It was a solid showing for the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision at the 2022 National Football League Draft. After 262 selections over seven rounds, there were 20 FCS products who heard their names called.
Only those prospects who played their most-recent seasons at FCS programs are counted in this total. Former FCS players who transferred to FBS programs before entering the draft are not counted; there were four such prospects selected in 2022 (QB Bailey Zappe, CB DaRon Bland, DT John Ridgeway, WR Samori Toure).
Tracking the NCAA FCS presence at the 2022 NFL Draft, all FCS selections are listed below.
No. 19 (R1): OT Trevor Penning (Northern Iowa), New Orleans Saints
No. 29 (R1): G/C Cole Strange (Chattanooga), New England Patriots
No. 34 (R2): WR Christian Watson (North Dakota State), Green Bay Packers
No. 58 (R2): LB Troy Andersen (Montana State), Atlanta Falcons
No. 127 (R4): RB Pierre Strong (South Dakota State), New England Patriots
No. 136 (R4): OL Cordell Volson (North Dakota State), Cincinnati Bengals
No. 142 (R4): CB Decobie Durant (South Carolina State), Los Angeles Rams
No. 155 (R5): OT Matt Waletzko (North Dakota), Dallas Cowboys
No. 157 (R5): CB Zyon McCollum (Sam Houston State), Tampa Bay Buccaneers
No. 159 (R5): DT Eric Johnson (Missouri State), Indianapolis Colts
No. 162 (R5): WR Montrell Washington (Samford), Denver Broncos
No. 168 (R5): OT Braxton Jones (Southern Utah), Chicago Bears
No. 185 (R6): CB Christian Benford (Villanova), Buffalo Bills
No. 187 (R6): OL Nick Zakelj (Fordham), San Francisco 49ers
No. 192 (R6): TE Andrew Ogletree (Youngstown State), Indianapolis Colts
No. 217 (R6): LB James Houston (Jackson State), Detroit Lions
No. 226 (R7): OT Ja’Tyre Carter (Southern), Chicago Bears
No. 235 (R7): DE Daniel Hardy (Montana State), Los Angeles Rams
No. 239 (R7): DB Rodney Thomas (Yale), Indianapolis Colts
No. 241 (R7): QB Chris Oladokun (South Dakota State), Pittsburgh Steelers
BREAKDOWN BY ROUND
OVERALL TOTAL: 20
First Round Total: 2
OT Penning (Saints, 19); G/C Strange (Patriots, 29)
Second Round Total: 2
WR Watson (Packers, 34); LB Andersen (Falcons, 58)
Third Round Total: 0
Fourth Round Total: 3
RB Strong (Patriots, 127); OL Volson (Bengals, 136), CB Durant (Rams, 142)
Fifth Round Total: 5
OT Waletzko (Cowboys, 155); CB McCollum (Buccaneers, 157); DT Johnson (Colts, 159); WR Washington (Broncos, 162); OT Jones (Bears, 168)
Sixth Round Total: 4
CB Benford (Bills, 185); OL Zakelj (49ers, 187), TE Ogletree (Colts, 192), LB Houston (Lions, 217)
Seventh Round: 4
OT Carter (Bears, 226), DE Hardy (235, Rams), DB Thomas (Colts, 239), QB Oladokun (Steelers, 241)
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