History of the #143 Overall Pick

Summary

Every player taken with the 143rd overall pick in our database, 1967–2024. DB is the most common position selected at this slot (9 times).

Every #143 Overall Pick

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	6	143	CHI	Doug Kriewald	OG	West Texas A&M
1968	6	143	CIN	William Kendricks	OT	Alabama A&M
1969	6	143	TEN	Willie Grate	WR	South Carolina State
1970	6	143	ATL	Mack Herron	RB	Kansas State
1971	6	143	SD	Jacob Mayes	RB	Tennessee State
1972	6	143	PIT	Dennis Meyer	DB	Arkansas State
1973	6	143	MIN	Fred Abbott	LB	Florida
1974	6	143	DET	Jim Davis	OG	Alcorn State
1975	6	143	MIA	Steve Towle	LB	Kansas
1976	5	143	BAL	Mike Kirkland	QB	Arkansas
1977	6	143	NYG	Bob Jordan	OT	Memphis
1979	6	143	HOU	Daryl Hunt	LB	Oklahoma
1980	6	143	GB	Karl Swanke	C	Boston College
1981	6	143	LA	Dave Ahrens	OLB	Wisconsin
1982	6	143	DAL	Ken Hammond	OG	Vanderbilt
1983	6	143	DEN	Victor Heflin	DB	Delaware State
1984	6	143	NYG	Jim Scott	DE	Clemson
1985	6	143	LV	Rusty Hilger	QB	Oklahoma State
1986	6	143	GB	Burnell Dent	LB	Tulane
1987	6	143	TB	Steve Bartalo	RB	Colorado State
1989	6	143	KC	Robb Thomas	WR	Oregon State
1990	6	143	LAC	Frank Cornish	C	UCLA
1991	6	143	LOS	Neal Fort	OT	BYU
1992	6	143	CLE	Rico Smith	WR	Colorado; Cerritos College
1993	6	143	ARI	Brett Wallerstedt	LB	Arizona State
1994	5	143	NO	Craig Novitsky	G	UCLA
1995	5	143	TB	Clifton Abraham	DB	Florida State
1996	5	143	HOU	Rayna Stewart	FS	Northern Arizona
1997	5	143	TEN	George McCullough	DB	Baylor
1998	5	143	MIA	Scott Shaw	G	Michigan State
1999	5	143	CHI	Jerry Wisne	OT	Notre Dame
2000	5	143	NYJ	Windrell Hayes	WR	USC; San Jose State; San Joaquin Delta College
2001	5	143	CAR	Jarrod Cooper	DB	Kansas State
2002	5	143	KC	Scott Fujita	OLB	California
2003	5	143	CHI	Justin Gage	WR	Missouri
2004	5	143	NYJ	Erik Coleman	S	Washington State
2005	5	143	GB	Junius Coston	C	North Carolina A&T
2006	5	143	BUF	Brad Butler	OT	Virginia
2007	5	143	WSH	Dallas Sartz	LB	USC
2008	5	143	DAL	Orlando Scandrick	DB	Boise State
2009	5	143	DAL	DeAngelo Smith	DB	Cincinnati
2010	5	143	JAX	Larry Hart	DE	Central Arkansas; Holmes County JC
2011	5	143	DAL	Josh Thomas	DB	Buffalo
2011	5	143	DAL	Joshua Thomas	CB	Buffalo
2012	5	143	CAR	Josh Norman	CB	Coastal Carolina
2013	5	143	BUF	Jonathan Meeks	DB	Clemson
2014	5	143	TB	Kadeem Edwards	G	Tennessee State
2015	5	143	MIN	MyCole Pruitt	TE	Southern Illinois
2016	5	143	LV	DeAndre Washington	RB	Texas Tech
2017	4	143	IND	Marlon Mack	RB	University of South Florida
2018	5	143	NE	Ja'Whaun Bentley	LB	Purdue
2019	5	143	NYG	Ryan Connelly	ILB	Wisconsin
2020	4	143	BAL	Ben Bredeson	G	Michigan
2021	4	143	LV	Tyree Gillespie	SAF	Missouri
2022	4	143	TEN	Chig Okonkwo	TE	Maryland
2023	5	143	NYJ	Israel Abanikanda	RB	Pittsburgh
2024	5	143	ATL	JD Bertrand	LB	Notre Dame