Terry Bradshaw was the 1st overall pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970 NFL Draft.
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football program has had 76 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936.[A 1] This includes five players taken in the first round and one overall number one pick, Terry Bradshaw in 1970. Louisiana Tech had one player selected in the most recent NFL draft.
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 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).[1]
Before the merger agreements in 1966, the American Football League (AFL) operated in direct competition with the NFL and held a separate draft. This led to a massive bidding war over top prospects between the two leagues. As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues would hold a multiple round "Common Draft". Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "Common Draft" simply became the NFL Draft.[2][3][4]
Selected to a Pro Bowl and won an NFL championship
Selections
Larry Brewer was the 194th overall pick by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1970 NFL Draft.Matt Stover was the 329th overall pick by the New York Giants in the 1990 NFL Draft.Willie Roaf was the 8th overall pick by the New Orleans Saints in the 1993 NFL Draft.Luke McCown was the 106th overall pick by the Cleveland Browns in the 2004 NFL Draft.Ryan Moats was the 77th overall pick by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2005 NFL Draft.
^Because of the NFL–AFL merger agreement, the history of the AFL is officially recognized by the NFL and therefore this list includes the AFL Draft (1960–1966) and the Common Draft (1967–1969).
^From 1960 through 1966, teams with a superscript AFL denotes player drafted in the AFL Draft and teams with a superscript NFL denotes a player drafted in the NFL Draft.
^This is the team that drafted the player, not their most recent team.
References
General
"Draft History by School–Louisiana Tech". National Football League. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
"Louisiana Tech in NFL Draft" (PDF). Louisiana Tech Athletics Department. Summer 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
"NFL Players who attended Louisiana Tech University". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
"Bulldogs in the NFL". Louisiana Tech Athletics Department. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
^Clayton, John (March 26, 2009). "Draft order to change for playoff teams". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2010.
^Cross, B. Duane (January 22, 2001). "The AFL: A Football Legacy". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on December 17, 2009. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
^"NFL History by Decade: 1961–1970". NFL. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
^"Time Changes for 2008 NFL Draft". NFL. April 22, 2008. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2009.