When a team has 10 players selected in the National Football League draft, that team has lost a ton of talent. In this case, an all-time record for the University of Louisville
The number of UofL players drafted is second highest among the nation’s college football programs, right behind Florida State which has 11 players headed to the NFL.
The order in which they were drafted:
No. 14 — DeVante Parker, wide receiver, Miami Dolphins; 72nd — Jamon Brown, offensive tackle, St. Louis Rams; 81st — John Miller, offensive guard, Buffalo Bills; 82nd — Lorenzo Mauldin, outside linebacker, New York Jets.
104th — James Sample, safety, Jacksonville Jaguars; 177th — Deiontrez Mount, outside linebacker, Tennessee Titans; 189th — Charles Gaines, cornerback, Cleveland Browns; 193rd — B. J. Dubose, defensive end, Minnesota Vikings; 239th — Gerod Holliman, safety, Pittsburgh Steelers; 256th — Gerald Christian, wide receiver, Phoenix Cardinals.
Signing as free agents were: Grant Donovan, long snapper, Washington Redskins; Dominique Brown, running back, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Eli Rogers, wide receiver, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Jake Smith, offensive lineman, Cincinnati Bengals.
No mention of Michael Dyer as of yet.
UofL already had 19 players listed on NFL rosters :
Gary Barnidge | Cleveland Browns | Tight End |
Joshua Bellamy | Chicago Bears | Wide Receiver |
Teddy Bridgewater | Minnesota Vikings | Quarterback |
Preston Brown | Buffalo Bills | Linebacker |
Damian Copeland | Jacksonville Jaguars | Wide Receiver |
Harry Douglas | Tennessee Titans | Wide Receiver |
Elvis Dumervil | Baltimore Ravens | Linebacker |
Brandon Dunn | Chicago Bears | Defensive Tackle |
William Gay | Pittsburgh Steelers | Cornerback |
Breno Giacomini | New York Jets | Offensive Tackle |
Alex Kupper | Buffalo Bills | Guard |
Senorise Perry | Chicago Bears | Running Back |
Roy Philon | Detroit Lions | Defensive Tackle |
Bilal Powell | New York Jets | Running Back |
Calvin Pryor | New York Jets | Safety |
Greg Scruggs | Seattle Seahawks | Defensive End |
Marcus Smith II | Philadelphia Eagles | Linebacker |
Byron Stingily | Tennessee Titans | Offensive Tackle |
Eric Wood | Buffalo Bills | Center |
What a great draft. Hope Petrino can continue to load that NFL pipeline with high caliber players like these that also move us to the top of the ACC.