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NFL Draft: Longest 1st-Round Draft Droughts for Power 5 Programs

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January 11, 2018

North Carolina State had three players selected in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft, the third-most of any school that year (Ohio State, four; Florida State, five). But not since Mario Williams, Manny Lawson and John McCargo were chosen first, 22nd and 26th, respectively, have the Wolfpack had a first-round pick.

Bradley Chubb will end that drought.

Twenty-five North Carolina State alums have been drafted since 2007, though only safeties David Amerson and Josh Jones were selected earlier than the third round. Neither were even top-50 picks, with Amerson going 51st in 2013 to the Washington Redskins and Jones 61st last year to the Green Bay Packers. 

Chubb, a 6-foot-4, 275-pound defensive end, is projected as a top-10 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft after racking up 20.5 sacks and 28 tackles for the loss the last two years. He could be the first defender selected in April and, barring a shocking turn of events, will be the Wolfpack’s first first-round selection in 12 years.

North Carolina State is tied with Minnesota for the fourth-longest first-round draft droughts among Power Five programs. The Gophers’ last first-round pick was running back Laurence Maroney. One year behind sits Northwestern, who hasn’t even had a player selected before the fourth round since first-round pick Luis Castillo in 2005.

Now we get into the weeds.

Indiana’s last first-round selection was receiver Thomas Lewis in 1994, and Iowa State’s last first-rounder was — wait for it — 1973! Since running back George Amundson was selected 14th by the Houston Oilers 45 years ago, the Cyclones have not had a first-round pick. And they’ve only had three second-round picks over that time.

Here’s the full list of most recent first-round pick for each Power Five program:

TeamMost Recent 1st-Round Pick
Iowa State1973
Indiana1994
Northwestern2005
Minnesota2006
NC State2006
Arizona2008
Arkansas2008
Kansas2008
Vanderbilt2008
Kansas State2009
Maryland2009
Virginia2009
Georgia Tech2010
Penn State2010
Rutgers2010
Colorado2011
Nebraska2011
Purdue2011
Boston College2012
Illinois2012
Mississippi State2012
Oklahoma2013
Syracuse2013
Auburn2014
Oklahoma State2014
Oregon State2014
Pittsburgh2014
South Carolina2014
Virginia Tech2014
Washington State2014
Arizona State2015
Duke2015
Iowa2015
Kentucky2015
Texas2015
Wake Forest2015
Baylor2016
California2016
Clemson2016
Florida State2016
Georgia2016
Louisville2016
Michigan State2016
Notre Dame2016
Oregon2016
TCU2016
West Virginia2016
Alabama2017
Florida2017
LSU2017
Miami (FL)2017
Michigan2017
Missouri2017
North Carolina2017
Ohio State2017
Ole Miss2017
Stanford2017
Tennessee2017
Texas A&M2017
Texas Tech2017
UCLA2017
USC2017
Utah2017
Washington2017
Wisconsin2017
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