Stanford NFL Draft Picks

173 drafted · 1967–2025

Summary

173Players Drafted

19First Rounders

Stanford has produced 173 NFL draft selections between 1967–2025. The highest was Jim Plunkett, taken 1st overall in 1971. 19 of its picks went in the first round. Zach Ertz has the longest NFL career among them by games played (178). WR is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (23). 15 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All Stanford NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	5	131	OAK	Mike Hibler	LB	Stanford
1968	5	130	DAL	Blaine Nye	OT	Stanford
1969	2	50	OAK	George Buehler	OG	Stanford
1969	3	54	ATL	Malcolm Snider	OT	Stanford
1969	6	144	CHI	Bill Nicholson	DE	Stanford
1970	4	91	ARI	Don Parish	LB	Stanford
1971	1	1	NE	Jim Plunkett	QB	Stanford
1971	4	96	NYG	David Tipton	DT	Stanford
1971	5	123	OAK	Bob Moore	TE	Stanford
1971	5	129	DAL	Ron Kadziel	LB	Stanford
1972	1	6	TEN	Greg Sampson	DE	Stanford
1972	1	10	MIN	Jeff Siemon	LB	Stanford
1972	2	36	SD	Pete Lazetich	DE	Stanford
1973	4	86	NO	Jim Merlo	LB	Stanford
1973	7	165	DEN	Mike Askea	OT	Stanford
1974	4	87	CIN	Mike Boryla	QB	Stanford
1974	5	120	MIN	Jim Ferguson	DB	Stanford
1974	6	133	LAC	Jesse Freitas	QB	San Diego State; Stanford
1974	6	145	DEN	John Winesberry	WR	Stanford
1974	7	175	OAK	Rod Garcia	PK	Stanford
1974	12	311	MIN	Randy Poltl	FS	Stanford
1975	4	90	DAL	Pat Donovan	OT	Stanford
1975	9	212	CHI	Roger Stillwell	DT	Stanford; College of Marin
1975	14	356	DAL	Scott Laidlaw	RB	Stanford
1977	4	97	WSH	Duncan McColl	DE	Stanford
1977	5	113	MIA	Mike Michel	P	Stanford; Ventura
1978	1	6	GB	James Lofton	WR	Stanford
1978	1	10	NYG	Gordon King	OT	Stanford
1978	2	51	MIA	Guy Benjamin	QB	Stanford
1978	7	184	KC	Bill Kellar	WR	Stanford
1979	4	97	MIN	Steve Dils	QB	Stanford
1979	7	166	SF	Phil Francis	RB	Stanford
1980	2	44	SEA	Andre Hines	OT	Stanford
1980	9	242	CHI	Turk Schonert	QB	Stanford
1981	1	19	NE	Brian Holloway	OT	Stanford
1981	3	67	CHI	Ken Margerum	WR	Stanford
1982	1	7	MIN	Darrin Nelson	RB	Stanford
1982	2	36	ATL	Doug Rogers	DE	Stanford
1982	6	158	TB	Andre Tyler	WR	Stanford
1982	11	294	GB	John Macaulay	C	Stanford
1983	1	1	BAL	John Elway	QB	Stanford
1983	3	69	HOU	Chris Dressel	TE	Stanford
1983	6	163	NYJ	Vincent White	DB	Stanford
1983	6	168	WAS	Babe Laufenberg	QB	Indiana; Missouri; Stanford; Pierce College
1984	6	161	HOU	Eric Mullins	WR	Stanford
1985	2	48	NE	Garin Veris	DE	Stanford
1985	4	87	HOU	Tom Briehl	LB	Stanford
1985	4	89	ATL	Emile Harry	WR	Stanford
1985	6	151	NYJ	Jeff Deaton	OG	Stanford
1985	6	157	DAL	Matt Moran	OG	Stanford
1986	8	220	NE	Greg Baty	TE	Stanford
1987	2	45	SEA	David Wyman	MLB	Stanford
1987	6	152	NO	Thomas Henley	WR	Stanford
1987	7	172	GB	Tony Leiker	DE	Stanford; Coffeyville CC
1987	8	207	NO	Toi Cook	DB	Stanford
1988	1	23	CHI	Brad Muster	FB	Stanford
1988	8	210	MIN	Joe Cain	LB	Oregon Institute Of Technology; Stanford
1990	4	90	DET	Rob Hinckley	LB	Stanford
1990	4	103	IND	Alan Grant	DB	Stanford
1990	7	186	GB	Lester Archambeau	DE	Stanford
1991	3	83	NYG	Ed McCaffrey	WR	Stanford
1991	4	91	DET	Kevin Scott	CB	Stanford
1992	1	8	ATL	Bob Whitfield	OT	Stanford
1992	1	9	CLE	Tommy Vardell	FB	Stanford
1992	9	251	BUF	Chris Walsh	WR	Stanford
1993	1	22	LAC	Darrien Gordon	DB	Stanford
1993	2	43	DEN	Glyn Milburn	WR	Stanford; Oklahoma
1993	3	82	TB	John Lynch	FS	Stanford
1993	5	121	ATL	Ron George	LB	Stanford; Air Force
1993	6	166	SF	Chris Dalman	G	Stanford
1994	4	124	DET	Vaughn Bryant	DB	Stanford
1995	4	113	BUF	Justin Armour	WR	Stanford
1995	4	131	BUF	Tony Cline	TE	Stanford
1995	4	134	KC	Steve Stenstrom	QB	Stanford
1995	7	243	MIN	Jason Fisk	NT	Stanford
1996	7	230	MIA	Jeff Buckey	G	Stanford
1997	3	77	SF	Greg Clark	TE	Stanford; Ricks College
1997	5	162	WAS	Brad Badger	G	Stanford; Snow
1997	6	170	MIA	Brian Manning	WR	Stanford
1997	7	214	KC	Nathan Parks	G	Stanford; Butte College
1998	2	51	MIN	Kailee Wong	LB	Stanford
1998	3	63	LV	Jon Ritchie	FB	Stanford; Michigan
1998	3	67	NYJ	Scott Frost	DB	Nebraska; Stanford
1998	6	157	CHI	Chris Draft	OLB	Stanford
1998	6	162	SEA	Carl Hansen	DT	Stanford
1998	7	194	LAC	Jon Haskins	LB	Stanford
2000	5	165	MIN	Troy Walters	WR	Stanford
2000	6	202	WAS	Todd Husak	QB	Stanford
2001	2	57	MIN	Willie Howard	DT	Stanford
2001	6	168	CIN	Riall Johnson	LB	Stanford
2002	2	45	TEN	Tank Williams	DB	Stanford
2002	3	97	BUF	Coy Wire	OLB	Stanford
2002	5	137	CAR	Randy Fasani	QB	Stanford
2002	7	239	SF	Eric Heitmann	C	Stanford
2002	7	255	TB	Zack Quaccia		Stanford
2003	1	26	SF	Kwame Harris	OT	Stanford
2003	2	63	LV	Teyo Johnson	TE	Stanford
2003	4	119	CAR	Colin Branch	S	Stanford
2003	7	247	CAR	Casey Moore	RB	Stanford
2004	5	161	CLE	Amon Gordon	DE	Stanford
2004	6	176	CLE	Kirk Chambers	OT	Stanford
2004	6	197	PIT	Drew Caylor		Stanford
2005	3	66	STL	Oshiomogho Atogwe	DB	Stanford
2005	3	72	DET	Stanley Wilson	CB	Stanford
2005	6	183	WSH	Jared Newberry	LB	Stanford
2005	6	187	KC	Will Svitek	OT	Stanford
2005	7	252	PHI	David Bergeron	LB	Stanford
2006	3	77	LA	Jon Alston	LB	Stanford
2006	5	156	TB	Julian Jenkins	DE	Stanford
2006	6	181	CLE	Baba Oshinowo	DT	Stanford
2006	6	181	CLE	Babatunde Oshinowo	DT	Stanford
2006	7	238	IND	T.J. Rushing	CB	Stanford
2007	3	92	BUF	Trent Edwards	QB	Stanford
2007	3	94	CHI	Michael Okwo	LB	Stanford
2010	2	51	MIN	Toby Gerhart	RB	Stanford
2010	7	233	ARI	Jim Dray	TE	Stanford
2010	7	253	TB	Erik Lorig	FB	Stanford
2011	3	97	CAR	Sione Fua	DT	Stanford
2011	4	124	CLE	Owen Marecic	RB	Stanford
2011	5	154	SEA	Richard Sherman	CB	Stanford
2011	6	167	CIN	Ryan Whalen	WR	Stanford
2012	1	1	IND	Andrew Luck	QB	Stanford
2012	1	24	PIT	David DeCastro	G	Stanford
2012	2	34	IND	Coby Fleener	TE	Stanford
2012	2	42	MIA	Jonathan Martin	OT	Stanford
2012				Chris Owusu	WR	Stanford
2013	2	35	PHI	Zach Ertz	TE	Stanford
2013	4	133	ATL	Levine Toilolo	TE	Stanford
2013	5	140	ARI	Stepfan Taylor	RB	Stanford
2013				Chase Thomas	OLB	Stanford
2014	2	47	WAS	Trent Murphy	DE	Stanford
2014	4	140	NE	Cameron Fleming	OT	Stanford
2014	5	145	MIN	David Yankey	G	Stanford
2014	5	162	PHI	Ed Reynolds	FS	Stanford
2014	6	204	CAR	Tyler Gaffney	RB	Stanford
2014	7	231	DAL	Ben Gardner	LB	Stanford
2014				Shayne Skov	ILB	Stanford
2014				Josh Mauro	DE	Stanford
2014				Ryan Hewitt	FB	Stanford
2015	1	13	NO	Andrus Peat	G	Stanford
2015	2	64	NE	Jordan Richards	FS	Stanford
2015	3	80	DET	Alex Carter	CB	Stanford
2015	3	93	IND	Henry Anderson	DE	Stanford
2015	3	94	GB	Ty Montgomery	WR	Stanford
2015	5	151	IND	David Parry	DT	Stanford
2015				A.J. Tarpley	ILB	Stanford
2016	1	28	SF	Joshua Garnett	G	Stanford
2016	3	81	ATL	Austin Hooper	TE	Stanford
2016	4	131	GB	Blake Martinez	ILB	Stanford
2016	5	162	KC	Kevin Hogan	QB	Stanford
2016	6	200	GB	Kyle Murphy	OT	Stanford
2016				Devon Cajuste	WR	Stanford
2016				Aziz Shittu	DE	Stanford
2017	1	3	SF	Solomon Thomas	DE	Stanford
2017	1	8	CAR	Christian McCaffrey	RB	Stanford
2017				Michael Rector	WR	Stanford
2017				Conrad Ukropina	PK	Stanford
2018	3	68	HOU	Justin Reid	S	Stanford
2018	3	96	BUF	Harrison Phillips	DT	Stanford
2018	4	137	DAL	Dalton Schultz	TE	Stanford
2018	6	214	HOU	Peter Kalambayi	LB	Stanford
2018				Quenton Meeks	CB	Stanford
2018				David Bright	OT	Stanford
2019	2	57	PHI	J.J. Arcega-Whiteside	WR	Stanford
2019	3	89	IND	Bobby Okereke	ILB	Stanford
2019	4	112	WAS	Bryce Love	RB	Stanford
2019	5	163	NE	Jake Bailey	P	Stanford
2019	6	176	SF	Kaden Smith	TE	Stanford
2019				Nate Herbig	OG	Stanford
2019				Jesse Burkett	C	Stanford
2019				Joey Alfieri	OLB	Stanford
2019				Alijah Holder	CB	Stanford
2020	4	133	SEA	Colby Parkinson	TE	Stanford
2020	7	233	PHI	Casey Toohill	DE	Stanford
2021	2	45	JAX	Walker Little	OT	Stanford
2021	3	67	HOU	Davis Mills	QB	Stanford
2021	3	76	NO	Paulson Adebo	CB	Stanford
2021	4	114	ATL	Drew Dalman	C	Stanford
2021	5	179	DAL	Simi Fehoko	WR	Stanford
2022	5	150	HOU	Thomas Booker	DT	Stanford
2023	3	94	ARI	Michael Wilson	WR	Stanford
2023	5	157	BAL	Kyu Blu Kelly	CB	Stanford
2023	6	188	PHI	Tanner McKee	QB	Stanford
2023	6	197	MIA	Elijah Higgins	TE	Stanford
2023	7	258	CHI	Kendall Williamson	SAF	Stanford
2024	6	177	MIN	Walter Rouse	OT	Oklahoma; Stanford
2024	6	209	LA	Joshua Karty	K	Stanford
2025	4	136	TEN	Elic Ayomanor	WR	Stanford
2025	6	191	PHI	Myles Hinton	OT	Michigan; Stanford