History of the #253 Overall Pick

Summary

Every player taken with the 253rd overall pick in our database, 1975–2025. WR is the most common position selected at this slot (8 times).

Every #253 Overall Pick

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1975	10	253	BUF	Roland Hooks	RB	N.C. State
1982	10	253	NE	Brian Clark	K	Florida
1983	10	253	GB	Byron Williams	WR	University of Texas-Arlington
1984	10	253	LA	Norwood Vann	TE	East Carolina
1986	10	253	NO	Jon Dumbauld	DE	Kentucky
1987	10	253	IND	Chris Goode	CB	Alabama; North Alabama; Northwest Mississippi CC
1988	10	253	CIN	Ellis Dillahunt	DB	East Carolina
1989	10	253	DET	Jason Phillips	WR	Houston; Taft College
1992	10	253	IND	Steve Grant	MLB	West Virginia
1996	7	253	CHI	Michael Hicks	RB	South Carolina State
1999	7	253	CHI	Jim Finn	FB	Penn
2000	7	253	DET	Alfonso Boone	DE	Central State University, Oh; Mt. San Antonio
2002	7	253	NE	David Givens	WR	Notre Dame
2003	7	253	GB	DeAndrew Rubin	WR	South Florida
2004	7	253	NYG	Isaac Hilton	DE	Hampton
2005	7	253	TB	J.R. Russell	WR	Louisville
2006	7	253	GB	Dave Tollefson	DE	NW Missouri State University; Los Medanos College
2007	7	253	CIN	Chinedum Ndukwe	DB	Notre Dame
2009	7	253	JAX	Tiquan Underwood	WR	Rutgers
2010	7	253	TB	Erik Lorig	FB	Stanford
2011	7	253	WAS	Chris Neild	NT	West Virginia
2011	7	253	WSH	Christopher Neild	DT	West Virginia
2012	7	253	IND	Chandler Harnish	QB	Northern Illinois
2013	7	253	NYG	Michael Cox	RB	UMass Amherst; Michigan
2014	7	253	ATL	Yawin Smallwood	ILB	Connecticut
2015	7	253	NE	Xzavier Dickson	OLB	Alabama
2016	7	253	TEN	Kalan Reed	DB	Southern Mississippi
2017	7	253	DEN	Chad Kelly	QB	Mississippi; East Mississippi JC; Clemson
2018	7	253	CIN	Auden Tate	WR	Florida State
2019	7	253	WAS	Jordan Brailford	LB	Oklahoma State
2020	7	253	MIN	Kyle Hinton	G	Washburn
2021	7	253	DEN	Marquiss Spencer	DE	Mississippi State
2022	7	253	LA	Russ Yeast	SAF	Kansas State
2023	7	253	SF	Ronnie Bell	WR	Michigan
2025	7	253	MIA	Zeek Biggers	DT	Georgia Tech