# List of San Diego State Aztecs in the NFL draft

This is a list of San Diego State Aztecs 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 |
| 1952 | 4 | 12 | 49 | Volney Quinlan | Los Angeles Rams | B |
| 1952 | 21 | 12 | 253 | Art Preston | Los Angeles Rams | B |
| 1953 | 17 | 8 | 201 | Hugh Latham | San Francisco 49ers | T |
| 1953 | 19 | 12 | 229 | Paul Held | Detroit Lions | B |
| 1954 | 4 | 9 | 46 | Norm Nygaard | Los Angeles Rams | B |
| 1955 | 17 | 9 | 202 | Bob Newton | San Francisco 49ers | G |
| 1963 | 14 | 5 | 187 | Neal Petties | Baltimore Colts | E |
| 1963 | 17 | 5 | 229 | Kern Carson | Baltimore Colts | B |
| 1963 | 21 | 1 | 161 | Neal Petties | Oakland Raiders | E |
| 1963 | 29 | 5 | 229 | Kern Carson | Denver Broncos | B |
| 1964 | 11 | 7 | 147 | John Farris | Los Angeles Rams | T |
| 1964 | 17 | 8 | 136 | John Farris | San Diego Chargers | T |
| 1964 | 20 | 8 | 274 | John Butler | Baltimore Colts | RB |
| 1964 | 26 | 3 | 203 | John Butler | New York Jets | RB |
| 1965 | 6 | 7 | 77 | Gary Garrison | Philadelphia Eagles | WR |
| 1965 | 12 | 6 | 94 | Jim Allison | San Diego Chargers | RB |
| 1965 | 16 | 6 | 126 | John Godden | San Diego Chargers | LB |
| 1965 | 18 | 2 | 240 | Leon Standridge | San Francisco 49ers | E |
| 1965 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Gary Garrison | San Diego Chargers | E |
| 1965 | 2 | 6 | 14 | Larry Martin | San Diego Chargers | T |
| 1965 | 12 | 7 | 95 | Leon Standridge | Boston Patriots | E |
| 1966 | 9 | 8 | 80 | Clifton Kinney | Oakland Raiders | LB |
| 1966 | 11 | 13 | 168 | Ralph Wenzel | Green Bay Packers | G |
| 1966 | 13 | 9 | 117 | Houston Ridge | San Diego Chargers | DE |
| 1966 | 13 | 10 | 195 | Larry Martin | Minnesota Vikings | T |
| 1966 | 3 | 8 | 26 | Jeff Staggs | San Diego Chargers | LB |
| 1966 | 8 | 7 | 70 | Ray Schmautz | Oakland Raiders | LB |
| 1967 | 1 | 25 | 25 | Don Horn | Green Bay Packers | QB |
| 1967 | 2 | 5 | 31 | Leo Carroll | Atlanta Falcons | DE |
| 1967 | 2 | 9 | 35 | Don Shy | Pittsburgh Steelers | RB |
| 1967 | 2 | 10 | 36 | Bob Jones | Chicago Bears | DB |
| 1967 | 2 | 22 | 48 | Bob Howard | San Diego Chargers | DB |
| 1967 | 6 | 14 | 147 | Nate Johns | San Diego Chargers | WR |
| 1967 | 7 | 15 | 174 | John Williams | Philadelphia Eagles | DB |
| 1967 | 15 | 14 | 381 | Craig Scoggins | San Diego Chargers | WR |
| 1968 | 1 | 9 | 9 | Haven Moses | Buffalo Bills | WR |
| 1968 | 5 | 10 | 121 | Steve Duich | Green Bay Packers | T |
| 1968 | 12 | 3 | 303 | John Beck | New Orleans Saints | DB |
| 1968 | 13 | 27 | 354 | Teddy Washington | Cincinnati Bengals | RB |
| 1969 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Fred Dryer | New York Giants | DE |
| 1969 | 3 | 23 | 75 | Lloyd Edwards | Oakland Raiders | TE |
| 1969 | 7 | 23 | 179 | Tom Nettles | Kansas City Chiefs | WR |
| 1969 | 12 | 4 | 290 | Doug Fisher | Pittsburgh Steelers | LB |
| 1970 | 2 | 4 | 30 | Dennis Shaw | Buffalo Bills | QB |
| 1970 | 4 | 26 | 104 | Billie Hayes | Cincinnati Bengals | DB |
| 1970 | 7 | 10 | 166 | Lon Woodard | New Orleans Saints | DE |
| 1970 | 12 | 20 | 306 | Bill Pierson | New York Jets | C |
| 1971 | 2 | 7 | 33 | Ken Burrow | Atlanta Falcons | WR |
| 1971 | 2 | 24 | 50 | Henry Allison | Philadelphia Eagles | G |
| 1971 | 5 | 4 | 108 | Tom Shellabarger | Philadelphia Eagles | T |
| 1971 | 6 | 7 | 137 | Tom Hayes | Atlanta Falcons | DB |
| 1971 | 8 | 13 | 195 | Leon Van Gorkum | San Diego Chargers | DE |
| 1971 | 16 | 7 | 397 | Lindsey James | Atlanta Falcons | RB |
| 1972 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Willie Buchanon | Green Bay Packers | DB |
| 1972 | 2 | 23 | 49 | Tom Reynolds | New England Patriots | WR |
| 1972 | 4 | 6 | 84 | Martin Imhof | St. Louis Cardinals | DT |
| 1972 | 4 | 12 | 90 | Robert West | Dallas Cowboys | WR |
| 1972 | 6 | 11 | 141 | Bruce Ward | San Diego Chargers | G |
| 1972 | 13 | 18 | 330 | Brian Sipe | Cleveland Browns | QB |
| 1972 | 14 | 23 | 361 | Marv Owens | Minnesota Vikings | RB |
| 1973 | 1 | 15 | 15 | Isaac Curtis | Cincinnati Bengals | WR |
| 1973 | 4 | 12 | 90 | Bill Ferguson | New York Jets | LB |
| 1973 | 6 | 3 | 133 | Jim Peterson | Los Angeles Rams | DE |
| 1973 | 12 | 2 | 288 | Joe Lavender | Philadelphia Eagles | DB |
| 1974 | 3 | 16 | 68 | Claudie Minor | Denver Broncos | T |
| 1974 | 6 | 3 | 133 | Jesse Freitas | San Diego Chargers | QB |
| 1975 | 2 | 2 | 28 | Monte Jackson | Los Angeles Rams | DB |
| 1976 | 3 | 13 | 73 | Duke Fergerson | Dallas Cowboys | WR |
| 1976 | 4 | 15 | 107 | Craig Penrose | Denver Broncos | QB |
| 1976 | 6 | 14 | 170 | Greg Boyd | New England Patriots | DE |
| 1976 | 11 | 9 | 300 | Mike Gilbert | Philadelphia Eagles | DT |
| 1976 | 13 | 16 | 363 | Mel Jacobs | Detroit Lions | WR |
| 1976 | 16 | 12 | 443 | Reggie Lewis | San Francisco 49ers | DE |
| 1977 | 11 | 5 | 284 | Bill Helms | New York Giants | TE |
| 1978 | 2 | 17 | 45 | Deacon Turner | Cincinnati Bengals | RB |
| 1978 | 2 | 25 | 53 | Ron Smith | Los Angeles Rams | WR |
| 1978 | 3 | 19 | 75 | Whip Walton | Minnesota Vikings | LB |
| 1978 | 5 | 6 | 116 | Mike Douglass | Green Bay Packers | LB |
| 1978 | 5 | 10 | 120 | Terry Jackson | New York Giants | DB |
| 1978 | 5 | 15 | 125 | Dennis Pearson | Atlanta Falcons | WR |
| 1979 | 4 | 21 | 103 | Don Warren | Washington Redskins | TE |
| 1979 | 6 | 19 | 156 | Henry Williams | Oakland Raiders | DB |
| 1979 | 8 | 12 | 204 | Kent Perkov | Cleveland Browns | DE |
| 1980 | 7 | 23 | 188 | Terrell Ward | Philadelphia Eagles | DB |
| 1980 | 10 | 14 | 263 | Kevin Fiedel | Cleveland Browns | C |
| 1981 | 6 | 12 | 150 | Reuben Henderson | Chicago Bears | DB |
| 1981 | 12 | 1 | 305 | Jim Wilks | New Orleans Saints | DT |
| 1982 | 2 | 21 | 48 | Matt Kofler | Buffalo Bills | QB |
| 1982 | 2 | 22 | 49 | Vernon Dean | Washington Redskins | DB |
| 1983 | 3 | 4 | 60 | Clint Sampson | Denver Broncos | WR |
| 1983 | 3 | 23 | 79 | Todd Seabaugh | Pittsburgh Steelers | LB |
| 1983 | 4 | 1 | 85 | Phil Smith | Baltimore Colts | WR |
| 1983 | 4 | 27 | 111 | Doug Reed | Los Angeles Rams | DT |
| 1983 | 10 | 19 | 270 | Darius Durham | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | WR |
| 1984u | 2 | 9 | 37 | Jim Sandusky | New York Jets | WR |
| 1984u | 3 | 4 | 60 | Thomas Carter | Philadelphia Eagles | LB |
| 1984u | 3 | 25 | 81 | Jeff Spek | Dallas Cowboys | TE |
| 1984 | 3 | 23 | 79 | Sean McNanie | Buffalo Bills | DE |
| 1984 | 11 | 20 | 300 | Mike Saxon | Detroit Lions | P |
| 1985 | 2 | 5 | 33 | Tory Nixon | Washington Redskins | DB |
| 1985 | 3 | 6 | 62 | James Johnson | Detroit Lions | LB |
| 1985 | 3 | 15 | 71 | Rich Moran | Green Bay Packers | G |
| 1985 | 9 | 11 | 235 | Mike Waters | New York Jets | RB |
| 1986 | 2 | 16 | 43 | Webster Slaughter | Cleveland Browns | WR |
| 1986 | 4 | 16 | 98 | Dan Knight | Green Bay Packers | T |
| 1986 | 5 | 20 | 130 | Vince Warren | New York Giants | WR |
| 1987 | 3 | 6 | 62 | Robert Awalt | St. Louis Cardinals | TE |
| 1988 | 7 | 28 | 193 | Harold Hicks | Washington Redskins | DB |
| 1988 | 9 | 25 | 246 | Clarence Nunn | New Orleans Saints | DB |
| 1988 | 10 | 25 | 274 | Todd Santos | New Orleans Saints | QB |
| 1988 | 12 | 10 | 315 | Wayne Ross | Washington Redskins | P |
| 1988 | 12 | 21 | 326 | Dave DesRochers | Seattle Seahawks | T |
| 1989 | 5 | 23 | 135 | Alfred Jackson | Los Angeles Rams | WR |
| 1990 | 8 | 10 | 203 | Roman Fortin | Detroit Lions | G |
| 1990 | 12 | 9 | 313 | Robert Claiborne | Detroit Lions | WR |
| 1991 | 1 | 16 | 16 | Dan McGwire | Seattle Seahawks | QB |
| 1991 | 4 | 2 | 85 | Pio Sagapolutele | Cleveland Browns | DT |
| 1991 | 6 | 3 | 142 | Nick Subis | Denver Broncos | T |
| 1992 | 2 | 24 | 52 | Patrick Rowe | Cleveland Browns | WR |
| 1992 | 6 | 28 | 168 | Ray Rowe | Washington Redskins | TE |
| 1992 | 8 | 17 | 213 | Jim Jennings | Kansas City Chiefs | G |
| 1994 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Marshall Faulk | Indianapolis Colts | RB |
| 1994 | 2 | 1 | 30 | Darnay Scott | Cincinnati Bengals | WR |
| 1994 | 7 | 1 | 195 | Ramondo Stallings | Cincinnati Bengals | DE |
| 1995 | 6 | 33 | 204 | Jamal Duff | New York Giants | DE |
| 1996 | 5 | 34 | 166 | La'Roi Glover | Oakland Raiders | DT |
| 1996 | 7 | 41 | 250 | DeAndre Maxwell | Washington Redskins | WR |
| 1997 | 2 | 23 | 53 | Will Blackwell | Pittsburgh Steelers | WR |
| 1997 | 5 | 20 | 150 | Nate Jacquet | Indianapolis Colts | WR |
| 1997 | 5 | 24 | 154 | George Jones | Pittsburgh Steelers | RB |
| 1997 | 6 | 38 | 201 | Ricky Parker | Chicago Bears | DB |
| 1998 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Kyle Turley | New Orleans Saints | T |
| 1998 | 4 | 4 | 96 | Az-Zahir Hakim | St. Louis Rams | WR |
| 1998 | 7 | 10 | 199 | Ephraim Salaam | Atlanta Falcons | T |
| 2000 | 5 | 20 | 149 | Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila | Green Bay Packers | LB |
| 2000 | 7 | 14 | 220 | Andrew Kline | St. Louis Rams | G |
| 2000 | 7 | 34 | 240 | Mike Malano | Minnesota Vikings | C |
| 2002 | 2 | 18 | 50 | Chester Pitts | Houston Texans | G |
| 2002 | 6 | 25 | 197 | Larry Ned | Oakland Raiders | RB |
| 2002 | 6 | 28 | 200 | Mike Houghton | Green Bay Packers | T |
| 2003 | 5 | 34 | 169 | J. R. Tolver | Miami Dolphins | WR |
| 2004 | 5 | 20 | 152 | Jeff Shoate | Denver Broncos | DB |
| 2005 | 2 | 31 | 63 | Matt McCoy | Philadelphia Eagles | LB |
| 2005 | 3 | 14 | 78 | Kirk Morrison | Oakland Raiders | LB |
| 2005 | 4 | 14 | 115 | Marviel Underwood | Green Bay Packers | DB |
| 2006 | 3 | 30 | 94 | Freddie Keiaho | Indianapolis Colts | LB |
| 2006 | 6 | 21 | 190 | Jeff Webb | Kansas City Chiefs | WR |
| 2008 | 3 | 31 | 94 | Kevin O'Connell | New England Patriots | QB |
| 2008 | 6 | 23 | 189 | Tyler Schmitt | Seattle Seahawks | C |
| 2008 | 7 | 10 | 217 | Brett Swain | Green Bay Packers | WR |
| 2008 | 7 | 19 | 226 | Chaz Schilens | Oakland Raiders | WR |
| 2009 | 7 | 37 | 246 | Lance Louis | Chicago Bears | G |
| 2011 | 3 | 18 | 82 | Vincent Brown | San Diego Chargers | WR |
| 2011 | 7 | 46 | 249 | DeMarco Sampson | Arizona Cardinals | WR |
| 2012 | 3 | 4 | 67 | Ronnie Hillman | Denver Broncos | RB |
| 2012 | 4 | 34 | 129 | Miles Burris | Oakland Raiders | LB |
| 2012 | 6 | 15 | 185 | Ryan Lindley | Arizona Cardinals | QB |
| 2012 | 7 | 11 | 218 | Jerome Long | Kansas City Chiefs | DT |
| 2013 | 2 | 15 | 47 | Gavin Escobar | Dallas Cowboys | TE |
| 2013 | 3 | 6 | 68 | Leon McFadden | Cleveland Browns | DB |
| 2013 | 7 | 3 | 209 | Brice Butler | Oakland Raiders | WR |
| 2014 | 5 | 12 | 152 | Nat Berhe | New York Giants | DB |
| 2014 | 6 | 32 | 208 | Eric Pinkins | Seattle Seahawks | DB |
| 2015 | 4 | 31 | 130 | Terry Poole | Seattle Seahawks | G |
| 2017 | 4 | 16 | 122 | Nico Siragusa | Baltimore Ravens | G |
| 2017 | 4 | 26 | 132 | Donnel Pumphrey | Philadelphia Eagles | RB |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | 149 | Damontae Kazee | Atlanta Falcons | DB |
| 2018 | 1 | 27 | 27 | Rashaad Penny | Seattle Seahawks | RB |
| 2018 | 7 | 19 | 237 | Nick Bawden | Detroit Lions | FB |
| 2019 | 3 | 22 | 86 | Kahale Warring | Houston Texans | TE |
| 2020 | 5 | 10 | 156 | Keith Ismael | Washington Redskins | C |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 | 108 | Darren Hall | Atlanta Falcons | DB |
| 2022 | 3 | 23 | 87 | Cameron Thomas | Arizona Cardinals | DE |
| 2022 | 4 | 7 | 112 | Daniel Bellinger | New York Giants | TE |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 180 | Matt Araiza | Buffalo Bills | P |
| 2022 | 6 | 7 | 186 | Zachary Thomas | Chicago Bears | T |