List of Kentucky Wildcats in the NFL draft

The University of Kentucky Wildcats football team has had 206 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936. 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). This includes 16 players taken in the first round and one overall number one pick, Tim Couch in the 1999 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). Prior to 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 bidding war over top prospects between the two leagues. As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues held a multiple-round "common draft". Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the common draft became the NFL Draft.

Key

B	Back	K	Kicker	NT	Nose tackle
C	Center	LB	Linebacker	FB	Fullback
DB	Defensive back	P	Punter	HB	Halfback
DE	Defensive end	QB	Quarterback	WR	Wide receiver
DT	Defensive tackle	RB	Running back	G	Guard
E	End	T	Offensive tackle	TE	Tight end

*	Selected to an all-star game (AFL All-Star game, NFL All-Star game or Pro Bowl)
†	Won a league championship (AFL championship, NFL championship, or Super Bowl)
‡	Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame

Selections

Year	Round	Pick	Player	Team	Position	Notes
1937	5	42	Bert Johnson	Brooklyn Dodgers	RB	—
	8	74	Gene Myers	New York Giants	RB	—
	10	95	Stan Nevers	Pittsburgh Pirates	T	—
1939	8	62	Sherm Hinkebein	New York Giants	C	—
1940	12	107	Bill McCubbin	Chicago Bears	DE	—
	20	185	Luke Lindon	Cleveland Rams	T	—
1941	11	99	Jim Hardin	Chicago Bears	DE	—
	15	133	John Eibner	Pittsburgh Steelers	T	—
	18	165	Charlie Ishmael	Detroit Lions	RB	—
	21	192	Joe Bailey	Green Bay Packers	C	—
1942	10	90	Noah Mullins	Chicago Bears	RB	—
1943	5	35	Clyde Johnson	Cleveland Rams	T	—
	13	119	Clark Wood	Chicago Bears	T	—
1944	13	127	Charley Walker	Washington Redskins	C	—
	26	273	Charley Kuhn	Cleveland Rams	RB	—
	26	274	Bill Portwood	Boston Yanks	DE	—
1945	9	78	Gene Meeks	Chicago Cardinals	RB	—
	16	163	Jim Little	New York Giants	T	—
	20	202	Bill Griffin	Cleveland Rams	T	—
1946	26	244	Jess Tunstill	Chicago Bears	B	—
1947	3	18	Ermal Allen	Chicago Cardinals	B	—
	27	251	Phil Cutchin	Philadelphia Eagles	B	—
1948	7	51	Jay Rhodemyre	Green Bay Packers	C	—
1949	7	69	Wallace Jones	Chicago Bears	E	—
	11	106	Dick Hensley	New York Giants	E	—
	12	119	George Blanda*†‡	Chicago Bears	QB	NFL MVP (1970) AFL All-Star (1961, 1962, 1963, 1967) AFL Champion (1960, 1961, 1967) Pro Football Hall of Fame (1981)
1950	4	45	Harry Ulinski*	Washington Redskins	C	Pro Bowl (1955)
	5	65	Don Phelps†	Cleveland Browns	B	NFL Champion (1950)
	6	79	Lloyd McDermott	Philadelphia Eagles	T	—
	18	231	Ralph Genito	San Francisco 49ers	B	—
	20	251	Jim Howe	Green Bay Packers	B	—
	25	321	Lee Truman	Chicago Cardinals	B	—
	29	368	Ben Zaranka	Green Bay Packers	E
1951	1	5	Bob Gain*	Green Bay Packers	T	Pro Bowl (1957)
	3	29	Walt Yowarsky†	Washington Redskins	T	NFL Champion (1956)
	3	32	Al Bruno	Philadelphia Eagles	DE	—
	11	130	Bob Pope	Philadelphia Eagles	T	—
	14	163	Bill Leskovar	Chicago Cardinals	B	—
	15	176	Clay Webb	Pittsburgh Steelers	B	—
	15	179	Bill Wanamaker	New York Yanks	G	—
	18	210	Dom Fucci	Washington Redskins	B	—
	28	331	Dick Martin	Chicago Cardinals	B	—
1952	1	4	Babe Parilli*†	Green Bay Packers	QB	Super Bowl Champion (III) AFL Champion (1968) AFL All-Star (1963, 1964, 1966)
	6	71	Jim MacKenzie	New York Giants	T	—
	13	149	Ed Hamilton	Philadelphia Eagles	B	—
	17	205	John Griggs	Los Angeles Rams	C	—
	26	313	Frank Fuller*	Los Angeles Rams	T	Pro Bowl (1959)
	28	326	Doug Moseley	New York Yanks	C	—
1953	3	36	Bob Fry	Los Angeles Rams	T	—
	3	37	Gene Donaldson	Cleveland Browns	G	—
	11	124	Ralph Charney	Chicago Bears	B	—
	23	269	Ray Correll	Pittsburgh Steelers	G	—
	29	344	Ralph Paolone	Philadelphia Eagles	B	—
1954	1	8	Steve Meilinger	Washington Redskins	DE	—
	17	197	Tommy Adkins	Baltimore Colts	C	—
1955	11	129	Bob Hardy	Philadelphia Eagles	B	—
1956	11	129	Dick Moloney	New York Giants	B	—
	15	180	Dick Shatto	Los Angeles Rams	B	—
	17	204	Jack Butler	Los Angeles Rams	T	—
	21	251	Howard Schnellenberger	Washington Redskins	DE	—
	25	293	Bill Wheeler	Chicago Cardinals	T	—
	25	295	Brad Mills	Baltimore Colts	B	—
1957	6	69	J. T. Frankenberger	Cleveland Browns	B	—
	17	200	Dave Kuhn	San Francisco 49ers	C	—
1958	1	4	Lou Michaels	Los Angeles Rams	DT	—
	29	349	Henry Herzog	Detroit Lions	B	—
1959	22	254	Jim Bowie	Philadelphia Eagles	T	—
1960	11	129	Glenn Shaw	Chicago Bears	RB	—
1961	12	163	Tom Rodgers	Detroit Lions	B	—
	17	237	Calvin Bird	Cleveland Browns	B	—
1962	1	12	Irv Goode†	St. Louis Cardinals	C	Super Bowl Champion (VIII)
	9	124	Bob Butler	Philadelphia Eagles	T	—
	18	241	Junior Hawthorne	Minnesota Vikings	T	—
1963	1	9	Tom Hutchinson	Cleveland Browns	DE	—
1964	2	24	Herschel Turner	Cleveland Browns	DE	—
1966	1	15	Sam Ball†	Baltimore Colts	T	Super Bowl Champion (V)
	2	26	Bob Windsor	San Francisco 49ers	TE	—
	2	29	Rick Norton	Cleveland Browns	QB	—
	3	47	Rick Kestner	Baltimore Colts	WR	—
	5	72	Doug Davis	Minnesota Vikings	T	—
1967	7	163	Larry Seiple	Miami Dolphins	RB	—
	11	185	Pat Riley	Dallas Cowboys	WR	-
1968	11	283	Dwight Little	Detroit Lions	G	—
1969	4	103	Dickie Lyons	Atlanta Falcons	DB	—
	11	262	Jeff Van Note*	Atlanta Falcons	LB	Pro Bowl (1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982)
1970	10	252	Dick Palmer	Baltimore Colts	LB	—
	17	436	Dick Beard	New York Jets	RB	—
1971	6	131	David Hardt	Boston Patriots	TE	—
	13	330	Dave Roller	New York Giants	DT	—
	15	372	Ray Maykin	Pittsburgh Steelers	G	—
	16	414	Dave Burcell	San Francisco 49ers	DT	—
1972	13	98	Joe Federspiel	New Orleans Saints	LB	—
	7	163	Bill Bushong	Green Bay Packers	DT	—
1973	9	213	Ken King	St. Louis Cardinals	LB	—
	11	270	Dan Neal	Baltimore Colts	C	—
1974	4	89	Frank LeMaster	Philadelphia Eagles	LB	—
	14	346	Cecil Bowens	New England Patriots	RB	—
	16	396	Dave Margavage	Baltimore Colts	T	—
	16	410	Darryl Bishop	Cincinnati Bengals	DB	—
1975	2	34	Elmore Stephens	Kansas City Chiefs	TE	—
	5	126	Rick Nuzum	Los Angeles Rams	C	—
	13	323	Tom Ehlers	Philadelphia Eagles	LB	—
1976	2	36	Sonny Collins	Atlanta Falcons	RB	—
	5	151	Wally Pesuit	Dallas Cowboys	T	—
	16	439	Steve Campassi	Philadelphia Eagles	RB	—
1977	1	6	Warren Bryant	Atlanta Falcons	T	—
	1	26	Randy Burke	Baltimore Colts	WR	—
1978	1	2	Art Still*	Kansas City Chiefs	DE	Pro Bowl (1980, 1981, 1982, 1984)
	5	136	Derrick Ramsey	Oakland Raiders	TE	—
	9	244	Mike Martin	Chicago Bears	LB	—
	10	255	Will Grant	Buffalo Bills	C	—
	10	275	Dallas Owens	Baltimore Colts	DB	—
	11	282	Jerry Blanton	Buffalo Bills	LB	—
1979	3	70	Jim Ramey	Cleveland Browns	DE	—
	4	93	Jim Kovach	New Orleans Saints	LB	—
	5	123	Kelly Kirchbaum	New York Jets	LB	—
	7	181	Bob Winkel	Minnesota Vikings	DT	—
	8	209	Robert Hawkins	Oakland Raiders	RB	—
	10	256	Dan Fowler	New York Giants	G	—
	12	317	David Stephens	Minnesota Vikings	LB	—
1979s	6	0	Rod Stewart	Buffalo Bills	RB	—
1980	3	74	Larry Carter	Denver Broncos	DB	—
	6	150	Lester Boyd	New Orleans Saints	LB	—
	7	180	Tom Kearns	New England Patriots	G	—
1981	9	233	Tim Gooch	Baltimore Colts	DT	—
1982	11	287	Jim Campbell	Houston Oilers	TE	—
1984	6	141	John Grimsley	Houston Oilers	LB	—
1985	1	19	George Adams	New York Giants	RB	—
	5	136	Cam Jacobs	Pittsburgh Steelers	LB	—
	10	268	Oliver White	Pittsburgh Steelers	TE	—
	11	291	Jeff Smith	San Diego Chargers	DT	—
1986	8	221	Maurice Douglass	Chicago Bears	DB	—
	10	253	Jon Dumbauld	New Orleans Saints	DE	—
1987	5	130	Marc Logan	Cincinnati Bengals	RB	—
	5	137	Tony Mayes	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DB	—
	12	327	Bill Ransdell	New York Jets	QB	—
1988	2	44	Dermontti Dawson*‡	Pittsburgh Steelers	C	Pro Bowl (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998) Pro Football Hall of Fame (2012)
	5	128	Jerry Reese	Pittsburgh Steelers	DE	—
	8	205	Mark Higgs	Dallas Cowboys	RB	—
	12	205	Greg Kunkel	Los Angeles Raiders	G	—
1989	7	174	D. J. Johnson	Pittsburgh Steelers	DB	—
	7	182	Ivy Joe Hunter	Indianapolis Colts	RB	—
	8	222	Chris Chenault	Cincinnati Bengals	LB	—
	9	233	Chris Darrington	Washington Redskins	TE	—
1990	3	55	Oliver Barnett	Atlanta Falcons	DE	—
	7	171	Donnie Gardner	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DE	—
	8	184	Andy Murray	Houston Oilers	RB	—
1991	5	261	Al Baker	New York Jets	RB	—
	12	323	Jeff Brady	Pittsburgh Steelers	LB	—
1993	4	85	Dean Wells	Seattle Seahawks	LB	—
	4	97	Todd Perry	Chicago Bears	G	—
	6	158	Chuck Bradley	Houston Oilers	T	—
	8	158	Doug Pelfrey	Cincinnati Bengals	K	—
1994	6	172	Terry Samuels	Arizona Cardinals	TE	—
	7	207	Zane Beehn	San Diego Chargers	LB	—
	7	222	Marty Moore	New England Patriots	LB	—
1995	2	43	Melvin Johnson	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DB	—
1996	3	75	Moe Williams	Minnesota Vikings	RB	—
	7	221	Reggie Rusk	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DB	—
1997	5	141	Van Hiles	Chicago Bears	DB	—
	7	205	Chris Ward	Baltimore Ravens	DE	—
1998	7	234	Kio Sanford	San Diego Chargers	WR	—
1999	1	1	Tim Couch	Cleveland Browns	QB	—
	4	98	Craig Yeast	Cincinnati Bengals	WR	—
2000	5	157	James Whalen	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	TE	—
2001	3	69	Eric Kelly	Minnesota Vikings	DB	—
	7	233	Marlon McCree	Jacksonville Jaguars	DB	—
	7	236	Quentin McCord	Atlanta Falcons	WR	—
2002	3	98	Dennis Johnson	Arizona Cardinals	DE	—
2003	1	4	Dewayne Robertson	New York Jets	DT	—
	4	99	Artose Pinner	Detroit Lions	RB	—
2004	7	244	Derek Abney	Baltimore Ravens	WR	—
2005	3	92	Vincent Burns	Indianapolis Colts	DE	—
2008	4	127	Jacob Tamme	Indianapolis Colts	TE	—
	4	128	Keenan Burton	St. Louis Rams	WR	—
	6	198	Andre' Woodson	New York Giants	QB	—
	7	224	Stevie Johnson	Buffalo Bills	WR	—
2009	6	207	Myron Pryor	New England Patriots	DT	—
2010	3	83	Corey Peters	Atlanta Falcons	DT	—
	4	105	Trevard Lindley	Philadelphia Eagles	DB	—
	5	139	John Conner	New York Jets	FB	—
2011	2	64	Randall Cobb*	Green Bay Packers	WR	Pro Bowl (2014, 2015)
2012	6	181	Winston Guy	Seattle Seahawks	DB	—
	6	188	Danny Trevathan†	Denver Broncos	LB	Super Bowl Champion (50)
2013	3	65	Larry Warford	Detroit Lions	G	Pro Bowl (2017, 2018, 2019)
2014	5	151	Avery Williamson	Tennessee Titans	LB	—
2015	1	22	Bud Dupree	Pittsburgh Steelers	LB	—
	4	122	Za'Darius Smith	Baltimore Ravens	DE	Pro Bowl (2019, 2020)
2016	6	190	Josh Forrest	Los Angeles Rams	LB	—
2019	1	7	Josh Allen	Jacksonville Jaguars	LB	Pro Bowl (2019)
	2	54	Lonnie Johnson Jr.	Houston Texans	DB	—
	3	99	Mike Edwards	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DB	Super Bowl Champion (LV)
	4	122	Benny Snell	Pittsburgh Steelers	RB	—
	7	232	George Asafo-Adjei	New York Giants	T	—
2020	3	80	Lynn Bowden	Las Vegas Raiders	WR	—
	4	121	Logan Stenberg	Detroit Lions	G	—
2021	1	19	Jamin Davis	Washington Football Team	LB	—
	2	44	Kelvin Joseph	Dallas Cowboys	DB	—
	6	192	Quinton Bohanna	Dallas Cowboys	DT	—
	6	200	Brandin Echols	New York Jets	DB	—
	6	206	Landon Young	New Orleans Saints	T	—
	7	232	Phil Hoskins	Carolina Panthers	DT	—
2022	2	43	Wan'Dale Robinson	New York Giants	WR	—
	2	46	Josh Paschal	Detroit Lions	DE	—
	3	65	Luke Fortner	Jacksonville Jaguars	C	—
	5	145	Darian Kinnard	Kansas City Chiefs	T	—
2023	2	33	Will Levis	Tennessee Titans	QB	—
	6	193	Chris Rodriguez Jr.	Washington Commanders	RB	—
	7	232	Carrington Valentine	Green Bay Packers	DB	—
2024	3	70	Andru Phillips	New York Giants	DB	—
	3	72	Trevin Wallace	Carolina Panthers	LB	—
	4	128	Ray Davis	Buffalo Bills	RB	—
	6	218	Devin Leary	Baltimore Ravens	QB	—

Notable undrafted players

Note: No drafts held before 1920

Year	Player	Debut Team	Position	Notes
1970	Cal Withrow	C	San Diego Chargers	—
1974	Doug Kotar	RB	Pittsburgh Steelers	—
1979	Thom Dornbrook	C	Pittsburgh Steelers	—
1987	Cornell Burbage	WR	Dallas Cowboys	—
2002	Chris Demaree	DT	San Diego Chargers	—
2022	Josh Ali	WR	Atlanta Falcons	—
2023	Tashawn Manning	G	Baltimore Ravens	—
	Keidron Smith	DB	Miami Dolphins	—
	DeAndre Square	LB	Los Angeles Rams	—
2024	Brenden Bates	TE	Chicago Bears	—
	Jeremy Flax	OT	Minnesota Vikings	—
	Tayvion Robinson	WR	Baltimore Ravens	—