I was checking out a couple websites for all-time NFL draftees, (http://www.pro-football-reference.com/colleges/ohiost/drafted.htm & http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/osu/graphics/pdf/m-footbl/nfl-draft-history.pdf ), and noticed that so far Ohio State has had a player selected in the Professional/NFL draft 424 times. This just includes players drafted, not free agents.
Also of note: when looking at the professional/NFL Drafts from 2013 going all the way back to 1936, Ohio State has had a player drafted in every single year...except the 1998 NFL Draft, (which is hard to believe).
The teams who have drafted the most Buckeyes: Cleveland Browns (32), Chicago Bears (30), Detroit Lions (23), Green Bay Packers (23), Philadelphia Eagles (23), and the Pittsburgh Steelers (20).
Approximately by position, there have been 16 QBs, 35 WRs, 42 RBs, 58 LBs, and 61 DBs drafted from OSU.
The list is pretty long; here is just a partial list, from 1970 on:
- 1970 2nd Chuck Hutchison (G).................St. Louis Cardinals
- 1970 7th Ted Provost (DB).......................Los Angeles Rams
- 1970 9th Jim Otis (RB)...........................New Orleans Saints
- 1970 10th Nick Roman (DE)......................Cincinnati Bengals
- 1971 1st Tim Anderson (CB)................. San Francisco 49ers
- 1971 1st John Brockington (RB).................Green Bay Packers
- 1971 1st Leo Hayden (RB)..........................Minnesota Vikings
- 1971 1st Jack Tatum (DB).............................Oakland Raiders
- 1971 2nd Jan White (TE).....................................Buffalo Bills
- 1971 5th Jim Stillwagon (LB)......................Green Bay Packers
- 1971 7th Doug Adams (CB).............................Denver Broncos
- 1971 8th Mike Sensibaugh (S)......................Kansas City Chiefs
- 1971 8th Larry Zelina (RB).............................Cleveland Browns
- 1971 10th Bruce Jankowski (WR)...................Kansas City Chiefs
- 1971 10th Rex Kern (QB)...................................Baltimore Colts
- 1971 15th Ron Maciejowski (QB).........................Chicago Bears
- 1971 16th Mark Debevc (LB)..........................Cincinnati Bengals
- 1972 5th Tom DeLeone (C)............................Cincinnati Bengals
- 1972 9th Harry Howard (DB)..........................Los Angeles Rams
- 1972 12th Jimmy Harris (WR)............................Dallas Cowboys
- 1972 13th Tom Campana (DB).......................St. Louis Cardinals
- 1972 16th Dick Wakefield (WR).......................Cleveland Browns
- 1972 17th Stan White (LB)..................................Baltimore Colts
- 1973 8th John Bledsoe (RB)....................................Detroit Lions
- 1973 8th George Hasenhohrl (DT)......................New York Giants
- 1973 8th Rich Seifert (S)......................................New York Jets
- 1973 9th Rich Galbos (RB)..........................Washington Redskins
- 1973 17th Earl Belgrave (T)....................................Detroit Lions
- 1974 1st Randy Gradishar (LB)............................Denver Broncos
- 1974 1st John Hicks (G).....................................New York Giants
- 1974 1st Rick Middleton (LB).........................New Orleans Saints
- 1974 4th Morris Bradshaw (WR).........................Oakland Raiders
- 1974 8th Gregg Hare (QB)........................................Buffalo Bills
- 1974 9th Dan Scott (G)....................................Cleveland Browns
- 1974 10th Jim Kregel (G)................................Pittsburgh Steelers
- 1974 12th Vic Koegel (LB).................................. Atlanta Falcons
- 1975 1st Neal Colzie (DB)..................................Oakland Raiders
- 1975 1st Doug France (T)...............................Los Angeles Rams
- 1975 1st Kurt Schumacher (G).......................New Orleans Saints
- 1975 3rd Pete Cusick (DT)..........................New England Patriots
- 1975 4th Bruce Elia (LB)......................................Miami Dolphins
- 1975 4th Harold "Champ" Henson (RB)..............Minnesota Vikings
- 1975 4th Steve Luke (S)..................................Green Bay Packers
- 1975 5th Jim Cope (LB)....................................Cleveland Browns
- 1975 11th Dave Hazel (WR)..................................Baltimore Colts
- 1975 11th Steve Myers (G).......................................Detroit Lions
- 1975 12th Doug Plank (DB).....................................Chicago Bears
- 1975 14th Larry O’Rourke (DT)........................Philadelphia Eagles
- 1975 17th Mike Bartoszek (TE)...............................New York Jets
- 1976 1st Tim Fox (DB)................................New England Patriots
- 1976 1st Archie Griffin (RB)..............................Cincinnati Bengals
- 1976 3rd Brian Baschnagel (WR)............................Chicago Bears
- 1976 4th Leonard Willis (WR)...........................Minnesota Vikings
- 1976 7th Ken Kuhn (LB)...................................Cincinnati Bengals
- 1976 8th Craig Cassady (S)...........................New Orleans Saints
- 1976 10th Tom Klaban (K)...............................Cincinnati Bengals
- 1976 11th Cornelius Green (QB)...........................Dallas Cowboys
- 1976 13th Larry Kain (LB)...............................Pittsburgh Steelers
- 1976 16th Pat Curto (LB)..................................... Atlanta Falcons
- 1976 17th Scott Dannelley (T/G)........................Cincinnati Bengals
- 1977 1st Bob Brudzinski (LB).............................Los Angeles Rams
- 1977 2nd Tom Skladany (P)...............................Cleveland Browns
- 1977 2nd Pete Johnson (FB)..............................Cincinnati Bengals
- 1977 8th Ed Thompson (LB)....................................New York Jets
- 1977 9th Nick Buonamici (DT).................................Chicago Bears
- 1978 1st Chris Ward (T)........................................New York Jets
- 1978 2nd Ray Griffin (CB)............................. Cincinnati Bengals
- 1978 7th Herman Jones (WR)............................ Chicago Bears
- 1978 7th Jeff Logan (RB).................................. Baltimore Colts
- 1978 8th David Adkins (LB).............................. Atlanta Falcons
- 1978 10th Aaron Brown (LB)..................Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 1979 1st Tom Cousineau (LB).................................Buffalo Bills
- 1979 5th Ron Springs (RB)............................... Dallas Cowboys
- 1979 6th Jim Moore (OT)................................. Baltimore Colts
- 1979 9th Joe Robinson (T)........................... Kansas City Chiefs
- 1980 4th Jim Laughlin (LB)............................... Atlanta Falcons
- 1980 6th Mike Guess (DB)................................. Chicago Bears
- 1980 10th Ken Fritz (G)................................. Pittsburgh Steelers
- 1981 2nd Doug Donley (WR)............................ Dallas Cowboys
- 1981 4th Todd Bell (DB)...................................... Chicago Bears
- 1981 4th Calvin Murray (RB)......................Philadelphia Eagles
- 1981 4th Al Washington (LB).............................New York Jets
- 1981 5th Keith Ferguson (LB).................... San Diego Chargers
- 1981 6th Vince Skillings (DB).......................... Dallas Cowboys
- 1981 10th Robert Murphy (DS).......................... Atlanta Falcons
- 1981 12th Ray Ellis (SS)...............................Philadelphia Eagles
- 1982 1st Art Schlichter (QB)............................ Baltimore Colts
- 1982 4th Anthony Griggs (LB)....................Philadelphia Eagles
- 1982 12th Bob Atha (K)................................. St. Louis Cardinals
- 1983 5th Jerome Foster (DE)............................. Houston Oilers
- 1983 11th Joe Lukens (G)...................................Miami Dolphins
- 1983 11th Tim Spencer (RB)........................ San Diego Chargers
- 1983 11th Gary Williams (WR)..................... Cincinnati Bengals
- 1984 1st William Roberts (T).........................New York Giants
- 1984 2nd John Frank (TE)...........................San Francisco 49ers
- 1984 3rd Garcia Lane (DB).............................Kansas City Chiefs
- 1984 6th Rowland Tatum (LB)..........................Miami Dolphins
- 1984 10th Joe Dooley (C)...............................Los Angeles Rams
- 1984 10th Shaun Gayle (DB)................................ Chicago Bears
- 1984 12th Thad Jemison (WR)...............Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 1985 1st Jim Lachey (T)............................ San Diego Chargers
- 1985 3rd Kirk Lowdermilk (C)...................... Minnesota Vikings
- 1985 6th Mark Krerowicz (G).......................Cleveland Browns
- 1986 1st Keith Byars (RB)..........................Philadelphia Eagles
- 1986 2nd Thomas Johnson (LB)......................New York Giants
- 1986 7th Larry Kolic (LB)..................................Miami Dolphins
- 1986 7th Byron Lee (LB)..............................Philadelphia Eagles
- 1987 6th Sonny Gordon (FS)........................ Cincinnati Bengals
- 1987 7th Jamie Holland (WR)................... San Diego Chargers
- 1987 9th Scott Leach (LB).........................New Orleans Saints
- 1987 12th Jim Karsatos (QB).............................Miami Dolphins
- 1987 4th Cris Carter (WR)..........................Philadelphia Eagles * (supplemental)
- 1988 1st Eric Kumerow (DE)............................Miami Dolphins
- 1988 2nd Chris Spielman (LB)................................Detroit Lions
- 1988 3rd Alex Higdon (TE)...............................Atlanta Falcons
- 1988 3rd Tom Tupa (P/QB)............................Arizona Cardinals
- 1988 4th William White (CB)................................Detroit Lions
- 1988 6th George Cooper (FB)...........................Miami Dolphins
- 1988 7th Ray Jackson (CB)...........................Seattle Seahawks
- 1988 10th Henry Brown (T)......................Washington Redskins
- 1989 5th Jeff Uhlenhake (C).............................Miami Dolphins
- 1989 5th Vince Workman (RB).................... Green Bay Packers
- 1989 9th Derek Maccready (DE)...........................Detroit Lions
- 1989 12th Everett Ross (WR)........................ Minnesota Vikings
- 1990 5th Jeff Davidson (G)..............................Denver Broncos
- 1990 7th Joe Staysniak (T)........................ San Diego Chargers
- 1990 9th Tim Moxley (G)........................Washington Redskins
- 1991 1st Vinnie Clark (CB)........................... Green Bay Packers
- 1991 2nd Jeff Graham (WR)....................... Pittsburgh Steelers
- 1991 11th Bobby Olive (WR)......................... Kansas City Chiefs
- 1992 1st Alonzo Spellman (DT).......................... Chicago Bears
- 1992 7th Scottie Graham (FB).................... Pittsburgh Steelers
- 1992 8th Kent Graham (QB)...........................New York Giants
- 1993 1st Robert Smith (RB)......................... Minnesota Vikings
- 1993 2nd Roger Harper (S)................................ Atlanta Falcons
- 1993 3rd Steve Tovar (LB)............................ Cincinnati Bengals
- 1993 8th Brian Stablein (WR)...........................Denver Broncos
- 1994 1st Dan Wilkinson (DL)...................... Cincinnati Bengals
- 1994 3rd Jeff Cothran (RB).......................... Cincinnati Bengals
- 1994 4th Raymont Harris (RB)............................ Chicago Bears
- 1994 6th Jason Winrow (G)...........................New York Giants
- 1994 7th Butler By’not’e (RB)...........................Denver Broncos
- 1995 1st Joey Galloway (WR).....................Seattle Seahawks
- 1995 1st Korey Stringer (T)......................... Minnesota Vikings
- 1995 1st Craig Powell (LB)...........................Cleveland Browns
- 1995 3rd Preston Harrison (LB).................San Diego Chargers
- 1995 3rd Marlon Kerner (CB).................................Buffalo Bills
- 1995 3rd Chris Sanders (WR)............................ Houston Oilers
- 1995 3rd Lorenzo Styles (LB)............................ Atlanta Falcons
- 1995 5th Tito Paul (DB)..................................Arizona Cardinals
- 1996 1st Rickey Dudley (TE)............................Oakland Raiders
- 1996 1st Eddie George (RB)..............................Houston Oilers
- 1996 1st Terry Glenn (WR).....................New England Patriots
- 1996 3rd Bobby Hoying (QB)......................Philadelphia Eagles
- 1997 1st Orlando Pace (T).................................St. Louis Rams
- 1997 1st Shawn Springs (CB)......................Seattle Seahawks
- 1997 2nd Rob Kelly (S)...............................New Orleans Saints
- 1997 3rd Mike Vrabel (DE).........................Pittsburgh Steelers
- 1997 3rd Ty Howard (CB)...............................Arizona Cardinals
- 1997 4th Nicky Sualua (FB).............................Dallas Cowboys
- 1997 6th Matt Finkes (DL).............................Carolina Panthers
- 1999 1st David Boston (SE)...........................Arizona Cardinals
- 1999 1st Antoine Winfield (CB)..............................Buffalo Bills
- 1999 1st Andy Katzenmoyer (LB)........... New England Patriots
- 1999 2nd Joe Montgomery (TB).....................New York Giants
- 1999 4th Joe Germaine (QB)............................. St. Louis Rams
- 1999 4th Damon Moore (SS)......................Philadelphia Eagles
- 1999 6th Brent Bartholomew (P)......................Miami Dolphins
- 1999 6th Dee Miller (FL).............................. Green Bay Packers
- 2000 1st Ahmed Plummer (CB).................San Francisco 49ers
- 2000 4th Na’il Diggs (LB)............................. Green Bay Packers
- 2000 4th Gary Berry (FS)............................. Green Bay Packers
- 2000 5th Michael Wiley (RB).......................... Dallas Cowboys
- 2000 7th James Cotton (LB)............................... Chicago Bears
- 2000 7th Kevin Houser (ST).......................New Orleans Saints
- 2001 1st Nate Clements (CB).................................Buffalo Bills
- 2001 1st Ryan Pickett (DT)................................ St. Louis Rams
- 2001 6th Rodney Bailey (DE)...................... Pittsburgh Steelers
- 2001 7th Reggie Germany (WR).............................Buffalo Bills
- 2001 7th Derek Combs (RB)............................Oakland Raiders
- 2001 7th Ken-Yon Rambo (WR).......................Oakland Raiders
- 2002 2nd LeCharles Bentley (C).................New Orleans Saints
- 2002 3rd Derek Ross (CB)................................ Dallas Cowboys
- 2002 4th Jonathan Wells (RB).........................Houston Texans
- 2002 4th Darnell Sanders (TE)...................... Cleveland Browns
- 2002 4th Jamar Martin (FB)............................ Dallas Cowboys
- 2002 5th Courtland Bullard (OLB)...................... St. Louis Rams
- 2002 6th Tyson Walter (OT)............................. Dallas Cowboys
- 2002 6th Steve Bellisari (DB/QB)............................ St. Louis Rams
- 2003 2nd Mike Doss (SS).............................. Indianapolis Colts
- 2003 3rd Kenny Peterson (DE)..................... Green Bay Packers
- 2003 3rd Cie Grant (OLB)...........................New Orleans Saints
- 2003 4th Matt Wilhelm (MLB).................. San Diego Chargers
- 2003 5th Donnie Nickey (FS)......................... Tennessee Titans
- 2004 1st Chris Gamble (CB)..........................Carolina Panthers
- 2004 1st Michael Jenkins (WR)....................... Atlanta Falcons
- 2004 1st Will Smith (DE)...........................New Orleans Saints
- 2004 3rd Tim Anderson (DT)...................................Buffalo Bills
- 2004 3rd Ben Hartsock (TE).......................... Indianapolis Colts
- 2004 3rd B.J. Sander (P).............................. Green Bay Packers
- 2004 3rd Darrion Scott (DE)........................ Minnesota Vikings
- 2004 4th Will Allen (FS).......................Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 2004 4th Alex Stepanovich (C)......................Arizona Cardinals
- 2004 5th Drew Carter (WR)...........................Carolina Panthers
- 2004 5th Craig Krenzel (QB)............................... Chicago Bears
- 2004 5th Robert Reynolds (LB)...................... Tennessee Titans
- 2004 7th Adrien Clarke (OG).........................Philadelphia Eagles
- 2004 7th Shane Olivea (OT).........................San Diego Chargers
- 2005 2nd Mike Nugent (K)...................................New York Jets
- 2005 3rd Dustin Fox (CB)...............................Minnesota Vikings
- 2005 3rd Maurice Clarett (RB)............................Denver Broncos
- 2006 1st A.J. Hawk (LB)................................Green Bay Packers
- 2006 1st Donte Whitner (S).....................................Buffalo Bills
- 2006 1st Bobby Carpenter (LB)..........................Dallas Cowboys
- 2006 1st Santonio Holmes (WR)....................Pittsburgh Steelers
- 2006 1st Nick Mangold (C)...................................New York Jets
- 2006 3rd Ashton Youboty (CB).................................Buffalo Bills
- 2006 3rd Anthony Schlegel (LB)............................New York Jets
- 2006 4th Nate Salley (S)..................................Carolina Panthers
- 2006 4th Rob Sims (G)....................................Seattle Seahawks
- 2007 1st Ted Ginn, Jr. (WR) ...............................Miami Dolphins
- 2007 1st Anthony Gonzalez (WR) ....................Indianapolis Colts
- 2007 3rd Quinn Pitcock (DT) ...........................Indianapolis Colts
- 2007 4th Antonio Pittman (RB) .....................New Orleans Saints
- 2007 5th Jay Richardson (DE)............................Oakland Raiders
- 2007 5th Roy Hall (WR) ..................................Indianapolis Colts
- 2007 5th Troy Smith (QB).................................Baltimore Ravens
- 2007 6th Doug Datish (C) ....................................Atlanta Falcons
- 2008 1st Vernon Gholston (DE)..............................New York Jets
- 2008 7th Kirk Barton (OT)......................................Chicago Bears
- 2008 7th Larry Grant (LB)..............................San Francisco 49ers
- 2009 1st Malcolm Jenkins (CB)........................New Orleans Saints
- 2009 1st Chris Wells (RB)..................................Arizona Cardinals
- 2009 2nd James Laurinaitis (LB)............................St. Louis Rams
- 2009 2nd Brian Robiskie (WR)...........................Cleveland Browns
- 2009 4th Donald Washington (CB)....................Kansas City Chiefs
- 2009 4th Brian Hartline (WR)................................Miami Dolphins
- 2009 5th Marcus Freeman (LB)...............................Chicago Bears
- 2010 4th Thaddeus Gibson (DE).......................Pittsburgh Steelers
- 2010 7th Doug Worthington (DL)......................Pittsburgh Steelers
- 2010 7th Kurt Coleman (DB)............................Philadelphia Eagles
- 2010 7th Austin Spitler (LB)...................................Miami Dolphins
- 2011 1st Cameron Heyward (DE)......................Pittsburgh Steelers
- 2011 3rd Terrelle Pryor (QB)................................Oakland Raiders * (supplemental)
- 2011 4th Chimdi Chekwa (DB).............................Oakland Raiders
- 2011 5th Jermale Hines (DB).................................St. Louis Rams
- 2011 6th Brian Rolle (LB)................................Philadelphia Eagles
- 2011 6th Ross Homan (LB)...............................Minnesota Vikings
- 2012 2nd Mike Adams (OT)..............................Pittsburgh Steelers
- 2012 3rd DeVier Posey (WR)................................Houston Texans
- 2012 6th Dan Herron (RB).................................Cincinnati Bengals
- 2012 6th Nate Ebner (DB).............................New England Patriots
- 2013 2nd Johnathan Hankins (DT)........................New York Giants
- 2013 4th John Simon (DE)...................................Baltimore Ravens
- 2013 7th Reid Fragel (OT)..................................Cincinnati Bengals
I'd like to see how these numbers compare to other schools, namely michigan and notre dame historically and SEC schools over the past decade or two. Both in terms of sheer volume and by position
wow, nice list. Appreciate the time it took for you to find all of this.
All the games of the season are just practices for that glorious saturday in November when we get to jack Shoelace's invisible cereal bowl and drink our fill of delicious skunkweasel tears ...Michigan Still Sucks!!
thanks, no prob
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The 2004 team was ridiculous...3 first round picks and 14 total picks...Craziness
Agree 2004 was great but 2006 was better in my opinion. more first rounders.
Jim Tressel vs. Rich Rod = Urban Meyer vs. Brady Hoke
yeah, I've always thought that '06 class & '99 class were special teams the season before ....
I believe the '04 class set a record with the 14 NFL draft picks. The OSU '71 class had 13, but '14 is an all-time NFL draft record I think.
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Thanks for the great info.
Just curious, were there any undrafted players in '98 that "should" have been drafted. Just seems like such a talent rich period at tOSU. Plus, I would assume most major schools have at least one player drafted each year, and the truly elite schools (such as us) would almost be a lock to have someone!
....good question. OSU went 10-3 in '97, but the good news for the OSU/bad news for the NFL was that the team was still young, so a lot of guys weren't eligible for the '98 draft and some other guys returned for a shot at the national championship in '98 (preseason #1).
But, there were some pretty good players from that '97 team who were eligible but did not get drafted. One one of those guys who didn't get drafted was RB Pepe Pearson, (who makes the all-time OSU Name team, btw: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/blogs/bucks43201/favorite-buckeye-names-of-all-time). Pearson was a free agent for the 49ers and a few other teams. He actually had a nice little career in NFL Europe with the Rhein Fire.
Another guy who went undrafted but played a little professional ball was DT Winfield Garnett, he signed as a free agent with Jacksonville, Minnesota and a few other teams, and also played in NFL Europe, but made his mark more in the AFL with the Grand Rapids Rampage.
It's also worth noting that former NY Giants RB Joe Montgomery probably would have been drafted a year earlier, in the '98 draft, had he not had the leg injury that caused him to medical redshirt for OSU in '97. BTW - Montgomery later (in '10) filed a defamation lawsuit against OSU. He accused the university of falsely reporting a medical condition ("high blood pressure") he did not have, which he said limited his disability claims from the NFL.
"You win with people." - Woody Hayes
speaking of the NFL draft, I wonder where our Buckeyes get drafted this year. Pretty much every mock draft has BIG HANK going in the 1st round. Other than HANKINS, I'd say SIMON and HOWARD in rounds 2 & 3, and STONEY goes late 3rd/early 4th. I think FRAGEL could be a value pick on the second day; maybe a free agent offer for GOEBEL & SABINO. OHRIAN JOHNSON could be a 6th-7th round or free agent - thinking he'd be a good athlete to have on special teams. Thankfully, the rest of the offense is pretty young so we retain pretty much everybody.
Big Hank will go in the top 1/2 of the 1st round.
I think Howard will have a good combine and slide up to the 2nd round. I see somebody like the Pats drafting Stoneburner.
This looks like it took a sh!t load of work. Thanks for this list and for the other stats above!
Still can't understand how this guy goes in the second round.
I was happy the Saints picked Jenkins, but I wanted the Little Animal in black and gold also.
An angry fan...rooting for an angry team...led by angry coaches
I agree. I was yelling at the television during the 2009 draft, begging for my Steelers to draft him. St. Louis got an absolute steal there with Laurinaitis. He has all of the intangibles, leadership skills and hard-working discipline you'd want for a future leader of your Defense. I still can't believe he was passed up in the 1st round. I thought he was one of the only "sure things" of that draft. Although, I think he was taken very early in the 2nd round, like in the top 3 picks of the 2nd round. What a player. He & Jenkins both got robbed by not getting selected to the Pro Bowl.
"You win with people." - Woody Hayes
When I look at that list it makes me wonder how much better the 2002 National Championship team wouldve been with Nate Clements who left as a RS Soph. Thats Gamble and Clements on the Corners incase you were wondering how awesome that wouldve been. AND............ of course it pains me to think of the 2006 beat down without Holmes, Whitner and Youboty who all left early with one (ill let you pick) having no business doing so.
I have to disagree about P. Pearson, i never felt he had the speed or size to be an OSU RB. Just my opinion.
*updated*
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Very impressive......both the number of Buckeyes who have gone to the NFL and the work you put together in sharing this.
Just looking over the talent Cooper brought in that went pro, just smdh he didn't win a NC.
"Success - it's what you do with what you got" - Woody Hayes