Virginia NFL Draft Picks

114 drafted · 1967–2025

Summary

114Players Drafted

14First Rounders

Virginia has produced 114 NFL draft selections between 1967–2025. The highest was Chris Long, taken 2nd overall in 2008. 14 of its picks went in the first round. Thomas Jones has the longest NFL career among them by games played (187). RB is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (15). 7 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All Virginia NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	2	30	TEN	Bob Davis	QB	Virginia
1967	7	164	TEN	Ed Carrington	TE	Virginia
1968	5	136	OAK	John Naponic	OT	Virginia
1969	5	113	DEN	Frank Quayle	RB	Virginia
1969	7	166	WSH	Jeff Anderson	RB	Virginia
1974	4	81	LAC	Harrison Davis	WR	Virginia
1974	10	252	ATL	Paul Ryczek	C	Virginia
1975	12	290	CLE	Dick Ambrose	ILB	Virginia
1976	1	15	DEN	Tom Glassic	G	Virginia
1977	2	53	BAL	Mike Ozdowski	DE	Virginia
1978	5	135	LAC	John Choma	G	Virginia
1980	5	118	NYG	Tony Blount	DB	Virginia
1981	5	138	MIA	Tommy Vigorito	RB	Virginia
1982	4	104	KC	Stuart Anderson	LB	Virginia
1982	12	308	NE	Greg Taylor	WR	Virginia
1984	7	185	LA	Quentin Walker	RB	Virginia
1984	8	203	NYJ	Billy Griggs	TE	Virginia
1985	2	40	NYJ	Lester Lyles	S	Virginia
1985	4	99	KC	Bob Olderman	G	Virginia
1985	7	193	SEA	Ron Mattes	OT	Virginia
1986	1	6	NO	Jim Dombrowski	G	Virginia; Hawaii
1986	3	62	NO	Barry Word	RB	Virginia
1986	6	156	WAS	Jim Huddleston	G	Virginia
1987	10	255	GB	Don Majkowski	QB	Virginia
1988	6	151	DAL	Scott Secules	QB	Virginia
1989	1	14	NYJ	Jeff Lageman	DE	Virginia
1989	2	30	DET	John Ford	WR	Virginia
1989	7	186	NO	David Griggs	OLB	Virginia
1990	4	89	SEA	Chris Warren	RB	Ferrum College; Virginia
1990	6	149	LV	Marcus Wilson	RB	Virginia
1991	1	10	DET	Herman Moore	WR	Virginia
1991	4	93	TB	Tony Covington	SAF	Virginia
1991	9	238	PIT	Bruce McGonnigal	TE	Virginia
1991	11	284	DEN	Shawn Moore	QB	Virginia
1992	1	10	SEA	Ray Roberts	OT	Virginia
1992	2	40	KC	Matt Blundin	QB	Virginia
1993	2	31	NE	Chris Slade	DE	Virginia
1993	3	78	MIA	Terry Kirby	RB	Virginia
1993	4	88	NYJ	David Ware	OT	Virginia
1993	6	147	DET	Greg Jeffries	CB	Virginia
1994	3	71	LA	Keith Lyle	FS	Virginia
1994	5	161	HOU	Jim Reid	OT	Virginia
1995	3	94	CLE	Mike Frederick	DE	Virginia
1995	6	206	NYG	Charles Way	FB	Virginia
1996	5	159	DEN	Patrick Jeffers	WR	Virginia
1997	1	8	NYJ	James Farrior	ILB	Virginia
1997	1	25	PHI	Jon Harris	DE	Virginia
1997	2	34	BAL	Jamie Sharper	OLB	Virginia
1997	2	36	NYG	Tiki Barber	RB	Virginia
1997	3	66	TB	Ronde Barber	FS	Virginia
1997	5	161	DET	Duane Ashman	DE	Virginia
1998	2	50	DET	Germane Crowell	WR	Virginia
1998	5	141	NYJ	Doug Karczewski	OG	Virginia
1999	1	30	ATL	Patrick Kerney	DE	Virginia
1999	4	124	CLE	Wali Rainer	LB	Virginia
1999	4	131	GB	Aaron Brooks	QB	Virginia
1999	7	214	PIT	Antonio Dingle	DT	Virginia
1999	7	216	BAL	Anthony Poindexter	SAF	Virginia
2000	1	7	ARI	Thomas Jones	RB	Virginia
2000	3	94	LA	John St. Clair	OT	Virginia
2000	6	184	LAC	Shannon Taylor	LB	Virginia
2000	6	187	NE	Antwan Harris	DB	Virginia
2001	5	141	KC	Billy Baber	TE	Virginia
2002	4	118	JAX	Chris Luzar	TE	Virginia
2002	7	231	DEN	Monsanto Pope	DT	Virginia
2002	7	237	NE	Antwoine Womack	RB	Virginia
2003	3	94	BUF	Angelo Crowell	LB	Virginia
2003	3	95	PHI	Billy McMullen	WR	Virginia
2004	3	90	ATL	Matt Schaub	QB	Virginia
2005	1	30	PIT	Heath Miller	TE	Virginia
2005	3	95	ARI	Darryl Blackstock	MLB	Virginia
2005	4	111	ARI	Elton Brown	OT	Virginia
2005	4	127	JAX	Alvin Pearman	RB	Virginia
2005	6	203	CLE	Andrew Hoffman	DE	Virginia
2005	7	248	SF	Patrick Estes	OT	Virginia
2006	3	1	CIN	Ahmad Brooks	OLB	Virginia
2006	1	4	NYJ	D'Brickashaw Ferguson	OT	Virginia
2006	5	143	BUF	Brad Butler	OT	Virginia
2006	5	144	LA	Marques Hagans	WR	Virginia
2006	6	170	HOU	Wali Lundy	RB	Virginia
2006	6	188	SD	Kurt Smith	PK	Virginia
2007	7	244	ATL	Jason Snelling	FB	Virginia
2007	7	245	TB	Marcus Hamilton	DB	Virginia
2008	1	2	LA	Chris Long	DE	Virginia
2008	1	15	KC	Branden Albert	OT	Virginia
2008	6	196	IND	Tom Santi	TE	Virginia
2009	1	8	JAX	Eugene Monroe	OT	Virginia
2009	2	45	NYG	Clint Sintim	LB	Virginia
2009	6	185	BAL	Cedric Peerman	RB	Virginia
2009	6	208	DAL	John Phillips	TE	Virginia
2009				Kevin Ogletree	WR	Virginia
2010	2	34	MIN	Chris Cook	CB	Virginia
2011	2	33	NE	Ras-I Dowling	DB	Virginia
2011				Joe Torchia	TE	Virginia
2012	7	237	SF	Cam Johnson	OLB	Virginia
2012				Chase Minnifield	CB	Virginia
2013	5	141	NYJ	Oday Aboushi	G	Virginia
2014	3	66	WAS	Morgan Moses	OT	Virginia
2014	4	134	BAL	Brent Urban	DE	Virginia
2014	6	205	JAX	Luke Bowanko	G	Virginia
2015	3	79	SF	Eli Harold	LB	Virginia
2015	6	179	LV	Max Valles	OLB	Virginia
2015				Anthony Harris	S	Virginia
2016	6	209	BAL	Maurice Canady	CB	Virginia
2018	5	147	LA	Micah Kiser	LB	Virginia
2018	5	158	CIN	Andrew Brown	DT	Virginia
2018				Quin Blanding	S	Virginia
2018				Kurt Benkert	QB	Virginia
2019	2	63	KC	Juan Thornhill	SAF	Virginia
2019	6	198	SF	Tim Harris	CB	Virginia
2020	5	151	LAC	Joe Reed	WR	Virginia
2020	5	158	NYJ	Bryce Hall	CB	Virginia
2020				Jordan Mack	ILB	Virginia
2021				Tony Poljan	TE	Virginia
2021				Charles Snowden	OLB	Virginia
2022	3	73	IND	Jelani Woods	TE	Virginia
2023	5	154	SEA	Olu Oluwatimi	C	Michigan; Virginia
2023	5	159	GB	Dontayvion Wicks	WR	Virginia
2023	6	181	TB	Josh Hayes	CB	Kansas State; Virginia; North Dakota State
2024	6	184	MIA	Malik Washington	WR	Virginia; Northwestern
2024	7	243	CLE	Jowon Briggs	DE	Cincinnati; Virginia
2025	2	60	DEN	RJ Harvey	RB	UCF; Virginia
2025	3	93	NO	Jonas Sanker	SAF	Virginia