List of Tennessee State Tigers in the NFL draft

This is a list of Tennessee State Tigers football players in 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

Selections

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	Team	Position
1952	28	8	333	Hal Turner	Detroit Lions	E
1953	28	4	329	Jim Caldwell	Chicago Bears	T
1961	8	5	103	George Balthazar	Pittsburgh Steelers	T
1964	18	2	240	Izzy Lang	Philadelphia Eagles	RB
1965	8	14	112	Roosevelt Davis	Baltimore Colts	T
1966	4	11	59	Willie Walker	Detroit Lions	WR
	6	12	92	Frank McRae	Chicago Bears	DT
	7	8	103	Johnnie Robinson	Detroit Lions	WR
	12	15	185	Jim Carer	Baltimore Colts	G
1967	3	12	65	Bill Tucker	San Francisco 49ers	RB
	4	7	87	Alvin Coleman	Minnesota Vikings	DB
	6	23	156	Noland Smith	Kansas City Chiefs	RB
	10	15	252	Leon Moore	Los Angeles Rams	DB
	10	23	260	Eugene Bowens	Dallas Cowboys	RB
	12	26	315	John Robinson	New Orleans Saints	WR
	13	3	318	Howard Finley	Buffalo Bills	DB
1968	1	3	3	Claude Humphrey	Atlanta Falcons	DE
	1	25	25	Eldridge Dickey	Oakland Raiders	QB
	4	25	108	John Robinson	Green Bay Packers	WR
	6	3	141	Leo Johnson	San Francisco 49ers	WR
	6	17	155	Dewey Warren	Cincinnati Bengals	QB
	8	24	216	Tommy Davis	Baltimore Colts	G
1969	1	23	23	Jim Marsalis	Kansas City Chiefs	DB
	3	13	65	Elbert Drungo	Houston Oilers	T
	5	25	129	King Dunlap	Baltimore Colts	DT
	8	4	186	Joe Cooper	Pittsburgh Steelers	WR
	11	24	284	Harold Rice	Oakland Raiders	LB
	12	9	295	Bob Shannon	Washington Redskins	DB
	13	2	313	Harry Carpenter	Atlanta Falcons	T
1970	2	10	36	Joe Jones	Cleveland Browns	DE
	5	13	117	Claude Brumfield	New York Giants	G
	16	3	393	Charles Williams	Miami Dolphins	G
1971	1	15	15	Vernon Holland	Cincinnati Bengals	T
	4	22	100	Larry Woods	Detroit Lions	DT
	6	13	143	Jacob Mayes	San Diego Chargers	RB
	7	12	168	Dave Davis	Green Bay Packers	WR
	8	15	197	Fred Herring	Cincinnati Bengals	DB
	10	4	238	William West	Oakland Raiders	DB
	11	4	264	Albert Davis	Philadelphia Eagles	RB
	11	13	273	Don Pinson	San Diego Chargers	DB
	17	19	435	Joe Sweet	Los Angeles Rams	WR
1972	2	19	45	Clifford Brooks	Cleveland Browns	DB
	11	8	268	Robert Stevenson	New York Jets	LB
	11	13	273	Joe Gilliam	Pittsburgh Steelers	QB
1973	2	12	38	Robert Woods	New York Jets	T
	4	6	84	James Thaxton	San Diego Chargers	TE
	4	7	85	Ollie Smith	Baltimore Colts	WR
	5	9	113	Charles McTorry	Denver Broncos	DB
	7	3	159	Will Wynn	Philadelphia Eagles	DE
	12	19	305	Larry Pettus	San Francisco 49ers	T
	13	6	318	Alfred Reese	San Diego Chargers	RB
	17	26	442	Charlie Wade	Miami Dolphins	WR
1974	1	1	1	Ed Jones	Dallas Cowboys	DE
	1	4	4	Waymond Bryant	Chicago Bears	LB
	2	3	29	John Holland	Minnesota Vikings	WR
	2	7	33	Greg Kindle	St. Louis Cardinals	T
	2	16	42	Carl Wafer	Denver Broncos	DT
	13	19	331	Ed Gatewood	Buffalo Bills	LB
1975	4	7	85	Cleveland Elam	San Francisco 49ers	DE
	7	17	173	Mike Hegman	Dallas Cowboys	LB
	9	10	218	James Johnson	San Francisco 49ers	DB
	14	1	339	James Lewis	Miami Dolphins	DB
1976	2	21	49	Loaird McCreary	Miami Dolphins	TE
	3	4	64	Larry Dorsey	San Diego Chargers	WR
	4	6	98	Melvin Mitchell	Miami Dolphins	G
	7	18	200	John Owens	Miami Dolphins	DE
	14	10	385	Melvin Shy	Philadelphia Eagles	DB
1977	4	18	102	Oliver Davis	Cleveland Browns	DB
	5	10	122	Nate Simpson	Green Bay Packers	RB
	6	6	145	Kevin Russell	Philadelphia Eagles	DB
	6	12	151	Larry Barnes	San Diego Chargers	RB
	11	3	282	Nate Jackson	Buffalo Bills	RB
1978	2	1	29	Sylvester Hicks	Kansas City Chiefs	DE
	2	18	46	Stan Johnson	Los Angeles Rams	DT
	4	1	85	Daniel Johnson	Kansas City Chiefs	LB
	4	18	102	Dwight Wheeler	New England Patriots	T
	4	23	107	Homer Elias	Detroit Lions	G
	5	2	112	Jerrold McRae	Kansas City Chiefs	WR
	6	14	152	Rodney Parker	Atlanta Falcons	WR
1979	10	13	261	John Smith	Cleveland Browns	WR
	11	1	276	Billy McBride	San Francisco 49ers	DB
	11	26	301	Jesse Deremus	Los Angeles Rams	DT
1981	12	18	322	Joe Adams	San Francisco 49ers	QB
1982	5	10	121	Malcolm Taylor	Houston Oilers	DE
	9	10	233	Bryan Howard	Minnesota Vikings	DB
	12	3	309	Donald Laster	Washington Redskins	T
1983	3	24	80	Steve Moore	New England Patriots	G
	6	19	159	Mike Jones	Minnesota Vikings	WR
	6	25	165	Larry Kinnebrew	Cincinnati Bengals	RB
	8	7	203	Richard Dent	Chicago Bears	DE
	10	15	266	Walter Tate	Minnesota Vikings	C
1984	5	8	120	Golden Tate II	Indianapolis Colts	WR
1985	11	9	289	Herman Hunter	Philadelphia Eagles	RB
1987	3	19	75	Onzy Elam	New York Jets	LB
	8	10	205	Charles Buchanan	Pittsburgh Steelers	DE
1988	11	2	279	Frank Pillow	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	WR
1990	3	3	56	Tony Stargell	New York Jets	DB
	3	20	73	Anthony Pleasant	Cleveland Browns	DE
	11	13	289	Anthony Shelton	San Francisco 49ers	DB
	11	24	300	Tyrone Watson	Philadelphia Eagles	WR
1992	6	5	145	Larry Tharpe	Detroit Lions	T
	10	24	276	Marcus Dowdell	New Orleans Saints	WR
1993	7	19	187	Patrick Robinson	Houston Oilers	WR
1994	4	20	123	Randy Fuller	Denver Broncos	DB
1995	5	16	150	Cedric Davis	Arizona Cardinals	DB
1996	7	18	227	Clarence Jones	Jacksonville Jaguars	WR
	7	36	245	Darrell Williams	Kansas City Chiefs	DB
2000	4	6	100	Michael Thompson	Atlanta Falcons	G
	4	27	121	Avion Black	Buffalo Bills	WR
2008	1	16	16	Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie	Arizona Cardinals	DB
2009	7	3	212	Javarris Williams	Kansas City Chiefs	RB
2014	5	3	143	Kadeem Edwards	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	G
	7	35	250	Demetrius Rhaney	St. Louis Rams	C
2015	5	40	176	Robert Myers	Baltimore Ravens	G
	7	1	218	Anthony Morris	Oakland Raiders	T
2020	7	13	227	Lachavious Simmons	Chicago Bears	T