This is a list of UMass Minutemen football players in the NFL draft.
The University of Massachusetts (UMass) Minutemen football team has had 26 players selected in the National Football League (NFL) draft. Two of those selections were in the first round of the draft, 14th overall: tight end Milt Morin in 1966, and 11th overall: quarterback Greg Landry in 1968. A Massachusetts football alumnus had been selected in every NFL draft from 1970 to 1976.
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 Massachusetts player to be taken in the NFL draft was Phil Vandersea in the sixteenth round of the 1965 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
= Pro Bowler= Hall of Famer
Selections
YearRoundPickOverallPlayerTeamPosition19651610220Phil VanderseaGreen Bay PackersRB196611414Milt MorinCleveland BrownsTE711106Bob MeersMinnesota VikingsE1514229Bob EllisCleveland BrownsDE1815275Ed TonerBaltimore ColtsT196811111Greg LandryDetroit LionsQB19701613403Steve ParnellAtlanta FalconsWR197141492Robert PenaCleveland BrownsG151365Nick McGarryNew England PatriotsTE1972154368John HuleckiPittsburgh SteelersG156370Harold ParmenterDenver BroncosDT19731317329Paul MetalloKansas City ChiefsDB19741515379Peil PenningtonDenver BroncosQB175421Tim BerraBaltimore ColtsWR19751010244Bill CookeGreen Bay PackersDE1976828237Ed McAleneyPittsburgh SteelersDT1979727192Bruce KimballPittsburgh SteelersG1980103252Sandro VitielloCincinnati BengalsK1999511144Khari SamuelChicago BearsLB201022961Vladimir DucasseNew York JetsT2013747253Michael CoxNew York GiantsRB2014715230Rob BlanchflowerPittsburgh SteelersTE201651140Tajae SharpeTennessee TitansWR201923062Andy IsabellaArizona CardinalsWR2020632211Isaiah RodgersIndianapolis ColtsDB202173231Larnel ColemanMiami DolphinsOT
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