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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