List of Eastern Kentucky Colonels in the NFL draft

This is a list of Eastern Kentucky Colonels in the NFL Draft.

Key

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	Team	Position
1951	17	2	197	Ray Pelfrey	Green Bay Packers	B
1955	17	11	204	Don Daly	Detroit Lions	B
	19	11	228	Bob Muller	Detroit Lions	C
	23	1	266	Karl Bays	Chicago Cardinals	T
1956	19	12	229	John Sebest	Cleveland Browns	E
1957	22	10	263	Tom Schulte	Detroit Lions	E
1968	3	5	60	Aaron March	Boston Patriots	WR
1973	1	8	8	Wally Chambers	Chicago Bears	DE
1976	10	4	269	Junior Hardin	New Orleans Saints	LB
1977	3	9	65	Elmo Boyd	San Francisco 49ers	WR
1977	9	21	244	Roosevelt Kelly	Pittsburgh Steelers	TE
1982	4	24	107	George Floyd	New York Jets	DB
1983	5	18	130	Steve Bird	St. Louis Cardinals	WR
1984	5	10	122	Tron Armstrong	New York Jets	WR
1986	8	25	219	Joe Mauntel	Los Angeles Raiders	LB
1988	1	18	18	Aaron Jones	Pittsburgh Steelers	DE
	9	23	244	Danny Copeland	Cleveland Browns	DB
	10	3	252	John Jackson	Pittsburgh Steelers	T
1989	2	21	49	Jessie Small	Philadelphia Eagles	LB
	3	15	71	Elroy Harris	Seattle Seahawks	RB
	8	23	218	Myron Guyton	New York Giants	DB
	12	20	327	Mike Cadore	New Orleans Saints	WR
1992	10	3	255	Tim Lester	Los Angeles Raiders	RB
1994	5	24	155	Chad Bratzke	New York Giants	DE
1996	2	24	54	Jason Dunn	Philadelphia Eagles	TE
1997	6	25	188	Tony McCombs	Arizona Cardinals	LB
1999	5	28	161	Tyrone Hopson	San Francisco 49ers	G
1999	7	41	247	Rondel Menendez	Atlanta Falcons	WR
2001	5	9	140	Alex Bannister	Seattle Seahawks	WR
2003	6	40	213	Yeremiah Bell	Miami Dolphins	DB
2004	7	37	238	Larry Turner	St. Louis Rams	T
2008	3	16	79	Antwaun Molden	Houston Texans	DB
2016	2	7	39	Noah Spence	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DE
2024	7	19	239	Josiah Ezirim	New Orleans Saints	T

Note: No drafts held before 1920

Debut year	Player name	Position	Debut NFL/AFL team
1949	Joe Hollingsworth	FB	Pittsburgh Steelers
1987	Dale Dawson	PK	Minnesota Vikings
	Byron Ingram	G	Kansas City Chiefs
	John Klingel	DE	Philadelphia Eagles
1996	Dialleo Burks	WR	Philadelphia Eagles
1998	David Hoelscher	DT	Green Bay Packers
1999	Justin Ernest	DT	New Orleans Saints
2010	Derek Hardman	G	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2013	Tyrone Goard	WR	Cincinnati Bengals
2015	Jordan Berry	P	Pittsburgh Steelers
2015	Matt Lengel	TE	Cincinnati Bengals
2018	Tim Boyle	QB	Green Bay Packers
2020	Aaron Patrick	LB	Jacksonville Jaguars
2023	Matthew Jackson	S	Tennessee Titans
2023	T. K. McLendon Jr.	DE	Tennessee Titans

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v t e Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
Venues	Hanger Stadium (1938–1968) Roy Kidd Stadium (1969–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games 1955 Tangerine Bowl 1967 Grantland Rice Bowl Morehead State: Old Hawg Rifle Western Kentucky: Battle of the Bluegrass
Culture & lore	The Colonel "Rally Maroon and White" Marching Colonels
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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