Mississippi State NFL Draft Picks

111 drafted · 1968–2025

Summary

111Players Drafted

13First Rounders

Mississippi State has produced 111 NFL draft selections between 1968–2025. The highest was Johnie Cooks, taken 2nd overall in 1982. 13 of its picks went in the first round. Eric Moulds has the longest NFL career among them by games played (134). LB is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (13). 26 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All Mississippi State NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1968	6	159	DAL	D.D. Lewis	LB	Mississippi State
1973	2	50	PIT	Ken Phares	DB	Mississippi State
1975	1	10	SF	Jimmy Webb	DT	Mississippi State
1975	5	117	NE	Steve Freeman	DB	Mississippi State
1976	2	55	DAL	Jim Eidson	G	Mississippi State
1976	7	207	LAR	Larry Buie	DB	Mississippi State
1977	4	100	SF	Stan Black	FS	Mississippi State
1977	8	203	ATL	Walter Packer	CB	Mississippi State
1977	11	303	NE	Ray Costict	LB	Mississippi State
1978	5	133	SF	Bruce Threadgill	DB	Mississippi State
1979	7	180	GB	Henry Monroe	DB	Mississippi State
1979	10	260	KC	Gerald Jackson	S	Mississippi State
1980	5	137	ATL	Kenny Johnson	DB	Mississippi State
1981	2	39	MIN	Mardye McDole	WR	Mississippi State
1981	5	113	NYJ	Tyrone Keys	DE	Mississippi State
1981	11	298	CLE	Larry Friday	DB	Mississippi State; Alcorn State
1982	1	2	BAL	Johnie Cooks	LB	Mississippi State
1982	1	26	CIN	Glen Collins	DE	Mississippi State
1983	1	8	PHI	Michael Haddix	FB	Mississippi State
1983	3	62	PHI	Glen Young	WR	Mississippi State
1984	4	103	IND	George Wonsley	RB	Mississippi State
1986	11	285	KC	Aaron Pearson	ILB	Mississippi State; Itawamba JC
1987	2	51	TB	Don Smith	RB	Mississippi State
1987	5	129	NYJ	Kirby Jackson	DB	Mississippi State
1987	9	250	DEN	Bruce Plummer	DB	Mississippi State
1987	10	270	SEA	Louis Clark	WR	Mississippi State
1990	4	87	TB	Jesse Anderson	TE	Mississippi State
1991	5	116	LA	Robert Young	DE	Mississippi State
1992	4	96	NYJ	Keo Coleman	LB	Mississippi State; Navarro
1993	4	108	PIT	Kevin Henry	DE	Mississippi State
1993	5	125	LV	Olanda Truitt	WR	Mississippi State; Pittsburgh
1993	5	140	PIT	Marc Woodard	LB	Mississippi State
1993	7	195	BUF	Willie Harris	WR	Mississippi State
1994	5	142	NO	Herman Carroll	DE	Mississippi State
1995	2	59	DAL	Kendell Watkins	TE	Mississippi State
1995	2	62	LA	Jesse James	C	Mississippi State
1995	4	106	NYJ	Melvin Hayes	G	Mississippi State
1995	6	208	PHI	Fred McCrary	RB	Mississippi State
1995	7	210	PHI	Kevin Bouie	RB	Mississippi State; Garden City CC
1995	7	224	ARI	Wesley Leasy	LB	Mississippi State
1996	1	13	CHI	Walt Harris	CB	Mississippi State
1996	1	24	BUF	Eric Moulds	WR	Mississippi State
1997	3	96	MIA	Brent Smith	OT	Mississippi State
1997	4	102	NYJ	Terry Day	DE	Mississippi State; Holmes County JC
1998	2	61	DEN	Eric Brown	S	Mississippi State; Blinn College
1998	3	68	BUF	Robert Hicks	OT	Mississippi State
1998	4	120	KC	Greg Favors	LB	Mississippi State
1998	5	147	NYG	Toby Myles	OT	Jackson State University; Mississippi State
1999	2	39	MIA	J.J. Johnson	RB	Mississippi State; East Mississippi JC
1999	2	42	ATL	Reggie Kelly	TE	Mississippi State
1999	2	57	NYJ	Randy Thomas	G	Mississippi State; Copiah-Lincoln Junior College
1999	6	206	ARI	Dennis McKinley	RB	Mississippi State
2000	4	120	CAR	Alvin McKinley	DT	Mississippi State; Holmes County JC
2000	5	133	CIN	Robert Bean	DB	Mississippi State; Georgia Military
2000	6	190	SEA	John Hilliard	DE	Mississippi State
2000	7	237	TEN	Wes Shivers	G	Mississippi State; Hinds CC
2001	2	45	WAS	Fred Smoot	CB	Mississippi State; Hinds CC
2001	3	93	DAL	Willie Blade	DT	Mississippi State; Butler County CC; Northwest Mississippi CC
2001	4	128	SEA	Floyd Womack	G	Mississippi State
2001	6	183	TB	Ellis Wyms	DT	Mississippi State
2002	3	96	DEN	Dorsett Davis	DT	Mississippi State; Mississippi Delta CC
2003	4	121	ATL	Justin Griffith	RB	Mississippi State
2003	5	156	MIA	Donald Lee	TE	Mississippi State
2003	7	228	BUF	Mario Haggan	OLB	Mississippi State
2004				TOMMY KELLY	DT	Mississippi State
2004				JUSTIN JENKINS	WR	Mississippi State
2005	4	113	TEN	David Stewart	OT	Mississippi State
2005	5	137	SF	Ronald Fields	DT	Mississippi State
2006	3	79	ATL	Jerious Norwood	RB	Mississippi State
2009				Derek Pegues	S	Mississippi State
2010	6	173	SF	Anthony Dixon	RB	Mississippi State
2010	7	220	PHI	Jamar Chaney	LB	Mississippi State
2011	1	32	GB	Derek Sherrod	OT	Mississippi State
2011	4	99	SEA	K.J. Wright	OLB	Mississippi State
2011	5	165	BAL	Pernell McPhee	LB	Mississippi State; Itawamba JC
2012	1	12	PHI	Fletcher Cox	DT	Mississippi State
2012	5	170	IND	Vick Ballard	RB	Mississippi State; Mississippi Gulf Coast CC
2012	6	192	ATL	Charles Mitchell	DB	Mississippi State
2013	2	36	DET	Darius Slay	CB	Mississippi State; Itawamba JC
2013	2	43	TB	Johnthan Banks	DB	Mississippi State
2013	5	167	GB	Josh Boyd	DE	Mississippi State
2014	3	81	LV	Gabe Jackson	G	Mississippi State
2014				Ladarius Perkins	RB	Mississippi State
2015	2	38	WAS	Preston Smith	DE	Mississippi State
2015	2	43	HOU	Benardrick McKinney	ILB	Mississippi State
2015	6	178	NE	Matt Wells	LB	Mississippi State
2015				Kaleb Eulls	DT	Mississippi State
2015				Justin Cox	CB	Mississippi State
2016	3	68	SF	Will Redmond	CB	Mississippi State
2016	4	135	DAL	Dak Prescott	QB	Mississippi State
2016				Beniquez Brown	ILB	Mississippi State
2016				Taveze Calhoun	CB	Mississippi State
2016				De'Runnya Wilson	WR	Mississippi State
2017	6	210	SEA	Justin Senior	OT	Mississippi State
2017				Fred Ross	WR	Mississippi State
2017				A.J. Jefferson	DE	Mississippi State
2018	3	80	HOU	Martinas Rankin	OT	Mississippi State; Mississippi Gulf Coast CC
2018	6	211	HOU	Jordan Thomas	LB	Mississippi State; East Central JC
2018	7	239	GB	Hunter Bradley	LS	Mississippi State
2018	7	247	JAX	Logan Cooke	P	Mississippi State
2019	1	19	TEN	Jeffery Simmons	DT	Mississippi State
2019	1	26	WAS	Montez Sweat	DE	Mississippi State; Copiah-Lincoln Junior College; Michigan State
2019	1	27	LV	Johnathan Abram	DB	Mississippi State
2019	2	44	GB	Elgton Jenkins	C	Mississippi State
2019	6	199	IND	Gerri Green	DE	Mississippi State
2019				Jamal Peters	CB	Mississippi State
2019				Deion Calhoun	OG	Mississippi State
2019				Mark McLaurin	S	Mississippi State
2020	2	63	KC	Willie Gay Jr.	LB	Mississippi State
2020	3	89	MIN	Cameron Dantzler	CB	Mississippi State
2020	3	106	BAL	Tyre Phillips	G	Mississippi State; East Mississippi JC
2020	7	240	NO	Tommy Stevens	QB	Mississippi State
2020	7	249	MIN	Brian Cole	SAF	Mississippi State; East Mississippi JC
2020	7	249	MIN	Brian Cole II	S	Mississippi State
2020				Chauncey Rivers	DT	Mississippi State
2021	7	253	DEN	Marquiss Spencer	DE	Mississippi State
2021	7	256	GB	Kylin Hill	RB	Mississippi State
2021				Osirus Mitchell	WR	Mississippi State
2021				Erroll Thompson	ILB	Mississippi State
2021				Dareuan Parker	OG	Mississippi State
2021				K.J. Costello	QB	Mississippi State
2022	1	9	SEA	Charles Cross	OT	Mississippi State
2022	3	68	CLE	Martin Emerson	CB	Mississippi State
2023	1	16	WAS	Emmanuel Forbes	CB	Mississippi State
2023	4	123	SEA	Cameron Young	DT	Mississippi State
2024	3	96	JAX	Jarrian Jones	CB	Florida State; Mississippi State
2024	4	112	LV	Decamerion Richardson	CB	Mississippi State
2024	6	200	CAR	Jaden Crumedy	DT	Mississippi State
2024	6	206	CLE	Nathaniel Watson	LB	Mississippi State
2025	4	116	HOU	Woody Marks	RB	USC; Mississippi State