List of Virginia Cavaliers in the NFL draft

This is a list of Virginia Cavaliers 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
1940	18	9	169	Jim Gillette	Green Bay Packers	B
1942	1	1	1	Bill Dudley	Pittsburgh Steelers	B
1945	14	9	140	John Duda	Philadelphia Eagles	B
1946	13	2	112	Joe Kirkland	Boston Yanks	T
1946	28	5	265	Charlie Ellis	New York Giants	B
1947	23	3	208	Tom Dudley	Washington Redskins	E
1948	5	5	30	Bruce Bailey	Los Angeles Rams	B
	6	5	40	George Grimes	Los Angeles Rams	B
	18	9	164	Ray Brown	Chicago Bears	B
	22	9	204	Lockwood Frizzell	Philadelphia Eagles	C
	28	4	259	Joe McCary	Boston Yanks	B
	32	1	294	George Neff	Boston Yanks	B
1949	19	6	187	Joe Leonard	Los Angeles Rams	T
1950	13	3	160	Carlton Elliott	Green Bay Packers	E
1951	1	12	12	Gene Schroeder	Chicago Bears	E
	7	2	76	John Papit	Washington Redskins	B
	20	2	233	Dick Johnson	Green Bay Packers	T
1952	5	9	58	Bob Miller	Detroit Lions	T
	20	7	236	Jimmy Lesane	Chicago Bears	B
	28	9	334	Joe Palumbo	San Francisco 49ers	G
1953	5	11	60	Tom Scott	Los Angeles Rams	E
1953	21	12	253	Bob Tata	Detroit Lions	B
1954	13	8	153	Joe Mehalick	Philadelphia Eagles	T
1956	15	6	175	John Polzer	Baltimore Colts	QB
1956	27	6	319	Herb Hartwell	Baltimore Colts	B
1957	5	3	52	Henry Jordan	Cleveland Browns	DT
1957	19	10	227	Bob Gunderman	Detroit Lions	E
1958	7	9	82	John Diehl	Baltimore Colts	T
	7	12	85	Hal Outten	Detroit Lions	T
	16	5	186	Fred Polzer	Washington Redskins	E
	19	1	218	Sonny Randle	Chicago Cardinals	B
1960	13	9	153	Dave Graham	Philadelphia Eagles	E
1962	4	14	56	Ron Gassert	Green Bay Packers	T
1963	4	11	53	Harlow Fullwood	Baltimore Colts	G
1963	7	14	98	Turnley Todd	Green Bay Packers	LB
1964	14	12	194	Terry Sieg	Cleveland Browns	B
1965	7	11	95	Bob Kowalkowski	Detroit Lions	G
1966	4	8	56	Don Parker	San Francisco 49ers	G
1966	8	7	117	John Pincavage	Detroit Lions	RB
1967	2	4	30	Bob Davis	Houston Oilers	QB
	7	5	164	Ed Carrington	Houston Oilers	WR
	10	18	255	Jim Copeland	Cleveland Browns	G
	11	14	277	Carroll Jarvis	San Diego Chargers	RB
	14	26	367	George Stetter	New Orleans Saints	DB
1968	5	25	136	John Naponic	Oakland Raiders	T
1969	5	9	113	Frank Quayle	Denver Broncos	RB
	7	10	166	Jeff Anderson	Washington Redskins	RB
	10	20	254	Greg Shelly	Cleveland Browns	G
	14	9	347	Rick Brand	Washington Redskins	DT
	15	10	374	Paul Rogers	Washington Redskins	T
1971	13	10	322	Dan Ryczek	Washington Redskins	C
1972	13	9	321	Andy Selfridge	San Diego Chargers	LB
1973	15	20	384	Dave Sullivan	Cleveland Browns	WR
1974	4	3	81	Harrison Davis	San Diego Chargers	WR
	10	18	252	Paul Ryczek	Atlanta Falcons	C
	11	10	270	Kent Merritt	New Orleans Saints	WR
1975	12	4	290	Dick Ambrose	Cleveland Browns	LB
	15	17	381	Ken Shelton	Denver Broncos	TE
	16	12	402	Ken Lambert	Houston Oilers	DB
1976	1	15	15	Tom Glassic	Denver Broncos	G
1976	8	6	215	Scott Gardner	Buffalo Bills	QB
1977	2	25	53	Mike Ozdowski	Baltimore Colts	DE
1978	5	25	135	John Choma	San Diego Chargers	G
1979	9	4	224	Russ Henderson	Baltimore Colts	P
1980	5	8	118	Tony Blount	New York Giants	DB
1980	8	18	211	Grant Hudson	St. Louis Cardinals	DT
1981	5	27	138	Tommy Vigorito	Miami Dolphins	RB
1982	4	21	104	Stuart Anderson	Kansas City Chiefs	LB
1982	12	2	308	Greg Taylor	New England Patriots	WR
1984	7	17	185	Quentin Walker	St. Louis Cardinals	RB
1984	8	7	203	Billy Griggs	New York Jets	TE
1985	2	12	40	Lester Lyles	New York Jets	DB
	4	15	99	Bob Olderman	Kansas City Chiefs	G
	7	25	193	Ron Mattes	Seattle Seahawks	T
1986	1	6	6	Jim Dombrowski	New Orleans Saints	T
	3	7	62	Barry Word	New Orleans Saints	RB
	6	18	156	Jim Huddleston	Washington Redskins	G
1987	10	4	255	Don Majkowski	Green Bay Packers	QB
1988	6	14	151	Scott Secules	Dallas Cowboys	QB
1989	1	14	14	Jeff Lageman	New York Jets	LB
	2	2	30	John Ford	Detroit Lions	WR
	7	19	186	David Griggs	New Orleans Saints	LB
1990	6	12	149	Marcus Wilson	Los Angeles Raiders	RB
	8	5	198	Ray Savage	Los Angeles Rams	LB
	11	12	288	Tim O'Connor	Cincinnati Bengals	T
1991	1	10	10	Herman Moore	Detroit Lions	WR
	4	10	93	Tony Covington	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DB
	9	15	238	Bruce McGonnigal	Pittsburgh Steelers	TE
	11	6	284	Shawn Moore	Denver Broncos	QB
1992	1	10	10	Ray Roberts	Seattle Seahawks	T
	2	12	40	Matt Blundin	Kansas City Chiefs	QB
	10	21	273	Nikki Fisher	Chicago Bears	RB
1993	2	2	31	Chris Slade	New England Patriots	DE
	3	22	78	Terry Kirby	Miami Dolphins	RB
	4	4	88	David Ware	New York Jets	T
	6	7	147	Greg Jeffries	Detroit Lions	DB
1994	3	6	71	Keith Lyle	St. Louis Rams	DB
1994	5	30	161	Jon Reid	Houston Oilers	T
1995	3	30	94	Mike Frederick	Cleveland Browns	DE
	4	9	107	Tyrone Davis	New York Jets	WR
	6	35	206	Charles Way	New York Giants	RB
1996	5	27	159	Patrick Jeffers	Denver Broncos	WR
1997	1	8	8	James Farrior	New York Jets	LB
	1	25	25	Jon Harris	Philadelphia Eagles	DE
	2	4	34	Jamie Sharper	Baltimore Ravens	LB
	2	6	36	Tiki Barber	New York Giants	RB
	3	6	66	Ronde Barber	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DB
	5	31	161	Duane Ashman	Detroit Lions	DE
1998	2	20	50	Germane Crowell	Detroit Lions	WR
1998	5	18	141	Doug Karczewski	New York Jets	T
1999	1	30	30	Patrick Kerney	Atlanta Falcons	DE
	4	29	124	Wali Rainer	Cleveland Browns	LB
	4	36	131	Aaron Brooks	Green Bay Packers	QB
	7	8	214	Antonio Dingle	Pittsburgh Steelers	DT
	7	10	216	Anthony Poindexter	Baltimore Ravens	DB
	7	20	226	Robert Hunt	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	G
2000	1	7	7	Thomas Jones	Arizona Cardinals	RB
	3	32	94	John St. Clair	St. Louis Rams	C
	6	18	184	Shannon Taylor	San Diego Chargers	LB
	6	21	187	Antwan Harris	New England Patriots	DB
2001	5	10	141	Bill Baber	Kansas City Chiefs	TE
2002	4	20	118	Chris Luzar	Jacksonville Jaguars	TE
	7	20	231	Monsanto Pope	Denver Broncos	DT
	7	26	237	Antwoine Womack	New England Patriots	RB
2003	3	30	94	Angelo Crowell	Buffalo Bills	LB
2003	3	31	95	Billy McMullen	Philadelphia Eagles	WR
2004	3	27	90	Matt Schaub	Atlanta Falcons	QB
2005	1	30	30	Heath Miller	Pittsburgh Steelers	TE
	3	31	95	Darryl Blackstock	Arizona Cardinals	LB
	4	10	111	Elton Brown	Arizona Cardinals	G
	4	26	127	Alvin Pearman	Jacksonville Jaguars	RB
	4	31	132	Chris Canty	Dallas Cowboys	DE
	6	29	203	Andrew Hoffman	Cleveland Browns	DT
	7	34	248	Patrick Estes	San Francisco 49ers	TE
2006	1	4	4	D'Brickashaw Ferguson	New York Jets	T
	5	10	143	Brad Butler	Buffalo Bills	T
	5	11	144	Marques Hagans	St. Louis Rams	WR
	6	1	170	Wali Lundy	Houston Texans	RB
	6	19	188	Kurt Smith	San Diego Chargers	K
2007	7	34	244	Jason Snelling	Atlanta Falcons	RB
2007	7	35	245	Marcus Hamilton	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DB
2008	1	2	2	Chris Long	St. Louis Rams	DE
	1	15	15	Branden Albert	Kansas City Chiefs	G
	6	30	196	Tom Santi	Indianapolis Colts	TE
2009	1	8	8	Eugene Monroe	Jacksonville Jaguars	T
	2	13	45	Clint Sintim	New York Giants	LB
	6	12	185	Cedric Peerman	Baltimore Ravens	RB
	6	35	208	John Phillips	Dallas Cowboys	TE
2010	2	2	34	Chris Cook	Minnesota Vikings	DB
2011	2	1	33	Ras-I Dowling	New England Patriots	DB
2012	7	30	237	Cam Johnson	San Francisco 49ers	DE
2013	5	8	141	Oday Aboushi	New York Jets	T
2014	3	2	66	Morgan Moses	Washington Redskins	T
	4	34	134	Brent Urban	Baltimore Ravens	DT
	6	29	205	Luke Bowanko	Jacksonville Jaguars	C
2015	3	15	79	Eli Harold	San Francisco 49ers	LB
2015	6	3	179	Max Valles	Oakland Raiders	LB
2016	6	34	209	Maurice Canady	Baltimore Ravens	DB
2018	5	10	147	Micah Kiser	Los Angeles Rams	LB
2018	5	21	158	Andrew Brown	Cincinnati Bengals	DE
2019	2	31	63	Juan Thornhill	Kansas City Chiefs	DB
2019	6	25	198	Tim Harris	San Francisco 49ers	DB
2020	5	5	151	Joe Reed	Los Angeles Chargers	WR
2020	5	12	158	Bryce Hall	New York Jets	DB
2022	3	9	73	Jelani Woods	Indianapolis Colts	TE
2023	5	24	159	Dontayvion Wicks	Green Bay Packers	WR
2024	6	8	184	Malik Washington	Miami Dolphins	WR

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Notable undrafted players

Note: No drafts held before 1920

Year	Player	Position	Debut Team	Notes
1963	Gary Cuozzo	QB	Baltimore Colts	—
1981	Steve Potter	LB	Miami Dolphins	—
1983	Ed Reynolds	LB	New England Patriots	—
1993	Michael Husted	K	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	—
1995	Ryan Kuehl	DT	San Francisco 49ers	—
2000	Casey Crawford	TE	Carolina Panthers	—
2000	Noel LaMontagne	T	Cleveland Browns	—
2001	Byron Thweatt	LB	Tennessee Titans	—
2001	Patrick Washington	FB	Jacksonville Jaguars	—
2009	Kevin Ogletree	WR	Dallas Cowboys	—
2011	Danny Aiken	LS	Buffalo Bills	—
2019	Olamide Zaccheaus	WR	Atlanta Falcons	—

References

^ DraftHistory.com

[1] DraftHistory.com

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