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List of Marshall Thundering Herd in the NFL draft

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List of Marshall Thundering Herd in the NFL draft
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The Marshall Thundering Herd football team, representing Marshall University, has had 47 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936.[1][A 1] This includes three players taken in the first round. The New England Patriots have drafted the most Marshall players with five. Four former Thundering Herd have been selected to a Pro Bowl, six former Thundering Herd have won a league championship with their respective teams, and one former Thundering have been selected to both a Pro Bowl and won a league championship.

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Randy Moss was drafted 21st overall by the Minnesota Vikings in the 1998 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).[4]

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". When the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the common draft simply became the NFL draft.[2][3][5]

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Key

B Back K Kicker NT Nose tackle
C Center LB Linebacker FB Fullback
DB Defensive back P Punter HB Halfback
DE Defensive end QB Quarterback WR Wide receiver
DT Defensive tackle RB Running back G Guard
E End T Offensive tackle TE Tight end
* Selected to a Pro Bowl
† Won an NFL/Super Bowl championship
‡ Selected to a Pro Bowl and won an NFL/Super Bowl championship

Selections

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Chad Pennington was drafted eighteenth overall by the New York Jets in the 2000 NFL draft.
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Byron Leftwich was drafted seventh overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2003 NFL draft.
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Ahmad Bradshaw was drafted 250th overall by the New York Giants in the 2007 NFL draft.
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Vinny Curry was drafted 59th overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2012 NFL draft.
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Notable undrafted players

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Note: No drafts held before 1920

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Notes

  1. [1]
    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).[2][3]
  2. [2]
    This is the team that drafted the player, not their most recent team.

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