Duke NFL Draft Picks

Summary

Duke has produced 44 NFL draft selections between 1967–2025. The highest was Dave Brown, taken 1st overall in 1992. 6 of its picks went in the first round. Jamison Crowder has the longest NFL career among them by games played (114). QB is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (9). 4 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All Duke NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	1	18	CLE	Bob Matheson	LB	Duke
1967	2	41	GB	Dave Dunaway	WR	Duke
1968	7	191	GB	Andy Beath	DB	Duke
1969	2	52	NYJ	Al Woodall	QB	Duke
1971	3	59	ATL	Leo Hart	QB	Duke
1971	5	119	SD	Phil Asack	DE	Duke
1971	7	163	ATL	Wes Chesson	WR	Duke
1972	7	164	NO	Ernie Jackson	DB	Duke
1973	5	115	LAR	Steve Jones	RB	Duke
1973	6	156	MIA	Ed Newman	OG	Duke
1976	3	83	LA	Brad Oates	OT	BYU; Duke
1977	4	101	DEN	Bill Bryan		Duke
1977	6	142	SEA	Tony Benjamin	RB	Duke
1977	7	171	NYJ	Bob Grupp	P	Duke
1978	3	64	MIA	Lyman Smith	DT	Duke
1979	9	234	CLE	Carl McGee	LB	Duke
1982	4	108	MIA	Charles Bowser	OLB	Duke
1982	5	134	CHI	Dennis Tabron	DB	Duke
1983	5	123	SEA	Chris Castor	WR	Duke
1984	6	148	ATL	Ben Bennett	QB	Duke
1987	1	5	CLE	Mike Junkin	LB	Duke
1989	3	74	GB	Anthony Dilweg	QB	Duke
1990	12	320	NO	Chris Port	G	Duke
1992	1	1	NYG	Dave Brown	QB	Duke
1996	4	121	PHI	Ray Farmer	LB	Duke
1998	6	189	CHI	Patrick Mannelly	LS	Duke
1999	2	61	DEN	Lennie Friedman	G	Duke
2000	6	173	PIT	Chris Combs	DT	Duke
2004	7	203	NYG	Andrew Strojny	OT	Duke
2007	7	215	ARI	Ben Patrick	TE	Delaware; Duke
2007				John Talley	CB	Duke
2013	7	249	ATL	Sean Renfree	QB	Duke
2013				Conner Vernon	WR	Duke
2014	4	109	BUF	Ross Cockrell	CB	Duke
2015	1	28	DET	Laken Tomlinson	G	Duke
2015	4	105	WAS	Jamison Crowder	WR	Duke
2015				Takoby Cofield	OT	Duke
2015				Anthony Boone	QB	Duke
2016				Jeremy Cash	S	Duke
2016				Matt Skura	C	Duke
2016				Will Monday	P	Duke
2019	1	6	NYG	Daniel Jones	QB	Duke
2019				Daniel Helm	TE	Duke
2019				Joe Giles-Harris	OLB	Duke
2021	4	118	LAC	Chris Rumph II	DE	Duke
2021	5	154	NYJ	Michael Carter II	S	Duke
2021	5	162	KC	Noah Gray	TE	Duke
2021	6	210	ARI	Victor Dimukeje	LB	Duke
2021				Mark Gilbert	CB	Duke
2024	1	26	TB	Graham Barton	C	Duke
2024	3	95	BUF	DeWayne Carter	DT	Duke
2024	5	163	GB	Jacob Monk	C	Duke
2025	6	189	IND	Riley Leonard	QB	Notre Dame; Duke
2025	6	210	BAL	Aeneas Peebles	DT	Virginia Tech; Duke