Since 1970, the Tiger football program has seen 11 players selected in the first two rounds of the NFL draft. How many can you name?
First of all, a correction: there have been 12 former Tigers taken in the first two rounds. (Thanks to “A Lex” for spotting an oversight of mine.)
- U of M Athletics
- Isaac Bruce
Bob Rush, C (1977)
Keith Simpson, DB (1978)
Keith Butler, LB (1978)
Earnest Gray, WR (1979)
Eddie Hill, RB (1979)
Richard Williams, RB (1983)
Derrick Burroughs, DB (1985)
Isaac Bruce, WR (1994)
Jerome Woods, DB (1996)
Idrees Bashir, DB (2001)
Michael Stone, DB (2001)
DeAngelo Williams, RB (2006)
