List of UConn Huskies in the NFL draft
Year Round Pick Overall Player Team Position Notes
1946 6 9 49 Walt Trojanowski Washington Redskins B -
1946 9 4 74 Walt Dropo Chicago Bears E
1947 24 9 224 Bill Moll New York Giants B -
1947 28 4 259 Milt Dropo Washington Redskins C
1958 18 5 210 Lenny King Washington Redskins B -
1962 11 13 153 Dave Bishop New York Giants B -
1962 16 3 213 John Contoulis New York Giants T -
1971 4 24 102 Vince Clements Minnesota Vikings RB -
1974 11 12 272 Eric Torkelson Green Bay Packers RB -
1980 8 28 221 Ted Walton Pittsburgh Steelers DB -
1984 4 15 99 John Dorsey Green Bay Packers LB -
1989 9 15 238 David Franks Seattle Seahawks G -
1992 12 10 318 Cornelius Benton Seattle Seahawks G -
1994 6 29 190 Paul Duckworth Green Bay Packers LB -
2005 3 18 82 Alfred Fincher New Orleans Saints LB -
2005 5 9 145 Dan Orlovsky Detroit Lions QB -
2007 6 21 195 Deon Anderson Dallas Cowboys RB -
2008 4 1 100 Tyvon Branch Oakland Raiders DB -
2008 6 29 195 Donald Thomas Miami Dolphins G -
2009 1 27 27 Donald Brown Indianapolis Colts RB -
Selections -- National Football League
The University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies football team has had 42 players selected in the National Football League (NFL) Draft . [Note 1] Two of those selections were in the first round of the draft, both with the 27th overall pick: running back Donald Brown in 2009 and cornerback Byron Jones in 2015 . [ General ] A Connecticut football alumnus had been selected in every NFL draft from 2007 to 2015 and in twelve of the last fourteen NFL drafts. 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.