Husker football players selected in the first round of the NFL draft.
Some of these huskers were the best Nebraska cornhusker football had to offer.
Year |
Player |
Position |
Team |
Selection |
1937 |
Lloyd Cardwell |
HB |
Detroit |
N/A |
1937 |
Sam Francis |
FB |
Philadelphia |
N/A |
1937 |
Les McDonald |
End |
Chicago |
N/A |
1964 |
Bob Brown |
Guard |
Philadelphia |
N/A |
1964 |
Lloyd Voss |
Tackle |
Green Bay |
N/A |
1972 |
Jeff Kinney |
HB |
Kansas City |
23rd |
1972 |
Jerry Tagge |
QB |
Green Bay |
11th |
1972 |
Larry Jacobson |
Tackle |
New York |
24th |
1973 |
Johnny Rodgers |
HB |
San Diego |
25th |
1974 |
John Dutton |
Tackle |
Baltimore |
5th |
1975 |
Tom Ruud |
LB |
Buffalo |
19th |
1979 |
George Andrews |
LB |
Los Angeles Rams |
19th |
1979 |
Kelvin Clark |
Tackle |
Denver |
22nd |
1980 |
Junior Miller |
TE |
Atlanta |
7th |
1982 |
Jimmy Williams |
LB |
Detroit |
15th |
1983 |
Dave Rimington |
Center |
Cincinnati |
25th |
1984 |
Irving Fryar |
WR |
New England |
1st |
1984 |
Dean Steinkuhler |
Guard |
Houston |
2nd |
1984 |
Mike Rozier* |
RB |
Houston |
1st |
1987 |
Danny Noonan |
MG |
Dallas |
12th |
1988 |
Neil Smith |
DE |
Kansas City |
2nd |
1989 |
Broderick Thomas |
OLB |
Tampa Bay |
6th |
1991 |
Bruce Pickens |
DB |
Atlanta |
3rd |
1991 |
Mike Croel |
OLB |
Denver |
4th |
1992 |
Johnny Mitchell |
TE |
New York Jets |
15th |
1994 |
Trev Alberts |
OLB |
Indianapolis |
5th |
1996 |
Lawrence Phillips |
RB |
St. Louis |
6th |
1997 |
Michael Booker |
CB |
Atlanta |
11th |
1998 |
Grant Wistrom |
RE |
St. Louis |
6th |
1998 |
Jason Peter |
DT |
Carolina |
14th |
* NFL Supplemental Draftee
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