List of Louisiana Tech Bulldogs in the NFL Draft
Terry Bradshaw was the 1st overall pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970 NFL Draft.
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football program has had 70 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936.[A 1] This includes five players taken in the first round and one overall number one pick, Terry Bradshaw in 1970. Louisiana Tech had three players selected in the most recent NFL Draft.
Each NFL franchise seeks to add new players through the annual NFL Draft. The draft rules were last updated in 2009. The team with the worst record the previous year picks first, the next-worst team second, and so on. Teams that did not make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record with any remaining ties broken by strength of schedule. Playoff participants are sequenced after non-playoff teams, based on their round of elimination (wild card, division, conference, and Super Bowl).[1]
Before the merger agreements in 1966, the American Football League (AFL) operated in direct competition with the NFL and held a separate draft. This led to a massive bidding war over top prospects between the two leagues. As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues would hold a multiple round "Common Draft". Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "Common Draft" simply became the NFL Draft.[2][3][4]
Key
| DB | Defensive back | K | Kicker | RB | Running back |
| DE | Defensive end | LB | Linebacker | T | Offensive tackle |
| DT | Defensive tackle | NT | Nose tackle | TE | Tight end |
| E | End | P | Punter | WR | Wide receiver |
| G | Guard | QB | Quarterback | ||
| * | Selected to a Pro Bowl | ||||
| † | Won a NFL championship | ||||
| ‡ | Selected to a Pro Bowl and won a NFL championship | ||||
Players selected
Larry Brewer was the 194th overall pick by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1970 NFL Draft.
Matt Stover was the 329th overall pick by the New York Giants in the 1990 NFL Draft.
Willie Roaf was the 8th overall pick by the New Orleans Saints in the 1993 NFL Draft.
Luke McCown was the 106th overall pick by the Cleveland Browns in the 2004 NFL Draft.
Ryan Moats was the 77th overall pick by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2005 NFL Draft.
| Year[A 2] | Rnd | Pick | Overall | Player name | Position | NFL team[A 3] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 20 | 2 | 199 | Doherty, GeorgeGeorge Doherty | G | Brooklyn Tigers | — | |
| 1948 | 17 | 3 | 148 | Newman, ChuckChuck Newman | E | Washington Redskins | — | |
| 1951 | 8 | 4 | 90 | Sanford, LeoLeo Sanford‡ | LB | Chicago Cardinals | NFL Champion (1958) Pro Bowl (1956, 1957) | |
| 1954 | 19 | 5 | 222 | Lum, JimJim Lum | T | Chicago Bears | — | |
| 1955 | 14 | 1 | 158 | Brown, GordyGordy Brown | E | Chicago Cardinals | — | |
| 1956 | 15 | 4 | 173 | Anderson, CharlesCharles Anderson | E | Chicago Cardinals | — | |
| 1957 | 15 | 3 | 172 | Hinton, PatPat Hinton | G | Green Bay Packers | — | |
| 1958 | 12 | 2 | 135 | Hinton, TomTom Hinton | G | Chicago Cardinals | — | |
| 1960 | 17 | 3 | 195 | Hudson, BobBob Hudson | E | Detroit LionsNFL | — | |
| 1961 | 12 | 6 | 94 | Hynes, PaulPaul Hynes | DB | Dallas TexansAFL | — | |
| 1961 | 13 | 3 | 99 | Causey, TomTom Causey | E | Buffalo BillsAFL | — | |
| 1961 | 13 | 8 | 104 | Hinton, JoeJoe Hinton | G | Houston OilersAFL | — | |
| 1961 | 10 | 10 | 136 | Hynes, PaulPaul Hynes | DB | San Francisco 49ersNFL | — | |
| 1963 | 7 | 2 | 50 | Slaughter, MickeyMickey Slaughter | QB | Denver BroncosAFL | — | |
| 1963 | 17 | 6 | 134 | Griffin, JerryJerry Griffin | E | Houston OilersAFL | — | |
| 1964 | 9 | 7 | 71 | Williamson, J. R.J. R. Williamson | LB | Oakland RaidersAFL | — | |
| 1964 | 8 | 8 | 106 | Williamson, J. R.J. R. Williamson | LB | Baltimore ColtsNFL | — | |
| 1965 | 9 | 7 | 71 | Malone, BobBob Malone | T | Boston PatriotsAFL | — | |
| 1965 | 18 | 1 | 137 | Lee, DavidDavid Lee† | P | Boston PatriotsAFL | Super Bowl Champion (V) | |
| 1966 | 2 | 2 | 10 | Boudreaux, JimJim Boudreaux | T | Boston PatriotsAFL | — | |
| 1966 | 6 | 2 | 43 | Irby, DanDan Irby | T | Boston PatriotsAFL | — | |
| 1966 | 15 | 2 | 129 | Laird, BillyBilly Laird | QB | Boston PatriotsAFL | — | |
| 1966 | 13 | 14 | 199 | Boudreaux, JimJim Boudreaux | T | Cleveland BrownsNFL | — | |
| 1967 | 10 | 22 | 259 | Croft, TomTom Croft | DB | Buffalo Bills | — | |
| 1968 | 7 | 11 | 176 | Brunet, BobBob Brunet | RB | Washington Redskins | — | |
| 1968 | 10 | 17 | 263 | Peace, Joe RaymondJoe Raymond Peace | LB | Houston Oilers | — | |
| 1969 | 15 | 4 | 368 | Liberto, KenKen Liberto | WR | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 1970 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Bradshaw, TerryTerry Bradshaw‡ | QB | Pittsburgh Steelers | Super Bowl Champion (IX, X, XIII, XIV) Pro Bowl (1975, 1978, 1979) | |
| 1970 | 8 | 12 | 194 | Brewer, LarryLarry Brewer | TE | Atlanta Falcons | — | |
| 1970 | 14 | 25 | 363 | Spinks, TommyTommy Spinks | WR | Minnesota Vikings | — | |
| 1974 | 1 | 24 | 24 | Carr, RogerRoger Carr* | WR | Baltimore Colts | Pro Bowl (1976) | |
| 1975 | 2 | 7 | 33 | Dean, FredFred Dean‡ | DE | San Diego Chargers | Super Bowl Champion (XVI, XIX) Pro Bowl (1979, 1980, 1981, 1983) | |
| 1975 | 13 | 4 | 316 | McDaniel, CharlesCharles McDaniel | RB | Chicago Bears | — | |
| 1975 | 17 | 4 | 440 | Harper, RolandRoland Harper | RB | Chicago Bears | — | |
| 1976 | 2 | 20 | 48 | Barber, MikeMike Barber | TE | Houston Oilers | — | |
| 1976 | 4 | 22 | 114 | Tilley, PatPat Tilley* | WR | St. Louis Cardinals | Pro Bowl (1980) | |
| 1977 | 10 | 6 | 257 | Ryckman, BillyBilly Ryckman | WR | Atlanta Falcons | — | |
| 1978 | 4 | 17 | 101 | Anderson, LarryLarry Anderson† | DB | Pittsburgh Steelers | Super Bowl Champion (XIII, XIV) | |
| 1978 | 8 | 1 | 195 | White, John HenryJohn Henry White | RB | Kansas City Chiefs | — | |
| 1981 | 4 | 28 | 111 | Robinson, JohnnyJohnny Robinson† | NT | Oakland Raiders | Super Bowl Champion (XVIII) | |
| 1982 | 5 | 12 | 123 | Jackson, EdEd Jackson | LB | Los Angeles Raiders | — | |
| 1982 | 10 | 22 | 273 | Young, AndreAndre Young | DB | San Diego Chargers | — | |
| 1983 | 4 | 9 | 93 | Junkin, TreyTrey Junkin | TE | Buffalo Bills | — | |
| 1983 | 7 | 20 | 188 | Clark, JessieJessie Clark | RB | Green Bay Packers | — | |
| 1984 | 10 | 21 | 273 | Thaxton, JamesJames Thaxton | DB | Detroit Lions | — | |
| 1986 | 5 | 8 | 118 | Landry, DougDoug Landry | LB | San Diego Chargers | — | |
| 1987 | 2 | 18 | 46 | Johnson, WalterWalter Johnson | LB | Houston Oilers | — | |
| 1990 | 6 | 4 | 141 | Douglas, DerrickDerrick Douglas | RB | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | — | |
| 1990 | 12 | 25 | 329 | Stover, MattMatt Stover‡ | K | New York Giants | Super Bowl Champion (XXXV) Pro Bowl (2000) | |
| 1991 | 11 | 26 | 304 | Slaughter, BobbyBobby Slaughter | WR | San Francisco 49ers | — | |
| 1992 | 12 | 2 | 310 | Shaw, EricEric Shaw | LB | Cincinnati Bengals | — | |
| 1993 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Roaf, WillieWillie Roaf* | T | New Orleans Saints | Pro Bowl (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) | |
| 1993 | 4 | 16 | 100 | Baker, MyronMyron Baker | LB | Chicago Bears | — | |
| 1993 | 5 | 4 | 116 | Smith, ArtieArtie Smith | DT | San Francisco 49ers | — | |
| 1993 | 6 | 1 | 141 | Evans, DougDoug Evans† | DB | Green Bay Packers | Super Bowl Champion (XXXI) | |
| 1995 | 25 | 2 | 50 | Rollins, BaronBaron Rollins | G | Carolina PanthersExp | — | |
| 1999 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Edwards, TroyTroy Edwards | WR | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 2000 | 4 | 29 | 123 | Chustz, JoeyJoey Chustz | T | Jacksonville Jaguars | — | |
| 2000 | 7 | 6 | 212 | Rattay, TimTim Rattay | QB | San Francisco 49ers | — | |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | 140 | Gray, BobbyBobby Gray | DB | Chicago Bears | — | |
| 2004 | 4 | 10 | 106 | McCown, LukeLuke McCown | QB | Cleveland Browns | — | |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | 137 | Scobee, JoshJosh Scobee | K | Jacksonville Jaguars | — | |
| 2005 | 3 | 13 | 77 | Moats, RyanRyan Moats | RB | Philadelphia Eagles | — | |
| 2007 | 7 | 44 | 254 | Holland, JonathanJonathan Holland | WR | Oakland Raiders | — | |
| 2010 | 3 | 10 | 74 | Smith, D'AnthonyD'Anthony Smith† | DT | Jacksonville Jaguars | Super Bowl Champion (XLVIII) | |
| 2010 | 6 | 5 | 174 | Morris, DennisDennis Morris | TE | Washington Redskins | — | |
| 2013 | 4 | 31 | 128 | Patton, QuintonQuinton Patton | WR | San Francisco 49ers | — | |
| 2013 | 5 | 30 | 163 | Mills, JordanJordan Mills | T | Chicago Bears | — | |
| 2014 | 4 | 7 | 107 | Ellis, JustinJustin Ellis | DT | Oakland Raiders | — | |
| 2014 | 6 | 34 | 210 | Enemkpali, IKIK Enemkpali | LB | New York Jets | — | |
| 2016 | 1 | 31 | 31 | Butler, VernonVernon Butler | DT | Carolina Panthers | — | |
| 2016 | 4 | 36 | 134 | Dixon, KennethKenneth Dixon | RB | Baltimore Ravens | — | |
| 2016 | 6 | 32 | 207 | Driskel, JeffJeff Driskel | QB | San Francisco 49ers | — |
Notes
- ↑ Because of the NFL–AFL merger agreement, the history of the AFL is officially recognized by the NFL and therefore this list includes the AFL Draft (1960–1966) and the Common Draft (1967–1969).
- ↑ From 1960 through 1966, teams with a superscript AFL denotes player drafted in the AFL Draft and teams with a superscript NFL denotes a player drafted in the NFL Draft.
- ↑ This is the team that drafted the player, not their most recent team.
References
- General
- "Draft History by School–Louisiana Tech". National Football League. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
- "Louisiana Tech in NFL Draft" (PDF). Louisiana Tech Athletics Department. Summer 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
- "NFL Players who attended Louisiana Tech University". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
- "Bulldogs in the NFL". Louisiana Tech Athletics Department. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
- "Louisiana Tech Players/Alumni". Sports Reference LLC. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
- Specific
- ↑ Clayton, John (2009-03-26). "Draft order to change for playoff teams". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-26.
- ↑ Cross, B. Duane (2001-01-22). "The AFL: A Football Legacy". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ↑ "NFL History by Decade: 1961–1970". NFL. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ↑ "Time Changes for 2008 NFL Draft". NFL. 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
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