List of Washington State Cougars in the NFL draft

This is a list of Washington State Cougars selected 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
1936	4	6	33	Ed Brett	Chicago Cardinals	E
	6	5	50	Ted Christofferson	Chicago Bears	B
1937	1	2	2	Ed Goddard	Brooklyn Dodgers	B
	9	4	84	Dwight Scheyer	New York Giants	T
	10	7	97	Kay Bell	Detroit Lions	T
1938	10	8	88	Bob Grimstead	New York Giants	T
	11	1	91	Al Hoptowit	Cleveland Rams	T
1939	16	8	148	Dick Farman	Washington Redskins	T
	22	3	198	Al Cruver	Washington Redskins	B
1941	20	7	187	Earl Stone	New York Giants	C
1942	7	3	53	Billy Sewell	Philadelphia Eagles	B
1943	4	2	27	Bob Kennedy	Philadelphia Eagles	B
	6	8	48	Nick Susoeff	Green Bay Packers	E
	11	1	91	Dick Renfro	Detroit Lions	B
	14	6	126	Jay Stoves	New York Giants	B
	24	1	221	Will Remington	Detroit Lions	C
	30	10	290	Frank Akins	Washington Redskins	B
1944	6	10	53	Al Akins	Cleveland Rams	B
	8	3	68	Rod Giske	Detroit Lions	G
	29	7	303	Bill Gustafson	Washington Redskins	T
	31	2	320	Buster Hollingbery	Washington Redskins	C
1945	22	10	229	Vern Oliver	New York Giants	C
	28	11	296	Jim Thompson	Green Bay Packers	B
1946	24	10	230	Bill Lippincott	Los Angeles Rams	B
1947	20	2	177	Darrell Waller	Boston Yanks	B
	21	3	188	Elmo Bond	Washington Redskins	T
	26	4	239	Francis Bocoka	Washington Redskins	E
	27	7	252	Dick Abrams	Chicago Cardinals	B
1949	2	7	18	Laurie Niemi	Washington Redskins	T
	7	2	63	Jerry Williams	Los Angeles Rams	B
1950	3	8	35	Fran Polsfoot	Chicago Cardinals	E
	4	7	47	Don Paul	Chicago Cardinals	B
	7	5	84	Jerry Houghton	Washington Redskins	T
	21	13	274	Marv Cross	Philadelphia Eagles	B
	24	7	307	Bob Gambold	Chicago Cardinals	B
1951	5	8	58	LaVern Torgeson	Detroit Lions	C
	19	6	225	Gordy Hanson	Detroit Lions	T
1952	10	7	116	Bud Roffler	Green Bay Packers	B
	25	9	298	By Bailey	Detroit Lions	B
1953	1	12	12	Ed Barker	Los Angeles Rams	E
	6	10	71	Don Steinbrunner	Cleveland Browns	E
	11	8	129	Al Charlton	San Francisco 49ers	B
	11	12	133	Elmer Messenger	Detroit Lions	G
	17	11	204	Harland Svare	Los Angeles Rams	E
	22	2	255	Hal Lokovsek	Chicago Cardinals	T
1954	4	12	49	Howard McCants	Detroit Lions	E
	7	3	76	Wayne Berry	New York Giants	B
	11	12	133	Milt Schwenk	Detroit Lions	T
	30	2	351	Terry Campbell	Green Bay Packers	B
1955	10	9	118	Duke Washington	Philadelphia Eagles	B
	23	9	274	Tom Gunnari	San Francisco 49ers	E
	27	4	317	Bob Peringer	Green Bay Packers	E
	27	6	319	Bruce Nevitt	Los Angeles Rams	C
1956	16	11	192	Arnie Pelluer	Los Angeles Rams	E
	23	11	276	Al Paulson	Los Angeles Rams	B
1957	30	11	360	Don Gest	New York Giants	E
1958	2	9	22	Bob Newman	San Francisco 49ers	B
	22	6	259	Bill Steiger	Los Angeles Rams	E
	23	11	276	Dan Verhey	Cleveland Browns	T
	28	1	326	Dave Crowell	Green Bay Packers	G
1959	30	11	359	Carl Ketchie	Cleveland Browns	B
1960	6	3	63	Gail Cogdill	Detroit Lions	WR
	6	6	66	Don Ellersick	Los Angeles Rams	E
1961	5	5	61	Keith Lincoln	Chicago Bears	B
1962	9	14	126	Peter Schenck	Green Bay Packers	B
	17	12	236	Mike Martin	Philadelphia Eagles	T
	20	9	275	Herm McKee	Baltimore Colts	B
1963	4	8	50	Hugh Campbell	San Francisco 49ers	E
	6	11	81	Dave Mathieson	Chicago Bears	QB
1964	12	8	162	Kenny Graham	Baltimore Colts	DB
	13	10	178	Glenn Baker	Pittsburgh Steelers	T
1965	1	9	9	Clancy Williams	Los Angeles Rams	RB
	19	2	254	Dale Ford	San Francisco 49ers	RB
1967	2	11	37	Rich Sheron	New York Jets	TE
	6	5	138	Bud Norris	Miami Dolphins	TE
	11	8	271	Bob Trygstad	Minnesota Vikings	DT
1968	5	1	112	Dave Middendorf	Cincinnati Bengals	G
1969	7	16	172	Steve Van Sinderen	San Francisco 49ers	T
1970	15	10	374	Jim Vest	New Orleans Saints	DE
	15	24	388	Fred Moore	Oakland Raiders	WR
	17	6	422	Richard Smith	Cincinnati Bengals	RB
1972	4	3	81	Bernard Jackson	Cincinnati Bengals	DB
	14	13	351	John van Reenen	San Diego Chargers	DE
1973	9	17	225	Ty Paine	New York Giants	QB
1974	6	22	152	Robin Sinclair	Cincinnati Bengals	DB
	8	8	190	Ken Grandberry	Chicago Bears	RB
	9	4	212	Tom Wickert	Miami Dolphins	G
1975	3	8	60	Andrew Jones	New Orleans Saints	RB
	3	9	61	Geoff Reece	Los Angeles Rams	C
	10	23	257	Joe Danelo	Miami Dolphins	K
1976	10	10	275	Robin Ross	San Francisco 49ers	T
	13	23	370	Mark Young	Oakland Raiders	T
	14	8	383	Mark Husfloen	Atlanta Falcons	DE
	15	2	405	Dan Smith	Seattle Seahawks	T
1978	1	19	19	Ken Greene	St. Louis Cardinals	DB
	4	3	87	Don Schwartz	New Orleans Saints	DB
	6	26	164	Mike Levenseller	Oakland Raiders	WR
	7	8	174	Dan Doornink	New York Giants	RB
	8	25	219	Don Hover	Washington Redskins	LB
	8	26	220	Gavin Hendrick	San Diego Chargers	P
	12	6	312	Eason Ramson	Green Bay Packers	TE
	12	12	318	Mark Patterson	Detroit Lions	DB
1979	1	3	3	Jack Thompson	Cincinnati Bengals	QB
1980	4	25	108	Bob Gregor	San Diego Chargers	DB
	11	15	292	Tali Ena	Seattle Seahawks	RB
	12	2	307	Ray Williams	Detroit Lions	WR
	12	4	309	Tyrone Gray	St. Louis Cardinals	WR
1981	4	8	91	Scott Pelluer	Dallas Cowboys	LB
	9	9	230	Samoa Samoa	Cincinnati Bengals	RB
	9	15	236	Jim Whatley	Seattle Seahawks	WR
	9	25	246	Mike Wilson	Dallas Cowboys	WR
	10	19	267	Allan Kennedy	Washington Redskins	T
1982	5	27	138	Paul Sorensen	Cincinnati Bengals	DB
	6	1	140	Pat Beach	Baltimore Colts	TE
	8	2	197	Ken Collins	New England Patriots	LB
	11	9	288	Jeff Keller	Atlanta Falcons	WR
1983	11	6	285	Steve Sebahar	Philadelphia Eagles	C
	12	4	311	Clete Casper	Los Angeles Rams	QB
1984	1	13	13	Keith Millard	Minnesota Vikings	DE
	3	6	62	Eric Williams	Detroit Lions	DT
	11	12	292	Charlie Flager	New England Patriots	G
1985	8	28	224	Milford Hodge	New England Patriots	DT
	12	26	334	Dan Lynch	Denver Broncos	G
1986	2	19	46	Erik Howard	New York Giants	DT
	3	2	57	Rueben Mayes	New Orleans Saints	RB
	6	8	146	Mark Rypien	Washington Redskins	QB
	10	12	261	Junior Tautalatasi	Philadelphia Eagles	RB
1987	2	8	36	Ricky Reynolds	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DB
	5	16	128	Kitrick Taylor	Kansas City Chiefs	WR
	7	3	171	Kerry Porter	Buffalo Bills	RB
	8	7	202	Michael James	Houston Oilers	WR
1988	3	19	74	James Hasty	New York Jets	DB
	7	25	190	Brian Forde	New Orleans Saints	LB
	8	8	201	Darryl Franklin	Los Angeles Rams	WR
	11	27	304	Richard Calvin	Denver Broncos	RB
1989	3	3	59	Mike Utley	Detroit Lions	G
	8	26	221	Chris Dyko	Chicago Bears	T
	11	14	293	Artie Holmes	New York Jets	DB
1989u	1	1	2	Timm Rosenbach	Phoenix Cardinals	QB
1990	1	20	20	Steve Broussard	Atlanta Falcons	RB
	5	3	112	Tony Savage	New York Jets	DT
	6	24	161	Tim Stallworth	Los Angeles Rams	WR
	7	17	182	Dan Grayson	Pittsburgh Steelers	LB
	8	11	204	Doug Wellsandt	Cincinnati Bengals	TE
	11	26	302	Tim Downing	New York Giants	DE
1992	2	28	56	Jason Hanson	Detroit Lions	K
	5	14	126	Michael Wright	New York Giants	DB
	9	14	238	Anthony Prior	New York Giants	DB
	11	9	289	Augustin Olobia	Cleveland Browns	WR
1993	1	1	1	Drew Bledsoe	New England Patriots	QB
	4	15	99	Lewis Bush	San Diego Chargers	LB
	7	1	169	Clarence Williams	Denver Broncos	TE
1995	1	13	13	Mark Fields	New Orleans Saints	LB
	3	29	93	Don Sasa	San Diego Chargers	DT
	3	31	95	Torey Hunter	Houston Oilers	DB
	7	33	241	Chad Eaton	Arizona Cardinals	DT
1996	7	1	210	Chris Hayes	New York Jets	DB
1997	2	27	57	James Darling	Philadelphia Eagles	LB
	3	21	81	Scott Sanderson	Houston Oilers	T
	5	9	139	Chad Carpenter	Arizona Cardinals	WR
1998	1	2	2	Ryan Leaf	San Diego Chargers	QB
	2	1	31	Leon Bender	Oakland Raiders	DT
	2	26	56	Dorian Boose	New York Jets	DT
	7	8	197	Jason McEndoo	Seattle Seahawks	T
1999	7	36	242	Dee Moronkola	Jacksonville Jaguars	DB
2000	7	35	241	Rob Meier	Jacksonville Jaguars	DT
2001	4	21	116	Milton Wynn	St. Louis Rams	WR
2002	2	6	38	Raonall Smith	Minnesota Vikings	LB
	2	9	41	Lamont Thompson	Cincinnati Bengals	DB
2003	1	11	11	Marcus Trufant	Seattle Seahawks	DB
	4	29	126	Rien Long	Tennessee Titans	DT
2004	3	19	82	Devard Darling	Baltimore Ravens	WR
	4	29	125	Jason David	Indianapolis Colts	DB
	5	11	143	Erik Coleman	New York Jets	DB
2005	3	12	76	Karl Paymah	Denver Broncos	DB
	6	37	211	Calvin Armstrong	Philadelphia Eagles	T
	7	17	231	Hamza Abdullah	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DB
2006	5	12	145	Jerome Harrison	Cleveland Browns	RB
2007	3	12	76	Jason Hill	San Francisco 49ers	WR
	5	28	165	Eric Frampton	Oakland Raiders	DB
2008	7	16	223	Alex Brink	Houston Texans	QB
2009	6	21	194	Brandon Gibson	Philadelphia Eagles	WR
2011	6	38	203	Zack Williams	Carolina Panthers	C
2013	7	30	236	Marquess Wilson	Chicago Bears	WR
2014	1	27	27	Deone Bucannon	Arizona Cardinals	DB
2015	3	32	96	Xavier Cooper	Cleveland Browns	DT
	4	24	123	Vince Mayle	Cleveland Browns	WR
2016	5	12	151	Joe Dahl	Detroit Lions	G
2017	7	3	221	Shalom Luani	Oakland Raiders	DB
2018	5	1	138	Cole Madison	Green Bay Packers	G
	6	25	199	Luke Falk	Tennessee Titans	QB
2019	1	22	22	Andre Dillard	Philadelphia Eagles	T
	6	5	178	Gardner Minshew	Jacksonville Jaguars	QB
2020	6	33	212	Dezmon Patmon	Indianapolis Colts	WR
2022	3	8	72	Abraham Lucas	Seattle Seahawks	T
	7	22	243	Jaylen Watson	Kansas City Chiefs	DB
2023	3	22	85	Daiyan Henley	Los Angeles Chargers	LB
2024	4	33	133	Jaden Hicks	Kansas City Chiefs	DB
	5	19	154	Brennan Jackson	Los Angeles Rams	DE
	5	22	157	Chau Smith-Wade	Carolina Panthers	DB
2025	3	5	69	Kyle Williams	New England Patriots	WR

Source: ^[1]

See also

• List of Washington State University people

References

1. DraftHistory.com