List of Yale Bulldogs in the NFL draft

This is a list of Yale Bulldogs 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	Overall	Player	Team	Position
1936	9	8	80	Bob Train	Detroit Lions	E
1937	9	7	87	Larry Kelley	Detroit Lions	E
1938	12	6	106	Clint Frank	Detroit Lions	RB
1945	10	8	95	Paul Walker	Detroit Lions	E
1947	1	3	3	Fritz Barzilauskas	Boston Yanks	G
	30	2	277	John Prchlik	Boston Yanks	G
	31	7	292	Bill Shuler	New York Giants	E
1948	8	4	59	Robert Furse	Boston Yanks	B
	24	4	219	Jack Roderik	Boston Yanks	E
1950	19	6	241	Fritz Barzilauskas	New York Giants	G
	29	9	374	Fred Nadherny	Chicago Bears	B
1952	16	7	188	Bob Spears	Chicago Bears	B
1953	11	3	124	Ed Woodsum	Chicago Cardinals	E
1956	12	2	135	Phil Tarasovic	Pittsburgh Steelers	E
1957	8	6	91	Al Ward	Chicago Bears	B
	8	8	93	Paul Lopata	Washington Redskins	E
	24	1	278	Dennis McGill	Philadelphia Eagles	B
1961	6	14	84	Ben Balme	Philadelphia Eagles	G
	7	5	89	Mike Pyle	Chicago Bears	C
1964	20	14	280	Dick Niglio	Chicago Bears	RB
1965	3	3	31	Chuck Mercein	New York Giants	RB
1967	4	4	84	Bob Greenlee	Miami Dolphins	T
1969	1	24	24	Calvin Hill	Dallas Cowboys	RB
	8	11	193	Bruce Weinstein	Miami Dolphins	TE
	11	17	277	Brian Dowling	Minnesota Vikings	QB
1971	7	1	157	Don Martin	Oakland Raiders	DB
	13	26	338	Tom Neville	Baltimore Colts	LB
	14	24	362	Jim Gallagher	Minnesota Vikings	LB
1973	4	13	91	Dick Jauron	Detroit Lions	DB
	6	21	151	Bob Leyen	Dallas Cowboys	G
1975	9	12	220	Greg Dubinetz	Cincinnati Bengals	G
	14	24	362	Tom Doyle	Oakland Raiders	QB
	15	11	375	Rudy Green	Detroit Lions	RB
	17	16	432	Elvin Charity	Cincinnati Bengals	DB
1976	10	16	281	Gary Fencik	Miami Dolphins	DB
1979	9	25	245	John Spagnola	New England Patriots	TE
1980	8	1	194	Ken Hill	Oakland Raiders	DB
1982	2	26	53	Jeff Rohrer	Dallas Cowboys	LB
	5	25	136	Rich Diana	Miami Dolphins	RB
	6	20	159	Curt Grieve	Philadelphia Eagles	WR
2001	7	23	223	Than Merrill	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DB
	7	24	224	Eric Johnson	San Francisco 49ers	TE
2004	6	16	181	Nate Lawrie	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	TE
2011	7	20	223	Shane Bannon	Kansas City Chiefs	RB
2018	6	26	200	Foyesade Oluokun	Atlanta Falcons	DB
2022	7	18	239	Rodney Thomas II	Indianapolis Colts	DB
2024	3	11	75	Kiran Amegadjie	Chicago Bears	T

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Notable undrafted players

Note: No drafts held before 1936

Debut year	Player name	Position	Debut NFL/AFL team
1980	Arnie Pinkston	DB	Seattle Seahawks
1981	John Nitti	RB	New York Jets
1982	John Rogan	QB	New York Jets
1983	Joe Dufek	QB	Buffalo Bills
1985	Marc Quinlivan	WR	Pittsburgh Steelers
1986	Gene Profit	CB	New England Patriots
1988	Kelly Ryan	QB	Dallas Cowboys
1996	Chris Hetherington	FB	Cincinnati Bengals
2001	Rashad Bartholomew	RB	Tennessee Titans
2015	Tyler Varga	RB	Indianapolis Colts
2018	Jaeden Graham	TE	Atlanta Falcons
2018	Matt Oplinger	LB	Arizona Cardinals
2020	Dieter Eiselen	C	Chicago Bears
2024	Mason Tipton	WR	New Orleans Saints

References

1. DraftHistory.com