USC NFL Draft Picks

332 drafted · 1967–2025

Summary

332Players Drafted

74First Rounders

USC has produced 332 NFL draft selections between 1967–2025. The highest was Ron Yary, taken 1st overall in 1968. 74 of its picks went in the first round. Michael Pittman Jr. has the longest NFL career among them by games played (219). WR is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (44). 54 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All USC NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	4	89	PIT	Ray May	LB	USC
1967	5	108	NO	Don McCall	RB	USC
1967	5	122	LAR	Nate Shaw	DB	USC
1968	1	1	MIN	Ron Yary	OT	USC
1968	1	10	PIT	Mike Taylor	OT	USC
1968	1	14	PHI	Tim Rossovich	LB	USC
1968	1	16	CHI	Mike Hull	RB	USC
1968	1	24	DET	Earl McCullouch	WR	USC
1968	3	68	PHI	Adrian Young	LB	USC
1968	4	94	WSH	Dennis Crane	DT	USC
1968	4	101	NYJ	Gary Magner	DT	USC
1969	1	1	BUF	O.J. Simpson	RB	USC
1969	1	21	LAR	Bob Klein	TE	USC
1969	5	116	GB	Bill Hayhoe	DT	USC
1969	6	138	NO	Bob Miller	TE	USC
1970	1	5	BUF	Al Cowlings	DE	USC
1970	1	26	KC	Sid Smith	OT	USC
1970	5	113	SF	Gary McArthur	OT	USC
1970	6	138	CIN	Sandy Durko	DB	USC
1970	6	149	DET	Tony Terry	DT	USC
1970	7	169	ATL	Gary Orcutt	WR	USC
1971	1	12	DEN	Marv Montgomery	OT	USC
1971	1	25	DAL	Tody Smith	DE	USC
1971	2	48	DET	Charlie Weaver	LB	USC
1971	3	55	SF	Sam Dickerson	WR	USC
1971	4	86	PIT	Gerry Mullins	OG	USC
1971	4	97	OAK	Clarence Davis	RB	USC
1971	6	149	OAK	Greg Slough	LB	USC
1971	6	152	DET	Herman Franklin	WR	USC
1971	7	160	BUF	Bob Chandler	WR	USC
1972	2	31	NO	Willie Hall	LB	USC
1972	2	43	OAK	John Vella	OT	USC
1972	7	176	OAK	Alonzo Thomas	DB	USC
1973	1	6	PHI	Charle Young	TE	USC
1973	1	11	NE	Sam Cunningham	RB	USC
1973	1	22	CLE	Pete Adams	OG	USC
1973	2	32	BUF	Jeff Winans	DT	USC
1973	4	82	NE	Allen Gallaher	OT	USC
1973	5	105	TEN	Edesel Garrison	WR	USC
1973	7	166	DEN	John Grant	DE	USC
1974	1	21	PIT	Lynn Swann	WR	USC
1974	1	25	MIN	Steve Riley	OT	USC
1974	4	88	NO	Rod McNeill	RB	USC
1974	6	154	HOU	Booker Brown	OT	USC; Santa Barbara
1974	9	216	SF	Manfred Moore	RB	USC
1974	12	297	PHI	Artimus Parker	S	USC
1975	2	45	LV	Charlie Phillips	S	USC
1975	2	45	OAK	Charles Phillips	DB	USC
1975	2	47	GB	Bill Bain	G	USC; Colorado; San Diego City College
1975	2	52	MIN	Art Riley	DT	USC
1975	3	68	NYJ	Richard Wood	LB	USC
1975	4	86	NE	Allen Carter	RB	USC
1975	7	158	NYG	Jim Obradovich	TE	USC; El Camino
1975	7	176	LA	Pat Haden	QB	USC
1975	11	276	CIN	Marvin Cobb	DB	USC
1975	13	322	SF	Dale Mitchell	LB	USC
1975	16	393	ATL	Steve Knutson	OT	USC; East Los Angeles College
1975	16	394	CLE	John McKay	WR	USC
1975	16	400	GB	Bob McCaffrey	C	USC
1976	3	69	CIN	Danny Reece	FS	USC
1976	12	328	GB	Melvin Jackson	G	USC
1977	1	1	TB	Ricky Bell	RB	USC
1977	1	4	NYJ	Marvin Powell	OT	USC
1977	1	5	NYG	Gary Jeter	DE	USC
1977	2	29	TB	Dave Lewis	LB	USC; San Diego City College
1977	5	120	ATL	Shelton Diggs	WR	USC
1977	5	130	LA	Donnie Hickman	G	USC
1977	6	140	CHI	Vince Evans	QB	USC; Los Angeles City College
1977	6	141	SF	Mike Burns	S	USC; Contra Costa
1977	7	173	CLE	Ken Randle	WR	USC
1977	7	181	SD	Ron Bush	DB	USC
1977	11	287	ATL	Dave Farmer	RB	USC
1977	12	317	LV	Rod Martin	OLB	USC; Los Angeles City College
1978	1	12	CLE	Clay Matthews	DE	USC
1978	2	55	DEN	Bill Gay	DE	USC; San Diego City College
1978	5	131	CIN	Rob Hertel	QB	USC
1978	7	168	KC	Ricky Odom	DB	USC
1978	7	171	BUF	Mario Celotto	LB	USC
1978	8	215	NE	Mosi Tatupu	RB	USC
1978	11	306	DAL	Dennis Thurman	DB	USC
1978	12	322	HOU	John Schuhmacher	G	USC
1979	2	49	ATL	Pat Howell	G	USC
1979	4	100	ATL	Lynn Cain	RB	USC; East Los Angeles College
1979	4	110	PIT	Calvin Sweeney	WR	USC; California Riverside, Univ; Riverside Community College
1979	5	115	BAL	Larry Braziel	DB	USC; Compton Community College
1979	5	124	CLE	Rich Dimler	DT	USC
1979	6	155	DAL	Tim Lavender	DB	USC
1979	8	214	HOU	Carter Hartwig	FS	USC
1979	9	247	DAL	Garry Cobb	LB	USC
1980	1	3	CIN	Anthony Munoz	OT	USC
1980	1	11	KC	Brad Budde	G	USC
1980	1	27	CLE	Charles White	RB	USC
1980	2	45	NE	Larry McGrew	LB	USC; Contra Costa
1980	3	64	NYG	Myron Lapka	DT	USC
1980	4	88	BAL	Ray Butler	WR	USC; Wharton County Junior College
1980	4	109	CLE	Paul McDonald	QB	USC
1980	6	144	BAL	Chris Foote	C	USC
1981	1	8	SF	Ronnie Lott	SAF	USC
1981	1	11	CHI	Keith Van Horne	OT	USC
1981	1	15	DEN	Dennis Smith	FS	USC
1981	3	71	NO	Hoby Brenner	TE	USC
1981	7	177	CHI	Jeff Fisher	DB	USC
1981	7	181	DEN	Steve Busick	LB	USC
1981	9	239	PIT	James Hunter	DE	USC
1981	12	315	BAL	Eric Scoggins	LB	USC
1982	1	3	CLE	Chip Banks	LB	USC
1982	1	10	LV	Marcus Allen	RB	USC
1982	1	24	MIA	Roy Foster	G	USC
1982	9	245	BUF	Dennis Edwards	DE	USC
1983	1	9	HOU	Bruce Matthews	C	USC
1983	1	19	MIN	Joey Browner	DB	USC
1983	1	26	LV	Don Mosebar	C	USC
1983	3	57	BAL	George Achica	DT	USC
1983	4	94	DET	August Curley	LB	USC
1983	4	99	TB	Kelly Thomas	OT	USC
1983	5	117	SF	Riki Ellison	MLB	USC
1983	5	117	SF	Riki Gray-Ellison	LB	USC
1983	5	120	PHI	Byron Darby	DT	USC
1983	7	171	LA	Jeff Simmons	WR	USC
1983	8	200	LA	Troy West	DB	USC; Mt. San Antonio
1984	2	30	TB	Keith Browner	OLB	USC
1984	2	54	DAL	Malcolm Moore	WR	USC
1984	3	81	DAL	Fred Cornwell	TE	USC
1984	6	155	BUF	Tony Slaton	G	USC
1984	11	293	LA	Michael Harper	WR	USC
1985	1	5	IND	Duane Bickett	LB	USC
1985	1	7	GB	Ken Ruettgers	OT	USC
1985	3	68	NO	Jack Del Rio	MLB	USC
1985	5	124	NYJ	Brian Luft	DT	USC
1985	9	229	IND	Mark Boyer	TE	USC
1985	10	274	LA	Duval Love	G	UCLA; USC
1986	1	13	LAC	James FitzPatrick	OT	USC
1986	5	125	GB	Matt Koart	DE	USC
1986	5	134	DEN	Tony Colorito	NT	USC
1986	9	236	GB	Brent Moore	LB	USC
1986	9	243	LA	Elbert Watts	DB	USC; Oklahoma; Santa Monica; East Los Angeles College
1986	9	246	LV	Zeph Lee	S	USC
1986	10	259	MIN	Joe Cormier	LB	USC
1987	2	34	LA	Tim McDonald	S	USC
1987	2	37	SF	Jeff Bregel	G	USC
1987	2	53	LAC	Lou Brock	DB	USC
1987	2	53	SD	Louis Brock	DB	USC
1988	1	8	NYJ	Dave Cadigan	G	USC
1988	2	28	ATL	Marcus Cotton	LB	USC
1989	4	110	WAS	Erik Affholter	WR	USC
1989	6	141	DET	Rodney Peete	QB	USC
1989	7	193	BUF	Chris Hale	DB	USC; Nebraska; Glendale Community College
1989	8	208	DEN	Paul Green	TE	USC
1989	12	322	SEA	R.J. Kors	DB	California State - Long Beach; USC; Taft College
1990	1	5	LAC	Junior Seau	LB	USC
1990	2	35	DET	Dan Owens	DT	USC
1990	4	94	IND	Bill Schultz	G	USC; Glendale Community College
1990	5	137	MIA	Leroy Holt	RB	USC
1990	7	178	CLE	Scott Galbraith	TE	USC
1990	7	191	NYG	Aaron Emanuel	RB	USC
1990	8	219	DEN	Brad Leggett	C	USC
1990	10	267	NO	Ernest Spears	DB	USC
1991	1	11	NE	Pat Harlow	OT	USC
1991	1	24	LV	Todd Marinovich	QB	USC
1991	3	76	WAS	Ricky Ervins	RB	USC
1991	5	129	HOU	Gary Wellman	WR	USC
1991	7	186	ATL	Mark Tucker	G	USC
1991	11	293	NO	Scott Ross	LB	USC
1992	2	42	NYJ	Kurt Barber	LB	USC
1992	7	196	WSH	Calvin Holmes	DB	USC
1992	8	204	NE	Scott Lockwood	RB	USC
1992	11	284	TB	Mazio Royster	RB	USC
1993	1	7	CHI	Curtis Conway	WR	USC; El Camino
1993	4	102	HOU	Travis Hannah	WR	USC
1993	8	212	WAS	Lamont Hollinquest	LB	USC
1994	1	4	NE	Willie McGinest	OLB	USC
1994	1	21	DET	Johnnie Morton	WR	USC
1994	2	59	NYG	Jason Sehorn	DB	USC; Shasta College
1994	4	106	IND	Bradford Banta	TE	USC
1995	1	2	JAX	Tony Boselli	OT	USC
1995	4	99	JAX	Rob Johnson	QB	USC
1995	5	166	DAL	Edward Hervey	WR	USC
1995	6	194	MIA	Jeff Kopp	LB	USC
1995	7	247	PIT	Cole Ford	K	USC
1996	1	1	NYJ	Keyshawn Johnson	WR	USC; West Los Angeles College
1996	1	27	GB	John Michels	OT	USC
1996	3	64	ARI	Johnny McWilliams	TE	USC
1997	1	2	LV	Darrell Russell	DT	USC
1997	2	38	CHI	John Allred	TE	USC
1997	7	208	NYG	Matt Keneley	DT	USC
1998	2	45	TB	Brian Kelly	CB	USC
1999	1	9	DET	Chris Claiborne	LB	USC
1999	3	62	CLE	Daylon McCutcheon	DB	USC
1999	4	108	KC	Larry Parker	WR	USC
1999	6	184	CHI	Rashard Cook	DB	USC
1999	7	218	DEN	Billy Miller	TE	USC
2000	1	29	JAX	R. Jay Soward	WR	USC
2000	2	37	ATL	Travis Claridge	G	USC
2000	5	143	NYJ	Windrell Hayes	WR	USC; San Jose State; San Joaquin Delta College
2000	5	166	NO	Chad Morton	RB	USC
2000	6	193	TB	David Gibson	DB	USC
2001	4	122	DAL	Markus Steele	OLB	USC; Long Beach City College
2001	5	139	LAC	Zeke Moreno	LB	USC
2001	7	221	NO	Ennis Davis	DT	USC
2002	3	85	SEA	Kris Richard	DB	USC
2002	6	175	DET	Chris Cash	DB	USC; Palomar College
2003	1	1	CIN	Carson Palmer	QB	USC
2003	1	16	PIT	Troy Polamalu	S	USC
2003	3	96	LV	Justin Fargas	RB	USC; Michigan
2003	6	203	NO	Kareem Kelly	WR	USC
2003	7	218	JAX	Malaefou MacKenzie	FB	USC
2004	1	20	MIN	Kenechi Udeze	DE	USC
2004	2	52	DAL	Jacob Rogers	OT	USC
2004	2	62	CAR	Keary Colbert	WR	USC
2004	4	102	MIA	Will Poole	DB	USC; Boston College; Ventura
2005	5	1	MIA	Manuel Wright	DT	USC; Long Beach City College
2005	1	31	PHI	Mike Patterson	DT	USC
2005	2	37	DET	Shaun Cody	NT	USC
2005	2	45	SEA	Lofa Tatupu	MLB	USC; Maine
2005	7	230	NE	Matt Cassel	QB	USC
2006	1	2	NO	Reggie Bush	RB	USC
2006	1	10	ARI	Matt Leinart	QB	USC
2006	2	39	PHI	Winston Justice	OT	USC
2006	2	41	ARI	Deuce Lutui	G	USC; Snow
2006	2	45	TEN	LenDale White	RB	USC
2006	3	91	CIN	Frostee Rucker	DE	USC; Colorado State
2006	3	93	LA	Dominique Byrd	TE	USC
2006	4	101	LV	Darnell Bing	LB	USC; Long Beach City College
2006	5	163	SEA	David Kirtman	RB	USC
2006	6	204	PHI	LaJuan Ramsey	DT	USC
2006	7	217	DET	Fred Matua	OG	USC
2007	2	45	CAR	Dwayne Jarrett	WR	USC
2007	2	53	CLE	Eric Wright	DB	UNLV; USC
2007	2	59	CAR	Ryan Kalil	C	USC
2007	5	143	WSH	Dallas Sartz	LB	USC
2007	7	211	NE	Oscar Lua	LB	USC
2008	1	7	NO	Sedrick Ellis	DT	USC
2008	1	9	CIN	Keith Rivers	OLB	USC
2008	1	21	ATL	Sam Baker	OT	USC
2008	1	28	SEA	Lawrence Jackson	DE	USC
2008	2	39	SF	Chilo Rachal	G	USC
2008	2	48	WAS	Fred Davis	TE	USC
2008	2	63	NYG	Terrell Thomas	CB	USC
2008	5	137	MIN	John David Booty	QB	USC
2008	5	155	JAX	Thomas Williams	LB	USC
2008	7	213	JAX	Chauncey Washington	RB	USC
2009	1	5	NYJ	Mark Sanchez	QB	USC
2009	1	15	HOU	Brian Cushing	ILB	USC
2009	2	38	CIN	Rey Maualuga	OLB	USC
2009	2	56	IND	Fili Moala	DE	USC; Cypress College
2009	3	87	MIA	Patrick Turner	WR	USC
2009	4	104	CLE	Kaluka Maiava	OLB	USC
2009	4	117	TB	Kyle Moore	DE	USC
2009	5	172	DAL	David Buehler	K	USC; Santa Ana College
2009	6	183	BUF	Cary Harris	FS	USC
2009	6	189	LAC	Kevin Ellison	S	USC
2010	2	49	SF	Taylor Mays	S	USC
2010	2	64	NO	Charles Brown	OT	USC
2010	3	77	TEN	Damian Williams	WR	USC; Arkansas
2010	3	94	IND	Kevin Thomas	CB	USC
2010	4	100	MIN	Everson Griffen	DE	USC
2010	4	112	NYJ	Joe McKnight	RB	USC
2010	6	185	SEA	Anthony McCoy	TE	USC
2011	1	9	DAL	Tyron Smith	OT	USC
2011	3	77	TEN	Jurrell Casey	DE	USC
2011	3	89	LAC	Shareece Wright	DB	USC
2011	4	102	CLE	Jordan Cameron	TE	USC; Ventura; BYU
2011	6	182	SF	Ronald Johnson	WR	USC
2011	6	187	TB	Allen Bradford	LB	USC
2011	7	240	PHI	Stanley Havili	FB	USC
2011	7	241	LV	David Ausberry	TE	USC
2011	7	242	SEA	Malcolm Smith	MLB	USC
2012	1	4	MIN	Matt Kalil	OT	USC
2012	1	28	GB	Nick Perry	OLB	USC
2012	4	128	MIN	Rhett Ellison	TE	USC
2012	5	137	DEN	Malik Jackson	DT	Tennessee; USC
2012				Dajohn Harris	DT	USC
2013	1	17	PIT	Jarvis Jones	OLB	Georgia; USC
2013	2	41	BUF	Robert Woods	WR	USC
2013	3	71	LA	T.J. McDonald	S	USC
2013	4	98	PHI	Matt Barkley	QB	USC
2013	4	121	IND	Khaled Holmes	C	USC
2013	7	209	LV	Brice Butler	WR	San Diego State; USC
2013				Nickell Robey	CB	USC
2013				Jawanza Starling	S	USC
2014	2	39	JAX	Marqise Lee	WR	USC
2014	3	70	SF	Marcus Martin	C	USC
2014	5	174	NYG	Devon Kennard	OLB	USC
2014				Dion Bailey	S	USC
2014				George Uko	DT	USC
2014				Morgan Breslin	OLB	USC
2014				Silas Redd	RB	USC
2014				Xavier Grimble	TE	USC
2015	1	6	NYJ	Leonard Williams	DE	USC
2015	1	20	PHI	Nelson Agholor	WR	USC
2015	4	125	BAL	Javorius Allen	RB	USC
2015	4	125	BAL	Buck Allen	RB	USC
2015	6	198	CLE	Randall Telfer	TE	USC
2015	7	219	CLE	Hayes Pullard	LB	USC
2015				J.R. Tavai	OLB	USC
2016	2	53	WAS	Su'a Cravens	DB	USC
2016	3	66	LAC	Max Tuerk	C	USC
2016	3	93	CLE	Cody Kessler	QB	USC
2016	6	218	BUF	Kevon Seymour	CB	USC
2016				Antwaun Woods	DT	USC
2016				Tre Madden	RB	USC
2017	1	18	TEN	Adoree' Jackson	CB	USC
2017	2	62	PIT	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	USC
2017	4	137	IND	Zach Banner	OT	USC
2017	6	218	KC	Leon McQuay III	DB	USC
2017	7	223	TB	Stevie Tu'ikolovatu	DT	USC; Utah
2017				Damien Mama	OG	USC
2017				Chad Wheeler	OT	USC
2018	1	3	NYJ	Sam Darnold	QB	USC
2018	2	38	TB	Ronald Jones	RB	USC
2018	2	38	TB	Ronald Jones II	RB	USC
2018	2	48	LAC	Uchenna Nwosu	LB	USC
2018	3	79	SEA	Rasheem Green	DE	USC
2018				Deontay Burnett	WR	USC
2018				Josh Fatu	DT	USC
2019	3	92	NYJ	Chuma Edoga	OT	USC
2019	4	127	BAL	Iman Marshall	CB	USC
2019	5	144	IND	Marvell Tell	CB	USC
2019	5	144	IND	Marvell Tell III	S	USC
2019	5	162	MIN	Cameron Smith	ILB	USC
2019				Porter Gustin	OLB	USC
2020	1	18	MIA	Austin Jackson	OT	USC
2020	2	34	IND	Michael Pittman Jr.	WR	USC
2021	1	14	NYJ	Alijah Vera-Tucker	G	USC
2021	4	106	JAX	Jay Tufele	DT	USC
2021	4	112	DET	Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR	USC
2021	5	180	SF	Talanoa Hufanga	SAF	USC
2021	6	189	PHI	Marlon Tuipulotu	DT	USC
2021				Tyler Vaughns	WR	USC
2021				Olaijah Griffin	CB	USC
2022	1	8	ATL	Drake London	WR	USC
2022	2	61	SF	Drake Jackson	DE	USC
2022	3	71	CHI	Velus Jones Jr.	RB	Tennessee; USC
2022	6	201	ARI	Keaontay Ingram	RB	USC
2023	1	23	MIN	Jordan Addison	WR	USC; Pittsburgh
2023	2	54	LAC	Tuli Tuipulotu	LB	USC
2023	3	102	MIN	Mekhi Blackmon	CB	USC; Colorado
2023	7	229	BAL	Andrew Vorhees	G	USC
2024	1	1	CHI	Caleb Williams	QB	USC; Oklahoma
2024	3	78	HOU	Calen Bullock	SAF	USC
2024	3	88	GB	MarShawn Lloyd	RB	USC; South Carolina
2024	6	215	SF	Jarrett Kingston	G	USC; Washington State
2024	7	225	LAC	Brenden Rice	WR	USC; Colorado
2024	7	238	HOU	Solomon Byrd	DE	USC; Wyoming
2024	7	241	MIA	Tahj Washington	WR	USC; Memphis
2025	1	25	NYG	Jaxson Dart	QB	Mississippi; USC
2025	3	97	HOU	Jaylin Smith	CB	USC
2025	4	116	HOU	Woody Marks	RB	USC; Mississippi State
2025	7	217	DAL	Jay Toia	DT	UCLA; USC
2025	7	221	JAX	Jonah Monheim	C	USC