List of Northwestern Wildcats in the NFL draft explained

This is a list of Northwestern Wildcats football players in the NFL first round 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	4	2	29			G
1936	8	7	70			B
1937	5	9	49		Green Bay Packers	T
	8	3	73			G
	8	8	78			B
1938	3	8	23		New York Giants	B
1938	7	7	57			E
1939	15	6	136			T
1940	3	5	20			C
	11	4	94	Nick Cutlich	Brooklyn Dodgers	T
	11	9	99			G
1941	11	7	97			C
	14	3	123			G
	18	8	168			B
1942	2	5	15			T
	14	6	126	Bill DeCorrevont		B
	17	2	152			B
	19	9	179		Green Bay Packers	B
1943	9	10	80		Washington Redskins	E
	16	4	144			G
	28	8	268			E
1944	1	4	4			QB
	16	8	161			B
	21	3	211			G
	21	7	215		Washington Redskins	T
	23	1	231			B
	26	8	271		Chicago Bears	B
	29	1	297		Chicago Cardinals	T
1945	8	10	75			B
	11	6	104			B
	31	3	321	Ben Schadler		B
1946	8	8	68			G
	17	5	155		New York Giants	G
	24	1	221	Jack McKenzie	Chicago Cardinals	B
	24	7	227			B
	30	4	284		Chicago Bears	B
1947	1	10	10		New York Giants	B
	6	3	38		Pittsburgh Steelers	B
	7	7	52			B
	8	5	60			T
	11	6	91			C
	26	10	245			B
	30	5	280			B
	31	2	287			G
1948	9	6	71			E
1949	12	4	115		New York Giants	B
1950	3	4	31			B
	6	6	72		Chicago Bears	B
	12	6	150			C
	15	4	187			B
	18	13	235			B
	19	8	243			B
	23	5	292		Washington Redskins	E
	28	13	365			B
1951	3	4	30			E
	14	12	171		Cleveland Browns	T
	16	4	187		Chicago Cardinals	B
	25	10	301			B
1952	9	6	103		Washington Redskins	B
1952	13	7	152			B
1953	15	5	174			G
	20	8	237			T
	30	1	350	Tom Roche		T
	30	8	357		Philadelphia Eagles	B
1954	22	4	257			E
1954	30	7	356		Washington Redskins	B
1955	13	7	152	John Damore		C
1956	28	1	326			G
1956	29	4	341		Chicago Cardinals	B
1957	23	8	273	Al Viola		G
1957	30	5	354			B
1958	27	4	317			E
1958	28	3	328	Gene Gossage		T
1959	5	7	55			C
1959	8	2	86		Philadelphia Eagles	B
1960	1	9	9		Philadelphia Eagles	B
	4	3	39			C
	9	2	98			T
1961	2	4	18	Elbert Kimbrough	Los Angeles Rams	E
	6	5	75			B
	6	13	83			QB
	7	9	93		San Francisco 49ers	B
	7	14	98		Philadelphia Eagles	B
	12	8	162			B
	20	7	273	Elbert Kimbrough		B
1962	1	6	6			T
	8	12	110			C
	20	11	277			B
1963	4	2	44			E
	5	7	63			G
	7	13	97			G
1964	7	14	98	Chuck Logan		E
	14	13	195		Green Bay Packers	E
	15	14	210			T
1965	2	2	16	Joe Cerne	San Francisco 49ers	C
	4	4	46			QB
	13	12	180			RB
	18	3	241			T
1966	9	13	138		Green Bay Packers	RB
1966	14	12	212	Mike Buckner		DB
1967	1	11	11	Cas Banaszek	San Francisco 49ers	TE
	3	23	76	Phil Clark		DB
	6	11	144			DE
	7	26	185		New Orleans Saints	RB
	8	10	195	Roger Murphy		WR
	10	5	242			RB
	17	7	426	Ken Ramsey		DT
1968	11	11	284		Washington Redskins	DB
1969	4	23	101		Kansas City Chiefs	C
1969	17	7	423	Chico Kurzawski	New Orleans Saints	DB
1971	5	16	120		Kansas City Chiefs	RB
	8	16	198		Kansas City Chiefs	DB
	11	14	274		Cleveland Browns	G
	12	1	287			T
1972	7	6	162			DB
1972	9	19	227	Jerry Brown		DB
1973	3	13	65		Minnesota Vikings	WR
1973	14	20	358			DT
1974	3	12	64			TE
	5	19	123			DB
	7	24	180		Washington Redskins	LB
1975	17	3	419			QB
1976	12	23	342			DT
1977	5	5	117			QB
	6	13	152			DB
	7	7	174		New Orleans Saints	RB
1978	6	15	153			G
1980	12	25	330			DE
1982	12	22	328			T
1983	1	4	4			T
1984	2	5	33		San Diego Chargers	LB
1984	5	16	128			P
1985	3	27	83			LB
	9	2	226			WR
	9	14	238			DE
	11	21	301		Los Angeles Rams	DB
1986	11	17	294		Cincinnati Bengals	LB
1987	10	7	258			WR
1989	7	1	168			LB
	9	25	248	Byron Sanders		RB
	11	16	295		Seattle Seahawks	DE
1991	12	4	310			RB
1992	7	3	171	Darryl Ashmore		T
1994	3	21	86	Steve Shine	Cincinnati Bengals	LB
1994	6	26	187	Lee Gissendaner		WR
1995	2	1	33			G
1995	5	1	135			WR
1997	4	9	105			RB
	6	1	164	Tim Scharf	New York Jets	LB
	7	2	203	Hudhaifa Ismaeli		DB
1998	5	11	134			LB
1998	6	18	171			C
1999	2	4	35			LB
	3	10	71			WR
	4	17	112		New York Giants	RB
2000	5	35	164			TE
2001	7	10	210			DB
2001	7	31	231			DE
2002	1	23	23			LB
	4	3	101	Kevin Bentley		LB
	5	35	170			WR
2003	4	36	133		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	C
2005	1	28	28		San Diego Chargers	DT
	3	29	93		Pittsburgh Steelers	T
	7	30	244			RB
2006	4	27	124			DT
	7	2	210		New Orleans Saints	G
	7	13	221		St. Louis Rams	LB
2010	4	11	109	Corey Wootton		DE
	4	24	122		Philadelphia Eagles	QB
	5	13	144			DB
2012	7	26	233		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	TE
2012	7	28	235		New England Patriots	WR
2015	4	16	115	Ibraheim Campbell	Cleveland Browns	DB
2015	7	33	250	Trevor Siemian	Denver Broncos	QB
2016	4	39	137	Dean Lowry	Green Bay Packers	DE
2016	6	22	197	Danny Vitale	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	FB
2017	5	17	161	Anthony Walker Jr.	Indianapolis Colts	LB
2017	7	2	220	Ifeadi Odenigbo	Minnesota Vikings	DE
2018	7	33	251	Justin Jackson	Los Angeles Chargers	RB
2019	5	29	167	Clayton Thorson	Philadelphia Eagles	QB
2021	1	13	13	Rashawn Slater	Los Angeles Chargers	T
	1	26	26	Greg Newsome II	Cleveland Browns	DB
	5	30	174	Earnest Brown IV	Los Angeles Rams	DE
2023	1	11	11	Peter Skoronski	Tennessee Titans	T
	4	8	110	Adetomiwa Adebawore	Indianapolis Colts	DE
	5	7	142	Cameron Mitchell	Cleveland Browns	DB
	5	41	176	Evan Hull	Indianapolis Colts	RB

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Notable undrafted players

Note: No drafts held before 1920

Debut Year	Position	Debut Team	Notes
1953	QB	Green Bay Packers	—
1960	TE	Oakland Raiders	—
	CB	Houston Oilers	—
	CB	Oakland Raiders	—
1963	S	Cleveland Browns	—
1965	DE	Los Angeles Rams	—
1965	DT	Chicago Bears	—
1966	DB	Kansas City Chiefs	-
1969	G	Buffalo Bills	—
1972	WR	Pittsburgh Steelers	—
1977	DB	Chicago Bears	—
1977	WR	Chicago Bears	—
1982	QB	New England Patriots	—
1987	TE	Dallas Cowboys	—
	DT	Washington Redskins	—
	LB	New York Jets	—
1991	WR	Miami Dolphins	—
1992	LB	Minnesota Vikings	—
1995	G	New York Jets	—
1998	T	Carolina Panthers	—
	FB	New York Jets	—
	WR	New York Jets	—
2001	DT	Dallas Cowboys	—
2002	RB	Arizona Cardinals	—
	QB	Miami Dolphins	—
	C	Indianapolis Colts	—
2003	T	New York Giants	—
2004	RB	Atlanta Falcons	—
2005	G	Indianapolis Colts	—
2006	QB	Carolina Panthers	—
2007	DB	Oakland Raiders	—
2007	LB	Chicago Bears	—
2009	WR	Chicago Bears	—
2009	RB	Green Bay Packers	—
2011	DE	Chicago Bears	—
2013	DE	Pittsburgh Steelers	—
2017	WR	New England Patriots	—
2018	TE	New York Giants	—
	RB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	—
	DT	Green Bay Packers	—
2019	G	Buffalo Bills	—
2024	QB	New York Jets	—

Notes and References

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