San Jose State NFL Draft Picks

52 drafted · 1968–2023

Summary

52Players Drafted

5First Rounders

San Jose State has produced 52 NFL draft selections between 1968–2023. The highest was Louis Wright, taken 17th overall in 1975. 5 of its picks went in the first round. RB is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (9). 23 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All San Jose State NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1968	6	148	DET	Mike Spitzer	DE	San Jose State
1969	5	108	ARI	Walter Shockley	RB	San Jose State
1973	5	129	LAR	Cody Jones	DE	San Jose State
1974	17	418	LAC	Charles DeJurnett	NT	San Jose State; West Los Angeles College
1975	1	17	DEN	Louis Wright	DB	San Jose State; Arizona State; Bakersfield College
1975	6	139	KC	Dave Wasick	LB	San Jose State
1975	15	384	WAS	Art Kuehn	C	UCLA; San Jose State
1976	1	19	MIA	Kim Bokamper	DE	San Jose State; Concordia College; San Jose City College
1976	5	128	LA	Carl Ekern	ILB	San Jose State
1977	1	20	ATL	Wilson Faumuina	DE	San Jose State
1977	3	69	DET	Rick Kane	RB	San Jose State; Oregon
1977	10	275	DAL	Steve DeBerg	QB	San Jose State; Fullerton
1978	4	93	MIA	Gerald Small	DB	San Jose State
1978	10	265	LA	Randy Gill	LB	San Jose State; Mount Hood Community College
1979	4	85	KC	Frank Manumaleuga	ILB	San Jose State; UCLA; De Anza College
1980	3	58	LA	Jewerl Thomas	RB	San Jose State; UCLA
1980	4	101	LAC	Ed Luther	QB	San Jose State
1982	1	21	DEN	Gerald Willhite	RB	San Jose State; American River
1982	3	63	ATL	Stacey Bailey	WR	San Jose State
1983	1	22	LAC	Gill Byrd	DB	San Jose State
1983	7	173	KC	Ken Thomas	RB	San Jose State
1983	10	277	LV	Mervyn Fernandez	WR	San Jose State; De Anza College; San Jose City College
1983	11	303	LAC	Tim Kearse	WR	San Jose State
1984	2	41	BUF	Eric Richardson	WR	San Jose State; Monterey Peninsula
1985	5	134	NYJ	Tony Smith	WR	San Jose State
1988	6	139	KC	James Saxon	RB	San Jose State; American River
1989	6	150	ARI	Jay Taylor	CB	San Jose State; Grossmont
1990	7	169	ARI	Johnny Johnson	RB	San Jose State
1991	7	193	SF	Sheldon Canley	RB	San Jose State; Allan Hancock College
1996	3	81	LAC	Brian Roche	TE	San Jose State; Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
1999	3	90	NYJ	David Loverne	G	San Jose State; Idaho
1999	6	189	NYG	Lyle West	DB	San Jose State; Chabot College
2000	3	86	SF	Jeff Ulbrich	ILB	Hawaii; San Jose State; Gavilan College
2000	5	143	NYJ	Windrell Hayes	WR	USC; San Jose State; San Joaquin Delta College
2001	3	66	CIN	Sean Brewer	TE	San Jose State
2003	6	209	MIA	Tim Provost	OT	San Jose State
2004	7	245	LV	Courtney Anderson	TE	San Jose State
2004				KENDRICK STARLING	WR	San Jose State
2004				SCOTT RISLOV	QB	San Jose State
2007	7	229	JAX	John Broussard	WR	San Jose State
2008	4	113	NYJ	Dwight Lowery	FS	San Jose State; Cabrillo College
2009	3	68	CHI	Jarron Gilbert	DT	San Jose State
2009	3	90	ATL	Chris Owens	DB	San Jose State
2009	3	90	ATL	Christopher Owens	CB	San Jose State
2009	6	191	CLE	Coye Francies	DB	San Jose State; Oregon State; American River
2012				Duke Ihenacho	S	San Jose State
2013	6	176	HOU	David Quessenberry	OT	San Jose State
2014	5	148	CAR	Bene' Benwikere	CB	San Jose State
2014	6	183	CHI	David Fales	QB	San Jose State; Monterey Peninsula; Nevada
2015	7	249	ATL	Akeem King	CB	San Jose State
2016	4	119	HOU	Tyler Ervin	RB	San Jose State
2016	6	195	ATL	Wes Schweitzer	G	San Jose State
2016				Cleveland Wallace III	CB	San Jose State
2018	7	222	HOU	Jermaine Kelly	DB	San Jose State
2018				Andre Chachere	CB	San Jose State
2019	3	69	JAX	Josh Oliver	TE	San Jose State
2023	4	129	DAL	Viliami Fehoko Jr.	DE	San Jose State