List of Grambling State Tigers in the NFL draft explained

This is a list of Grambling 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

	= Pro Bowler
	= Hall of Famer

Selections

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	Team	Position
1955	19	4	221			T
1956	15	12	181			DE
1957	26	1	302		Philadelphia Eagles	T
	26	11	312			B
1958	19	10	227			C
1959	16	11	191			RB
1961	4	6	48			T
	7	13	97			B
1962	11	7	147			RB
	11	11	151			E
	17	14	238		Green Bay Packers	T
1963	1	1	1			DT
	15	13	209			C
	19	13	265		New York Giants	DT
1964	15	1	197	Jim Griffin	San Francisco 49ers	E
	18	11	249	Jim Garrett		B
1965	2	10	24			T
	8	1	99	Willie Williams	New York Giants	B
	8	13	111			DB
	11	4	144	Frank Cornish Jr.		T
1966	4	2	50			RB
	7	14	109	Leroy Carter		WR
	11	3	158		Pittsburgh Steelers	RB
	20	12	302	Goldie Sellers		WR
1967	3	1	54			T
	4	12	92			DB
	5	10	117	Louis Jackson		DB
	10	2	239			WR
1968	2	15	42			DB
	6	18	156	Essex Johnson	Cincinnati Bengals	DB
	7	27	192		Cincinnati Bengals	LB
	11	15	288			DE
	12	27	327		Cincinnati Bengals	T
1969	4	15	93	Charlie Joiner		WR
	8	10	192		Buffalo Bills	QB
	9	9	217			RB
	9	13	221	Ed Watson		LB
	9	16	224	Hilton Crawford	San Francisco 49ers	DB
	12	6	292			DT
	13	16	333		Los Angeles Rams	DB
	17	6	422			LB
1970	3	15	67			DB
	4	10	88		New Orleans Saints	DB
	5	18	122			DE
	11	5	265	Terry Williams		RB
	11	6	266	Samuel Wallace		T
	11	26	285	Bill O'Neal	Kansas City Chiefs	RB
	12	7	293	Robert Jones	Philadelphia Eagles	DT
	16	10	400		New Orleans Saints	DT
	17	13	429	Walter Breaux		DT
1971	1	5	5		Philadelphia Eagles	DE
	1	8	8		Pittsburgh Steelers	WR
	2	5	31			G
	2	16	42		Kansas City Chiefs	DE
	2	20	46	Virgil Robinson		RB
	4	2	80		Dallas Cowboys	TE
	5	5	109			RB
	17	18	434			WR
1972	3	3	55		New York Giants	DT
	3	23	75			G
	4	16	94			DT
	11	15	275			WR
1973	8	8	190			RB
	10	6	240		Buffalo Bills	QB
	15	21	385			LB
	17	14	430			DE
1974	5	20	124			DE
	6	23	153		Cincinnati Bengals	DB
	8	2	184	Ezil Bibbs		DE
	15	4	368			TE
1975	1	8	8			DT
	2	25	51	Bob Barber		DE
	6	16	146			DE
1976	1	10	10			DB
	2	26	54			WR
	4	7	99			DE
	4	21	113			TE
	5	31	155			WR
	6	12	168			LB
	8	20	229			T
	10	13	278		Denver Broncos	DE
1978	1	17	17		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	QB
	3	21	77		New England Patriots	WR
	5	24	134			WR
1979	3	21	77			DE
	4	19	101			DB
1980	7	7	172			WR
	11	9	286	Joe Gordon		DT
1981	10	2	250			DT
	10	20	268	Robert Parham	San Diego Chargers	RB
1982	6	27	166		Cincinnati Bengals	DE
1983	3	5	61		Kansas City Chiefs	DB
	6	1	141		San Diego Chargers	WR
1984	6	6	146		Kansas City Chiefs	WR
1984u	2	12	40		Minnesota Vikings	DE
1986	3	8	63			DE
1987	4	17	101			DE
	10	5	256			DB
	11	3	282	Patrick Scott		WR
	11	11	290	Arthur Wells		TE
	11	22	301		San Francisco 49ers	WR
1988	8	2	195			DT
	12	27	332	Johnny Carter		DT
1989	8	4	199			RB
1990	4	15	96		Kansas City Chiefs	WR
	11	20	296	Clemente Gordon	Cleveland Browns	QB
1991	3	13	68	Jake Reed		WR
	6	10	149		Green Bay Packers	RB
	7	11	178	Franklin Thomas		TE
	9	8	231			DE
	10	24	274		Los Angeles Raiders	TE
1992	11	12	292	Nate Singleton	New York Giants	WR
1993	5	12	124		Cleveland Browns	T
	8	19	215		Phoenix Cardinals	WR
1994	7	25	219			TE
1995	5	19	153			DB
	7	9	217			WR
2001	5	17	148			WR
2005	7	13	227	Kenneth Pettway		LB
2006	3	28	92			DE
2017	3	33	98		Arizona Cardinals	WR

^[1]

Notes

Robert Smith was drafted into the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft.^[2]

Notes and References

1. http://www.drafthistory.com/index.php/colleges/g DraftHistory.com
2. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1984/draft.htm 1984 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com