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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.

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2005–2009

Selections per draft

21 across 5 drafts

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

64452

Selections by position

21 across 2005–2009

Color is the side of the ball; each segment is a position group. Offense 14 · Defense 7.

Draft selections by position group across 2005–2009: Quarterbacks 2, Running backs 4, Receivers 3, Tight ends 1, Offensive line 4, Defensive line 3, Linebackers 2, Defensive backs 2

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

2007

2006 Bobby Petrino

4 selections

  1. 1-10Amobi Okoye—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Tackle
  2. 4-01Michael Bush—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
  3. 5-11Kolby Smith—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
  4. 5-33William Gay—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back

2008

2007 Steve Kragthorpe

5 selections

  1. 2-25Brian Brohm—No recruiting profile foundQuarterback
  2. 3-21Harry Douglas—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
  3. 5-06Gary Barnidge—No recruiting profile foundTight End
  4. 5-15Breno Giacomini—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
  5. 7-39Mario Urrutia—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver

2009

2008 Steve Kragthorpe

2 selections

  1. 1-28Eric Wood—No recruiting profile foundCenter
  2. 5-34George Bussey—No recruiting profile foundOffensive 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 21 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.