List of Michigan State Spartans in the NFL draft explained

This is a list of Michigan State Spartans 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
1936	1	8	8			G
	4	5	32			E
1937	9	9	89			G
1939	1	7	7			B
	8	1	61		Pittsburgh Steelers	E
1941	17	10	160		Washington Redskins	E
1942	13	5	115	Tony Arena		C
1943	10	1	81			B
	15	5	135			B
1944	17	9	173	Hugh Davis		B
	23	9	239			T
	24	5	246			C
1945	10	7	94			E
	24	10	251			E
1946	4	2	27		Boston Yanks	B
1947	13	1	106			G
	21	10	195			B
1948	18	6	161		Green Bay Packers	E
	23	4	209			T
	30	2	277			C
1949	6	7	58		Philadelphia Eagles	E
1950	1	8	8		Pittsburgh Steelers	B
	7	8	87		Chicago Cardinals	G
	25	3	316			B
	25	4	317	Gene Glick		B
	28	6	358			B
1951	3	7	33			E
	3	11	37			B
	8	6	92			E
	10	9	119			B
	23	9	276			T
	24	11	290			G
1952	1	13	13		Los Angeles Rams	E
	2	11	24	Bill Hughes		C
	3	6	31			QB
	8	3	88		Chicago Cardinals	G
	11	6	127			E
	12	5	138			T
	14	2	159			T
	18	9	214			E
	21	10	251			C
	23	3	268			G
1953	3	2	27		Washington Redskins	E
	4	10	47	Dick Tamburo		C
	14	3	160	Ed Timmerman	Washington Redskins	B
	25	10	299			B
1954	2	12	25			C
	5	1	50			E
	5	7	56			B
	21	3	244			B
	27	6	319			QB
	28	2	327			B
1955	5	4	53		Green Bay Packers	G
	6	12	73	Leroy Bolden	Cleveland Browns	B
	7	11	84			B
	15	5	174			B
	24	9	286			B
	24	12	289			B
1956	1	2	2		San Francisco 49ers	QB
	2	5	18			T
	3	12	37		Cleveland Browns	E
	5	10	59			B
	9	6	103			E
	12	8	141			B
	24	11	288			DE
	30	8	357			G
1957	1	7	7			B
	3	10	35			B
	5	11	60			B
	7	1	74		Philadelphia Eagles	T
	11	12	133	Pat Burke	New York Giants	G
	15	6	175	Dave Kaiser	Cleveland Browns	E
	25	4	293			E
1958	1	3	3			C
	1	6	6		Philadelphia Eagles	B
	4	12	49		Cleveland Browns	QB
	5	4	53			E
	6	11	72			B
	13	7	152			E
	13	10	155	Hal Dukes		E
	16	8	189			G
	20	4	233	Les Rutledge		T
	24	6	283	Larry Harding		E
	28	11	336			T
1959	3	11	35	Fran O'Brien		T
	4	7	43	Blanche Martin		B
	5	11	59			G
	6	12	72			T
	9	8	104			T
	15	11	179			B
1960	20	3	231			QB
1961	1	12	12			DB
	2	8	22			E
	7	7	91		Baltimore Colts	RB
	8	6	104			B
	9	14	126	Wayne Fontes		RB
	10	6	132			E
1962	8	1	99		Washington Redskins	RB
	8	6	104			B
	11	4	144			E
	18	1	239		Washington Redskins	B
1963	1	4	4		Philadelphia Eagles	T
	1	11	11			C
	2	8	22	Lonnie Sanders		DB
	2	9	23			T
	6	1	71			DB
	7	1	85			T
	8	12	110			G
	10	9	135			G
	13	12	180		Detroit Lions	LB
1964	2	6	20			E
	5	8	64			T
	6	7	77			B
	16	8	218			RB
	18	12	250			RB
1965	2	11	25			T
	7	4	88			RB
	19	4	256			K
1966	2	7	23			T
1967	1	1	1			DT
	1	2	2			RB
	1	5	5	George Webster	Houston Oilers	LB
	1	8	8			WR
	6	13	146			DE
	9	6	217			DB
	9	21	232			DB
	14	17	358		Philadelphia Eagles	K
1968	4	1	84			DB
	4	19	102	Drake Garrett		DB
	5	14	125	Dwight Lee		RB
	7	13	178		Philadelphia Eagles	G
	9	26	245			RB
	16	23	431			QB
1969	7	14	170			DB
1970	5	6	110			G
	7	21	177			G
	8	22	204			LB
	12	15	301	Frank Foreman		WR
	13	24	336			RB
1971	6	9	139	Harold Phillips		DB
	7	26	182	Gordon Bowdell		WR
	8	5	187			C
	10	13	247	Gary Nowak		TE
	11	10	270			DB
	12	26	312			WR
	15	26	390	Mile Hogan		LB
	16	21	411			DB
	17	5	421			LB
1972	4	26	104			WR
	12	12	298			T
	13	22	334	Herb Washington		WR
1973	1	20	20			TE
	1	26	26	Joe DeLamielleure		G
	2	14	40			LB
	4	24	102	Gail Clark		LB
	6	5	135			C
	7	6	162			LB
	8	22	204	Dan Werner		QB
	9	11	219			T
	11	3	263			DT
	17	21	437			C
1974	2	24	50			DB
	7	20	176			LB
	8	23	205	Mike Holt		DB
1975	10	1	235			LB
	13	24	336		Minnesota Vikings	WR
1976	7	4	186			DT
	13	22	369			DT
1977	1	22	22			TE
	3	27	83			DB
1978	1	28	28		Dallas Cowboys	DE
	6	11	149			C
	7	4	170			RB
1979	3	7	63	Mel Land		LB
	7	8	173	Kirk Gibson		WR
	8	28	220		Pittsburgh Steelers	LB
	10	10	258			DB
	11	18	293	Jim Hinesly		G
1980	2	10	38			T
	3	11	67			TE
	6	20	158			WR
	8	23	216			LB
	10	13	262		New Orleans Saints	DE
1981	3	6	62			P
1982	3	2	57			DB
	4	3	86			K
	7	18	185	Tom Morris		DB
	7	19	186		New York Giants	G
	9	28	251			QB
1983	4	25	109			LB
	5	6	118	Smiley Creswell		DE
	5	22	134	Otis Grant		WR
	11	26	305	Howard McAdoo		LB
1984	1	3	3	Carl Banks		LB
	2	21	49		Seattle Seahawks	WR
	9	5	229	Scott Auer		T
1985	4	12	96	Ralf Mojsiejenko		K
	5	11	123			C
	6	10	150		San Diego Chargers	DB
	11	22	302		Chicago Bears	LB
	12	17	325			DB
1986	1	5	5			LB
	7	14	180	Butch Rolle		TE
	11	11	288			G
1987	1	28	28			WR
	12	9	316	Bobby Morse		RB
1988	1	22	22			RB
	3	17	72			P
	6	8	145			G
	8	13	206			LB
	8	16	209		Pittsburgh Steelers	DT
1989	1	2	2	Tony Mandarich		T
	1	22	22			WR
	3	19	75	Kevin Robbins		T
	8	17	212			LB
1990	1	13	13		Kansas City Chiefs	LB
	4	4	85			DT
	4	20	101	Harlon Barnett		DB
	7	10	175			T
	10	11	259			DE
	11	8	284	Brent White		DE
	12	5	309		New England Patriots	DB
1991	1	17	17	Bobby Wilson	Washington Redskins	DT
	2	10	37			LB
	2	20	47			G
	3	10	65			LB
	5	12	123			TE
	7	14	181			WR
	10	15	265			RB
	12	26	332			DE
1992	2	16	44			WR
	3	9	65			DT
	5	11	123			DB
	7	13	181			T
	8	18	214			LB
	12	12	320		Seattle Seahawks	DE
1993	6	11	151			TE
	7	6	174			LB
1994	1	22	22			LB
	5	9	140			DB
	6	17	178	Jim Miller	Pittsburgh Steelers	QB
	7	15	209	Brice Abrams		RB
1995	2	8	40		Jacksonville Jaguars	DT
	2	31	63	Shane Hannah		G
1996	2	12	42	Tony Banks		QB
	2	13	43		Carolina Panthers	WR
	6	26	193			RB
1997	4	2	98			WR
	6	34	197	Nigea Carter	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	WR
1998	2	8	38			T
	5	19	142		Philadelphia Eagles	LB
	5	20	143			G
1999	1	29	29			DE
	4	8	103			RB
2000	1	8	8		Pittsburgh Steelers	WR
	1	16	16			LB
	4	5	99		Philadelphia Eagles	WR
	4	33	127		New England Patriots	T
	5	6	135		Tennessee Titans	DB
	6	8	174			K
	6	31	197			DE
2001	7	2	202			DB
	7	17	217			T
	7	39	239		New England Patriots	LB
2002	1	18	18	T. J. Duckett	Atlanta Falcons	RB
	3	23	88			TE
	5	9	144			WR
	5	37	172			DT
	6	22	194			P
2003	1	2	2	Charles Rogers	Detroit Lions	WR
2004	4	18	114	Matthias Askew	Cincinnati Bengals	DT
	6	36	201			QB
2005	6	27	201	DeAndra' Cobb		RB
	6	28	202	Dave Rayner		K
	7	2	216			DT
	7	32	246		Green Bay Packers	G
2006	3	33	97			DB
	4	26	123			DT
	7	6	214			C
2007	2	11	43	Drew Stanton		QB
	5	17	154			DT
	7	15	225			P
2008	2	3	34		Washington Redskins	WR
	5	23	158			TE
	7	1	208			DE
2009	5	37	173	Javon Ringer		RB
2010	7	8	215			DB
2011	6	20	185			LB
	6	23	188		Indianapolis Colts	DB
2012	2	19	51			DT
	4	7	102	Kirk Cousins		QB
	4	26	121			WR
	6	10	180		San Francisco 49ers	DB
	6	13	183	B. J. Cunningham		WR
	7	43	250		San Diego Chargers	RB
2013	2	16	48		Pittsburgh Steelers	RB
	4	9	106			TE
	4	29	126		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DE
2014	1	24	24			DB
2015	1	11	11	Trae Waynes	Minnesota Vikings	DB
	4	7	106	Jeremy Langford	Chicago Bears	RB
	5	20	156	Tony Lippett	Miami Dolphins	WR
	5	39	175	Keith Mumphery	Houston Texans	WR
2016	1	8	8	Jack Conklin	Tennessee Titans	T
	3	12	75	Shilique Calhoun	Oakland Raiders	DE
	4	2	100	Connor Cook	Oakland Raiders	QB
	6	38	213	Aaron Burbridge	San Francisco 49ers	WR
	7	3	224	Donavon Clark	San Diego Chargers	G
2017	2	3	35	Malik McDowell	Seattle Seahawks	DT
	4	16	123	Montae Nicholson	Washington Redskins	DB
2018	4	11	111	Brian Allen	Los Angeles Rams	C
2019	3	19	83	Justin Layne	Pittsburgh Steelers	DB
	4	7	109	Khari Willis	Indianapolis Colts	DB
2020	4	31	137	Josiah Scott	Jacksonville Jaguars	DB
	7	11	225	Kenny Willekes	Minnesota Vikings	DE
2022	2	9	41	Kenneth Walker III	Seattle Seahawks	RB
	6	11	191	Jalen Nailor	Minnesota Vikings	WR
	6	29	208	Connor Heyward	Pittsburgh Steelers	FB
	7	40	261	A. J. Arcuri	Los Angeles Rams	T
2023	2	19	50	Jayden Reed	Green Bay Packers	WR
	6	15	192	Bryce Baringer	New England Patriots	P
	6	37	214	Ameer Speed	New England Patriots	DB
2024	7	8	288	Nick Samac	Baltimore Ravens	C

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Notable undrafted players

Note: No drafts held before 1920

Debut Year	Player	Position	Debut Team	Notes
1960		T	Buffalo Bills	—
		DB	New York Titans	—
		DT	Dallas Texans	—
1962		DB	Houston Oilers	—
1964		WR	Dallas Cowboys	—
		C	Dallas Cowboys	—
1967		LB	Detroit Lions	—
1972		RB	New England Patriots	—
1975		C	Kansas City Chiefs	—
1978		K	New England Patriots	—
		K	Atlanta Falcons	—
		LB	Green Bay Packers	—
1986		TE	Seattle Seahawks	—
		T	Buffalo Bills	—
1987		QB	Green Bay Packers	—
1988		G	Green Bay Packers	—
1989		WR	Seattle Seahawks	—
1990		LB	Indianapolis Colts	—
1991		DB	Miami Dolphins	—
1992		LB	Chicago Bears	—
1995		G	New York Jets	—
1997		DE	Jacksonville Jaguars	—
1998		FB	Detroit Lions	—
1999		LB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	—
		DT	Dallas Cowboys	—
2002		LB	Detroit Lions	—
2004		LB	Philadelphia Eagles	—
2006		DT	San Diego Chargers	—
2007		WR	Miami Dolphins	—
2008		C	Cincinnati Bengals	—
2009		QB	New England Patriots	—
		DT	San Diego Chargers	—
2010		FB	Buffalo Bills	—
2012		TE	San Francisco 49ers	—
2014		LB	Houston Texans	—
2015		S	Houston Texans	—
		WR	Denver Broncos	—
		LB	San Francisco 49ers	—
2016		C	New Orleans Saints	—
		LS	Green Bay Packers	—
2017		S	Cincinnati Bengals	—
2019		LB	Dallas Cowboys	—
		TE	Los Angeles Chargers	—
2020		LB	Philadelphia Eagles	—
		QB	New England Patriots	—
		DT	Las Vegas Raiders	—
		WR	Green Bay Packers	—
		WR	Kansas City Chiefs	—
		DT	Philadelphia Eagles	—
2021		DT	Tennessee Titans	—

Notes and References

1. Web site: DraftHistory.com. www.drafthistory.com. 2017-12-28.