April 19, 2005

Complete History of ACC Players Taken in NFL Draft 

Noting the Draft

The ACC has had at least one first round selection in 16 straight NFL drafts and in 25 of the last 27 ... the ACC had an all-time high eight first round selections in 1997.

Since joining the ACC in 1992, Florida State leads all ACC teams with 18 first round selections ... the Seminoles have had at least one first round selection in seven of the past 11 years ... North Carolina is second with nine first round selections, followed by Virginia (5), Clemson (5), NC State (4), Georgia Tech (2) with Duke, Maryland and Wake Forest one apiece.

Five of the 25 ACC players selected in the 2004 draft were linebackers ... over the past eight years, a total of 38 ACC linebackers have been drafted, including 18 in the first three rounds.

ACC newcomer Miami set an NFL record with six players drafted in the first round of the 2004 NFL draft while Virginia Tech had two first round selections ... Miami has had 19 players drafted in the first round in the past four seasons ... the Hurricanes have had at least one first round NFL Draft pick in each of the past 10 years.

2004 NFL Draft

The fourth player selected overall, NC State's Philip Rivers led a group of 25 ACC players selected in the 2004 NFL Draft ... Rivers was the first ACC quarterback selected in the first round (and fourth overall) since Duke's Dave Brown in 1993 ... 13 ACC players were taken in the first three rounds and 19 were selected by the end of round four ... Florida State, Georgia Tech and Maryland each had five players selected ... eight of the nine ACC schools had at least one player drafted.

ACC Players in 2004 NFL Draft

First Round
4 Philip Rivers, QB, NCS ............. San Diego

Second Round
39 Daryl Smith, LB, GaT .............. Jacksonville
53 Michael Boulware, LB, FSU ......... Seattle
55 Greg Jones, RB, FSU ............... Jacksonville
56 Madieu Williams, DB, Md. .......... Cincinnati

Third Round
64 Darnell Dockett, DT, FSU .......... Arizona
71 Randy Starks, DT, Md. ............. Tennessee
72 Donnell Washington, DT, Clem ...... Green Bay
77 Derrick Hamilton, WR, Clem ........ San Francisco
84 Sean Locklear, G, NCS ............. Seattle
90 Matt Schaub, QB, UVa .............. Atlanta
91 Tony Hargrove, DE, GaT ............ St. Louis
93 Keyaron Fox, LB, GaT .............. Kansas City

Fourth Round
107 Kendyll Pope, LB, FSU ............ Indianapolis
108 Jerricho Cotchery, WR, NCS ....... New York Jets
112 Leon Joe, LB, Md. ................ Chicago
113 Dexter Reid, DB, UNC ............. New England
115 Nat Dorsey, OT, GaT .............. Minnesota
124 Michael Waddell, DB, UNC ......... Tennessee

Fifth Round
146 Jeb Terry, G, UNC ................ Tampa Bay
164 P.K. Sam, WR, FSU ................ New England

Seventh Round
203 Drew Stojny, OT, Duke ............ New York Giants
214 Jonathan Smith, WR, GaT .......... Buffalo
220 Jeff Dugan, TE, Md. .............. Minnesota
242 Bruce Perry, RB, Md. ............. Philadelphia

ACC Draft Records

Most players selected in NFL Draft:
32 in the 1957 draft

Most first round draft picks:
8 in the 1997 draft

Most players selected from an ACC team:
10 by Clemson in 1983
10 by Florida State in 1995

1st round picks from an ACC team:
4 by Florida State in 1997
4 by North Carolina in 1998