The Virginia Tech Hokies football team has had 151 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936. This includes eleven players taken in the first round and two overall number one picks, Bruce Smith in the 1985 NFL draft and Michael Vick in the 2001 NFL draft. Fifteen former Virginia Tech players have been selected to a Pro Bowl, thirteen have won a championship with their respective teams and one has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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). Prior to 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 held a multiple round "common draft". Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "common draft" became 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
Selected to an all-star game (AFL All-Star game, NFL All-Star game or Pro Bowl) Won a league championship (AFL championship, NFL championship, or Super Bowl) Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame
Selections
American Football League Year Round Overall Player name Position AFL team Notes1960 1 E Oakland Raiders —1961 4 26 G Boston Patriots — 21 162 * T Boston Patriots AFL All-Star Game (1967)1962No selections1963 16 122 LB San Diego Chargers —1964 12 93 E Kansas City Chiefs —1965 4 28 B New York Jets — 13 100 FB New York Jets —1966No selections
National Football League Year Round Pick Overall Player name Position NFL team Notes1936No selections1937 7 3 63 E Chicago Cardinals —1938No selections1939No selections1940No selections1941No selections1942No selections1943No selections1944 14 11 142 G/T Boston Yanks —1945No selections1946No selections1947No selections1948No selections1949No selections1950No selections1951 28 10 337 B Los Angeles Rams —1952No selections1953 12 3 136 * C Washington Redskins Pro Bowl (1963)NFL Champion (1958, 1959)1954 25 11 300 T Cleveland Browns —1955 5 2 51 G/T Baltimore Colts NFL Champion (1958, 1959) 7 9 82 B San Francisco 49ers — 21 1 242 B Chicago Cardinals — 27 2 315 T Baltimore Colts — 30 2 351 E Washington Redskins —1956No selections1957 13 2 147 B Los Angeles Rams — 16 10 191 C Detroit Lions — 22 11 264 T Chicago Bears —1958 24 4 281 T Chicago Bears —1959 26 2 302 T Philadelphia Eagles —1960 8 2 26 * E Los Angeles Rams Pro Bowl (1968, 1969, 1970)NFL Champion (1965)Super Bowl Champion (I, II)College Football Hall of Fame (1987)196131442*TPhiladelphia Eagles AFL All-Star (1967) 16 4 214 G Los Angeles Rams — 16 11 221 T New York Giants —1962No selections1963 15 14 210 LB Green Bay Packers —1964 13 9 177 E St. Louis Cardinals —1965 3 1 29 B San Francisco 49ers — 6 5 75 FB Dallas Cowboys —1966No selections1967 4 25 105 LB St. Louis Cardinals — 14 6 347 HB Denver Broncos — 16 16 409 G Oakland Raiders —1968 5 2 113 TE Washington Redskins — 8 18 210 DB New York Jets —1969 8 1 183 T Buffalo Bills — 13 24 335 G Kansas City Chiefs —1970 6 4 134 RB Buffalo Bills —1971 17 9 425 Placekicker Denver Broncos —1972No selections1973 5 7 111 QB Miami Dolphins Super Bowl Champion (VIII)1974No selections1975 13 15 327 WR Houston Oilers — 16 12 402 DB Houston Oilers —1976 7 21 203 RB St. Louis Cardinals —1977 3 4 60 DT Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl Champion (XIII, XIV)1978No selections1979No selections1980 5 14 124 DE New England Patriots — 5 15 125 RB Oakland Raiders —1981No selections1982 4 15 98 LB Green Bay Packers —1983No selections1984 6 9 149 FB New York Jets —11818*LBCleveland BrownsPro Bowl (1989, 1990)1985 1 1 1 * DE Buffalo BillsPro Bowl (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992,1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)Pro Football Hall of Fame (2009) 2 16 44 LB Dallas Cowboys — 8 5 201 DB Atlanta Falcons — 10 18 270 TE Dallas Cowboys — 11 19 299 DB New York Giants —1986No selections1987 8 1 196 RB New York Jets — 8 13 208 LB Atlanta Falcons —1988 6 17 154 TE New England Patriots — 12 1 306 DB Atlanta Falcons — 12 5 310 LB Tampa Bay Buccaneers —1989No selections1990 8 19 212 LB Cleveland Browns — 8 22 215 DB Green Bay Packers Super Bowl Champion (XXV)1991 12 8 314 LB Tampa Bay Buccaneers —1992 1 13 13 T New England Patriots — 4 23 107 QB Chicago Bears — 6 11 151 DB San Francisco 49ers — 7 19 187 G Philadelphia Eagles — 12 26 334 WR Denver Broncos —1993No selections1994 2 22 62 CB San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl Champion (XXIX) 4 18 121 TE New England Patriots — 7 6 200 C Tampa Bay Buccaneers —1995 3 26 90 * WR Green Bay Packers Pro Bowl (1998)Super Bowl Champion (XXXI) 4 26 124 LB Denver Broncos —1996 2 11 41 WR San Diego Chargers — 3 27 88 DT Carolina Panthers —1997 1 26 26 QB San Francisco 49ers — 2 19 49 S Minnesota Vikings — 4 17 113 CB Minnesota Vikings — 6 31 194 DE Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl Champion (XXXV)1998 4 12 104 C Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl Champion (XXXVII) 4 17 109 G Oakland Raiders — 7 12 201 FB Atlanta Falcons — 7 13 202 RB Cincinnati Bengals —1999 4 15 110 S San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl Champion (XLIV) 5 32 165 T Washington Redskins —2000 2 4 35 DT San Francisco 49ers — 2 21 52 CB Seattle Seahawks — 3 27 89 LB Buffalo Bills — 5 5 134 CB Atlanta Falcons — 7 37 243 RB Jacksonville Jaguars —2001 1 1 1 * QB Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowl (2002, 2004, 2005, 2010) 3 29 91 S Indianapolis Colts — 5 6 137 G Dallas Cowboys —2002 2 15 47 WR Cleveland Browns — 4 13 111 LB Cleveland Browns — 5 13 148 S Atlanta Falcons — 6 10 182 DT Indianapolis Colts — 6 39 211 TE Dallas Cowboys — 7 7 218 T Minnesota Vikings — 7 13 224 DE New Orleans Saints — 7 40 251 FB Buffalo Bills —2003 4 18 115 RB Cleveland Browns — 7 38 252 S Kansas City Chiefs —2004 1 8 8 * CB Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowl (2005, 2006, 2010) 1 30 30 RB Detroit Lions — 2 13 45 C Oakland Raiders — 4 24 120 WR Jacksonville Jaguars — 5 13 145 DE Pittsburgh Steelers —2005 3 11 75 CB Arizona Cardinals — 4 7 108 S Tennessee Titans — 6 7 217 T Cleveland Browns —2006 2 5 37 CB Atlanta Falcons — 2 31 63 DE Seattle Seahawks — 3 24 88 LB Carolina Panthers — 5 23 155 TE Carolina Panthers — 6 8 177 DT Arizona Cardinals — 7 14 222 S Cleveland Browns — 7 19 227 T San Diego Chargers — 7 26 234 G Carolina Panthers — 7 32 240 RB Pittsburgh Steelers —2007 3 26 89 S Green Bay Packers — 5 20 157 WR Green Bay Packers — 5 26 163 T Houston Texans —2008 1 26 26 * T Houston Texans Pro Bowl (2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2021)23 35 * CB Kansas City Chiefs Pro Bowl (2013) 2 11 42 WR Denver Broncos — 3 9 72 DE Buffalo Bills — 4 19 118 LB Houston Texans — 5 13 148 DT Denver Broncos — 6 8 174 WR San Francisco 49ers — 7 8 215 WR Baltimore Ravens —2009 5 21 157 CB Philadelphia Eagles —2010 2 20 52 DE Pittsburgh Steelers — 5 2 133 * S Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl Champion (XLVIII)Pro Bowl (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015) 5 9 140 T Buffalo Bills — 6 3 172 P Tampa Bay Buccaneers — 7 4 211 LB Tampa Bay Buccaneers —2011 2 6 38 RB Arizona Cardinals — 4 30 127 CB Houston Texans — 6 15 180 QB Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl Champion (XLVII)Pro Bowl (2015)2012 1 32 32 RB New York Giants — 3 31 94 CB New York Giants — 5 17 152 WR Dallas Cowboys —2013 6 3 171 WR Detroit Lions — 6 5 173 T Denver Broncos —2014 1 14 14 * CB Chicago Bears Pro Bowl (2018, 2019) 4 20 120 QB Arizona Cardinals — 6 6 182 CB Minnesota Vikings —2015 6 5 181 S Washington Redskins — 7 26 243 T Dallas Cowboys —2016 3 21 84 CB Washington Redskins Super Bowl Champion (LIV) 6 28 203 LB Kansas City Chiefs —2017 6 2 186 S Baltimore Ravens — 6 17 201 TE Minnesota Vikings — 6 22 206 FB Los Angeles Rams — 7 19 237 WR Miami Dolphins —201811616*LBBuffalo BillsPro Bowl (2019, 2020)First time two brothers chosen in 1st round of NFL draft12828Terrell EdmundsDBPittsburgh SteelersFirst time two brothers chosen in 1st round of NFL draft 5 26 163 DT Washington Redskins – 5 29 166 G Buffalo Bills – 7 23 241 DB Washington Redskins –2019No selections2020 3 37 101 TE New England Patriots —2021 1 22 22 DB Tennessee Titans — 1 23 23 T Minnesota Vikings — 3 16 80 DB Las Vegas Raiders — 6 33 217 RB Chicago Bears —2022 5 34 177 TE Detroit Lions — 6 10 189 LB Carolina Panthers — 6 31 209 T Buffalo Bills — 6 36 215 G Arizona Cardinals — 2023 4 17 119 DB Kansas City Chiefs —2024No selections2025 4 2 104 RB Jacksonville Jaguars — 4 26 128 WR Washington Commanders — 6 1 177 CB Buffalo Bills — 6 33 209 DE Philadelphia Eagles — 6 34 210 DT Baltimore Ravens —
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Notable undrafted players Note: No drafts held before 1920 Debut year Player name Position Debut NFL/AFL team Notes 1973 G Kansas City Chiefs — 1976 CB Denver Broncos — 1978 P Miami Dolphins — 1980 RB Atlanta Falcons — 1981 P Washington Redskins — 1983 P Minnesota Vikings — 1984 G Cincinnati Bengals — 1996 DE Carolina Panthers — 1997 C Buffalo Bills — 1999 S Buffalo Bills — 2000 K New Orleans Saints — LB Carolina Panthers — 2001 QB Indianapolis Colts — S St. Louis Rams — 2003 CB Tampa Bay Buccaneers — QB Baltimore Ravens — 2004 DB Washington Redskins — 2005 QB Atlanta Falcons — 2009 QB Minnesota Vikings — 2011 RB Indianapolis Colts — S New York Jets — 2012 WR Jacksonville Jaguars — 2013 WR New York Giants — 2017 QB Pittsburgh Steelers — 2018 WR Buffalo Bills — 2019 T Green Bay Packers — 2022 PK New Orleans Saints — DT Miami Dolphins — 2024 DT Houston Texans — 2025 WR New York Giants — WR Buffalo Bills — STAR Buffalo Bills — QB Washington Commanders — 2026 QB Green Bay Packers — OG Minnesota Vikings — RB Kansas City Chiefs —
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