2001 NFL draft
2001 NFL draft
General information
Date April 21–22, 2001
Overview
246 total selectionsin 7 rounds
Fewest selections (5) Washington Redskins ←2000 2002 →
The 2001 NFL draft was the National Football League 's (NFL) 66th annual draft of newly eligible professional football players. The draft, which is officially referred to as the "NFL Player Selection Meeting", was held at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City , New York, on April 21–22, 2001.
Each team is assigned one pick per round with the order based generally on the reverse order of finish in the previous season with the team with the worst record receiving the first draft slot. Exceptions to this are the Super Bowl participants from the previous season—the champion Baltimore Ravens were assigned the final draft slot and the runner-up New York Giants assigned the 30th slot in each round. The draft was broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2 . Due to previous trades, the Dallas Cowboys and Tennessee Titans did not have selections in the first round. More than half of the players selected in the draft's first round (17 of 31) would eventually be elected to at least one Pro Bowl .
The first player selected in the draft was quarterback Michael Vick from Virginia Tech , who was selected by the Atlanta Falcons after they acquired the first pick in a trade with the San Diego Chargers . Vick spent six seasons with the Falcons before being sentenced to 21 months in prison for his involvement in an illegal interstate dog fighting ring, eventually rebounding his career with the Philadelphia Eagles after being released from prison and winning the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2010.
Florida State quarterback Chris Weinke , the 2000 winner of the Heisman Trophy , awarded to the player deemed most outstanding in college football, was selected in the fourth round by the Carolina Panthers . After being a regular starter for the Panthers in his first season, during which Carolina posted a 1–15 record, Weinke played only 12 games over his final five seasons before being released. The last player selected, who traditionally receives the unofficial title Mr. Irrelevant , was Tevita Ofahengaue of Brigham Young University , who was chosen by the Arizona Cardinals . Ofahengaue never played in the NFL, and in 2011 was charged with stealing gasoline from a construction company in Salt Lake City . He is currently the Player Personnel Director at BYU.
There were 31 compensatory selections distributed among 16 teams during rounds three through seven, with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills receiving 4 picks each. The University of Miami was the college with the most players selected in the first round, with Dan Morgan , Damione Lewis , Santana Moss and Reggie Wayne all picked at that stage. Across the whole draft, however, Florida State University had the most players selected, a total of nine compared to Miami's seven.
No teams elected to claim any players in the 2001 supplemental draft.
Player selections Quarterback Michael Vick was chosen as the first draft pick overall by the Atlanta Falcons . Richard Seymour was drafted number sixth overall and went on to win three Super Bowl championships with the New England Patriots . A three-time first-team All-Pro , he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2022.Santana Moss was one of four players from the University of Miami chosen in the first round, more than any other school.Although T. J. Houshmandzadeh was not selected until the final round of the draft, he went on to play in the Pro Bowl in 2007. Drew Brees was the first pick of the second round and went on to lead the New Orleans Saints to their first Super Bowl in franchise history, along with setting numerous NFL records. He was the last active player from this draft.LaDainian Tomlinson was the first running back picked in the draft and set multiple NFL records in rushing touchdowns and yards in his nine seasons with the San Diego Chargers .Wide receiver Reggie Wayne was a late first-round pick and is currently tenth in career total receiving yards . Rnd. Pick Team Player Pos. College Notes 1 1 Atlanta Falcons Michael Vick †QB Virginia Tech from San Diego 1 2 Arizona Cardinals Leonard Davis †G Texas 1 3 Cleveland Browns Gerard Warren DT Florida 1 4 Cincinnati Bengals Justin Smith †DE Missouri 1 5 San Diego Chargers LaDainian Tomlinson ‡†RB TCU from Atlanta 1 6 New England Patriots Richard Seymour ‡†DT Georgia 1 7 San Francisco 49ers Andre Carter †DE California from Dallas via Seattle 1 8 Chicago Bears David Terrell WR Michigan 1 9 Seattle Seahawks Koren Robinson †WR NC State from San Francisco 1 10 Green Bay Packers Jamal Reynolds DE Florida State from Seattle 1 11 Carolina Panthers Dan Morgan †LB Miami (FL) 1 12 St. Louis Rams Damione Lewis DT Miami (FL) from Kansas City 1 13 Jacksonville Jaguars Marcus Stroud †DT Georgia 1 14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Kenyatta Walker T Florida from Buffalo 1 15 Washington Redskins Rod Gardner WR Clemson 1 16 New York Jets Santana Moss †WR Miami (FL) from Pittsburgh 1 17 Seattle Seahawks Steve Hutchinson ‡†G Michigan from Green Bay 1 18 Detroit Lions Jeff Backus T Michigan 1 19 Pittsburgh Steelers Casey Hampton †DT Texas from NY Jets 1 20 St. Louis Rams Adam Archuleta S Arizona State 1 21 Buffalo Bills Nate Clements †CB Ohio State from Tampa Bay 1 22 New York Giants Will Allen CB Syracuse from Indianapolis 1 23 New Orleans Saints Deuce McAllister †RB Ole Miss 1 24 Denver Broncos Willie Middlebrooks CB Minnesota 1 25 Philadelphia Eagles Freddie Mitchell WR UCLA 1 26 Miami Dolphins Jamar Fletcher CB Wisconsin 1 27 Minnesota Vikings Michael Bennett †RB Wisconsin 1 28 Oakland Raiders Derrick Gibson S Florida State 1 29 St. Louis Rams Ryan Pickett DT Ohio State from Tennessee 1 30 Indianapolis Colts Reggie Wayne †WR Miami (FL) from NY Giants 1 31 Baltimore Ravens Todd Heap †TE Arizona State 2 32 San Diego Chargers Drew Brees ‡†QB Purdue 2 33 Cleveland Browns Quincy Morgan WR Kansas State 2 34 Arizona Cardinals Kyle Vanden Bosch †DE Nebraska 2 35 Atlanta Falcons Alge Crumpler †TE North Carolina 2 36 Cincinnati Bengals Chad Johnson †WR Oregon State 2 37 Indianapolis Colts Idrees Bashir S Memphis from Dallas 2 38 Chicago Bears Anthony Thomas RB Michigan 2001 Offensive Rookie of the Year 2 39 Pittsburgh Steelers Kendrell Bell †LB Georgia 2001 Defensive Rookie of the Year; from New England 2 40 Seattle Seahawks Ken Lucas CB Ole Miss 2 41 Green Bay Packers Robert Ferguson WR Texas A&M from San Francisco 2 42 St. Louis Rams Tommy Polley LB Florida State from Kansas City 2 43 Jacksonville Jaguars Maurice Williams T Michigan 2 44 Carolina Panthers Kris Jenkins †DT Maryland 2 45 Washington Redskins Fred Smoot CB Mississippi State 2 46 Buffalo Bills Aaron Schobel †DE TCU 2 47 San Francisco 49ers Jamie Winborn LB Vanderbilt from Green Bay 2 48 New England Patriots Matt Light †T Purdue from Detroit 2 49 New York Jets LaMont Jordan RB Maryland 2 50 Detroit Lions Dominic Raiola C Nebraska from Pittsburgh via New England 2 51 Denver Broncos Toviessi, PaulPaulToviessi DE Marshall from Tampa Bay via Buffalo 2 52 Miami Dolphins Chris Chambers †WR Wisconsin from Indianapolis via Dallas 2 53 Dallas Cowboys Quincy Carter QB Georgia from New Orleans 2 54 Arizona Cardinals Michael Stone S Memphis from St. Louis 2 55 Philadelphia Eagles Quinton Caver LB Arkansas 2 56 Dallas Cowboys Tony Dixon S Alabama from Miami 2 57 Minnesota Vikings Willie Howard DE Stanford 2 58 Buffalo Bills Travis Henry †RB Tennessee from Denver 2 59 Oakland Raiders Marques Tuiasosopo QB Washington 2 60 Tennessee Titans Andre Dyson CB Utah 2 61 Detroit Lions Shaun Rogers †DT Texas from NY Giants 2 62 Baltimore Ravens Gary Baxter CB Baylor 3 63 Philadelphia Eagles Derrick Burgess †DE Ole Miss from San Diego 3 64 Arizona Cardinals Adrian Wilson †S NC State 3 65 Cleveland Browns James Jackson RB Miami (FL) 3 66 Cincinnati Bengals Sean Brewer TE San Jose State 3 67 San Diego Chargers Tay Cody CB Florida State from Atlanta 3 68 Chicago Bears Mike Gandy T Notre Dame 3 69 Minnesota Vikings Eric Kelly CB Kentucky from New England 3 70 New Orleans Saints Sedrick Hodge LB North Carolina from Dallas 3 71 Green Bay Packers Bhawoh Jue S Penn State from San Francisco 3 72 Green Bay Packers Torrance Marshall LB Oklahoma from Seattle 3 73 Jacksonville Jaguars Eric Westmoreland LB Tennessee 3 74 Carolina Panthers Steve Smith †WR Utah 3 75 Kansas City Chiefs Eric Downing DT Syracuse 3 76 Buffalo Bills Ron Edwards DT Texas A&M 3 77 Kansas City Chiefs Marvin Minnis WR Florida State from Washington 3 78 New York Giants Will Peterson CB Western Illinois from Detroit 3 79 New York Jets Kareem McKenzie T Penn State 3 80 San Francisco 49ers Kevan Barlow RB Pittsburgh from Green Bay 3 81 New Orleans Saints Kenny Smith DT Alabama from Indianapolis via Dallas 3 82 Seattle Seahawks Heath Evans FB Auburn from New Orleans via Green Bay and San Francisco 3 83 St. Louis Rams Brian Allen LB Florida State 3 84 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Dwight Smith S Akron 3 85 Miami Dolphins Travis Minor RB Florida State 3 86 New England Patriots Brock Williams CB Notre Dame from Minnesota 3 87 Denver Broncos Reggie Hayward DE Iowa State 3 88 Miami Dolphins Morlon Greenwood LB Syracuse from Philadelphia 3 89 Oakland Raiders DeLawrence Grant LB Oregon State 3 90 Tennessee Titans Shad Meier TE Kansas State 3 91 Indianapolis Colts Cory Bird S Virginia Tech from NY Giants 3 92 Baltimore Ravens Casey Rabach C Wisconsin 3* 93 Dallas Cowboys Willie Blade DT Mississippi State 3* 94 Jacksonville Jaguars James Boyd S Penn State 3* 95 Buffalo Bills Jonas Jennings T Georgia 4 96 New England Patriots Kenyatta Jones T South Florida from San Diego 4 97 Cleveland Browns Anthony Henry CB South Florida 4 98 Arizona Cardinals Bill Gramatica K South Florida 4 99 Atlanta Falcons Roberto Garza C Texas A&M–Kingsville 4 100 Cincinnati Bengals Rudi Johnson †RB Auburn 4 101 New York Jets Jamie Henderson CB Georgia from New England 4 102 Atlanta Falcons Matt Stewart LB Vanderbilt from Dallas 4 103 Chicago Bears Karon Riley DE Minnesota 4 104 Seattle Seahawks Orlando Huff LB Fresno State 4 105 Green Bay Packers Bill Ferrario G Wisconsin from San Francisco 4 106 Carolina Panthers Chris Weinke QB Florida State 2000 Heisman Trophy winner 4 107 Kansas City Chiefs Monty Beisel LB Kansas State 4 108 Kansas City Chiefs George Layne RB TCU from Jacksonville 4 109 Washington Redskins Sage Rosenfels QB Iowa State 4 110 Buffalo Bills Brandon Spoon LB North Carolina from Denver 4 111 Pittsburgh Steelers Mathias Nkwenti T Temple from NY Jets 4 112 San Diego Chargers Carlos Polk LB Nebraska from Pittsburgh via New England 4 113 Denver Broncos Ben Hamilton G Minnesota from Green Bay 4 114 New York Giants Cedric Scott DE Southern Miss from Detroit 4 115 New Orleans Saints Moran Norris FB Kansas 4 116 St. Louis Rams Milton Wynn WR Washington State 4 117 Tampa Bay Buccaneers John Howell S Colorado State 4 118 Indianapolis Colts Ryan Diem T Northern Illinois 4 119 New England Patriots Jabari Holloway TE Notre Dame from Minnesota 4 120 Denver Broncos Nick Harris P California 4 121 Philadelphia Eagles Correll Buckhalter RB Nebraska 4 122 Dallas Cowboys Markus Steele LB USC from Miami 4 123 Arizona Cardinals Marcus Bell DT Memphis from Oakland via St. Louis 4 124 Tennessee Titans Justin McCareins WR Northern Illinois 4 125 New York Giants Jesse Palmer QB Florida 4 126 Baltimore Ravens Edgerton Hartwell LB Western Illinois 4* 127 Seattle Seahawks Curtis Fuller S TCU 4* 128 Seattle Seahawks Floyd Womack T Mississippi State 4* 129 St. Louis Rams Brandon Manumaleuna TE Arizona 4* 130 Minnesota Vikings Shawn Worthen DT TCU 4* 131 Minnesota Vikings Cedric James WR TCU 5 132 San Diego Chargers Silvers, ElliotElliotSilvers T Washington 5 133 Arizona Cardinals Mario Fatafehi DT Kansas State 5 134 Cleveland Browns Jeremiah Pharms LB Washington 5 135 Cincinnati Bengals Victor Leyva T Arizona State 5 136 Atlanta Falcons Vinny Sutherland WR Purdue 5 137 Dallas Cowboys Matt Lehr G Virginia Tech 5 138 Chicago Bears Bernard Robertson T Tulane 5 139 San Diego Chargers Zeke Moreno LB USC from New England 5 140 Seattle Seahawks Alex Bannister †WR Eastern Kentucky 5 141 Kansas City Chiefs Billy Baber TE Virginia 5 142 Jacksonville Jaguars Leaverton, DavidDavidLeaverton P Tennessee 5 143 Carolina Panthers Jarrod Cooper S Kansas State 5 144 Buffalo Bills Marques Sullivan T Illinois 5 145 St. Louis Rams Jerametrius Butler CB Kansas State from Washington 5 146 Pittsburgh Steelers Chukky Okobi C Purdue 5 147 Philadelphia Eagles Tony Stewart TE Penn State from Green Bay 5 148 Detroit Lions Scotty Anderson WR Grambling State 5 149 Detroit Lions Mike McMahon QB Rutgers from NY Jets via New England 5 150 Kansas City Chiefs Derrick Blaylock RB Stephen F. Austin from St. Louis 5 151 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Russ Hochstein G Nebraska 5 152 Indianapolis Colts Raymond Walls CB Southern Miss 5 153 New Orleans Saints Onome Ojo WR UC Davis 5 154 Washington Redskins Darnerien McCants WR Delaware State from Denver via St. Louis 5 155 Philadelphia Eagles A. J. Feeley QB Oregon 5 156 Miami Dolphins Shawn Draper TE Alabama 5 157 Minnesota Vikings Patrick Chukwurah LB Wyoming 5 158 Oakland Raiders Ray Perryman S Northern Arizona 5 159 Tennessee Titans Eddie Berlin WR Northern Iowa 5 160 New York Giants Markham, JohnJohnMarkham K Vanderbilt 5 161 Baltimore Ravens Barnes, ChrisChrisBarnes RB New Mexico State 5* 162 New York Giants Jonathan Carter WR Troy State 5* 163 New England Patriots Hakim Akbar LB Washington 6 164 Miami Dolphins Brandon Winey T LSU from San Diego 6 165 Cleveland Browns Michael Jameson CB Texas A&M 6 166 Arizona Cardinals Bobby Newcombe WR Nebraska 6 167 Atlanta Falcons Garner, RandyRandyGarner DE Arkansas 6 168 Cincinnati Bengals Riall Johnson LB Stanford 6 169 San Francisco 49ers Cedrick Wilson Sr. WR Tennessee from Chicago 6 170 Jacksonville Jaguars Chad Ward G Washington from New England 6 171 Dallas Cowboys Daleroy Stewart DT Southern Miss 6 172 Seattle Seahawks Josh Booty QB LSU 6 173 Detroit Lions Jason Glenn LB Texas A&M from San Francisco via New England 6 174 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jameel Cook FB Illinois 6 175 Carolina Panthers Dee Brown RB Syracuse 6 176 Kansas City Chiefs Alex Sulfsted G Miami (OH) 6 177 Miami Dolphins Josh Heupel QB Oklahoma from Washington 6 178 Buffalo Bills Tony Driver S Notre Dame 6 179 San Francisco 49ers Rashad Holman CB Louisville from Green Bay 6 180 New England Patriots Arther Love TE South Carolina State from Detroit 6 181 Pittsburgh Steelers Rodney Bailey DE Ohio State from NY Jets 6 182 Pittsburgh Steelers Roger Knight LB Wisconsin 6 183 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ellis Wyms DT Mississippi State 6 184 Oakland Raiders Chris Cooper DT Nebraska–Omaha from Indianapolis 6 185 New Orleans Saints White, MitchMitchWhite T Oregon State 6 186 Washington Redskins Mario Monds DT Cincinnati from St. Louis 6 187 Miami Dolphins Otis Leverette DE UAB from Philadelphia 6 188 Miami Dolphins Crowell, RickRickCrowell LB Colorado State 6 189 Minnesota Vikings Scott, CareyCareyScott CB Kentucky State 6 190 Denver Broncos Kevin Kasper WR Iowa 6 191 San Francisco 49ers Holloway, MensonMensonHolloway DE UTEP from Oakland via Seattle 6 192 Tennessee Titans Dan Alexander RB Nebraska 6 193 Indianapolis Colts Jason Doering S Wisconsin from NY Giants 6 194 Baltimore Ravens Joe Maese LS New Mexico 6* 195 Buffalo Bills Dan O'Leary TE Notre Dame 6* 196 Buffalo Bills Jimmy Williams CB Vanderbilt 6* 197 St. Louis Rams Francis St. Paul WR Northern Arizona 6* 198 Green Bay Packers David Martin TE Tennessee 6* 199 Tennessee Titans Adam Haayer T Minnesota 6* 200 New England Patriots Leonard Myers CB Miami (FL) 7 201 San Diego Chargers Brandon Gorin T Purdue 7 202 Arizona Cardinals Renaldo Hill CB Michigan State 7 203 Cleveland Browns Paul Zukauskas G Boston College 7 204 Cincinnati Bengals T. J. Houshmandzadeh †WR Oregon State 7 205 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Finger, Dauntae'Dauntae'Finger TE North Carolina from Atlanta 7 206 New York Jets James Reed DT Iowa State from New England 7 207 Dallas Cowboys Colston Weatherington DT Central Missouri State 7 208 Chicago Bears John Capel WR Florida from Chicago via Miami 7 209 San Francisco 49ers Alex Lincoln LB Auburn 7 210 Seattle Seahawks Harold Blackmon S Northwestern 7 211 Carolina Panthers Williams, LouisLouisWilliams C LSU 7 212 Kansas City Chiefs Shaunard Harts S Boise State 7 213 Jacksonville Jaguars Anthony Denman LB Notre Dame 7 214 Buffalo Bills Reggie Germany WR Ohio State 7 215 Atlanta Falcons Corey Hall S Appalachian State from Washington via Denver 7 216 New England Patriots Owen Pochman K BYU from Detroit 7 217 New York Jets Tupe Peko G Michigan State 7 218 Pittsburgh Steelers Taylor, ChrisChrisTaylor WR Texas A&M 7 219 Atlanta Falcons Kynan Forney G Hawaii from Green Bay via Denver 7 220 Indianapolis Colts Rick DeMulling G Idaho 7 221 New Orleans Saints Davis, EnnisEnnisDavis DT USC 7 222 Seattle Seahawks Dennis Norman C Princeton from St. Louis via Green Bay and San Francisco 7 223 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Than Merrill S Yale 7 224 San Francisco 49ers Eric Johnson TE Yale from Miami via Washington 7 225 Minnesota Vikings Crawford, BrianBrianCrawford T Western Oregon 7 226 Atlanta Falcons Ronald Flemons DE Texas A&M from Denver 7 227 Carolina Panthers Mike Roberg TE Idaho from Philadelphia 7 228 Oakland Raiders Derek Combs CB Ohio State 7 229 Oakland Raiders Ken-Yon Rambo WR Ohio State from Tennessee 7 230 New York Giants Ross Kolodziej DT Wisconsin 7 231 Baltimore Ravens Dwayne Missouri DE Northwestern 7* 232 Tennessee Titans Keith Adams LB Clemson 7* 233 Jacksonville Jaguars Marlon McCree S Kentucky 7* 234 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Joe Tafoya DE Arizona 7* 235 Jacksonville Jaguars Flowers III, RichmondRichmondFlowers III WR Chattanooga 7* 236 Atlanta Falcons Quentin McCord WR Kentucky 7* 237 Seattle Seahawks Kris Kocurek DT Texas Tech 7* 238 Buffalo Bills Tyrone Robertson DT Georgia 7* 239 New England Patriots Turner, T. J.T. J.Turner LB Michigan State 7* 240 Dallas Cowboys John Nix DT Southern Miss 7* 241 Jacksonville Jaguars Randy Chevrier DT McGill 7* 242 Dallas Cowboys Char-ron Dorsey T Florida State 7* 243 Kansas City Chiefs Terdell Sands DT Chattanooga 7^ 244 San Diego Chargers Robert Carswell S Clemson 7^ 245 Cleveland Browns Andre King WR Miami (FL) 7^ 246 Arizona Cardinals Tevita Ofahengaue TE BYU
Trades In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Players by position The 246 players chosen in the draft were composed of:
Notable undrafted players Hall of Famers LaDainian Tomlinson , running back from TCU, taken 1st round 5th overall by the San Diego Chargers.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2017.
Steve Hutchinson , guard from Michigan, taken 1st round 17th overall by the Seattle Seahawks.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2020.
Richard Seymour , defensive tackle from Georgia, taken 1st round 6th overall by the New England Patriots.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2022.
Drew Brees , quarterback from Purdue, taken 2nd round 32nd overall by the San Diego Chargers.Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
General references
. NFL.com . from the original on December 8, 2008. . ProSportsTransactions.com . from the original on September 5, 2013. . from the original on May 15, 2007. Trade references
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