The Central Missouri Mules football team representing the University of Central Missouri (UCM), has had 12 players selected in the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936). [1] This includes one player selected in the fifth round. The Green Bay Packers lead all teams and have drafted two Mules.
Each NFL franchise seeks to add new players through the annual NFL Draft. The draft rules were last updated in 2009. The team with the worst record from the previous year picks first, the next-worst team second, and so on. Teams that did not make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record with any remaining ties broken by strength of schedule. Playoff participants are sequenced after non-playoff teams, based on their round of elimination (wild card, division, conference, and Super Bowl).
B | Back | K | Kicker | NT | Nose tackle |
C | Center | LB | Linebacker | BB | Blocking back |
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 | OT | Offensive tackle | TE | Tight end |
FB | Fullback | ||||
* | Selected to a Pro Bowl | ||||
† | Won an NFL championship | ||||
‡ | Selected to a Pro Bowl and won an NFL championship | ||||
Year | Round | Pick | Player name | Position | NFL team | Notes |
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1967 | 13 | 340 | Keith Browne | WR | Green Bay Packers | — |
1968 | 13 | 138 | Mike St. Louis | T | Washington Redskins | — |
1969 | 17 | 428 | Bob Sams | T | Green Bay Packers | — |
1970 | 13 | 333 | Larry Roberts | RB | Cleveland Browns | — |
1971 | 15 | 385 | Ed Coates | WR | Detroit Lions | — |
1974 | 14 | 349 | Walter Rhone | DB | Los Angeles Rams | — |
1978 | 11 | 302 | Henry Mason | WR | Baltimore Colts | — |
1987 | 8 | 213 | Jeff Wright | DT | Buffalo Bills | — |
2001 | 7 | 207 | Colston Weatherington | DE | Dallas Cowboys | — |
2004 | 5 | 153 | Roderick Green | LB | Baltimore Ravens | — |
2006 | 6 | 176 | Delanie Walker | TE | San Francisco 49ers | — |
2021 | 5 | 168 | Zach Davidson | TE | Minnesota Vikings | — |
The sports teams at the University of Central Missouri are known as the Mules (men) and Jennies (women). They participate in the NCAA Division II and in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. NCAA women's bowling competes in division I.
The Central Missouri Mules football program represents the University of Central Missouri in college football and competes in the NCAA Division II. In 1912, Central Missouri was a charter member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA), and has remained in the league. UCM's home games are played at Audrey J. Walton Stadium in Warrensburg, Missouri.
Joseph Lee Moore, Jr. is a former American football running back. He was drafted in the first round of the 1971 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears after playing college football for Missouri.