# List of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors in the NFL draft

The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, representing the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, has had 69 American football players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the first draft in 1936. The highest that a Warrior has ever been drafted is 19th overall, which occurred when Ashley Lelie was drafted in 2002. The St. Louis Rams have drafted the most Warriors with six.
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 agreement 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, along with the subsequent drafting of the same player in each draft. As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues held a multiple round "Common Draft". Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "Common Draft" simply became the NFL Draft.
The most Warriors selected in a single NFL Draft is five, in 2007. Of the Warriors selected in the NFL Draft, two have been selected to a Pro Bowl: Jason Elam and Jesse Sapolu. Nine have been a member of a Super Bowl winning team, including Sapolu and Elam. One Warrior, Jim Mills, is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.

## 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 a Super Bowl championship | Won a Super Bowl championship | Won a Super Bowl championship | Won a Super Bowl championship | Won a Super Bowl championship |
| ‡ | Selected to a Pro Bowl and won a Super Bowl | Selected to a Pro Bowl and won a Super Bowl | Selected to a Pro Bowl and won a Super Bowl | Selected to a Pro Bowl and won a Super Bowl | Selected to a Pro Bowl and won a Super Bowl |

## Players selected

Hawaii Warriors selected in the NFL/AFL Drafts :
| Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | Team | Position | Notes |
| 1968 | 16 | 20 | 428 | Larry Cole$^†$ | Dallas Cowboys | DE | Super Bowl champion (VI, XII) |
| 1969 | 8 | 5 | 186 | Tim Buchanan | Cincinnati Bengals | LB | — |
| 1969 | 10 | 7 | 241 | McKinley Reynolds | New Orleans Saints | RB | — |
| 1970 | 12 | 22 | 308 | Larry Arnold | Los Angeles Rams | QB | — |
| 1971 | 10 | 5 | 239 | Rocky Pamplin | New Orleans Saints | RB | — |
| 1971 | 16 | 13 | 403 | Ed Foote | San Diego Chargers | C | — |
| 1972 | 10 | 23 | 257 | Rich Ruppert | Kansas City Chiefs | T | — |
| 1972 | 13 | 15 | 327 | Henry Sovio | Atlanta Falcons | TE | — |
| 1973 | 2 | 20 | 46 | Golden Richards$^†$ | Dallas Cowboys | WR | Super Bowl champion (XII) |
| 1973 | 16 | 20 | 410 | John Conley | Dallas Cowboys | TE | — |
| 1974 | 2 | 26 | 52 | Jeris White$^†$ | Miami Dolphins | DB | Super Bowl champion (XVII) |
| 1974 | 17 | 9 | 425 | Levi Stanley | San Francisco 49ers | G | — |
| 1976 | 3 | 16 | 76 | John Woodcock | Detroit Lions | DT | — |
| 1976 | 9 | 17 | 254 | Curtis Akins | Washington Redskins | G | — |
| 1977 | 4 | 22 | 106 | Dan Audick$^†$ | Pittsburgh Steelers | T | Super Bowl champion (XVI) |
| 1979 | 8 | 18 | 210 | Wilbert Haslip | San Diego Chargers | RB | — |
| 1980 | 9 | 1 | 222 | DeWayne Jett | Detroit Lions | WR | — |
| 1980 | 9 | 2 | 223 | Tom Tuinei | Detroit Lions | DT | — |
| 1982 | 6 | 9 | 148 | Gary Allen | Houston Oilers | RB | — |
| 1982 | 7 | 9 | 176 | David Toloumu | Atlanta Falcons | RB | — |
| 1982 | 8 | 4 | 199 | Mark Kafentzis | Cleveland Browns | DB | — |
| 1982 | 10 | 18 | 269 | Dana McLemore$^†$ | San Francisco 49ers | DB | Super Bowl champion (XIX) |
| 1983 | 7 | 6 | 174 | Anthony Edgar | Philadelphia Eagles | RB | — |
| 1983 | 9 | 1 | 225 | Jim Mills | Baltimore Colts | T | — |
| 1983 | 11 | 10 | 289 | Jesse Sapolu$^‡$ | San Francisco 49ers | C | Pro Bowl (1993, 1994) Super Bowl champion (XIX, XXIII, XXIV, XXIX) |
| 1984 | 7 | 26 | 194 | Bernard Carvalho | Miami Dolphins | G | — |
| 1984 | 8 | 5 | 201 | Niko Noga | St. Louis Cardinals | LB | — |
| 1985 | 5 | 10 | 122 | Raphel Cherry | Washington Redskins | DB | — |
| 1985 | 6 | 26 | 166 | Rich Miano | New York Jets | DB | — |
| 1985 | 7 | 2 | 170 | Mike Akiu | Houston Oilers | WR | — |
| 1986 | 2 | 18 | 45 | Walter Murray | Washington Redskins | WR | — |
| 1986 | 9 | 6 | 227 | Kent Kafentzis | St. Louis Cardinals | DB | — |
| 1986 | 9 | 24 | 245 | Nuu Faaola | New York Jets | RB | — |
| 1987 | 3 | 14 | 70 | Colin Scotts | St. Louis Cardinals | DT | — |
| 1987 | 4 | 3 | 87 | Ron Hall | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | TE | — |
| 1987 | 6 | 11 | 151 | Joe Onosai | Dallas Cowboys | G | — |
| 1987 | 9 | 20 | 243 | M.L. Johnson | Seattle Seahawks | LB | — |
| 1988 | 3 | 16 | 71 | Al Noga | Minnesota Vikings | DE | — |
| 1988 | 10 | 22 | 271 | Marco Johnson | Houston Oilers | WR | — |
| 1990 | 3 | 7 | 60 | Leo Goeas | San Diego Chargers | G | — |
| 1992 | 6 | 20 | 160 | Jeff Sydner | Philadelphia Eagles | WR | — |
| 1993 | 3 | 14 | 70 | Jason Elam$^‡$ | Denver Broncos | K | Pro Bowl (1995, 1998, 2002) Super Bowl champion (XXXII, XXXIII) |
| 1993 | 8 | 13 | 209 | Maa Tanuvasa$^†$ | Los Angeles Rams | DT | Super Bowl champion (XXXII, XXXIII) |
| 1993 | 8 | 24 | 220 | Darrick Branch | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | WR | — |
| 1994 | 4 | 19 | 122 | Ta'ase Faumui | Pittsburgh Steelers | DE | — |
| 2000 | 2 | 15 | 46 | Adrian Klemm$^†$ | New England Patriots | T | Super Bowl champion (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX) |
| 2000 | 3 | 24 | 86 | Jeff Ulbrich | San Francisco 49ers | LB | — |
| 2000 | 4 | 10 | 104 | Kaulana Noa | St. Louis Rams | G | — |
| 2001 | 7 | 19 | 219 | Kynan Forney | Atlanta Falcons | G | — |
| 2002 | 1 | 19 | 19 | Ashley Lelie | Denver Broncos | WR | — |
| 2003 | 2 | 11 | 43 | Pisa Tinoisamoa | St. Louis Rams | LB | — |
| 2003 | 3 | 8 | 72 | Vince Manuwai | Jacksonville Jaguars | G | — |
| 2003 | 3 | 9 | 73 | Wayne Hunter | Seattle Seahawks | T | — |
| 2004 | 2 | 10 | 42 | Travis LaBoy | Tennessee Titans | DE | — |
| 2004 | 4 | 8 | 104 | Isaac Sopoaga | San Francisco 49ers | DT | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 11 | 185 | Chad Owens | Jacksonville Jaguars | WR | — |
| 2007 | 2 | 26 | 58 | Ikaika Alama-Francis | Detroit Lions | DE | — |
| 2007 | 2 | 28 | 60 | Samson Satele | Miami Dolphins | C | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 7 | 181 | Reagan Maui'a | Miami Dolphins | FB | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 26 | 200 | Melila Purcell | Cleveland Browns | DE | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 26 | 236 | Nate Ilaoa | Philadelphia Eagles | RB | — |
| 2008 | 6 | 20 | 186 | Colt Brennan | Washington Redskins | QB | — |
| 2009 | 2 | 20 | 52 | David Veikune | Cleveland Browns | DE | — |
| 2009 | 3 | 30 | 94 | Ryan Mouton | Tennessee Titans | DB | — |
| 2009 | 6 | 25 | 198 | Jake Ingram | New England Patriots | LS | — |
| 2011 | 3 | 32 | 96 | Alex Green | Green Bay Packers | RB | — |
| 2011 | 4 | 15 | 112 | Greg Salas | St. Louis Rams | WR | — |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 | 132 | Kealoha Pilares | Carolina Panthers | WR | — |
| 2012 | 7 | 2 | 209 | Aaron Brown | St. Louis Rams | LB | — |
| 2015 | 7 | 14 | 231 | Joey Iosefa | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | FB | — |
| 2019 | 2 | 11 | 43 | Jahlani Tavai | Detroit Lions | LB | — |
| 2019 | 7 | 22 | 236 | John Ursua | Seattle Seahawks | WR | — |
| 2020 | 7 | 10 | 224 | Cole McDonald | Tennessee Titans | QB | — |