Since the first NFL Draft in 1936, 24,844 players have been selected from 691 different schools.
More than one-third of the 130 active FBS programs have had at least one player selected first overall. One-half own at least one top-three selections and 80 have at least one top-10 selection. Old Dominion is the lone active FBS program with zero all-time draft picks.
Here is the highest NFL Draft pick in the history of each FBS team:
College
Player
Year
Pick
NFL Team
Air Force
Dan Palmer
1997
178
San Diego Chargers
Akron
Charlie Frye
2005
67
Cleveland Browns
Alabama
Harry Gilmer
1948
1
Washington Redskins
Appalachian State
Brian Quick
2012
33
St. Louis Rams
Arizona
Ricky Hunley
1984
7
Cincinnati Bengals
Arizona State
J.D. Hill
1971
4
Buffalo Bills
Arkansas
Darren McFadden*
2008
4
Oakland Raiders
Arkansas State
Bill Bergey
1969
31
Cincinnati Bengals
Army
Glenn Davis
1947
2
Detroit Lions
Auburn
Cam Newton*
2011
1
Carolina Panthers
Ball State
Shafer Suggs
1976
33
New York Jets
Baylor
Robert Griffin III*
2012
2
Washington Redskins
Boise State
Ryan Clady
2008
12
Denver Broncos
Boston College
Matt Ryan
2008
3
Atlanta Falcons
Bowling Green
Bernie Casey
1961
8
Bernie Casey
Buffalo
Khalil Mack
2014
5
Oakland Raiders
BYU
Ezekiel Ansah*
2013
5
Detroit Lions
California
Jared Goff*
2016
1
Los Angeles Rams
Central Michigan
Eric Fisher
2013
1
Kansas City Chiefs
Charlotte
Larry Ogunjobi
2017
65
Cleveland Browns
Cincinnati
Greg Cook
1969
5
Cincinnati Bengals
Clemson
Sammy Watkins*
2014
4
Buffalo Bills
Coastal Carolina
Jerome Simpson
2008
46
Cincinnati Bengals
Colorado
Bo Matthews
1974
2
San Diego Chargers
Colorado State
Gary Glick
1956
1
Pittsburgh Steelers
Connecticut
Byron Jones*
2015
27
Dallas Cowboys
Duke
George McAfee
1940
2
Philadelphia Eagles
East Carolina
Chris Johnson*
2008
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