| Illinois' All-Time NFL Draft Picks |
| 1937 |
Elvin Sayre, C, Detroit (8th, 77) |
| 1939 |
Jim McDonald, C, Detroit (20th, 187) |
| 1940 |
Mel Brewer, T, Washington (21st, 195) |
| 1941 |
Tom Riggs, G, Green Bay (15th)
Jim Reeder, T, Green Bay (20th) |
| 1943 |
Eddie McGovern, B, Chicago Cardinals (26th, 244) |
| 1944 |
Tony Butkovich, B, Cleveland (1st, 11)
Alex Agase, G, Green Bay (8th, 71) |
| 1945 |
George Bujan, C, Washington (5th, 38)
Les Joop, T, Detroit (9th, 82)
Mike Kasap, T, Detroit (12th, 115)
Ray Florek, B, Cleveland (26th, 268) |
| 1946 |
Mac Wenskunas, C, Chicago Cardinals (2nd, 11)
Julius Rykovich, B, Chicago Bears (2nd, 14)
Chick Maggioli, B, Washington (11th, 99)
Frank Bauman, E, Chicago Bears (12th, 104)
Stan Sprague, E, Washington (14th, 129)
Tom Gallagher, B, Chicago Bears (19th, 174)
Butch Kolens, G, New York Giants (27th, 255) |
| 1947 |
Art Dufelmeier, B, Chicago Cardinals (9th, 70)
Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, B, Chicago Bears (9th, 75)
Russ Steger, B, LA Rams (11th, 93)
Lou Levanti, C, LA Rams (23rd, 213)
Bob Prymuski, G, LA Rams (32nd, 299) |
| 1948 |
Les Bingaman, T, Detroit (3rd, 15)
Bob Cunz, T, Green Bay (8th, 61)
Russ Steger, B, Detroit (13th, 107)
Perry Moss, B, Green Bay (13th, 111)
Lou Agase, T, Green Bay (15th, 131) |
| 1949 |
Al Mastrangeli, C, Green Bay (13th, 123)
Lyle Button, T, Philadelphia (13th, 131)
Tony Klimek, E, Chicago Cardinals (14th, 140)
Herb Siegert, G, Washington (18th, 178)
Walt Kersulis, E, LA Rams (23rd, 227) |
| 1950 |
Lyle Button, T, Washington (14th, 175)
Walt Kersulis, E, Pittsburgh (23rd, 294)
Johnny Karras, B, Detroit (28th, 356)
Russ Steger, B, Detroit (29th, 369) |
| 1951 |
Lynn Lynch, G, Chicago Cardinals (5th, 51)
Dick Raklovits, G, Detroit, (8th, 91)
Wayne Siegert, T, Detroit (13th, 153)
Paul Douglass, B, NY Giants (13th, 158)
Chuck Brown, G, Chicago Bears (18th, 216)
Al Tate, T, San Francisco (20th, 234)
Al Brosky, B, LA Rams (27th, 324) |
| 1952 |
Johnny Karras, B, Chicago Cardinals (2nd, 16)
Chuck Ulrich, T, Philadelphia (4th, 41)
Marv Berschet , T, Washington (16th, 187)
Herb Neathery, B, Cleveland (16th ,189)
Tommy O'Connell, QB, Chicago Bears (18th, 212)
Chuck Boerio, C, Green Bay (20th, 231)
Dick Jenkins, T, Washington (21st, 247)
Joe Vernasco, E, Cleveland (26th, 312)
Don Stevens, B, Philadelphia (30th, 353) |
| 1953 |
Rex Smith, E, Philadelphia (5th)
Pete Bachouros, B, Philadelphia (19th) |
| 1954 |
Stan Wallace, B, Chicago Bears (1st, 6)
John Bauer, G, Cleveland (1st, 12)
Rocky Ryan, E, Philadelphia (2nd, 21)
Ken Miller, B, Chicago Bears (14th, 162)
Jim Baughman, G, Cleveland (21st, 252)
Claude Talieferro, B, Baltimore (29th, 341) |
| 1955 |
Dick Miller, T, Detroit (25th, 300)
Bob Gongala, B, San Francisco (30th, 356) |
| 1956 |
J.C. Caroline, B, Chicago Bears (7th, 82)
Em Lindback, QB, LA Rams (12th, 144)
Mickey Bates, B, LA Rams (29th, 348) |
| 1957 |
Abe Woodson, B, San Francisco (2nd, 15)
Wayne Bock, T, Chicago Cardinals (5th, 58)
Percy Oliver, G, Green Bay (20th, 231)
Gary Francis, E, Pittsburgh (24th, 282) |
| 1958 |
Ray Nitschke, B, Green Bay (3rd, 36)
Bobby Mitchell, B, Cleveland (7th, 84)
Carl Johnson, T, Green Bay (10th, 110)
Rod Hanson, E, Washington (24th, 282) |
| 1959 |
Rich Kreitling, E, Cleveland (1st, 11)
Jack Delveaux, B, NY Giants (9th, 107)
Darrell DeDecker, T, Chicago Cardinals (18th, 207)
Bruce Dollahan, T, San Francisco (23rd, 270)
Ron Nietupski, T, Cleveland (29th, 346) |
| 1960 |
Bill Burrell, LB, Chicago Cardinals (5th, 50) |
| 1961 |
Joe Rutgens, T, Washington (1st, 3)
Bill Brown, B, Chicago Bears (2nd, 20)
Joe Krakoski, B, Washington (6th, 72)
Marshall Starks, HB, St. Louis (8th, 106)
Tony Parrilli, G, San Francisco (11th, 149)
Ernie McMillan, E, St. Louis (13th 176)
Larry Lavery, T, Philadelphia (17th, 238) |
| 1962 |
Ed O'Bradovich, E, Chicago Bears (7th, 91)
Charles Dickerson, T, Cleveland (9th, 123)
Gary Brown, B, San Francisco (18th, 246) |
| 1963 |
Mike Taliaferro, QB, NY Giants (10th, 138)
Thurman Walter, E, Green Bay (17th, 238) |
| 1965 |
Dick Butkus, LB, Chicago Bears (1st, 3)
George Donnelly, B, San Francisco (1st, 13)
Archie Sutton, T, Minnesota (2nd, 15)
Gregg Schumacher, E, San Francisco (13th, 170)
Dave Powless, G, NY Giants (17th, 225) |
| 1966 |
Jim Grabowski, FB, Green Bay (1st, 9)
Don Hansen, LB, Minnesota (3rd, 42)
Ron Acks, DE, Minnesota (4th, 57)
Sam Price, HB, NY Giants (16th, 240)
Gary Eickman, T, NY Giants (17th, 254)
Kai Anderson, C, NY Giants (18th, 268)
Dale Greco, DT, Minnesota (18th, 270) |
| 1967 |
Bruce Sullivan, DB, Washington (10th, 250) |
| 1968 |
Cyril Pinder, RB, Philadelphia (2nd, 39)
John Wright, WR, Detroit (2nd, 53)
Terry Miller, LB, Detroit (8th, 202)
Bob Robertson, C, Houston (9th, 224)
Ken Kmiec, DB, Dallas (9th, 241) |
| 1969 |
Rich Johnson, RB, Houston (3rd, 78)
Tony Pleviak, DE, Atlanta (5th, 127)
Bob Naponic, QB, Houston (10th, 256) |
| 1970 |
Doug Dieken, T, Cleveland (6th, 142) |
| 1973 |
Mike Wells, QB, Minnesota (4th, 80)
Tab Bennett, LB, San Diego (9th, 214)
Willie Osley, DB, Kansas City (10th, 251)
Larry Allen, LB, Green Bay (10th, 255)
Larry McCarren, C, Green Bay (12th, 308) |
| 1974 |
Gerry Sullivan, C-T, Cleveland (7th, 171)
Octavus Morgan, LB, Pittsburgh (16th, 412) |
| 1975 |
Revie Sorey, G, Chicago (5th, 110)
Tom Hicks, LB, Chicago (6th, 151)
Mark Peterson, DE, Kansas City (16th, 396) |
| 1976 |
Lonnie Perrin, RB, Denver (5th, 139)
Stu Levenick, T, Baltimore (9th, 258)
Doug Kleber, T, Cleveland (10th, 271)
Joe Smalzer, TE, Cleveland (14th, 381) |
| 1977 |
Scott Studwell, LB, Minnesota (9th, 250)
Dan Beaver, K, Minnesota (10th, 278) |
| 1978 |
Rich Grimmett, T, Seattle (9th, 231) |
| 1979 |
Darwin Tucker, DB, LA Rams (4th, 99)
John Sullivan, LB, Chicago (6th, 147)
Bruce Thornton, DT, Dallas (8th, 219) |
| 1980 |
Lawrence McCullough, WR, Washington (9th, 241) |
| 1981 |
John Gillen, LB, St. Louis (5th, 116)
Mike Sherrod, TE, St. Louis (11th, 281) |
| 1982 |
Dave Wilson, QB, New Orleans (1st in 1981 supplemental draft)
Jack Squirek, LB, Oakland (2nd, 35)
Ron Ferrari, LB, San Francisco (7th, 195)
Kelvin Atkins, LB, Tampa Bay (8th, 212) |
| 1983 |
Tony Eason, QB, New England (1st, 15)
Mike Bass, K, New England (6th, 155)
Mike Martin, WR, Cincinnati (8th, 221)
Adam Lingner, C, Kansas City (9th, 231)
Oliver Williams, WR, Chicago (12th, 313) |
| 1984 |
Mitchell Brookins, WR, Buffalo (4th, 95)
Dwight Beverly, RB, Indianapolis (6th, 147)
Don Thorp, DT, New Orleans (6th, 156)
Ed Brady, LB, LA Rams (8th, 215)
Mike Johnson, DE, Houston (9th, 227)
Bob Stowe, T, Indianapolis (11th, 290)
Mark Butkus, DT, Chicago (11th, 298)
Moe Bias, LB, LA Rams (12th, 328)
Mike Weingrad, LB, Miami (12th, 333) |
| 1985 |
Mike Heaven, DB, Tampa Bay (4th, 92)
Chris Babyar, G, Buffalo (10th, 253)
John Ayres, DB, Atlanta (11th, 284) |
| 1986 |
Jack Trudeau, QB, Indianapolis (2nd, 47)
David Williams, WR, Chicago (3rd, 82)
Craig Swoope, DB, Tampa Bay (4th, 83)
Jim Juriga, T, Denver (4th, 104)
Thomas Rooks, RB, Minnesota (6th, 147)
Chris White, K, Indianapolis (7th, 172)
Cap Boso, TE, Pittsburgh (8th, 207)
Bob Sebring, LB, Houston (9th, 225)
Guy Teafatiller, DT, Buffalo (10th, 251) |
| 1987 |
Mark Dennis, OT, Miami (8th, 212)
Jerry Reese, TE, Atlanta (10th, 264) |
| 1988 |
Scott Davis, DE, LA Raiders (1st, 25)
Mike Piel, DT, LA Rams (3rd, 82)
Keith Taylor, DB, New Orleans (5th, 134)
Darryl Usher, WR, New England (7th,181)
Bobby Dawson, DB, Pittsburgh (11th,295) |
| 1989 |
Keith Jones, RB, Atlanta (3rd, 62) |
| 1990 |
Jeff George, QB, Indianapolis (1st, 1)
Mike Bellamy, WR, Philadelphia (2nd, 50) |
| 1991 |
Henry Jones, DB, Buffalo (1st, 26)
Moe Gardner, NT, Atlanta (4th, 87)
Darrick Brownlow, LB, Dallas (5th, 132)
Mel Agee, DT, Indianapolis (6th, 152)
Chris Green, DB, Miami (7th, 191)
Howard Griffith, RB, Indianapolis (9th, 236) |
| 1992 |
Elbert Turner, WR, Houston (7th, 189)
Kameno Bell, RB, Miami (12th, 328)
Tim Simpson, G, Cleveland (12th, 329) |
| 1993 |
Brad Hopkins, T, Houston (1st, 13) |
| 1994 |
Filmel Johnson, DB, Buffalo (7th, 221) |
| 1995 |
Ken Dilger, TE, Indianapolis (2nd, 48)
John Holecek, LB, Buffalo (5th, 144)
Dana Howard, LB, Dallas (5th, 168)
Scott Turner, DB, Washington (7th, 226) |
| 1996 |
Kevin Hardy, LB, Jacksonville (1st, 2)
Simeon Rice, LB, Arizona (1st, 3)
Ken Blackman, OL, Cincinnati (3rd, 69) |
| 1997 |
Dennis Stallings, LB, Houston (6th, 181) |
| 1998 |
Robert Holcombe, RB, St. Louis (2nd, 37th) |
| 1999 |
J.P. Machado, OL, N.Y. Jets (6th, 197) |
| 2000 |
Neil Rackers, PK, Cincinnati (6th, 169)
Danny Clark, LB, Jacksonville (7th, 245) |
| 2001 |
Marques Sullivan, OT, Buffalo (5th, 144)
Jameel Cook, FB, Tampa Bay (6th, 174) |
| 2002 |
Kurt Kittner, QB, Atlanta (5th, 158) |
| 2003 |
Eugene Wilson, CB, New England (2nd, 36)
Brandon Lloyd, WR, San Francisco (4th, 124)
David Diehl, G, NY Giants (5th, 160)
Tony Pashos, OT, Baltimore (5th, 173)
Walter Young, WR, Carolina (7th, 226) |
| 2004 |
Sean Bubin, OL, Jacksonville (5th, 159)
Christian Morton, CB, New England (7th, 233) |
| 2005 |
Kelvin Hayden, CB, Indianapolis (2nd, 60)
Duke Preston, OL, Buffalo (4th, 122) |
| 2007 |
Alan Ball, DB, Dallas (7th, 237) |
| 2008 |
Rashard Mendenhall, RB, Pittsburgh (1st, 23) |
| 2009 |
Vontae Davis, DB, Miami (1st, 25)
Xavier Fulton, OL, Tampa Bay (5th, 155)
Will Davis, OLB, Arizona (6th, 204) |
| 2010 |
Arrelious Benn, WR, Tampa Bay (2nd, 39)
Jon Asamoah, OL, Kansas City (3rd, 68)
Michael Hoomanawanui, TE, St. Louis (5th, 132)
Josh Brent, DT, Dallas (7th round in 2010 supplemental draft) |
| 2011 |
Corey Liuget, DT, San Diego (1st, 18)
Mikel Leshoure, RB, Detroit (2nd, 57)
Martez Wilson, LB, New Orleans (3rd, 72)
Nate Bussey, LB, New Orleans (7th, 243) |
| 2012 |
Whitney Mercilus, DE, Houston (1st, 26)
A.J. Jenkins, WR, San Francisco (1st, 30)
Jeff Allen, OT, Kansas City (2nd, 44)
Tavon Wilson, CB, New England (2nd, 48) |
| 2013 |
Hugh Thornton, OL, Houston (3rd, 86)
Akeem Spence, DT, Tampa Bay (4th, 100)
Terry Hawthorne, DB, Pittsburgh (5th, 150)
Michael Buchanan, DE, New England (7th, 226) |
| 2016 |
Jihad Ward, DE, Oakland (2nd, 44)
Ted Karras, OG, New England (6th, 221)
Clayton Fejedelem, S, Cincinnati (7th, 245) |
| 2017 |
Dawuane Smoot, DE, Jacksonville (3rd, 68) |
| 2019 |
Nick Allegretti, OL, Kansas City (7th, 216) |
| 2021 |
Kendrick Green, OL, Pittsburgh (3rd, 87)
Nate Hobbs, DB, Las Vegas (5th, 167) |
