Texas NFL Draft Picks

218 drafted · 1967–2025

Summary

218Players Drafted

39First Rounders

Texas has produced 218 NFL draft selections between 1967–2025. The highest was Earl Campbell, taken 1st overall in 1978. 39 of its picks went in the first round. Ricky Williams has the longest NFL career among them by games played (163). DT is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (26). 19 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All Texas NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	7	171	NYJ	John Elliott	OG	Texas
1967	7	173	SD	David Conway	PK	Texas
1968	6	139	CIN	Howard Fest	OT	Texas
1969	3	69	PHI	Bill Bradley	DB	Texas
1969	5	130	NYJ	Chris Gilbert	RB	Texas
1970	1	21	CLE	Bob McKay	OT	Texas
1970	2	31	TEN	Leo Brooks	DT	Texas
1970	2	50	OAK	Ted Koy	RB	Texas
1971	2	38	WSH	Cotton Speyrer	WR	Texas
1971	2	52	IND	Bill Atessis	DE	Texas
1971	4	83	PHI	Happy Feller	PK	Texas
1971	4	84	NYJ	Bill Zapalac	LB	Texas
1971	4	90	LAR	Steve Worster	RB	Texas
1971	7	162	NYJ	Scott Palmer	DT	Texas
1972	2	30	LAR	Jim Bertelsen	RB	Texas
1972	4	95	LAR	Eddie Phillips	DB	Texas
1973	1	3	PHI	Jerry Sisemore	OT	Texas
1973	6	144	NYJ	Travis Roach	OG	Texas
1974	6	135	NYJ	Bill Wyman		Texas
1975	2	38	DET	Doug English	NT	Texas
1975	5	105	BAL	Roosevelt Leaks	FB	Texas
1976	3	77	NO	Bob Simmons	G	Texas
1976	8	223	SF	John Ayers	G	West Texas State; Texas
1977	1	16	NE	Raymond Clayborn	DB	Texas
1977	5	131	ARI	Ernest Lee	DT	Texas
1977	6	150	KC	Rick Burleson	DE	Texas
1978	1	1	HOU	Earl Campbell	RB	Texas
1978	3	74	CHI	Brad Shearer	DT	Texas
1978	9	245	BAL	Dave Studdard	OT	Texas
1979	1	11	NO	Russell Erxleben	P	Texas
1979	8	215	MIA	Glenn Blackwood	DB	Texas
1980	1	2	NYJ	Lam Jones	WR	Texas
1980	1	2	NYJ	"Johnny ""Lam"" Jones"	WR	Texas
1980	1	17	LA	Johnnie Johnson	DB	Texas
1980	1	24	BAL	Derrick Hatchett	DB	Texas
1980	3	73	NE	Steve McMichael	DT	Texas
1980	4	84	SF	Ricky Churchman	DB	Texas
1980	6	142	LA	Bill Acker	NT	Texas
1981	2	45	MIN	Robin Sendlein	OLB	Texas
1981	10	262	KC	Les Studdard	C	Texas
1982	1	1	NE	Kenneth Sims	DE	Texas
1982	2	33	SEA	Bruce Scholtz	OLB	Texas
1982	2	39	MIN	Terry Tausch	OT	Texas
1982	2	47	PHI	Lawrence Sampleton	TE	Texas
1982	4	110	CIN	Rodney Tate	RB	Texas
1982	5	115	CLE	Mike Baab	C	Texas; Austin Community College; Tarrant County JC
1982	5	119	LA	Vance Bedford	DB	Texas
1982	5	127	DET	William Graham	DB	Texas
1982	5	130	KC	Del Thompson	RB	Texas-El Paso; Texas; Ranger Junior College
1982	7	181	LA	Joe Shearin	G	Texas
1982	8	202	LA	A.J. Jones	RB	Texas
1982	8	209	PIT	John Goodson	P	Texas
1983	6	152	CIN	Kiki DeAyala	LB	Texas
1983	7	170	HOU	Herkie Walls	WR	Texas
1984	1	6	LAC	Mossy Cade	DB	Texas
1984	1	17	LA	Mike Ruether	C	Texas
1984	2	43	NE	Ed Williams	OLB	Texas
1984	2	45	LA	Doug Dawson	G	Texas
1984	3	57	TB	Fred Acorn	CB	Texas
1984	3	80	LA	Rick McIvor	QB	Texas
1984	4	93	IND	Craig Curry	DB	Texas
1984	5	117	KC	Eric Holle	DE	Texas
1984	5	123	NO	Jitter Fields	DB	Texas
1984	5	129	LA	Jeff Leiding	LB	Texas
1984	7	180	MIN	John Haines	DT	Texas
1984	8	199	LAC	Ray Woodard	DT	Texas
1984	9	243	SEA	Adam Schreiber	G	Texas
1984	10	272	DEN	Bobby Micho	TE	Texas
1985	1	21	LA	Jerry Gray	FS	Texas
1985	5	127	CIN	Tony Degrate	NT	Texas
1985	9	230	DET	June James	LB	Texas
1985	10	263	WAS	Terry Orr	TE	Texas
1986	3	59	LA	Gene Chilton	C	Texas
1986	4	95	LAC	Ty Allert	LB	Texas
1986	9	249	CHI	John Teltschik	P	Texas
1986	12	307	DAL	Chris Duliban	LB	Texas
1987	5	124	DAL	Everett Gay	WR	Texas
1987	6	165	CLE	Stephen Braggs	FS	Texas
1987	7	195	LA	William Harris	TE	Bishop; Texas
1987	11	304	WAS	Laron Brown	WR	Texas; Tennessee
1987	12	333	CHI	Eric Jeffries	DB	Texas
1988	6	141	CIN	Paul Jetton	G	Texas
1988	8	204	BUF	John Hagy	DB	Texas
1989	1	13	CLE	Eric Metcalf	WR	Texas
1989	3	81	PHI	Britt Hager	LB	Texas
1989	7	185	IND	Charles Washington	LB	Cameron University; Texas
1990	5	127	KC	Ken Hackemack	OT	Texas
1990	6	153	HOU	Tony Jones	WR	Texas; Angelina College
1991	1	9	LAC	Stanley Richard	FS	Texas
1991	1	22	CHI	Stan Thomas	OT	Texas
1991	5	125	IND	Kerry Cash	TE	Texas
1991	7	188	WAS	Keith Cash	TE	Texas
1991	8	213	LV	Brian Jones	LB	Texas; UCLA
1992	2	54	DEN	Shane Dronett	DT	Texas
1992	2	55	BUF	James Patton	DE	Texas
1992	3	75	PHI	Tommy Jeter	DT	Texas
1992	4	110	DEN	Chuck Johnson	OT	Texas
1992	6	161	CHI	Mark Berry	DB	Texas
1993	7	175	CIN	Lance Gunn	S	Texas
1994	2	57	DET	Van Malone	S	Texas
1994	3	79	NO	Winfred Tubbs	OLB	Texas
1995	1	29	CAR	Blake Brockermeyer	OT	Texas
1995	4	115	LA	Lovell Pinkney	WR	Texas
1996	2	33	JAX	Tony Brackens	DE	Texas
1997	1	5	DET	Bryant Westbrook	DB	Texas
1997	3	67	DEN	Dan Neil	G	Texas
1997	3	89	NE	Chris Carter	DB	Texas
1997	5	158	LA	Taje Allen	DB	Texas
1997	7	226	BUF	Pat Fitzgerald	TE	Texas
1999	1	5	NO	Ricky Williams	RB	Texas
1999	4	118	DAL	Wane McGarity	WR	Texas
1999	4	125	MIN	Jay Humphrey	OT	Texas
2000	6	191	BAL	Cedric Woodard	DE	Texas
2001	1	2	ARI	Leonard Davis	G	Texas
2001	1	19	PIT	Casey Hampton	NT	Texas
2001	2	61	DET	Shaun Rogers	DT	Texas
2002	1	5	LAC	Quentin Jammer	CB	Texas
2003	3	66	DET	Cory Redding	DE	Texas
2003	3	81	WAS	Derrick Dockery	G	Texas
2003	3	97	TB	Chris Simms	QB	Texas
2003	4	123	NYG	Rod Babers	DB	Texas
2004	1	23	SEA	Marcus Tubbs	DT	Texas
2004	4	110	CHI	Nathan Vasher	CB	Texas
2004	7	211	HOU	Sloan Thomas	WR	Texas
2004				BRANDON (BJ) JOHNSON	WR	Texas
2004				KALEN THORNTON	DE	Texas
2004				REED BOYD	ILB	Texas
2005	1	4	CHI	Cedric Benson	RB	Texas
2005	1	15	KC	Derrick Johnson	LB	Texas
2005	6	179	TEN	Bo Scaife	TE	Texas
2005				Will Matthews	FB	Texas
2006	1	3	TEN	Vince Young	QB	Texas
2006	1	7	LV	Michael Huff	FS	Texas
2006	2	48	MIN	Cedric Griffin	S	Texas
2006	3	86	NE	David Thomas	TE	Texas
2006	5	141	DET	Jonathan Scott	OT	Texas
2006	7	226	MIA	Rodrique Wright	DE	Texas
2007	1	19	TEN	Michael Griffin	FS	Texas
2007	1	20	NYG	Aaron Ross	DB	Texas
2007	2	39	ATL	Justin Blalock	G	Texas
2007	2	56	DEN	Tim Crowder	DE	Texas
2007	4	102	MIN	Brian Robison	DE	Texas
2007	5	147	SF	Tarell Brown	CB	Texas
2007	6	183	HOU	Kasey Studdard	G	Texas
2007				Selvin Young	RB	Texas
2007				Lyle Sendlein		Texas
2007				Ramonce Taylor	RB	Texas
2007				Tully Janszen	LS	Texas
2008	2	53	PIT	Limas Sweed	WR	Texas
2008	3	73	KC	Jamaal Charles	RB	Texas
2008	3	91	GB	Jermichael Finley	TE	Texas
2008	4	130	PIT	Tony Hills	OT	Texas
2008	5	151	HOU	Frank Okam	DT	Texas
2008				Marcus Griffin	S	Texas
2009	1	13	WAS	Brian Orakpo	OLB	Texas
2009	3	81	TB	Roy Miller	DT	Texas
2009	4	105	CHI	Henry Melton	DT	Texas
2009	7	211	LA	Chris Ogbonnaya	RB	Texas
2009				Quan Cosby	WR	Texas
2009				Ryan Palmer	CB	Texas
2009				Cedric Dockery	OG	Texas
2010	1	14	SEA	Earl Thomas	FS	Texas
2010	2	43	BAL	Sergio Kindle	LB	Texas
2010	2	44	LV	Lamarr Houston	LB	Texas
2010	3	84	CIN	Jordan Shipley	WR	Texas
2010	3	85	CLE	Colt McCoy	QB	Texas
2010	4	131	CIN	Roddrick Muckelroy	LB	Texas
2011	2	34	BUF	Aaron Williams	S	Texas
2011	3	95	PIT	Curtis Brown	DB	Texas
2011	4	103	ARI	Sam Acho	LB	Texas
2011	5	164	BAL	Chykie Brown	DB	Texas
2011				Kyle Hix	OT	Texas
2012	4	119	WAS	Keenan Robinson	OLB	Texas
2012	6	204	CLE	Emmanuel Acho	LB	Texas
2012	7	215	MIA	Kheeston Randall	DT	Texas
2013	1	15	NO	Kenny Vaccaro	S	Texas
2013	3	78	BUF	Marquise Goodwin	WR	Texas
2013	4	103	ARI	Alex Okafor	DE	Texas
2014	6	214	LA	Garrett Gilbert	QB	SMU; Texas
2014				Jackson Jeffcoat	DE	Texas
2014				Trey Hopkins	OG	Texas
2014				Chris Whaley	DT	Texas
2015	1	32	NE	Malcom Brown	DT	Texas
2015	3	84	PHI	Jordan Hicks	MLB	Texas
2015	5	144	NYG	Mykkele Thompson	DB	Texas
2015	6	200	DET	Quandre Diggs	S	Texas
2015	7	246	DAL	Geoff Swaim	TE	Texas; Butte College
2015				Cedric Reed	DE	Texas
2015				Malcolm Brown	RB	Texas
2015				Jaxon Shipley	WR	Texas
2016	4	116	IND	Hassan Ridgeway	DT	Texas
2017	3	89	HOU	D'Onta Foreman	RB	Texas
2018	2	50	DAL	Connor Williams	C	Texas
2018	3	78	CIN	Malik Jefferson	LB	Texas
2018	5	149	SEA	Michael Dickson	P	Texas
2018	6	190	BAL	DeShon Elliott	SAF	Texas
2018				Holton Hill	CB	Texas
2018				Poona Ford	DT	Texas
2019	5	161	HOU	Charles Omenihu	DE	Texas
2019	7	217	MIN	Kris Boyd	CB	Texas
2019				Davante Davis	CB	Texas
2019				Lil'Jordan Humphrey	WR	Texas
2019				Breckyn Hager	OLB	Texas
2020	3	88	CLE	Jordan Elliott	DT	Missouri; Texas
2020	3	92	BAL	Devin Duvernay	WR	Texas
2020	5	165	JAX	Collin Johnson	WR	Texas
2020				Malcolm Roach	DE	Texas
2020				Zach Shackelford	C	Texas
2020				Parker Braun	OG	Texas
2021	2	51	WAS	Sam Cosmi	G	Texas
2021	2	51	WSH	Samuel Cosmi	OT	Texas
2021	3	69	CIN	Joseph Ossai	DE	Texas
2021	5	148	ATL	Ta'Quon Graham	DT	Texas
2021	5	152	DEN	Caden Sterns	SAF	Texas
2021	6	218	IND	Sam Ehlinger	QB	Texas
2021				Brennan Eagles	WR	Texas
2021				Tarik Black	WR	Texas
2023	1	8	ATL	Bijan Robinson	RB	Texas
2023	3	90	DAL	DeMarvion Overshown	LB	Texas
2023	4	115	CHI	Roschon Johnson	RB	Texas
2023	6	194	KC	Keondre Coburn	DE	Texas
2023	7	249	PHI	Moro Ojomo	DT	Texas
2024	1	16	SEA	Byron Murphy II	DT	Texas
2024	1	28	KC	Xavier Worthy	WR	Texas
2024	2	38	TEN	T'Vondre Sweat	DT	Texas
2024	2	46	CAR	Jonathon Brooks	RB	Texas
2024	2	52	IND	Adonai Mitchell	WR	Texas; Georgia
2024	4	101	CAR	Ja'Tavion Sanders	TE	Texas
2024	4	131	KC	Jared Wiley	TE	TCU; Texas
2024	5	162	ARI	Christian Jones	OT	Texas
2024	5	167	JAX	Keilan Robinson	RB	Texas; Alabama
2024	5	175	NO	Jaylan Ford	LB	Texas
2024	6	195	PIT	Ryan Watts	DB	Texas; Ohio State
2024	6	213	LA	Jordan Whittington	WR	Texas
2025	1	9	NO	Kelvin Banks Jr.	OT	Texas
2025	1	20	DEN	Jahdae Barron	CB	Texas
2025	1	23	GB	Matthew Golden	WR	Texas; Houston
2025	2	43	SF	Alfred Collins	DT	Texas
2025	2	64	PHI	Andrew Mukuba	SAF	Texas; Clemson
2025	3	71	NO	Vernon Broughton	DT	Texas
2025	4	120	TEN	Gunnar Helm	TE	Texas
2025	4	124	GB	Barryn Sorrell	DE	Texas
2025	5	149	DAL	Jaydon Blue	RB	Texas
2025	6	207	PHI	Cameron Williams	OT	Texas
2025	6	211	ARI	Hayden Conner	G	Texas
2025	7	225	ARI	Kitan Crawford	SAF	Nevada; Texas
2025	7	231	MIA	Quinn Ewers	QB	Texas; Ohio State