This is a list of VMI Keydets football players who have been picked in the National Football League draft.
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 massive 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 VMI graduate picked in the draft was Joe Muha in 1943, the second overall pick. Nineteen Keydets have been selected all-time, the most recent of which was Mark Stock in 1989. No players were selected in the short-lived AFL.
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
Selections YearRoundPickOverallPlayerTeamPosition19376454Jim FarleyNew York GiantsG194010282Paul ShuPittsburgh SteelersB1943122Joe MuhaPhiladelphia EaglesB19489974Malachi MillsChicago BearsT1949177Bobby ThomasonLos Angeles RamsB1953304353Bill BrehanyChicago BearsQB19542711324Johnny MappCleveland BrownsB2911248Troy CarterCleveland BrownsB1958119130Bobby JordanBaltimore ColtsB19593832Pete JohnsonChicago BearsB4642Art BrandiffDetroit LionsB6565Jim McFallsWashington RedskinsT19602921Sam HornerWashington RedskinsB19616777Don KernBaltimore ColtsRB126160Howard DyerChicago BearsQB1962149191Stinson JonesBaltimore ColtsB197697244Ronnie MooreNew York JetsWR1980108257Walt BellamyAtlanta FalconsDB198965144Mark StockPittsburgh SteelersWR
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