Inside Linebacker (ILB) Draft History

211 ILBs drafted in the NFL Draft

Top Inside Linebackers by Career Sacks

#▼	Player▼	Draft Year▼	Pick▼	Sacks▼
1	Connor Barwin	2009	#46	56.5
2	Karlos Dansby	2004	#33	43
3	Ray Lewis	1996	#26	41.5
4	David Bowens	1999	#158	38.5
5	James Farrior	1997	#8	35.5
6	Tedy Bruschi	1996	#86	30.5
7	Takeo Spikes	1998	#13	29
8	Roquan Smith	2018	#8	21.5
9	Fredd Young	1984	#76	21
10	Patrick Willis	2007	#11	20.5
11	Zach Thomas	1996	#154	20.5
12	Eric Barton	1999	#146	20
13	D'Qwell Jackson	2006	#34	19.5
14	Daryl Washington	2010	#47	18
15	James Laurinaitis	2009	#35	16.5
16	Vincent Brown	1988	#43	16.5
17	Bradie James	2003	#103	16
18	Eugene Lockhart	1984	#152	16
19	Johnny Rembert	1983	#101	16
20	Avery Williamson	2014	#151	15.5

All ILB Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
2021	—	—	NA	Dylan Moses	ILB	Alabama
2021	—	—	NA	Justin Hilliard	ILB	Ohio State
2021	—	—	NA	Paddy Fisher	ILB	Northwestern
2021	—	—	NA	Tuf Borland	ILB	Ohio State
2021	—	—	NA	Anthony Hines III	ILB	Texas A&M
2021	—	—	NA	Amen Ogbongbemiga	ILB	Oklahoma State
2021	—	—	NA	Erroll Thompson	ILB	Mississippi State
2021	—	—	NA	Justin Hughes	ILB	Kansas State
2020	1	23	LAC	Kenneth Murray	ILB	Oklahoma
2020	—	—	NA	Jordan Mack	ILB	Virginia
2020	—	—	NA	David Woodward	ILB	Utah State
2020	—	—	NA	Joe Bachie	ILB	Michigan State
2020	—	—	NA	Michael Pinckney	ILB	Miami
2020	—	—	NA	Dante Olson	ILB	Montana
2020	—	—	NA	Francis Bernard	ILB	Utah
2019	3	89	IND	Bobby Okereke	ILB	Stanford
2019	5	143	NYG	Ryan Connelly	ILB	Wisconsin
2019	5	162	MIN	Cameron Smith	ILB	USC
2019	6	207	PIT	Ulysees Gilbert III	ILB	Akron
2019	—	—	NA	Te'Von Coney	ILB	Notre Dame
2019	—	—	NA	Terrill Hanks	ILB	New Mexico State
2019	—	—	NA	T.J. Edwards	ILB	Wisconsin
2019	—	—	NA	Josiah Tauaefa	ILB	UTSA
2019	—	—	NA	Tre Lamar	ILB	Clemson
2019	—	—	NA	Otaro Alaka	ILB	Texas A&M
2019	—	—	NA	Jeff Allison	ILB	Fresno State
2019	—	—	NA	Joe Dineen Jr.	ILB	Kansas
2019	—	—	NA	Khalil Hodge	ILB	Buffalo
2019	—	—	NA	Kendall Joseph	ILB	Clemson
2019	—	—	NA	Bryson Allen-Williams	ILB	South Carolina
2019	—	—	NA	Azeez Al-Shaair	ILB	Florida Atlantic
2019	—	—	NA	Natrez Patrick	ILB	Georgia
2019	—	—	NA	Nate Hall	ILB	Northwestern
2019	—	—	NA	E.J. Ejiya	ILB	North Texas
2018	1	8	CHI	Roquan Smith	ILB	Georgia
2018	1	22	TEN	Rashaan Evans	ILB	Alabama
2018	3	88	GB	Oren Burks	ILB	Vanderbilt
2018	4	106	DEN	Josey Jewell	ILB	Iowa
2018	4	122	BAL	Kenny Young	ILB	UCLA
2018	7	225	MIN	Devante Downs	ILB	California
2018	—	—	NA	Nick DeLuca	ILB	North Dakota State
2018	—	—	NA	Mike McCray	ILB	Michigan
2018	—	—	NA	Chris Worley	ILB	Ohio State
2018	—	—	NA	Tre' Williams	ILB	Auburn
2018	—	—	NA	Myles Pierce	ILB	The Citadel
2018	—	—	NA	Jason Cabinda	ILB	Penn State
2017	2	57	HOU	Zach Cunningham	ILB	Vanderbilt
2017	5	155	TEN	Jayon Brown	ILB	UCLA
2017	5	161	IND	Anthony Walker Jr.	ILB	Northwestern
2017	6	195	BUF	Tanner Vallejo	ILB	Boise State
2017	—	—	NA	Marcus Oliver	ILB	Indiana
2017	—	—	NA	Keith Kelsey	ILB	Louisville
2017	—	—	NA	Harvey Langi	ILB	BYU
2017	—	—	NA	Connor Harris	ILB	Lindenwood
2017	—	—	NA	Ben Boulware	ILB	Clemson
2017	—	—	NA	Riley Bullough	ILB	Michigan State
2017	—	—	NA	Brooks Ellis	ILB	Arkansas
2017	—	—	NA	Kevin Davis	ILB	Colorado State
2016	1	20	NYJ	Darron Lee	ILB	Ohio State
2016	2	41	BUF	Reggie Ragland	ILB	Alabama
2016	4	113	CHI	Nick Kwiatkoski	ILB	West Virginia
2016	4	125	IND	Antonio Morrison	ILB	Florida
2016	4	131	GB	Blake Martinez	ILB	Stanford
2016	7	232	WAS	Steven Daniels	ILB	Boston College
2016	7	246	PIT	Tyler Matakevich	ILB	Temple
2016	7	250	CLE	Scooby Wright III	ILB	Arizona
2016	—	—	NA	Jared Norris	ILB	Utah
2016	—	—	NA	Steve Longa	ILB	Rutgers
2016	—	—	NA	Terrance Smith	ILB	Florida State
2016	—	—	NA	Beniquez Brown	ILB	Mississippi State
2016	—	—	NA	Dominique Alexander	ILB	Oklahoma
2016	—	—	NA	Will Ratelle	ILB	North Dakota
2016	—	—	NA	Gionni Paul	ILB	Utah
2016	—	—	NA	Raphael Kirby	ILB	Miami
2015	2	43	HOU	Benardrick McKinney	ILB	Mississippi State
2015	4	118	KC	Ramik Wilson	ILB	Georgia
2015	—	—	NA	A.J. Tarpley	ILB	Stanford
2015	—	—	NA	Trey Depriest	ILB	Alabama
2014	3	77	SF	Chris Borland	ILB	Wisconsin
2014	5	151	TEN	Avery Williamson	ILB	Kentucky
2014	7	242	DEN	Corey Nelson	ILB	Oklahoma
2014	7	253	ATL	Yawin Smallwood	ILB	Connecticut
2014	—	—	NA	Shayne Skov	ILB	Stanford
2014	—	—	NA	Max Bullough	ILB	Michigan State
2014	—	—	NA	Brock Coyle	ILB	Montana
2013	1	30	LA	Alec Ogletree	ILB	Georgia
2013	2	45	ARI	Kevin Minter	ILB	LSU
2013	2	50	CHI	Jon Bostic	ILB	Florida
2013	2	50	CHI	Jonathan Bostic	ILB	Florida
2013	—	—	NA	Kevin Reddick	ILB	North Carolina
2013	—	—	NA	John Lotulelei	ILB	NA
2012	1	7	TB	Mark Barron	ILB	Alabama
2012	1	9	CAR	Luke Kuechly	ILB	Boston College
2012	5	147	BUF	Tank Carder	ILB	TCU
2012	6	188	DEN	Danny Trevathan	ILB	Kentucky
2012	—	—	NA	Shawn Loiseau	ILB	Merrimack
2012	—	—	NA	Vontaze Burfict	ILB	Arizona State
2011	3	67	DEN	Nate Irving	ILB	N.C. State
2011	3	84	TB	Mason Foster	ILB	Washington
2011	—	—	NA	Nicholas Bellore	ILB	Central Michigan
2011	—	—	NA	Orie Lemon	ILB	Oklahoma State
2011	—	—	NA	Derrell Smith	ILB	Syracuse
2011	—	—	NA	Alex Wujciak	ILB	Maryland
2011	—	—	NA	Jeff Tarpinian	ILB	NA
2010	2	47	ARI	Daryl Washington	ILB	TCU
2010	2	63	IND	Pat Angerer	ILB	Iowa
2010	2	63	IND	Patrick Angerer	ILB	Iowa
2010	4	102	HOU	Darryl Sharpton	ILB	Miami
2010	5	167	MIN	Nathan Triplett	ILB	Minnesota
2009	1	15	HOU	Brian Cushing	ILB	USC
2009	2	35	LA	James Laurinaitis	ILB	Ohio State
2009	2	46	HOU	Connor Barwin	ILB	Cincinnati
2009	—	—	NA	Darry Beckwith	ILB	LSU
2009	—	—	NA	Dannell Ellerbe	ILB	Georgia
2009	—	—	NA	Worrell Williams	ILB	NA
2009	—	—	NA	Josh Mauga	ILB	Nevada
2008	3	74	CAR	Dan Connor	ILB	Penn State
2007	1	11	SF	Patrick Willis	ILB	Mississippi
2007	6	179	WAS	H.B. Blades	ILB	Pittsburgh
2007	7	240	LAC	Brandon Siler	ILB	Florida
2007	—	—	NA	Nate Harris	ILB	Louisville
2007	—	—	NA	Jon Abbate	ILB	Wake Forest
2007	—	—	NA	Zach Latimer	ILB	Oklahoma
2006	2	33	HOU	DeMeco Ryans	ILB	Alabama
2006	2	34	CLE	D'Qwell Jackson	ILB	Maryland
2006	6	178	BUF	Keith Ellison	ILB	Oregon State, El Camino, San Diego State
2005	2	36	TB	Barrett Ruud	ILB	Nebraska
2005	3	70	MIA	Channing Crowder	ILB	Florida
2005	4	125	GB	Brady Poppinga	ILB	BYU
2005	—	—	NA	Mike Goolsby	ILB	Notre Dame
2005	—	—	NA	Marcus Lawrence	ILB	South Carolina
2005	—	—	NA	Liam Ezekiel	ILB	NA
2005	—	—	NA	Jonathan Pollard	ILB	NA
2005	—	—	NA	Martin Patterson	ILB	NA
2005	—	—	NA	Robert Rodriguez	ILB	UTEP
2004	2	33	ARI	Karlos Dansby	ILB	Auburn
2004	4	101	ATL	Demorrio Williams	ILB	Nebraska, Kilgore
2004	4	130	LA	Brandon Chillar	ILB	UCLA
2004	—	—	NA	RYAN FOWLER	ILB	NA
2004	—	—	NA	BRYAN HICKMAN	ILB	Kansas State
2004	—	—	NA	CARL DIGGS	ILB	NA
2004	—	—	NA	GRANT WILEY	ILB	West Virginia
2004	—	—	NA	ROD ROYAL	ILB	McNeese State
2004	—	—	NA	JONATHAN HARRELL	ILB	Northern Iowa
2004	—	—	NA	MAURICE JONES	ILB	NA
2004	—	—	NA	RICH SCANLON	ILB	Syracuse
2004	—	—	NA	REED BOYD	ILB	Texas
2003	4	103	DAL	Bradie James	ILB	LSU
2002	3	89	JAX	Akin Ayodele	ILB	Purdue, Coffeyville CC
2002	5	141	CLE	Andra Davis	ILB	Florida
2000	3	86	SF	Jeff Ulbrich	ILB	Hawaii, San Jose State, Gavilan College
1999	3	85	DAL	Dat Nguyen	ILB	Texas A&M
1999	5	146	LV	Eric Barton	ILB	Maryland
1999	5	158	DEN	David Bowens	ILB	Western Illinois, Michigan
1998	1	13	CIN	Takeo Spikes	ILB	Auburn
1997	1	8	NYJ	James Farrior	ILB	Virginia
1996	1	26	BAL	Ray Lewis	ILB	Miami
1996	3	86	NE	Tedy Bruschi	ILB	Arizona
1996	5	154	MIA	Zach Thomas	ILB	Texas Tech
1995	2	57	NE	Ted Johnson	ILB	Colorado
1995	3	96	BUF	Damien Covington	ILB	N.C. State
1995	5	144	BUF	John Holecek	ILB	Illinois
1993	1	15	GB	Wayne Simmons	ILB	Clemson
1990	9	225	ARI	David Bavaro	ILB	Syracuse
1988	2	43	NE	Vincent Brown	ILB	Mississippi Valley State University
1988	3	57	CIN	Kevin Walker	ILB	Maryland
1987	1	1	SEA	Brian Bosworth	ILB	Oklahoma
1987	2	41	GB	Johnny Holland	ILB	Texas A&M
1987	10	279	NYG	Chuck Faucette	ILB	Maryland
1986	8	217	DEN	Bruce Klosterman	ILB	South Dakota State, Iowa, Waldorf College
1986	11	285	KC	Aaron Pearson	ILB	Mississippi State, Itawamba JC
1985	2	43	CIN	Carl Zander	ILB	Tennessee
1985	3	64	TB	Ervin Randle	ILB	Baylor
1985	5	120	NYJ	Troy Benson	ILB	Pittsburgh
1984	1	14	MIA	Jackie Shipp	ILB	Oklahoma
1984	3	76	SEA	Fredd Young	ILB	New Mexico State
1984	4	105	NYG	Gary Reasons	ILB	Northwestern State (LA)
1984	6	152	DAL	Eugene Lockhart	ILB	Houston
1984	7	177	CIN	Leo Barker	ILB	New Mexico State
1983	4	101	NE	Johnny Rembert	ILB	Clemson, Cowley County Community Coll
1981	2	43	LA	Jim Collins	ILB	Syracuse
1981	4	91	DAL	Scott Pelluer	ILB	Washington State
1981	7	183	PIT	David Little	ILB	Florida
1980	4	94	KC	Dave Klug	ILB	Concordia College
1980	7	171	LA	Ben Apuna	ILB	Arizona State, Mesa CC
1980	7	181	NYG	Chris Linnin	ILB	Washington
1979	2	37	DET	Ken Fantetti	ILB	Wyoming
1979	2	45	SEA	Joe Norman	ILB	Indiana
1979	4	85	KC	Frank Manumaleuga	ILB	San Jose State, UCLA, De Anza College
1979	5	135	NE	John Zamberlin	ILB	Pacific Lutheran University
1979	6	148	DEN	Jeff McIntyre	ILB	Arizona State, Los Angeles Southwest College
1979	10	266	ATL	Bruce Beekley	ILB	Oregon
1978	2	34	GB	Mike Hunt	ILB	Minnesota
1978	5	129	NE	Bill Matthews	ILB	South Dakota State
1978	11	282	BUF	Jerry Blanton	ILB	Kentucky
1977	1	13	MIA	A.J. Duhe	ILB	LSU
1977	3	78	LA	Kurt Allerman	ILB	Penn State
1976	4	105	NYG	Harry Carson	ILB	South Carolina State
1976	5	128	LA	Carl Ekern	ILB	San Jose State
1976	6	162	NYG	Dan Lloyd	ILB	Washington
1976	6	168	SF	Robert Pennywell	ILB	Grambling State
1976	9	256	HOU	Art Stringer	ILB	Ball State
1975	1	14	CIN	Glenn Cameron	ILB	Florida
1975	2	29	ATL	Ralph Ortega	ILB	Florida
1975	2	42	BUF	Bob Nelson	ILB	Nebraska
1975	12	290	CLE	Dick Ambrose	ILB	Virginia
1974	1	8	DET	Ed O'Neil	ILB	Penn State
1974	1	14	DEN	Randy Gradishar	ILB	Ohio State
1974	2	46	PIT	Jack Lambert	ILB	Kent State
1974	3	58	NYJ	Godwin Turk	ILB	Southern, California
1974	4	89	PHI	Frank LeMaster	ILB	Kentucky