page_title: List of Wisconsin Badgers in the NFL Draft
section_title: Selections
hierarchical_section_title: List of Wisconsin Badgers in the NFL Draft / Selections
caption_attribution_description: Joe Thomas, Cleveland Browns, stops for a photograph at the Pat Tillman USO on Bagram Airfield, March 5, 2010. The National Football League players are on a USO-sponsored tour of the U.S. Central Command area of operations.
context_page_description: The University of Wisconsin–Madison Badgers have drafted 302 players into the National Football League since the league began holding drafts in 1936. The Badgers' highest draft position was second overall in 1944, when Pat Harder was selected by Card-Pitt. Wisconsin's first drafted player in the NFL was Eddie Jankowski, who was the 9th overall pick by the Green Bay Packers in 1937. Four former Badgers were selected from the latest NFL draft: Jonathan Taylor, Zack Baun, Tyler Biadasz and Quintez Cephus.
  Each NFL franchise seeks to add new players through the annual NFL Draft. 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.
  Before the AFL–NFL merger agreements in 1966, the American Football League 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.
caption: Joe Thomas was drafted 3rd overall by the Cleveland Browns in the 2007 NFL Draft
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