ACC & NFL Draft Notes and Numbers

by Press Release - Thu Apr 27 00:14:29 GMT-04:00 2006

Numbers

Since the NFL’s inaugural draft was held on February 8, 1936, a total of 2,035 players from the 12 current ACC schools have been selected, including 192 first round selections ... the ACC had an all-time high eight first round selections in 1997 … Florida State has had at least one first round selection in eight of the past 12 years … Miami leads all ACC schools with 273 players selected in the NFL draft.

Most ACC players selected in NFL Draft:

36 in the 2005 draft.

Most ACC first round draft picks:

8 in the 1997 draft.

Most players selected from an ACC team:

10 by Florida State in 1995.

10 by Clemson in 1983

1st round picks from an ACC team:

4 by Florida State in 1997

(Miami had an NFL-record six first round selections in the 2004 draft prior to their entry into the ACC)

NFL Draft Picks by School All-Time (1936-2005)

Miami 273

Florida State 200

North Carolina 194

Maryland 189

Georgia Tech 186

Boston College 184

Clemson 183

Duke 149

Virginia 134

NC State 128

Wake Forest 114

Virginia Tech 101

NFL Draft Picks as a member of the ACC


Clemson                155    (1954-2005)


Maryland               152    (1954-2005)


North Carolina         152    (1954-2005)


Virginia               112    (1955-2005)


NC State               109    (1954-2005)


Florida State           94    (1992-2005)


Duke                    85    (1954-2005)


Wake Forest             65    (1954-2005)


Georgia Tech            52    (1980-2005)


Miami                    5    (2005)


Virginia Tech            3    (2005)

ACC Players Selected - Year by Year (Using actual conference membership)

Year 1st Round Picks Total

1954 1 27

1955 1 23

1956 2 23

1957 0 32

1958 0 31

1959 0 26

1960 NFL 1 19

AFL x 29

1961 NFL 1 19

AFL 0 15

1962 NFL 2 13

AFL 2 18

1963 NFL 0 10

AFL 0 10

1964 NFL 0 10

AFL 0 8

1965 NFL 2 15

AFL 0 1

AFL Redshirt x 11

1966 NFL 0 12

AFL 0 3

AFL Redshirt x 5

1967 1 21

1968 1 14

1969 0 18

1970 0 9

1971 1 11

1972 0 11

1973 0 11

1974 1 16

1975 2 21

1976 2 11

1977 1 15

1978 0 16

1979 3 15

1980 2 18

1981 2 16

1982 3 22

1983 1 22

1984 3 20

1985 2 22

1986 1 24

1987 4 19

1988 0 19

1989 2 24

1990 1 16

1991 1 23

1992 4 30

1993 4 29

1994 2 19

1995 3 27

1996 1 16

1997 8 22

1998 7 29

1999 4 31

2000 4 23

2001 4 21

2002 3 18

2003 1 17

2004 1 25

2005 5 36

First Round Selections

The ACC had five first round selections in the 2005 NFL Draft - the most since 1998 when the ACC had seven athletes chosen in the first round ... the conference record for most first round picks is eight set in 1997 … the ACC has had at least one first round selection in 16 straight NFL drafts and in 26 of the last 28

NFL First Round Selections by School (1936-2005)


School            No  Last 1st Round Selection


Miami             54  2005 Antrel Rolle, DB (Cardinals)


Florida State     29  2005 Travis Johnson, DT (Texans); Alex Barron, T (Rams)


Clemson           19  2001 Rod Gardner, WF (Redskins)


North Carolina    16  2002 Julius Peppers, DE (Panthers); Ryan Sims, DT (Chiefs)


Maryland          13  2005 Shawne Merriman, DE (Chargers)


Boston College    13  2002 William Green, RB (Browns); Marc Colombo, T (Bears)


NC State          12  2004 Philip Rivers, QB (Chargers)


Virginia          12  2005 Heath Miller, TE (Steelers)


Georgia Tech       7  1998 Keith Brooking, LB (Falcons)


Virginia Tech      6  2004 DeAngelo Hall, DB (Falcons); Kevin Jones, RB (Lions)


Duke               6  1987 Mike Junkin, LB (Browns)


Wake Forest        3  2003 Calvin Pace, DE (Cardinals)

1st Round Picks by Conference (1992-2005)

Big Big Big Conf Mnt Pac

Year ACC East 10 12 USA Wst 10 SEC WAC

1992 4 4 4 - - - 6 2 0

1993 4 0 4 - - - 5 6 0

1994 2 0 4 - - - 5 6 2

1995 3 2 9 0 - - 6 3 1

1996 1 3 8 4 1 - 6 4 0

1997 8 4 4 5 1 - 3 4 0

1998 7 3 2 3 0 - 2 10 2

1999 4 3 5 1 0 - 4 8 1

2000 4 4 7 1 0 2 4 6 0

2001 4 6 8 3 0 0 4 5 1

2002 3 8 3 4 2 0 4 6 2

2003 1 4 6 6 0 1 8 4 0

2004 1 9 6 4 1 0 3 6 0

2005 5 1 4 5 1 1 3 10 1

First Overall Selection

Virginia’s Bill Dudley was the first overall selection in the 1942 NFL draft … NC State’s Roman Gabriel was the first overall selection in the 1962 AFL draft and Boston College’s Jack Concannon was the No. 1 pick in the 1964 AFL draft … Miami (Russell Maryland, 1991 and Vinny Testaverde, 1987) and Virginia Tech (Bruce Smith, 1985 and Michael Vick, 2001) have each had two No. 1 overall selections … a list of top three picks from current ACC schools is as follows:

Year Rd. No. Player, School Pos. NFL Team

1991 1 1 Russell Maryland, Miami DT Cowboys

1987 1 1 Vinny Testaverde, Miami QB Buccaneers

1964 1 1 Jack Concannon, Boston College QB Patriots (AFL)

1962 1 1 Roman Gabriel, NC State QB Raiders (AFL)

1942 1 1 (Bullet) Bill Dudley, Virginia B Steelers

2001 1 1 Michael Vick, Virginia Tech QB Falcons

1985 1 1 Bruce Smith, Virginia Tech DE Bills

1940 1 2 George McAfee, Duke RB Eagles

1975 1 2 Randy White, Maryland DT Cowboys

2002 1 2 Julius Peppers, North Carolina DE Panthers

1981 1 2 Lawrence Taylor, North Carolina LB Giants

1965 1 2 Ken Willard, North Carolina RB 49ers

1962 1 2 Roman Gabriel, NC State QB Rams

1961 1 2 Norm Snead, Wake Forest QB Redskins

1998 1 3 Andre Wadsworth, Florida State DE Cardinals

1953 1 3 Jack Scarbath, Maryland B Redskins

2003 1 3 Andre Johnson, Miami WR Texans

1990 1 3 Cortez Kennedy, Miami DT Seahawks

1988 1 3 Bennie Blades, Miami DB Lions

1987 1 3 Alonzo Highsmith, Miami RB Oilers

1977 1 3 Eddie Edwards, Miami DE Bengals

1975 1 3 Ken Huff, North Carolina G Colts

A Look Back at 2005

An ACC-record 36 players were selected in the 2005 NFL Draft, surpassing the previous record of 32 set in 1957 … Florida State led all schools with nine overall selections, including two first round picks … Miami’s Antrel Rolle was the first ACC player chosen when selected by Arizona with the eighth overall pick ... Virginia set a school record with seven selections ... selected as the 12th overall pick, Maryland’s Shawne Merriman became the first Terrapin player to be drafted in the first round since 1997, when Pittsburgh selected DB Chad Scott … of the 51 defensive backs taken in 2005, the ACC led all conferences with 10 selections ... all 10 of those selections were among the first 38 defensive backs taken in the first five rounds of the draft.

ACC Players in 2005 NFL Draft

First Round

8 Antrel Rolle, CB, UM Arizona

12 Shawne Merriman, OLB, Md San Diego

16 Travis Johnson, DT, FSU Houston

19 Alex Barron, OT, FSU St. Louis

30 Heath Miller, TE, UVa Pittsburgh

Second Round

55 Roscoe Parrish, WR, UM Buffalo

57 Justin Miller, CB, CU NY Jets

62 Bryant McFadden, CB, FSU Pittsburgh

Third Round