Joe On K-State Sports

Kansas State Football NFL Draft Streak – 2002 Draft

May 1, 2018 Joe Mathieu Comments 0 Comment

K-State’s draft streak continued in 2002 with six players selected. Jon McGraw, Ben Leber, DeMarcus Faggins, Josh Scobey, Aaron Lockett, and Rock Cartwright comprised this draft class. Safety Jon McGraw was drafted in the 2nd round, number 57 overall, by the New York Jets. McGraw had a 10 year NFL career with the Jets, Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs. He played in 122 games, starting 36 of them. His stats, according to Pro Football Reference, are below: Jon is…

Read More Read More

Kansas State Football NFL Draft Streak – 2001 Draft

April 29, 2018 Joe Mathieu Comments 0 Comment

K-State’s NFL draft streak reached 25 years in a row with the selection of DJ Reed by the San Francisco 49ers in the 5th round yesterday. Today I look back on the draft class of 2001 where six K-State players were chosen. This draft class was made up of Quincy Morgan, Shad Meier, Monty Beisel, Mario Fatafehi, Jarrod Cooper, and Jerametrius Butler. Wide receiver Quincy Morgan was drafted in the 2nd round, number 33 overall, by the Cleveland Browns. He…

Read More Read More

Kansas State Football NFL Draft Streak – 2000 Draft

April 25, 2018 Joe Mathieu Comments 0 Comment

K-State’s draft streak continued in 2000 when five players were selected. Darren Howard, Mark Simoneau, Damion McIntosh, Lamar Chapman and Frank Murphy comprised the draft class. Defensive End Darren Howard was drafted in the 2nd round, number 33 overall, by the New Orleans Saints. He had a 10 year NFL career, playing six years with the Saints and four years with the Philadelphia Eagles. He played in 145 games, starting 93, and had 67 sacks, which ranks him as…

Read More Read More

Kansas State Football NFL Draft Streak – 1999 Draft

April 23, 2018 Joe Mathieu Comments 0 Comment

The 1999 NFL Draft was the 6th year of K-State’s draft streak. K-State had six players selected in the 1999 draft, the most K-State players ever selected in a seven round draft. This draft class was comprised of Martin Gramatica, Jeff Kelly, Ryan Young, Michael Bishop, Justin Swift and Darnell McDonald. Kicker Martin Gramatica was selected in the third round, number 80 overall, by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played nine years in the NFL, playing for the Buccaneers, Indianapolis…

Read More Read More

Kansas State Football NFL Draft Streak – 1998 Draft

April 22, 2018 Joe Mathieu Comments 0 Comment

The K-State NFL draft streak continued in 1998 when offensive lineman Todd Weiner was drafted in the second round, number 47 overall, by the Seattle Seahawks. Todd played four seasons for the Seahawks before being picked up by the Atlanta Falcons, where he played the final seven years of his career. For his career, Todd played in 152 games, starting 116 of them. He mostly played right tackle. The only exception is his final season, when he replaced the Falcons…

Read More Read More