List of Maryland Terrapins in the NFL draft explained

This is a list of former Maryland Terrapins college football players who have been selected 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	Notes
	6	1	51	Bill Guckeyson	Philadelphia Eagles	B
1944	12	5	114	Tommy Mont	New York Giants	B
1945	18^[1]	10	185	Bill Byrd	New York Giants	C
	26^[2]	8	271	Lu Gambino	Chicago Bears	B
1946	28	2	262	Don Gleasner	Boston Yanks	E
1947	13^[3]	10	115	Emile Fritz	Chicago Bears	G
	30	9	284	John Wright	New York Giants	B
1948	30	4	279	Harry Bonk	Boston Yanks	B
1950	20	4	252	Fred Davis	Detroit Lions	E
	25	12	325	Jim Brasher	Cleveland Browns	C
	26	5	331	Earl Roth	Washington Redskins	B
1951	2	11	25	Ray Krouse	New York Giants	T	Pro Bowl (1954)
	4	8	46	Elmer Wingate	New York Yanks	E
	9	3	101	Jake Rowden	Washington Redskins	C
	10	13	123	Chester Gierula	Cleveland Browns	G
1952	1	6	6	Ed Modzelewski	Pittsburgh Steelers	B
	6	1	62	Dave Cianelli	Dallas Texans	C
	6	6	67	Ed Kensler	Washington Redskins	G
	13	11	156	Tom Cosgrove	Cleveland Browns	C
	14	12	169	Joe Moss	Los Angeles Rams	T
	16	5	186	Pete Ladygo	Pittsburgh Steelers	G
	23	7	272	Paul Nestor	Chicago Bears	T
	24	1	278	Bob Ward	Dallas Texans	G	College Football Hall of Fame
	26	3	304	Charley Fry	Chicago Cardinals	T
	27	11	324	Bill Maletzky	Cleveland Browns	G
	28	7	332	Karney Scioscia	Chicago Bears	B
	30	7	356	Bob Shemonski	Chicago Bears	B
1953	1	3	3	Jack Scarbath	Washington Redskins	C	College Football Hall of Fame
	2	3	16	Dick Modzelewski	Washington Redskins	T	Pro Bowl (1964)
	4	5	42	Lloyd Colteryahn	Pittsburgh Steelers	E
	4	9	46	Ed Fullerton	San Francisco 49ers	B
	5	5	54	Stan Jones	Chicago Bears	T	7× Pro Bowl (1955–1961) 4× All-Pro (1955, 1956, 1959, 1960) College Football Hall of Fame HOF '91
	7	4	77	John Alderton	Pittsburgh Steelers	E
	8	3	88	Lew Weidensaul	Washington Redskins	E
	8	11	96	Bob Morgan	Los Angeles Rams	T
	22	5	258	Ed O'Connor	Pittsburgh Steelers	T
	25	2	291	Art Hurd	Washington Redskins	G
1954	1	11	11	Bernie Faloney	San Francisco 49ers	B
	2	11	24	Chet Hanulak	Cleveland Browns	B
	4	4	41	Dick Nolan	New York Giants	B
	4	10	47	Charlie Boxold	San Francisco 49ers	B
	4	2	39	Ralph Felton	Washington Redskins	B
	12	11	144	Tom Breunich	Cleveland Browns	T
	13	6	151	Charles Lattimer	Pittsburgh Steelers	C
	26	2	303	Ralph Baierl	Green Bay Packers	T
1955	1	9	9	Dick Bielski	Philadelphia Eagles	B	Pro Bowl (1961)
	2	2	15	Ron Waller	Los Angeles Rams	B
	6	1	62	Jack Bowersox	Chicago Cardinals	G
	8	1	86	John Irvine	Chicago Cardinals	C
	8	11	96	Bill Walker	Detroit Lions	E
	13	1	146	Tom McLuckie	Chicago Cardinals	G
	15	8	177	Don Brougher	Philadelphia Eagles	C
	17	4	197	Lynn Beightol	Green Bay Packers	B
	22	11	264	George Albrecht	Detroit Lions	B
	26	9	310	George Palahunik	Philadelphia Eagles	G
1956	1	4	4	Bob Pellegrini	Philadelphia Eagles	C	College Football Hall of Fame
	1	12	12	Ed Vereb	Washington Redskins	B
	8	7	92	Russ Dennis	Green Bay Packers	E
	10	7	116	Bob Laughery	Green Bay Packers	B
	11	3	124	Tom Selep	Detroit Lions	B
1957	4	9	46	Mike Sandusky	San Francisco 49ers	T	Pro Bowl (1960)
	14	3	160	Joe Lazzarino	Los Angeles Rams	T
	15	10	179	Gene Alderton	Detroit Lions	C
	16	11	192	Ed Heuring	Chicago Bears	E
	17	4	197	Frank Tamburello	Cleveland Browns	B
	18	11	216	Al Wharton	Chicago Bears	G
	23	12	277	Jack Healy	New York Giants	B
	29	3	340	Howie Dare	Green Bay Packers	B
1958	3	4	29	Ed Cooke	Chicago Bears	E
	3	12	37	Don Healy	Chicago Bears	T
	28	4	329	Wilbur Main	Chicago Bears	B
1959	6	8	68	Fred Cole	Chicago Bears	G
	14	5	161	Kurt Schwarz	Washington Redskins	G
1960	3	11	35	Rod Breedlove	San Francisco 49ers	G	Pro Bowl (1962)
1961	16	13	223	Roger Shoals	Cleveland Browns	T
	17	2	226	Everett Cloud	Dallas Cowboys	B
1962	1	4	4	Gary Collins	Cleveland Browns	E	3× Pro Bowl (1965, 1966, 1969) 3× All-Pro (1965, 1966, 1969) NFL All-Decade
	7	6	90	Bill Kirchiro	St. Louis Cardinals	G
	14	10	192	Jim Davidson	Detroit Lions	B
	15	6	202	Dick Barlund	St. Louis Cardinals	E
1963	2	7	21	Tom Brown	Green Bay Packers	B	Super Bowl I, II Champion
	2	14	28	Walter Rock	San Francisco 49ers	G	Pro Bowl (1965)
	3	4	32	Dave Crossan	Philadelphia Eagles	G
	15	7	203	Harry Butsko	Washington Redskins	LB
1964	7	3	87	Dick Shiner	Washington Redskins	QB
	14	2	184	Ernie Arizzi	Philadelphia Eagles	B
1965	9	4	116	Ken Ambrusko	Chicago Bears	B
	14	14	196	Jerry Fishman	Baltimore Colts	LB
1966	2	14	30	Tom Cichowski	Green Bay Packers	T
1967	5	18	125	Dick Absher	Philadelphia Eagles	TE
	14	16	357	Bo Hickey^[4]	St. Louis Cardinals	FB
1968	13	17	344	Tom Myslinski	New York Jets	G
1969	10	13	247	Ron Pearson	Chicago Bears	TE
	11	10	270	Alan Pastrana	Denver Broncos	QB
	12	15	301	Harry Blackney	New York Giants	RB
1970	7	17	173	Roland Merritt	Washington Redskins	WR
	9	17	225	Ralph Sonntag	Washington Redskins	T
1972	8	5	187	Guy Roberts	Houston Oilers	LB
	15	23	387	Larry Marshall	Kansas City Chiefs	DB
1974	7	12	168	Bart Purvis	Green Bay Packers	T
	14	4	342	Paul Vellano	Chicago Bears	DT
1975	1	2	2	Randy White	Dallas Cowboys	DT	9× Pro Bowl (1977–1985) 9× All-Pro (1977–1985) NFL All-Decade NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team Super Bowl XII Champion, Super Bowl MVP College Football Hall of Fame HOF '94
	3	24	76	Louis Carter	Oakland Raiders	RB
	3	20	72	Steve Mike-Mayer	San Francisco 49ers	K
	3	26	78	Walther White	Pittsburgh Steelers	TE
	5	3	107	Stan Rogers	Denver Broncos	T
	6	5	135	Bob Avellini	Chicago Bears	QB
	10	2	236	Phil Wagenheim	Baltimore Colts	P
	10	14	248	Ken Schroy	Philadelphia Eagles	DB
	12	17	303	Harry Walters	Denver Broncos	LB
	16	26	416	Robert Smith	Baltimore Colts	DB
	17	24	440	Frank Russell	Baltimore Colts	WR
1976	11	22	313	Rick Jennings	Oakland Raiders	RB	Super Bowl XI Champion
1977	1	7	7	Joe Campbell	New Orleans Saints	DE	Super Bowl XV Champion
	3	10	66	Tim Wilson	Houston Oilers	RB
	3	12	68	Ed Fulton	Los Angeles Rams	G
	6	23	162	Tom Schick	New Orleans Saints	G
	12	6	313	Dave Conrad	New York Jets	T
1978	4	21	105	Mark Manges	Los Angeles Rams	QB
	10	27	277	Vince Kinney	Denver Broncos	WR
	12	21	327	Brad Carr	Pittsburgh Steelers	LB
1979	2	16	444	Steve Atkins	Green Bay Packers	RB
	3	15	71	Charles Johnson	Green Bay Packers	DT
1980	10	5	254	Larry Stewart	Baltimore Colts	T
1981	3	22	78	Lloyd Burruss	Kansas City Chiefs	DB	Pro Bowl (1986) 2× All-Pro (1986, 1988)
	4	24	107	Eric Sievers	San Diego Chargers	TE
	6	17	155	Sam Johnson	Detroit Lions	DB
	11	2	278	Ed Gall	New York Jets	DT
1982	9	9	232	Darnell Dialey	St. Louis Cardinals	LB
1983	3	9	65	John Tice	New Orleans Saints	TE
	4	12	96	Mark Duda	St. Louis Cardinals	DT
	7	12	180	Gurnest Brown	Buffalo Bills	DT
1984	1	16	16	Pete Koch	Cincinnati Bengals	DE
	1	19	19	Ron Solt	Indianapolis Colts	G	Pro Bowl (1987)
	2	10	38	Boomer Esiason	Cincinnati Bengals	QB	1988 NFL MVP 4× Pro Bowl (1986, 1988, 1989, 1993) All-Pro (1988) Man of the Year Award
	4	22	106	Dave D'Addio	Detroit Lions	RB
	7	2	170	Willie Joyner	Houston Oilers	RB
	12	15	323	Russell Davis	Buffalo Bills	WR
1985	2	6	34	Kevin Glover	Detroit Lions	C	3× Pro Bowl (1995–1997) 4× All-Pro (1994–1997)
	3	1	57	Frank Reich	Buffalo Bills	QB
	7	3	171	Eric Wilson	Green Bay Packers	LB
1986	5	2	112	J. D. Maarleveld	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	T
	5	19	129	Donald Brown	San Diego Chargers	DB
	6	12	150	Stan Gelbaugh	Dallas Cowboys	QB
	7	20	186	Rick Badanjek	Washington Redskins	RB
	9	27	248	George Colton	New England Patriots	G
	11	18	295	Len Lynch	New York Giants	G
1987	8	14	209	Bruce Mesner	Buffalo Bills	DE
	9	12	235	Alvin Blount	Dallas Cowboys	RB
	10	28	279	Chuck Faucette	New York Giants	LB
	11	27	306	Tommy Neal	Denver Broncos	RB
1988	3	2	57	Kevin Walker	Cincinnati Bengals	LB
	3	18	73	Ferrell Edmunds	Miami Dolphins	TE	2× Pro Bowl (1989, 1990) All-Pro (1989)
	9	3	224	Azizuddin Abdur-Ra'oof	Kansas City Chiefs	WR
	10	21	270	O'Brien Alston	Indianapolis Colts	LB
	11	1	278	James Milling	Atlanta Falcons	WR
1989	2	19	47	Warren Powers	Denver Broncos	DE
	5	4	116	Vernon Joines	Cleveland Browns	WR
	11	22	301	Dan Plocki	Cleveland Browns	K
	12	8	315	J. B. Brown	Miami Dolphins	DB
1990	3	17	70	Neil O'Donnell	Pittsburgh Steelers	QB	Pro Bowl (1992)
	12	18	322	Blaine Rose	New England Patriots	G
1991	4	1	84	Scott Zolak	New England Patriots	QB
	4	28	111	Clarence Jones	New York Giants	T
	9	1	224	O'Neil Glenn	New England Patriots	G
1992	3	14	70	Larry Webster	Miami Dolphins	DT	Super Bowl XXXV Champion
	7	1	169	Derek Steele	Indianapolis Colts	DE
1993	6	20	160	Frank Wycheck	Tennessee Titans	TE	3× Pro Bowl (1998–2000) All-Pro (2000)
1995	7	7	215	Steve Ingram	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	G
1996	5	21	153	Jermaine Lewis	Baltimore Ravens	WR	2× Pro Bowl (1998, 2001) 2× All-Pro (1998, 2001) Super Bowl XXXV Champion
1997	1	24	24	Chad Scott	Pittsburgh Steelers	DB
1998	6	10	163	Eric Ogbogu	New York Jets	DE
1999	5	13	146	Eric Barton	Oakland Raiders	LB
	6	18	187	Kendall Ogle	Cleveland Browns	LB
2000	4	1	95	Lewis Sanders	Cleveland Browns	DB
	7	10	216	Delbert Cowsette	Washington Redskins	DT
2001	2	13	44	Kris Jenkins	Carolina Panthers	DT	4× Pro Bowl (2002, 2003, 2006, 2008) 3× All-Pro (2002, 2003, 2008)
	2	18	49	Lamont Jordan	New York Jets	RB
2002	3	11	76	Melvin Fowler	Cleveland Browns	C
	3	17	83	Charles Hill	Houston Texans	DT
	7	41	252	Matt Murphy	Detroit Lions	TE
2003	2	8	40	E. J. Henderson	Minnesota Vikings	LB	Pro Bowl (2010) College Football Hall of Fame
2004	2	24	56	Madieu Williams	Cincinnati Bengals	DB	Man of the Year Award
	3	8	71	Randy Starks	Tennessee Titans	DT	2× Pro Bowl (2010, 2012)
	4	16	112	Leon Joe	Chicago Bears	LB
	7	19	220	Jeff Dugan	Minnesota Vikings	TE
	7	41	242	Bruce Perry	Philadelphia Eagles	RB
2005	1	12	12	Shawne Merriman	San Diego Chargers	LB	3× Pro Bowl (2005–2007) 3× All-Pro (2005–2007) NFL DROY
	3	33	97	Domonique Foxworth	Denver Broncos	DB
2006	1	6	6	Vernon Davis	San Francisco 49ers	TE	2× Pro Bowl (2009, 2013) All-Pro (2013) Super Bowl 50 Champion
	2	2	34	D'Qwell Jackson	Cleveland Browns	LB	Pro Bowl (2014)
	7	26	232	Gerrick McPhearson	New York Giants	DB
2007	2	23	55	Josh Wilson	Seattle Seahawks	DB
	4	2	101	Adam Podlesh	Jacksonville Jaguars	P
2007s	5	0	0	Jared Gaither	Baltimore Ravens	T
2008	4	16	115	Dre Moore	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DT
2009	1	7	7	Darrius Heyward-Bey	Oakland Raiders	WR
	3	16	80	Kevin Barnes	Washington Redskins	DB
	7	21	230	Moise Fokou	Philadelphia Eagles	LB
	7	27	236	Jaimie Thomas	Indianapolis Colts	T
	7	46	255	Dan Gronkowski	Detroit Lions	TE
2010	4	8	106	Bruce Campbell	Oakland Raiders	T
	5	14	145	Nolan Carroll	Miami Dolphins	DB
2011	2	26	58	Torrey Smith	Baltimore Ravens	WR	Super Bowl XLVII, LII Champion
	7	18	221	Da'Rel Scott	New York Giants	RB	Super Bowl XLVI Champion
2013	7	18	224	Kevin Dorsey	Green Bay Packers	WR
2014	3	16	80	Dexter McDougle	New York Jets	DB
2015	5	10	146	Stefon Diggs	Minnesota Vikings	WR	4× Pro Bowl (2020–2023) 2× All-Pro (2020, 2022) All-Rookie Team (2015)
	6	27	203	Darius Kilgo	Denver Broncos	DT	Super Bowl 50, LI Champion
2016	2	27	58	Sean Davis	Pittsburgh Steelers	DB
	3	6	69	Yannick Ngakoue	Jacksonville Jaguars	DE	Pro Bowl (2017) All-Rookie Team (2016)
	5	8	147	Quinton Jefferson	Seattle Seahawks	DT
2018	1	24	24	D. J. Moore	Carolina Panthers	WR	All-Rookie Team (2018)
	5	24	161	Jermaine Carter	Carolina Panthers	LB
2019	1	22	22	Darnell Savage	Green Bay Packers	DB	All-Rookie Team (2019)
	5	21	159	Byron Cowart	New England Patriots	DT
	6	13	186	Ty Johnson	Detroit Lions	RB
	7	5	219	Derwin Gray	Pittsburgh Steelers	G
2020	4	18	124	Anthony McFarland Jr.	Pittsburgh Steelers	RB
	6	19	198	Antoine Brooks	Pittsburgh Steelers	DB	Super Bowl LVI Champion
2021	7	5	233	Jake Funk	Los Angeles Rams	RB	Super Bowl LVI Champion
2022	3	32	96	Nick Cross	Indianapolis Colts	S
	4	38	143	Chigoziem Okonkwo	Tennessee Titans	TE	All-Rookie Team (2022)
2023	1	24	24	Deonte Banks	New York Giants	DB
	4	2	104	Jakorian Bennett	Las Vegas Raiders	DB
	4	10	112	Chad Ryland	New England Patriots	K
	6	9	186	Jaelyn Duncan	Tennessee Titans	T
	7	34	251	Spencer Anderson	Pittsburgh Steelers	G
2024	3	13	77	Delmar Glaze	Las Vegas Raiders	T
	5	2	137	Tarheeb Still	Los Angeles Chargers	DB

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Notes and References

1. There is a conflict between references for this data. The DatabaseFootball.com source records that Bill Byrd was the 10th pick in the 18th round, 185th overall, while the media guide source records instead that Byrd was drafted in the 16th, without providing further data. It is assumed that the DatabaseFootball.com source is more authoritative, because it lists all draft picks in numerical order.
2. There is a conflict between references for this data. The DatabaseFootball.com source records that Lu Gambino was the 8th pick in the 24th round, 271st overall, while the media guide source records instead that Gambino was drafted in the 24th, without providing further data. It is assumed that the DatabaseFootball.com source is more authoritative, because it lists all draft picks in numerical order.
3. There is a conflict between references for this data. The DatabaseFootball.com source records that Emile Fritz was the 10th pick in the 13th round, 115th overall, while the media guide source records instead that Fritz was drafted in the 11th, without providing further data. It is assumed that the DatabaseFootball.com source is more authoritative, because it lists all draft picks in numerical order.
4. Hickey left Maryland in 1966 before his junior season after being ruled academically ineligible and was playing minor league football for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the Continental Football League when he was drafted.
5. Web site: DraftHistory.com. www.drafthistory.com.