THIRD AND DATA

NFL draft

NebraskaCornhuskers

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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2012–2016

Selections per draft

16 across 5 drafts

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

Selections by position

16 across 2012–2016

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

Draft selections by position group across 2012–2016: Running backs 3, Receivers 2, Offensive line 3, Defensive line 3, Linebackers 2, Defensive backs 3

2012

2011 Bo Pelini

4 selections

  1. 2-26Lavonte David—No recruiting profile foundOutside Linebacker
  2. 4-31Jared Crick—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
  3. 7-17Alfonzo Dennard—No recruiting profile foundCornerback
  4. 7-27Marcel Jones—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle

2013

2012 Bo Pelini

2 selections

  1. 6-22Rex Burkhead44-star recruitRunning Back
  2. 7-42Daimion Stafford—No recruiting profile foundSafety

2014

2013 Bo Pelini

3 selections

  1. 2-26Stan Jean-Baptiste—No recruiting profile foundCornerback
  2. 3-14Spencer Long—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Guard
  3. 6-33Quincy Enunwa33-star recruitWide Receiver

2015

2014 Bo Pelini

3 selections

  1. 2-22Ameer Abdullah—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
  2. 2-28Randy Gregory—No recruiting profile foundOutside Linebacker
  3. 5-26Kenny Bell33-star recruitWide Receiver

2016

2015 Mike Riley

4 selections

  1. 3-04Maliek Collins—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Tackle
  2. 3-33Vincent Valentine33-star recruitDefensive Tackle
  3. 4-32Alex Lewis—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
  4. 6-01Andy Janovich—No recruiting profile foundFullback

Stars are the player's recruiting rating, matched back to his high-school profile by athlete id — not a draft grade. Only 4 of 16 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.