The National Football League (NFL) have drafted 275 players who had played for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks since the league began holding drafts in 1936 . The Razorbacks' highest draft position was second overall in 1954 , when Lamar McHan was selected by the Chicago Cardinals . Arkansas' first drafted player in the NFL was Jack Robbins , who was the fifth overall pick by the Chicago Cardinals in 1938 .
Each NFL franchise seeks to add new players through the annual NFL draft . The team with the worst record the previous year picks first, the next-worst team second, and so on. Teams that did not make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record, with any remaining ties broken by strength of schedule . Playoff participants are sequenced after non-playoff teams, based on their round of elimination (wild card, division, conference, and Super Bowl ).
Before the AFL–NFL merger agreements in 1966, the American Football League (AFL) operated in direct competition with the NFL and held a separate draft . This led to a massive bidding war over top prospects between the two leagues. As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues would hold a multiple round common draft . Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the common draft simply became the NFL draft.
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Drafts Clyde Scott was drafted 8th overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1948 NFL draft Pat Summerall was drafted 45th overall by the Detroit Lions in the 1952 NFL draft Fred Williams was drafted 56th overall by the Chicago Bears in the 1952 NFL draft Lew Carpenter was drafted 97th overall by the Detroit Lions in the 1953 NFL draft Billy Ray Smith Sr. was drafted 26th overall by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1957 NFL draft Dan Hampton was drafted 4th overall by the Chicago Bears in the 1979 NFL draft Billy Ray Smith, Jr. was drafted 5th overall by the San Diego Chargers in the 1983 NFL draft Madre Hill was drafted in 1999Bobbie Williams was drafted 61st overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2000 NFL draft Dante Wesley , who later transferred to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff , was drafted 100th overall by the Carolina Panthers in the 2002 NFL draft Ken Hamlin was drafted 42nd overall by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2003 NFL draft Shawn Andrews was drafted 16th overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2004 NFL draft Cedric Cobbs was drafted 128th overall by the New England Patriots in the 2004 NFL draft Tarvaris Jackson , who later transferred to Alabama State University , was drafted 64th overall by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2006 NFL draft Vickiel Vaughn was drafted 254th overall by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2006 NFL draft Jamaal Anderson was drafted 8th overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2007 NFL draft Chris Houston was drafted 41st overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2007 NFL draft Michael Coe , who later transferred to Alabama State University , was drafted 173rd overall by the Indianapolis Colts in the 2007 NFL draft Keith Jackson Jr. (in #99 jersey) was drafted 248th overall by the St. Louis Rams in the 2007 NFL draft Darren McFadden was drafted 4th overall by the Oakland Raiders in the 2008 NFL draft Felix Jones was drafted 22nd overall by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2008 NFL draft Marcus Harrison was drafted 90th overall by the Chicago Bears in the 2008 NFL draft Nate Garner was drafted 211th overall by the New York Jets in the 2008 NFL draft Peyton Hillis was drafted 227th overall by the Denver Broncos in the 2008 NFL draft Jonathan Luigs was drafted 106th overall by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2009 NFL draft Damian Williams , who later transferred to the University of Southern California , was drafted 77th overall by the Tennessee Titans in the 2010 NFL draft Mitch Petrus (in #62 jersey) was drafted 147th overall by the New York Giants in the 2010 NFL draft Ryan Mallett was drafted 74th overall by the New England Patriots in the 2011 NFL draft D.J. Williams was drafted 141st overall by the Green Bay Packers in the 2011 NFL draft Jake Bequette was drafted 90th overall by the New England Patriots in the 2012 NFL draft Jarius Wright was drafted 118th overall by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2012 NFL draft Greg Childs was drafted 134th overall by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2012 NFL draft Cobi Hamilton was drafted 197th overall by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2013 NFL draft Travis Swanson was drafted 76th overall by the Detroit Lions in the 2014 NFL draft
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