List of UTEP Miners in the NFL draft

This is a list of University of Texas at El Paso Miners 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	6	5	45	Ken Heineman	Los Angeles Rams	B
1941	13	3	113	Russ Cotton	Pittsburgh Steelers	B
	16	4	144	Gordon Wilson	Los Angeles Rams	G
1942	19	8	178	Owen Price	New York Giants	B
1944	22	3	222	Vick Clark	Detroit Lions	B
1945	22	5	224	Ray Evans	Los Angeles Rams	T
	27	8	282	George Hillery	Washington Redskins	E
1946	16	1	141	Ray Evans	Chicago Cardinals	T
1948	3	6	19	Oscar Smith	Green Bay Packers	B
	26	10	245	Fred Wendt	Chicago Cardinals	B
1949	14	8	139	Ernie Kelly	Chicago Bears	G
	24	8	239	Bernie Smith	Chicago Bears	T
1950	4	4	44	Ernie Kelly	Detroit Lions	G
	6	10	76	Wayne Hansen	Chicago Bears	C
1953	19	9	226	King DuClos	San Francisco 49ers	T
1954	18	3	208	Dick Shinaut	Baltimore Colts	B
1956	5	11	60	Jesse Whittenton	Los Angeles Rams	DB
1957	9	12	109	Don Maynard	New York Giants	WR
1959	8	11	95	Bob Laraba	Green Bay Packers	B
	14	3	159	Bob Bobo	Chicago Cardinals	T
1962	3	14	42	John Furman	Cleveland Browns	QB
1963	18	14	252	Luis Hernandez	Green Bay Packers	G
1964	6	13	83	Jim Evans	Dallas Cowboys	E
1965	11	7	147	Louis James	Philadelphia Eagles	RB
1968	1	5	5	Fred Carr	Green Bay Packers	LB
	1	22	22	George Daney	Kansas City Chiefs	G
	2	6	33	Charlie West	Minnesota Vikings	DB
	2	19	46	Bob Wallace	Chicago Bears	WR
	3	11	67	Billy Stevens	Green Bay Packers	QB
	6	12	150	Thurman Randle	Philadelphia Eagles	T
	14	27	381	Steve Lewicke	Cincinnati Bengals	WR
1969	2	10	36	Grady Cavness	Denver Broncos	DB
	2	17	43	Volly Murphy	Minnesota Vikings	WR
	2	20	46	Eugene Epps	Washington Redskins	DB
	6	4	134	Ron Jones	Green Bay Packers	TE
	11	12	272	Leon Harden	Green Bay Packers	DB
	12	3	289	Denver Samples	Atlanta Falcons	DT
1970	7	15	171	Jim Fabish	San Diego Chargers	DB
	7	26	182	Clyde Glosson	Kansas City Chiefs	WR
	9	6	214	Paul White	St. Louis Cardinals	RB
	11	4	264	Dennis Bramlett	New England Patriots	T
	15	15	379	Eugene Childs	San Diego Chargers	RB
1971	7	24	180	Gene Mack	Minnesota Vikings	LB
	16	18	408	Dick Gibbs	New York Giants	TE
1972	5	11	115	Don Croft	Baltimore Colts	DT
	8	1	183	Paul Gibson	Buffalo Bills	WR
	10	4	238	Eric Washington	St. Louis Cardinals	DB
	11	22	282	Fred DeBernardi	Baltimore Colts	DE
	12	19	305	Bernard Chapman	Cleveland Browns	DB
	14	4	342	Jerome Kundich	Denver Broncos	G
	17	10	426	Bob Tackett	San Diego Chargers	T
1973	2	19	45	Gary Keithley	St. Louis Cardinals	QB
	8	19	201	Dave Atkins	San Francisco 49ers	RB
	13	15	327	Brooks West	Cincinnati Bengals	DT
1974	9	12	220	Harold Holton	Green Bay Packers	G
1980	6	9	147	Bubba Garcia	Kansas City Chiefs	WR
	11	26	303	John Singleton	San Diego Chargers	DE
1982	5	19	130	Del Thompson	Kansas City Chiefs	RB
	7	16	183	Joey Whitley	Green Bay Packers	DB
1983	6	13	153	Kevin Belcher	New York Giants	G
	7	16	184	Carlos Scott	St. Louis Cardinals	C
1985	4	7	91	Mike Smith	Miami Dolphins	DB
	8	2	198	Nikita Blair	Minnesota Vikings	LB
	9	7	231	Dave Toub	Philadelphia Eagles	C
1986	8	14	208	Seth Joyner	Philadelphia Eagles	LB
	9	17	238	Danny Taylor	Cleveland Browns	DB
	10	7	256	Don Sommer	Houston Oilers	G
1987	8	4	199	Joe MacEsker	San Diego Chargers	T
	8	21	216	Sammy Garza	Seattle Seahawks	QB
1989	4	1	85	Tony Tolbert	Dallas Cowboys	DE
	6	3	142	Chris Jacke	Green Bay Packers	K
1991	3	3	58	Reggie Barrett	Detroit Lions	WR
1992	8	28	224	Darryl Moore	Washington Redskins	G
1993	3	24	80	Ed Bunn	Washington Redskins	P
1994	6	33	194	Barron Wortham	Houston Oilers	LB
1998	7	2	191	David Terrell	Washington Redskins	DB
2000	5	3	132	Paul Smith	San Francisco 49ers	RB
	5	10	139	Brian Young	St. Louis Rams	DE
	6	28	194	Leif Larsen	Buffalo Bills	DE
2001	6	28	191	Menson Holloway	San Francisco 49ers	DE
2002	6	30	202	Lee Mays	Pittsburgh Steelers	WR
2004	4	35	131	Trey Darilek	Philadelphia Eagles	G
2005	7	5	219	Adrian Ward	Minnesota Vikings	CB
2006	2	6	38	Thomas Howard	Oakland Raiders	LB
2007	3	36	99	Johnnie Lee Higgins	Oakland Raiders	WR
	6	31	205	Jordan Palmer	Washington Redskins	QB
2008	3	36	99	Oniel Cousins	Baltimore Ravens	T
	4	18	117	Quintin Demps	Philadelphia Eagles	DB
	5	33	166	Marcus Thomas	San Diego Chargers	RB
2017	5	38	182	Aaron Jones	Green Bay Packers	RB
2018	2	2	34	Will Hernandez	New York Giants	G
2024	4	18	118	Tyrice Knight	Seattle Seahawks	LB
	6	44	220	Elijah Klein	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	G

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Notable undrafted players

Note: No drafts held before 1920

Debut year	Player	Position	Debut team	Notes
1973	Larry Willis	DB	Washington Redskins	—
	Jeff White	K	New England Patriots	—
1986	Larry Linne	WR	New England Patriots	—
1993	Pete Shufelt	LB	New Orleans Saints	—

References

1. DraftHistory.com