History of the #159 Overall Pick

Summary

Every player taken with the 159th overall pick in our database, 1967–2025. LB is the most common position selected at this slot (11 times).

Every #159 Overall Pick

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	6	159	NO	Bo Wood	LB	North Carolina
1968	6	159	DAL	D.D. Lewis	LB	Mississippi State
1969	7	159	PHI	Mike Schmeising	RB	St. Olaf College
1971	7	159	TEN	Phil Croyle	LB	California
1972	7	159	PIT	Joe Colquitt	DE	Kansas State
1973	7	159	PHI	William Wynn	DE	Tennessee State
1974	7	159	NYG	Marty Woolbright	TE	South Carolina
1975	7	159	ATL	Mike Esposito	RB	Boston College
1976	6	159	PIT	Gary Dunn	NT	Miami
1977	6	159	PIT	Paul Harris	LB	Alabama
1978	6	159	WAS	Tony Green	RB	Florida
1979	6	159	HOU	Mike Murphy	LB	Missouri State
1980	6	159	CIN	Andrew Melontree	LB	Baylor; Tyler JC
1981	6	159	HOU	Bill Kay	CB	Purdue
1982	6	159	PHI	Curt Grieve	WR	Yale
1985	6	159	NYG	Jack Oliver	OT	Memphis; Texas-El Paso
1987	6	159	HOU	Toby Caston	LB	LSU
1988	6	159	WAS	Stan Humphries	QB	Louisiana-Monroe; LSU
1989	6	159	NO	Floyd Turner	WR	Northwestern State (LA)
1990	6	159	GB	Bryce Paup	LB	Northern Iowa
1991	6	159	WSH	Dennis Ransom	TE	Texas A&M
1993	6	159	KC	Darius Turner	RB	Washington
1994	5	159	LOS	Roosevelt Patterson	OT	Alabama
1995	5	159	HOU	Gary Walker	DE	Auburn; Hinds CC
1996	5	159	DEN	Patrick Jeffers	WR	Virginia
1997	5	159	NE	Vernon Crawford	LB	Florida State; City College (SF)
1998	6	159	STL	Glenn Rountree	OG	Clemson
1999	5	159	GB	De'Mond Parker	RB	Oklahoma
2000	5	159	JAX	Kiwaukee Thomas	DB	Georgia Southern
2001	5	159	TEN	Eddie Berlin	WR	Northern Iowa
2002	5	159	WAS	Andre Lott	DB	Tennessee
2003	5	159	ATL	Jon Olinger	WR	Cincinnati
2004	5	159	JAX	Sean Bubin	OT	Illinois
2005	5	159	SEA	Jeb Huckeba	DE	Arkansas
2006	5	159	CHI	Mark Anderson	DE	Alabama
2007	5	159	PHI	C.J. Gaddis	DB	Clemson
2008	5	159	JAX	Trae Williams	CB	University of South Florida
2009	5	159	PHI	Fenuki Tupou	OT	Oregon
2010	5	159	PHI	Riley Cooper	WR	Florida
2011	5	159	NE	Lee Smith	TE	Marshall; Tennessee
2012	5	159	PIT	Chris Rainey	RB	Florida
2013	5	159	GB	Micah Hyde	S	Iowa
2014	5	159	JAX	Chris Smith	LB	Arkansas
2015	5	159	ARI	J.J. Nelson	WR	UAB
2016	5	159	HOU	K.J. Dillon	DB	West Virginia
2017	5	159	BAL	Jermaine Eluemunor	G	Texas A&M; Lackawanna JC
2018	5	159	IND	Daurice Fountain	WR	Northern Iowa
2019	5	159	NE	Byron Cowart	DT	Maryland; Auburn
2020	5	159	NE	Justin Rohrwasser	K	Marshall
2021	5	159	LAC	Brenden Jaimes	OT	Nebraska
2023	5	159	GB	Dontayvion Wicks	WR	Virginia
2024	5	159	KC	Hunter Nourzad	C	Penn State; Cornell
2025	5	159	GB	Collin Oliver	LB	Oklahoma State