Here’s a look at the highest NFL Draft pick of all time from all 16 Big 12 Conference football programs:
Arizona: Ricky Hunley, LB, 1984 (1st round, No. 7 overall, Cincinnati Bengals)
Arizona State: Charley Taylor, RB, , 1965 (1st round, No. 3 overall, Washington Redskins)
BYU: Steve Young, QB, 1984 (1st round, No. 1 overall, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Baylor: Jack Wilson, B, 1942 (1st round, No. 2 overall, Los Angeles Rams); Adrian Burk, QB, 1950 (1st round, No. 2 overall, Baltimore Colts); Jason Smith, OT, 2009 (1st round, No. 2 overall, St. Louis Rams); Robert Griffin III, QB, 2012 (1st round, No. 2 overall, Washington Redskins)
Cincinnati: Sauce Gardner, CB, 2022 (1st round, No. 4 overall, New York Jets)
Colorado: Bo Matthews, RB, 1974 (1st round, No. 2 overall, San Diego Chargers)
Houston: Riley Odoms, TE, 1972 (1st round, No. 5 overall, Denver Broncos); Mack Mitchell, DE, 1975 (1st round, No. 5 overall, Cleveland Browns)
Iowa State: George Amundson, RB, 1973 (1st round, No. 14 overall, Houston Oilers)
Kansas: Gale Sayers, RB, 1965 (1st round, No. 4 overall), Chicago Bears
Kansas State: Veryl Switzer, B, 1954 (1st round, No. 4 Green Bay Packers)
Oklahoma State: Bob Fenimore, B, 1947 (1st round, No. 1 overall, Chicago Bears)
TCU: Ki Aldrich, C, 1939 (1st round, No. 1 overall, Chicago Cardinals)
Texas Tech: Dave Parks, E, 1964 (1st round, No. 1 overall, San Francisco 49ers)
UCF: Blake Bortles, QB, 2014 (1st round, No. 3 overall, Jacksonville Jaguars)
Utah: Alex Smith, QB, 2005 (1st round, No. 1 overall, San Francisco 49ers)
West Virginia: Dick Leftridge, RB, 1966 (1st round, No. 3 overall, Pittsburgh Steelers)
In honor of Gale Sayers birthday, i give you some of his highlights. The man was WAY ahead of his time! Happy bday Kansas Comet. #Bears #NFL pic.twitter.com/flyRw0Tpnh
— Jarrett Payton (@paytonsun) May 30, 2018
