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Husker First Round NFL Draft Picks
Courtesy: NU Media Relations
           Release: 08/02/2009
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Grant Wistrom was the No. 6 overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. Wistrom, who helped Nebraska to national titles in 1994, 1995 and 1997, led the Rams to a pair of Super Bowls before joining the Seattle Seahawks for a third Super Bowl trip. Wistrom will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009.

 All-Time NFL First Round Draft Picks (1936-Present)

No.

College

Total

1

USC

69

2.

Notre Dame 

61

 

Ohio State

61 

4.

Miami

55

5.

Florida

43 

6.

Michigan

41 

7.

Tennessee

39

8.

Texas

36

9.

Oklahoma

34

 

Florida State

 34

 

Alabama

34

 

Penn State

34

13.

Nebraska

32

14.

Michigan State

31


Husker First Round NFL Draft Picks

Year

Player

Pos.

Team

Selection

1937

Lloyd Cardwell

HB

Detroit

7th

1937

Sam Francis

FB

Philadelphia

1st

1937

Les McDonald

End

Chicago

8th

1964

Bob Brown

Guard

Philadelphia

2nd

1964

Lloyd Voss

Tackle

Green Bay

13th

1972

Jeff Kinney

HB

Kansas City

23rd

1972

Jerry Tagge

QB

Green Bay

11th

1972

Larry Jacobson

Tackle

New York Giants

24th

1973

Johnny Rodgers

HB

San Diego

25th

1974

John Dutton

Tackle

Baltimore

5th

1975

Tom Ruud

LB

Buffalo

19th

1979

George Andrews

LB

Los Angeles Rams

19th

1979

Kelvin Clark

Tackle

Denver

22nd

1980

Junior Miller

TE

Atlanta

7th

1982

Jimmy Williams

LB

Detroit

15th

1983

Dave Rimington

Center

Cincinnati

25th

1984

Irving Fryar*

WR

New England

1st

1984

Dean Steinkuhler

Guard

Houston

2nd

1984

Mike Rozier**

RB

Houston

1st

1987

Danny Noonan

MG

Dallas

12th

1988

Neil Smith

DE

Kansas City

2nd

1989

Broderick Thomas

OLB

Tampa Bay

6th

1991

Bruce Pickens

DB

Atlanta

3rd

1991

Mike Croel

OLB

Denver

4th

1992

Johnny Mitchell

TE

New York Jets

15th

1994

Trev Alberts

OLB

Indianapolis

5th

1996

Lawrence Phillips

RB

St. Louis Rams

6th

1997

Michael Booker

CB

Atlanta

11th

1998

Grant Wistrom

RE

St. Louis Rams

6th

1998

Jason Peter

DT

Carolina

14th

2005

Fabian Washington

CB

Oakland

23rd

2007

Adam Carriker

DE

St. Louis Rams

13th

*First player chosen. **Chosen in supplemental draft.


Fabian Washington was a first-round pick of the Washington Redskins in the 2005 NFL Draft. He enters his third season with the Baltimore Ravens in 2009.
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