There have been 46 players selected in the National Football League supplemental draft since its inception in 1977.[1] The supplemental draft was enacted in 1977 for players who had various circumstances affect their eligibility and did not enter the main NFL draft. The only player selected in the supplemental draft to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame was Cris Carter, who was selected in 1987 and elected to the Hall of Fame in 2013. In addition, there have been eight players selected to Pro Bowls in their careers: Bernie Kosar (drafted in 1985), Cris Carter (1987), Bobby Humphrey (1989), Rob Moore (1990), Mike Wahle (1998), Jamal Williams (1998), Ahmad Brooks (2006), and Josh Gordon (2012).
In 1984, the National Football League held a supplemental draft for college seniors who had already signed with either the United States Football League or the Canadian Football League. On June 5 in New York City, the draft was completed in an attempt to head off a bidding war in its own ranks for USFL and CFL players. Three players in this draft entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Steve Young, Gary Zimmerman, and Reggie White.
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| Year | Player | Position | Round | NFL Team | College | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | RB | 4th | Suspended from the team for disciplinary reasons.[3] | |||
| 1978 | WR | 10th | Dropped out of college after two years.[4] | |||
| Rod Connors | RB | 12th | Dropped out of college with eligibility remaining.[5] | |||
| 1979 | Rod Stewart | RB | 6th | Kentucky | ||
| 1980 | DE | 7th | Prairie View A&M | |||
| Billy Mullins | WR | 9th | Declared ineligible when it was discovered that he gained credits simultaneously from four junior colleges in the fall of 1977 in order to gain entry to USC.[6] | |||
| 1981 | QB | 1st | Declared ineligible amid questions about his high school transcript and junior college stay.[7] | |||
| WR | 11th | Rhode Island | ||||
| 1982 | Kevin Robinson | CB | 9th | North Carolina A&T | ||
| 1985 | Bernie Kosar† | QB | 1st | Graduated after his junior year.[8] | ||
| Roosevelt Snipes | RB | 8th | Academically ineligible.[9] | |||
| 1986 | RB | 7th | Crawford missed his senior year with an injury and declared for the supplemental draft amid questions about whether his eligibility would be extended (currently, medical redshirt status would be given before the draft deadline).[10] | |||
| 1987 | LB | 1st | Bosworth had been dismissed from the Oklahoma football team following the 1986 season. Since he was a junior, he was eligible to be chosen in the 1987 draft but did not declare before the deadline[11] and decided to wait for the supplemental draft, which he was eligible for due to his graduation from Oklahoma one year early. | |||
| DT | 3rd | Sileo was declared ineligible by the NCAA for his senior season. | ||||
| Cris Carter† | WR | 4th | Carter was suspended before his senior season for signing with an agent.[12] | |||
| 1988 | WR | 5th | Suspended from team over drug arrests | |||
| 1989 | QB | 1st | Walsh did not declare for the draft before its deadline.[13] | |||
| QB | 1st | Rosenbach did not declare for the draft before its deadline. | ||||
| Bobby Humphrey† | RB | 1st | Alabama | |||
| DB | 8th | Oregon | ||||
| Mike Lowman | RB | 12th | Coffeyville CC | |||
| 1990 | Rob Moore† | WR | 1st | Moore graduated from college with a year of eligibility remaining, and did not declare in time for regular draft.[14] | ||
| TE | 9th | LSU | ||||
| 1992 | QB | 1st | Brown graduated from college with a year of eligibility remaining, and did not declare for the NFL until after the regular draft had been held. As of 2018, Brown is the last player taken in the first round of the supplemental draft.[15] | |||
| DE | 2nd | Mickell was suspended from team for senior season for undisclosed violations of team rules.[16] | ||||
| 1994 | CB | 4th | Northeast Louisiana | |||
| TE | 5th | Emporia State | ||||
| 1995 | DT | 3rd | Trinity Valley CC | |||
| 1998 | Mike Wahle† | OT | 2nd | Wahle was suspended for senior season by the NCAA after testing positive for steroids.[17] | ||
| Jamal Williams† | NT | 2nd | Williams was declared academically ineligible before his senior season.[18] | |||
| 1999 | J'Juan Cherry | CB | 4th | |||
| 2002 | G | 6th | He had used up his five-year competition eligibility.[19] | |||
| 2003 | Tony Hollings | RB | 2nd | He was academically ineligible for the 2003 college season.[20] | ||
| 2005 | Manuel Wright | DT | 5th | Chose entering the draft over not playing college football while trying to regain his academic eligibility.[21] | ||
| 2006 | Ahmad Brooks†[22] | LB | 3rd | He was dismissed from his college team.[23] | ||
| 2007 | S | 4th | He left college because of academic problems.[24] | |||
| OT | 5th | He was declared academically ineligible in college.[25] | ||||
| 2009 | DE | 3rd | Suspended over failed drug test.[26] | |||
| 2010 | Harvey Unga[27] | FB | 7th | Expelled for disciplinary reasons. | ||
| NT | 7th | He was "... reportedly academically ineligible for the 2010 [college] season."[28] | ||||
| 2011 | QB | 3rd | Suspended as part of NCAA investigation into improper benefits.[29] | |||
| 2012 | Josh Gordon† | WR | 2nd | Dismissed for failed marijuana test.[30] | ||
| 2015 | Isaiah Battle | OT | 5th | Had "family matters to address," as well as off-field issues.[31] | ||
| 2018 | CB | 3rd | He was declared academically ineligible in college.[32] | |||
| CB | 6th | He was declared academically ineligible in college.[33] | ||||
| 2019 | S | 5th | Declared ineligible for his senior season after an NCAA rules violation.[34] | |||