# List of North Texas Mean Green in the NFL draft

This is a list of North Texas Mean Green 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 |
| 1948 | 8 | 9 | 64 | Jim Cooper | Pittsburgh Steelers | C |
| 1948 | 27 | 8 | 253 | Felton Whitlow | Pittsburgh Steelers | T |
| 1949 | 13 | 4 | 125 | R. R. Walston | Pittsburgh Steelers | G |
| 1949 | 18 | 4 | 175 | Dick Nutt | New York Giants | B |
| 1949 | 21 | 5 | 206 | A. D. Cate | New York Giants | G |
| 1950 | 25 | 13 | 326 | Jim Eagles | Philadelphia Eagles | C |
| 1951 | 23 | 1 | 268 | Cecil Martin | Washington Redskins | B |
| 1951 | 26 | 11 | 314 | Quincy Armstrong | New York Giants | C |
| 1952 | 4 | 11 | 48 | Ray Renfro | Cleveland Browns | B |
| 1952 | 8 | 5 | 90 | Bill Bishop | Chicago Bears | T |
| 1952 | 16 | 4 | 185 | Jim Brewer | Philadelphia Eagles | G |
| 1953 | 13 | 5 | 150 | Larry Strickland | Chicago Bears | C |
| 1953 | 21 | 7 | 248 | Ken Bahnsen | San Francisco 49ers | E |
| 1953 | 28 | 10 | 335 | Ray Verkick | Cleveland Browns | T |
| 1954 | 11 | 2 | 123 | Ken Hall | Green Bay Packers | E |
| 1954 | 21 | 7 | 248 | John Cavaglieri | Washington Redskins | T |
| 1954 | 22 | 1 | 263 | Ralph Reynolds | San Francisco 49ers | B |
| 1954 | 26 | 9 | 310 | Glenn Holtzman | Los Angeles Rams | T |
| 1955 | 2 | 12 | 25 | Dean Renfro | Cleveland Browns | B |
| 1955 | 8 | 10 | 95 | Gene Verkerk | Chicago Bears | T |
| 1955 | 9 | 1 | 98 | Charlie McGinty | Chicago Cardinals | E |
| 1955 | 18 | 3 | 208 | Charlie Shepard | Baltimore Colts | B |
| 1956 | 11 | 6 | 127 | Denni Shaw | Baltimore Colts | E |
| 1956 | 14 | 11 | 168 | Tom Runnels | Los Angeles Rams | B |
| 1958 | 21 | 1 | 242 | Ray Toole | Chicago Cardinals | B |
| 1958 | 25 | 6 | 295 | Bill Groce | Pittsburgh Steelers | B |
| 1958 | 28 | 10 | 335 | Garland Warren | San Francisco 49ers | C |
| 1959 | 11 | 9 | 129 | Ed Gray | Chicago Bears | T |
| 1959 | 16 | 7 | 187 | Bill Carrico | Pittsburgh Steelers | G |
| 1960 | 5 | 7 | 55 | Abner Haynes | Pittsburgh Steelers | RB |
| 1960 | 14 | 2 | 158 | Harold Stanger | Los Angeles Rams | C |
| 1960 | 16 | 11 | 191 | George Boynton | Baltimore Colts | B |
| 1962 | 4 | 2 | 44 | Art Perkins | Los Angeles Rams | RB |
| 1962 | 8 | 2 | 100 | Dick Farris | Los Angeles Rams | G |
| 1963 | 19 | 8 | 260 | Bob Price | San Francisco 49ers | G |
| 1964 | 7 | 10 | 94 | Bobby Smith | Pittsburgh Steelers | FB |
| 1964 | 8 | 5 | 103 | Bill McWatters | Minnesota Vikings | RB |
| 1964 | 12 | 13 | 167 | Dwain Bean | Green Bay Packers | B |
| 1965 | 12 | 11 | 165 | Jim Moore | Detroit Lions | LB |
| 1965 | 13 | 1 | 169 | Carl Lockhart | New York Giants | DB |
| 1966 | 5 | 16 | 80 | Martin Kahn | Atlanta Falcons | T |
| 1966 | 9 | 1 | 126 | Bob Sanders | Atlanta Falcons | C |
| 1967 | 3 | 16 | 69 | Vidal Carlin | St. Louis Cardinals | QB |
| 1967 | 7 | 13 | 172 | John Love | Washington Redskins | WR |
| 1968 | 8 | 21 | 213 | Lindon Endsley | Kansas City Chiefs | C |
| 1968 | 8 | 27 | 219 | Ed Brantley | Cincinnati Bengals | T |
| 1968 | 9 | 2 | 221 | Henry Holland | Atlanta Falcons | C |
| 1968 | 10 | 27 | 273 | James Russell | Cincinnati Bengals | E |
| 1969 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Joe Greene | Pittsburgh Steelers | DT |
| 1969 | 7 | 4 | 160 | Chuck Beatty | Pittsburgh Steelers | DB |
| 1969 | 13 | 5 | 322 | Michael Shook | Washington Redskins | DB |
| 1969 | 16 | 10 | 400 | Billy Woods | Denver Broncos | DB |
| 1970 | 1 | 9 | 9 | Cedrick Hardman | San Francisco 49ers | DE |
| 1970 | 2 | 2 | 28 | Ronnie Shanklin | Pittsburgh Steelers | WR |
| 1970 | 5 | 22 | 126 | Steve Ramsey | New Orleans Saints | QB |
| 1970 | 10 | 1 | 235 | Glen Holloway | Chicago Bears | G |
| 1970 | 16 | 1 | 391 | Robert Helterbran | Chicago Bears | G |
| 1971 | 1 | 26 | 26 | Lenny Dunlap | Baltimore Colts | DB |
| 1971 | 3 | 23 | 75 | Willie Parker | San Francisco 49ers | C |
| 1971 | 9 | 14 | 222 | Wilmur Levels | Cleveland Browns | DB |
| 1971 | 14 | 19 | 357 | Tom Gipson | Oakland Raiders | DT |
| 1971 | 16 | 10 | 400 | Glenn Tucker | Washington Redskins | LB |
| 1972 | 13 | 12 | 324 | Steve Sullivan | New York Jets | T |
| 1973 | 14 | 17 | 355 | Hurles Scales | Cincinnati Bengals | DB |
| 1975 | 14 | 10 | 348 | Stan Blackmon | Green Bay Packers | TE |
| 1976 | 9 | 27 | 264 | Beasley Reece | Dallas Cowboys | DB |
| 1976 | 15 | 28 | 431 | Mel Davis | Pittsburgh Steelers | DE |
| 1979 | 3 | 22 | 78 | Reginald Lewis | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | DE |
| 1981 | 7 | 9 | 175 | Ron Battle | Los Angeles Rams | TE |
| 1982 | 4 | 17 | 100 | Louis Haynes | Kansas City Chiefs | LB |
| 1982 | 5 | 3 | 114 | Tony Elliott | New Orleans Saints | DE |
| 1983 | 11 | 18 | 297 | Mark Witte | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | TE |
| 1989 | 3 | 23 | 79 | Kim Phillips | New Orleans Saints | DB |
| 1991 | 6 | 6 | 145 | Erric Pegram | Atlanta Falcons | RB |
| 1991 | 6 | 26 | 165 | Scott Bowles | San Francisco 49ers | T |
| 1995 | 6 | 34 | 205 | Anthony Bridges | Arizona Cardinals | DB |
| 2004 | 6 | 17 | 182 | Cody Spencer | Oakland Raiders | LB |
| 2021 | 4 | 24 | 129 | Jaelon Darden | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | WR |