List of South Carolina Gamecocks in the NFL draft

Last updated October 12, 2025

This is a list of South Carolina Gamecocks 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	Player	Team	Position
1939	6	49	Larry Craig	Green Bay Packers	E
1939	14	121	Ed Clary	Pittsburgh Steelers	B
1942	6	49	Joe Krivonak	Green Bay Packers	G
1942	14	129	Bill Applegate	Green Bay Packers	G
1943	6	47	Lou Sossamon	Pittsburgh Steelers	C
1944	8	75	Stan Stasica	Cleveland Rams	B
	15	146	Dom Fusci	Philadelphia Eagles	T
	24	248	Ed Bauer	Washington Redskins	G
1945	13	123	George McDonald	Brooklyn Dodgers	T
	16	156	Skimp Harrison	Brooklyn Dodgers	E
	16	160	Dom Fusci	Washington Redskins	T
	24	246	Stan Nowak	Cleveland Rams	E
1946	15	138	Pat Thrash	Detroit Lions	E
1947	7	49	Bryant Meeks	Pittsburgh Steelers	C
	9	66	Kale Alexander	Detroit Lions	T
	28	263	Jim Hunnicutt	Los Angeles Rams	B
	29	274	Claude Harrison	New York Giants	B
	31	291	James Atwell	Los Angeles Rams	B
1948	26	237	Phil Alexander	Detroit Lions	T
1950	9	108	Roger Wilson	Green Bay Packers	E
1951	6	64	Bishop Strickland	San Francisco 49ers	B
	15	173	Dave Sparks	San Francisco 49ers	G
	16	195	Ed Pasky	Cleveland Browns	B
	20	240	Larry Smith	Chicago Bears	C
1952	3	30	Steve Wadiak	Pittsburgh Steelers	B
	7	75	Harry Jabbusch	Chicago Cardinals	C
	24	279	John Schuetzner	Green Bay Packers	E
1953	21	245	Don Earley	Pittsburgh Steelers	G
1954	3	28	Clyde Bennett	New York Giants	E
	3	29	Jim Kincaid	Los Angeles Rams	B
	5	59	Frank Mincevich	San Francisco 49ers	G
	11	128	Gene Wilson	Washington Redskins	B
	15	176	Hugh Merck	Washington Redskins	T
	18	216	Bill Wohrman	Cleveland Browns	B
	19	220	Bob King	New York Giants	G
	24	288	Johnny Grambling	Cleveland Browns	B
	30	357	Tommy Woodlee	Philadelphia Eagles	B
1955	8	90	Leon Cunningham	Detroit Lions	G
	13	149	Ed Adams	Green Bay Packers	B
	28	336	Harry Lovell	Detroit Lions	G
1956	10	110	Joe Silas	Detroit Lions	DE
1957	2	23	Sam DeLuca	New York Giants	T
	15	181	Julius Derrick	New York Giants	E
	20	237	Buddy Frick	Washington Redskins	E
	20	239	Alex Lazzarino	Detroit Lions	T
	28	337	Corky Gaines	New York Giants	G
1958	12	141	Tom Addison	Baltimore Colts	G
	22	265	Buddy Nidiffer	Detroit Lions	E
	23	267	Jack Ashton	Green Bay Packers	G
	23	277	Frank Destino	Detroit Lions	B
	28	337	Jack Pitt	Detroit Lions	E
1959	2	13	Alex Hawkins	Green Bay Packers	B
	7	74	Don Rogers	San Francisco 49ers	T
	8	85	Buddy Mayfield	Green Bay Packers	E
	13	155	John Kompara	New York Giants	T
	27	317	Bill Jerry	Detroit Lions	T
1960	7	77	Kirk Phares	Green Bay Packers	G
	11	126	Ed Pitts	San Francisco 49ers	T
	13	154	Jim Nemeth	Baltimore Colts	C
	17	197	Joe Gomes	Green Bay Packers	B
1961	11	145	Sam Fewell	Chicago Bears	T
1962	14	183	Jim Costen	Washington Redskins	RB
1962	20	278	Jim Moss	New York Giants	T
1963	7	86	Jim Moss	St. Louis Cardinals	T
1963	14	196	James Holler	Green Bay Packers	LB
1964	6	79	Tom Gibson	Pittsburgh Steelers	G
1965	12	157	Steve Cox	Chicago Bears	T
	13	171	J. R. Wilburn	Pittsburgh Steelers	WR
	19	262	Len Sears	Green Bay Packers	T
1966	13	186	Bob Collins	Atlanta Falcons	T
1966	13	190	Ron Lamb	Dallas Cowboys	RB
1967	7	167	Bobby Bryant	Minnesota Vikings	DB
	12	294	Stan Juk	Miami Dolphins	LB
	16	407	Paul Phillips	San Diego Chargers	T
1968	17	444	Bob Cole	Pittsburgh Steelers	LB
1969	14	352	Roy Reeves	Houston Oilers	DB
1970	15	377	Warren Muir	New York Giants	RB
1971	11	279	Jim Poston	Oakland Raiders	DT
1971	15	370	Dan Dyches	New York Jets	C
1972	5	114	Dickie Harris	New York Jets	DB
	5	126	Bob Davies	New Orleans Saints	DB
	13	335	Tyler Hellams	Kansas City Chiefs	DB
1973	7	169	Mike Haggard	New York Jets	WR
	9	230	Rick Brown	Green Bay Packers	LB
	10	259	John LeHeup	Buffalo Bills	LB
	15	374	Jackie Brown	Baltimore Colts	DB
1974	7	159	Marty Woolbright	New York Giants	TE
1974	16	404	Darrell Austin	Denver Broncos	T
1975	9	217	Jay Hodgin	Green Bay Packers	RB
1976	8	236	Henry Laws	Dallas Cowboys	DB
	11	317	Brian Nemeth	Los Angeles Rams	TE
	12	335	Mike McCabe	Detroit Lions	C
	17	480	Jeff Grantz	Miami Dolphins	QB
1977	5	124	Clarence Williams	San Diego Chargers	RB
	5	125	Steve Courson	Pittsburgh Steelers	G
	7	195	Kevin Long	New York Jets	RB
	9	232	Bill Currier	Houston Oilers	DB
1979	1	25	Rick Sanford	New England Patriots	DB
1979	8	211	Max Runager	Philadelphia Eagles	P
1980	11	285	Steve Bernish	New York Giants	DE
1981	1	1	George Rogers	New Orleans Saints	RB
1981	1	14	Willie Scott	Kansas City Chiefs	TE
1982	2	54	Emanuel Weaver	Cincinnati Bengals	DT
	6	160	DeWayne Chivers	Buffalo Bills	TE
	8	198	Chuck Slaughter	New Orleans Saints	T
	12	307	Johnnie Wright	Baltimore Colts	RB
1983	3	75	Andrew Provence	Atlanta Falcons	DT
1984	3	60	Rusty Russell	Philadelphia Eagles	T
1984	4	86	Rickey Hagood	Seattle Seahawks	DT
1985	8	210	Ira Hillary	Kansas City Chiefs	WR
	9	236	Earl Johnson	New Orleans Saints	DB
	9	240	Frank Wright	New York Giants	DT
	11	282	James Seawright	Buffalo Bills	LB
1986	3	77	Leonard Burton	Buffalo Bills	C
	6	141	Kent Hagood	Kansas City Chiefs	RB
	11	301	Thomas Dendy	Denver Broncos	RB
1987	10	259	Raynard Brown	Detroit Lions	WR
1988	1	7	Sterling Sharpe	Green Bay Packers	WR
	2	54	Brad Edwards	Minnesota Vikings	DB
	6	158	Roy Hart	Seattle Seahawks	DT
	11	296	Norman Floyd	Minnesota Vikings	DB
	12	323	Brendan McCormack	New York Giants	DT
1988s	5	0	Ryan Bethea	Minnesota Vikings	WR
1989	6	154	Derrick Little	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	LB
1989	7	179	Kevin Hendrix	Washington Redskins	LB
1990	2	38	Harold Green	Cincinnati Bengals	RB
1990	9	247	Todd Ellis	Denver Broncos	QB
1991	3	56	Calvin Stephens	New England Patriots	G
	6	167	Corey Miller	New York Giants	LB
	8	211	Mike Dingle	Cincinnati Bengals	RB
	12	324	Ike Harris	Seattle Seahawks	G
1992	3	62	Robert Brooks	Green Bay Packers	WR
	3	78	Gerald Dixon	Cleveland Browns	LB
	9	225	Eddie Miller	Indianapolis Colts	WR
1993	1	18	Ernest Dye	Phoenix Cardinals	T
1994	3	98	Corey Louchiey	Buffalo Bills	T
1996	4	118	Stanley Pritchett	Miami Dolphins	RB
1996	5	137	James Dexter	Arizona Cardinals	T
1997	3	71	Duce Staley	Philadelphia Eagles	RB
1997	4	108	Marcus Robinson	Chicago Bears	WR
1998	5	130	Darren Hambrick	Dallas Cowboys	LB
1998	6	168	Lee Wiggins	Tennessee Oilers	DB
2000	1	13	John Abraham	New York Jets	LB
2000	5	152	Arturo Freeman	Miami Dolphins	DB
2002	2	35	Kalimba Edwards	Detroit Lions	DE
	2	59	Sheldon Brown	Philadelphia Eagles	DB
	3	68	André Goodman	Detroit Lions	DB
	3	70	Matt Padgett	New Orleans Saints	K
	6	193	John Stamper	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DE
2003	6	174	Langston Moore	Cincinnati Bengals	DT
	6	181	Corey Jenkins	Miami Dolphins	DB
	7	229	Andrew Pinnock	San Diego Chargers	RB
2004	1	10	Dunta Robinson	Houston Texans	DB
	3	94	Travelle Wharton	Carolina Panthers	T
	6	184	Deandre' Eiland	Minnesota Vikings	DB
2005	1	7	Troy Williamson	Minnesota Vikings	WR
	7	220	Rod Wilson	Chicago Bears	DB
	7	241	Darrell Shropshire	Atlanta Falcons	DT
2006	1	24	Johnathan Joseph	Cincinnati Bengals	DB
2006	4	105	Ko Simpson	Buffalo Bills	DB
2007	2	44	Sidney Rice	Minnesota Vikings	WR
2007	4	123	Fred Bennett	Houston Texans	DB
2008	7	238	Cory Boyd	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	RB
2009	3	89	Jared Cook	Tennessee Titans	TE
	5	141	Kenny McKinley	Denver Broncos	WR
	5	150	Jasper Brinkley	Minnesota Vikings	LB
	5	162	Jamon Meredith	Green Bay Packers	T
	7	216	Captain Munnerlyn	Carolina Panthers	DB
	7	238	Stoney Woodson	New York Giants	DB
	7	256	Ryan Succop	Kansas City Chiefs	K
2010	4	124	Eric Norwood	Carolina Panthers	LB
2010	6	186	Clifton Geathers	Cleveland Browns	TE
2011	3	80	Chris Culliver	San Francisco 49ers	DB
2011	7	230	Cliff Matthews	Atlanta Falcons	DE
2012	1	10	Stephon Gilmore	Buffalo Bills	DB
	1	18	Melvin Ingram	San Diego Chargers	DE
	2	45	Alshon Jeffery	Chicago Bears	WR
	5	150	Rokevious Watkins	St. Louis Rams	T
	7	242	Antonio Allen	New York Jets	DB
	7	249	Travian Robertson	Atlanta Falcons	DT
2013	2	57	D. J. Swearinger	Houston Texans	DB
	4	101	Ace Sanders	Jacksonville Jaguars	WR
	4	131	Marcus Lattimore	San Francisco 49ers	RB
	4	132	Devin Taylor	Detroit Lions	DE
	6	185	DeVonte Holloman	Dallas Cowboys	LB
	7	251	T. J. Johnson	Cincinnati Bengals	C
	7	254	Justice Cunningham	Indianapolis Colts	TE
2014	1	1	Jadeveon Clowney	Houston Texans	DE
2014	4	106	Bruce Ellington	San Francisco 49ers	WR
2015	3	67	A. J. Cann	Jacksonville Jaguars	G
	4	126	Mike Davis	San Francisco 49ers	RB
	7	240	Corey Robinson	Detroit Lions	T
	7	254	Busta Anderson	San Francisco 49ers	TE
2016	4	117	Pharoh Cooper	Los Angeles Rams	WR
	5	158	Brandon Shell	New York Jets	T
	6	184	Jerell Adams	New York Giants	TE
2018	1	25	Hayden Hurst	Baltimore Ravens	TE
2019	2	36	Deebo Samuel	San Francisco 49ers	WR
	6	201	Rashad Fenton	Kansas City Chiefs	DB
	6	212	Dennis Daley	Carolina Panthers	T
2020	1	14	Javon Kinlaw	San Francisco 49ers	DT
	3	81	Bryan Edwards	Las Vegas Raiders	WR
	4	117	D. J. Wonnum	Minnesota Vikings	DE
	7	238	T. J. Brunson	New York Giants	LB
2021	1	8	Jaycee Horn	Carolina Panthers	DB
	3	103	Ernest Jones	Los Angeles Rams	LB
	6	204	Shi Smith	Carolina Panthers	WR
	6	227	Israel Mukuamu	Dallas Cowboys	DB
2022	5	179	Kingsley Enagbare	Green Bay Packers	DE
	6	183	Kevin Harris	New England Patriots	RB
	7	227	Nick Muse	Minnesota Vikings	TE
2023	2	51	Cam Smith	Miami Dolphins	DB
	3	64	Zacch Pickens	Chicago Bears	DT
	5	138	Darius Rush	Indianapolis Colts	DB
	7	225	Jovaughn Gwyn	Atlanta Falcons	G
	7	244	Jalen Brooks	Dallas Cowboys	WR
2024	1	32	Xavier Legette	Carolina Panthers	WR
	5	150	Spencer Rattler	New Orleans Saints	QB
	6	180	Marcellas Dial	New England Patriots	DB
	7	256	Nick Gargiulo	Denver Broncos	C
2025	2	35	Nick Emmanwori	Seattle Seahawks	S
	2	41	T. J. Sanders	Buffalo Bills	DT
	2	49	Demetrius Knight	Cincinnati Bengals	LB
	4	125	Kyle Kennard	Los Angeles Chargers	DE
	4	135	Tonka Hemingway	Las Vegas Raiders	DT

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Notable undrafted players

Note: No drafts held before 1936

Debut Year	Player	Debut Team	Position	Notes
1971	Rusty Ganas	Baltimore Colts	DT	—
1995	Brandon Bennett	Cleveland Browns	RB	—
1999	Zola Davis	Green Bay Packers	WR	—
1999	Anthony Wright	Pittsburgh Steelers	QB	—
2008	Cory Boyd	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	RB	—
2011	Tori Gurley	Green Bay Packers	WR	—
2014	Connor Shaw	Cleveland Browns	QB	—
2015	Dylan Thompson	San Francisco 49ers	QB	—
2023	Nate Adkins	Denver Broncos	TE	—
2023	Dante Miller	New York Giants	RB	—
2024	Ahmarean Brown	Cleveland Browns	WR	—
	Tyreek Johnson	New York Jets	DL	—
	Trey Knox	Minnesota Vikings	TE	—
2025	Alex Huntley	Miami Dolphins	DT	–
	O'Donnell Fortune	New York Giants	CB	–
	Kai Kroeger	New York Jets	P	–
	Gage Larvadain	Cleveland Browns	WR	–

References

↑ DraftHistory.com

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List of South Carolina Gamecocks in the NFL draft

Contents

Key

Selections

Notable undrafted players

References