Purdue NFL Draft Picks

137 drafted · 1967–2025

Summary

137Players Drafted

17First Rounders

Purdue has produced 137 NFL draft selections between 1967–2025. The highest was Jeff George, taken 1st overall in 1990. 17 of its picks went in the first round. Drew Brees has the longest NFL career among them by games played (305). LB is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (19). 14 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All Purdue NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	1	4	MIA	Bob Griese	QB	Purdue
1967	1	21	NE	John Charles	DB	Purdue
1968	3	65	SF	Lance Olssen	OT	Purdue
1968	4	105	TEN	Jim Beirne	WR	Purdue
1969	1	3	PHI	Leroy Keyes	RB	Purdue
1969	5	125	DAL	Chuck Kyle	LB	Purdue
1970	1	3	CLE	Mike Phipps	QB	Purdue
1970	5	115	DEN	Bill McKoy	LB	Purdue
1971	5	107	BUF	Don Green	OT	Purdue
1971	5	118	CLE	Stanley Brown	WR	Purdue
1972	3	68	PHI	Tom Luken	OG	Purdue
1972	6	145	DET	Charles Potts	DB	Purdue
1973	1	5	ARI	Dave Butz	DT	Purdue
1973	1	9	DEN	Otis Armstrong	RB	Purdue
1973	1	19	NE	Darryl Stingley	WR	Purdue
1973	2	48	CHI	Gary Hrivnak	DT	Purdue
1973	2	51	NO	Steve Baumgartner	DE	Purdue
1973	4	79	TEN	Gregg Bingham	LB	Purdue
1973	6	153	OAK	Brent Myers	OT	Purdue
1973	7	173	KC	Donn Smith	OT	Purdue
1974	5	117	DET	Carl Capria	DB	Purdue
1974	7	163	CLE	Bob Herrick	WR	Purdue
1975	1	7	NO	Larry Burton	WR	Purdue
1975	6	138	DET	Fred Cooper	DB	Purdue
1975	8	206	LAC	Ralph Perretta	C	Purdue
1976	1	7	CLE	Mike Pruitt	RB	Purdue
1976	1	20	BAL	Ken Novak	DT	Purdue
1976	2	44	DET	Ken Long	G	Purdue
1977	4	90	NYJ	Scott Dierking	RB	Purdue
1977	5	118	NO	Dave Lafary	OT	Purdue
1977	7	184	CLE	Blane Smith	LB	Purdue
1977	11	294	CHI	Connie Zelencik	C	Purdue
1978	6	139	CHI	John Skibinski	RB	Purdue
1980	2	39	SF	Keena Turner	LB	Purdue
1980	2	54	CLE	Cleveland Crosby	DE	Arizona; Purdue
1980	11	278	DET	Wayne Smith	DB	Purdue; Wisconsin La Crosse; Harold Washington College
1980	12	321	CLE	Marcus Jackson	DT	Purdue
1981	2	32	NYG	Dave Young	TE	Purdue
1981	4	98	DEN	Mark Herrmann	QB	Purdue
1981	5	135	BUF	Calvin Clark	DE	Purdue
1981	6	159	HOU	Bill Kay	CB	Purdue
1982	4	94	HOU	Steve Bryant	WR	Purdue; Los Angeles Southwest College
1982	8	217	PHI	Jim Fritzsche	OT	Purdue
1982	10	266	DET	Roosevelt Barnes	LB	Purdue
1983	8	210	SEA	Matt Hernandez	OT	Purdue
1983	9	250	MIA	Mark Brown	LB	Purdue; Los Angeles Southwest College
1984	2	42	NO	Mel Gray	RB	Purdue; Coffeyville CC
1984	5	132	ATL	Cliff Benson	TE	Purdue
1984	7	191	PIT	Scott Campbell	QB	Purdue
1985	2	32	IND	Don Anderson	DB	Purdue
1985	5	126	KC	Bruce King	RB	Purdue
1986	1	3	HOU	Jim Everett	QB	Purdue
1986	6	145	HOU	Ray Wallace	RB	Purdue
1986	6	161	DEN	Mark Jackson	WR	Purdue
1986	7	175	PIT	Rodney Carter	RB	Purdue
1987	1	10	PIT	Rod Woodson	FS	Purdue
1988	2	47	LA	Fred Strickland	LB	Purdue
1988	5	125	HOU	Cris Dishman	CB	Purdue
1989	4	91	PIT	Jerrol Williams	OLB	Purdue
1990	1	1	IND	Jeff George	QB	Illinois; Purdue
1990	5	133	PHI	Calvin Williams	WR	Purdue
1990	8	202	SEA	Bill Hitchcock	G	Purdue
1990	12	305	ATL	Shawn McCarthy	P	Purdue
1991	3	71	HOU	Steve Jackson	DB	Purdue
1991	5	118	DET	Scott Conover	G	Purdue
1992	4	111	BUF	Frank Kmet	DE	Purdue
1993	5	135	PIT	Lonnie Palelei	OT	UNLV; Purdue
1993	7	185	PIT	Jeff Zgonina	DT	Purdue
1994	5	160	LAC	Tony Vinson	RB	Towson State; Purdue
1995	6	175	CIN	Ryan Grigson	OT	Purdue
1996	2	35	TB	Mike Alstott	FB	Purdue
1998	3	70	NYG	Brian Alford	WR	Purdue
1998	5	140	WAS	Mark Fischer	C	Purdue
1998	7	218	GB	Edwin Watson	RB	Purdue
1999	3	89	SF	Chike Okeafor	OLB	Purdue
1999	4	111	CHI	Rosevelt Colvin	LB	Purdue
2000	6	195	NO	Michael Hawthorne	FS	Purdue
2000	6	201	NE	David Nugent	DT	Purdue
2001	2	32	LAC	Drew Brees	QB	Purdue
2001	2	48	NE	Matt Light	OT	Purdue
2001	5	136	ATL	Vinny Sutherland	WR	Purdue
2001	5	146	PIT	Chukky Okobi	C	Purdue
2001	7	201	LAC	Brandon Gorin	OT	Purdue
2002	3	89	JAX	Akin Ayodele	ILB	Purdue; Coffeyville CC
2002	4	109	CIN	Travis Dorsch	K	Purdue
2003	6	191	CHI	Joe Odom	LB	Purdue
2004	3	66	LAC	Nick Hardwick	C	Purdue
2004	3	67	LV	Stuart Schweigert	DB	Purdue
2004	3	69	IND	Gilbert Gardner	LB	Purdue
2004	3	96	CIN	Landon Johnson	MLB	Purdue
2004	4	98	LAC	Shaun Phillips	OLB	Purdue
2004	4	116	SEA	Niko Koutouvides	LB	Purdue
2004	6	172	DET	Kelly Butler	OT	Purdue
2004	6	189	SEA	Craig Terrill	DT	Purdue
2004	7	223	DAL	Jacques Reeves	CB	Purdue
2005	4	106	CHI	Kyle Orton	QB	Purdue
2006	2	54	KC	Bernard Pollard	S	Purdue
2006	4	127	MIN	Ray Edwards	DE	Purdue
2006	5	135	NO	Rob Ninkovich	OLB	Purdue; Joliet Junior College
2006	5	160	JAX	Brent Hawkins	DE	Illinois State; Lewis & Clark IL (J.C.); Purdue
2007	1	26	DAL	Anthony Spencer	LB	Purdue
2007	5	149	JAX	Uche Nwaneri	G	Purdue
2007	7	223	TEN	Michael Otto	OT	Purdue
2007	7	223	TEN	Mike Otto	OT	Purdue
2008	1	30	NYJ	Dustin Keller	TE	Purdue
2008	3	92	DET	Cliff Avril	DE	Purdue
2008	4	134	TEN	Stanford Keglar	LB	Purdue
2009	3	67	KC	Alex Magee	DE	Purdue
2009	6	201	IND	Curtis Painter	QB	Purdue
2010	2	56	GB	Mike Neal	OLB	Purdue
2010	2	56	GB	Michael Neal	DT	Purdue
2011	1	16	WAS	Ryan Kerrigan	DE	Purdue
2012	5	153	PHI	Dennis Kelly	OT	Purdue
2012	6	195	HOU	Nick Mondek	OT	Purdue
2013	2	44	CAR	Kawann Short	DT	Purdue
2014	5	147	ATL	Ricardo Allen	FS	Purdue
2014	5	149	TB	Kevin Pamphile	G	Purdue
2014				Bruce Gaston	DT	Purdue
2015	5	163	DAL	Ryan Russell	DE	Purdue
2016	6	189	DAL	Anthony Brown	CB	Purdue
2017	5	175	GB	DeAngelo Yancey	WR	Purdue
2018	5	143	NE	Ja'Whaun Bentley	LB	Purdue
2018	7	219	NE	Danny Etling	QB	LSU; Purdue
2018				Eddy Wilson	DT	Purdue
2020	4	136	LA	Brycen Hopkins	TE	Purdue
2020	7	215	CIN	Markus Bailey	LB	Purdue
2021	2	49	ARI	Rondale Moore	WR	Purdue
2021	4	113	DET	Derrick Barnes	LB	Purdue
2021				Tyler Coyle	S	Purdue
2022	1	30	KC	George Karlaftis	DE	Purdue
2022	3	99	CLE	David Bell	WR	Purdue
2022	7	260	LAC	Zander Horvath	RB	Purdue
2023	4	135	LV	Aidan O'Connell	QB	Purdue
2023	5	171	TB	Payne Durham	TE	Purdue
2023	7	241	PIT	Cory Trice Jr.	CB	Purdue
2023	7	255	SF	Jalen Graham	LB	Purdue
2024	5	166	NYG	Tyrone Tracy Jr.	RB	Purdue; Iowa
2024	7	250	BAL	Sanoussi Kane	SAF	Purdue
2025	2	51	CAR	Nic Scourton	LB	Texas A&M; Purdue
2025	5	154	NYG	Marcus Mbow	G	Purdue