North Carolina A&T NFL Draft history

The 2018 NFL Draft is finally here and hundreds of college football players will see their NFL Dreams realized. Among them will be Brandon Parker, North Carolina A&T’s 6’7, 299 lb offensive tackle.

Parker’s selection will mark the second year in a row that an Aggie has been selected in the NFL Draft, following the path of running back Tarik Cohen. Cohen, of course, was selected in the fourth round by the Chicago Bears in 2017.

Whenever the Kannapolis, NC native is drafted, he will be the 33rd player from A&T to be selected in the NFL Draft (including the AFL Draft). The first was Robert “Stonewall” Jackson back in 1950. Jackson was picked in the 15th round (202nd overall).

Here are the others:

1960 AFL Draft	2	—	Buffalo Bills	Tom Day	DE
1960 NFL Draft	20	229	St. Louis Cardinals	Tom Day	DE
1961 AFL Draft	26	—	Buffalo Bills	Lorenzo Stanford	OT
1962 NFL Draft	15	209	New York Giants	Joe Taylor	DB
1963 NFL Draft	18	243	Baltimore Colts	Luther Woodruff	OT
1964 NFL Draft	16	211	San Francisco 49ers	Cornell Gordon	DB
1964 AFL Draft	23	179	New York Jets	Cornell Gordon	DB
1965 AFL Draft	6	—	San Diego Chargers	Will Beasley	RB
1966 NFL Draft	5	69	San Francisco 49ers	Mel Phillips	DB
1966 AFL Draft	19	—	Buffalo Bills	Mel Phillips	DB
1968 NFL Draft	3	77	Houston Oilers	Elvin Bethea	DE
1969 NFL Draft	5	115	Miami Dolphins	Willie Pearson	DB
1971 NFL Draft	5	112	Pittsburgh Steelers	Mel Holmes	OG
1972 NFL Draft	8	208	Dallas Cowboys	Ralph Coleman	LB
1972 NFL Draft	11	286	Dallas Cowboys	Lonnie Leonard	OT
1972 NFL Draft	16	410	Oakland Raiders	Willie Wright	WR
1973 NFL Draft	11	275	New York Giants	William Wideman	DT
1975 NFL Draft	13	338	Washington Redskins	Morris McKie	DB
1976 NFL Draft	12	321	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	George Ragsdale	RB
1979 NFL Draft	5	137	Pittsburgh Steelers	Dwaine Board	DE
1982 NFL Supplemental Draft	9	—	Detroit Lions	Kevin Robinson	DB
1982 NFL Draft	11	290	St. Louis Cardinals	James Williams	DE
1984 NFL Draft	12	321	Minnesota Vikings	Mike Jones	RB
1985 NFL Draft	11	283	Minnesota Vikings	Tim Williams	DB
1992 NFL Draft	5	115	Cincinnati Bengals	Craig Thompson	TE
1992 NFL Draft	5	131	San Diego Chargers	Kevin Little	LB
1992 NFL Draft	6	147	San Diego Chargers	Reggie White	DT
1994 NFL Draft	6	189	Los Angeles Rams	Ronald Edwards	OT
1996 NFL Draft	1	29	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jamain Stephens	OT
1997 NFL Draft	3	74	San Diego Chargers	Michael Hamilton	LB
1997 NFL Draft	7	215	St. Louis Rams	Cedric White	DE
1997 NFL Draft	7	218	San Diego Chargers	Toran James	LB
2005 NFL Draft	5	143	Green Bay Packers	Junius Coston	C
2017 NFL Draft	4	119	Chicago Bears	Tarik Cohen	RB

The most famous of these is Elvin Bethea, who went on to have a Pro Football Hall of Fame career with the Houston Oilers.

Follow along with HBCU Gameday’s coverage of the 2018 NFL Draft.

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