# List of Houston Cougars in the NFL draft

This is a list of Houston Cougars 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 |
| 1951 | 8 | 12 | 98 | Max Clark | Cleveland Browns | B |
| 1952 | 3 | 2 | 27 | Gene Shannon | San Francisco 49ers | B |
| 1952 | 11 | 8 | 129 | J. D. Kimmel | San Francisco 49ers | DT |
| 1952 | 17 | 7 | 200 | John Carroll | Chicago Bears | T |
| 1953 | 7 | 9 | 82 | Paul Carr | San Francisco 49ers | B |
| 1953 | 14 | 11 | 168 | Frank James | Los Angeles Rams | G |
| 1953 | 25 | 4 | 293 | Vic Hampel | Pittsburgh Steelers | E |
| 1953 | 27 | 6 | 319 | Jim McConaughey | Green Bay Packers | E |
| 1954 | 2 | 9 | 22 | Buddy Gillioz | Los Angeles Rams | T |
| 1954 | 16 | 12 | 193 | Bob Chuoke | Detroit Lions | T |
| 1954 | 17 | 9 | 202 | Ed Wilhelm | Los Angeles Rams | C |
| 1954 | 20 | 8 | 237 | Tommy Bailes | Philadelphia Eagles | B |
| 1954 | 27 | 3 | 316 | Bobby Clatterbuck | New York Giants | B |
| 1954 | 30 | 10 | 359 | Don Folks | San Francisco 49ers | E |
| 1955 | 21 | 4 | 245 | Lavell Isbell | Green Bay Packers | T |
| 1956 | 7 | 10 | 83 | Donnie Caraway | Washington Redskins | B |
| 1956 | 10 | 4 | 113 | Tom Dimmick | Philadelphia Eagles | C |
| 1956 | 17 | 1 | 194 | Ken Wind | Detroit Lions | E |
| 1957 | 7 | 4 | 77 | Curley Johnson | Pittsburgh Steelers | B |
| 1957 | 12 | 6 | 139 | Rudy Spitzenberger | Cleveland Browns | G |
| 1957 | 15 | 7 | 176 | Earl Kaiser | San Francisco 49ers | B |
| 1957 | 17 | 3 | 196 | Don Boudreaux | Green Bay Packers | T |
| 1957 | 17 | 9 | 202 | Buddy Terry | Chicago Cardinals | T |
| 1957 | 21 | 4 | 245 | Owen Mulholland | Baltimore Colts | B |
| 1957 | 23 | 2 | 267 | Dalva Allen | Los Angeles Rams | T |
| 1957 | 28 | 10 | 335 | Joe Smith | Detroit Lions | B |
| 1957 | 29 | 11 | 348 | Donnie Caraway | Chicago Bears | B |
| 1958 | 4 | 10 | 47 | Donnie Caraway | New York Giants | B |
| 1958 | 11 | 10 | 131 | Hogan Wharton | San Francisco 49ers | T |
| 1958 | 29 | 3 | 340 | Don McDonald | Philadelphia Eagles | B |
| 1958 | 30 | 1 | 350 | John Peters | Green Bay Packers | T |
| 1959 | 2 | 8 | 20 | Don Brown | Los Angeles Rams | B |
| 1959 | 7 | 12 | 84 | Hal Lewis | Baltimore Colts | B |
| 1959 | 9 | 7 | 103 | Hal Davis | Pittsburgh Steelers | G |
| 1959 | 15 | 8 | 176 | Walt Kelly | Los Angeles Rams | B |
| 1959 | 23 | 12 | 276 | Bob Davis | Baltimore Colts | B |
| 1959 | 25 | 8 | 296 | Bob Borah | Los Angeles Rams | E |
| 1960 | 8 | 11 | 95 | Jim Colvin | Baltimore Colts | T |
| 1960 | 18 | 8 | 212 | Claude King | Chicago Bears | B |
| 1961 | 10 | 9 | 135 | Errol Linden | Detroit Lions | E |
| 1962 | 5 | 10 | 66 | Dan Birdwell | Detroit Lions | C |
| 1962 | 8 | 10 | 108 | Murdock Hopper | Detroit Lions | T |
| 1962 | 10 | 2 | 128 | Jim Norris | Los Angeles Rams | T |
| 1962 | 15 | 3 | 199 | Walter Nikirk | Los Angeles Rams | T |
| 1963 | 20 | 14 | 280 | Bobby Brezina | Green Bay Packers | B |
| 1967 | 2 | 1 | 27 | Bo Burris | New Orleans Saints | DB |
| 1967 | 2 | 6 | 32 | Tom Beer | Denver Broncos | TE |
| 1967 | 4 | 5 | 85 | Carl Cunningham | Denver Broncos | DE |
| 1967 | 4 | 14 | 94 | Dickie Post | San Diego Chargers | RB |
| 1967 | 9 | 9 | 220 | Paul Otis | Pittsburgh Steelers | DT |
| 1967 | 12 | 18 | 308 | Charles Fowler | Cleveland Browns | T |
| 1967 | 13 | 6 | 321 | Dennis Furjanic | Denver Broncos | DB |
| 1968 | 3 | 24 | 79 | Ken Hebert | Pittsburgh Steelers | WR |
| 1968 | 4 | 26 | 109 | Warren McVea | Cincinnati Bengals | RB |
| 1968 | 4 | 28 | 111 | Gus Hollomon | Denver Broncos | DB |
| 1968 | 9 | 21 | 240 | Tom Paciorek | Miami Dolphins | DB |
| 1968 | 11 | 2 | 275 | Greg Brezina | Atlanta Falcons | LB |
| 1968 | 11 | 23 | 296 | Bill Pickens | Baltimore Colts | G |
| 1968 | 14 | 22 | 376 | Rich Stotter | Houston Oilers | G |
| 1968 | 15 | 2 | 383 | Don Bean | Atlanta Falcons | WR |
| 1968 | 17 | 19 | 454 | George Nordgren | Dallas Cowboys | RB |
| 1969 | 2 | 3 | 29 | Paul Gipson | Atlanta Falcons | RB |
| 1969 | 5 | 14 | 118 | Johnny Peacock | Houston Oilers | DB |
| 1969 | 7 | 5 | 161 | Royce Berry | Cincinnati Bengals | DE |
| 1969 | 7 | 26 | 182 | Cliff Larson | New York Jets | DE |
| 1969 | 13 | 13 | 330 | Mike Simpson | San Diego Chargers | DB |
| 1969 | 16 | 8 | 398 | Ken Spain | Detroit Lions | DE |
| 1970 | 6 | 9 | 139 | Rusty Clark | San Francisco 49ers | QB |
| 1970 | 7 | 9 | 165 | Jim Strong | San Francisco 49ers | RB |
| 1970 | 9 | 5 | 213 | Bill Bridges | Buffalo Bills | G |
| 1971 | 1 | 16 | 16 | Elmo Wright | Kansas City Chiefs | WR |
| 1971 | 2 | 10 | 36 | Charlie Ford | Chicago Bears | DB |
| 1971 | 3 | 16 | 68 | Charlie Hall | Cleveland Browns | LB |
| 1971 | 4 | 4 | 82 | Carlos Bell | New Orleans Saints | RB |
| 1971 | 6 | 5 | 135 | Earl Thomas | Chicago Bears | TE |
| 1971 | 10 | 11 | 245 | Larry Rowden | Chicago Bears | LB |
| 1971 | 13 | 24 | 336 | Benny Fry | Minnesota Vikings | C |
| 1971 | 15 | 17 | 381 | Ted Heiskell | St. Louis Cardinals | RB |
| 1971 | 16 | 2 | 392 | Craig Robinson | New Orleans Saints | T |
| 1971 | 16 | 26 | 416 | Rich Harrington | Baltimore Colts | DB |
| 1972 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Riley Odoms | Denver Broncos | TE |
| 1972 | 2 | 9 | 35 | Robert Newhouse | Dallas Cowboys | RB |
| 1972 | 3 | 17 | 69 | Tom Mozisek | New York Giants | RB |
| 1972 | 9 | 8 | 216 | Kent Branstetter | New Orleans Saints | DT |
| 1972 | 13 | 6 | 318 | Willie Roberts | Houston Oilers | DB |
| 1974 | 3 | 8 | 60 | Steve George | St. Louis Cardinals | DT |
| 1975 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Mack Mitchell | Cleveland Browns | DE |
| 1975 | 3 | 23 | 75 | Gerald Hill | Miami Dolphins | LB |
| 1975 | 4 | 1 | 79 | Robert Giblin | New York Giants | DB |
| 1975 | 4 | 2 | 80 | Marshall Johnson | Baltimore Colts | RB |
| 1975 | 4 | 26 | 104 | Harold Evans | Pittsburgh Steelers | LB |
| 1975 | 6 | 25 | 155 | Bubba Broussard | Minnesota Vikings | LB |
| 1975 | 7 | 18 | 174 | Reggie Cherry | Buffalo Bills | RB |
| 1975 | 9 | 6 | 214 | Larry Keller | San Diego Chargers | LB |
| 1975 | 16 | 25 | 415 | Miller Bassler | Pittsburgh Steelers | TE |
| 1976 | 4 | 32 | 124 | Everett Little | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | G |
| 1976 | 13 | 15 | 362 | Donnie McGraw | Denver Broncos | DB |
| 1977 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Wilson Whitley | Cincinnati Bengals | DT |
| 1977 | 3 | 25 | 81 | Val Belcher | Dallas Cowboys | G |
| 1977 | 4 | 24 | 108 | Guy Brown | Dallas Cowboys | LB |
| 1977 | 8 | 10 | 205 | Eddie Foster | Houston Oilers | WR |
| 1978 | 3 | 27 | 83 | Don Bass | Cincinnati Bengals | WR |
| 1978 | 4 | 26 | 110 | Alois Blackwell | Dallas Cowboys | RB |
| 1979 | 1 | 20 | 20 | Willis Adams | Cleveland Browns | WR |
| 1979 | 7 | 14 | 179 | Emmett King | New York Jets | RB |
| 1979 | 8 | 24 | 216 | Randy Love | New England Patriots | RB |
| 1979 | 10 | 25 | 273 | Grady Ebensberger | Los Angeles Rams | DT |
| 1980 | 4 | 15 | 98 | David Hodge | San Francisco 49ers | LB |
| 1980 | 7 | 22 | 187 | Melvin Jones | Washington Redskins | G |
| 1980 | 11 | 5 | 282 | Delrick Brown | St. Louis Cardinals | DB |
| 1981 | 1 | 27 | 27 | Leonard Mitchell | Philadelphia Eagles | DE |
| 1981 | 8 | 27 | 220 | Hosea Taylor | Baltimore Colts | DT |
| 1982 | 4 | 20 | 103 | David Barrett | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | RB |
| 1982 | 6 | 24 | 163 | Lonell Phea | New York Jets | WR |
| 1982 | 7 | 22 | 189 | Alvin Ruben | Denver Broncos | DE |
| 1983 | 5 | 4 | 116 | Weedy Harris | Denver Broncos | LB |
| 1983 | 8 | 11 | 207 | James Durham | Buffalo Bills | DB |
| 1983 | 11 | 15 | 294 | Calvin Eason | New England Patriots | DB |
| 1984 | 6 | 12 | 152 | Eugene Lockhart | Dallas Cowboys | LB |
| 1984 | 11 | 21 | 301 | Dwayne Love | Los Angeles Rams | RB |
| 1984 | 12 | 7 | 315 | David Robertson | New York Jets | WR |
| 1984 | 12 | 22 | 330 | Donald Jordan | Chicago Bears | RB |
| 1984 | 12 | 26 | 334 | Carl Lewis | Dallas Cowboys | WR |
| 1985 | 2 | 26 | 54 | Simon Fletcher | Denver Broncos | DE |
| 1985 | 3 | 28 | 84 | Audray McMillian | New England Patriots | DB |
| 1985 | 12 | 23 | 331 | Bryant Winn | Washington Redskins | LB |
| 1986 | 3 | 26 | 81 | T. J. Turner | Miami Dolphins | DT |
| 1986 | 7 | 13 | 179 | Carl Hilton | Minnesota Vikings | TE |
| 1986 | 12 | 25 | 330 | Larry Shepherd | Los Angeles Raiders | WR |
| 1989 | 5 | 10 | 122 | Johnnie Jackson | San Francisco 49ers | DB |
| 1989 | 5 | 19 | 131 | Glenn Montgomery | Houston Oilers | DT |
| 1989 | 10 | 2 | 253 | Jason Phillips | Detroit Lions | WR |
| 1990 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Andre Ware | Detroit Lions | QB |
| 1990 | 1 | 15 | 15 | Lamar Lathon | Houston Oilers | LB |
| 1990 | 2 | 27 | 52 | Alton Montgomery | Denver Broncos | DB |
| 1990 | 3 | 13 | 66 | Alfred Oglesby | Miami Dolphins | DT |
| 1990 | 3 | 28 | 81 | Craig Veasey | Pittsburgh Steelers | DT |
| 1990 | 11 | 2 | 278 | Chris Ellison | Atlanta Falcons | DB |
| 1990 | 11 | 19 | 295 | Joey Banes | Houston Oilers | T |
| 1991 | 7 | 9 | 176 | Reggie Burnette | Green Bay Packers | LB |
| 1991 | 9 | 19 | 242 | Chuck Weatherspoon | Philadelphia Eagles | RB |
| 1992 | 1 | 6 | 6 | David Klingler | Cincinnati Bengals | QB |
| 1992 | 6 | 14 | 154 | Glenn Cadrez | New York Jets | LB |
| 1992 | 7 | 24 | 192 | John Brown | Chicago Bears | WR |
| 1992 | 9 | 2 | 226 | Ostell Miles | Cincinnati Bengals | RB |
| 1992 | 11 | 23 | 303 | Mike Gisler | New Orleans Saints | G |
| 1994 | 2 | 22 | 51 | Allen Aldridge | Denver Broncos | LB |
| 1994 | 3 | 8 | 73 | Lamar Smith | Seattle Seahawks | RB |
| 1994 | 6 | 13 | 174 | Ryan McCoy | Philadelphia Eagles | LB |
| 1995 | 1 | 25 | 25 | Billy Milner | Miami Dolphins | T |
| 1996 | 2 | 21 | 51 | Dedric Mathis | Indianapolis Colts | DB |
| 1996 | 5 | 14 | 146 | Jimmy Herndon | Jacksonville Jaguars | G |
| 1997 | 1 | 23 | 23 | Antowain Smith | Buffalo Bills | RB |
| 1997 | 4 | 21 | 117 | Delmonico Montgomery | Indianapolis Colts | DB |
| 1997 | 6 | 22 | 185 | Marcus Spriggs | Buffalo Bills | G |
| 1997 | 6 | 28 | 191 | Chuck Clements | New York Jets | QB |
| 1998 | 4 | 23 | 115 | Leonta Rheams | New England Patriots | DT |
| 1998 | 7 | 24 | 213 | Ben Fricke | New York Giants | C |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | 213 | Mike Green | Tennessee Titans | RB |
| 2003 | 6 | 15 | 188 | Hanik Milligan | San Diego Chargers | DB |
| 2004 | 6 | 9 | 174 | Rex Hadnot | Miami Dolphins | C |
| 2005 | 2 | 6 | 38 | Stanford Routt | Oakland Raiders | DB |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 | 36 | Kevin Kolb | Philadelphia Eagles | QB |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 33 | Donnie Avery | St. Louis Rams | WR |
| 2009 | 2 | 26 | 58 | Sebastian Vollmer | New England Patriots | T |
| 2010 | 6 | 1 | 170 | Fendi Onobun | St. Louis Rams | TE |
| 2013 | 1 | 12 | 12 | D. J. Hayden | Oakland Raiders | DB |
| 2016 | 1 | 24 | 24 | William Jackson III | Cincinnati Bengals | DB |
| 2016 | 6 | 39 | 214 | Elandon Roberts | New England Patriots | LB |
| 2016 | 7 | 8 | 229 | Demarcus Ayers | Pittsburgh Steelers | WR |
| 2017 | 2 | 15 | 47 | Tyus Bowser | Baltimore Ravens | LB |
| 2017 | 4 | 19 | 126 | Howard Wilson | Cleveland Browns | DB |
| 2017 | 6 | 23 | 207 | Brandon Wilson | Cincinnati Bengals | DB |
| 2018 | 7 | 3 | 221 | Matthew Adams | Indianapolis Colts | LB |
| 2019 | 1 | 9 | 9 | Ed Oliver | Buffalo Bills | DT |
| 2019 | 4 | 27 | 129 | Isaiah Johnson | Oakland Raiders | DB |
| 2019 | 6 | 27 | 200 | Emeke Egbule | Los Angeles Chargers | LB |
| 2020 | 3 | 8 | 72 | Josh Jones | Arizona Cardinals | T |
| 2021 | 1 | 28 | 28 | Payton Turner | New Orleans Saints | DE |
| 2021 | 6 | 19 | 203 | Marquez Stevenson | Buffalo Bills | WR |
| 2021 | 7 | 31 | 259 | Grant Stuard | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | LB |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 33 | Logan Hall | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | DT |
| 2022 | 3 | 21 | 85 | Marcus Jones | New England Patriots | DB |
| 2022 | 4 | 36 | 141 | Damarion Williams | Baltimore Ravens | DB |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 | 69 | Nathaniel Dell | Houston Texans | WR |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 | 139 | Clayton Tune | Arizona Cardinals | QB |
| 2023 | 7 | 23 | 240 | Derek Parish | Jacksonville Jaguars | FB |
| 2023 | 7 | 37 | 254 | Gervarrius Owens | New York Giants | DB |
| 2024 | 2 | 23 | 55 | Patrick Paul | Miami Dolphins | T |