Colorado NFL Draft Picks

181 drafted · 1967–2025

Summary

181Players Drafted

23First Rounders

Colorado has produced 181 NFL draft selections between 1967–2025. The highest was Bo Matthews, taken 2nd overall in 1974. 23 of its picks went in the first round. Daniel Graham has the longest NFL career among them by games played (121). WR is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (26). 39 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All Colorado NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	3	75	OAK	Bill Fairband	LB	Colorado
1968	3	73	MIA	Dick Anderson	DB	Colorado
1969	2	32	NE	Mike Montler	OG	Colorado
1969	4	84	DEN	Mike Schnitker	LB	Colorado
1970	1	11	DEN	Bobby Anderson	RB	Colorado
1970	2	43	WSH	Bill Brundige	DE	Colorado
1970	5	125	CLE	Steve Engel	RB	Colorado
1971	7	173	ARI	Jim Cooch	DB	Colorado
1972	1	16	DET	Herb Orvis	DE	Colorado
1972	4	98	OAK	Cliff Branch	WR	Colorado
1972	7	166	NE	John Tarver	RB	Colorado
1973	2	31	LAR	Cullen Bryant	DB	Colorado
1974	1	2	LAC	Bo Matthews	RB	Colorado
1974	1	7	LA	J.V. Cain	TE	Colorado
1974	2	48	CIN	Charlie Davis	RB	Colorado
1974	3	56	CHI	Greg Horton	G	Colorado
1974	4	92	DEN	Ozell Collier	DB	Colorado
1974	6	144	WAS	Jon Keyworth	RB	Colorado
1974	16	402	GB	Mark Cooney	LB	Colorado
1975	2	47	GB	Bill Bain	G	USC; Colorado; San Diego City College
1975	4	98	LA	Rod Perry	DB	Colorado; Fresno City College
1975	5	124	LA	Harvey Goodman	G	Colorado; Los Angeles City College
1975	6	133	ATL	Doug Payton	OG	Colorado
1975	7	182	PIT	Wayne Mattingly	OT	Colorado
1975	10	251	DEN	Steve Haggerty	WR	UNLV; Colorado
1975	17	422	NO	Greg Westbrooks	LB	Colorado; Mesa State College
1976	1	12	NE	Pete Brock	C	Colorado
1976	1	13	NYG	Troy Archer	DT	Colorado; Rio Hondo College
1976	1	23	GB	Mark Koncar	OT	Colorado
1976	3	65	CLE	Dave Logan	WR	Colorado
1976	3	72	GB	Mike McCoy	CB	Colorado; West Los Angeles College
1976	4	107	DEN	Craig Penrose	QB	San Diego State; Colorado
1976	7	208	DAL	Dave Williams	RB	Colorado
1976	8	230	MIA	Bob Simpson	DE	Colorado
1976	8	231	LV	Terry Kunz	RB	Colorado
1976	10	277	KC	Whitney Paul	LB	Colorado
1976	10	291	PIT	Gary Campbell	OLB	Colorado
1977	2	37	KC	Tony Reed	RB	Colorado; Antelope Valley Junior College
1977	2	43	CHI	Mike Spivey	CB	Colorado
1977	2	50	LA	Billy Waddy	WR	Colorado
1977	2	52	NE	Don Hasselbeck	TE	Colorado
1977	6	153	NYG	Emery Moorehead	TE	Colorado
1977	8	207	MIA	Horace Perkins	CB	Colorado
1978	2	37	NYG	Odis McKinney	DB	Colorado; Los Angeles Valley College
1978	4	95	ATL	Brian Cabral	LB	Colorado
1978	12	310	KC	Willie Brock	C	Colorado; Mount Hood Community College
1979	3	75	ATL	James Mayberry	RB	Colorado
1979	4	95	CLE	Matt Miller	OT	Colorado
1979	6	138	SF	Ruben Vaughan	DT	Colorado
1979	10	272	MIA	Mike Kozlowski	DB	Colorado; BYU; San Diego State; Mira Costa College
1980	1	8	NYG	Mark Haynes	DB	Colorado
1980	1	12	NO	Stan Brock	OT	Colorado
1980	3	78	DAL	Bill Roe	LB	Colorado
1980	4	95	NYJ	Jesse Johnson	DB	Colorado
1980	5	136	DEN	Laval Short	DT	Colorado
1980	6	149	NYJ	George Visger	DT	Colorado
1981	7	188	BUF	Steve Doolittle	LB	Colorado
1981	8	211	DET	Bob Niziolek	TE	Colorado
1982	5	129	NYG	Rich Umphrey	C	Colorado; Utah
1982	7	178	ARI	Bob Sebro		Colorado
1984	2	40	DAL	Victor Scott	DB	Colorado
1984	6	163	ATL	Dan Ralph	DT	Oregon; Colorado
1984	9	226	HOU	Jeff Donaldson	S	Colorado
1984	12	318	ATL	Don Holmes	WR	Mesa State College; Colorado; Gavilan College
1985	4	98	GB	Walter Stanley	WR	Mesa State College; Colorado
1985	8	213	NYG	Lee Rouson	RB	Colorado
1986	5	128	PHI	Dan McMillen	DE	Colorado
1986	9	231	DET	Lyle Pickens	DB	Colorado; Los Angeles Valley College
1986	10	264	SEA	Don Fairbanks	DE	Colorado
1987	6	166	LA	Jon Embree	TE	Colorado
1987	8	215	CIN	Solomon Wilcots	DB	Colorado
1987	11	288	LV	Chris McLemore	RB	Arizona; Colorado
1988	4	102	SF	Barry Helton	P	Colorado
1988	8	208	CHI	David Tate	DB	Colorado
1990	5	118	DET	Jeff Campbell	WR	Colorado
1991	1	13	ATL	Mike Pritchard	WR	Colorado
1991	1	18	CIN	Alfred Williams	DE	Colorado
1991	2	39	LAC	Eric Bieniemy	RB	Colorado
1991	2	55	NYG	Kanavis McGhee	DE	Colorado
1991	3	69	IND	Dave McCloughan	DB	Colorado
1991	4	96	IND	Mark Vander Poel	OT	Colorado
1991	6	164	GB	Joe Garten		Colorado
1991	10	269	PIT	Ariel Solomon	OT	Colorado
1992	3	67	PIT	Joel Steed	NT	Colorado
1992	6	143	CLE	Rico Smith	WR	Colorado; Cerritos College
1992	9	244	KC	Jay Leeuwenburg	G	Colorado
1993	1	23	PIT	Deon Figures	CB	Colorado
1993	1	24	PHI	Leonard Renfro	DT	Colorado
1993	2	44	PIT	Chad Brown	LB	Colorado
1993	4	105	MIA	Ronnie Bradford	FS	Colorado
1993	7	181	LV	Greg Biekert	MLB	Colorado
1994	1	17	PIT	Charles Johnson	WR	Colorado
1994	2	64	BUF	Sam Rogers	OLB	Colorado; West Los Angeles College; West Hills Community College
1994	4	112	MIA	Ronnie Woolfork	LB	Colorado
1994	6	164	IND	Lamont Warren	RB	Colorado
1994	6	193	PHI	Mitch Berger	P	Colorado; Tyler JC
1994	7	205	CHI	Dennis Collier	DB	Colorado
1995	1	4	WAS	Michael Westbrook	WR	Colorado
1995	1	21	CHI	Rashaan Salaam	RB	Colorado
1995	2	39	SEA	Christian Fauria	TE	Colorado
1995	2	57	NE	Ted Johnson	ILB	Colorado
1995	2	60	PIT	Kordell Stewart	QB	Colorado
1995	3	65	GB	Darius Holland	DT	Colorado
1995	3	71	JAX	Chris Hudson	DB	Colorado
1995	5	149	IND	Derek West	OT	Colorado
1995	6	185	BUF	Shannon Clavelle	DE	Colorado
1995	6	200	LAC	Tony Berti	OT	Colorado
1996	4	101	NE	Heath Irwin	G	Colorado
1996	4	124	NE	Kantroy Barber	RB	West Virginia; Colorado
1996	4	128	SF	Daryl Price	DE	Colorado
1996	6	192	LAC	Bryan Stoltenberg	C	Colorado
1996	6	209	SEA	T.J. Cunningham	DB	Colorado
1996	7	234	CAR	Kerry Hicks	DE	Colorado
1997	1	10	NO	Chris Naeole	G	Colorado
1997	1	27	CAR	Rae Carruth	WR	Colorado
1997	2	51	WAS	Greg Jones	LB	Colorado
1997	4	130	DET	Matt Russell	LB	Colorado
1997	7	202	NYJ	Steve Rosga	DB	Colorado
1997	7	207	PHI	Koy Detmer	QB	Colorado
1998	5	133	BAL	Ryan Sutter	DB	Colorado
1998	5	145	NE	Ron Merkerson	LB	Colorado
1998	6	186	PIT	Ryan Olson	DT	Colorado
1998	7	193	ARI	Phil Savoy	WR	Colorado
1998	7	196	CAR	Vili Maumau	DT	Colorado
1998	7	196	CAR	Viliami Maumau	DT	Colorado
1998	7	240	PHI	Melvin Thomas	OG	Colorado
1999	4	100	CAR	Hannibal Navies	LB	Colorado
1999	5	148	CLE	Darrin Chiaverini	WR	Colorado; Beloit College; Riverside Community College
2000	3	84	MIA	Ben Kelly	DB	Colorado
2000	6	203	LAC	Damen Wheeler	CB	Colorado
2000	6	206	CLE	Brad Bedell	G	Colorado; Mt. San Antonio
2000	7	225	CLE	Rashidi Barnes	DB	Colorado
2002	1	21	NE	Daniel Graham	TE	Colorado
2002	2	37	DAL	Andre Gurode	C	Colorado
2002	2	58	PHI	Michael Lewis	S	Colorado
2002	5	139	BUF	Justin Bannan	DT	Colorado
2002	7	259	DET	Victor Rogers	G	Colorado
2003	1	32	LV	Tyler Brayton	DT	Colorado
2003	3	90	IND	Donald Strickland	DB	Colorado
2003	7	219	DAL	Justin Bates	OG	Colorado
2003	7	236	DET	Brandon Drumm	RB	Colorado
2003	7	249	NYG	Wayne Lucier	G	Colorado; Northwestern
2004	5	157	SEA	D.J. Hackett	WR	Colorado; California State-Northridge
2004	6	196	CAR	Sean Tufts	LB	Colorado
2004				GABE NYENHUIS	DE	Colorado
2004				DEREK MCCOY	WR	Colorado
2004				MARWAN HAGE	OG	Colorado
2005				Matt McChesney	DT	Colorado
2006	2	46	LA	Joe Klopfenstein	TE	Colorado
2006	3	74	DET	Brian Calhoun	RB	Wisconsin; Colorado
2006	5	147	PHI	Jeremy Bloom	WR	Colorado
2006	5	166	BAL	Quinn Sypniewski	TE	Colorado
2006	6	180	CLE	Lawrence Vickers	FB	Colorado
2006				Brian Iwuh	S	Colorado
2007	6	193	GB	Mason Crosby	K	Colorado
2007	7	238	MIA	Abraham Wright	DE	Colorado
2008	2	45	DET	Jordon Dizon	OLB	Colorado
2008	2	62	NE	Terrence Wheatley	DB	Colorado
2008	6	186	WAS	Colt Brennan	QB	Hawaii; Saddleback Community College; Colorado
2009	2	52	CLE	David Veikune	DE	Hawaii; Fresno City College; Colorado
2009	7	218	GB	Brad Jones	LB	Colorado
2009				George Hypolite	DT	Colorado
2011	1	17	NE	Nate Solder	OT	Colorado
2011	1	27	BAL	Jimmy Smith	CB	Colorado
2011	4	118	KC	Jalil Brown	CB	Colorado
2011	7	227	NYJ	Scotty McKnight	WR	Colorado
2012	5	160	CLE	Ryan Miller	G	Colorado
2012	7	231	PIT	Toney Clemons	WR	Colorado; Michigan
2013	4	109	GB	David Bakhtiari	OT	Colorado
2013	6	172	LV	Nick Kasa	TE	Colorado
2014	2	45	SEA	Paul Richardson	WR	Colorado; UCLA
2016				Stephane Nembot	OT	Colorado
2016				Ken Crawley	CB	Colorado
2017	2	60	DAL	Chidobe Awuzie	CB	Colorado
2017	3	66	SF	Ahkello Witherspoon	CB	Colorado; Sacramento City
2017	4	111	SEA	Tedric Thompson	FS	Colorado
2017	7	246	DAL	Jordan Carrell	DT	Colorado
2018	2	58	ATL	Isaiah Oliver	SAF	Colorado
2018				Jeromy Irwin	OG	Colorado
2018				Afolabi Laguda	CB	Colorado
2019	6	187	DEN	Juwann Winfree	WR	Colorado
2019				Evan Worthington	S	Colorado
2019				Javier Edwards	DT	Colorado
2020	2	42	JAX	Laviska Shenault Jr.	WR	Colorado
2020	3	103	PHI	Davion Taylor	LB	Colorado; Coahoma JC
2020	7	226	CHI	Arlington Hambright	G	Colorado
2020				Steven Montez	QB	Colorado
2021	6	197	NE	William Sherman	OT	Colorado
2023	3	102	MIN	Mekhi Blackmon	CB	USC; Colorado
2024	7	225	LAC	Brenden Rice	WR	USC; Colorado
2025	1	2	JAX	Travis Hunter	WR	Colorado; Jackson State University
2025	5	144	CLE	Shedeur Sanders	QB	Colorado; Jackson State University
2025	6	203	BAL	LaJohntay Wester	WR	Colorado; Florida Atlantic
2025	6	208	CAR	Jimmy Horn Jr.	WR	Colorado; University of South Florida