Kentucky NFL Draft Picks

112 drafted · 1967–2025

Summary

112Players Drafted

10First Rounders

Kentucky has produced 112 NFL draft selections between 1967–2025. The highest was Tim Couch, taken 1st overall in 1999. 10 of its picks went in the first round. Randall Cobb has the longest NFL career among them by games played (173). RB is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (17). 10 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All Kentucky NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	7	163	MIA	Larry Seiple	RB	Kentucky
1969	4	103	ATL	Dicky Lyons	DB	Kentucky
1971	6	131	NE	David Hardt	TE	Kentucky
1972	4	99	NO	Joe Federspiel	LB	Kentucky
1972	7	163	GB	Bill Bushong	DT	Kentucky
1974	4	89	PHI	Frank LeMaster	ILB	Kentucky
1975	2	34	KC	Elmore Stephens	TE	Kentucky
1975	5	126	LA	Rick Nuzum	C	Kentucky
1975	13	324	PHI	Tom Ehlers	LB	Kentucky
1976	2	36	ATL	Sonny Collins	RB	Kentucky
1976	5	151	DAL	Wally Pesuit	DE	Kentucky
1977	1	6	ATL	Warren Bryant	OT	Kentucky
1977	1	26	BAL	Randy Burke	WR	Kentucky
1978	1	2	KC	Art Still	DE	Kentucky
1978	5	136	LV	Derrick Ramsey	TE	Kentucky
1978	10	255	BUF	Will Grant	C	Kentucky; Idaho State
1978	11	282	BUF	Jerry Blanton	ILB	Kentucky
1979	3	70	CLE	Jim Ramey	DE	Kentucky
1979	3	70	CLE	James Ramey	DE	Kentucky
1979	4	93	NO	Jim Kovach	LB	Kentucky
1979	5	123	NYJ	Kelly Kirchbaum	LB	Kentucky
1979	7	181	MIN	Bob Winkel	DT	Kentucky
1979	10	256	NYG	Dan Fowler	G	Kentucky
1980	3	74	DEN	Larry Carter	DB	Kentucky
1980	6	150	NO	Lester Boyd	LB	Kentucky
1980	7	180	NE	Tom Kearns	OG	Kentucky
1984	2	46	DEN	Rick Massie	WR	Kentucky
1984	6	141	HOU	John Grimsley	OLB	Kentucky
1985	1	19	NYG	George Adams	RB	Kentucky
1985	5	136	PIT	Cam Jacobs	LB	Kentucky
1986	8	221	CHI	Maurice Douglass	DB	Kentucky
1986	10	253	NO	Jon Dumbauld	DE	Kentucky
1986	12	321	SEA	John McVeigh	LB	Miami; Kentucky
1987	5	130	CIN	Marc Logan	RB	Kentucky
1987	5	137	TB	Tony Mayes	DB	Kentucky
1988	2	44	PIT	Dermontti Dawson	C	Kentucky
1988	5	128	PIT	Jerry Reese	NT	Kentucky
1988	8	205	DAL	Mark Higgs	RB	Kentucky
1989	7	182	IND	Ivy Joe Hunter	RB	Kentucky
1990	2	42	BUF	Carwell Gardner	RB	Louisville; Kentucky
1990	3	55	ATL	Oliver Barnett	DE	Kentucky
1990	7	171	TB	Donnie Gardner	DE	Kentucky
1990	7	184	HOU	Andy Murray	RB	Kentucky
1991	12	323	PIT	Jeff Brady	LB	Kentucky
1993	4	85	SEA	Dean Wells	LB	Kentucky
1993	4	97	CHI	Todd Perry	G	Kentucky
1993	6	158	HOU	Chuck Bradley	OT	Kentucky
1993	8	202	CIN	Doug Pelfrey	K	Kentucky
1994	6	172	ARI	Terry Samuels	RB	Kentucky
1994	7	207	SD	Zane Beehn	LB	Kentucky
1994	7	222	NE	Marty Moore	LB	Kentucky
1995	2	43	TB	Melvin Johnson	DB	Kentucky
1996	3	75	MIN	Moe Williams	RB	Kentucky
1996	7	221	TB	Reggie Rusk	SAF	Kentucky; City College (SF)
1997	5	141	CHI	Van Hiles	DB	Kentucky
1997	7	205	BAL	Chris Ward	DE	Kentucky
1998	7	234	SD	Kio Sanford	WR	Kentucky
1999	1	1	CLE	Tim Couch	QB	Kentucky
1999	4	98	CIN	Craig Yeast	WR	Kentucky
2000	5	157	TB	James Whalen	TE	Kentucky; Shasta College
2001	3	69	MIN	Eric Kelly	CB	Kentucky
2001	7	233	JAX	Marlon McCree	FS	Kentucky
2001	7	236	ATL	Quentin McCord	WR	Kentucky
2002	3	98	ARI	Dennis Johnson	DE	Kentucky
2003	1	4	NYJ	Dewayne Robertson	DT	Kentucky
2003	4	99	DET	Artose Pinner	RB	Kentucky
2004	7	244	BAL	Derek Abney	WR	Kentucky
2004				JARED LORENZEN	QB	Kentucky
2004				JEREMY CAUDILL	DT	Kentucky
2004				ANTONIO HALL	OT	Kentucky
2004				NICK SEITZE		Kentucky
2005	3	92	IND	Vincent Burns	DE	Kentucky
2008	4	127	IND	Jacob Tamme	TE	Kentucky
2008	4	128	LA	Keenan Burton	WR	Kentucky
2008	6	198	NYG	Andre Woodson	QB	Kentucky
2008				Wesley Woodyard	OLB	Kentucky
2009	3	1	WAS	Jeremy Jarmon	DE	Kentucky
2009	6	207	NE	Myron Pryor	DT	Kentucky
2010	3	83	ATL	Corey Peters	DE	Kentucky
2010	4	105	PHI	Trevard Lindley	DB	Kentucky
2010	5	139	NYJ	John Conner	FB	Kentucky
2011	2	64	GB	Randall Cobb	WR	Kentucky
2011				Derrick Locke	RB	Kentucky
2012	6	181	SEA	Winston Guy	FS	Kentucky
2012	6	188	DEN	Danny Trevathan	ILB	Kentucky
2013	3	65	DET	Larry Warford	G	Kentucky
2014	5	151	TEN	Avery Williamson	ILB	Kentucky
2015	1	22	PIT	Bud Dupree	OLB	Kentucky
2015	4	122	BAL	Za'Darius Smith	DE	Kentucky; East Mississippi JC
2015				Darrian Miller	OT	Kentucky
2016	6	190	LA	Josh Forrest	LB	Kentucky
2016				Cory Johnson	DT	Kentucky
2017				Jon Toth	C	Kentucky
2017				Stanley Williams	RB	Kentucky
2019	1	7	JAX	Josh Hines-Allen	DE	Kentucky
2019	2	54	HOU	Lonnie Johnson Jr.	CB	Kentucky
2019	3	99	TB	Mike Edwards	SAF	Kentucky
2019	4	122	PIT	Benny Snell	RB	Kentucky
2019	4	122	PIT	Benny Snell Jr.	RB	Kentucky
2019	7	232	NYG	George Asafo-Adjei	OT	Kentucky
2019				Darius West	S	Kentucky
2019				Derrick Baity Jr.	CB	Kentucky
2020	3	80	LV	Lynn Bowden	WR	Kentucky
2020	3	80	LV	Lynn Bowden Jr.	WR	Kentucky
2020	4	121	DET	Logan Stenberg	G	Kentucky
2021	1	19	WAS	Jamin Davis	LB	Kentucky
2021	2	44	DAL	Kelvin Joseph	CB	Kentucky
2021	6	192	DAL	Quinton Bohanna	DT	Kentucky
2021	6	200	NYJ	Brandin Echols	CB	Kentucky
2021	6	206	NO	Landon Young	OT	Kentucky
2021	7	232	CAR	Phil Hoskins	DT	Kentucky
2021				Max Duffy	P	Kentucky
2022	2	43	NYG	Wan'Dale Robinson	WR	Kentucky
2022	3	65	JAX	Luke Fortner	C	Kentucky
2022	5	145	KC	Darian Kinnard	OT	Kentucky
2023	2	33	TEN	Will Levis	QB	Kentucky; Penn State
2023	6	193	WAS	Chris Rodriguez Jr.	RB	Kentucky
2023	7	232	GB	Carrington Valentine	CB	Kentucky
2024	3	70	NYG	Andru Phillips	CB	Kentucky
2024	3	72	CAR	Trevin Wallace	LB	Kentucky
2024	4	128	BUF	Ray Davis	RB	Kentucky; Vanderbilt; Temple
2024	6	218	BAL	Devin Leary	QB	Kentucky; N.C. State
2024	7	229	LV	MJ Devonshire	DB	Pittsburgh; Kentucky
2025	1	30	BUF	Maxwell Hairston	CB	Kentucky
2025	4	109	BUF	Deone Walker	DT	Kentucky