NFL Draft Demographics by Year 2000-2024

[Leonardfan]

I mentioned quite awhile back that I wanted to try and get together the actual numbers for every draft this century. I have looked at a few of the drafts over the years but really wanted to do a deep dive to get as much information as possible. I have started work on this now.

 

[Leonardfan]

2000 NFL Draft

In 2000 60 out of 254 players drafted were White - 23.6% of the draft class. This includes specialists - Kickers, Punters, Long Snappers. If all specialists are removed this brings the total to 247 players and 53 were White or 21.4%

Center - 3/4
Brad Meester
Matt Johnson
Mike Malano

Defensive End - 8/23
John Engelberger
Byron Frisch
John Milem
Chris Combs
John Frank
Leif Olve Dolonen Larsen
David Nugent
Casey Tisdale

Defensive Tackle - 4/23
Chris Hovan
Brian Young
Rob Renes
Rob Meier

Linebacker - 7/31
Brian Urlacher
Rob Morris
Mark Simoneau
Jeff Ulbrich
Isaiah Kacyvenski
Peter Sirmon
Frank Chamberlin

Offensive Guard - 6/16
Travis Claridge
Cooper Carlisle
Richard Mercier
Jeff Marriott
Andrew Kline
Wes Shivers

Offensive Tackle - 7/16
Chris McIntosh
Chad Clifton
Todd Wade
Joey Chustz
Brad Bedell
Mark Tauscher
Mark Baniewicz

Quarterback - 7/12
Chad Pennington
Giovanni Carmazzi
Chris Redman
Marc Bulger
Tom Brady
Todd Husak
Tim Rattay

Safety - 3/23
David Gibson
Erik Olson
Matt Bowen

Tight End - 7/12
Anthony Becht
Dustin Lyman
Aaron Shea
Dave Stachelski
James Whalen
Jay Tant
Jason Gavadza

Wide Receiver - 1/35
Danny Farmer

Fullback 0/5

Running back 0/18

Cornerback 0/29

 

[Leonardfan]

2001 NFL Draft

246 total picks
3 Kickers and 2 Punters which I do not count.

Out of the 241 picks 53 were white athletes - 21.9%

Quarterback 8/11
Drew Brees
Chris Weinke
Sage Rosenfels
Jesse Palmer
Mike McMahon
AJ Feeley
Josh Booty
Josh Heupel

Running Back/Fullback
2/19
Heath Evans 82nd overall
George Layne 108th overall

Wide Receiver
3/34
Vinny Sutherland 136th overall
Eddie Berlin 159th overall
Kevin Kasper 190th overall

Tight End
7/15
Todd Heap 31st overall
Sean Brewer 66th overall
Shad Meier 90th overall
Bill Baber 141st overall
Dan O'Leary 195th overall
Eric Johnson 224th overall
Mike Roberg 227th overall

Tackle
7/22
Jeff Backus 18th overall
Matt Light 48th overall
Ryan Diem 118th overall
Alex Sulfsted 176th overall
Mitch White 185th overall
Adam Haayer 199th overall
Brian Crawford 225th overall

Guard
6/11
Steve Hutchinson 17th overall
Bill Ferrario 105th overall
Ben Hamilton 113th overall
Chad Ward 170th overall
Paul Zukauskas 203rd overall
Rick DeMulling 220th overall

Center
4/8
Dominic Raiola 50th overall
Casey Rabach 92nd overall
Matt Lehr 137th overall
Russ Hochstein 151st overall

Safety
4/45
Adam Archuleta 20th overall
John Howell 117th overall
Jason Doering 193rd overall
Than Merrill 223rd overall

Defensive End
3/21
Justin Smith 4th overall
Kyle Vanden Bosch 34th overall
Aaron Schobel 46ther overall

Defensive Tackle
3/25
Ross Kolodziej 230th overall
Kris Kocurek 237th overall
Randy Chevrier 241st overall (listed as DT - drafted to be long snapper)

Linebacker
6/30
Dan Morgan 11th overall
Matt Stewart 102nd overall
Monty Beisel 107th overall
Brandon Spoon 110th overall
Rick Crowell 188th overall
Alex Lincoln 209th overall

Cornerback 0/23

 

[Leonardfan]

2002 NFL Draft

261 total picks - 5 specialists = 256
63 out of 256 is 24.6%

This is the most White friendly draft I can recall off the top of my head. Even so it's only a pathetic 1/4 of eligible skill position players are White. The deviation is still within the range of the caste system (just a few percentage points higher than the norm) The interesting outlier were the sheer number of TEs drafted at 23 with 12 being White. This year we may see that amount of White athletes drafted as well.

QB 13/16
David Carr
Joey Harrington
Patrick Ramsey
Josh McCown
Randy Fasani
Kurt Kittner
Brandon Doman
Craig Nall
J. T. O'Sullivan
Steve Bellisari
Seth Burford
Jeff Kelly
Wes Pate

FB 1/6
Chris Massey

RB 1/21
Luke Staley

OT 9/16
Marc Colombo
Mike Pearson
Jeff Hatch
Matt Hill
Matt Anderle
Mike Houghton
Chad Beasley
Kevin Shaffer
Kyle Kosier

C 8/11
Seth McKinney
Scott Peters
Tyson Walter
Justin Hartwig
Mike Pucillo
Jeff Grau
Eric Heitmann
Zack Quaccia

OG 3/10
Martin Bibla
Travis Scott
Pete Campion

TE 12/23
Jeremy Shockey
Doug Jolley
Matt Schobel
Justin Peelle
Chris Luzar
Ryan Hannam
Keith Heinrich
Jeb Putzier
Mark Anelli
Bob Slowikowski
Mike Banks
Tracey Wistrom

WR 1/33
Eric Crouch

DE 4/24
Ryan Denney
Aaron Kampman
Josh Mallard
Brett Keisel

DT 3/15
Nate Dwyer
Justin Bannan
David Pugh

LB 6/27
Rocky Calmus
Will Overstreet
Ben Taylor
Rocky Boiman
Scott Fujita
Nick Greisen

Safety 2/26
Jon McGraw
Kevin McAdam

Cornerback 0/26

 

[Leonardfan]

262 total picks 1 kicker/2 punters = 259 picks

66 White athletes drafted out of 259 picks= 25.4%

2003 NFL Draft

Center 9/10
Al Johnson
Bruce Nelson
Austin King
Ryan Pontbriand
Ben Claxton
Dan Koppen
Chance Pearce
Wayne Lucier
Mike Mabry

Defensive End 5/24
Tyler Brayton
Chris Kelsay
Jarret Johnson
Matt Walters
Brandon Green

DT 1/23
Rien Long

Fullback 1/8
Spender Nead

LB 5/33
Matt Wilhelm
Dan Klecko
Hunter Hillenmeyer
Joe Odom
Scott Shanle

OG 8/13
Eric Steinbach
Taylor Whitley
Steve Sciullo
Ben Sobieski
Sean Mahan
Justin Bates
Dave Yovanovits
Bryan Anderson

OT 13/22
Jordan Gross
Jon Stinchcomb
Seth Wand
Brett Williams
Lance Nimmo
Jordan Black
David Diehl
Tony Pashos
Dustin Rykert
Tim Provost? Unable to find picture
Brennan Curtin
Scott Kooistra
Ben Johnson

QB 10/13
Carson Palmer
Kyle Boller
Rex Grossman
Dave Ragone
Chris Simms
Brian St Pierre
Drew Henson
Brooks Bollinger
Kliff Cucksbury
Ken Dorsey

Running Back 3/16
Brock Forsey
J.T. Wall
Casey Moore

Safety 3/21
Todd Johnson
Derek Pagel
Donnie Nickey

TE 6/13
Dallas Clark
Bennie Joppru
Jason Witten
Mike Seidman
Trent Smith
Aaron Walker

WR 2/36
David Kircus
Kevin Walter

Cornerback 0/27

 

[Leonardfan]

2004 NFL Draft

255 total picks - 3 kickers/3 punters = 249 picks = 79 White athletes selected.

79 White athletes selected out of 249 picks = 31.7%

Shocker! Did not think any draft in the modern era went over 30%.

Center 7/8
Jake Grove
Nick Hardwick
Alex Stepanovich
Nick Leckey
Josh Sewell
Drew Caylor
Dominic Furio

DE 6/22
Jason Babin
Travis LaBoy
Bo Schobel
Jared Allen
Dave Ball
Trevor Johnson

DT 7/21
Igor Olshansky
Tim Anderson
Rodney Leisle
Craig Terrill
Ryon Bingham
Christian Ferrara
Jared Clauss

FB 2/5
Mike Karney
Casey Cramer

Safety 2/20
Stuart Schweigert
Tony Bua

LB 7/31
Teddy Lehman
Caleb Miller
Niko Koutouvides
Rob Reynolds
Cody Spencer
Sean Tufts
Colby Bockwoldt

OG 8/14
Chris Snee
Justin Smiley
Stephen Peterman
Trey Darilek
Jake Scott
Jeb Terry
Brian Rimpf
Scott Wells

OT 13/21
Robert Gallery
Jacob Rogers
Mark Wilson
Sean Bubin
Kirk Chambers
Bo Lacy
Marko Cavka
Jim Molinaro
Drew Stronjny
Dylan Mcfarland
Shane Olivea
Tony Pape
Kevin Sampson

QB 16/17
Eli Manning
Philip Rivers
Ben Roethlisberger
J. P. Losman
Matt Schaub
Luke McCown
Craig Krenzel
Andy Hall
Jim Sorgi
Jeff Smoker
John Navarre
Cody Pickett
Casey Bramlet
Matt Mauck
B. J. Symons
Bradlee Van Pelt

RB 0/14

TE 10/16
Ben Hartsock
Chris Cooley
Tim Euhus
Sean Ryan
Ryan Krause
Nate Lawrie
Matt Kranchick
Jeff Dugan
Erik Jensen
Sean McHugh

WR 1/31
Derek Abney

Cornerback 0/28

 

[Freethinker]

Love the initiative!

Just wanted to note that 2001 is missing QBs.

 

[Phall]

Incredible legwork, thank you for the effort.

The 2004 draft is currently labelled "2024" btw.

 

[Leonardfan]

thanks! I will correct. I looked back and in my 2001 write up I did my typical diatribe about the QB position LOL

 

[Leonardfan]

2005 NFL Draft

255 total picks -3 kickers and 2 punters = 250

73 White athletes selected out of 250 = 29.2%

Center 7/11
David Baas
Richie Incognito
Eric Ghiaciuc
Drew Hodgdon
Rob Hunt
Geoff Hangartner
Scott Mruczkowski

Cornerback 1/27
Dustin Fox

Defensive End 5/21
Matt Roth
Dan Cody
Jeb Huckeba
Bill Swancutt
Ryan Riddle


Defensive Tackle 1/17
Andrew Hoffman

Fullback 2/5
Rick Razzano
Madison Hedgecock

Linebacker 10/34
David Pollack
Barrett Ruud
Matt McCoy
Jordan Beck
Brady Poppinga
Boomer Grigsby
Adam Sewerd
Nick Speegle
Mike Smith
David Bergeron

Offensive Guard 11/15
Logan Mankins
Evan Mathis
Adam Snyder
Nick Kaczur
Dan Buenning
Dylan Gandy
Will Svitek
Justin Geisinger
Chris Myers
Joe Berger

Offensive Tackle 14/23
Michael Roos
Adam Terry
Chris Colmer
David Stewart
Todd Herremans
Daniel Loper
Adam Kieft
Wesley Britt
Scott Young
Wes Sims
Rob Petitti
Calvin Armstrong
Pete McMahon
Doug Nienhuis


Quarterback 12/14
Alex Smith
Aaron Rodgers
Charlie Frye
Andrew Walter
David Greene
Kyle Orton
Stefan LeFors
Dan Orlovsky
Derek Anderson
James Kilian
Matt Cassel
Ryan Fitzpatrick

Running Back 0/20

Safety 3/21
Sean Considine
Matt Giordano
Justin Beriault

Tight End 5/10
Heath Miller
Joel Dreessen
Patrick Estes
Billy Bajema
Andy Stokes

Wide Reciever 2/31
Matt Jones
Chase Lyman

 

[Leonardfan]

2006 NFL Draft

255 players drafted - 2 kickers and 2 punters = 251

58 White athletes selected out of 251 picks = 23.1%

Center 7/9
Nick Mangold
Ryan Cook
Jason Spitz
Greg Eslinger
Chris Morris
E.J. Whitley
Will Montgomery

Cornerback 0/24

Defensive End 3/22
Rob Ninkovich
Ryan LaCasse
Dave Tollefson


Defensive Tackle 3/23
Dusty Dvoracek
Kyle Williams
Chase Page

Fullback 0/3

Linebacker 6/30
AJ Hawk
Chad Greenway
Bobby Carpenter
Anthony Schlegel
Tim McCarigle
Spencer Toone

Offensive Guard 6/16
Paul McQuistan
Chris Kuper
Michael Toudouze
Dan Stevenson
Mark Setterstrom
Aaron Merz

Offensive Tackle 11/25
Daryn Colledge
Andrew Whitworth
Eric Winston
Joe Toledo
Ryan O'Callaghan
Brad Butler
Tony Moll
Jeromey Clary
Zach Strief
Pat McQuistan
Jimmy Martin

Quarterback 7/13
Matt Leinart
Jay Cutler
Kellen Clemens
Charlie Whitehurst
Brodie Croyle
Ingle Martin
Bruce Gradkowski

Runningback 0/15

Safety 3/26
Eric Smith
Reed Doughty
Ethan Kilmer

Tight End 9/17
Joe Klopfenstein
Anthony Fasano
Tony Scheffler
David Thomas
Owen Daniels
Garrett Mills
Jason Pociask
Jeff King
Quinn Sypniewski

WR 3/28
Jeremy Bloom
Mike Hass
David Anderson

 

[Leonardfan]

2007 NFL Draft

255 players drafted - 3 kickers and 3 punters= 249

61 White athletes out of 249 players = 24.4%

Center 5/7
Ryan Kalil
Dustin Fry
Doug Datish
Drew Mormino
Mike Elgin

Cornerback 0/30

Defensive End 6/25
Adam Carriker
Dan Bazuin
Brian Robison
Jay Moore
Justin Rogers
Chase Pittman

Defensive Tackle 2/17
Quinn Pitcock
Derek Landri

Fullback 0/5


Safety 4/20
Eric Weddle
Sabby Piscitelli
John Wendling
Brannon Condren

Linebacker 7/34
Paul Posluzny
Stewart Bradley
Zak DeOssie
Dallas Sartz
Will Herring
Tim Shaw
Korey Hall


Offensive Guard 4/12
Andy Alleman
Kasey Studdard
Dan Santucci
Steve Vallos

Offensive Tackle 13/22
Joe Thomas
Joe Staley
James Marten
Marshal Yanda
Allen Barbre
Doug Free
Clint Oldernburg
Jacob Bender
Adam Koets
Chris Denman
Mike Otto
Aaron Brant
Andrew Carnahan

Quarterback 8/11
Brady Quinn
Kevin Kolb
John Beck
Drew Stanton
Trent Edwards
Jeff Rowe
Jordan Palmer
Tyler Thigpen

Runningback 1/19
Brian Leonard


Tight End 10/13
Greg Olsen
Zach Miller
Matt Spaeth
Scott Chandler
Kevin Boss
Brent Celek
Tyler Ecker
Derek Schouman
Michael Allan
Clark Harris

Wide Receiver 1/34
Anthony Gonzalez