Temple NFL Draft Picks

54 drafted · 1973–2024

Summary

54Players Drafted

4First Rounders

Temple has produced 54 NFL draft selections between 1973–2024. The highest was John Rienstra, taken 9th overall in 1986. 4 of its picks went in the first round. RB is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (8). 6 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All Temple NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1973	4	97	SD	Bill Singletary	LB	Temple
1975	6	154	CLE	Henry Hynoski	RB	Temple
1975	7	160	BAL	Steve Joachim	QB	Temple; Penn State
1976	3	92	SEA	Don Bitterlich	K	Temple
1977	6	144	NYJ	Joe Klecko	NT	Temple
1977	6	164	DAL	Jim Cooper	OT	Temple
1979	11	297	DEN	Zachary Dixon	RB	Temple; Dean JC
1980	8	218	PHI	Mike Curcio	LB	Temple
1984	3	73	LA	Tim Riordan	QB	Temple
1984	7	173	KC	Kevin Ross	DB	Temple
1985	3	61	IND	Anthony Young	FS	Temple
1986	1	9	PIT	John Rienstra	G	Temple
1986	6	158	DAL	Lloyd Yancey	OG	Temple
1987	1	19	KC	Paul Palmer	RB	Temple
1987	6	145	GB	Willie Marshall	WR	Temple
1988	3	78	CHI	Ralph Jarvis	DE	Temple
1988	8	211	PIT	Mike Hinnant	TE	Temple
1989	8	220	KC	Todd McNair	RB	Temple
1994	2	31	WAS	Tre' Johnson	G	Temple
1996	2	57	LV	Lance Johnstone	DE	Temple
1996	6	187	CHI	Jon Clark	OT	Temple
1997	4	128	TB	Alshermond Singleton	OLB	Temple
2001	4	111	PIT	Mathias Nkwenti	OT	Temple
2002	7	238	PHI	Raheem Brock	DE	Temple
2003	4	117	NE	Dan Klecko	FB	Temple
2003	7	237	NYJ	Dave Yovanovits	OT	Temple
2005	5	166	PIT	Rian Wallace	LB	Temple
2005				Walter Washington	QB	Temple
2005				A.J. Lindsay	DT	Temple
2009	3	72	JAX	Terrance Knighton	NT	Temple
2011	1	30	NYJ	Muhammad Wilkerson	DE	Temple
2011	2	54	PHI	Jaiquawn Jarrett	FS	Temple
2012	3	84	BAL	Bernard Pierce	RB	Temple
2012	4	111	CHI	Evan Rodriguez	TE	Temple; West Virginia
2012	5	138	DET	Tahir Whitehead	OLB	Temple
2016	4	104	BAL	Tavon Young	CB	Temple
2016	5	152	WAS	Matthew Ioannidis	DT	Temple
2016	5	152	WSH	Matt Ioannidis	DT	Temple
2016	7	246	PIT	Tyler Matakevich	ILB	Temple
2016				Kyle Friend	C	Temple
2017	1	13	ARI	Haason Reddick	OLB	Temple
2017	2	63	BUF	Dion Dawkins	OT	Temple
2017	5	158	IND	Nate Hairston	CB	Temple
2017				Praise Martin-Oguike	DE	Temple
2017				Jahad Thomas	RB	Temple
2018	6	186	SEA	Jacob Martin	DE	Temple
2018	6	186	SEA	Jake Martin	OLB	Temple
2018	7	223	SF	Jullian Taylor	DT	Temple
2018				Sean Chandler	S	Temple
2019	2	34	IND	Rock Ya-Sin	CB	Temple
2019	5	140	JAX	Ryquell Armstead	RB	Temple
2019	7	249	ARI	Michael Dogbe	DE	Temple
2019				Delvon Randall	S	Temple
2020	3	78	ATL	Matt Hennessy	C	Temple
2020	5	169	MIN	Harrison Hand	CB	Temple
2020	6	196	PHI	Shaun Bradley	LB	Temple
2020	7	241	TB	Chapelle Russell	LB	Temple
2021	6	216	PIT	Quincy Roche	LB	Miami; Temple
2023	6	202	JAX	Christian Braswell	CB	Rutgers; Temple
2024	4	128	BUF	Ray Davis	RB	Kentucky; Vanderbilt; Temple
2024	5	139	WAS	Jordan Magee	LB	Temple