List Of Oklahoma Sooners In The NFL Draft
The University of Oklahoma Sooners football team has had 417 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936. This includes 51 players taken in the first round and five number one overall picks: Lee Roy Selmon in 1976, Billy Sims in 1980, Sam Bradford in 2010, Baker Mayfield in 2018, and Kyler Murray in 2019. In the 2010 NFL draft, Oklahoma became the only school in history to have three players selected in the first four picks of the draft.
Jammal Brown was drafted 13th overall by the New Orleans Saints in the 2005 NFL draft. 
Brandon Jones was drafted 96th overall by the Tennessee Titans in the 2005 NFL draft. 
Adrian Peterson was drafted 7th overall by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2007 NFL draft. 
Sam Bradford was selected by the St. Louis Rams with the 1st overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft. 
DeMarco Murray was selected by the Dallas Cowboys with the 71st overall draft pick in the 2011 NFL draft. 
Trent Williams is awarded his 7th straight Pro bowl appearance in 2018. 
Kyler Murray being drafted 1st overall by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2019 NFL draft would mark the second time in draft history that a college has gotten back-to-back first overall picks and the first time in draft history that two quarterbacks from the same college have been drafted No. 1 overall two years in a row. 
CeeDee Lamb is drafted 17th Overall by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2020 NFL draft
Each NFL franchise seeks to add new players through the annual NFL draft. 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).
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.
A total of 31 former Sooners have been selected to at least one Pro Bowl, 18 to more than one, and 35 former Sooners have won a league championship.
Key
| QB | Quarterback | WR | Wide receiver | TE | Tight end |
| RB | Running back | FB | Fullback | B | Back |
| OL | Offensive lineman | OT | Offensive tackle | C | Center |
| T | Tackle | G | Guard | E | End |
| CB | Cornerback | DB | Defensive back | LB | Linebacker |
| DE | Defensive end | DT | Defensive tackle | K | Kicker |
| * | Selected to a Pro Bowl | ||||
| † | Won a league championship | ||||
| ‡ | Selected to a Pro Bowl and won a league championship | ||||
Selections
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Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ Joe Golding was drafted in 1944 by the Brooklyn Tigers (276th overall) and in 1946 by the Chicago Cardinals (31st overall).
- ^ Mike McClellan was drafted in 1961 by the San Francisco 49ers (80th overall) and in 1962 by the New York Titans (237th overall).
- ^ Phil Loman was drafted in 1961 by the Cleveland Browns (195th overall) and in 1962 by the San Diego Chargers (272nd overall).
- ^ Dennis Ward was drafted in 1963 by the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL (116th overall) and the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL (104th overall).
- ^ Joe Don Looney was drafted in 1963 by the Houston Oilers (118th overall) and in 1964 by both the New York Giants of the NFL (12th overall) and the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL (44th overall).
- ^ Paul Lea was drafted in 1963 by the St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL (185th overall) and the Houston Oilers of the AFL (143rd overall).
- ^ Glen Condren was drafted in 1964 by the New York Giants of the NFL (152nd overall) and the New York Jets of the AFL (147th overall).
- ^ John Garrett was drafted in 1964 by the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL (189th overall) and the Houston Oilers of the AFL (190th overall).
- ^ Lance Rentzel was drafted in 1965 by the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL (23rd overall) and the Buffalo Bills of the AFL (48th overall).
- ^ Ralph Neely was drafted in 1965 by the Baltimore Colts of the NFL (28th overall) and the Houston Oilers of the AFL (15th overall).
- ^ Jim Grisham was drafted in 1965 by the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL (79th overall) and the Houston Oilers of the AFL (130th overall).
- ^ Carl McAdams was drafted in 1966 by the St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL (8th overall) and the New York Jets of the AFL (22nd overall).
- ^ Mike Ringer was drafted in 1966 by the St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL (149th overall) and the Denver Broncos of the AFL (130th overall).
- ^ Dwight Drane was the 14th pick in the first round of the 1984 supplemental draft.
- ^ Darryl Goodlow was the 4th pick in the second round of the 1984 supplemental draft.
- ^ Brian Bosworth was the 1st pick in the first round of the 1987 supplemental draft.
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