List of Virginia Cavaliers in the NFL draft explained

This is a list of Virginia Cavaliers 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	Notes
1940	18	9	169			B
1942	1	1	1			B
1945	14	9	140	John Duda		B
1946	13	2	112	Joe Kirkland		T
1946	28	5	265	Charlie Ellis		B
1947	23	3	208	Tom Dudley	Washington Redskins	E
1948	5	5	30	Bruce Bailey		B
	6	5	40			B
	18	9	164	Ray Brown		B
	22	9	204	Lockwood Frizzell	Philadelphia Eagles	C
	28	4	259	Joe McCary		B
	32	1	294	George Neff	Boston Yanks	B
1949	19	6	187	Joe Leonard		T
1950	13	3	160			E
1951	1	12	12			E
	7	2	76			B
	20	2	233	Dick Johnson		T
1952	5	9	58			T
	20	7	236	Jimmy Lesane		B
	28	9	334			G
1953	5	11	60			E
1953	21	12	253	Bob Tata		B
1954	13	8	153	Joe Mehalick	Philadelphia Eagles	T
1956	15	6	175	John Polzer		QB
1956	27	6	319	Herb Hartwell		B
1957	5	3	52			DT
1957	19	10	227	Bob Gunderman		E
1958	7	9	82			T
	7	12	85	Hal Outten		T
	16	5	186	Fred Polzer	Washington Redskins	E
	19	1	218			B
1960	13	9	153		Philadelphia Eagles	E
1962	4	14	56			T
1963	4	11	53	Harlow Fullwood		G
1963	7	14	98	Turnley Todd		LB
1964	14	12	194	Terry Sieg		B
1965	7	11	95			G
1966	4	8	56	Don Parker		G
1966	8	7	117	John Pincavage		RB
1967	2	4	30			QB
	7	5	164	Ed Carrington		WR
	10	18	255	Jim Copeland	Cleveland Browns	G
	11	14	277	Carroll Jarvis	San Diego Chargers	RB
	14	26	367		New Orleans Saints	DB
1968	5	25	136	John Naponic		T
1969	5	9	113	Frank Quayle		RB
	7	10	166	Jeff Anderson		RB
	10	20	254	Greg Shelly		G
	14	9	347	Rick Brand		DT
	15	10	374	Paul Rogers	Washington Redskins	T
1971	13	10	322			C
1972	13	9	321			LB
1973	15	20	384	Dave Sullivan		WR
1974	4	3	81			WR
	10	18	252	Paul Ryczek		C
	11	10	270	Kent Merritt		WR
1975	12	4	290			LB
	15	17	381	Ken Shelton	Denver Broncos	TE
	16	12	402	Ken Lambert		DB
1976	1	15	15		Denver Broncos	G
1976	8	6	215	Scott Gardner		QB
1977	2	25	53			DE
1978	5	25	135			G
1979	9	4	224			P
1980	5	8	118			DB
1980	8	18	211	Grant Hudson		DT
1981	5	27	138			RB
1982	4	21	104			LB
1982	12	2	308	Greg Taylor	New England Patriots	WR
1984	7	17	185			RB
1984	8	7	203			TE
1985	2	12	40			DB
	4	15	99			G
	7	25	193		Seattle Seahawks	T
1986	1	6	6			T
	3	7	62			RB
	6	18	156	Jim Huddleston		G
1987	10	4	255	Don Majkowski		QB
1988	6	14	151		Dallas Cowboys	QB
1989	1	14	14	Jeff Lageman		LB
	2	2	30			WR
	7	19	186	David Griggs		LB
1990	6	12	149			RB
	8	5	198	Ray Savage		LB
	11	12	288		Cincinnati Bengals	T
1991	1	10	10			WR
	4	10	93		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DB
	9	15	238			TE
	11	6	284			QB
1992	1	10	10			T
	2	12	40			QB
	10	21	273	Nikki Fisher		RB
1993	2	2	31		New England Patriots	DE
	3	22	78			RB
	4	4	88	David Ware		T
	6	7	147	Greg Jeffries		DB
1994	3	6	71			DB
1994	5	30	161	Jon Reid		T
1995	3	30	94			DE
	4	9	107		New York Jets	WR
	6	35	206			RB
1996	5	27	159	Patrick Jeffers		WR
1997	1	8	8			LB
	1	25	25			DE
	2	4	34	Jamie Sharper		LB
	2	6	36			RB
	3	6	66		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DB
	5	31	161	Duane Ashman		DE
1998	2	20	50			WR
1998	5	18	141	Doug Karczewski		T
1999	1	30	30			DE
	4	29	124			LB
	4	36	131			QB
	7	8	214			DT
	7	10	216		Baltimore Ravens	DB
	7	20	226		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	G
2000	1	7	7			RB	Pro Bowl (2008)
	3	32	94	John St. Clair		C
	6	18	184	Shannon Taylor		LB
	6	21	187		New England Patriots	DB
2001	5	10	141			TE
2002	4	20	118			TE
	7	20	231	Monsanto Pope		DT
	7	26	237			RB
2003	3	30	94			LB
2003	3	31	95			WR
2004	3	27	90			QB	2× Pro Bowl (2009, 2012)
2005	1	30	30		Pittsburgh Steelers	TE	2× Pro Bowl (2009, 2012) All-Rookie Team (2005)
	3	31	95			LB
	4	10	111		Arizona Cardinals	G
	4	26	127			RB
	4	31	132			DE
	6	29	203			DT
	7	34	248		San Francisco 49ers	TE
2006	1	4	4			T	3× Pro Bowl (2009–2011) All-Rookie Team (2006)
	5	10	143			T
	5	11	144			WR
	6	1	170			RB
	6	19	188	Kurt Smith		K
2007	7	34	244			RB
2007	7	35	245	Marcus Hamilton	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DB
2008	1	2	2			DE	All-Rookie Team (2008)
	1	15	15		Kansas City Chiefs	G	2× Pro Bowl (2013, 2015)
	6	30	196		Indianapolis Colts	TE
2009	1	8	8		Jacksonville Jaguars	T
	2	13	45			LB
	6	12	185			RB	Pro Bowl (2015)
	6	35	208			TE
2010	2	2	34			DB
2011	2	1	33		New England Patriots	DB
2012	7	30	237			DE
2013	5	8	141			T
2014	3	2	66		Washington Redskins	T
	4	34	134			DT
	6	29	205		Jacksonville Jaguars	C
2015	3	15	79	Eli Harold	San Francisco 49ers	LB
2015	6	3	179	Max Valles	Oakland Raiders	LB
2016	6	34	209	Maurice Canady	Baltimore Ravens	DB
2018	5	10	147	Micah Kiser	Los Angeles Rams	LB
2018	5	21	158	Andrew Brown	Cincinnati Bengals	DE
2019	2	31	63	Juan Thornhill	Kansas City Chiefs	DB	All-Rookie Team (2019)
2019	6	25	198	Tim Harris	San Francisco 49ers	DB
2020	5	5	151	Joe Reed	Los Angeles Chargers	WR
2020	5	12	158	Bryce Hall	New York Jets	DB
2022	3	9	73	Jelani Woods	Indianapolis Colts	TE
2023	5	24	159	Dontayvion Wicks	Green Bay Packers	WR
2024	6	8	184	Malik Washington	Miami Dolphins	WR

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Notable undrafted players

Note: No drafts held before 1920

Year	Position	Debut Team	Notes
1963	QB	Baltimore Colts	—
1981	LB	Miami Dolphins	—
1983	LB	New England Patriots	—
1993	K	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	—
1995	DT	San Francisco 49ers	—
2000	TE	Carolina Panthers	—
2000	T	Cleveland Browns	—
2001	LB	Tennessee Titans	—
2001	FB	Jacksonville Jaguars	—
2009	WR	Dallas Cowboys	—
2011	LS	Buffalo Bills	—
2012	S	St. Louis Rams	—
2019	WR	Atlanta Falcons	—

Notes and References

http://www.drafthistory.com/index.php/colleges/v DraftHistory.com