Southern Mississippi NFL Draft Picks

55 drafted · 1974–2023

Summary

55Players Drafted

2First Rounders

Southern Mississippi has produced 55 NFL draft selections between 1974–2023. The highest was Hanford Dixon, taken 22nd overall in 1981. 2 of its picks went in the first round. Brett Favre has the longest NFL career among them by games played (199). DB is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (12). 5 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All Southern Mississippi NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1974	2	32	BAL	Fred Cook	DE	Southern Mississippi
1974	13	330	LV	Mike Dennery	LB	Southern Mississippi
1975	11	271	HOU	John Sawyer	TE	Southern Mississippi
1976	9	257	MIA	Norris Thomas	DB	Southern Mississippi
1977	11	299	CIN	Carl Allen	CB	Southern Mississippi
1978	5	121	DET	Amos Fowler	C	Southern Mississippi
1978	6	161	BAL	Ben Garry	RB	Southern Mississippi
1981	1	22	CLE	Hanford Dixon	CB	Southern Mississippi
1981	3	70	KC	Marvin Harvey	TE	Southern Mississippi
1981	8	217	HOU	Willie Tullis	CB	Troy; Southern Mississippi
1981	12	311	GB	Cliff Lewis	LB	Southern Mississippi
1982	5	131	DEN	Sammy Winder	RB	Southern Mississippi
1983	6	162	DAL	Reggie Collier	QB	Southern Mississippi
1984	1	23	PIT	Louis Lipps	WR	Southern Mississippi
1984	9	233	ATL	Glen Howe	OT	Southern Mississippi
1984	11	305	MIA	Bud Brown	DB	Southern Mississippi
1985	2	36	HOU	Richard Byrd	DE	Southern Mississippi
1986	8	215	NYJ	Robert Ducksworth	DB	Southern Mississippi
1988	5	129	IND	John Baylor	S	Southern Mississippi
1990	9	240	CLE	Eugene Rowell	WR	Southern Mississippi
1991	2	33	ATL	Brett Favre	QB	Southern Mississippi
1991	6	141	CLE	Michael Jackson	WR	Southern Mississippi
1992	5	128	LV	Derrick Hoskins	DB	Southern Mississippi
1992	5	136	HOU	Tim Roberts	DE	Southern Mississippi
1994	4	107	ARI	Perry Carter	DB	Southern Mississippi
1998	2	44	MIA	Patrick Surtain	CB	Southern Mississippi
1998	5	125	ARI	Terry Hardy	TE	Southern Mississippi
1998	6	176	NE	Harold Shaw	FB	Southern Mississippi
2000	2	36	PHI	Todd Pinkston	WR	Southern Mississippi
2000	3	92	JAX	T.J. Slaughter	LB	Southern Mississippi
2000	6	186	BAL	Adalius Thomas	OLB	Southern Mississippi
2001	4	114	NYG	Cedric Scott	DE	Southern Mississippi
2001	5	152	IND	Raymond Walls	DB	Southern Mississippi
2001	6	171	DAL	Daleroy Stewart	DT	Southern Mississippi
2001	7	240	DAL	John Nix	DT	Southern Mississippi
2002	6	209	BAL	Chad Williams	DB	Southern Mississippi
2003	6	185	PHI	Jeremy Bridges	G	Southern Mississippi
2004	5	155	MIN	Rod Davis	LB	Southern Mississippi
2004	6	183	CIN	Greg Brooks	DB	Southern Mississippi; Michigan
2004	6	186	ATL	Etric Pruitt	DB	Southern Mississippi
2005	5	160	ATL	Michael Boley	LB	Southern Mississippi
2008	6	199	NYG	Robert Henderson	DE	Southern Mississippi
2009	3	88	BAL	Lardarius Webb	FS	Nicholls State; Southern Mississippi
2009	4	121	BUF	Shawn Nelson	TE	Southern Mississippi
2009	4	130	TEN	Gerald McRath	LB	Southern Mississippi
2011				DeAndre Brown	WR	Southern Mississippi
2012	3	91	ATL	Lamar Holmes	OT	Southern Mississippi; Itawamba JC
2013	2	52	NE	Jamie Collins	OLB	Southern Mississippi
2014	3	85	GB	Khyri Thornton	DT	Southern Mississippi
2015	6	217	KC	Rakeem Nunez-Roches	DT	Southern Mississippi
2016	7	253	TEN	Kalan Reed	DB	Southern Mississippi
2017				Cameron Tom	C	Southern Mississippi
2018	3	95	SF	Tarvarius Moore	DB	Southern Mississippi; Pearl River
2018	4	126	ATL	Ito Smith	RB	Southern Mississippi
2018	6	209	MIA	Cornell Armstrong	DB	Southern Mississippi
2020	6	200	PHI	Quez Watkins	WR	Southern Mississippi
2023	6	178	DAL	Eric Scott Jr.	CB	Southern Mississippi