NFL draft
Penn StateNittany Lions
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
18 across 5 draftsCounted from zero, so the height of a point is its share of this team's best draft here.
Selections by position
18 across 2002–2006Color is the side of the ball; each segment is a position group. Offense 8 · Defense 9 · Special teams 1.
2002
2001 Joe Paterno
2 selections
- 4-09Omar Easy—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
- 6-24John Gilmore—No recruiting profile foundTight End
2003
2002 Joe Paterno
6 selections
- 1-12Jimmy Kennedy—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Tackle
- 1-14Michael Haynes—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
- 1-17Bryant Johnson—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
- 1-27Larry Johnson—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
- 2-23Bryan Scott—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
- 2-25Anthony Adams—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Tackle
2004
2003 Joe Paterno
4 selections
- 3-29Rich Gardner—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
- 6-29Matt Kranchick—No recruiting profile foundTight End
- 7-28David Kimball—No recruiting profile foundPlace Kicker
- 7-40Sean McHugh—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
2005
2004 Joe Paterno
0 selections
No selections.
2006
2005 Joe Paterno
6 selections
- 1-20Tamba Hali—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
- 4-03Michael Robinson—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
- 4-05Calvin Lowry—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
- 4-25Alan Zemaitis—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
- 6-31Tyler Reed—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Guard
- 7-01Ethan Kilmer—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
Stars are the player's recruiting rating, matched back to his high-school profile by athlete id — not a draft grade. Only 0 of 18 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.