Some talented football players have come out of Group of Five programs, and San Diego State is no exception.
Here’s a look at NFL Draft picks out of San Diego State during the Super Bowl era, which began in 1966.
NFL Draft Picks From San Diego State
Yr | Rd | Team | Player | Position |
2022 | 3 | ARI | Cameron Thomas | DE |
2022 | 4 | NYG | Daniel Bellinger | TE |
2022 | 6 | BUF | Matt Araiza | P |
2022 | 6 | CHI | Zachary Thomas | OL |
2021 | 4 | ATL | Darren Hall | CB |
2020 | 5 | WAS | Keith Ismael | C |
2019 | 3 | HOU | Kahale Warring | TE |
2018 | 1 | SEA | Rashaad Penny | RB |
2018 | 7 | DET | Nick Bawden | RB |
2017 | 4 | BAL | Nico Siragusa | G |
2017 | 4 | PHI | Donnel Pumphrey | RB |
2017 | 5 | ATL | Damontae Kazee | CB |
2015 | 4 | SEA | Terry Poole | G |
2014 | 5 | NYG | Nat Berhe | DB |
2014 | 6 | SEA | Eric Pinkins | DB |
2013 | 2 | DAL | Gavin Escobar | TE |
2013 | 3 | CLE | Leon McFadden | DB |
2013 | 7 | OAK | Brice Butler | WR |
2012 | 3 | DEN | Ronnie Hillman | RB |
2012 | 4 | OAK | Miles Burris | LB |
2012 | 6 | ARI | Ryan Lindley | QB |
2012 | 7 | KAN | Jerome Long | DT |
2011 | 3 | SDG | Vincent Brown | WR |
2011 | 7 | ARI | DeMarco Sampson | WR |
2009 | 7 | CHI | Lance Louis | G |
2008 | 3 | NWE | Kevin O’Connell | QB |
2008 | 6 | SEA | Tyler Schmitt | LB |
2008 | 7 | GNB | Brett Swain | WR |
2008 | 7 | OAK | Chaz Schilens | WR |
2006 | 3 | IND | Freddy Keiaho | LB |
2006 | 6 | KAN | Jeff Webb | WR |
2005 | 2 | PHI | Matt McCoy | LB |
2005 | 3 | OAK | Kirk Morrison | LB |
2005 | 4 | GNB | Marviel Underwood | DB |
2004 | 5 | DEN | Jeff Shoate | DB |
2003 | 5 | MIA | J.R. Tolver | WR |
2002 | 2 | HOU | Chester Pitts | T |
2002 | 6 | OAK | Larry Ned | RB |
2002 | 6 | GNB | Mike Houghton | G |
2000 | 5 | GNB | Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila | DE |
2000 | 7 | STL | Andrew Kline | G |
2000 | 7 | MIN | Mike Malano | C |
1998 | 1 | NOR | Kyle Turley | T |
1998 | 4 | STL | Az-Zahir Hakim | WR |
1998 | 7 | ATL | Ephraim Salaam | T |
1997 | 2 | PIT | Will Blackwell | WR |
1997 | 5 | IND | Nate Jacquet | WR |
1997 | 5 | PIT | George Jones | RB |
1997 | 6 | CHI | Ricky Parker | DB |
1996 | 5 | OAK | La’Roi Glover | DT |
1996 | 7 | WAS | DeAndre Maxwell | WR |
1995 | 6 | NYG | Jamal Duff | DE |
1994 | 1 | IND | Marshall Faulk | RB |
1994 | 2 | CIN | Darnay Scott | WR |
1994 | 7 | CIN | Ramondo Stallings | DE |
1992 | 2 | CLE | Patrick Rowe | WR |
1992 | 6 | WAS | Ray Rowe | TE |
1992 | 8 | KAN | Jim Jennings | G |
1991 | 1 | SEA | Dan McGwire | QB |
1991 | 4 | CLE | Pio Sagapolutele | DT |
1991 | 6 | DEN | Nick Subis | T |
1990 | 8 | DET | Roman Fortin | C |
1990 | 12 | DET | Robert Claiborne | WR |
1989 | 5 | RAM | Alfred Jackson | WR |
1988 | 7 | WAS | Harold Hicks | DB |
1988 | 9 | NOR | Clarence Nunn | DB |
1988 | 10 | NOR | Todd Santos | QB |
1988 | 12 | WAS | Wayne Ross | P |
1988 | 12 | SEA | Dave Des Rochers | T |
1987 | 3 | STL | Robert Awalt | TE |
1986 | 2 | CLE | Webster Slaughter | WR |
1986 | 4 | GNB | Dan Knight | T |
1986 | 5 | NYG | Vince Warren | WR |
1985 | 2 | WAS | Tory Nixon | DB |
1985 | 3 | DET | James Johnson | LB |
1985 | 3 | GNB | Rich Moran | G |
1985 | 9 | NYJ | Mike Waters | TE |
1984 | 2 | NYJ | Jim Sandusky | WR |
1984 | 3 | PHI | Thomas Carter | LB |
1984 | 3 | BUF | Sean McNanie | DE |
1984 | 3 | DAL | Jeff Spek | TE |
1984 | 11 | DET | Mike Saxon | P |
1983 | 3 | DEN | Clint Sampson | WR |
1983 | 3 | PIT | Todd Seabaugh | LB |
1983 | 4 | BAL | Phil Smith | WR |
1983 | 4 | RAM | Doug Reed | DE |
1983 | 10 | TAM | Darius Durham | WR |
1982 | 2 | BUF | Matt Kofler | QB |
1982 | 2 | WAS | Vernon Dean | DB |
1981 | 6 | CHI | Reuben Henderson | DB |
1981 | 12 | NOR | Jim Wilks | DE |
1980 | 7 | PHI | Terrell Ward | DB |
1980 | 10 | CLE | Kevin Fidel | C |
1979 | 4 | WAS | Don Warren | TE |
1979 | 6 | OAK | Henry Williams | DB |
1979 | 8 | CLE | Kent Perkov | DE |
1978 | 2 | CIN | Deacon Turner | RB |
1978 | 2 | RAM | Ron Smith | WR |
1978 | 3 | MIN | Whip Walton | LB |
1978 | 5 | GNB | Mike Douglass | LB |
1978 | 5 | NYG | Terry Jackson | DB |
1978 | 5 | ATL | Dennis Pearson | WR |
1977 | 11 | NYG | Bill Helms | TE |
1976 | 3 | DAL | Duke Fergerson | WR |
1976 | 4 | DEN | Craig Penrose | QB |
1976 | 6 | NWE | Greg Boyd | DE |
1976 | 11 | PHI | Mike Gilbert | DT |
1976 | 13 | DET | Mel Jacobs | WR |
1976 | 16 | SFO | Reggie Lewis | DE |
1975 | 2 | RAM | Monte Jackson | DB |
1974 | 3 | DEN | Claudie Minor | T |
1974 | 6 | SDG | Jesse Freitas | QB |
1973 | 1 | CIN | Isaac Curtis | WR |
1973 | 4 | NYJ | Bill Ferguson | LB |
1973 | 6 | RAM | Jim Peterson | LB |
1973 | 12 | PHI | Joe Lavender | DB |
1972 | 1 | GNB | Willie Buchanon | DB |
1972 | 2 | NWE | Tom Reynolds | WR |
1972 | 4 | STL | Martin Imhof | DE |
1972 | 4 | DAL | Robert West | WR |
1972 | 6 | SDG | Bruce Ward | G |
1972 | 13 | CLE | Brian Sipe | QB |
1972 | 14 | MIN | Marv Owens | WR |
1971 | 2 | ATL | Ken Burrow | WR |
1971 | 2 | PHI | Henry Allison | G |
1971 | 5 | PHI | Tom Shellabarger | T |
1971 | 6 | ATL | Tom Hayes | DB |
1971 | 8 | SDG | Leon Van Gorkum | DE |
1971 | 16 | ATL | Lindsey James | RB |
1970 | 2 | BUF | Dennis Shaw | QB |
1970 | 4 | CIN | Billie Hayes | DB |
1970 | 7 | NOR | Lon Woodard | DE |
1970 | 12 | NYJ | Bill Pierson | C |
1969 | 1 | NYG | Fred Dryer | DE |
1969 | 3 | OAK | Lloyd Edwards | TE |
1969 | 7 | KAN | Tom Nettles | FL |
1969 | 12 | PIT | Doug Fisher | LB |
1968 | 1 | BUF | Haven Moses | WR |
1968 | 5 | GNB | Steve Duich | G |
1968 | 12 | NOR | John Beck | DB |
1968 | 13 | CIN | Teddy Washington | RB |
1967 | 1 | GNB | Don Horn | QB |
1967 | 2 | ATL | Leo Carroll | DE |
1967 | 2 | PIT | Don Shy | RB |
1967 | 2 | CHI | Bob Jones | WR |
1967 | 2 | SDG | Bob Howard | DB |
1967 | 6 | SDG | Nate Johns | FL |
1967 | 7 | PHI | John Williams | DB |
1967 | 15 | SDG | Craig Scoggins | E |
1966 | 11 | GNB | Ralph Wenzel | G |
1966 | 13 | MIN | Larry Martin | DT |