# List of Tennessee State Tigers in the NFL draft

This is a list of Tennessee State Tigers 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 | 28 | 8 | 333 | Hal Turner | Detroit Lions | E |
| 1953 | 28 | 4 | 329 | Jim Caldwell | Chicago Bears | T |
| 1961 | 8 | 5 | 103 | George Balthazar | Pittsburgh Steelers | T |
| 1964 | 18 | 2 | 240 | Izzy Lang | Philadelphia Eagles | RB |
| 1965 | 8 | 14 | 112 | Roosevelt Davis | Baltimore Colts | T |
| 1966 | 4 | 11 | 59 | Willie Walker | Detroit Lions | WR |
| 1966 | 6 | 12 | 92 | Frank McRae | Chicago Bears | DT |
| 1966 | 7 | 8 | 103 | Johnnie Robinson | Detroit Lions | WR |
| 1966 | 12 | 15 | 185 | Jim Carer | Baltimore Colts | G |
| 1967 | 3 | 12 | 65 | Bill Tucker | San Francisco 49ers | RB |
| 1967 | 4 | 7 | 87 | Alvin Coleman | Minnesota Vikings | DB |
| 1967 | 6 | 23 | 156 | Noland Smith | Kansas City Chiefs | RB |
| 1967 | 10 | 15 | 252 | Leon Moore | Los Angeles Rams | DB |
| 1967 | 10 | 23 | 260 | Eugene Bowens | Dallas Cowboys | RB |
| 1967 | 12 | 26 | 315 | John Robinson | New Orleans Saints | WR |
| 1967 | 13 | 3 | 318 | Howard Finley | Buffalo Bills | DB |
| 1968 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Claude Humphrey | Atlanta Falcons | DE |
| 1968 | 1 | 25 | 25 | Eldridge Dickey | Oakland Raiders | QB |
| 1968 | 4 | 25 | 108 | John Robinson | Green Bay Packers | WR |
| 1968 | 6 | 3 | 141 | Leo Johnson | San Francisco 49ers | WR |
| 1968 | 6 | 17 | 155 | Dewey Warren | Cincinnati Bengals | QB |
| 1968 | 8 | 24 | 216 | Tommy Davis | Baltimore Colts | G |
| 1969 | 1 | 23 | 23 | Jim Marsalis | Kansas City Chiefs | DB |
| 1969 | 3 | 13 | 65 | Elbert Drungo | Houston Oilers | T |
| 1969 | 5 | 25 | 129 | King Dunlap | Baltimore Colts | DT |
| 1969 | 8 | 4 | 186 | Joe Cooper | Pittsburgh Steelers | WR |
| 1969 | 11 | 24 | 284 | Harold Rice | Oakland Raiders | LB |
| 1969 | 12 | 9 | 295 | Bob Shannon | Washington Redskins | DB |
| 1969 | 13 | 2 | 313 | Harry Carpenter | Atlanta Falcons | T |
| 1970 | 2 | 10 | 36 | Joe Jones | Cleveland Browns | DE |
| 1970 | 5 | 13 | 117 | Claude Brumfield | New York Giants | G |
| 1970 | 16 | 3 | 393 | Charles Williams | Miami Dolphins | G |
| 1971 | 1 | 15 | 15 | Vernon Holland | Cincinnati Bengals | T |
| 1971 | 4 | 22 | 100 | Larry Woods | Detroit Lions | DT |
| 1971 | 6 | 13 | 143 | Jacob Mayes | San Diego Chargers | RB |
| 1971 | 7 | 12 | 168 | Dave Davis | Green Bay Packers | WR |
| 1971 | 8 | 15 | 197 | Fred Herring | Cincinnati Bengals | DB |
| 1971 | 10 | 4 | 238 | William West | Oakland Raiders | DB |
| 1971 | 11 | 4 | 264 | Albert Davis | Philadelphia Eagles | RB |
| 1971 | 11 | 13 | 273 | Don Pinson | San Diego Chargers | DB |
| 1971 | 17 | 19 | 435 | Joe Sweet | Los Angeles Rams | WR |
| 1972 | 2 | 19 | 45 | Clifford Brooks | Cleveland Browns | DB |
| 1972 | 11 | 8 | 268 | Robert Stevenson | New York Jets | LB |
| 1972 | 11 | 13 | 273 | Joe Gilliam | Pittsburgh Steelers | QB |
| 1973 | 2 | 12 | 38 | Robert Woods | New York Jets | T |
| 1973 | 4 | 6 | 84 | James Thaxton | San Diego Chargers | TE |
| 1973 | 4 | 7 | 85 | Ollie Smith | Baltimore Colts | WR |
| 1973 | 5 | 9 | 113 | Charles McTorry | Denver Broncos | DB |
| 1973 | 7 | 3 | 159 | Will Wynn | Philadelphia Eagles | DE |
| 1973 | 12 | 19 | 305 | Larry Pettus | San Francisco 49ers | T |
| 1973 | 13 | 6 | 318 | Alfred Reese | San Diego Chargers | RB |
| 1973 | 17 | 26 | 442 | Charlie Wade | Miami Dolphins | WR |
| 1974 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ed Jones | Dallas Cowboys | DE |
| 1974 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Waymond Bryant | Chicago Bears | LB |
| 1974 | 2 | 3 | 29 | John Holland | Minnesota Vikings | WR |
| 1974 | 2 | 7 | 33 | Greg Kindle | St. Louis Cardinals | T |
| 1974 | 2 | 16 | 42 | Carl Wafer | Denver Broncos | DT |
| 1974 | 13 | 19 | 331 | Ed Gatewood | Buffalo Bills | LB |
| 1975 | 4 | 7 | 85 | Cleveland Elam | San Francisco 49ers | DE |
| 1975 | 7 | 17 | 173 | Mike Hegman | Dallas Cowboys | LB |
| 1975 | 9 | 10 | 218 | James Johnson | San Francisco 49ers | DB |
| 1975 | 14 | 1 | 339 | James Lewis | Miami Dolphins | DB |
| 1976 | 2 | 21 | 49 | Loaird McCreary | Miami Dolphins | TE |
| 1976 | 3 | 4 | 64 | Larry Dorsey | San Diego Chargers | WR |
| 1976 | 4 | 6 | 98 | Melvin Mitchell | Miami Dolphins | G |
| 1976 | 7 | 18 | 200 | John Owens | Miami Dolphins | DE |
| 1976 | 14 | 10 | 385 | Melvin Shy | Philadelphia Eagles | DB |
| 1977 | 4 | 18 | 102 | Oliver Davis | Cleveland Browns | DB |
| 1977 | 5 | 10 | 122 | Nate Simpson | Green Bay Packers | RB |
| 1977 | 6 | 6 | 145 | Kevin Russell | Philadelphia Eagles | DB |
| 1977 | 6 | 12 | 151 | Larry Barnes | San Diego Chargers | RB |
| 1977 | 11 | 3 | 282 | Nate Jackson | Buffalo Bills | RB |
| 1978 | 2 | 1 | 29 | Sylvester Hicks | Kansas City Chiefs | DE |
| 1978 | 2 | 18 | 46 | Stan Johnson | Los Angeles Rams | DT |
| 1978 | 4 | 1 | 85 | Daniel Johnson | Kansas City Chiefs | LB |
| 1978 | 4 | 18 | 102 | Dwight Wheeler | New England Patriots | T |
| 1978 | 4 | 23 | 107 | Homer Elias | Detroit Lions | G |
| 1978 | 5 | 2 | 112 | Jerrold McRae | Kansas City Chiefs | WR |
| 1978 | 6 | 14 | 152 | Rodney Parker | Atlanta Falcons | WR |
| 1979 | 10 | 13 | 261 | John Smith | Cleveland Browns | WR |
| 1979 | 11 | 1 | 276 | Billy McBride | San Francisco 49ers | DB |
| 1979 | 11 | 26 | 301 | Jesse Deremus | Los Angeles Rams | DT |
| 1981 | 12 | 18 | 322 | Joe Adams | San Francisco 49ers | QB |
| 1982 | 5 | 10 | 121 | Malcolm Taylor | Houston Oilers | DE |
| 1982 | 9 | 10 | 233 | Bryan Howard | Minnesota Vikings | DB |
| 1982 | 12 | 3 | 309 | Donald Laster | Washington Redskins | T |
| 1983 | 3 | 24 | 80 | Steve Moore | New England Patriots | G |
| 1983 | 6 | 19 | 159 | Mike Jones | Minnesota Vikings | WR |
| 1983 | 6 | 25 | 165 | Larry Kinnebrew | Cincinnati Bengals | RB |
| 1983 | 8 | 7 | 203 | Richard Dent | Chicago Bears | DE |
| 1983 | 10 | 15 | 266 | Walter Tate | Minnesota Vikings | C |
| 1984 | 5 | 8 | 120 | Golden Tate II | Indianapolis Colts | WR |
| 1985 | 11 | 9 | 289 | Herman Hunter | Philadelphia Eagles | RB |
| 1987 | 3 | 19 | 75 | Onzy Elam | New York Jets | LB |
| 1987 | 8 | 10 | 205 | Charles Buchanan | Pittsburgh Steelers | DE |
| 1988 | 11 | 2 | 279 | Frank Pillow | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | WR |
| 1990 | 3 | 3 | 56 | Tony Stargell | New York Jets | DB |
| 1990 | 3 | 20 | 73 | Anthony Pleasant | Cleveland Browns | DE |
| 1990 | 11 | 13 | 289 | Anthony Shelton | San Francisco 49ers | DB |
| 1990 | 11 | 24 | 300 | Tyrone Watson | Philadelphia Eagles | WR |
| 1992 | 6 | 5 | 145 | Larry Tharpe | Detroit Lions | T |
| 1992 | 10 | 24 | 276 | Marcus Dowdell | New Orleans Saints | WR |
| 1993 | 7 | 19 | 187 | Patrick Robinson | Houston Oilers | WR |
| 1994 | 4 | 20 | 123 | Randy Fuller | Denver Broncos | DB |
| 1995 | 5 | 16 | 150 | Cedric Davis | Arizona Cardinals | DB |
| 1996 | 7 | 18 | 227 | Clarence Jones | Jacksonville Jaguars | WR |
| 1996 | 7 | 36 | 245 | Darrell Williams | Kansas City Chiefs | DB |
| 2000 | 4 | 6 | 100 | Michael Thompson | Atlanta Falcons | G |
| 2000 | 4 | 27 | 121 | Avion Black | Buffalo Bills | WR |
| 2008 | 1 | 16 | 16 | Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie | Arizona Cardinals | DB |
| 2009 | 7 | 3 | 212 | Javarris Williams | Kansas City Chiefs | RB |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 | 143 | Kadeem Edwards | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | G |
| 2014 | 7 | 35 | 250 | Demetrius Rhaney | St. Louis Rams | C |
| 2015 | 5 | 40 | 176 | Robert Myers | Baltimore Ravens | G |
| 2015 | 7 | 1 | 218 | Anthony Morris | Oakland Raiders | T |
| 2020 | 7 | 13 | 227 | Lachavious Simmons | Chicago Bears | T |