List of Arkansas Razorbacks in the NFL draft
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List of Arkansas Razorbacks in the NFL draft

Section Title: National Football League
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Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player name	Position	NFL team	Notes

1938	1	5	5	Jack Robbins	HB	Chicago Cardinals	—

1938	2	1	11	Jim Benton†	E	Cleveland Rams	NFL champion (1943, 1945)

1938	6	1	41	Ray Hamilton	E	Cleveland Rams	—

1938	10	5	85	Dwight Sloan	B	Chicago Cardinals	—

1939	7	10	60	Lloyd Woodell	C	New York Giants	—

1940	1	3	3	Kay Eakin	HB	Pittsburgh Pirates	—

1940	6	3	43	Saul Singer	T	Philadelphia Eagles	—

1940	9	5	75	Wilfred Thorpe	G	Cleveland Rams	—

1940	16	8	148	Bolo Perdue	DE	Washington Redskins	—

1941	6	1	98	Red Hickey†	E	Philadelphia Eagles	NFL champion (1945)

1941	9	4	74	Milt Simington*	G	Cleveland Rams	NFL All-Star (1942)

1941	13	5	115	Maurice Britt	E	Detroit Lions	—

1941	15	7	137	Johnny Frieberger	E	Green Bay Packers	—

1942	16	5	145	Firman Bynum	T	Detroit Lions	—

1942	17	7	157	R. C. Pitts	E	Brooklyn Dodgers	—

1943	11	8	98	Bob Forte	B	Green Bay Packers	—

1943	23	2	212	Jay Lawhorn	T	Philadelphia Eagles	—

1943	24	7	227	Harry Wynne	E	Pittsburgh Steelers	—

1943	27	4	254	Bob Green	T	Brooklyn Dodgers	—

1944	11	6	104	Virgil Johnson	E	Green Bay Packers	—

1944	22	10	229	David Jones	B	Cleveland Rams	—

1944	29	6	302	Paul Paladino	G	Green Bay Packers	—

1945	9	3	79	Leon Pense	DB	Pittsburgh Steelers	—

1945	9	11	87	Lamar Dingler	E	Green Bay Packers	—

1945	11	4	102	Ben Jones	E	Boston Yanks	—

1945	11	10	108	Jim Young	T	New York Giants	—

1945	13	10	130	Bob Boozer	T	New York Giants	—

1945	14	11	142	Marv Lindsey	B	Green Bay Packers	—

1945	20	2	199	Charley Lively	T	Boston Yanks	—

1945	29	10	306	Ray Pipkin	B	New York Giants	—

1946	9	10	80	Mike Schumchyk	E	Los Angeles Rams	—

1946	29	1	271	Alton Baldwin	E	Chicago Cardinals	—

1947	4	2	25	Alton Baldwin	E	Boston Yanks	—

1947	15	3	128	Earl Wheeler	C	Washington Redskins	—

1947	26	6	241	Herm Lubker	E	Green Bay Packers	—

1948	1	8	8	Clyde Scott†	HB	Philadelphia Eagles	NFL champion (1949, 1952)

1948	4	2	25	Jim Minor	T	Detroit Lions	—

1948	5	2	27	Don Richards	T	Green Bay Packers	—

1948	18	7	162	Aubrey Fowler	HB	Philadelphia Eagles	—

1948	20	6	181	Floyd Thomas	C	Green Bay Packers	—

1948	23	1	206	Theron Roberts	G	New York Giants	—

1949	5	8	49	John Hoffman*	HB	Chicago Bears	Pro Bowl (1953, 1955)

1949	17	7	168	Ross Pritchard	B	Washington Redskins	—

1949	22	6	217	Ed Hamilton	E	Los Angeles Rams	—

1949	25	2	243	Frank Lambright	G	Green Bay Packers	—

1950	2	1	15	Leon Campbell	FB	Baltimore Colts	—

1950	9	1	106	Bill Bass	B	Baltimore Colts	—

1950	12	11	155	John Lunney	G	Los Angeles Rams	—

1950	14	13	183	Billy Hix	E	Philadelphia Eagles	—

1950	18	5	227	Alvin Duke	B	Washington Redskins	—

1950	26	1	327	Geno Mazzanti	HB	Baltimore Colts	—

1951	8	6	93	Jack Richards	E	Philadelphia Eagles	—

1951	10	4	116	Louis Schaufele	B	Philadelphia Eagles	—

1951	26	2	221	Buddy Brown	G	Washington Redskins	—

1951	26	9	312	Buddy Rogers	B	Chicago Bears	—

1951	26	12	315	Fred Williams†	DT	Cleveland Browns	NFL champion (1963)

1951	28	5	332	Marv Stendel	E	Philadelphia Eagles	—

1951	28	9	336	Leon Campbell	FB	Chicago Bears	—

1952	2	12	25	Bob Griffin	LB	Los Angeles Rams	—

1952	4	8	45	Pat Summerall†	E	Detroit Lions	NFL champion (1952)

1952	5	3	52	Dave Hanner†	DT	Green Bay Packers	NFL champion (1961, 1962)

1952	5	7	56	Fred Williams†	DT	Chicago Bears	NFL champion (1963)

1952	8	7	92	Billy Jurney	E	Chicago Bears	—

1952	13	1	146	Bill Ward	G	New York Giants	—

1952	20	3	232	Frank Fischel	E	Chicago Cardinals	—

1953	8	12	97	Lew Carpenter†	HB	Detroit Lions	NFL champion (1953, 1961, 1962)

1953	10	1	110	John Cole	B	Baltimore Colts	—

1953	15	1	170	Buddy Sutton	B	Baltimore Colts	—

1954	1	2	2	Lamar McHan	QB	Chicago Cardinals	—

1954	6	10	71	Floyd Sagely	DB	San Francisco 49ers	—

1954	8	5	90	Tom Garlington	T	Chicago Bears	—

1954	14	1	158	Sammy Dumas	G	Chicago Cardinals	—

1954	17	1	194	Jack Troxell	B	Chicago Cardinals	—

1954	19	12	229	Buster Graves	T	Detroit Lions	—

1955	5	11	13	Bud Brooks	G	Detroit Lions	—

1955	27	3	316	A. J. Baker	B	Washington Redskins	—

1956	1	13	13	Preston Carpenter*	E	Cleveland Browns	Pro Bowl (1962)

1956	2	6	19	Henry Moore	DB	New York Giants	—

1956	27	3	316	Buddy Benson	B	Pittsburgh Steelers	—

1956	27	8	321	Gerry Nesbitt	B	New York Giants	—

1956	28	8	333	Bill Fuller	T	New York Giants	—

1957	3	1	26	Billy Ray Smith, Sr.†	DT	Los Angeles Rams	Super Bowl champion (V)

1957	3	3	28	George Walker	B	Cleveland Browns	—

1957	5	5	54	Ronnie Underwood	B	Baltimore Colts	—

1958	21	10	251	Don Christian	B	San Francisco 49ers	—

1959	20	1	229	Charley Sample	B	Green Bay Packers	—

1959	21	9	249	Donnie Stone‡	HB	Chicago Bears	AFL All-Star (1961) AFL champion (1965)

1961	4	12	54	Paul Dudley	B	Green Bay Packers	—

1961	7	11	95	Jim Collier	TE	New York Giants	—

1962	1	8	8	Lance Alworth‡	WR	San Francisco 49ers	AFL All-Star (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969) AFL champion (1963), Super Bowl champion (VI)

1962	10	1	127	John Childress	G	Washington Redskins	—

1962	13	12	180	George McKinney	B	Philadelphia Eagles	—

1962	16	13	223	Jerry Mazzanti	DE	Philadelphia Eagles	—

1963	3	2	30	Danny Brabham	LB	St. Louis Cardinals	—

1963	12	1	155	Billy Moody	HB	Los Angeles Rams	—

1963	16	8	218	Dave Adams	G	Washington Redskins	—

1963	20	3	269	Bill Clay	E	St. Louis Cardinals	—

1964	7	6	90	Wes Bryant	T	Detroit Lions	—

1964	7	9	93	Jerry Lamb	E	St. Louis Cardinals	—

1964	20	4	270	Gordon Quest	QB	Washington Redskins	—

1965	6	12	82	Glen Ray Hines*	T	St. Louis Cardinals	Pro Bowl (1968, 1969)

1965	9	9	121	Ronnie Caveness	LB	Los Angeles Rams	—

1966	2	11	27	James Lindsey	RB	Minnesota Vikings	—

1966	9	11	136	Dick Cunningham	T	Detroit Lions	—

1966	10	1	141	Mike Bender	G	Atlanta Falcons	—

1966	10	12	152	Bobby Burnett*	RB	Chicago Bears	AFL All-Star (1967)

1966	16	7	237	Jim Williams	DE	Minnesota Vikings	—

1966	19	7	282	Bobby Crockett	WR	New York Giants	—

1967	1	10	10	Loyd Phillips	DE	Chicago Bears	—

1967	1	19	19	Harry Jones	RB	Philadelphia Eagles	—

1967	6	18	151	Martine Bercher	DB	Atlanta Falcons	—

1968	2	9	36	Ernie Ruple	T	Pittsburgh Steelers	—

1968	5	4	115	Ronnie South	QB	New Orleans Saints	—

1969	5	17	121	Jim Barnes	G	Minnesota Vikings	—

1969	8	15	197	Webster Hubbell	G	Chicago Bears	—

1969	12	2	288	Gary Adams	DB	Philadelphia Eagles	—

1970	6	20	150	Terry Stewart	DB	New York Jets	—

1970	8	23	205	Jerry Dossey	G	Dallas Cowboys	—

1970	10	19	253	Bruce Maxwell	RB	Detroit Lions	—

1970	10	26	260	Bob Stankovich	G	Kansas City Chiefs	—

1970	14	12	350	Rodney Brand	C	New York Giants	—

1970	17	7	423	Cliff Powell	LB	St. Louis Cardinals	—

1971	4	11	89	Jerry Moore	DB	Chicago Bears	—

1971	7	13	169	Chuck Dicus	WR	San Diego Chargers	—

1971	9	26	234	Bill Burnett	RB	Baltimore Colts	—

1971	16	5	395	Bruce James	LB	Philadelphia Eagles	—

1971	17	3	419	Pat Morrison	TE	Buffalo Bills	—

1972	3	9	61	Bill McClard	K	San Diego Chargers	—

1972	8	2	184	Tom Mabry	T	New York Giants	—

1972	9	12	220	Mike Kelson	T	New England Patriots	—

1972	11	5	265	Ronnie Jones	LB	St. Louis Cardinals	—

1973	3	5	57	Joe Ferguson	QB	Buffalo Bills	—

1973	5	2	106	Dave Reavis†	DE	Pittsburgh Steelers	Super Bowl champion (IX, X)

1973	8	13	195	Tom Reed	G	Atlanta Falcons	—

1973	9	7	215	Mike Reppond	WR	Buffalo Bills	—

1973	10	24	258	Don Wunderly	DT	Pittsburgh Steelers	—

1973	12	5	291	Mike Griffin	G	Chicago Bears	—

1973	17	12	428	Jim Hodge	WR	Atlanta Falcons	—

1974	6	10	140	Danny Rhodes	LB	Baltimore Colts	—

1974	7	4	160	Jack Ettinger	WR	Chicago Bears	—

1974	11	23	283	Dickey Morton	RB	Pittsburgh Steelers	—

1975	6	15	145	Rollen Smith	DB	Cincinnati Bengals	—

1975	9	7	215	Floyd Hogan	DB	Cleveland Browns	—

1975	12	1	287	Marsh White	RB	New York Giants	—

1975	15	16	380	Brison Manor	DT	New York Jets	—

1976	2	7	35	Ike Forte	RB	New England Patriots	—

1976	5	19	143	Mike Kirkland	QB	Baltimore Colts	—

1976	6	21	177	Scott Bull	QB	San Francisco 49ers	—

1976	8	7	216	Richard LaFargue	C	Philadelphia Eagles	—

1976	11	28	319	Rolland Fuchs	RB	Pittsburgh Steelers	—

1977	2	8	36	R. C. Thielemann‡	G	Atlanta Falcons	Pro Bowl (1981, 1982, 1983) Super Bowl champion (XXII)

1977	2	11	39	Greg Koch	T	Green Bay Packers	—

1977	4	25	109	Gerald Skinner	T	New England Patriots	—

1977	5	20	132	Dennis Winston†	LB	Pittsburgh Steelers	Super Bowl champion (XIII, XIV)

1977	10	14	265	Curtis Townsend	LB	San Diego Chargers	—

1978	1	15	15	Steve Little	K	St. Louis Cardinals	—

1978	6	6	144	Leotis Harris	G	Green Bay Packers	—

1979	1	4	4	Dan Hampton‡	DT	Chicago Bears	Pro Bowl (1980, 1982, 1984, 1985) Super Bowl champion (XX)

1979	3	4	60	Jerry Eckwood	RB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	—

1979	4	9	91	Vaughn Lusby	DB	Cincinnati Bengals	—

1979	4	12	94	Ben Cowins	RB	Philadelphia Eagles	—

1979	12	2	305	Michael Forrest	RB	Kansas City Chiefs	—

1980	5	10	120	Tom Ginn	C	Detroit Lions	—

1980	11	14	291	Mike Massey	LB	Oakland Raiders	—

1980	11	17	294	Roland Sales	RB	Cleveland Browns	—

1980	12	27	332	Kevin Scanlon	QB	Los Angeles Rams	—

1981	5	23	134	Steve Cox†	P	Cleveland Browns	Super Bowl champion (XXII)

1981	6	24	162	Bobby Duckworth	WR	San Diego Chargers	—

1981	8	22	215	Kevin Evans	DB	New Orleans Saints	—

1981	9	17	238	Hugh Jernigan	DB	Detroit Lions	—

1981	10	11	259	Trent Bryant	DB	Baltimore Colts	—

1982	12	16	322	Jeff Goff	LB	Washington Redskins	—

1983	1	5	5	Billy Ray Smith, Jr.	LB	San Diego Chargers	—

1983	1	20	20	Gary Anderson*	RB	San Diego Chargers	Pro Bowl (1986)

1983	2	10	38	Steve Korte	C	New Orleans Saints	—

1983	4	11	95	Danny Walters	DB	San Diego Chargers	—

1983	7	20	188	Jessie Clark	RB	Green Bay Packers	—

1984	1	15	15	Ron Faurot	DE	New York Jets	—

1984	9	11	235	Keith Kidd	WR	Minnesota Vikings	—

1984S	3	23	79	Phillip Boren	T	Pittsburgh Steelers	—

1985	12	4	312	Dave Burnette	T	Indianapolis Colts	—

1986	2	26	53	Greg Lasker	DB	New York Giants	—

1986	5	3	113	Ravin Caldwell†	LB	Washington Redskins	Super Bowl champion (XXII, XXVI)

1986	5	16	126	Bobby Edmonds, Jr.*	WR	Seattle Seahawks	Pro Bowl (1986)

1986	5	17	127	Nick Miller	LB	Cleveland Browns	—

1986	5	26	136	Kevin Wyatt	DB	Miami Dolphins	—

1987	5	27	139	Greg Horne	P	Cincinnati Bengals	—

1987	12	10	317	Theo Young	TE	Pittsburgh Steelers	—

1989	1	19	19	Wayne Martin*	DE	New Orleans Saints	Pro Bowl (1994)

1989	1	20	20	Steve Atwater‡	DB	Denver Broncos	Pro Bowl (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998) Super Bowl champion (XXXII, XXXIII)

1989	2	27	55	Fred Childress	G	Cincinnati Bengals	—

1989	4	5	89	Kerry Owens	LB	Cincinnati Bengals	—

1989	7	22	189	Richard Brothers	DB	Chicago Bears	—

1989	9	11	234	Kendall Trainor	K	Phoenix Cardinals	—

1989	9	20	243	LaSalle Harper	LB	Chicago Bears	—

1990	5	19	128	Barry Foster*	RB	Pittsburgh Steelers	Pro Bowl (1992, 1993)

1990	8	7	200	James Rouse	RB	Chicago Bears	—

1990	8	23	216	Elbert Crawford	G	Los Angeles Rams	—

1990	12	6	310	Anthony Cooney	DB	Chicago Bears	—

1991	4	6	89	Derek Russell	WR	Denver Broncos	—

1993	4	11	95	Raylee Johnson	DE	San Diego Chargers	—

1994	1	26	26	Henry Ford	DT	Houston Oilers	—

1994	2	14	43	Isaac Davis	G	San Diego Chargers	—

1996	3	11	72	Steve Conley	LB	Pittsburgh Steelers	—

1996	5	23	155	Junior Soli	DT	San Diego Chargers	—

1996	7	22	231	Freddie Bradley, Jr.	RB	San Diego Chargers	—

1997	5	30	160	Anthony Hicks	LB	Green Bay Packers	—

1997	6	8	171	Mike Cherry	QB	New York Giants	—

1998	7	46	235	David Sanders	DE	Oakland Raiders	—

1999	3	2	63	Brandon Burlsworth	G	Indianapolis Colts	—

1999	4	25	120	Kenny Wright	DB	Minnesota Vikings	—

1999	6	33	202	Melvin Bradley	DE	Arizona Cardinals	—

1999	7	1	207	Madre Hill	RB	Cleveland Browns	—

1999	7	6	212	Chris Akins†	DB	Carolina Panthers	Super Bowl champion (XXXVIII)

1999	7	19	225	Ryan Hale	DT	New York Giants	—

2000	2	14	45	Kenoy Kennedy	DB	Denver Broncos	—

2000	2	30	61	Bobbie Williams†	G	Philadelphia Eagles	Super Bowl champion (XLVII)

2000	4	8	102	David Barrett	DB	Arizona Cardinals	—

2000	4	20	114	Anthony Lucas	WR	Green Bay Packers	—

2000	6	30	196	Emanuel Smith	WR	Jacksonville Jaguars	—

2001	2	24	55	Quinton Caver	LB	Philadelphia Eagles	—

2001	6	4	167	Randy Garner	DE	Atlanta Falcons	—

2002	4	2	100	Dante Wesley	DB	Carolina Panthers	—

2002	7	29	240	Carlos Hall	DB	Tennessee Titans	—

2003	2	10	42	Ken Hamlin*	DB	Seattle Seahawks	Pro Bowl (2007)

2004	1	16	16	Shawn Andrews*	G	Philadelphia Eagles	Pro Bowl (2006, 2007)

2004	1	25	25	Ahmad Carroll	DB	Green Bay Packers	—

2004	3	17	80	Caleb Miller	LB	Cincinnati Bengals	—

2004	4	32	128	Cedric Cobbs*	RB	New England Patriots	Super Bowl champion (XXXIX)

2004	5	28	160	Tony Bua	LB	Miami Dolphins	—

2004	6	12	177	Bo Lacy	T	Pittsburgh Steelers	—

2005	1	21	21	Matt Jones	WR	Jacksonville Jaguars	—

2005	5	23	159	Jeb Huckeba	LB	Seattle Seahawks	—

2006	7	46	254	Vickiel Vaughn	DB	San Francisco 49ers	—

2006	2	32	64	Tarvaris Jackson*	QB	Minnesota Vikings	Super Bowl champion (XLVIII)

2007	1	8	8	Jamaal Anderson	DE	Atlanta Falcons	—

2007	2	9	41	Chris Houston	DB	Atlanta Falcons	—

2007	2	10	42	Tony Ugoh*	T	Indianapolis Colts	Super Bowl champion (XLVI)

2007	5	36	173	Michael Coe	DB	Indianapolis Colts	—

2007	7	38	248	Keith Jackson, Jr.	DT	St. Louis Rams	—

2008	1	4	4	Darren McFadden	RB	Oakland Raiders	—

2008	1	22	22	Felix Jones	RB	Dallas Cowboys	—

2008	3	27	90	Marcus Harrison	DT	Chicago Bears	—

2008	7	4	211	Nate Garner	T	New York Jets	—

2008	7	20	227	Peyton Hillis	FB	Denver Broncos	—

2008	7	41	248	Marcus Monk	WR	Chicago Bears	—

2009	4	6	106	Jonathan Luigs	C	Cincinnati Bengals	—

2010	3	13	77	Damian Williams	WR	Tennessee Titans	—

2010	5	16	147	Mitch Petrus*	G	New York Giants	Super Bowl champion (XLVI)

2011	3	10	74	Ryan Mallett	QB	New England Patriots	—

2011	5	10	141	D.J. Williams	TE	Green Bay Packers	—

2011	6	3	168	DeMarcus Love	T	Minnesota Vikings	—

2012	3	27	90	Jake Bequette	DE	New England Patriots	—

2012	4	9	104	Joe Adams	WR	Carolina Panthers	—

2012	4	23	118	Jarius Wright	WR	Minnesota Vikings	—

2012	4	39	134	Greg Childs	WR	Minnesota Vikings	—

2013	3	34	96	Knile Davis	RB	Kansas City Chiefs	—

2013	4	15	112	Tyler Wilson	QB	Oakland Raiders	—

2013	6	29	197	Cobi Hamilton	WR	Cincinnati Bengals	—

2013	7	16	222	Chris Gragg	TE	Buffalo Bills	—

2014	3	12	76	Travis Swanson	C	Detroit Lions	—

2014	5	19	159	Chris Smith	DE	Jacksonville Jaguars	—

2014	7	12	227	Kiero Small	RB	Seattle Seahawks	—

2014	7	13	228	Zach Hocker	K	Washington Redskins	—

2015	4	2	101	Trey Flowers	DE	New England Patriots	Super Bowl champion (LI)

2015	5	5	141	Martrell Spaight	LB	Washington Redskins	—

2015	6	6	182	Tevin Mitchel	CB	Washington Redskins	—

2015	6	16	192	Darius Philon	DT	San Diego Chargers	—

2015	6	26	202	A.J. Derby	TE	New England Patriots	—

2016	2	4	35	Hunter Henry	TE	San Diego Chargers	—

2016	5	18	156	Jonathan Williams	RB	Buffalo Bills	—

2016	5	34	171	Alex Collins	RB	Seattle Seahawks	—

2016	6	18	193	Sebastian Tretola	G	Tennessee Titans	—

2016	6	26	201	Brandon Allen	QB	Jacksonville Jaguars	—

2017	4	25	131	Deatrich Wise Jr.	DE	New England Patriots	—

2017	5	10	154	Jeremy Sprinkle	TE	Washington Redskins	—

2017	6	21	205	Jeremiah Ledbetter	DE	Detroit Lions	—

2018	1	20	20	Frank Ragnow	C	Detroit Lions	—

2018	7	8	226	David Williams	RB	Denver Broncos	—

2019	4	16	118	Hjalte Froholdt	G	New England Patriots	—

2019	5	10	148	Dre Greenlaw	LB	San Francisco 49ers	—

2019	6	17	190	Armon Watts	DT	Minnesota Vikings	—

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Arkansas' first drafted player in the NFL was Jack Robbins, who was the fifth overall pick by the Chicago Cardinals in 1938.

final_sentence: Arkansas' first drafted player in the NFL was Jack Robbins, who was the fifth overall pick by the Chicago Cardinals in 1938.