List of Southern Miss Golden Eagles in the NFL draft

This is a List of Southern Miss Golden Eagles football players in 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

Selections

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	Team	Position
1942	12	5	105	Joe Stringfellow	Detroit Lions	E
1947	25	9	234	Dick Thomas	New York Giants	G
1948	5	10	35	Jay Smith	Chicago Cardinals	E
	10	3	78	Mike Katrishen	Washington Redskins	T
	15	5	130	Bob Dement	Los Angeles Rams	T
	23	10	215	H. M. Reynolds	Chicago Cardinals	E
1949	11	4	105	Al Sanders	Pittsburgh Steelers	C
	16	6	157	Joe Morgan	Los Angeles Rams	G
1950	7	11	90	Cliff Coggin	Los Angeles Rams	E
1951	19	1	220	Bubba Phillips	San Francisco 49ers	B
1952	26	7	308	Bucky McElroy	Chicago Bears	B
	28	12	337	Granville Hart	Los Angeles Rams	B
	30	2	351	Jack Fulkerson	Green Bay Packers	T
1953	7	2	75	Bucky McElroy	Chicago Bears	B
	19	7	224	Hal Lehman	New York Giants	T
	28	12	337	Laurin Pepper	Detroit Lions	B
1954	6	6	67	Laurin Pepper	Pittsburgh Steelers	B
1955	17	2	195	Wes Clark	Baltimore Colts	T
	20	4	233	Carl Bolt	Green Bay Packers	B
1956	16	3	184	George Herring	San Francisco 49ers	QB
	22	6	259	Pat Del Vicaro	Baltimore Colts	G
	29	5	342	Bob Hughes	Philadelphia Eagles	B
1957	3	5	30	Don Owens	Pittsburgh Steelers	T
	6	11	72	Bo Dickinson	Chicago Bears	B
	21	6	247	Curry Juneau	Cleveland Browns	E
1958	15	7	176	Dick Johnston	Los Angeles Rams	C
	16	7	188	John Perkins	Pittsburgh Steelers	T
1959	10	1	109	Sam Tuccio	Green Bay Packers	T
	26	12	312	Rene Lorio	Baltimore Colts	B
1960	3	2	26	Hugh McInnis	St. Louis Cardinals	E
	3	5	29	Charley Elley	St. Louis Cardinals	C
1961	7	8	92	George Hultz	St. Louis Cardinals	T
	11	12	152	Val Keckin	Green Bay Packers	B
1962	14	4	186	Harold Hays	Dallas Cowboys	G
1963	9	14	126	Bill Freeman	Green Bay Packers	T
	12	2	156	John Sklopan	Minnesota Vikings	B
	17	1	225	Jerrel Wilson	Los Angeles Rams	P
1964	13	8	176	Charlie Parker	Baltimore Colts	T
	16	4	214	Tom Walters	Washington Redskins	B
1966	12	9	179	Ken Avery	New York Giants	LB
1967	8	20	205	Bill Devrow	Cleveland Browns	DB
1968	2	11	38	Tom Roussel	Washington Redskins	LB
	6	23	161	Bobby Webb	Los Angeles Rams	C
1969	13	15	332	Tommy Boutwell	Cleveland Browns	QB
	17	14	430	Hank Autry	Houston Oilers	C
1973	1	23	23	Ray Guy	Oakland Raiders	P
1974	2	6	32	Fred Cook	Baltimore Colts	DE
	6	17	147	Doyle Orange	Atlanta Falcons	RB
	11	6	266	Eugene Bird	New York Jets	DB
	11	20	280	Harvey McGee	Dallas Cowboys	WR
	13	18	330	Mike Dennery	Oakland Raiders	LB
1975	11	11	271	John Sawyer	Houston Oilers	TE
1976	9	20	257	Norris Thomas	Miami Dolphins	DB
	13	8	355	Bradley Bowman	Green Bay Packers	DB
1977	11	20	299	Carl Allen	Cincinnati Bengals	DB
	12	23	330	Barry Caudill	Los Angeles Rams	C
1978	5	11	121	Amos Fowler	Detroit Lions	G
	6	7	145	Eric Smith	Buffalo Bills	T
	6	23	161	Ben Garry	Baltimore Colts	RB
1981	1	22	22	Hanford Dixon	Cleveland Browns	DB
	3	14	70	Marvin Harvey	Kansas City Chiefs	TE
	12	7	311	Cliff Lewis	Green Bay Packers	LB
1982	5	20	131	Sammy Winder	Denver Broncos	RB
	10	4	255	Ricky Floyd	Cleveland Browns	RB
1983	6	22	162	Reggie Collier	Dallas Cowboys	QB
1984	1	23	23	Louis Lipps	Pittsburgh Steelers	WR
	8	14	210	Clemon Terrell	New Orleans Saints	RB
	9	9	233	Glen Howe	Atlanta Falcons	T
	11	26	306	Bud Brown	Miami Dolphins	DB
1985	2	8	36	Richard Byrd	Houston Oilers	DE
1986	8	21	215	Robert Ducksworth	New York Jets	DB
1988	5	20	129	John Baylor	Indianapolis Colts	DB
1989	4	19	103	James Henry	Seattle Seahawks	DB
1990	9	20	240	Eugene Rowell	Cleveland Browns	WR
	11	9	285	Reginald Warnsley	Detroit Lions	RB
1991	2	6	33	Brett Favre	Atlanta Falcons	QB
	6	2	141	Michael Jackson	Cleveland Browns	WR
	7	28	195	Simmie Carter	New York Giants	DB
1992	1	19	19	Tony Smith	Atlanta Falcons	RB
	5	16	128	Derrick Hoskins	Los Angeles Raiders	DB
	5	24	136	Tim Roberts	Houston Oilers	DT
1994	4	4	107	Perry Carter	Arizona Cardinals	DB
1998	2	14	44	Patrick Surtain	Miami Dolphins	DB
	5	2	125	Terry Hardy	Arizona Cardinals	TE
	6	23	176	Harold Shaw	New England Patriots	RB
	6	32	185	Jamaal Alexander	Detroit Lions	DB
2000	2	5	36	Todd Pinkston	Philadelphia Eagles	WR
	3	30	92	T. J. Slaughter	Jacksonville Jaguars	LB
	6	20	186	Adalius Thomas	Baltimore Ravens	DE
	6	34	200	Sherrod Gideon	New Orleans Saints	WR
2001	4	19	114	Cedric Scott	New York Giants	DE
	5	21	152	Raymond Walls	Indianapolis Colts	DB
	6	8	171	Daleroy Stewart	Dallas Cowboys	DT
	7	40	240	John Nix	Dallas Cowboys	DT
2002	6	37	209	Chad Williams	Baltimore Ravens	DB
	7	21	232	Jeff Kelly	Seattle Seahawks	QB
2003	6	12	185	Jeremy Bridges	Philadelphia Eagles	G
2004	5	23	155	Rod Davis	Minnesota Vikings	LB
	6	18	183	Greg Brooks	Cincinnati Bengals	DB
	6	21	186	Etric Pruitt	Atlanta Falcons	DB
2005	5	24	160	Michael Boley	Atlanta Falcons	LB
	7	24	238	Jeremy Parquet	Kansas City Chiefs	T
2008	6	33	199	Robert Henderson	New York Giants	DE
2009	4	21	121	Shawn Nelson	Buffalo Bills	TE
	4	30	130	Gerald McRath	Tennessee Titans	LB
2012	3	28	91	Lamar Holmes	Atlanta Falcons	T
2013	2	20	52	Jamie Collins	New England Patriots	LB
2014	3	21	85	Khyri Thornton	Green Bay Packers	DT
2015	6	41	217	Rakeem Nunez-Roches	Kansas City Chiefs	DT
2016	6	31	206	Mike Thomas	Los Angeles Rams	WR
	7	32	253	Kalan Reed	Tennessee Titans	DB
2018	3	31	95	Tarvarius Moore	San Francisco 49ers	DB
	4	26	126	Ito Smith	Atlanta Falcons	RB
	6	35	209	Cornell Armstrong	Kansas City Chiefs	DB
2020	6	21	200	Quez Watkins	Philadelphia Eagles	WR
2023	6	1	178	Eric Scott Jr.	Dallas Cowboys	DB

Notable undrafted players

Note: No drafts held before 1920

Debut year	Player name	Position	Debut NFL/AFL team	Notes
1974	Terry Wells	RB	Houston Oilers
1984	Larry Mason	RB	Cleveland Browns
1987	Vincent Alexander	RB	New Orleans Saints
	Lyneal Alston	WR	Pittsburgh Steelers
1988	Sidney Coleman	LB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1994	Bobby Hamilton	DE	Seattle Seahawks
1996	Fred Brock	WR	Arizona Cardinals
1997	Jeff Posey	LB	San Diego Chargers
1998	Perry Phenix	S	Tennessee Oilers
2001	DeQuincy Scott	DT	San Diego Chargers
2003	Torrin Tucker	G	Dallas Cowboys
2005	Antoine Cash	LB	Atlanta Falcons
2006	Tom Johnson	DT	Indianapolis Colts
2011	DeAndre Brown	WR	Philadelphia Eagles
2012	Austin Davis	QB	St. Louis Rams
2017	Nick Mullens	QB	San Francisco 49ers
	Cameron Tom	C	New Orleans Saints
2020	DeMichael Harris	WR	Indianapolis Colts
2021	Tim Jones	WR	Jacksonville Jaguars
2023	Natrone Brooks	CB	Atlanta Falcons
	Jason Brownlee	WR	New York Jets
	Tykeem Doss	G	Baltimore Ravens
2024	Swayze Bozeman	LB	Kansas City Chiefs
	Frank Gore Jr.	RB	Buffalo Bills
	Latreal Jones	WR	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
	Briasan Mays	OL	San Francisco 49ers