Louisville NFL Draft Picks

109 drafted · 1967–2025

Summary

109Players Drafted

13First Rounders

Louisville has produced 109 NFL draft selections between 1967–2025. The highest was Amobi Okoye, taken 10th overall in 2007. 13 of its picks went in the first round. Deion Branch has the longest NFL career among them by games played (152). RB is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (17). 25 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All Louisville NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	2	39	SF	Thomas Holzer	OT	Louisville
1968	3	71	DAL	Ed Harmon	LB	Louisville
1968	6	145	CIN	John Neidert	LB	Louisville
1969	6	137	ATL	Wally Oyler	DB	Louisville
1970	3	59	PHI	Lee Bouggess	RB	Louisville
1970	7	172	GB	Cleo Walker		Louisville
1972	4	91	MIA	Larry Ball	DE	Louisville
1972	6	154	MIN	Amos Martin	LB	Louisville
1973	4	88	DEN	Tom Jackson	LB	Louisville
1974	5	127	CIN	Richard Bishop	DT	Louisville; Marshalltown Community College
1975	15	390	PIT	Marty Smith	DT	Louisville
1976	15	418	DEN	Wilbur Summers	P	Louisville
1979	6	161	PIT	Dwayne Woodruff	DB	Louisville
1979	10	250	CIN	Nathan Poole	RB	Louisville
1980	1	19	CHI	Otis Wilson	OLB	Louisville; Syracuse
1981	7	187	CLE	Eddie Johnson	LB	Louisville
1982	12	314	HOU	Donnie Craft	RB	Louisville
1983	8	223	MIA	Mark Clayton	WR	Louisville
1983	10	260	BUF	Richard Tharpe	DE	Louisville
1984	4	98	CHI	Tom Andrews	OT	Louisville
1984	5	138	MIA	Dean May	QB	Louisville
1985	6	167	MIA	Ron Davenport	RB	Louisville
1986	2	34	HOU	Ernest Givins	WR	Louisville; Northeast Oklahoma
1987	1	23	NE	Bruce Armstrong	OT	Louisville
1990	2	42	BUF	Carwell Gardner	RB	Louisville; Kentucky
1991	1	25	SF	Ted Washington	NT	Louisville
1991	2	34	NYJ	Browning Nagle	QB	Louisville; West Virginia
1991	11	292	IND	Jerry Crafts	OT	Louisville; Oklahoma
1991	11	298	PHI	Mike Flores	DE	Louisville
1992	12	311	TB	Klaus Wilmsmeyer	P	Louisville
1993	3	65	IND	Ray Buchanan	FS	Louisville
1993	6	149	LA	Deral Boykin	DB	Louisville; Kansas
1994	1	13	NO	Joe Johnson	DE	Louisville
1995	5	137	WAS	Jamie Asher	TE	Louisville
1996	3	66	NYG	Roman Oben	OT	Louisville
1996	5	167	DAL	Alan Campos	LB	Louisville
1997	2	44	MIA	Sam Madison	CB	Louisville
1997	4	118	BAL	Tyrus McCloud	LB	Louisville
1997	5	156	IND	Carl Powell	DE	Louisville; Grand Rapids CC
1997	7	238	BAL	Leland Taylor	DT	Louisville
2000	3	75	BAL	Chris Redman	QB	Louisville
2000	4	115	KC	Frank Moreau	RB	Louisville
2001	6	179	SF	Rashad Holman	CB	Louisville
2002	2	65	NE	Deion Branch	WR	Louisville; Jones County JC
2003	2	64	TB	Dewayne White	DE	Louisville
2003	3	88	HOU	Dave Ragone	QB	Louisville
2003	7	217	HOU	Curry Burns	DB	Louisville
2005	2	54	CAR	Eric Shelton	RB	Louisville; Florida State
2005	4	121	CAR	Stefan LeFors	QB	Louisville
2005	4	123	NYJ	Kerry Rhodes	FS	Louisville
2005	5	154	WAS	Robert McCune	LB	Louisville
2005	7	236	BUF	Lionel Gates	RB	Louisville
2005	7	253	TB	J.R. Russell	WR	Louisville
2006	3	75	GB	Jason Spitz	C	Louisville
2006	4	126	DEN	Elvis Dumervil	DE	Louisville
2006	5	142	ARI	Brandon Johnson	LB	Louisville
2006	6	182	DAL	Montavious Stanley	DT	Louisville
2007	1	10	HOU	Amobi Okoye	DT	Louisville
2007	4	100	LV	Michael Bush	RB	Louisville
2007	5	148	KC	Kolby Smith	RB	Louisville
2007	5	170	PIT	William Gay	FS	Louisville
2007				Nate Harris	ILB	Louisville
2007				Brandon Sharp	S	Louisville
2007				Renardo Foster	OT	Louisville
2008	2	56	GB	Brian Brohm	QB	Louisville
2008	3	84	ATL	Harry Douglas	WR	Louisville
2008	5	141	CAR	Gary Barnidge	TE	Louisville
2008	5	150	GB	Breno Giacomini	OT	Louisville
2008	7	246	CIN	Mario Urrutia	WR	Louisville
2009	1	28	BUF	Eric Wood	C	Louisville
2009	5	170	NE	George Bussey	OT	Louisville
2009				Hunter Cantwell	QB	Louisville
2011	3	88	NO	Johnny Patrick	CB	Louisville
2011	4	126	NYJ	Bilal Powell	RB	Louisville
2011	6	175	TEN	Byron Stingily	OT	Louisville; Joliet Junior College
2011	7	225	BAL	Anthony Allen	RB	Georgia Tech; Louisville
2011				Cameron Graham	TE	Louisville
2012	7	232	SEA	Greg Scruggs	TE	Louisville
2013				Adrian Bushell	CB	Louisville
2014	1	18	NYJ	Calvin Pryor	DB	Louisville
2014	1	32	MIN	Teddy Bridgewater	QB	Louisville
2014	3	73	BUF	Preston Brown	MLB	Louisville
2014				Damian Copeland	WR	Louisville
2014				Hakeem Smith	S	Louisville
2015	1	14	MIA	DeVante Parker	WR	Louisville
2015	3	72	LA	Jamon Brown	G	Louisville
2015	3	81	BUF	John Miller	G	Louisville
2015	3	82	NYJ	Lorenzo Mauldin	OLB	Louisville
2015	4	104	JAX	James Sample	S	Louisville; Washington; American River
2015	6	177	TEN	Deiontrez Mount	LB	Louisville
2015	6	189	CLE	Charles Gaines	CB	Louisville
2015	6	193	MIN	B.J. Dubose	DE	Louisville
2015	7	239	PIT	Gerod Holliman	FS	Louisville
2015	7	256	ARI	Gerald Christian	TE	Louisville; Florida
2015				Michael Dyer	RB	Louisville
2015				Dominique Brown	RB	Louisville
2016	1	12	NO	Sheldon Rankins	DT	Louisville
2017	6	213	PIT	Colin Holba	LS	Louisville
2017	7	230	WAS	Josh Harvey-Clemons	LB	Louisville; Georgia
2017				Cole Hikutini	TE	Louisville
2017				Devonte Fields	DE	Louisville
2017				Keith Kelsey	ILB	Louisville
2017				James Quick	WR	Louisville
2017				DeAngelo Brown	DT	Louisville
2017				Jamari Staples	WR	Louisville
2018	1	18	GB	Jaire Alexander	CB	Louisville
2018	1	32	BAL	Lamar Jackson	QB	Louisville
2018	3	74	WAS	Geron Christian	OT	Louisville
2018	6	205	LA	Trevon Young	DE	Louisville; Iowa Western CC
2018				James Hearns	OLB	Louisville
2019				Jaylen Smith	WR	Louisville
2020	1	11	NYJ	Mekhi Becton	G	Louisville
2020	3	90	HOU	Jonathan Greenard	LB	Florida; Louisville
2021	2	57	LA	Tutu Atwell	WR	Louisville
2021	4	109	TEN	Dez Fitzpatrick	WR	Louisville
2021				Javian Hawkins	RB	Louisville
2023	3	82	TB	Yaya Diaby	LB	Louisville
2023	5	136	JAX	Yasir Abdullah	LB	Louisville
2023	6	180	ARI	Kei'Trel Clark	CB	Louisville
2024	4	129	SF	Isaac Guerendo	RB	Louisville; Wisconsin
2024	5	146	TEN	Jarvis Brownlee Jr.	CB	Louisville; Florida
2024	5	156	CLE	Jamari Thrash	WR	Louisville; Georgia State
2024	5	171	NYJ	Jordan Travis	QB	Florida State; Louisville
2024	6	205	HOU	Jawhar Jordan	RB	Louisville; Syracuse
2025	2	40	NO	Tyler Shough	QB	Louisville; Texas Tech; Oregon
2025	3	66	KC	Ashton Gillotte	DE	Louisville
2025	4	131	NO	Quincy Riley	CB	Louisville; Middle Tennessee State
2025	4	138	SF	Jordan Watkins	WR	Mississippi; Louisville