History of the #170 Overall Pick

Summary

Every player taken with the 170th overall pick in our database, 1967–2025. WR is the most common position selected at this slot (12 times).

Every #170 Overall Pick

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	7	170	SF	Milt Jackson	DB	Tulsa
1968	7	170	NE	John Schneider	QB	Toledo
1969	7	170	NYG	Al Brenner	DB	Michigan State
1970	7	170	TEN	Charles Olson	DB	Concordia College (MN)
1971	7	170	CLE	Bob Jacobs	PK	Wyoming
1972	7	170	PHI	Will Foster	LB	Eastern Michigan
1973	7	170	ATL	George Campbell	DB	Iowa State
1974	7	170	BAL	Dan Dickel	LB	Iowa
1975	7	170	CIN	Chris Devlin	LB	Penn State
1976	6	170	NE	Greg Boyd	DE	San Diego State; Fresno City College
1977	7	170	BUF	Mike Nelms	DB	Baylor; Sam Houston State; Tarrant County JC
1978	7	170	NYJ	Jim Earley	RB	Michigan State
1978	7	170	NYJ	James Earley	RB	Michigan State
1979	7	170	BUF	Tom Mullady	WR	Rhodes College aka SW Memphis
1980	7	170	BAL	Wes Roberts	DE	TCU
1980	7	170	IND	Wesley Roberts	DE	TCU
1982	7	170	MIA	Dan Johnson	TE	Iowa State; Golden Valley Lutheran College
1983	7	170	HOU	Herkie Walls	WR	Texas
1984	7	170	HOU	Willie Joyner	RB	Maryland
1985	7	170	HOU	Mike Akiu	WR	Hawaii; Washington State
1986	7	170	LA	Eric Swanson	WR	Tennessee; San Bernardino Valley
1987	7	170	IND	Mark Bellini	WR	BYU
1988	7	170	KC	Troy Stedman	LB	Washburn; Iowa, Central University of; Kirkwood Community College
1989	7	170	DET	Jerry Woods	DB	Northern Michigan University
1990	7	170	BUF	Brent Collins	LB	Carson-Newman
1991	7	170	LOS	Tyrone Shelton	RB	William & Mary
1992	7	170	DEN	Ron Geater	DE	Iowa
1993	7	170	SEA	Michael McCrary	DE	Wake Forest
1993	7	170	SEA	Mike McCrary	DE	Wake Forest
1994	6	170	CHI	Lloyd Hill	WR	Texas Tech
1995	5	170	GB	Travis Jervey	RB	The Citadel
1997	6	170	MIA	Brian Manning	WR	Stanford
1998	6	170	WSH	Patrick Palmer	WR	Northwestern State
2000	6	170	CHI	Frank Murphy	WR	Kansas State; Garden City CC; Itawamba JC
2001	6	170	JAX	Chad Ward	OG	Washington
2002	5	170	MIA	Sam Simmons	WR	Northwestern
2003	5	170	LA	Shane Walton	CB	Notre Dame
2004	6	170	HOU	Vontez Duff	DB	Notre Dame
2005	5	170	NE	Ryan Claridge	LB	UNLV
2006	6	170	HOU	Wali Lundy	RB	Virginia
2007	5	170	PIT	William Gay	FS	Louisville
2008	6	170	KC	Barry Richardson	OT	Clemson
2009	5	170	NE	George Bussey	OT	Louisville
2010	6	170	LA	Fendi Onobun	TE	Houston; Arizona
2011	6	170	MIN	Mistral Raymond	S	University of South Florida; Ellsworth CC
2012	5	170	IND	Vick Ballard	RB	Mississippi State; Mississippi Gulf Coast CC
2013	6	170	KC	Eric Kush	G	California (PA)
2014	5	170	SF	Keith Reaser	CB	Florida Atlantic
2015	5	170	SEA	Tye Smith	CB	Towson State
2016	5	170	ARI	Cole Toner	OT	Harvard
2017	5	170	MIN	Rodney Adams	WR	University of South Florida; Toledo
2018	5	170	CIN	Darius Phillips	CB	Western Michigan
2019	5	170	CLE	Austin Seibert	K	Oklahoma
2020	5	170	BAL	Broderick Washington	DT	Texas Tech
2020	5	170	BAL	Broderick Washington Jr	DT	Texas Tech
2021	5	170	HOU	Garret Wallow	LB	TCU
2022	5	170	HOU	Teagan Quitoriano	TE	Oregon State
2024	5	170	NO	Bub Means	WR	Pittsburgh; Louisiana Tech
2025	5	170	BUF	Jordan Hancock	CB	Ohio State