | 9 | 217 | John Handy | Denver Broncos | LB | 10 | 21 | 255 | Ron Maree | Miami Dolphins | DT | 13 | 23 | 335 | John Bullock | San Francisco 49ers | RB | 1970 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Mike Phipps | Cleveland Browns | QB | 3 | 3 | 55 | Tim Foley | Miami Dolphins | DB | 5 | 11 | 115 | Bill McKoy | Denver Broncos | LB | 9 | 4 | 212 | Dennis Wirgowski | Boston Patriots | DE | 10 | 21 | 255 | Bill Yanchar | Cleveland Browns | DT | 15 | 20 | 384 | Tom Bayless | New York Jets | DT | 1969 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Leroy Keyes | Philadelphia Eagles | RB | 4 | 12 | 90 | Perry Williams | Green Bay Packers | RB | 5 | 21 | 125 | Chuck Kyle | Dallas Cowboys | LB | 8 | 22 | 204 | Clanton King | Kansas City Chiefs | T | 10 | 25 | 259 | Marion Griffin | Baltimore Colts | TE | 11 | 26 | 286 | Gary Roberts | New York Jets | G | 16 | 13 | 403 | Dave Stydahar | Chicago Bears | G | 1968 | 3 | 10 | 65 | Lance Olssen | San Francisco 49ers | T | 4 | 22 | 105 | Jim Beirne | Houston Oilers | WR | 1967 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Bob Griese | Miami Dolphins | QB | 1 | 21 | 21 | John Charles | Boston Patriots | DB | 8 | 9 | 194 | Mike Barnes | Pittsburgh Steelers | T | 14 | 18 | 359 | Pat Conley | Baltimore Colts | LB | 17 | 18 | 437 | George Catavolos | Philadelphia Eagles | DB | 1966 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Jerry Shay | Minnesota Vikings | T | 13 | 15 | 20 | Bob Hadrick | Baltimore Colts | WR | 16 | 3 | 233 | Jim Long | Pittsburgh Steelers | WR | 19 | 14 | 289 | Karl Singer | Cleveland Browns | T | 20 | 11 | 301 | Randy Minniear | New York Giants | RB | 1965 | 2 | 3 | 17 | Jim Garcia | Cleveland Browns | T | 5 | 8 | 64 | Ed Flanagan | Detroit Lions | C | 12 | 7 | 161 | John Kuznieski | Philadelphia Eagles | RB | 18 | 14 | 252 | Charley King | Baltimore Colts | RB | 1964 | 10 | 2 | 128 | Tom Boris | Philadelphia Eagles | B | 11 | 3 | 143 | Gene Donaldson | Washington Redskins | LB | 1963 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Don Brumm | St. Louis Cardinals | DE | 6 | 4 | 74 | Tom Bloom | Cleveland Browns | B | 13 | 7 | 175 | John Greiner | Washington Redskins | E | 1962 | 4 | 11 | 53 | Stan Sczurek | Cleveland Browns | G | 6 | 3 | 73 | Larry Bowie | Minnesota Vikings | T | 6 | 5 | 75 | John Elwell | St. Louis Cardinals | E | 9 | 4 | 116 | Roy Walker | Baltimore Colts | RB | 14 | 3 | 185 | Patrick Russ | Minnesota Vikings | T | 16 | 2 | 212 | Ron Skufca | Los Angeles Rams | T | 1961 | 17 | 1 | 225 | Willie Jones | Minnesota Vikings | B | 1960 | 3 | 9 | 33 | Ross Fichtner | Cleveland Browns | DB | 5 | 5 | 53 | Bob Jarus | Cleveland Browns | RB | 7 | 4 | 76 | Lenard Wilson | Pittsburgh Steelers | B | 7 | 10 | 82 | Jerry Beabout | Baltimore Colts | T | 10 | 8 | 116 | Clyde Washington | Cleveland Browns | B | 11 | 12 | 132 | Dale Rems | New York Giants | T | 16 | 4 | 184 | Joe Kulbacki | Washington Redskins | B | 18 | 7 | 211 | Emory Turner | Philadelphia Eagles | G | 19 | 4 | 220 | Ron Maltony | Washington Redskins | G | 19 | 5 | 221 | Rich Brooks | Green Bay Packers | E | 1959 | 3 | 9 | 33 | Tom Franckhauser | Los Angeles Rams | E | 5 | 3 | 51 | Nick Mumley | Philadelphia Eagles | T | 8 | 7 | 91 | Tom Barnett | Pittsburgh Steelers | B | 10 | 4 | 112 | Jack Laraway | Detroit Lions | B | 13 | 3 | 147 | Dick Stillwagon | Philadelphia Eagles | B | 20 | 4 | 232 | Dan McGrew | Detroit Lions | T | 24 | 7 | 283 | Wayne Farmer | Pittsburgh Steelers | T | 1958 | 4 | 5 | 42 | Erich Barnes | Chicago Bears | DB | 9 | 7 | 104 | Gene Selawski | Los Angeles Rams | T | 11 | 3 | 124 | Mel Dillard | Philadelphia Eagles | B | 19 | 3 | 220 | Ron Sabal | Philadelphia Eagles | G | 27 | 2 | 315 | Neil Habig | Green Bay Packers | C | 1957 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Len Dawson | Pittsburgh Steelers | QB | 4 | 10 | 47 | Lamar Lundy | Los Angeles Rams | E | 22 | 1 | 254 | John Simerson | Philadelphia Eagles | T | 22 | 8 | 261 | Ed Voytek | Washington Redskins | G | 1956 | 2 | 4 | 17 | Joe Krupa | Pittsburgh Steelers | T | 4 | 2 | 39 | Dick Murley | Pittsburgh Steelers | G | 5 | 3 | 52 | Bill Murakowski | Pittsburgh Steelers | B | 16 | 1 | 182 | Len Zyzda | Detroit Lions | DE | 27 | 12 | 325 | Ed Dwyer | Cleveland Browns | E | 1955 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Tom Bettis | Green Bay Packers | G | 8 | 2 | 87 | Johnny Allen | Washington Redskins | C | 9 | 9 | 106 | Fred Preziosio | San Francisco 49ers | T | 13 | 5 | 150 | Jim Whitmer | Pittsburgh Steelers | B | 17 | 12 | 205 | Bob Leonard | Cleveland Browns | B | 26 | 2 | 303 | Walt Houston | Washington Redskins | G | 26 | 8 | 309 | Johnny Kerr | San Francisco 49ers | E | 26 | 12 | 313 | Don Fife | Cleveland Browns | C | 1954 | 6 | 9 | 70 | Ken Panfil | Los Angeles Rams | T | 18 | 7 | 212 | Walt Cudzik | Washington Redskins | C | 22 | 7 | 260 | Max Schmaling | Washington Redskins | B | 22 | 8 | 261 | Jim Wojciehowski | Philadelphia Eagles | E | 22 | 9 | 262 | Ray Pacer | Los Angeles Rams | T | 1953 | 2 | 1 | 14 | Bernie Flowers | Baltimore Colts | E | 3 | 3 | 28 | Dale Samuels | Chicago Cardinals | QB | 17 | 3 | 196 | Earl Heninger | Chicago Cardinals | B | 20 | 4 | 233 | Tom Mahin | Chicago Bears | T | 1952 | 2 | 8 | 21 | Pete Brewster | Chicago Cardinals | E | 11 | 2 | 123 | Leo Sugar | Chicago Cardinals | E | 19 | 11 | 228 | Mike Maccioli | Cleveland Browns | B | 29 | 2 | 339 | Don Kasperan | Chicago Cardinals | B | 1951 | 4 | 7 | 45 | Barry French | Pittsburgh Steelers | T | 9 | 4 | 102 | Neil Schmidt | Chicago Cardinals | B | 10 | 1 | 111 | James Janosek | Washington Redskins | T | 10 | 12 | 122 | Earl Murray | New York Giants | G | 15 | 12 | 183 | Joe Skibinski | Cleveland Browns | G | 20 | 1 | 232 | John Kerestes | Washington Redskins | B | 24 | 7 | 286 | George Buksar | Detroit Lions | B | 29 | 11 | 350 | John Considine | New York Giants | T | 1950 | 3 | 5 | 32 | Lou Karras | Washington Redskins | T | 4 | 1 | 41 | Earl Murray | Baltimore Colts | G | 6 | 12 | 78 | Ken Gorgal | Cleveland Browns | B | 8 | 3 | 95 | Harry Szulborski | Green Bay Packers | B | 22 | 4 | 278 | Jim Tate | Detroit Lions | T | 22 | 6 | 280 | Bob DeMoss | New York Giants | B | 1949 | 2 | 2 | 13 | Bob DeMoss | Boston Yanks | B | 6 | 4 | 55 | Abe Gibron | New York Giants | G | 10 | 3 | 94 | George Buksar | Los Angeles Rams | B | 14 | 4 | 135 | Norb Adams | New York Giants | B | 22 | 9 | 220 | Bill Sprang | Chicago Cardinals | C | 1948 | 6 | 10 | 45 | Phil O'Reilly | Pittsburgh Steelers | T | 7 | 1 | 46 | Bob Pfohl | New York Giants | B | 12 | 8 | 103 | George Papach | Pittsburgh Steelers | B | 13 | 5 | 110 | Bob Heck | Los Angeles Rams | E | 16 | 8 | 143 | Clyde Grimenstein | Chicago Bears | E | 19 | 7 | 172 | Pete Barbolak | Pittsburgh Steelers | T | 29 | 9 | 274 | Abe Gibron | Pittsburgh Steelers | G | 1947 | 31 | 8 | 293 | Bulbs Ehlers | Chicago Bears | B | 32 | 2 | 295 | Bob Plevo | Washington Redskins | T | 1946 | 5 | 6 | 36 | Ed Cody | Green Bay Packers | B | 21 | 8 | 198 | Norm Maloney | Detroit Lions | E | 27 | 4 | 254 | Ken Smock | Chicago Bears | B | 31 | 1 | 291 | Ralph Clymer | Green Bay Packers | G | 1945 | 6 | 1 | 44 | Dick Barwegan | Brooklyn Dodgers | G | 8 | 8 | 73 | Pat O'Brien | Chicago Bears | T | 12 | 5 | 114 | Joe Winkler | Cleveland Rams | C | 19 | 1 | 187 | John Andretich | Chicago Cardinals | B | 1944 | 3 | 11 | 27 | Babe Dimancheff | Boston Yanks | B | 19 | 8 | 194 | Barry French | Chicago Bears | T | 20 | 6 | 203 | Bob Johnson | Green Bay Packers | C | 24 | 6 | 247 | Pete DeMaria | Green Bay Packers | G | 1943 | 31 | 4 | 294 | Bill Burlington | Chicago Bears | B | 1942 | 7 | 2 | 52 | Italo Rossi | Cleveland Rams | T | 9 | 10 | 80 | John Petty | Chicago Bears | B | 1941 | 8 | 2 | 62 | Dave Rankin | Chicago Bears | E | 10 | 6 | 86 | Mike Byelene | Green Bay Packers | B | 1940 | 3 | 9 | 24 | Lou Brock | Green Bay Packers | B | 6 | 2 | 42 | Frank Bykowski | Pittsburgh Steelers | G | 10 | 6 | 86 | Leon DeWitte | Detroit Lions | B | 10 | 9 | 89 | Jack Brown | Green Bay Packers | B | 13 | 2 | 112 | Ted Hennis | Philadelphia Eagles | B | 1939 | 3 | 4 | 19 | Joe Mihal | Philadelphia Eagles | T | 7 | 4 | 54 | Tony Ippolito | Philadelphia Eagles | B | 11 | 4 | 94 | Paul Humphrey | Philadelphia Eagles | C | 1938 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Cecil Isbell | Green Bay Packers | B | 3 | 7 | 22 | Marty Schreyer | Green Bay Packers | T | 8 | 2 | 62 | Clem Woltman | Philadelphia Eagles | T | 1937 | 1 | 10 | 10 | Johnny Drake | Cleveland Rams | B | 6 | 7 | 57 | George Bell | Detroit Lions | G | 1936 | 3 | 9 | 27 | Frank Loebs | New York Giants | E | 5 | 3 | 39 | Wayne Sandefur | Pittsburgh Steelers | B | |
[1]NotesMel Gray was part of the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft.[2] References1. ^DraftHistory.com 2. ^[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GrayMe00.htm Mel Gray Football Statistics | Pro-Football-Reference.com]
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