The
Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, representing
Texas Tech University, has had 155 players
drafted into the
National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936.[1][A 1] This includes nine players taken in the first round and one
overall number one pick,
Dave Parks in the
1964 NFL draft.[4] The
Green Bay Packers and
Chicago Bears have drafted the most Red Raiders, eleven and nine, respectively. The
Carolina Panthers are the only current franchise to not have drafted a player from Texas Tech.[5] Three former Red Raiders have been selected to a
Pro Bowl, seven former Red Raiders have won a league championship with their respective teams, and three former Red Raiders have been selected to both a Pro Bowl and won a league championship. Only one former Red Raider, Patrick Mahomes, has gone on to win the league Most Valuable Player award.
Each NFL
franchise seeks to add new players through the annual NFL Draft. The
draft rules were last updated in 2009. The team with the worst record the previous year picks first, the next-worst team second, and so on. Teams that did not make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record with any remaining ties broken by
strength of schedule.
Playoff participants are sequenced after non-playoff teams, based on their round of elimination (wild card, division, conference, and
Super Bowl).[6]
Before the
merger agreements in 1966, the
American Football League (AFL) operated in direct competition with the NFL and held a separate
draft. This led to a massive bidding war over top prospects between the two leagues. As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues would hold a multiple round "
Common Draft". When the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "Common Draft" simply became the NFL Draft.[2][3][7]
Notably, this list does not include undrafted Texas Tech players that have played for the NFL, for example,
Wes Welker.
^Because of the NFL–AFL merger agreement, the history of the AFL is officially recognized by the NFL and therefore this list includes the
AFL Draft (1960–1966) and the
Common Draft (1967–1969).[2][3]
^In American and Canadian football, a back is a player who is lined up behind the linemen, the players who line up closest to the line of scrimmage.
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abThis is the team that drafted the player, not their most recent team.
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abE. J. Holub was drafted in the 1961 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys (16th overall) and in the 1961 AFL draft by the Dallas Texans (6th overall).
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abRoger Gill was drafted in the 1963 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles (158th overall) and in the 1963 AFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers (170th overall).
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abDave Parks was drafted in the 1964 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers (1st overall) and in the 1964 AFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers (32nd overall).
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abJerrell Price was drafted in 1951 by the New York Yanks (239th overall) and in 1952 by the Los Angeles Rams (73rd overall).
The
Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, representing
Texas Tech University, has had 155 players
drafted into the
National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936.[1][A 1] This includes nine players taken in the first round and one
overall number one pick,
Dave Parks in the
1964 NFL draft.[4] The
Green Bay Packers and
Chicago Bears have drafted the most Red Raiders, eleven and nine, respectively. The
Carolina Panthers are the only current franchise to not have drafted a player from Texas Tech.[5] Three former Red Raiders have been selected to a
Pro Bowl, seven former Red Raiders have won a league championship with their respective teams, and three former Red Raiders have been selected to both a Pro Bowl and won a league championship. Only one former Red Raider, Patrick Mahomes, has gone on to win the league Most Valuable Player award.
Each NFL
franchise seeks to add new players through the annual NFL Draft. The
draft rules were last updated in 2009. The team with the worst record the previous year picks first, the next-worst team second, and so on. Teams that did not make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record with any remaining ties broken by
strength of schedule.
Playoff participants are sequenced after non-playoff teams, based on their round of elimination (wild card, division, conference, and
Super Bowl).[6]
Before the
merger agreements in 1966, the
American Football League (AFL) operated in direct competition with the NFL and held a separate
draft. This led to a massive bidding war over top prospects between the two leagues. As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues would hold a multiple round "
Common Draft". When the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "Common Draft" simply became the NFL Draft.[2][3][7]
Notably, this list does not include undrafted Texas Tech players that have played for the NFL, for example,
Wes Welker.
^Because of the NFL–AFL merger agreement, the history of the AFL is officially recognized by the NFL and therefore this list includes the
AFL Draft (1960–1966) and the
Common Draft (1967–1969).[2][3]
^In American and Canadian football, a back is a player who is lined up behind the linemen, the players who line up closest to the line of scrimmage.
^
abThis is the team that drafted the player, not their most recent team.
^
abE. J. Holub was drafted in the 1961 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys (16th overall) and in the 1961 AFL draft by the Dallas Texans (6th overall).
^
abRoger Gill was drafted in the 1963 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles (158th overall) and in the 1963 AFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers (170th overall).
^
abDave Parks was drafted in the 1964 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers (1st overall) and in the 1964 AFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers (32nd overall).
^
abJerrell Price was drafted in 1951 by the New York Yanks (239th overall) and in 1952 by the Los Angeles Rams (73rd overall).