THIRD AND DATA

NFL draft

LouisvilleCardinals

The last 5 drafts, newest on the right. A draft year runs one behind its football season — the 2026 draft is the 2025 team.

Draft
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2002–2006

Selections per draft

15 across 5 drafts

Counted from zero, so the height of a point is its share of this team's best draft here.

14064

Selections by position

15 across 2002–2006

Color is the side of the ball; each segment is a position group. Offense 7 · Defense 8.

Draft selections by position group across 2002–2006: Quarterbacks 2, Running backs 2, Receivers 2, Offensive line 1, Defensive line 3, Linebackers 2, Defensive backs 3

2002

2001 John Smith

1 selection

  1. 2-33Deion Branch—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver

2003

2002 John Smith

4 selections

  1. 2-32Dewayne White—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
  2. 3-24Dave Ragone—No recruiting profile foundQuarterback
  3. 7-03Curry Burns—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
  4. 7-31Chris Johnson—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back

2004

2003 Bobby Petrino

0 selections

No selections.

2005

2004 Bobby Petrino

6 selections

  1. 2-22Eric Shelton—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
  2. 4-20Stefan LeFors—No recruiting profile foundQuarterback
  3. 4-22Kerry Rhodes—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
  4. 5-18Robert McCune—No recruiting profile foundLinebacker
  5. 7-22Lionel Gates—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
  6. 7-39J.R. Russell—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver

2006

2005 Bobby Petrino

4 selections

  1. 3-11Jason Spitz—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Guard
  2. 4-29Elvis Dumervil—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
  3. 5-09Brandon Johnson—No recruiting profile foundLinebacker
  4. 6-13Montavious Stanley—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Tackle

Stars are the player's recruiting rating, matched back to his high-school profile by athlete id — not a draft grade. Only 0 of 15 picks in this range could be matched: CFBD's links between draft picks and recruiting profiles thin out before the 2013 draft and are absent before 2009, so an em dash here usually means the link is missing rather than that the player was unrated.