List of Illinois Fighting Illini in the NFL Draft

This is a list of Illinois Fighting Illini 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

Year	Round	Pick in round	Overall pick	Player	Team	Position
2013	3	24	86	Hugh Thornton (American football)	Colts	G
2013	4	3	100	Akeem Spence	Buccaneers	DT
2013	5	17	150	Terry Hawthorne	Steelers	DB
2013	7	20	226	Michael Buchanan (American football)	Patriots	DE
2012	1	26	26	Whitney Mercilus	Texans	DE
2012	1	30	30	A. J. Jenkins	49ers	WR
2012	2	12	44	Jeff Allen (American football)	Chiefs	T
2012	2	16	48	Tavon Wilson	Patriots	DB
2011	1	18	18	Corey Liuget	Chargers	DT
2011	2	25	57	Mikel Leshoure	Lions	RB
2011	3	8	72	Martez Wilson	Saints	LB
2011	7	40	243	Nate Bussey	Saints	LB
2010s	7			Josh Brent	Cowboys	DT
2010	2	7	39	Arrelious Benn	Buccaneers	WR
2010	3	4	68	Jon Asamoah	Chiefs	G
2010	5	1	132	Michael Hoomanawanui	Rams	TE
2009	1	25	25	Vontae Davis	Dolphins	DB
2009	5	19	155	Xavier Fulton	Buccaneers	T
2009	6	31	204	Will Davis	Cardinals	DE
2008	1	23	23	Rashard Mendenhall	Steelers	RB
2007	7	27	237	Alan Ball (American football)	Cowboys	DB
2005	2	28	60	Kelvin Hayden	Colts	DB
2005	4	21	122	Duke Preston	Bills	C
2004	5	27	159	Sean Bubin	Jaguars	T
2004	7	32	233	Christian Morton	Patriots	DB
2003	2	4	36	Eugene Wilson (American football)	Patriots	DB
2003	4	27	124	Brandon Lloyd	49ers	WR
2003	5	25	160	David Diehl	Giants	G
2003	5	38	173	Tony Pashos	Ravens	T
2003	7	12	226	Walter Young (American football)	Panthers	WR
2002	5	23	158	Kurt Kittner	Falcons	QB
2001	5	13	144	Marques Sullivan	Bills	T
2001	6	11	174	Jameel Cook	Buccaneers	RB
2000	6	3	169	Neil Rackers	Bengals	K
2000	7	39	245	Danny Clark (American football)	Jaguars	LB
1999	6	28	197	J. P. Machado	Jets	G
1998	2	7	37	Robert Holcombe	Rams	RB
1997	6	18	181	Dennis Stallings	Oilers	LB
1996	1	2	2	Kevin Hardy (linebacker)	Jaguars	LB
1996	1	3	3	Simeon Rice	Cardinals	DE
1996	3	8	69	Ken Blackman	Bengals	G
1995	2	16	48	Ken Dilger	Colts	TE
1995	5	10	144	John Holecek	Bills	LB
1995	5	34	168	Dana Howard (American football)	Cowboys	LB
1995	7	18	226	Scott Turner	Redskins	DB
1994	7	27	221	Filmel Johnson	Bills	DB
1993	1	13	13	Brad Hopkins	Oilers	T
1992	7	21	189	Elbert Tuener	Oilers	WR
1992	12	20	328	Kameno Bell	Dolphins	RB
1992	12	21	329	Tim Simpson (American football)	Browns	C
1991	1	26	26	Henry Jones (American football)	Bills	DB
1991	4	4	87	Moe Gardner	Falcons	DT
1991	5	21	132	Darrick Brownlow	Cowboys	LB
1991	6	13	152	Mel Agee	Colts	DT
1991	7	24	191	Chris Green (American football)	Dolphins	DB
1991	9	13	236	Howard Griffith	Colts	RB
1990	1	1	1	Jeff George	Colts	QB
1990	2	25	50	Mike Bellamy	Eagles	WR
1989	3	6	62	Keith Jones (American football)	Falcons	RB
1988	1	25	25	Scott Davis (defensive lineman)	Raiders	DE
1988	3	27	82	Mike Piel	Rams	DT
1988	5	25	134	Keith Taylor (American football)	Saints	DB
1988	7	16	181	Darryl Usher	Patriots	WR
1988	11	18	295	Bobby Dawson	Steelers	DB
1987	8	17	212	Mark Dennis (American football)	Dolphins	T
1987	10	13	264	Jerry Reese (tight end)	Falcons	TE
1986	2	20	47	Jack Trudeau	Colts	QB
1986	3	27	82	Dave Williams (wide receiver, 1986 NFL Draft)	Bears	WR
1986	4	1	83	Craig Swoope	Buccaneers	DB
1986	4	22	104	Jim Juriga	Broncos	T
1986	6	9	147	Thomas Rooks	Vikings	RB
1986	7	6	172	Chris White (kicker)	Colts	K
1986	8	13	207	Cap Boso	Steelers	TE
1986	9	4	225	Bob Sebring	Oilers	LB
1986	10	2	251	Guy Teafatiller	Bills	DT
1985	4	8	92	Mike Heaven	Buccaneers	DB
1985	10	1	253	Chris Babyar	Bills	G
1985	11	4	284	John Ayres (American football)	Falcons	DB
1984	4	11	95	Mitchell Brookins	Bills	WR
1984	6	7	147	Dwight Beverly	Colts	RB
1984	6	16	156	Don Thorp	Saints	DT
1984	8	19	215	Ed Brady	Rams	LB
1984	9	3	227	Mike Johnson (defensive end)	Oilers	DE
1984	11	10	290	Bob Stowe	Colts	T
1984	11	18	298	Mark Butkus	Bears	DT
1984	12	20	328	Moe Bias	Rams	LB
1984	12	25	333	Mike Weingrad	Dolphins	LB
1983	1	15	15	Tony Eason	Patriots	QB
1983	6	15	155	Mike Bass (American football)	Patriots	K
1983	8	25	221	Mike Martin	Bengals	WR
1983	9	7	231	Adam Lingner	Chiefs	C
1983	12	6	313	Oliver Williams (wide receiver)	Bears	WR
1982	2	8	35	Jack Squirek	Raiders	LB
1982	7	28	195	Ron Ferrari	49ers	LB
1982	8	17	212	Kelvin Atkins	Buccaneers	LB
1981s	1			Dave Wilson (American football)	Saints	QB
1981	5	5	116	John Gillen	Cardinals	LB
1981	11	5	281	Mike Sherrod	Cardinals	TE
1980	9	20	241	Lawrence McCullough	Redskins	WR
1979	4	17	99	Derwin Tucker	Rams	DB
1979	6	10	147	John Sullivan (linebacker)	Bears	LB
1979	8	27	219	Bruce Thornton	Cowboys	DT
1978	9	9	231	Rich Grimmett	Seahawks	T
1977	9	27	250	Scott Studwell	Vikings	LB
1977	10	27	278	Dan Beaver	Vikings	K
1976	5	15	139	Lonnie Perrin	Broncos	RB
1976	9	21	258	Stu Levenick	Colts	T
1976	10	6	271	Doug Kleber	Browns	T
1976	14	6	381	Joe Smalzer	Browns	TE
1975	5	6	110	Revie Sorey	Bears	G
1975	6	21	151	Tom Hicks (American football)	Bears	LB
1975	16	6	396	Mark Peterson (American football)	Chiefs	DE
1974	7	15	171	Gerry Sullivan	Browns	T
1974	16	22	412	Octavus Morgan	Steelers	LB
1973	4	2	80	Mike Wells	Vikings	QB
1973	9	6	214	Tab Bennett	Chargers	LB
1973	10	17	251	Willie Caley	Chiefs	DB
1973	10	21	255	Larry Allen (linebacker)	Packers	LB
1973	12	22	308	Larry McCarren	Packers	C
1971	6	12	142	Doug Dieken	Browns	T
1969	3	26	78	Rich Johnson (American football)	Oilers	RB
1969	5	23	127	Tony Pleviak	Falcons	DE
1969	10	22	256	Bob Naponic	Oilers	QB
1968	2	12	39	Cyril Pinder	Eagles	RB
1968	2	26	53	John Wright (wide receiver)	Falcons	WR
1968	8	10	202	Terry Miller (linebacker)	Lions	LB
1968	9	5	224	Bob Robertson	Oilers	C
1968	9	22	241	Ken Kmiec	Cowboys	DB
1967	10	13	250	Bruce Sullivan	Redskins	DB
1967	12	8	298	Preston Pearson	Colts	DB
1966	1	1	1	Jim Grabowski	Dolphins	RB
1966	1	9	9	Jim Grabowski	Packers	RB
1966	3	10	42	Don Hansen	Vikings	LB
1966	4	9	57	Ron Acks	Vikings	DE
1966	16	10	240	Sam Price	Giants	RB
1966	17	9	254	Gary Eickman	Giants	T
1966	18	8	268	Kai Anderson	Giants	C
1966	18	10	270	Dale Greco	Vikings	DT
1965	1	3	3	Dick Butkus	Bears	LB
1965	1	13	13	George Donnelly (American football)	49ers	B
1965	2	1	15	Archie Sutton	Vikings	T
1965	13	2	170	Gregg Schumacher	49ers	E
1965	17	1	225	Dave Powless	Giants	G
1963	10	12	138	Mike Taliaferro	Giants	QB
1963	17	14	238	Thurman Walker	Packers	E
1962	7	7	91	Ed O'Bradovich	Bears	E
1962	9	11	123	Chuck Dickerson	Browns	T
1962	18	8	246	Gary Brown (tackle)	49ers	T
1961	1	3	3	Joe Rutgens	Redskins	T
1961	2	6	20	Bill Brown (American football)	Bears	B
1961	6	2	72	Joe Krakoski (defensive back)	Redskins	B
1961	8	8	106	Marshall Starks	Cardinals	RB
1961	11	9	149	Tony Parrilli	49ers	G
1961	13	8	176	Ernie McMillan	Cardinals	E
1961	17	14	238	Larry Lavery	Eagles	T
1960	5	2	50	Bill Burrell	Cardinals	LB
1959	1	11	11	Rich Kreitling	Browns	WR
1959	9	11	107	Jack Delveaux	Giants	B
1959	18	3	207	Darrell DeDecker	Cardinals	T
1959	23	6	270	Bruce Dollahan	49ers	T
1959	29	10	346	Ron Nietupski	Browns	T
1958	3	11	36	Ray Nitschke	Packers	LB
1958	7	11	84	Bobby Mitchell	Browns	RB
1958	10	1	110	Carl Johnson (American football)	Packers	T
1958	24	5	282	Rod Hanson	Redskins	E
1957	2	2	15	Abe Woodson	49ers	B
1957	5	9	58	Wayne Bock	Cardinals	T
1957	20	2	231	Percy Oliver (American football)	Packers	G
1957	24	5	282	Gary Francis	Steelers	E
1956	7	9	82	J. C. Caroline	Bears	B
1956	12	11	144	Em Lindbeck (American football)	Rams	QB
1956	14	5	162	Carnell Neuman	Cardinals	B
1956	29	11	348	Mickey Bates	Rams	B
1955	25	11	300	Dick Miller (American football)	Lions	T
1955	30	7	356	Bob Gongola	49ers	B
1954	1	6	6	Stan Wallace	Bears	RB
1954	1	12	12	John Bauer (American football)	Browns	G
1954	2	8	21	Rocky Ryan (American football)	Eagles	E
1954	14	5	162	Ken Miller (American football)	Bears	B
1954	21	11	252	Jim Baughman	Browns	G
1954	29	4	341	Claude Taliaferro	Colts	B
1953	5	12	61	Rex Smith (American football)	Eagles	E
1953	16	10	191	Eric Kuykendall	Browns	B
1953	19	8	225	Pete Bachouros	Eagles	B
1952	2	3	16	Johnny Karras	Cardinals	B
1952	4	4	41	Chuck Ulrich	Eagles	T
1952	16	6	187	Marv Berschet	Redskins	T
1952	16	8	189	Herb Neathery	Browns	B
1952	18	7	212	Tommy O'Connell	Bears	B
1952	20	2	231	Chuck Boerio	Packers	C
1952	21	6	247	Dick Jenkins	Redskins	T
1952	26	11	312	Joe Vernasco	Browns	E
1952	30	4	353	Don Stevens (American football)	Eagles	B
1951	5	1	51	Lynn Lynch	Cardinals	G
1951	8	5	91	Dick Raklovits	Lions	B
1951	13	6	153	Wayne Siegert	Lions	T
1951	13	11	158	Paul Douglass (American football)	Giants	B
1951	18	9	216	Chuck Brown (American football)	Bears	G
1951	20	3	234	Al Tate (American football)	49ers	T
1951	27	9	324	Al Brosky	Rams	B
1950	14	5	175	Lyle Button	Redskins	T
1950	23	7	294	Walt Kerulis	Steelers	E
1950	28	4	356	Johnny Karras	Lions	B
1950	29	4	369	Russ Steger	Lions	B
1949	13	2	123	Al Mastrangeli	Packers	C
1949	13	10	131	Lyle Button	Eagles	T
1949	14	9	140	Tony Klimek	Cardinals	E
1949	18	7	178	Herb Siegert	Redskins	G
1949	23	6	227	Walt Kersulis	Rams	E
1948	3	2	15	Les Bingaman	Lions	T
1948	8	6	61	Bob Cunz	Packers	T
1948	13	2	107	Russ Steger	Lions	B
1948	13	6	111	Perry Moss	Packers	B
1948	15	6	131	Lou Agase	Packers	T
1947	9	5	70	Art Dufelmeier	Cardinals	B
1947	9	10	75	Dwight Eddleman	Bears	B
1947	11	8	93	Russ Steger	Rams	B
1947	23	8	213	Lou Levanti	Rams	C
1947	30	10	285	Jack Pierce (American football)	Bears	B
1947	32	6	299	Bob Prymuski	Rams	G
1946	2	1	11	Mac Wenskunas	Cardinals	C
1946	2	4	14	Julie Rykovich	Bears	B
1946	11	9	99	Chick Maggioli	Redskins	B
1946	12	4	104	Frank Bauman	Bears	E
1946	14	9	129	Stan Sprague	Redskins	E
1946	19	4	174	Tom Gallagher (American football)	Bears	B
1946	27	5	255	Butch Kalens	Giants	G
1945	9	6	82	Les Joop	Lions	T
1945	12	6	115	Mike Kasap	Lions	T
1945	26	5	268	Ray Florek	Rams	B
1944	1	11	11	Tony Butkovich	Rams	B
1944	8	6	71	Alex Agase	Packers	G
1944	14	2	133	John Genis	Dodgers	T
1944	14	6	137	Don Griffin (halfback)	Packers	B
1944	26	2	265	Ray Grierson	Dodgers	E
1943	26	4	244	Eddie McGovern	Cardinals	B
1941	21	5	195	Tom Riggs	Redskins	T
1940	15	9	139	Mel Brewer	Packers	G
1940	20	9	189	Jim Reeder	Packers	T
1939	20	7	187	Jim McDonald (American football)	Lions	C
1937	8	7	77	Elvin Sayre	Lions	C^[1]

Notes

Dave Wilson was drafted in the 1981 Supplemental Draft.^[2]

References

Illinois Fighting Illini football

Venues	Illinois Field (1890–1922) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Missouri Northwestern: (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk, 1945–2008; Land of Lincoln Trophy, 2009–present) Ohio State (Illibuck) Purdue (Purdue Cannon) Michigan

Culture & lore	Illinois Loyalty "Oskee Wow-Wow" Marching Illini Gene Honda Fighting Illini Sports Network Chief Illiniwek

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

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