List of Clemson Tigers in the NFL Draft
The Clemson Tigers football team of Clemson University has had 243 players drafted into the National Football League since the league began holding drafts in 1936. 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.
Before the merger agreements in 1966, the American Football League 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, along with the subsequent drafting of the same player in each draft. As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues held a multiple round "Common Draft". Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "Common Draft" simply became the NFL Draft.
Through the 2017 NFL Draft, the highest that a Tiger has ever been drafted is fourth overall, which has happened on four occasions: Banks McFadden in 1939, Gaines Adams in 2007, Sammy Watkins in 2014, and Clelin Ferrell in 2019. The Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants have drafted the most Tigers, each with seventeen. The only current NFL franchises that have not selected a Clemson Tiger are the Baltimore Ravens and Carolina Panthers. Twenty-seven Tigers have been drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft, with the most recent being Shaq Lawson in 2016. The single first round of the NFL Draft with the most Tigers selected was 1979, 1982, 2015, and 2017 with two players. Of the Tigers selected in the NFL Draft, seventeen have been selected to a Pro Bowl, nineteen have been a member of a Super Bowl winning team, and four have achieved both. The most Tigers selected in a single NFL Draft is nine, in 1983 and 2016.
Key
Players selected
| Year | Round | Overall | Name | Position | Team | Notes |
| 1939 | 5 | 40 | B | New York Giants | — | |
| 1939 | 16 | 142 | E | Chicago Cardinals | — | |
| 1940 | 1 | 4 | HB | Brooklyn Dodgers | — | |
| 1940 | 13 | 120 | G | New York Giants | — | |
| 1940 | 18 | 161 | B | Chicago Cardinals | — | |
| 1942 | 5 | 35 | E | Detroit Lions | — | |
| 1943 | 20 | 189 | B | Chicago Bears | — | |
| 1945 | 10 | 93 | B | Chicago Bears | — | |
| 1946 | 6 | 43 | G | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 1946 | 15 | 136 | B | Green Bay Packers | — | |
| 1946 | 29 | 276 | T | Green Bay Packers | — | |
| 1947 | 16 | 138 | C | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 1948 | 27 | 246 | T | New York Giants | — | |
| 1949 | 1 | 6 | DB, TB | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 1949 | 7 | 71 | G | Philadelphia Eagles | — | |
| 1951 | 3 | 27 | FB, K | Green Bay Packers | — | |
| 1951 | 7 | 81 | HB, E | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 1951 | 11 | 131 | B | New York Yanks | — | |
| 1951 | 12 | 146 | DB, LB, E | New York Giants | — | |
| 1951 | 22 | 262 | QB | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 1951 | 25 | 300 | T | Los Angeles Rams | — | |
| 1952 | 5 | 59 | G | New York Giants | — | |
| 1952 | 13 | 148 | B | Green Bay Packers | — | |
| 1953 | 6 | 66 | G | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 1953 | 10 | 121 | E | Detroit Lions | — | |
| 1953 | 18 | 209 | B | Chicago Bears | — | |
| 1953 | 29 | 340 | T | Chicago Cardinals | — | |
| 1954 | 24 | 285 | T | Philadelphia Eagles | — | |
| 1955 | 16 | 190 | G | Philadelphia Eagles | — | |
| 1955 | 21 | 244 | B | Washington Redskins | — | |
| 1955 | 28 | 334 | C | Philadelphia Eagles | — | |
| 1956 | 4 | 43 | T | Baltimore Colts | — | |
| 1956 | 22 | 254 | T | Detroit Lions | — | |
| 1956 | 25 | 292 | B | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 1957 | 2 | 18 | HB | Green Bay Packers | — | |
| 1957 | 3 | 34 | * | DT | Chicago Cardinals | AFL All-Star |
| 1958 | 17 | 200 | C | Los Angeles Rams | — | |
| 1958 | 24 | 280 | C | Philadelphia Eagles | — | |
| 1959 | 14 | 158 | T | Philadelphia Eagles | — | |
| 1959 | 14 | 162 | LB | San Francisco 49ers | AFL Champion | |
| 1959 | 16 | 192 | T | Baltimore Colts | — | |
| 1959 | 20 | 230 | G | Philadelphia Eagles | — | |
| 1959 | 20 | 235 | LB | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 1960 | 1 | 12 | DT, DE, G | New York Giants | — | |
| 1960 | 2 | 13 | * | T | St. Louis Cardinals | AFL All-Star |
| 1960 | 8 | 88 | FB, HB | San Francisco 49ers | Super Bowl Champion | |
| 1960 | 14 | 168 | LB, FB | New York Giants | AFL Champion | |
| 1961 AFL draft | 9 | 68 | QB | Oakland Raiders | — | |
| 1961 AFL draft | 14 | 112 | T | Houston Oilers | — | |
| 1961 NFL draft | 5 | 63 | T | Baltimore Colts | — | |
| 1961 NFL draft | 10 | 134 | T | St. Louis Cardinals | — | |
| 1961 NFL draft | 12 | 156 | QB | Dallas Cowboys | — | |
| 1962 AFL draft | 9 | 69 | WR | New York Titans | NFL Champion | |
| 1962 AFL draft | 29 | 231 | T | Houston Oilers | — | |
| 1962 NFL draft | 3 | 41 | WR | Green Bay Packers | NFL Champion | |
| 1963 AFL draft | 5 | 38 | G | Houston Oilers | — | |
| 1963 NFL draft | 5 | 67 | G | Los Angeles Rams | — | |
| 1964 AFL draft | 15 | 118 | FB | Houston Oilers | — | |
| 1964 NFL draft | 2 | 23 | HB | Chicago Bears | — | |
| 1964 NFL draft | 8 | 102 | TE | San Francisco 49ers | — | |
| 1964 NFL draft | 14 | 190 | E | Baltimore Colts | — | |
| 1965 | 17 | 237 | T | Cleveland Browns | — | |
| 1966 | 12 | 177 | T | St. Louis Cardinals | — | |
| 1966 | 12 | 182 | DE | Chicago Bears | — | |
| 1967 | 14 | 360 | T | Cleveland Browns | — | |
| 1968 | 3 | 64 | G | Cleveland Browns | — | |
| 1968 | 4 | 99 | T | Chicago Bears | — | |
| 1968 | 5 | 134 | RB | Cleveland Browns | — | |
| 1968 | 9 | 230 | DB | Washington Redskins | — | |
| 1969 | 8 | 201 | C, T | St. Louis Cardinals | — | |
| 1969 | 14 | 344 | DE | Boston Patriots | — | |
| 1970 | 3 | 66 | * | DB | Dallas Cowboys | Pro Bowl Super Bowl Champion |
| 1970 | 11 | 283 | T | Dallas Cowboys | — | |
| 1970 | 14 | 347 | G | San Francisco 49ers | — | |
| 1971 | 2 | 30 | T, C, G | Detroit Lions | — | |
| 1972 | 3 | 63 | TE | Pittsburgh Steelers | Super Bowl Champion | |
| 1972 | 9 | 217 | DB | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 1972 | 14 | 346 | LB | Green Bay Packers | — | |
| 1973 | 6 | 155 | C | New York Jets | — | |
| 1973 | 11 | 266 | K | Chicago Bears | — | |
| 1974 | 6 | 131 | RB | Kansas City Chiefs | — | |
| 1976 | 1 | 28 | TE | Pittsburgh Steelers | Super Bowl Champion | |
| 1976 | 10 | 282 | RB | Miami Dolphins | — | |
| 1976 | 11 | 303 | WR | New York Giants | — | |
| 1976 | 15 | 424 | T | Baltimore Colts | — | |
| 1978 | 5 | 127 | DE, NT, DT | San Francisco 49ers | Super Bowl Champion | |
| 1978 | 8 | 213 | DB | New York Jets | — | |
| 1978 | 11 | 305 | T | Denver Broncos | — | |
| 1979 | 1 | 5 | * | WR | Buffalo Bills | Pro Bowl |
| 1979 | 1 | 23 | QB | Kansas City Chiefs | Super Bowl Champion | |
| 1979 | 3 | 64 | G, T | St. Louis Cardinals | — | |
| 1979 | 4 | 92 | LB | Detroit Lions | — | |
| 1979 | 10 | 249 | * | WR | San Francisco 49ers | Pro Bowl Super Bowl Champion |
| 1979 | 11 | 277 | WR | Kansas City Chiefs | — | |
| 1980 | 1 | 20 | DE | San Francisco 49ers | Super Bowl Champion | |
| 1980 | 7 | 189 | RB | Dallas Cowboys | — | |
| 1980 | 12 | 324 | FB | Baltimore Colts | — | |
| 1981 | 6 | 140 | DE | Seattle Seahawks | — | |
| 1981 | 7 | 178 | K | Baltimore Colts | — | |
| 1982 | 1 | 6 | DE, DT | Seattle Seahawks | — | |
| 1982 | 1 | 19 | WR | Buffalo Bills | — | |
| 1982 | 5 | 128 | LB | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | — | |
| 1982 | 7 | 188 | DB | San Diego Chargers | — | |
| 1982 | 9 | 225 | C | Baltimore Colts | — | |
| 1982 | 12 | 327 | G | Denver Broncos | — | |
| 1983 | 1 | 10 | DB | New York Giants | — | |
| 1983 | 3 | 66 | RB | New Orleans Saints | — | |
| 1983 | 4 | 101 | * | LB | New England Patriots | Pro Bowl |
| 1983 | 5 | 135 | RB | Dallas Cowboys | — | |
| 1983 | 7 | 194 | RB | Los Angeles Raiders | — | |
| 1983 | 8 | 205 | LB | New York Giants | Super Bowl Champion | |
| 1983 | 11 | 282 | LB | Los Angeles Rams | — | |
| 1983 | 11 | 290 | G | Seattle Seahawks | — | |
| 1983 | 11 | 298 | G | Minnesota Vikings | — | |
| 1983 | 12 | 318 | WR | New York Giants | — | |
| 1984 | 3 | 63 | DB | Atlanta Falcons | — | |
| 1984 | 6 | 143 | DE | New York Giants | — | |
| 1984 | 8 | 213 | K | St. Louis Cardinals | — | |
| 1984 | 11 | 295 | LB | Minnesota Vikings | — | |
| 1984 | 12 | 320 | DT | Miami Dolphins | — | |
| 1984 | 12 | 326 | WR | Denver Broncos | — | |
| 1985 | 1 | 22 | DT, DE | Chicago Bears | Super Bowl Champion | |
| 1985 | 3 | 58 | DB | New York Giants | — | |
| 1985 | 3 | 77 | P | Los Angeles Rams | — | |
| 1985 | 5 | 116 | TE | St. Louis Cardinals | — | |
| 1985 | 6 | 152 | DB | Atlanta Falcons | — | |
| 1985 | 10 | 260 | K | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | — | |
| 1987 | 1 | 25 | RB | San Francisco 49ers | Super Bowl Champion | |
| 1987 | 2 | 31 | RB | Atlanta Falcons | — | |
| 1987 | 2 | 38 | DB | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 1987 | 4 | 103 | TE | Cincinnati Bengals | — | |
| 1988 | 2 | 50 | * | DT, DE | Cleveland Browns | Pro Bowl |
| 1988 | 3 | 81 | DT | New Orleans Saints | — | |
| 1988 | 12 | 322 | LB | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 1989 | 1 | 11 | * | DB | Chicago Bears | Pro Bowl |
| 1989 | 4 | 97 | DE | Denver Broncos | — | |
| 1989 | 5 | 113 | TE | Dallas Cowboys | — | |
| 1989 | 10 | 257 | T | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | — | |
| 1989 | 10 | 271 | RB | Houston Oilers | — | |
| 1990 | 9 | 241 | * | RB | Minnesota Vikings | Pro Bowl |
| 1990 | 10 | 260 | WR | New Orleans Saints | — | |
| 1990 | 10 | 274 | DT | New York Giants | — | |
| 1991 | 2 | 41 | DB | New England Patriots | — | |
| 1991 | 2 | 51 | WR | Seattle Seahawks | — | |
| 1991 | 2 | 53 | LB | San Francisco 49ers | — | |
| 1991 | 3 | 78 | * | P | Chicago Bears | Pro Bowl Super Bowl Champion |
| 1991 | 4 | 86 | DB | Phoenix Cardinals | — | |
| 1991 | 5 | 117 | DT | Phoenix Cardinals | — | |
| 1991 | 10 | 271 | G | Philadelphia Eagles | — | |
| 1991 | 11 | 301 | G | Chicago Bears | — | |
| 1992 | 1 | 16 | * | DT, DE | Los Angeles Raiders | Pro Bowl |
| 1992 | 2 | 38 | * | LB | Pittsburgh Steelers | Pro Bowl |
| 1992 | 5 | 117 | C | San Diego Chargers | — | |
| 1992 | 5 | 125 | * | LB | Minnesota Vikings | Pro Bowl |
| 1993 | 1 | 15 | LB | Green Bay Packers | Super Bowl Champion | |
| 1993 | 3 | 72 | DB, WR | Los Angeles Raiders | Super Bowl Champion | |
| 1993 | 4 | 91 | RB | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | — | |
| 1993 | 4 | 106 | LB | Minnesota Vikings | — | |
| 1993 | 6 | 164 | DB | Miami Dolphins | — | |
| 1994 | 2 | 50 | DT, DE, NT | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 1994 | 7 | 203 | T | Cleveland Browns | — | |
| 1995 | 6 | 179 | LB | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | — | |
| 1996 | 2 | 50 | LB | San Diego Chargers | — | |
| 1996 | 2 | 61 | * | DB | Philadelphia Eagles | Pro Bowl Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| 1996 | 5 | 138 | DB | Washington Redskins | — | |
| 1997 | 1 | 28 | * | DT, DE | Denver Broncos | Pro Bowl Super Bowl Champion |
| 1997 | 2 | 40 | DB | St. Louis Rams | Super Bowl Champion | |
| 1998 | 1 | 15 | LB | Seattle Seahawks | — | |
| 1998 | 4 | 102 | DE | Miami Dolphins | — | |
| 1998 | 5 | 129 | RB | St. Louis Rams | — | |
| 1998 | 6 | 159 | G | St. Louis Rams | — | |
| 1998 | 7 | 210 | G | Miami Dolphins | — | |
| 1999 | 1 | 25 | DB | Green Bay Packers | — | |
| 1999 | 2 | 45 | LB | Cleveland Browns | — | |
| 1999 | 5 | 139 | DE | San Diego Chargers | — | |
| 1999 | 5 | 169 | LB | Minnesota Vikings | — | |
| 1999 | 7 | 231 | LB | New York Giants | — | |
| 1999 | 7 | 249 | DT | Cincinnati Bengals | — | |
| 2001 | 1 | 15 | WR | Washington Redskins | — | |
| 2001 | 7 | 232 | LB | Tennessee Titans | — | |
| 2001 | 7 | 244 | DB | San Diego Chargers | — | |
| 2003 | 4 | 114 | DT | Denver Broncos | Super Bowl Champion | |
| 2003 | 4 | 128 | DE | Denver Broncos | — | |
| 2004 | 3 | 72 | DT | Green Bay Packers | — | |
| 2004 | 3 | 77 | WR | San Francisco 49ers | — | |
| 2005 | 2 | 57 | * | DB | New York Jets | Pro Bowl |
| 2005 | 3 | 98 | LB | Seattle Seahawks | — | |
| 2005 | 5 | 140 | WR | Chicago Bears | — | |
| 2006 | 1 | 15 | DB | St. Louis Rams | — | |
| 2006 | 3 | 81 | QB | San Diego Chargers | — | |
| 2006 | 7 | 241 | LB | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | — | |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 | DE | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | — | |
| 2007 | 3 | 96 | LB | San Diego Chargers | Super Bowl Champion | |
| 2007 | 5 | 139 | C | St. Louis Rams | — | |
| 2007 | 5 | 159 | DB | Philadelphia Eagles | — | |
| 2007 | 7 | 235 | WR | New York Jets | — | |
| 2008 | 2 | 32 | DE | Miami Dolphins | — | |
| 2008 | 6 | 170 | T | Kansas City Chiefs | — | |
| 2009 | 4 | 103 | DT | St. Louis Rams | — | |
| 2009 | 5 | 165 | DB | Miami Dolphins | — | |
| 2009 | 5 | 166 | DB | Dallas Cowboys | — | |
| 2009 | 6 | 195 | RB | Cleveland Browns | — | |
| 2010 | 1 | 9 | * | RB | Buffalo Bills | Pro Bowl |
| 2010 | 4 | 108 | WR | Oakland Raiders | — | |
| 2010 | 5 | 134 | DE | Philadelphia Eagles | — | |
| 2010 | 5 | 164 | DB | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 2010 | 7 | 240 | LB | Indianapolis Colts | — | |
| 2011 | 2 | 41 | DE | Washington Redskins | — | |
| 2011 | 2 | 50 | DB | San Diego Chargers | — | |
| 2011 | 2 | 51 | DE | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | — | |
| 2011 | 4 | 122 | T | Buffalo Bills | — | |
| 2011 | 4 | 130 | RB | Tennessee Titans | — | |
| 2011 | 6 | 173 | DB | Seattle Seahawks | Super Bowl Champion | |
| 2012 | 2 | 38 | DE | Jacksonville Jaguars | — | |
| 2012 | 3 | 64 | TE | Indianapolis Colts | — | |
| 2012 | 3 | 93 | DT | Cincinnati Bengals | — | |
| 2012 | 4 | 115 | DB | Tennessee Titans | — | |
| 2013 | 1 | 27 | * | WR | Houston Texans | Pro Bowl,, |
| 2013 | 4 | 127 | DE | Atlanta Falcons | — | |
| 2013 | 5 | 143 | DB | Buffalo Bills | — | |
| 2013 | 6 | 187 | RB | Arizona Cardinals | — | |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 | WR | Buffalo Bills | — | |
| 2014 | 3 | 100 | OG | San Francisco 49ers | — | |
| 2014 | 4 | 102 | CB | Washington Redskins | — | |
| 2014 | 4 | 118 | WR | Pittsburgh Steelers | — | |
| 2014 | 6 | 213 | QB | New York Jets | — | |
| 2015 | 1 | 8 | * | DE | Atlanta Falcons | Pro Bowl (2016 |
| 2015 | 1 | 31 | LB | New Orleans Saints | — | |
| 2015 | 5 | 137 | NT | Atlanta Falcons | — | |
| 2015 | 5 | 165 | P | San Francisco 49ers | — | |
| 2015 | 6 | 188 | LB | Buffalo Bills | — | |
| 2016 | 1 | 19 | DE | Buffalo Bills | — | |
| 2016 | 2 | 33 | DT | Tennessee Titans | — | |
| 2016 | 2 | 54 | Mackensie Alexander | DB | Minnesota Vikings | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 57 | S | Indianapolis Colts | — | |
| 2016 | 4 | 109 | LB | New York Giants | — | |
| 2016 | 5 | 166 | NT | Houston Texans | — | |
| 2016 | 7 | 241 | WR | New York Jets | — | |
| 2016 | 7 | 244 | S | Minnesota Vikings | — | |
| 2016 | 7 | 247 | RB | Seattle Seahawks | — | |
| 2017 | 1 | 7 | WR | Los Angeles Chargers | — | |
| 2017 | 1 | 12 | QB | Houston Texans | — | |
| 2017 | 3 | 97 | CB | Miami Dolphins | — | |
| 2017 | 4 | 140 | RB | New York Giants | — | |
| 2017 | 4 | 142 | DT | Houston Texans | — | |
| 2017 | 5 | 150 | WR | New York Jets | — | |
| 2018 | 3 | 100 | LB | Kansas City Chiefs | — | |
| 2018 | 6 | 185 | WR | Indianapolis Colts | — | |
| 2018 | 6 | 187 | WR | Buffalo Bills | — | |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | DE | Oakland Raiders | — | |
| 2019 | 1 | 13 | DT | Miami Dolphins | — | |
| 2019 | 1 | 17 | DT | New York Giants | — | |
| 2019 | 2 | 40 | DB | Oakland Raiders | — | |
| 2019 | 4 | 117 | DE | Detroit Lions | — | |
| 2019 | 5 | 149 | WR | Oakland Raiders | — | |
| 2020 | 1 | 8 | LB | Arizona Cardinals | — | |
| 2020 | 1 | 16 | CB | Atlanta Falcons | — | |
| 2020 | 2 | 33 | WR | Cincinnati Bengals | — | |
| 2020 | 3 | 100 | LB | Las Vegas Raiders | — | |
| 2020 | 4 | 109 | G | Oakland Raiders | — | |
| 2020 | 4 | 127 | S | Philadelphia Eagles | — | |
| 2020 | 7 | 250 | G | Los Angeles Rams | — | |
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