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Kelechi Osemele was drafted 60th overall Connell by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2012 NFL draft
The Iowa State Cyclones college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and represents Iowa State University in the Big 12 Conference (Big 12). ISU has had 138 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL), since the first draft in 1936, through the 2023 NFL draft .[ 1] ISU has only seen two players taken in the first round: George Amundson with the 14th overall pick in the 1973 NFL draft by the Houston Oilers , and Will McDonald IV with the 15th overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft by the New York Jets . Troy Davis was drafted in the third round of the 1997 NFL draft by the New Orleans Saints ; he has since been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame . Kelechi Osemele was drafted in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft by the Baltimore Ravens ; he went on to win Super Bowl XLVII with the Ravens as their starting right tackle . Six former Cyclones who were drafted have been selected to a Pro Bowl or AFL All-Star Game.
Through the annual NFL Draft, each NFL franchise gets the chance to add new players to their teams. The current draft rules were established in 2009. The team with the worst record the previous year gets to pick first, then the next-worst team picks second, and so on. Teams that were not in the playoffs receive their draft order by their regular-season record. If 2 or more non-playoff teams have the same record, the tie breaker used is their strength of schedule. Playoff teams receive their draft order after all the non-playoff teams, based on their round of elimination (wild card, division, conference, and Super Bowl).[ 2]
In 1944, the All-America Football Conference was established and it began play in 1946 in direct competition with the NFL. From 1946 to 1949, the two leagues fiercely competed for the top college football prospects with each league holding their own drafts, before the AAFC finally merged with the NFL at the end of the 1949 season.
Like the AAFC earlier, 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.
Ahtyba Rubin was drafted in the 6th round of the 2008 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns
Seneca Wallace was drafted in the 4th round of the 2003 NFL draft by the Seattle Seahawks
Tim Dobbins was drafted in the 5th round of the 2006 NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers
A. J. Klein was drafted in the 5th round of the 2013 NFL draft by the Carolina Panthers
Sage Rosenfels was drafted in the 4th round of the 2001 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins
Jeremiah George was drafted in the 5th round of the 2014 NFL draft by the New York Jets
Reggie Stephens was drafted in the 7th round of the 2010 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals
Year[ A 1] [ A 2]
Round
Pick
Overall
Player
Team[ A 3]
Position
Notes
1939
7
6
56
Charles Heileman
Chicago Bears
E
—
13
6
116
Ed Bock |
Chicago Bears
G
College Football Hall of Fame
16
3
143
Gordon Reupke
Cleveland Rams
B
—
17
8
158
Clyde Shugart ‡
Washington Redskins
G
Pro Bowl (1941 , 1942 ) All-Pro (1943) NFL Champion (1942)
18
5
165
Paul Morin
Brooklyn Dodgers
T
—
22
1
196
Everett Kircher
Chicago Bears
B
—
1941
8
10
70
Henry Wilder
Washington Redskins
B
—
1943
16
2
142
Paul Darling
Philadelphia Eagles
B
—
21
1
191
Royal (Ace) Lohry
Detroit Lions
B
—
1944
25
9
261
Howard Tippe
Card-Pitt
B
—
1945
24
7
248
Charley Wright
Chicago Bears
G
—
1947
12
1
96
LaVerne Camarata
Detroit Lions
B
—
1948
13
4
109
Bob Jensen
Boston Yanks
DE
—
1949
19
9
190
Dean Laun
Chicago Cardinals
E
—
1950
12
5
149
Bill Chauncey
Washington Redskins
B
—
20
7
255
Webb Halbert
Chicago Cardinals
B
—
21
9
270
Bob Angle
Chicago Bears
B
—
1951
5
5
55
Jim Doran ‡
Detroit Lions
E
Pro Bowl (1960 ) NFL Champion (1952), (1953), and (1957)
10
3
113
Bob Jensen
Washington Redskins
E
–
18
6
213
Bill Weeks
Philadelphia Eagles
B
—
1952
15
4
173
Malcolm Schmidt
Philadelphia Eagles
E
—
18
8
213
Stan Campbell †
Detroit Lions
G
NFL Champion (1952), (1957), and (1960)
23
4
269
Maury Schnell
Philadelphia Eagles
B
—
1953
19
5
222
Bill Byrus
Chicago Bears
T
—
20
7
236
Rollie Arns
Philadelphia Eagles
C
—
1955
28
11
337
Herb McDermott
Detroit Lions
T
—
1956
28
12
337
Ollie Sparks
Cleveland Browns
G
—
1957
26
10
311
Chuck Muelhaupt
Detroit Lions
G
—
1958
15
10
179
John Scheldrup
Detroit Lions
E
—
21
11
252
Bill Martin
Cleveland Browns
E
—
1959
22
10
262
Gale Gibson
New York Giants
E
—
1960
15
9
177
Tom Watkins
Cleveland Browns
B
—
1961
8
4
57
Tom Watkins
Oakland Raiders AFL
B
—
20
2
268
Jerry Morgan
Dallas Cowboys
B
—
21
1
161
Jim Morgan
Denver Broncos AFL
B
—
24
2
186
Don Webb *
Boston Patriots AFL
DB
AFL All-Star Game (1969 ) All-Pro (1967 )
1963
4
13
55
Chuck Walton
Detroit Lions
G
—
7
3
87
Dave Hoppmann
New York Giants
B
—
13
2
98
Chuck Walton
San Diego Chargers AFL
G
—
1964
17
3
227
Ozzie Clay
Washington Redskins
WR
—
18
10
248
Dave Hoover
St. Louis Cardinals
B
—
1965
5
1
57
Tom Vaughn
Detroit Lions
DB
—
11
1
81
Tom Vaughn
Denver Broncos AFL
DB
—
12
4
92
John Berrington
New York Jets AFL
LB
—
12
5
93
Mike Cox
Kansas City Chiefs AFL
LB
—
19
6
258
Roosevelt Ellerbe
Washington Redskins
B
—
1966
6
8
88
Tim Van Galder
St. Louis Cardinals
QB
—
16
8
238
Dick Kasperek
St. Louis Cardinals
C
—
1967
3
3
56
Larry Carwell
Houston Oilers
DB
—
3
19
72
Eppie Barney
Cleveland Browns
WR
—
7
7
166
Ted Tuinstra
Detroit Lions
T
—
10
3
240
Dick Schafroth
Atlanta Falcons
T
—
1968
10
8
254
Doug Robinson
New Orleans Saints
DB
—
10
13
259
Tom Busch
St. Louis Cardinals
WR
—
14
1
355
Les Webster
Cincinnati Bengals
RB
—
1969
11
15
275
Sam Campbell
Chicago Bears
DT
—
1971
2
21
47
Otto Stowe †
Miami Dolphins
WR
Super Bowl champion (VII )
9
23
231
Therman Couch
San Francisco 49ers
LB
—
13
17
329
Jeff Allen
St. Louis Cardinals
DB
—
14
22
360
Tom Lorenz
Detroit Lions
TE
—
16
16
406
Darrell Jansonius
Kansas City Chiefs
G
—
1972
7
23
179
Dean Carlson
Kansas City Chiefs
QB
—
1973
1
14
14
George Amundson
Houston Oilers
RB
—
5
26
130
Dave McCurry
Miami Dolphins
DB
—
7
14
170
Tommy Campbell
Atlanta Falcons
DB
—
11
14
274
Geary Murdock
Minnesota Vikings
G
—
14
6
344
Merv Krakau
Buffalo Bills
LB
—
1974
2
25
51
Matt Blair *
Minnesota Vikings
LB
Pro Bowl (1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 ) All-Pro (1980 )
4
13
91
Ike Harris
St. Louis Cardinals
WR
—
5
11
115
Keith Krepfle *
Philadelphia Eagles
TE
All-Pro (1979 )
13
23
335
Ted Jornov
Cincinnati Bengals
LB
—
15
17
381
Willie Jones
Atlanta Falcons
WR
—
15
23
387
Larry Hunt
Pittsburgh Steelers
DT
—
1975
5
23
127
Barry Hill
Miami Dolphins
DB
—
9
8
216
Mike Strachan
New Orleans Saints
RB
—
12
2
288
Brad Storm
Baltimore Colts
LB
—
12
14
300
Andre Roundtree
Detroit Lions
LB
—
16
24
141
Tom Goedjen
Minnesota Vikings
K
—
1976
9
2
239
Bob Bos
Seattle Seahawks
T
—
11
15
306
Greg Pittman
Denver Broncos
LB
—
11
18
309
Forry Smith
Buffalo Bills
WR
—
12
20
338
Randy Young
Miami Dolphins
T
—
1977
4
12
96
Luther Blue
Detroit Lions
WR
—
7
11
178
Al Dixon
New York Giants
TE
—
8
16
211
Otis Rodgers
New York Giants
LB
—
12
13
320
Dave Greenwood
Detroit Lions
G
—
1978
7
28
194
Tom Randall
Dallas Cowboys
G
—
1979
2
3
31
Mike Stensrud
Houston Oilers
DT
—
1981
7
3
169
Kenny Neil
New York Jets
DE
—
1982
3
24
79
Dwayne Crutchfield
New York Jets
RB
—
7
3
170
Dan Johnson
Miami Dolphins
TE
—
1983
3
14
70
Karl Nelson †
New York Giants
T
Super Bowl champion (XXI )
1984
6
2
142
Chris Washington
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
LB
—
8
8
204
Bruce Reimers
Cincinnati Bengals
G
—
11
8
288
Dan Martin
New York Jets
T
—
1985
5
20
132
Tracy Henderson
New York Giants
WR
—
1986
9
20
241
Jim Luebbers
New York Giants
DE
—
1987
8
8
203
Dennis Gibson
Detroit Lions
LB
—
9
13
236
Terrence Anthony
Atlanta Falcons
DB
—
12
14
321
Bill Berthusen
New York Giants
DT
—
1989
10
22
273
Joe Henderson
New Orleans Saints
RB
—
1990
2
14
39
Keith Sims *
Miami Dolphins
G
Pro Bowl (1993 , 1994 , 1995 ) All-Pro (1994 ) and (1995 )
10
6
254
Mike Busch
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
TE
—
1991
4
19
102
Marcus Robertson *
Houston Oilers
DB
All-Pro (1993 )
5
10
121
Gene Williams
Miami Dolphins
G
—
6
9
148
Blaise Bryant
New York Jets
RB
—
1997
3
2
62
Troy Davis |
New Orleans Saints
RB
College Football Hall of Fame
3
25
85
Tim Kohn
Oakland Raiders
T
—
1998
5
15
138
Oliver Ross
Dallas Cowboys
T
—
2001
3
25
87
Reggie Hayward
Denver Broncos
DE
—
4
14
109
Sage Rosenfels
Washington Redskins
QB
—
7
6
206
James Reed
New York Jets
DT
—
2002
7
12
223
Mike Banks
Arizona Cardinals
TE
—
2003
4
13
110
Seneca Wallace
Seattle Seahawks
QB
—
2005
3
20
84
Ellis Hobbs
New England Patriots
DB
—
2006
5
19
151
Tim Dobbins
San Diego Chargers
LB
—
2007
7
31
241
Aaron Brant
Chicago Bears
G
—
2008
5
12
147
Alvin Bowen
Buffalo Bills
LB
—
6
24
190
Ahtyba Rubin
Cleveland Browns
DT
—
2010
7
21
228
Reggie Stephens
Cincinnati Bengals
C
—
2012
2
28
60
Kelechi Osemele †
Baltimore Ravens
T
Pro Bowl (2016 , 2017 ) Super Bowl champion (XLVII )
2013
5
15
148
A. J. Klein
Carolina Panthers
LB
—
7
40
246
Carter Bykowski
San Francisco 49ers
T
—
2014
5
14
154
Jeremiah George
New York Jets
LB
—
2019
3
9
73
David Montgomery
Chicago Bears
RB
—
4
1
103
Hakeem Butler
Arizona Cardinals
WR
—
2021
4
14
119
Kene Nwangwu
Minnesota Vikings
RB
—
2022
2
4
36
Breece Hall
New York Jets
RB
—
4
11
116
Eyioma Uwazurike
Denver Broncos
DT
4
23
128
Charlie Kolar
Baltimore Ravens
TE
7
41
262
Brock Purdy
San Francisco 49ers
QB
Pro Bowl (2023 )
2023
1
15
15
Will McDonald IV
New York Jets
DE
6
28
205
Xavier Hutchinson
Houston Texans
WR
7
25
242
Anthony Johnson Jr.
Green Bay Packers
DB
2024
4
30
130
T. J. Tampa
Baltimore Ravens
DB
[ 3]
Notable undrafted players [ edit ]
Note: No drafts held before 1920
^ From 1960 through 1966, teams with a superscript AFL denotes a player drafted in the AFL Draft and teams with a superscript NFL denotes a player drafted in the
NFL Draft .
^ From 1946 through 1949, teams with a superscript AAFC denotes a player drafted in the All-America Football Conference 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.
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