Connecticut NFL Draft Picks

Summary

Connecticut has produced 36 NFL draft selections between 1971–2025. The highest was Donald Brown, taken 27th overall in 2009. 2 of its picks went in the first round. Ryan Griffin has the longest NFL career among them by games played (105). LB is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (5). 2 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All Connecticut NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1971	4	102	MIN	Vince Clements	RB	Connecticut
1974	11	272	GB	Eric Torkelson	RB	Connecticut
1975	10	244	GB	Bill Cooke	DE	UMass Amherst; Connecticut
1984	4	99	GB	John Dorsey	LB	Connecticut
1994	6	190	GB	Paul Duckworth	LB	Connecticut
2004				UYI OSUNDE	DE	Connecticut
2005	3	82	NO	Alfred Fincher	LB	Connecticut
2005	5	145	DET	Dan Orlovsky	QB	Connecticut
2005				Tyler King	DE	Connecticut
2007	6	195	DAL	Deon Anderson	FB	Connecticut
2008	4	100	LV	Tyvon Branch	S	Connecticut
2008	6	195	MIA	Donald Thomas	G	Connecticut
2009	1	27	IND	Donald Brown	RB	Connecticut
2009	2	41	NE	Darius Butler	FS	Connecticut
2009	2	60	NYG	Will Beatty	OT	Connecticut
2009	2	63	ARI	Cody Brown	OLB	Connecticut
2010	4	107	BUF	Marcus Easley	WR	Connecticut
2010	7	249	CAR	Robert McClain	DB	Connecticut
2011	5	136	ARI	Anthony Sherman	FB	Connecticut
2011	6	166	CAR	Lawrence Wilson	LB	Connecticut
2011	6	183	LAC	Jordan Todman	RB	Connecticut
2011				Zach Hurd	OG	Connecticut
2011				Scott Lutrus	OLB	Connecticut
2012	2	49	LAC	Kendall Reyes	DT	Connecticut
2013	3	64	JAX	Dwayne Gratz	CB	Connecticut
2013	3	66	LV	Sio Moore	OLB	Connecticut
2013	3	70	TEN	Blidi Wreh-Wilson	DB	Connecticut
2013	4	124	HOU	Trevardo Williams	OLB	Connecticut
2013	6	201	HOU	Ryan Griffin	TE	Connecticut
2014	7	220	MIN	Shamar Stephen	DT	Connecticut
2014	7	253	ATL	Yawin Smallwood	ILB	Connecticut
2015	1	27	DAL	Byron Jones	CB	Connecticut
2015	6	186	NYG	Geremy Davis	WR	Connecticut
2017	2	56	LV	Obi Melifonwu	DB	Connecticut
2017				Noel Thomas	WR	Connecticut
2018	6	180	NYJ	Foley Fatukasi	DT	Connecticut
2020	3	99	NYG	Matt Peart	OT	Connecticut
2022	3	76	BAL	Travis Jones	DT	Connecticut
2022	6	182	NYG	Darrian Beavers	LB	Cincinnati; Connecticut
2024	3	81	SEA	Christian Haynes	G	Connecticut
2025	6	206	BUF	Chase Lundt	OT	Connecticut