# List of Iowa State Cyclones in the NFL draft

The Iowa State Cyclones college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and represents Iowa State University in the Big 12 Conference (Big 12). ISU has had 138 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL), since the first draft in 1936, through the 2023 NFL draft. ISU has only seen two players taken in the first round: George Amundson with the 14th overall pick in the 1973 NFL draft by the Houston Oilers, and Will McDonald IV with the 15th overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft by the New York Jets. Troy Davis was drafted in the third round of the 1997 NFL draft by the New Orleans Saints; he has since been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Kelechi Osemele was drafted in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft by the Baltimore Ravens; he went on to win Super Bowl XLVII with the Ravens as their starting right tackle. Six former Cyclones who were drafted have been selected to a Pro Bowl or AFL All-Star Game.
Through the annual NFL draft, each NFL franchise gets the chance to add new players to their teams. The current draft rules were established in 2009. The team with the worst record the previous year gets to pick first, then the next-worst team picks second, and so on. Teams that were not in the playoffs receive their draft order by their regular-season record. If 2 or more non-playoff teams have the same record, the tie breaker used is their strength of schedule. Playoff teams receive their draft order after all the non-playoff teams, based on their round of elimination (wild card, division, conference, and Super Bowl).
In 1944, the All-America Football Conference was established and it began play in 1946 in direct competition with the NFL. From 1946 to 1949, the two leagues fiercely competed for the top college football prospects with each league holding their own drafts, before the AAFC finally merged with the NFL at the end of the 1949 season.
Like the AAFC earlier, the American Football League (AFL) operated in direct competition with the NFL and held a separate draft. This led to a massive bidding war over top prospects between the two leagues. As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues would hold a multiple round "common draft". Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the common draft simply became 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 |
| * | Selected to a Pro Bowl or AFL All-Star Game | Selected to a Pro Bowl or AFL All-Star Game | Selected to a Pro Bowl or AFL All-Star Game | Selected to a Pro Bowl or AFL All-Star Game | Selected to a Pro Bowl or AFL All-Star Game |
| † | Won an NFL championship | Won an NFL championship | Won an NFL championship | Won an NFL championship | Won an NFL championship |
| ‡ | Selected to a Pro Bowl or AFL All-Star Game and won an NFL championship | Selected to a Pro Bowl or AFL All-Star Game and won an NFL championship | Selected to a Pro Bowl or AFL All-Star Game and won an NFL championship | Selected to a Pro Bowl or AFL All-Star Game and won an NFL championship | Selected to a Pro Bowl or AFL All-Star Game and won an NFL championship |
| ! | College Hall of Famer | College Hall of Famer | College Hall of Famer | College Hall of Famer | College Hall of Famer |
| ± | NFL Hall of Famer | NFL Hall of Famer | NFL Hall of Famer | NFL Hall of Famer | NFL Hall of Famer |

## Selections

* 1940
* 1950
* 1960
* 1970
* 1980
* 1990
* 2000
* 2010
* Notes
| Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | Team | Position | Notes |
| 1939 | 7 | 6 | 56 | Charles Heileman | Chicago Bears | E | — |
| 1939 | 13 | 6 | 116 | Ed Bock$^|$ | Chicago Bears | G | College Football Hall of Fame |
| 1939 | 16 | 3 | 143 | Gordon Reupke | Cleveland Rams | B | — |
| 1939 | 17 | 8 | 158 | Clyde Shugart$^‡$ | Washington Redskins | G | Pro Bowl (1941, 1942) All-Pro (1943) NFL Champion (1942) |
| 1939 | 18 | 5 | 165 | Paul Morin | Brooklyn Dodgers | T | — |
| 1939 | 22 | 1 | 196 | Everett Kircher | Chicago Bears | B | — |
| 1941 | 8 | 10 | 70 | Henry Wilder | Washington Redskins | B | — |
| 1943 | 16 | 2 | 142 | Paul Darling | Philadelphia Eagles | B | — |
| 1943 | 21 | 1 | 191 | Royal (Ace) Lohry | Detroit Lions | B | — |
| 1944 | 25 | 9 | 261 | Howard Tippe | Card-Pitt | B | — |
| 1945 | 24 | 7 | 248 | Charley Wright | Chicago Bears | G | — |
| 1947 | 12 | 1 | 96 | LaVerne Camarata | Detroit Lions | B | — |
| 1948 | 13 | 4 | 109 | Bob Jensen | Boston Yanks | DE | — |
| 1949 | 19 | 9 | 190 | Dean Laun | Chicago Cardinals | E | — |
| 1950 | 12 | 5 | 149 | Bill Chauncey | Washington Redskins | B | — |
| 1950 | 20 | 7 | 255 | Webb Halbert | Chicago Cardinals | B | — |
| 1950 | 21 | 9 | 270 | Bob Angle | Chicago Bears | B | — |
| 1951 | 5 | 5 | 55 | Jim Doran$^‡$ | Detroit Lions | E | Pro Bowl (1960) NFL Champion (1952), (1953), and (1957) |
| 1951 | 10 | 3 | 113 | Bob Jensen | Washington Redskins | E | – |
| 1951 | 18 | 6 | 213 | Bill Weeks | Philadelphia Eagles | B | — |
| 1952 | 15 | 4 | 173 | Malcolm Schmidt | Philadelphia Eagles | E | — |
| 1952 | 18 | 8 | 213 | Stan Campbell$^†$ | Detroit Lions | G | NFL Champion (1952), (1957), and (1960) |
| 1952 | 23 | 4 | 269 | Maury Schnell | Philadelphia Eagles | B | — |
| 1953 | 19 | 5 | 222 | Bill Byrus | Chicago Bears | T | — |
| 1953 | 20 | 7 | 236 | Rollie Arns | Philadelphia Eagles | C | — |
| 1955 | 28 | 11 | 337 | Herb McDermott | Detroit Lions | T | — |
| 1956 | 28 | 12 | 337 | Ollie Sparks | Cleveland Browns | G | — |
| 1957 | 26 | 10 | 311 | Chuck Muelhaupt | Detroit Lions | G | — |
| 1958 | 15 | 10 | 179 | John Scheldrup | Detroit Lions | E | — |
| 1958 | 21 | 11 | 252 | Bill Martin | Cleveland Browns | E | — |
| 1959 | 22 | 10 | 262 | Gale Gibson | New York Giants | E | — |
| 1960 | 15 | 9 | 177 | Tom Watkins | Cleveland Browns | B | — |
| 1961 | 8 | 4 | 57 | Tom Watkins | Oakland Raiders$^{AFL}$ | B | — |
| 1961 | 20 | 2 | 268 | Jerry Morgan | Dallas Cowboys | B | — |
| 1961 | 21 | 1 | 161 | Jim Morgan | Denver Broncos$^{AFL}$ | B | — |
| 1961 | 24 | 2 | 186 | Don Webb$^*$ | Boston Patriots$^{AFL}$ | DB | AFL All-Star Game (1969) All-Pro (1967) |
| 1963 | 4 | 13 | 55 | Chuck Walton | Detroit Lions | G | — |
| 1963 | 7 | 3 | 87 | Dave Hoppmann | New York Giants | B | — |
| 1963 | 13 | 2 | 98 | Chuck Walton | San Diego Chargers$^{AFL}$ | G | — |
| 1964 | 17 | 3 | 227 | Ozzie Clay | Washington Redskins | WR | — |
| 1964 | 18 | 10 | 248 | Dave Hoover | St. Louis Cardinals | B | — |
| 1965 | 5 | 1 | 57 | Tom Vaughn | Detroit Lions | DB | — |
| 1965 | 11 | 1 | 81 | Tom Vaughn | Denver Broncos$^{AFL}$ | DB | — |
| 1965 | 12 | 4 | 92 | John Berrington | New York Jets$^{AFL}$ | LB | — |
| 1965 | 12 | 5 | 93 | Mike Cox | Kansas City Chiefs$^{AFL}$ | LB | — |
| 1965 | 19 | 6 | 258 | Roosevelt Ellerbe | Washington Redskins | B | — |
| 1966 | 6 | 8 | 88 | Tim Van Galder | St. Louis Cardinals | QB | — |
| 1966 | 16 | 8 | 238 | Dick Kasperek | St. Louis Cardinals | C | — |
| 1967 | 3 | 3 | 56 | Larry Carwell | Houston Oilers | DB | — |
| 1967 | 3 | 19 | 72 | Eppie Barney | Cleveland Browns | WR | — |
| 1967 | 7 | 7 | 166 | Ted Tuinstra | Detroit Lions | T | — |
| 1967 | 10 | 3 | 240 | Dick Schafroth | Atlanta Falcons | T | — |
| 1968 | 10 | 8 | 254 | Doug Robinson | New Orleans Saints | DB | — |
| 1968 | 10 | 13 | 259 | Tom Busch | St. Louis Cardinals | WR | — |
| 1968 | 14 | 1 | 355 | Les Webster | Cincinnati Bengals | RB | — |
| 1969 | 11 | 15 | 275 | Sam Campbell | Chicago Bears | DT | — |
| 1971 | 2 | 21 | 47 | Otto Stowe$^†$ | Miami Dolphins | WR | Super Bowl champion (VII) |
| 1971 | 9 | 23 | 231 | Therman Couch | San Francisco 49ers | LB | — |
| 1971 | 13 | 17 | 329 | Jeff Allen | St. Louis Cardinals | DB | — |
| 1971 | 14 | 22 | 360 | Tom Lorenz | Detroit Lions | TE | — |
| 1971 | 16 | 16 | 406 | Darrell Jansonius | Kansas City Chiefs | G | — |
| 1972 | 7 | 23 | 179 | Dean Carlson | Kansas City Chiefs | QB | — |
| 1973 | 1 | 14 | 14 | George Amundson | Houston Oilers | RB | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 26 | 130 | Dave McCurry | Miami Dolphins | DB | — |
| 1973 | 7 | 14 | 170 | Tommy Campbell | Atlanta Falcons | DB | — |
| 1973 | 11 | 14 | 274 | Geary Murdock | Minnesota Vikings | G | — |
| 1973 | 14 | 6 | 344 | Merv Krakau | Buffalo Bills | LB | — |
| 1974 | 2 | 25 | 51 | Matt Blair$^*$ | Minnesota Vikings | LB | Pro Bowl (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982) All-Pro (1980) |
| 1974 | 4 | 13 | 91 | Ike Harris | St. Louis Cardinals | WR | — |
| 1974 | 5 | 11 | 115 | Keith Krepfle$^*$ | Philadelphia Eagles | TE | All-Pro (1979) |
| 1974 | 13 | 23 | 335 | Ted Jornov | Cincinnati Bengals | LB | — |
| 1974 | 15 | 17 | 381 | Willie Jones | Atlanta Falcons | WR | — |
| 1974 | 15 | 23 | 387 | Larry Hunt | Pittsburgh Steelers | DT | — |
| 1975 | 5 | 23 | 127 | Barry Hill | Miami Dolphins | DB | — |
| 1975 | 9 | 8 | 216 | Mike Strachan | New Orleans Saints | RB | — |
| 1975 | 12 | 2 | 288 | Brad Storm | Baltimore Colts | LB | — |
| 1975 | 12 | 14 | 300 | Andre Roundtree | Detroit Lions | LB | — |
| 1975 | 16 | 24 | 141 | Tom Goedjen | Minnesota Vikings | K | — |
| 1976 | 9 | 2 | 239 | Bob Bos | Seattle Seahawks | T | — |
| 1976 | 11 | 15 | 306 | Greg Pittman | Denver Broncos | LB | — |
| 1976 | 11 | 18 | 309 | Forry Smith | Buffalo Bills | WR | — |
| 1976 | 12 | 20 | 338 | Randy Young | Miami Dolphins | T | — |
| 1977 | 4 | 12 | 96 | Luther Blue | Detroit Lions | WR | — |
| 1977 | 7 | 11 | 178 | Al Dixon | New York Giants | TE | — |
| 1977 | 8 | 16 | 211 | Otis Rodgers | New York Giants | LB | — |
| 1977 | 12 | 13 | 320 | Dave Greenwood | Detroit Lions | G | — |
| 1978 | 7 | 28 | 194 | Tom Randall | Dallas Cowboys | G | — |
| 1979 | 2 | 3 | 31 | Mike Stensrud | Houston Oilers | DT | — |
| 1981 | 7 | 3 | 169 | Kenny Neil | New York Jets | DE | — |
| 1982 | 3 | 24 | 79 | Dwayne Crutchfield | New York Jets | RB | — |
| 1982 | 7 | 3 | 170 | Dan Johnson | Miami Dolphins | TE | — |
| 1983 | 3 | 14 | 70 | Karl Nelson$^†$ | New York Giants | T | Super Bowl champion (XXI) |
| 1984 | 6 | 2 | 142 | Chris Washington | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | LB | — |
| 1984 | 8 | 8 | 204 | Bruce Reimers | Cincinnati Bengals | G | — |
| 1984 | 11 | 8 | 288 | Dan Martin | New York Jets | T | — |
| 1985 | 5 | 20 | 132 | Tracy Henderson | New York Giants | WR | — |
| 1986 | 9 | 20 | 241 | Jim Luebbers | New York Giants | DE | — |
| 1987 | 8 | 8 | 203 | Dennis Gibson | Detroit Lions | LB | — |
| 1987 | 9 | 13 | 236 | Terrence Anthony | Atlanta Falcons | DB | — |
| 1987 | 12 | 14 | 321 | Bill Berthusen | New York Giants | DT | — |
| 1989 | 10 | 22 | 273 | Joe Henderson | New Orleans Saints | RB | — |
| 1990 | 2 | 14 | 39 | Keith Sims$^*$ | Miami Dolphins | G | Pro Bowl (1993, 1994, 1995) All-Pro (1994) and (1995) |
| 1990 | 10 | 6 | 254 | Mike Busch | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | TE | — |
| 1991 | 4 | 19 | 102 | Marcus Robertson$^*$ | Houston Oilers | DB | All-Pro (1993) |
| 1991 | 5 | 10 | 121 | Gene Williams | Miami Dolphins | G | — |
| 1991 | 6 | 9 | 148 | Blaise Bryant | New York Jets | RB | — |
| 1997 | 3 | 2 | 62 | Troy Davis$^|$ | New Orleans Saints | RB | College Football Hall of Fame |
| 1997 | 3 | 25 | 85 | Tim Kohn | Oakland Raiders | T | — |
| 1998 | 5 | 15 | 138 | Oliver Ross | Dallas Cowboys | T | — |
| 2001 | 3 | 25 | 87 | Reggie Hayward | Denver Broncos | DE | — |
| 2001 | 4 | 14 | 109 | Sage Rosenfels | Washington Redskins | QB | — |
| 2001 | 7 | 6 | 206 | James Reed | New York Jets | DT | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 12 | 223 | Mike Banks | Arizona Cardinals | TE | — |
| 2003 | 4 | 13 | 110 | Seneca Wallace | Seattle Seahawks | QB | — |
| 2005 | 3 | 20 | 84 | Ellis Hobbs | New England Patriots | DB | — |
| 2006 | 5 | 19 | 151 | Tim Dobbins | San Diego Chargers | LB | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 31 | 241 | Aaron Brant | Chicago Bears | G | — |
| 2008 | 5 | 12 | 147 | Alvin Bowen | Buffalo Bills | LB | — |
| 2008 | 6 | 24 | 190 | Ahtyba Rubin | Cleveland Browns | DT | — |
| 2010 | 7 | 21 | 228 | Reggie Stephens | Cincinnati Bengals | C | — |
| 2012 | 2 | 28 | 60 | Kelechi Osemele$^†$ | Baltimore Ravens | T | Pro Bowl (2016, 2017) Super Bowl champion (XLVII) |
| 2013 | 5 | 15 | 148 | A. J. Klein | Carolina Panthers | LB | — |
| 2013 | 7 | 40 | 246 | Carter Bykowski | San Francisco 49ers | T | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 14 | 154 | Jeremiah George | New York Jets | LB | — |
| 2019 | 3 | 9 | 73 | David Montgomery | Chicago Bears | RB | — |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 103 | Hakeem Butler | Arizona Cardinals | WR | — |
| 2021 | 4 | 14 | 119 | Kene Nwangwu | Minnesota Vikings | RB | — |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 | 36 | Breece Hall | New York Jets | RB | — |
| 2022 | 4 | 11 | 116 | Eyioma Uwazurike | Denver Broncos | DT | |
| 2022 | 4 | 23 | 128 | Charlie Kolar | Baltimore Ravens | TE | |
| 2022 | 7 | 41 | 262 | Brock Purdy | San Francisco 49ers | QB | Pro Bowl (2023) |
| 2023 | 1 | 15 | 15 | Will McDonald IV | New York Jets | DE | |
| 2023 | 6 | 28 | 205 | Xavier Hutchinson | Houston Texans | WR | |
| 2023 | 7 | 25 | 242 | Anthony Johnson Jr. | Green Bay Packers | DB | |
| 2024 | 4 | 30 | 130 | T. J. Tampa | Baltimore Ravens | DB | |

## Notable undrafted players

Note: No drafts held before 1920
| Debut year | Player name | Position | Debut NFL/AFL team | Notes |
| 1965 | Eli Strand | G | Green Bay Packers | — |
| 1968 | Tony Baker | RB | New Orleans Saints | — |
| 1979 | Buddy Hardeman | RB | Washington Redskins | — |
| 1979 | Tony Norman | DE | Minnesota Vikings | — |
| 1984 | David Archer | QB | Atlanta Falcons | — |
| 1985 | Kevin Williams | DB | Washington Redskins | — |
| 1987 | Alex Espinoza | QB | Kansas City Chiefs | — |
| 1987 | Vince Jasper | G | New York Jets | — |
| 1987 | Greg Liter | DE | Philadelphia Eagles | — |
| 1987 | Aaron Manning | DB | Green Bay Packers | — |
| 1996 | Mike Horacek | WR | Detroit Lions | — |
| 1998 | Todd Doxzon | WR | Miami Dolphins | — |
| 1999 | Jamie Kohl | K | Seattle Seahawks | — |
| 2001 | J. J. Moses | WR | Kansas City Chiefs | — |
| 2003 | Jeremy Loyd | LB | St. Louis Rams | — |
| 2004 | Jordan Carstens | DT | Carolina Panthers | — |
| 2005 | Tyson Smith | LB | Baltimore Ravens | — |
| 2006 | Tony Yelk | K | Atlanta Falcons | — |
| 2007 | LaMarcus Hicks | CB | Detroit Lions | — |
| 2008 | Ben Barkema | TE | Cleveland Browns | — |
| 2008 | Todd Blythe | WR | New Orleans Saints | — |
| 2011 | Collin Franklin | TE | New York Jets | — |
| 2011 | David Sims | S | New York Giants | — |
| 2012 | Hayworth Hicks | G | Indianapolis Colts | — |
| 2012 | Leonard Johnson | CB | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | — |
| 2012 | Darius Reynolds | WR | Green Bay Packers | — |
| 2013 | Jake Knott | LB | Philadelphia Eagles | — |
| 2013 | Josh Lenz | WR | Chicago Bears | — |
| 2013 | Jake McDonough | DE | New York Jets | — |
| 2015 | E. J. Bibbs | TE | Cleveland Browns | — |
| 2015 | Ernst Brun Jr. | TE | Washington Redskins | — |
| 2015 | Tom Farniok | C | Minnesota Vikings | — |
| 2015 | David Irving | DE | Dallas Cowboys | — |
| 2017 | Jamal Perry | CB | Philadelphia Eagles | — |
| 2017 | Jhaustin Thomas | DL | Indianapolis Colts | — |
| 2018 | Jake Campos | T | Dallas Cowboys | — |
| 2018 | Joel Lanning | LB | Dallas Cowboys | — |
| 2018 | Allen Lazard | WR | Jacksonville Jaguars | — |
| 2019 | Matthew Eaton | WR | Green Bay Packers | — |
| 2019 | Willie Harvey Jr. | LB | Cleveland Browns | — |
| 2020 | Julian Good-Jones | G | Philadelphia Eagles | — |
| 2020 | Matt Leo | DE | Philadelphia Eagles | — |
| 2020 | Steven Wirtel | LS | Detroit Lions | — |
| 2021 | Landen Akers | WR | Los Angeles Rams | — |
| 2021 | JaQuan Bailey | DE | Philadelphia Eagles | — |
| 2021 | Dylan Soehner | TE | New Orleans Saints | — |
| 2022 | Chase Allen | TE | Chicago Bears | — |
| 2022 | Jake Hummel | LB | Los Angeles Rams | — |
| 2022 | Andrew Mevis | K | Jacksonville Jaguars | — |
| 2022 | Mike Rose | LB | Kansas City Chiefs | — |
| 2023 | M. J. Anderson | DE | Seattle Seahawks | — |
| 2024 | Ben Nikkel | S | Washington Commanders | — |
| 2024 | Dimitri Stanley | WR | Green Bay Packers | — |