The West Virginia Mountaineers football team, representing West Virginia University (WVU), has had 198 players selected in the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936. This includes nine players selected in the first round. The Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions have drafted the most Mountaineers overall, 16 and 15, respectively. The Baltimore Ravens are the only current franchise to not have drafted a player from WVU. Fifteen Mountaineer draft choices have been selected to a Pro Bowl and eleven have won a league championship.
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 from 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).
Key
B | Back | K | Kicker | NT | Nose tackle |
C | Center | LB | Linebacker | FB | Fullback |
DB | Defensive back | P | Punter | RB | Running back |
DE | Defensive end | QB | Quarterback | WR | Wide receiver |
DT | Defensive tackle | RB | Running back | G | Guard |
E | End | T | Offensive tackle | TE | Tight end |
Selected to an all-star game | |||||
Won a league championship | |||||
Selected to an all-star game and won a league championship |
National Football League Draft
See also: National Football League DraftNotes
- In American and Canadian football, a back is a player who is lined up behind the linemen, the players who line up closest to the line of scrimmage.
- This is the team that drafted the player, not their most recent team.
Notable undrafted players
Note: No drafts held before 1936
References
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- "Draft History by School–West Virginia". National Football League. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
- Clayton, John (March 26, 2009). "Draft order to change for playoff teams". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 18, 2010.
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- "Marc Bulger NFL Football Statistics". Sports Reference LLC. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
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