# List of Marshall Thundering Herd in the NFL draft

The Marshall Thundering Herd football team, representing Marshall University, has had 283 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936. This includes three players taken in the first round. The New England Patriots have drafted the most Marshall players with five. Four former Thundering Herd have been selected to a Pro Bowl, six former Thundering Herd have won a league championship with their respective teams, and one former Thundering have been selected to both a Pro Bowl and won a league championship.
Each NFL franchise seeks to add new players through the annual NFL draft. The draft rules were last updated in 2009. The team with the worst record the previous year picks first, the next-worst team second, and so on. Teams that did not make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record with any remaining ties broken by strength of schedule. Playoff participants are sequenced after non-playoff teams, based on their round of elimination (wild card, division, conference, and Super Bowl).
Before the merger agreements in 1966, 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". When 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 | Selected to a Pro Bowl | Selected to a Pro Bowl | Selected to a Pro Bowl | Selected to a Pro Bowl |
| † | Won an NFL/Super Bowl championship | Won an NFL/Super Bowl championship | Won an NFL/Super Bowl championship | Won an NFL/Super Bowl championship | Won an NFL/Super Bowl championship |
| ‡ | Selected to a Pro Bowl and won an NFL/Super Bowl championship | Selected to a Pro Bowl and won an NFL/Super Bowl championship | Selected to a Pro Bowl and won an NFL/Super Bowl championship | Selected to a Pro Bowl and won an NFL/Super Bowl championship | Selected to a Pro Bowl and won an NFL/Super Bowl championship |

## Selections

| Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | Team | Position | Notes |
| 1939 | 17 | 1 | 151 | Ev Elkins | Chicago Cardinals | B | — |
| 1939 | 18 | 2 | 162 | Frank Huffman | Chicago Cardinals | E | — |
| 1940 | 14 | 6 | 126 | Jack Morlock | Detroit Lions | B | — |
| 1941 | 7 | 3 | 53 | Jim Roberts | Pittsburgh Steelers | C | — |
| 1942 | 13 | 10 | 120 | Jackie Hunt | Chicago Bears | B | — |
| 1948 | 21 | 8 | 193 | Charlie Snyder | Pittsburgh Steelers | T | — |
| 1950 | 13 | 13 | 170 | Norm Willey* | Philadelphia Eagles | B | Pro Bowl (1954, 1955) All-Pro (1954) |
| 1954 | 13 | 12 | 157 | Jim Swierczek | Detroit Lions | B | — |
| 1955 | 18 | 5 | 210 | Albie Maier | Pittsburgh Steelers | G | — |
| 1956 | 8 | 12 | 97 | Len Hellyer | Cleveland Browns | B | — |
| 1958 | 15 | 1 | 170 | Ray Dunlap | Chicago Cardinals | B | — |
| 1958 | 24 | 11 | 288 | Jim O'Connor | Cleveland Browns | T | — |
| 1959 | 29 | 3 | 338 | Jim O'Connor | Chicago Cardinals | T | — |
| 1962 | 17 | 10 | 234 | Rucker Wickline | Detroit Lions | C | — |
| 1964 | 18 | 13 | 251 | Mike Hicks | Green Bay Packers | G | — |
| 1965 | 16 | 1 | 211 | Tom Good | New York Giants | B | — |
| 1967 | 14 | 12 | 353 | Andy Socha | Washington Redskins | RB | — |
| 1983 | 7 | 18 | 186 | Carl Lee* | Minnesota Vikings | DB | Pro Bowl (1988, 1989, 1990) All-Pro (1988) |
| 1989 | 4 | 28 | 112 | Michael Barber$^†$ | San Francisco 49ers | WR | Super Bowl champion (XXIV) |
| 1989 | 6 | 25 | 164 | Sean Doctor | Buffalo Bills | TE | — |
| 1993 | 8 | 2 | 198 | Troy Brown$^‡$ | New England Patriots | WR | Pro Bowl (2001) Super Bowl champion (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX) |
| 1998 | 1 | 21 | 21 | Randy Moss* | Minnesota Vikings | WR | Pro Bowl (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007) All-Pro (1998, 2000, 2003, 2007) NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1998) Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee (2018) |
| 1998 | 5 | 25 | 148 | John Wade | Jacksonville Jaguars | C | — |
| 2000 | 1 | 18 | 18 | Chad Pennington | New York Jets | QB | NFL Comeback Player of the Year (2006, 2008) |
| 2000 | 2 | 12 | 43 | Rogers Beckett | San Diego Chargers | DB | — |
| 2000 | 3 | 26 | 88 | Doug Chapman | Minnesota Vikings | RB | — |
| 2000 | 6 | 9 | 175 | James Williams | Seattle Seahawks | WR | — |
| 2001 | 2 | 20 | 51 | Paul Toviessi | Denver Broncos | DE | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 32 | 243 | Chris Massey | St. Louis Rams | FB | — |
| 2003 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Byron Leftwich$^†$ | Jacksonville Jaguars | QB | Super Bowl champion (XLIII) |
| 2003 | 3 | 20 | 84 | Chris Crocker | Cleveland Browns | DB | — |
| 2003 | 4 | 25 | 122 | Steve Sciullo | Indianapolis Colts | T | — |
| 2004 | 2 | 22 | 54 | Darius Watts | Denver Broncos | WR | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 32 | 206 | Johnathan Goddard$^†$ | Detroit Lions | DE | Super Bowl champion (XLI) |
| 2007 | 7 | 40 | 250 | Ahmad Bradshaw$^†$ | New York Giants | RB | Super Bowl champion (XLII, XLVI) |
| 2011 | 5 | 28 | 159 | Lee Smith | New England Patriots | TE | — |
| 2012 | 2 | 27 | 59 | Vinny Curry$^†$ | Philadelphia Eagles | DE | Super Bowl champion (LII) |
| 2013 | 2 | 27 | 59 | Aaron Dobson$^†$ | New England Patriots | WR | Super Bowl champion (XLIX) |
| 2014 | 6 | 23 | 199 | Garrett Scott | Seattle Seahawks | T | — |
| 2015 | 7 | 30 | 247 | Darryl Roberts | New England Patriots | DB | — |
| 2020 | 5 | 14 | 159 | Justin Rohrwasser | New England Patriots | K | — |
| 2020 | 7 | 29 | 243 | Chris Jackson | Tennessee Titans | DB | — |
| 2021 | 4 | 33 | 138 | Josh Ball | Dallas Cowboys | T | — |
| 2022 | 7 | 38 | 259 | Nazeeh Johnson$^†$ | Kansas City Chiefs | DB | Super Bowl champion (LVII, LVIII) |
| 2024 | 5 | 30 | 165 | Rasheen Ali | Baltimore Ravens | RB | — |
| 2024 | 6 | 25 | 201 | Micah Abraham | Indianapolis Colts | DB | — |