LIST OF LOUISVILLE CARDINALS IN THE NFL DRAFT

This is a list of Louisville Cardinals football players in the NFL Draft.

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
1942	14	1	121	Clure Mosher	Pittsburgh Steelers	C
1949	13	9	130	Bob Todd	Chicago Cardinals	T
1950	18	12	234	Joe Travue	Cleveland Browns	B
1952	28	4	329	Johnny Brewer	Philadelphia Eagles	B
1953	19	4	221	Jimmy Williams	Pittsburgh Steelers	B
1955	9	5	102	Johnny Unitas	Pittsburgh Steelers	QB
1956	9	11	108	Maury Woolford	Los Angeles Rams	T
1957	26	5	306	Joe Unitas	Baltimore Colts	T
1958	1	11	11	Lenny Lyles	Baltimore Colts	B
1958	18	2	207	Mario Cheppo	Chicago Cardinals	E
1959	26	6	306	Ed Young	San Francisco 49ers	E
1960	19	6	222	Howard Turley	Pittsburgh Steelers	E
1961	16	3	213	Ron Petty	Washington Redskins	T
1961	18	6	244	John Finn	Chicago Bears	T
1962	14	14	196	Ernie Green	Green Bay Packers	B
1964	1	9	9	Ken Kortas	St. Louis Cardinals	T
1964	19	6	258	Dick Schott	Minnesota Vikings	E
1965	17	4	228	Tom LaFramboise	Chicago Bears	QB
1966	4	12	60	Doug Buffone	Chicago Bears	LB
	6	11	91	Charles Johnson	San Francisco 49ers	DT
	17	7	252	Benny Russell	St. Louis Cardinals	QB
1967	2	13	39	Tom Holzer	San Francisco 49ers	T
	13	19	334	Bill Downes	Philadelphia Eagles	DT
	15	12	379	Clarence Spencer	San Francisco 49ers	WR
1968	3	16	71	Ed Harmon	Dallas Cowboys	LB
	6	7	145	John Neidert	Cincinnati Bengals	LB
	10	1	247	Wayne Patrick	Cincinnati Bengals	RB
	15	14	395	Clarence Spencer	San Francisco 49ers	WR
1969	6	7	137	Wally Oyler	Atlanta Falcons	DB
1970	3	7	59	Lee Bouggess	Philadelphia Eagles	RB
	7	16	172	Cleo Walker	Green Bay Packers	C
	17	15	431	David Sanks	San Diego Chargers	G
1971	12	19	305	Horace Jones	Oakland Raiders	DT
1972	4	13	91	Larry Ball	Miami Dolphins	DE
1972	6	24	154	Amos Martin	Minnesota Vikings	LB
1973	4	10	88	Tom Jackson	Denver Broncos	LB
	14	13	351	John Madeys	Atlanta Falcons	QB
	16	3	393	Howard Stevens	New Orleans Saints	RB
1974	5	23	127	Richard Bishop	Cincinnati Bengals	DT
1975	13	20	332	A.J. Jacobs	Los Angeles Rams	DB
1975	15	26	390	Marty Smith	Pittsburgh Steelers	DT
1976	15	15	418	Wilbur Summers	Denver Broncos	P
1978	11	14	292	Cal Prince	Cincinnati Bengals	RB
1979	6	24	161	Dwayne Woodruff	Pittsburgh Steelers	DB
1979	10	2	250	Nathan Poole	Cincinnati Bengals	RB
1980	1	19	19	Otis Wilson	Chicago Bears	LB
1980	11	6	283	Ricky Skiles	Green Bay Packers	LB
1982	12	8	314	Donnie Craft	Houston Oilers	RB
1983	8	27	223	Mark Gregory Clayton	Miami Dolphins	WR
1983	10	9	260	Richard Tharpe	Buffalo Bills	DT
1984	4	14	98	Tom Andrews	Chicago Bears	G
1984	5	26	138	Dean May	Miami Dolphins	QB
1985	6	27	167	Ron Davenport	Miami Dolphins	RB
1986	2	7	34	Ernest Givins	Houston Oilers	WR
1987	1	23	23	Bruce Armstrong	New England Patriots	T
1990	2	17	42	Carwell Gardner	Buffalo Bills	RB
1991	1	25	25	Ted Washington	San Francisco 49ers	DT
	2	7	34	Browning Nagle	New York Jets	QB
	11	14	292	Jerry Crafts	Indianapolis Colts	T
	11	20	298	Mike Flores	Philadelphia Eagles	DE
1992	12	3	311	Klaus Wilmsmeyer	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	P
1993	3	9	65	Ray Buchanan	Indianapolis Colts	DB
1993	6	9	149	Deral Boykin	Los Angeles Rams	DB
1994	1	13	13	Joe Johnson	New Orleans Saints	DE
1995	5	3	137	Jamie Asher	Washington Redskins	TE
1996	3	5	66	Roman Oben	New York Giants	G
1996	5	35	167	Alan Campos	Dallas Cowboys	LB
1997	2	14	44	Sam Madison	Miami Dolphins	DB
	4	22	118	Tyrus McCloud	Baltimore Ravens	LB
	5	26	156	Carl Powell	Indianapolis Colts	DE
	7	37	238	Leland Taylor	Baltimore Ravens	DT
2000	3	13	75	Chris Redman	Baltimore Ravens	QB
2000	4	21	115	Frank Moreau	Kansas City Chiefs	RB
2001	6	16	179	Rashad Holman	San Francisco 49ers	DB
2002	2	33	65	Deion Branch	New England Patriots	WR
2003	2	32	64	Dewayne White	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DE
	3	24	88	Dave Ragone	Houston Texans	QB
	7	3	217	Curry Burns	Houston Texans	DB
	7	31	245	Chris Johnson	Green Bay Packers	DB
2005	2	22	54	Eric Shelton	Carolina Panthers	RB
	4	20	121	Stefan LeFors	Carolina Panthers	QB
	4	22	123	Kerry Rhodes	New York Jets	DB
	5	18	154	Robert McCune	Washington Redskins	LB
	7	22	236	Lionel Gates	Buffalo Bills	RB
	7	39	253	J. R. Russell	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	WR
2006	3	11	75	Jason Spitz	Green Bay Packers	C
	4	29	126	Elvis Dumervil	Denver Broncos	DE
	5	9	142	Brandon Johnson	Arizona Cardinals	LB
	6	13	182	Montavious Stanley	Dallas Cowboys	DT
2007	1	10	10	Amobi Okoye	Houston Texans	DT
	4	1	100	Michael Bush	Oakland Raiders	RB
	5	11	148	Kolby Smith	Kansas City Chiefs	RB
	5	33	170	William Gay	Pittsburgh Steelers	DB
2008	2	25	56	Brian Brohm	Green Bay Packers	QB
	3	21	84	Harry Douglas	Atlanta Falcons	WR
	5	6	141	Gary Barnidge	Carolina Panthers	TE
	5	15	150	Breno Giacomini	Green Bay Packers	T
	7	39	246	Mario Urrutia	Cincinnati Bengals	WR
2009	1	28	28	Eric Wood	Buffalo Bills	C
2009	5	34	170	George Bussey	New England Patriots	T
2011	3	24	88	Johnny Patrick	New Orleans Saints	DB
	4	29	126	Bilal Powell	New York Jets	RB
	6	10	175	Byron Stingily	Tennessee Titans	T
2012	7	25	232	Greg Scruggs	Seattle Seahawks	DE
2014	1	18	18	Calvin Pryor	New York Jets	DB
	1	26	26	Marcus Smith	Philadelphia Eagles	DE
	1	32	32	Teddy Bridgewater	Minnesota Vikings	QB
	3	9	73	Preston Brown	Buffalo Bills	LB
2015	1	14	14	DeVante Parker	Miami Dolphins	WR
	3	8	72	Jamon Brown	St. Louis Rams	T
	3	17	81	John Miller	Buffalo Bills	G
	3	18	82	Lorenzo Mauldin	New York Jets	LB
	4	5	104	James Sample	Jacksonville Jaguars	DB
	6	1	177	Deiontrez Mount	Tennessee Titans	LB
	6	13	189	Charles Gaines	Cleveland Browns	DB
	6	17	193	B. J. Dubose	Minnesota Vikings	DE
	7	22	239	Gerod Holliman	Pittsburgh Steelers	DB
	7	39	256	Gerald Christian	Arizona Cardinals	TE
2016	1	12	12	Sheldon Rankins	New Orleans Saints	DL
2017	6	29	213	Colin Holba	Pittsburgh Steelers	LS
2017	7	12	230	Josh Harvey-Clemons	Washington Redskins	DB
2018	1	18	18	Jaire Alexander	Green Bay Packers	DB
	1	32	32	Lamar Jackson	Baltimore Ravens	QB
	3	10	74	Geron Christian	Washington Redskins	T
	6	31	205	Trevon Young	Los Angeles Rams	DE
2020	1	11	11	Mekhi Becton	New York Jets	T
2021	2	25	57	Tutu Atwell	Los Angeles Rams	WR
2021	3	4	109	Dez Fitzpatrick	Tennessee Titans	WR
2023	3	19	82	YaYa Diaby	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DE
	5	1	136	Yasir Abdullah	Jacksonville Jaguars	LB
	6	3	180	Kei'Trel Clark	Arizona Cardinals	DB
2024	4	29	129	Isaac Guerendo	San Francisco 49ers	RB
	5	11	146	Jarvis Brownlee Jr.	Tennessee Titans	DB
	5	21	156	Jamari Thrash	Cleveland Browns	WR
	6	29	205	Jawhar Jordan	Houston Texans	RB

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Notable undrafted players

Note: No drafts held before 1920

Debut year	Player name	Position	Debut NFL/AFL team	Notes
1963	Lee Calland	CB	Minnesota Vikings	—
1972	Cookie Brinkman	WR	Cleveland Browns	—
1974	Steve Reese	LB	New York Jets	—
1978	Kevin Miller	WR	Minnesota Vikings	—
1981	Joe Jacoby	T	Washington Redskins	—
1984	Frank Minnifield	CB	Cleveland Browns	—
1985	Pete McCartney	T	Dallas Cowboys	—
1986	Anthony Copeland	LB	Washington Redskins	—
1987	Matt Battaglia	LB	Philadelphia Eagles	—
	Curtis Jeffries	TE	Cincinnati Bengals	—
	Ed Rubbert	QB	Washington Redskins	—
1991	Mark Sander	LB	Miami Dolphins	—
1991	Joey Smith	WR	New York Giants	—
1994	Aaron Bailey	WR	Indianapolis Colts	—
	Jeff Brohm	QB	San Diego Chargers	—
	Jim Hanna	DT	New Orleans Saints	—
	Garin Patrick	C	Indianapolis Colts	—
1997	David Akers	K	Atlanta Falcons	—
1997	Rico Clark	DB	Indianapolis Colts	—
2000	LaVell Boyd	WR	Cincinnati Bengals	—
2000	Jon Hilbert	K	Dallas Cowboys	—
2001	Arnold Jackson	WR	Arizona Cardinals	—
2003	Anthony Floyd	S	Indianapolis Colts	—
2004	Ronnie Ghent	TE	Philadelphia Eagles	—
2004	Richard Owens	TE	Minnesota Vikings	—
2005	Tiger Jones	WR	Washington Redskins	—
2012	Josh Bellamy	WR	Chicago Bears	—
2015	Eli Rogers	WR	Pittsburgh Steelers	—
2023	Malik Cunningham	QB	New England Patriots	—

References

^ DraftHistory.com

[1] DraftHistory.com

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v t e Louisville Cardinals football
Venues	High School Park (1912) Eclipse Park (1913–1916, 1921–1922) Parkway Field (1923–1936, 1952–1956) Maxwell Field (1937–1942) duPont Manual Stadium (1938, 1940–1941, 1949–1951) Cardinal Stadium (1957–1997) L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cincinnati: The Keg of Nails Kentucky: Governor's Cup Memphis
Culture & lore	Cardinal Bird Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917–1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Louisville Cardinals football
Venues	High School Park (1912) Eclipse Park (1913–1916, 1921–1922) Parkway Field (1923–1936, 1952–1956) Maxwell Field (1937–1942) duPont Manual Stadium (1938, 1940–1941, 1949–1951) Cardinal Stadium (1957–1997) L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cincinnati: The Keg of Nails Kentucky: Governor's Cup Memphis
Culture & lore	Cardinal Bird Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917–1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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