This is a list of Nebraska Cornhuskers football players in the NFL Draft.
Nebraska had at least one player drafted every year from 1962 to 2018, a streak that was snapped in 2019. Two Huskers have been selected first overall (Sam Francis in 1937 and Irving Fryar in 1984), and one was selected last (Stan Hegener in 1975).
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 |
No Nebraska player has been selected as a standalone supplemental draft pick since the rule's inception in 1977.
Three former Cornhuskers were drafted in the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft of USFL and CFL players:
Round | Pick in round | Overall Pick | NFL Team | Player | Position | USFL/CFL team |
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1 | 2 | 2 | Oilers | Mike Rozier | RB | Pittsburgh Maulers (USFL) |
3 | 8 | 64 | Jets | Turner Gill | QB | Montreal Concordes (CFL) |
3 | 24 | 80 | 49ers | Mark Schellen | RB | New Orleans Breakers (USFL) |
The Canadian Football League (CFL), though a separate league, is the only other major gridiron football league that currently drafts competitively against the NFL. Only players of Canadian citizenship or otherwise 'non-import' status are eligible to be drafted in the CFL's Canadian College Draft. Additionally, since 2019, players who are neither American nor Canadian are eligible for the CFL's smaller, stand-alone global drafts.
Year | Round | Pick in round | Overall Pick | CFL team | Player | Position | Hometown |
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1989 | 7 | 3 | 51 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Pete Buchanan | LB | Pierrefonds, Quebec |
1992 | 4 | 2 | 26 | Edmonton Eskimos | Terris Chorney | C | Ituna, Saskatchewan |
2002 | 3 | 6 | 24 | Edmonton Eskimos | Dahrran Diedrick | RB | Toronto, Ontario (Born: Montego Bay, Jamaica) |
2003 | 3 | 1 | 19 | Ottawa Renegades | Patrick Kabongo | DT | Montreal, Quebec (Born: Kinshasa, Zaire) |
2018 | 3 | 3 | 21 | BC Lions | David Knevel | OL | Brantford, Ontario |
2024 Global | 1 | 1 | 1 | Edmonton Elks | Eteva Mauga-Clements | LB | American Samoa |
2 | 18 | 9 | Montreal Alouettes | Nouredin Nouili | OL | Frankfurt, Germany |
Note: No drafts held before 1920
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