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.
Selections per draft
19 across 5 draftsCounted from zero, so the height of a point is its share of this team's best draft here.
Selections by position
19 across 2004–2008Color is the side of the ball; each segment is a position group. Offense 12 · Defense 7.
2004
2003 Bobby Petrino
0 selections
No selections.
2005
2004 Bobby Petrino
6 selections
- 2-22Eric Shelton—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
- 4-20Stefan LeFors—No recruiting profile foundQuarterback
- 4-22Kerry Rhodes—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
- 5-18Robert McCune—No recruiting profile foundLinebacker
- 7-22Lionel Gates—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
- 7-39J.R. Russell—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
2006
2005 Bobby Petrino
4 selections
- 3-11Jason Spitz—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Guard
- 4-29Elvis Dumervil—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
- 5-09Brandon Johnson—No recruiting profile foundLinebacker
- 6-13Montavious Stanley—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Tackle
2007
2006 Bobby Petrino
4 selections
- 1-10Amobi Okoye—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Tackle
- 4-01Michael Bush—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
- 5-11Kolby Smith—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
- 5-33William Gay—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
2008
2007 Steve Kragthorpe
5 selections
- 2-25Brian Brohm—No recruiting profile foundQuarterback
- 3-21Harry Douglas—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
- 5-06Gary Barnidge—No recruiting profile foundTight End
- 5-15Breno Giacomini—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
- 7-39Mario Urrutia—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
Stars are the player's recruiting rating, matched back to his high-school profile by athlete id — not a draft grade. Only 0 of 19 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.