The University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies football team has had 46 players selected in the NFL draft. Two of those selections were in the first round of the draft, both with the 27th overall pick: running back Donald Brown in 2009 and cornerback Byron Jones in 2015. A Connecticut football alumnus had been selected in every NFL draft from 2007 to 2015 and in fourteen of the last eighteen NFL drafts.

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).

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 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". Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "common draft" simply became the NFL draft.

The first Connecticut player to be taken in the NFL draft was Walt Trojanowski in the sixth round of the 1946 NFL draft. From 1946–1994, the Huskies had fourteen players drafted into the NFL over the span of forty-eight years. The rate at which UConn alumni were selected would significantly increase following the Huskies' upgrade from Division I-AA to Division I-A in 2000. Beginning in 2005 and continuing through 2015, Connecticut has had twenty-five players picked over eleven NFL drafts. In 2009 four UConn alumni were taken in the first two rounds of the draft. The most Connecticut players to be selected in a single NFL draft was five in 2013, including three in the third round, one in the fourth round, and one in the sixth round.

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

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American Football League

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National Football League

YearRoundPickOverallPlayerTeamPositionNotesReferences1946 6 9 49 Washington Redskins B – – 9 4 74 Chicago Bears E 1947 24 9 224 New York Giants B – – 28 4 259 Washington Redskins C – 1958 18 5 210 Washington Redskins B – –1962 11 13 153 New York Giants B – – 16 3 213 New York Giants T – 1971 4 24 102 Minnesota Vikings RB – 1974 11 12 272 Green Bay Packers RB – 1980 8 28 221 Pittsburgh Steelers DB – – 1984 4 15 99 Green Bay Packers LB – 1989 9 15 238 Seattle Seahawks G – – 1992 12 10 318 Seattle Seahawks G – – 1994 6 29 190 Green Bay Packers LB – –2005 3 18 82 New Orleans Saints LB – 5 9 145 Detroit Lions QB – 2007 6 21 195 Dallas Cowboys RB – 2008 4 1 100 Oakland Raiders DB – 6 29 195 Miami Dolphins G – 2009 1 27 27 Indianapolis Colts RB – 2 9 41 New England Patriots DB – 2 28 60 New York Giants T Super Bowl champion (XLVI) 2 31 63 Arizona Cardinals LB – 2010 4 9 107 Buffalo Bills WR – 7 42 249 Carolina Panthers DB – 2011 5 5 136 Arizona Cardinals FB Super Bowl champion (LIV) 6 1 166 Carolina Panthers LB – 6 18 183 San Diego Chargers RB – 7 34 237 Philadelphia Eagles LB – 2012 2 17 49 San Diego Chargers DT – 2013 3 2 64 Jacksonville Jaguars DB – 3 4 66 Oakland Raiders LB – 3 8 70 Tennessee Titans DB – 4 27 124 Houston Texans DE – 6 33 201 Houston Texans TE – 2014 7 5 220 Minnesota Vikings DT – 7 38 253 Atlanta Falcons LB – 2015 1 27 27 Dallas Cowboys DB – 6 10 186 New York Giants WR – 2017 2 24 56 Obi Melifonwu Oakland Raiders DB – – 2018 6 6 180 Folorunso Fatukasi New York Jets DT – – 2020 3 35 99 Matt Peart New York Giants T – – 2022 3 12 76 Travis Jones Baltimore Ravens DT – – 2024 3 17 81 Christian Haynes Seattle Seahawks G – –2025630206Chase LundtBuffalo BillsT––2026425125Skyler BellBuffalo BillsWR––

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