Middle Linebacker (MLB) Draft History

100 MLBs drafted in the NFL Draft

Top Middle Linebackers by Career Sacks

#▼Player▼Draft Year▼Pick▼Sacks▼
1Karl Mecklenburg1983#31079
2Kyle Van Noy2014#4057
3Brian Urlacher2000#941.5
4Bobby Wagner2012#4739.5
5Marvcus Patton1990#20827.5
6Pepper Johnson1986#5125.5
7Larry Foote2002#12825
8Keith Brooking1998#1222
9Eric Kendricks2015#4521.5
10Al Wilson1999#3121.5
11Hardy Nickerson1987#12221
12Levon Kirkland1992#3819.5
13Mike Singletary1981#3819
14Matt Millen1980#4317
15Jordan Hicks2015#8416.5
16Paul Posluszny2007#3416
17Greg Biekert1993#18116
18E.J. Henderson2003#4015.5
19Jeff Herrod1988#24314.5
20NaVorro Bowman2010#9114

All MLB Draft Picks

YearRdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
2018 1 16 BUF Tremaine Edmunds MLB Virginia Tech
2018 3 70 SF Fred Warner MLB BYU
2017 1 21 DET Jarrad Davis MLB Florida
2017 2 54 MIA Raekwon McMillan MLB Ohio State
2017 3 75 ATL Duke Riley MLB LSU
2017 3 76 NO Alex Anzalone MLB Florida
2017 5 161 IND Anthony Walker MLB Northwestern
2017 5 168 LV Marquel Lee MLB Wake Forest
2016 2 34 DAL Jaylon Smith MLB Notre Dame
2016 2 36 JAX Myles Jack MLB UCLA
2016 4 99 CLE Joe Schobert MLB Wisconsin
2016 4 109 NYG B.J. Goodson MLB Clemson
2015 2 45 MIN Eric Kendricks MLB UCLA
2015 2 48 LAC Denzel Perryman MLB Miami
2015 3 84 PHI Jordan Hicks MLB Texas
2015 4 124 TB Kwon Alexander MLB LSU
2014 2 40 DET Kyle Van Noy MLB BYU
2014 3 73 BUF Preston Brown MLB Louisville
2014 4 119 DAL Anthony Hitchens MLB Iowa
2014 7 233 NYJ Trevor Reilly MLB Utah
2013 2 38 LAC Manti Te'o MLB Notre Dame
2013 6 185 DAL DeVonte Holloman MLB South Carolina
2012 2 47 SEA Bobby Wagner MLB Utah State
2012 4 129 LV Miles Burris MLB San Diego State
2012 7 210 MIN Audie Cole MLB N.C. State
2011 4 109 TEN Colin McCarthy MLB Miami
2011 7 242 SEA Malcolm Smith MLB USC
2010 1 8 LV Rolando McClain MLB Alabama
2010 3 91 SF NaVorro Bowman MLB Penn State
2010 4 103 WAS Perry Riley MLB LSU
2009 5 150 MIN Jasper Brinkley MLB South Carolina, Georgia Military
2008 1 10 NE Jerod Mayo MLB Tennessee
2008 2 37 ATL Curtis Lofton MLB Oklahoma
2007 1 25 CAR Jon Beason MLB Miami
2007 2 34 BUF Paul Posluszny MLB Penn State
2007 5 164 CAR Tim Shaw MLB Penn State
2006 3 76 NYJ Anthony Schlegel MLB Ohio State, Air Force
2006 5 168 PHI Omar Gaither MLB Tennessee
2005 2 45 SEA Lofa Tatupu MLB USC, Maine
2005 3 95 ARI Darryl Blackstock MLB Virginia
2005 6 194 JAX Pat Thomas MLB N.C. State
2004 2 60 NO Courtney Watson MLB Notre Dame
2004 3 80 CIN Caleb Miller MLB Arkansas
2004 3 96 CIN Landon Johnson MLB Purdue
2003 2 40 MIN E.J. Henderson MLB Maryland
2003 5 166 GB Hunter Hillenmeyer MLB Vanderbilt
2002 1 23 LV Napoleon Harris MLB Northwestern
2002 4 128 PIT Larry Foote MLB Michigan
2001 1 11 CAR Dan Morgan MLB Miami
2001 4 110 BUF Brandon Spoon MLB North Carolina
2000 1 9 CHI Brian Urlacher MLB New Mexico
2000 3 90 TB Nate Webster MLB Miami
2000 4 128 TEN Peter Sirmon MLB Oregon
2000 6 177 NYG Dhani Jones MLB Michigan
1999 1 31 DEN Al Wilson MLB Tennessee
1998 1 12 ATL Keith Brooking MLB Georgia Tech
1998 2 39 BUF Sam Cowart MLB Florida State
1998 3 72 PHI Jeremiah Trotter MLB Stephen F. Austin State
1998 3 84 TB Jamie Duncan MLB Vanderbilt
1996 4 126 PIT Earl Holmes MLB Florida A&M
1995 5 141 DET Stephen Boyd MLB Boston College
1994 2 53 SF Kevin Mitchell MLB Syracuse
1994 6 194 HOU Barron Wortham MLB Texas-El Paso
1993 1 4 NYJ Marvin Jones MLB Florida State
1993 3 71 WAS Rick Hamilton MLB UCF
1993 7 181 LV Greg Biekert MLB Colorado
1992 2 38 PIT Levon Kirkland MLB Clemson
1992 4 97 MIA Dwight Hollier MLB North Carolina
1992 7 180 NYG Corey Widmer MLB Montana State
1992 10 253 IND Steve Grant MLB West Virginia
1991 7 174 TB Calvin Tiggle MLB Georgia Tech, Lees-McRae College
1990 8 208 BUF Marvcus Patton MLB UCLA
1988 2 41 DAL Ken Norton MLB UCLA
1988 2 51 CHI Dante Jones MLB Oklahoma
1988 9 243 IND Jeff Herrod MLB Mississippi
1987 1 8 BUF Shane Conlan MLB Penn State
1987 2 45 SEA David Wyman MLB Stanford
1987 4 93 PHI Byron Evans MLB Arizona
1987 5 122 PIT Hardy Nickerson MLB California
1987 8 203 DET Dennis Gibson MLB Iowa State
1986 1 5 LA Anthony Bell MLB Michigan State
1986 2 51 NYG Pepper Johnson MLB Ohio State
1986 2 52 MIA John Offerdahl MLB Western Michigan
1986 11 296 DAL Garth Jax MLB Florida State
1985 3 68 NO Jack Del Rio MLB USC
1983 5 117 SF Riki Ellison MLB USC
1983 12 310 DEN Karl Mecklenburg MLB Minnesota, Augustana (SD)
1981 2 38 CHI Mike Singletary MLB Baylor
1980 2 43 LV Matt Millen MLB Penn State
1979 5 125 NYJ Stan Blinka MLB Sam Houston State
1979 7 174 CHI Lee Kunz MLB Nebraska
1979 12 322 PIT Ed Smith MLB Vanderbilt
1978 8 219 WAS Don Hover MLB Washington State
1977 9 250 MIN Scott Studwell MLB Illinois
1975 3 70 DAL Bob Breunig MLB Arizona State
1975 5 115 BUF John McCrumbly MLB Texas A&M, Tyler JC
1975 6 151 CHI Tom Hicks MLB Illinois
1975 12 299 NYJ Bert Cooper MLB Florida State
1974 4 97 DAL Ken Hutcherson MLB West Alabama
1974 10 251 LA Greg Hartle MLB Newberry