2002 NFL College Draft

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

First and second round selections at the 67th annual NFL College Draft held April 20-21, 2002, in New York City. Nineteen underclassmen were among the first 65 players chosen and are listed in capital LETTERS. (*) indicates supplemental pick.

First Round

No	Team		Pos
1	Houston	David Carr, Fresno St.	QB
2	Carolina	JULIUS PEPPERS, North Carolina	DE
3	Detroit	Joey Harrington, Oregon	QB
4	Buffalo	Mike Williams, Texas	OT
5	San Diego	Quentin Jammer, Texas	CB
6	a-Kansas City	Ryan Sims, North Carolina	DT
7	Minnesota	Bryant McKinnie, Miami-FL	OT
8	b-Dallas	ROY WILLIAMS, Oklahoma	SS
9	Jacksonville	John Henderson, Tennessee	DT
10	Cincinnati	Levi Jones, Arizona St.	OT
11	Indianapolis	Dwight Freeney, Syracuse	DE
12	Arizona	Wendell Bryant, Wisconsin	DT
13	New Orleans	DONTE' STALLWORTH, Tennessee	WR
14	c-NY Giants	JEREMY SHOCKEY, Miami-FL	TE
15	d-Tennessee	ALBERT HAYNESWORTH, Tennessee	DT
16	Cleveland	WILLIAM GREEN, Boston College	RB
17	e-Oakland	PHILLIP BUCHANON, Miami-FL	CB
18	f-Atlanta	T.J. DUCKETT, Michigan St.	RB
19	Denver	ASHLEY LELIE, Hawaii	WR
20	g-Green Bay	Javon Walker, Florida St.	WR
21	h-New England	Daniel Graham, Colorado	TE
22	NY Jets	Bryan Thomas, UAB	DE
23	Oakland	Napoleon Harris, Northwestern	LB
24	Baltimore	Edward Reed, Miami-FL	FS
25	i-New Orleans	CHARLES GRANT, Georgia	DE
26	Philadelphia	LITO SHEPPARD, Florida	CB
27	San Francisco	Mike Rumph, Miami-FL	CB
28	j-Seattle	JERRAMY STEVENS, Washington	TE
29	Chicago	Marc Colombo, Boston College	OT
30	Pittsburgh	Kendall Simmons, Auburn	OT
31	St. Louis	Robert Thomas, UCLA	LB
32	k-Washington	Patrick Ramsey, Tulane	QB

Second Round

No	Team		Pos
33	Houston	JABAR GAFFNEY, Florida	WR
34	Carolina	DeShaun Foster, UCLA	RB
35	Detroit	Kalimba Edwards, South Carolina	DE
36	Buffalo	JOSH REED, LSU	WR
37	Dallas	Andre Gurode, Colorado	C
38	Minnesota	Raonall Smith, Washington St.	LB
39	San Diego	TONIU FONOTI, Nebraska	OT
40	Jacksonville	MIKE PEARSON, Florida	OT
41	Cincinnati	Lamont Thompson, Washington St.	FS
42	Indianapolis	Larry Tripplett, Washington	DT
43	Kansas City	Eddie Freeman, UAB	DT
44	New Orleans	LeCharles Bentley, Ohio St.	C
45	Tennessee	Clevan Williams, Stanford	FS
46	NY Giants	Tim Carter, Auburn	WR
47	Cleveland	Andre Davis, Virginia Tech	WR
48	l-San Diego	RECHE CALDWELL, Florida	WR
49	Arizona	Levar Fisher, N.C. State	LB
50	Houston*	Chester Pitts, San Diego St.	OT
51	Denver	CLINTON PORTIS, Miami-FL	RB
52	m-Baltimore	Anthony Weaver, Notre Dame	DT
53	n-Oakland	Langston Walker, California	OT
54	Seattle	Maurice Morris, Oregon	RB
55	Oakland	Doug Jolley, BYU	TE
56	o-Washington	Ladell Betts, Iowa	RB
57	NY Jets	Jon McGraw, Kansas St.	FS
58	Philadelphia	Michael Lewis, Colorado	SS
59	p-Philadelphia	Sheldon Brown, South Carolina	CB
60	q-San Diego	Anton Palepoi, UNLV	DE
61	r-Buffalo	Ryan Denney, BYU	DE
62	Pittsburgh	Antwaan Randle El, Indiana	WR
63	s-Dallas	ANTONIO BRYANT, Pittsburgh	WR
64	St. Louis	Travis Fisher, Central Florida	CB
65	New England	Deion Branch, Louisville	WR

Acquired picks: a–from Dallas; b–from Kansas City; c–from Tennessee; d–from NY Giants; e–from Atlanta; f–from Washington through Oakland; g–from Seattle; h–from Tampa Bay through Oakland and Washington; i–from Miami; j–from Green Bay; k–from New England; l–from Atlanta; m–from Washington; n–from Tampa Bay; o–from Baltimore; p–from Miami; q–from Green Bay; r–from San Francisco; s–from Chicago.

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