2011 NFL draft

The 2011 NFL draft was the 76th annual NFL draft, where the franchises of the National Football League select newly eligible football players. Like the 2010 draft, the 2011 draft was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York, over three days: this year, the first round took place on Thursday, April 28, 2011; the second and third rounds took place on Friday, April 29; with the final four rounds on Saturday, April 30, 2011. The Carolina Panthers, who had the worst record for the 2010 NFL season at 2–14, had the right to the first selection in the draft, where they selected Auburn University quarterback Cam Newton, who was the 2010 Heisman Trophy winner. The 2011 draft is regarded as one of the most talented draft classes in NFL history, as 12 of the first 16 players have been selected to at least one Pro Bowl.

A second Heisman Trophy winner, running back Mark Ingram II from Alabama was selected by New Orleans late in the first round. This was the eleventh draft which included multiple Heisman winners, and the first time ever that it has occurred in consecutive drafts (Sam Bradford and Tim Tebow in 2010). Five of the first six picks played college football in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). For the second consecutive year—and the third time in NFL history—the top two selections of the draft won Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year awards, respectively. The top two picks in the draft, Cam Newton and Denver linebacker Von Miller, played against each other in Super Bowl 50 on the teams that drafted them. This marked the first time that the top two picks in a single draft faced each other in the Super Bowl. The Broncos won, with Miller winning Super Bowl MVP.

Teams were allowed ten minutes to make each selection in the first round, seven minutes per selection in the second round and five minutes in each of the subsequent rounds. The time allotment ran out for the Baltimore Ravens on their first-round pick, allowing the Kansas City Chiefs to move up to the 26th pick and dropping the Ravens to the 27th. Numerous draft prospects displayed Hall of Fame level talent throughout their careers, including three-time Defensive Player of the Year J. J. Watt, 2015 NFL MVP Cam Newton, Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller, 2015 and 2018 receiving yards leader Julio Jones, and perennial All-Pro players such as Richard Sherman, A. J. Green, Tyron Smith, Jason Kelce, Cameron Jordan, Cameron Heyward and Patrick Peterson.

As of 2025, the only remaining active players from the 2011 class in the NFL are the aforementioned Miller, Jordan, and Heyward, as well as Eagles quarterback Andy Dalton and Jets quarterback Tyrod Taylor.

The following is the breakdown of the 254 players selected by position:

39 cornerbacks 32 linebackers 28 wide receivers 27 defensive ends 24 running backs

22 offensive tackles 17 defensive tackles 14 safeties 13 guards 12 quarterbacks

12 tight ends 6 centers 6 fullbacks 1 placekicker 1 punter

Impact of labor situation

Despite an ongoing labor dispute between league owners and players over a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), a provision in the expired CBA ensured that this draft would still take place, despite the fact that the owners had imposed a lockout to prevent the start of the league year. Fans in attendance at the draft expressed their displeasure with the lockout by booing NFL commissioner Roger Goodell during the event and chanting "We want football."

Due to the labor situation and the lockout, franchises were not able to trade players for draft selections (trades involving only selections were permitted), and were unable to sign or even contact drafted or undrafted players until the lockout was lifted. Because of the lockout, the Panthers could not sign or even negotiate with their first draft pick before the draft began, as other teams have done in years past.

The restriction on trading players extended to players selected in this draft—teams were unable to swap any player once selected, e.g. as happened in 2004 when the San Diego Chargers and New York Giants completed a draft day trade involving Eli Manning and Philip Rivers who had been selected first and fourth respectively. In addition, with no agreement in place between owners and players mandating future drafts, teams were advised by the league that any trades involving future draft picks would be made at the teams' "own risk". This warning did not dissuade several teams from making trades involving future selections.

The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) considered plans to dissuade potential prospects from attending the draft, but a record 25 potential draftees attended the event, including Von Miller, who was one of the named plaintiffs in the players' antitrust lawsuit against the league.

The 2011 CBA reduced salaries for first-round picks by implementing a rookie wage scale. The rookie contracts for first-round picks were set for four years each, with a fifth-year option available after the 2013 season.

Early entrants

A record 56 underclassmen announced their intention to forgo their remaining NCAA eligibility and declare themselves eligible to be selected in the draft. Of the 56 eligible underclassmen, 43 (or 76.8%) were drafted.

The selection of Newton, a junior, marked the third straight draft where the first overall selection was an underclassman. Since non-seniors were first eligible to be drafted in 1990, fourteen first overall picks (including six of the last seven) have been players who have entered the draft early. Eight of the first ten players chosen in this draft were non-seniors, which broke the record of six set in 1997 and matched in 2006. Jake Locker and Von Miller were the only two seniors among the first ten draftees.

Determination of draft order

The draft order is based generally on each team's record from the previous season, with teams which qualified for the postseason selecting after those which failed to make the playoffs.

Player selections

Positions key
Offense	Defense	Special teams
Jump to round 2 3 4 5 6 7 * compensatory selection ^ supplemental compensatory selection † Pro Bowler	Positions key Offense Defense Special teams QB — Quarterback RB — Running back FB — Fullback WR — Wide receiver TE — Tight end OL — Offensive lineman T — Tackle G — Guard C — Center DL — Defensive lineman DE — Defensive end DT — Defensive tackle LB — Linebacker DB — Defensive back CB — Cornerback S — Safety K — Kicker P — Punter LS — Long snapper RS — Return specialist
*	compensatory selection
^	supplemental compensatory selection
†	Pro Bowler
QB — Quarterback RB — Running back FB — Fullback WR — Wide receiver TE — Tight end OL — Offensive lineman T — Tackle G — Guard C — Center	DL — Defensive lineman DE — Defensive end DT — Defensive tackle LB — Linebacker DB — Defensive back CB — Cornerback S — Safety	K — Kicker P — Punter LS — Long snapper RS — Return specialist

J. J. Watt was drafted by the Houston Texans and was named Defensive Player of the Year three times in his career

Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
1	1	Carolina Panthers	Cam Newton †	QB	Auburn	SEC	2010 Heisman Trophy winner
1	2	Denver Broncos	Von Miller †	LB	Texas A&M	Big 12	Super Bowl 50 MVP
1	3	Buffalo Bills	Marcell Dareus †	DT	Alabama	SEC
1	4	Cincinnati Bengals	A. J. Green †	WR	Georgia	SEC
1	5	Arizona Cardinals	Patrick Peterson †	CB	LSU	SEC
1	6	Atlanta Falcons	Julio Jones †	WR	Alabama	SEC	from Cleveland
1	7	San Francisco 49ers	Aldon Smith †	LB	Missouri	Big 12
1	8	Tennessee Titans	Jake Locker	QB	Washington	Pac-10
1	9	Dallas Cowboys	Tyron Smith †	OT	USC	Pac-10
1	10	Jacksonville Jaguars	Blaine Gabbert	QB	Missouri	Big 12	from Washington
1	11	Houston Texans	J. J. Watt †	DE	Wisconsin	Big Ten
1	12	Minnesota Vikings	Christian Ponder	QB	Florida State	ACC
1	13	Detroit Lions	Nick Fairley	DT	Auburn	SEC
1	14	St. Louis Rams	Robert Quinn †	DE	North Carolina	ACC
1	15	Miami Dolphins	Mike Pouncey †	C	Florida	SEC
1	16	Washington Redskins	Ryan Kerrigan †	DE	Purdue	Big Ten	from Jacksonville
1	17	New England Patriots	Nate Solder	OT	Colorado	Big 12	from Oakland
1	18	San Diego Chargers	Corey Liuget	DT	Illinois	Big Ten
1	19	New York Giants	Prince Amukamara	CB	Nebraska	Big 12
1	20	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Adrian Clayborn	DE	Iowa	Big Ten
1	21	Cleveland Browns	Phil Taylor	DT	Baylor	Big 12	from Kansas City
1	22	Indianapolis Colts	Anthony Castonzo	OT	Boston College	ACC
1	23	Philadelphia Eagles	Danny Watkins	G	Baylor	Big 12
1	24	New Orleans Saints	Cameron Jordan †	DE	California	Pac-10
1	25	Seattle Seahawks	James Carpenter	OT	Alabama	SEC
1	26	Kansas City Chiefs	Jonathan Baldwin	WR	Pittsburgh	Big East	from Atlanta via Cleveland
1	27	Baltimore Ravens	Jimmy Smith	CB	Colorado	Big 12	in lieu of pick 26 (time expired)
1	28	New Orleans Saints	Mark Ingram II †	RB	Alabama	SEC	from New England; 2009 Heisman Trophy winner
1	29	Chicago Bears	Gabe Carimi	OT	Wisconsin	Big Ten
1	30	New York Jets	Muhammad Wilkerson †	DE	Temple	MAC
1	31	Pittsburgh Steelers	Cameron Heyward †	DE	Ohio State	Big Ten
1	32	Green Bay Packers	Derek Sherrod	OT	Mississippi State	SEC
2	33	New England Patriots	Ras-I Dowling	CB	Virginia	ACC	from Carolina
2	34	Buffalo Bills	Aaron Williams	CB	Texas	Big 12
2	35	Cincinnati Bengals	Andy Dalton †	QB	TCU	MWC
2	36	San Francisco 49ers	Colin Kaepernick	QB	Nevada	WAC	from Denver
2	37	Cleveland Browns	Jabaal Sheard	DE	Pittsburgh	Big East
2	38	Arizona Cardinals	Ryan Williams	RB	Virginia Tech	ACC
2	39	Tennessee Titans	Akeem Ayers	LB	UCLA	Pac-10
2	40	Dallas Cowboys	Bruce Carter	LB	North Carolina	ACC
2	41	Washington Redskins	Jarvis Jenkins	DT	Clemson	ACC
2	42	Houston Texans	Brooks Reed	DE	Arizona	Pac-10
2	43	Minnesota Vikings	Kyle Rudolph †	TE	Notre Dame	Ind. (FBS)
2	44	Detroit Lions	Titus Young	WR	Boise State	WAC
2	45	Denver Broncos	Rahim Moore	S	UCLA	Pac-10	from San Francisco
2	46	Denver Broncos	Orlando Franklin	OT	Miami (FL)	ACC	from Miami
2	47	St. Louis Rams	Lance Kendricks	TE	Wisconsin	Big Ten
2	48	Oakland Raiders	Stefen Wisniewski	C	Penn State	Big Ten
2	49	Indianapolis Colts	Ben Ijalana	OT	Villanova	CAA	from Jacksonville via Washington
2	50	San Diego Chargers	Marcus Gilchrist	CB	Clemson	ACC
2	51	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Da'Quan Bowers	DE	Clemson	ACC
2	52	New York Giants	Marvin Austin	DT	North Carolina	ACC
2	53	Chicago Bears	Stephen Paea	DT	Oregon State	Pac-10	from Indianapolis via Washington
2	54	Philadelphia Eagles	Jaiquawn Jarrett	S	Temple	MAC
2	55	Kansas City Chiefs	Rodney Hudson †	G	Florida State	ACC
2	56	New England Patriots	Shane Vereen	RB	California	Pac-10	from New Orleans
2	57	Detroit Lions	Mikel Leshoure	RB	Illinois	Big Ten	from Seattle
2	58	Baltimore Ravens	Torrey Smith	WR	Maryland	ACC
2	59	Cleveland Browns	Greg Little	WR	North Carolina	ACC	from Atlanta
2	60	Houston Texans	Brandon Harris	CB	Miami (FL)	ACC	from New England
2	61	San Diego Chargers	Jonas Mouton	LB	Michigan	Big Ten	from NY Jets
2	62	Miami Dolphins	Daniel Thomas	RB	Kansas State	Big 12	from Chicago via Washington
2	63	Pittsburgh Steelers	Marcus Gilbert	OT	Florida	SEC
2	64	Green Bay Packers	Randall Cobb †	WR	Kentucky	SEC
3	65	Carolina Panthers	Terrell McClain	DT	South Florida	Big East
3	66	Cincinnati Bengals	Dontay Moch	LB	Nevada	WAC
3	67	Denver Broncos	Nate Irving	LB	NC State	ACC
3	68	Buffalo Bills	Kelvin Sheppard	LB	LSU	SEC
3	69	Arizona Cardinals	Rob Housler	TE	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt
3	70	Kansas City Chiefs	Justin Houston †	LB	Georgia	SEC	from Cleveland
3	71	Dallas Cowboys	DeMarco Murray †	RB	Oklahoma	Big 12
3	72	New Orleans Saints	Martez Wilson	LB	Illinois	Big Ten	from Washington
3	73	New England Patriots	Stevan Ridley	RB	LSU	SEC	from Houston
3	74	New England Patriots	Ryan Mallett	QB	Arkansas	SEC	from Minnesota
3	75	Seattle Seahawks	John Moffitt	G	Wisconsin	Big Ten	from Detroit
3	76	Jacksonville Jaguars	Will Rackley	G	Lehigh	Patriot	from San Francisco
3	77	Tennessee Titans	Jurrell Casey †	DT	USC	Pac-10
3	78	St. Louis Rams	Austin Pettis	WR	Boise State	WAC
3	79	Washington Redskins	Leonard Hankerson	WR	Miami (FL)	ACC	from Miami
3	80	San Francisco 49ers	Chris Culliver	CB	South Carolina	SEC	from Jacksonville
3	81	Oakland Raiders	DeMarcus Van Dyke	CB	Miami (FL)	ACC
3	82	San Diego Chargers	Vincent Brown	WR	San Diego State	MWC
3	83	New York Giants	Jerrel Jernigan	WR	Troy	Sun Belt
3	84	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Mason Foster	LB	Washington	Pac-10
3	85	Baltimore Ravens	Jah Reid	OT	UCF	C-USA	from Philadelphia
3	86	Kansas City Chiefs	Allen Bailey	DE	Miami (FL)	ACC
3	87	Indianapolis Colts	Drake Nevis	DT	LSU	SEC
3	88	New Orleans Saints	Johnny Patrick	CB	Louisville	Big East
3	89	San Diego Chargers	Shareece Wright	CB	USC	Pac-10	from Seattle
3	90	Philadelphia Eagles	Curtis Marsh	CB	Utah State	WAC	from Baltimore
3	91	Atlanta Falcons	Akeem Dent	LB	Georgia	SEC
3	92	Oakland Raiders	Joseph Barksdale	OT	LSU	SEC	from New England
3	93	Chicago Bears	Chris Conte	S	California	Pac-10
3	94	New York Jets	Kenrick Ellis	DT	Hampton	MEAC
3	95	Pittsburgh Steelers	Curtis Brown	CB	Texas	Big 12
3	96	Green Bay Packers	Alex Green	RB	Hawaii	WAC
3*	97	Carolina Panthers	Sione Fua	DT	Stanford	Pac-10
4	98	Carolina Panthers	Brandon Hogan	CB	West Virginia	Big East
4	99	Seattle Seahawks	K. J. Wright †	LB	Mississippi State	SEC	from Denver via New England
4	100	Buffalo Bills	Da'Norris Searcy	S	North Carolina	ACC
4	101	Cincinnati Bengals	Clint Boling	G	Georgia	SEC
4	102	Cleveland Browns	Jordan Cameron †	TE	USC	Pac-10
4	103	Arizona Cardinals	Sam Acho	DE	Texas	Big 12
4	104	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Luke Stocker	TE	Tennessee	SEC	from Washington via Philadelphia
4	105	Washington Redskins	Roy Helu	RB	Nebraska	Big 12	from Houston
4	106	Minnesota Vikings	Christian Ballard	DE	Iowa	Big Ten
4	107	Seattle Seahawks	Kris Durham	WR	Georgia	SEC	from Detroit
4	108	Denver Broncos	Quinton Carter	S	Oklahoma	Big 12	from San Francisco
4	109	Tennessee Titans	Colin McCarthy	LB	Miami (FL)	ACC
4	110	Dallas Cowboys	David Arkin	G	Missouri State	MVFC
4	111	Miami Dolphins	Clyde Gates	WR	Abilene Christian	LSC
4	112	St. Louis Rams	Greg Salas	WR	Hawaii	WAC
4	113	Oakland Raiders	Chimdi Chekwa	CB	Ohio State	Big Ten
4	114	Jacksonville Jaguars	Cecil Shorts	WR	Mount Union	OAC
4	115	San Francisco 49ers	Kendall Hunter	RB	Oklahoma State	Big 12	from San Diego
4	116	Philadelphia Eagles	Casey Matthews	LB	Oregon	Pac-10	from Tampa Bay
4	117	New York Giants	James Brewer	OT	Indiana	Big Ten
4	118	Kansas City Chiefs	Jalil Brown	CB	Colorado	Big 12
4	119	Indianapolis Colts	Delone Carter	RB	Syracuse	Big East
4	120	Philadelphia Eagles	Alex Henery	K	Nebraska	Big 12
4	121	Jacksonville Jaguars	Chris Prosinski	S	Wyoming	MWC	from New Orleans
4	122	Buffalo Bills	Chris Hairston	OT	Clemson	ACC	from Seattle
4	123	Baltimore Ravens	Tandon Doss	WR	Indiana	Big Ten
4	124	Cleveland Browns	Owen Marecic	FB	Stanford	Pac-10	from Atlanta
4	125	Oakland Raiders	Taiwan Jones	RB	Eastern Washington	Big Sky	from New England
4	126	New York Jets	Bilal Powell	RB	Louisville	Big East
4	127	Houston Texans	Rashad Carmichael	CB	Virginia Tech	ACC	from Chicago via Washington
4	128	Pittsburgh Steelers	Cortez Allen	CB	The Citadel	SoCon
4	129	Denver Broncos	Julius Thomas †	TE	Portland State	Big Sky	from Green Bay
4*	130	Tennessee Titans	Jamie Harper	RB	Clemson	ACC
4*	131	Green Bay Packers	Davon House	CB	New Mexico State	WAC
5	132	Carolina Panthers	Kealoha Pilares	WR	Hawaii	WAC
5	133	Buffalo Bills	Johnny White	RB	North Carolina	ACC
5	134	Cincinnati Bengals	Robert Sands	S	West Virginia	Big East
5	135	Kansas City Chiefs	Ricky Stanzi	QB	Iowa	Big Ten	from Denver via Tampa Bay
5	136	Arizona Cardinals	Anthony Sherman †	FB	Connecticut	Big East
5	137	Cleveland Browns	Buster Skrine	CB	Chattanooga	SoCon
5	138	New England Patriots	Marcus Cannon	OT	TCU	MWC	from Houston
5	139	Minnesota Vikings	Brandon Burton	CB	Utah	MWC
5	140	Kansas City Chiefs	Gabe Miller	LB	Oregon State	Pac-10	from Detroit
5	141	Green Bay Packers	D. J. Williams	TE	Arkansas	SEC	from San Francisco via Denver
5	142	Tennessee Titans	Karl Klug	DE	Iowa	Big Ten
5	143	Dallas Cowboys	Josh Thomas	CB	Buffalo	MAC
5	144	Houston Texans	Shiloh Keo	S	Idaho	WAC	from Washington
5	145	Atlanta Falcons	Jacquizz Rodgers	RB	Oregon State	Pac-10	from St. Louis
5	146	Washington Redskins	Dejon Gomes	S	Nebraska	Big 12	from Miami
5	147	Jacksonville Jaguars	Rod Issac	CB	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt
5	148	Oakland Raiders	Denarius Moore	WR	Tennessee	SEC
5	149	Philadelphia Eagles	Dion Lewis	RB	Pittsburgh	Big East	from San Diego
5	150	Cleveland Browns	Jason Pinkston	OT	Pittsburgh	Big East	from NY Giants via Minnesota
5	151	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Ahmad Black	S	Florida	SEC
5	152	Houston Texans	T. J. Yates	QB	North Carolina	ACC	from Indianapolis via Washington
5	153	New York Jets	Jeremy Kerley	WR	TCU	MWC	from Philadelphia
5	154	Seattle Seahawks	Richard Sherman †	CB	Stanford	Pac-10	from Kansas City via Detroit
5	155	Washington Redskins	Niles Paul	WR	Nebraska	Big 12	from New Orleans
5	156	Seattle Seahawks	Mark LeGree	S	Appalachian State	SoCon
5	157	Detroit Lions	Doug Hogue	LB	Syracuse	Big East	from Baltimore via Seattle
5	158	St. Louis Rams	Jermale Hines	S	Ohio State	Big Ten	from Atlanta
5	159	New England Patriots	Lee Smith	TE	Marshall	C-USA
5	160	Chicago Bears	Nathan Enderle	QB	Idaho	WAC
5	161	Philadelphia Eagles	Julian Vandervelde	G	Iowa	Big Ten	from NY Jets
5	162	Pittsburgh Steelers	Chris Carter	LB	Fresno State	WAC
5	163	San Francisco 49ers	Daniel Kilgore	G	Appalachian State	SoCon	from Green Bay
5*	164	Baltimore Ravens	Chykie Brown	CB	Texas	Big 12
5*	165	Baltimore Ravens	Pernell McPhee	DE	Mississippi State	SEC
6	166	Carolina Panthers	Lawrence Wilson	LB	Connecticut	Big East
6	167	Cincinnati Bengals	Ryan Whalen	WR	Stanford	Pac-10
6	168	Minnesota Vikings	DeMarcus Love	OT	Arkansas	SEC	from Denver via Cleveland
6	169	Buffalo Bills	Chris White	LB	Mississippi State	SEC
6	170	Minnesota Vikings	Mistral Raymond	S	South Florida	Big East	from Cleveland
6	171	Arizona Cardinals	Quan Sturdivant	LB	North Carolina	ACC
6	172	Minnesota Vikings	Brandon Fusco	C	Slippery Rock	PSAC
6	173	Seattle Seahawks	Byron Maxwell	CB	Clemson	ACC	from Detroit
6	174	Miami Dolphins	Charles Clay	FB	Tulsa	C-USA	from San Francisco via Green Bay
6	175	Tennessee Titans	Byron Stingily	OT	Louisville	Big East
6	176	Dallas Cowboys	Dwayne Harris †	WR	East Carolina	C-USA
6	177	Washington Redskins	Evan Royster	RB	Penn State	Big Ten
6	178	Washington Redskins	Aldrick Robinson	WR	SMU	C-USA	from Houston
6	179	Green Bay Packers	Caleb Schlauderaff	G	Utah	MWC	from Miami
6	180	Baltimore Ravens	Tyrod Taylor †	QB	Virginia Tech	ACC	from St. Louis
6	181	Oakland Raiders	Richard Gordon	TE	Miami (FL)	ACC
6	182	San Francisco 49ers	Ronald Johnson	WR	USC	Pac-10	from Jacksonville
6	183	San Diego Chargers	Jordan Todman	RB	Connecticut	Big East
6	184	Arizona Cardinals	David Carter	DT	UCLA	Pac-10	from Tampa Bay via Philadelphia
6	185	New York Giants	Greg Jones	LB	Michigan State	Big Ten
6	186	Green Bay Packers	D. J. Smith	OLB	Appalachian State	SoCon	from Philadelphia via Detroit and Denver
6	187	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Allen Bradford	RB	USC	Pac-10	from Kansas City
6	188	Indianapolis Colts	Chris L. Rucker	CB	Michigan State	Big Ten
6	189	Denver Broncos	Mike Mohamed	LB	California	Pac-10	from New Orleans via New England
6	190	San Francisco 49ers	Colin Jones	S	TCU	MWC	from Seattle
6	191	Philadelphia Eagles	Jason Kelce †	C	Cincinnati	Big East	from Baltimore
6	192	Atlanta Falcons	Matt Bosher	P	Miami (FL)	ACC
6	193	Philadelphia Eagles	Brian Rolle	LB	Ohio State	Big Ten	from New England
6	194	New England Patriots	Markell Carter	DE	Central Arkansas	Southland	from NY Jets via Philadelphia
6	195	Chicago Bears	J. T. Thomas	LB	West Virginia	Big East
6	196	Pittsburgh Steelers	Keith Williams	G	Nebraska	Big 12
6	197	Green Bay Packers	Ricky Elmore	DE	Arizona	Pac-10
6*	198	New York Giants	Tyler Sash	S	Iowa	Big Ten
6*	199	Kansas City Chiefs	Jerrell Powe	DT	Ole Miss	SEC
6*	200	Minnesota Vikings	Ross Homan	LB	Ohio State	Big Ten
6*	201	San Diego Chargers	Stephen Schilling	G	Michigan	Big Ten
6*	202	New York Giants	Jacquian Williams	LB	South Florida	Big East
6*	203	Carolina Panthers	Zack Williams	C	Washington State	Pac-10
7	204	Denver Broncos	Virgil Green	TE	Nevada	WAC	from Carolina via Green Bay
7	205	Seattle Seahawks	Lazarius Levingston	DE	LSU	SEC	from Denver via Detroit
7	206	Buffalo Bills	Justin Rogers	CB	Richmond	CAA
7	207	Cincinnati Bengals	Korey Lindsey	CB	Southern Illinois	MVFC
7	208	New York Jets	Greg McElroy	QB	Alabama	SEC	from Arizona
7	209	Detroit Lions	Johnny Culbreath	OT	South Carolina State	MEAC	from Cleveland via Seattle
7	210	Atlanta Falcons	Jackson, AndrewAndrew Jackson	G	Fresno State	WAC	from Detroit
7	211	San Francisco 49ers	Bruce Miller	FB	UCF	C-USA
7	212	Tennessee Titans	Zach Clayton	DT	Auburn	SEC
7	212.5–	Dallas Cowboys	selection forfeited in 2010 Supplemental draft
7	213	Washington Redskins	Brandyn Thompson	CB	Boise State	WAC
7	214	Houston Texans	Derek Newton	OT	Arkansas State	Sun Belt
7	215	Minnesota Vikings	D'Aundre Reed	DE	Arizona	Pac-10
7	216	St. Louis Rams	Mikail Baker	CB	Baylor	Big 12
7	217	Washington Redskins	Maurice Hurt	OT	Florida	SEC	from Miami
7	218	Green Bay Packers	Ryan Taylor	TE	North Carolina	ACC	from Jacksonville via Miami
7	219	New England Patriots	Malcolm Williams	CB	TCU	MWC	from Oakland
7	220	Dallas Cowboys	Shaun Chapas	FB	Georgia	SEC	from San Diego
7	221	New York Giants	Da'Rel Scott	RB	Maryland	ACC
7	222	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Anthony Gaitor	CB	FIU	Sun Belt
7	223	Kansas City Chiefs	Shane Bannon	FB	Yale	Ivy
7	224	Washington Redskins	Markus White	DE	Florida State	ACC	from Indianapolis
7	225	Baltimore Ravens	Anthony Allen	RB	Georgia Tech	ACC	from Philadelphia
7	226	New Orleans Saints	Greg Romeus	DE	Pittsburgh	Big East
7	227	New York Jets	Scotty McKnight	WR	Colorado	Big 12	from Seattle via Philadelphia
7	228	St. Louis Rams	Jabara Williams	LB	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	from Baltimore
7	229	St. Louis Rams	Jonathan Nelson	CB	Oklahoma	Big 12	from Atlanta
7	230	Atlanta Falcons	Cliff Matthews	DE	South Carolina	SEC	from New England
7	230.5–	Chicago Bears	selection forfeited in 2010 Supplemental draft
7	231	Miami Dolphins	Frank Kearse	DT	Alabama A&M	SWAC	from NY Jets via Detroit, San Francisco and Green Bay
7	232	Pittsburgh Steelers	Baron Batch	RB	Texas Tech	Big 12
7	233	Green Bay Packers	Lawrence Guy	DT	Arizona State	Pac-10
7*	234	San Diego Chargers	Andrew Gachkar	LB	Missouri	Big 12
7*	235	Miami Dolphins	Jimmy Wilson	CB	Montana	Big Sky
7*	236	Minnesota Vikings	Stephen Burton	WR	West Texas A&M	LSC
7*	237	Philadelphia Eagles	Greg Lloyd Jr.	LB	Connecticut	Big East
7*	238	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Daniel Hardy	TE	Idaho	WAC
7*	239	San Francisco 49ers	Mike Person	OT	Montana State	Big Sky
7*	240	Philadelphia Eagles	Stanley Havili	FB	USC	Pac-10
7*	241	Oakland Raiders	David Ausberry	WR	USC	Pac-10
7*	242	Seattle Seahawks	Malcolm Smith	LB	USC	Pac-10	Super Bowl XLVIII MVP
7*	243	New Orleans Saints	Nate Bussey	LB	Illinois	Big Ten
7^	244	Carolina Panthers	Lee Ziemba	OT	Auburn	SEC
7^	245	Buffalo Bills	Michael Jasper	G	Bethel (TN)	Mid-South
7^	246	Cincinnati Bengals	Jay Finley	RB	Baylor	Big 12
7^	247	Denver Broncos	Jeremy Beal	LB	Oklahoma	Big 12
7^	248	Cleveland Browns	Eric Hagg	CB	Nebraska	Big 12
7^	249	Arizona Cardinals	DeMarco Sampson	WR	San Diego State	MWC
7^	250	San Francisco 49ers	Holcomb, CurtisCurtis Holcomb	CB	Florida A&M	MEAC
7^	251	Tennessee Titans	Tommie Campbell	CB	California (PA)	N/A
7^	252	Dallas Cowboys	Bill Nagy	C	Wisconsin	Big Ten
7^	253	Washington Redskins	Chris Neild	DT	West Virginia	Big East
7^	254	Houston Texans	Cheta Ozougwu	DE	Rice	C-USA

Supplemental draft

A supplemental draft was held on August 22, 2011. For each player selected in the supplemental draft, the team forfeits its pick in that round in the draft of the following season. Six players were available in the supplemental draft, but only one was selected.

	Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	3	—	Oakland Raiders	Terrelle Pryor	QB	Ohio State	Big Ten

Notable undrafted players

Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
Baltimore Ravens	Tim Barnes	C	Missouri	Big 12
Baltimore Ravens	Josh Bynes	LB	Auburn	SEC
Baltimore Ravens	Ryan Mahaffey	FB	Northern Iowa	MVFC
Baltimore Ravens	Patrick Scales	LS	Utah State	WAC
Buffalo Bills	Danny Aiken	LS	Virginia	ACC
Buffalo Bills	Kamar Aiken	WR	UCF	C-USA
Carolina Panthers	Byron Bell	OT	New Mexico	MWC
Chicago Bears	Mario Addison	DE	Troy	Sun Belt
Chicago Bears	Corbin Bryant	DT	Northwestern	Big Ten
Chicago Bears	Dom DeCicco	LB	Pittsburgh	Big East
Chicago Bears	Dane Sanzenbacher	WR	Ohio State	Big Ten
Cleveland Browns	Ben Jacobs	LB	Fresno State	WAC
Cleveland Browns	Craig Robertson	LB	North Texas	Sun Belt
Dallas Cowboys	Dan Bailey †	K	Oklahoma State	Big 12
Dallas Cowboys	Kai Forbath	K	UCLA	Pac-10
Dallas Cowboys	Chris Jones	P	Carson–Newman	SAC
Dallas Cowboys	Kevin Kowalski	C	Toledo	MAC
Denver Broncos	Chris Harris Jr. †	CB	Kansas	Big 12
Green Bay Packers	M. D. Jennings	S	Arkansas State	Sun Belt
Green Bay Packers	Jamari Lattimore	LB	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt
Green Bay Packers	Brandian Ross	S	Youngstown State	MVFC
Houston Texans	Bryan Braman	LB	West Texas A&M	LSC
Houston Texans	Lestar Jean	WR	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt
Houston Texans	Jeff Maehl	WR	Oregon	Pac-10
Indianapolis Colts	Josh McNary	LB	Army	Ind. (FBS)
Indianapolis Colts	Joe Young	S	Rutgers	Big East
Jacksonville Jaguars	Cameron Bradfield	OT	Grand Valley State	GLIAC
Jacksonville Jaguars	DuJuan Harris	RB	Troy	Sun Belt
Jacksonville Jaguars	Dontrelle Inman	WR	Virginia	ACC
Minnesota Vikings	Matt Asiata	RB	Utah	MWC
Minnesota Vikings	Andre Holmes	WR	Hillsdale	GLIAC
New England Patriots	Jeremy Ross	WR	California	Pac-10
New Orleans Saints	Isa Abdul-Quddus	FS	Fordham	Patriot
New York Giants	Larry Donnell	TE	Grambling State	SWAC
New York Giants	Henry Hynoski	FB	Pittsburgh	Big East
New York Giants	Spencer Paysinger	LB	Oregon	Pac-10
New York Giants	Justin Trattou	DE	Florida	SEC
New York Jets	Josh Baker	TE/FB	Northwest Missouri State	MIAA
New York Jets	Nick Bellore †	LB	Central Michigan	MAC
New York Jets	Julian Posey	CB	Ohio	MAC
Oakland Raiders	Sterling Moore	CB	SMU	C-USA
Pittsburgh Steelers	Weslye Saunders	TE	South Carolina	SEC
Philadelphia Eagles	Chas Henry	P	Florida	SEC
Philadelphia Eagles	Cedric Thornton	DE	Southern Arkansas	Gulf South
San Diego Chargers	Patrick DiMarco †	FB	South Carolina	SEC
San Diego Chargers	Scott Tolzien	QB	Wisconsin	Big Ten
San Francisco 49ers	Chris Hogan	WR	Monmouth	NEC
San Francisco 49ers	Ian Williams	DT	Notre Dame	Ind. (FBS)
Seattle Seahawks	Doug Baldwin †	WR	Stanford	Pac-10
Seattle Seahawks	Mike Morgan	LB	USC	Pac-10
Seattle Seahawks	Ron Parker	S	Newberry	SAC
St. Louis Rams	Jake McQuaide †	LS	Ohio State	Big Ten
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Mossis Madu	RB	Oklahoma	Big 12
Washington Redskins	Shaun Draughn	RB	North Carolina	ACC
Washington Redskins	Willie Smith	OT	East Carolina	C-USA

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

Forfeited picks

Two picks were forfeited in the 2011 draft:

Selections by college conference

The players selected in this draft played in the following college football athletic conferences (Division I FBS or FCS unless otherwise indicated):

Rank	Conference	# of players selected
1	Southeastern Conference	38
2	Atlantic Coast Conference	35
3	Pac-10 Conference	31
4	Big 12 Conference	30
5	Big Ten Conference	29
6	Big East Conference	22
7	Western Athletic Conference	16
8	Mountain West Conference	10
9	Conference USA	7
10	Southern Conference	5
10	Sun Belt Conference	5
12	Big Sky Conference	4
13	Mid-American Conference	3
13	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	3
15	Colonial Athletic Association	2
15	Lone Star Conference (Division II)	2
15	Missouri Valley Football Conference	2
15	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (Division II)	2
15	Southland Conference	2
20	Ivy League	1
20	Mid-South Conference (NAIA)	1
20	Ohio Athletic Conference (Division III)	1
20	Patriot League	1
20	Southwestern Athletic Conference	1
20	Independent	1