2006 NFL DRAFT

The '2006 National Football League Draft' , the 71st in league history, took place in New York City at Radio City Music Hall on April 29 and April 30, 2006. For the 27th consecutive year, the draft was telecast on ESPN and ESPN2, with additional coverage offered by ESPNU and, for the first time, by the NFL Network. Having signed a contract with the Houston Texans on the evening before the draft, Mario Williams, a defensive end from North Carolina State, became the draft’s first pick. ^[1] The selection surprised many commentators, who predicted that the Texans would draft Southern California running back Reggie Bush. Kevin McMahan, a wide receiver from the University of Maine, was picked 255th overall by the Oakland Raiders, becoming Mr. Irrelevant for 2006. Ohio State produced the most first round selections (five), while Southern California produced the most overall selections (eleven). Twenty-seven compensatory and supplemental compensatory selections were distributed amongst seventeen teams; Tampa Bay, Baltimore, and Tennessee each held three compensatory picks. The 255 players chosen in the draft were composed of:

★ 33 wide receivers ★ 31 linebackers ★ 26 safeties ★ 23 defensive tackles ★ 23 cornerbacks

★ 22 defensive ends ★ 22 offensive tackles ★ 20 guards ★ 16 tight ends ★ 14 running backs

★ 12 quarterbacks ★ 9 centers ★ 3 fullbacks ★ 2 kickers ★ 2 punters

Contents

Player selections

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

Round seven

Notable undrafted players

Miscellaneous

Notes

References

See also

External links

Player selections

= compensatory selection

= supplemental compensatory selection

= Pro Bowler[2]

Round one

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Houston Texans	Mario Williams	Defensive end	North Carolina State [3]
2	New Orleans Saints	Reggie Bush	Running back	Southern California
3	Tennessee Titans	Vince Young	Quarterback	Texas[4]
4	New York Jets	D'Brickashaw Ferguson	Offensive tackle	Virginia
5	Green Bay Packers	A.J. Hawk	Linebacker	Ohio State
6	San Francisco 49ers	Vernon Davis	Tight end	Maryland
7	Oakland Raiders	Michael Huff	Safety	Texas
8	Buffalo Bills	Donte Whitner	Safety	Ohio State
9	Detroit Lions	Ernie Sims	Linebacker	Florida State
10	Arizona Cardinals	Matt Leinart	Quarterback	Southern California
11	Denver Broncos (from St. Louis Rams[5])	Jay Cutler	Quarterback	Vanderbilt
12	Baltimore Ravens (from Cleveland Browns[6])	Haloti Ngata	Defensive tackle	Oregon
13	Cleveland Browns (from Baltimore)	Kamerion Wimbley	Defensive end/Linebacker	Florida State
14	Philadelphia Eagles	Brodrick Bunkley	Defensive tackle	Florida State
15	St. Louis Rams (from Atlanta Falcons via Denver)	Tye Hill	Cornerback	Clemson
16	Miami Dolphins	Jason Allen	Safety	Tennessee
17	Minnesota Vikings	Chad Greenway	Linebacker	Iowa
18	Dallas Cowboys	Bobby Carpenter	Linebacker	Ohio State
19	San Diego Chargers	Antonio Cromartie	Cornerback	Florida State [7]
20	Kansas City Chiefs	Tamba Hali	Defensive end	Penn State
21	New England Patriots	Laurence Maroney	Running back	Minnesota
22	San Francisco 49ers (from Washington Redskins via Denver)	Manny Lawson	Linebacker	North Carolina State
23	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Davin Joseph	Guard	Oklahoma
24	Cincinnati Bengals	Johnathan Joseph	Cornerback	South Carolina
25	Pittsburgh Steelers (from New York Giants)	Santonio Holmes	Wide receiver	Ohio State
26	Buffalo Bills (from Chicago Bears)	John McCargo	Defensive tackle	North Carolina State
27	Carolina Panthers	DeAngelo Williams	Running back	Memphis
28	Jacksonville Jaguars	Marcedes Lewis	Tight end	UCLA
29	New York Jets (from Denver via Atlanta)	Nick Mangold	Center	Ohio State
30	Indianapolis Colts	Joseph Addai	Running back	LSU
31	Seattle Seahawks	Kelly Jennings	Cornerback	Miami (Florida) [8]
32	New York Giants (from Pittsburgh)	Mathias Kiwanuka	Defensive end	Boston College

Round two

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
33	Houston	DeMeco Ryans	Linebacker	Alabama
34	Cleveland (from New Orleans)	D'Qwell Jackson	Linebacker	Maryland
35	Washington (from New York Jets)	Rocky McIntosh	Linebacker	Miami (Florida)
36	New England (from Green Bay)	Chad Jackson	Wide receiver	Florida
37	Atlanta (from San Francisco via Denver and Green Bay)	Jimmy Williams	Cornerback	Virginia Tech
38	Oakland	Thomas Howard	Linebacker	UTEP
39	Philadelphia (from Tennessee)	Winston Justice	Offensive tackle	Southern California
40	Detroit	Daniel Bullocks	Safety	Nebraska [9]
41	Arizona	Taitusi Lutui	Guard	Southern California
42	Chicago (from Buffalo)	Danieal Manning	Safety	Abilene Christian
43	New Orleans (from Cleveland)	Roman Harper	Safety	Alabama
44	New York Giants (from Baltimore)	Sinorice Moss	Wide receiver	Miami (Florida)
45	Tennessee (from Philadelphia)	LenDale White	Running back	Southern California
46	St. Louis	Joe Klopfenstein	Tight end	Colorado
47	Green Bay (from Atlanta)	Daryn Colledge	Offensive tackle	Boise State
48	Minnesota	Cedric Griffin	Cornerback	Texas
49	New York Jets (from Dallas)	Kellen Clemens	Quarterback	Oregon
50	San Diego	Marcus McNeill	Offensive tackle	Auburn
51	Minnesota (from Miami)	Ryan Cook	Center	New Mexico
52	Green Bay (from New England)	Greg Jennings	Wide receiver	Western Michigan
53	Dallas (from New York Jets)	Anthony Fasano	Tight end	Notre Dame
54	Kansas City	Bernard Pollard	Safety	Purdue
55	Cincinnati	Andrew Whitworth	Offensive tackle	LSU
56	Baltimore (from New York Giants)	Chris Chester	Center	Oklahoma
57	Chicago	Devin Hester	Cornerback	Miami (Florida)
58	Carolina	Richard Marshall	Cornerback	Fresno State
59	Tampa Bay	Jeremy Trueblood	Offensive tackle	Boston College
60	Jacksonville	Maurice Jones-Drew	Running back	UCLA
61	Denver	Tony Scheffler	Tight end	Western Michigan
62	Indianapolis	Tim Jennings	Cornerback	Georgia
63	Seattle	Darryl Tapp	Defensive end	Virginia Tech
64	Minnesota (from Pittsburgh)	Tarvaris Jackson	Quarterback	Alabama State

Round three

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
65	Houston	Charles Spencer	Offensive tackle	Pittsburgh
66	Houston (from New Orleans)	Eric Winston	Offensive tackle	Miami (Florida)
67	Green Bay	Abdul Hodge	Linebacker	Iowa
68	St. Louis (from San Francisco via Denver)	Claude Wroten	Defensive tackle	LSU
69	Oakland	Paul McQuistan	Guard	Weber State
70	Buffalo (from Tennessee)	Ashton Youboty	Cornerback	Ohio State
71	Philadelphia (from New York Jets)	Chris Gocong	Linebacker	Cal Poly
72	Arizona	Leonard Pope	Tight end	Georgia
73	Chicago (from Buffalo)	Dusty Dvoracek	Defensive tackle	Oklahoma
74	Detroit	Brian Calhoun	Running back	Wisconsin
75	Green Bay (from New England)	Jason Spitz	Center	Louisville
76	New York Jets (from Philadelphia)	Anthony Schlegel	Linebacker	Ohio State
77	St. Louis	Jon Alston	Linebacker	Stanford
78	Cleveland	Travis Wilson	Wide receiver	Oklahoma
79	Atlanta	Jerious Norwood	Running back	Mississippi State
80	Jacksonville (from Dallas)	Clint Ingram	Linebacker	Oklahoma
81	San Diego	Charlie Whitehurst	Quarterback	Clemson
82	Miami	Derek Hagan	Wide receiver	Arizona State
83	Pittsburgh (from Minnesota)	Anthony Smith	Safety	Syracuse
84	San Francisco (from Washington)	Brandon Williams	Wide receiver	Wisconsin
85	Kansas City	Brodie Croyle	Quarterback	Alabama
86	New England	David Thomas	Tight end	Texas
87	Baltimore (from New York Giants)	David Pittman	Cornerback	Northwestern State
88	Carolina (from Chicago)	James Anderson	Linebacker	Virginia Tech
89	Carolina	Rashad Butler	Offensive tackle	Miami (Florida)
90	Tampa Bay	Maurice Stovall	Wide receiver	Notre Dame
91	Cincinnati	Frostee Rucker	Defensive end	Southern California
92	Dallas (from Jacksonville)	Jason Hatcher	Defensive end	Grambling State
93	St. Louis (from Green Bay)	Dominique Byrd	Tight end	Southern California
94	Indianapolis	Freddie Keiaho	Linebacker	San Diego State
95	Pittsburgh (from Minnesota via Seattle)	Willie Reid	Wide receiver	Florida State
96	New York Giants (from Pittsburgh)	Gerris Wilkinson	Linebacker	Georgia Tech
97	New York Jets	Eric Smith	Safety	Michigan State

Round four

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
98	Houston	Owen Daniels	Tight end	Wisconsin
99	Philadelphia (from New Orleans)	Max Jean-Gilles	Guard	Georgia
100	San Francisco	Michael Robinson	Running back	Penn State
101	Oakland	Darnell Bing	Linebacker	Southern California
102	Tennessee	Calvin Lowry	Safety	Penn State
103	New York Jets	Brad Smith	Quarterback/Wide receiver	Missouri
104	Green Bay	Cory Rodgers	Wide receiver	TCU
105	Buffalo	Ko Simpson	Safety	South Carolina
106	New England (from Detroit)	Garrett Mills	Tight end	Tulsa
107	Arizona	Gabriel Watson	Defensive tackle	Michigan
108	New Orleans (from Philadelphia)	Jahri Evans	Offensive tackle	Bloomsburg
109	Philadelphia (from Green Bay via St. Louis)	Jason Avant	Wide receiver	Michigan
110	Cleveland	Leon Williams	Linebacker	Miami (Florida)
111	Baltimore	Demetrius Williams	Wide receiver	Oregon
112	Cleveland (from Atlanta)	Isaac Sowells	Guard	Indiana
113	St. Louis (from San Diego)	Victor Adeyanju	Defensive end	Indiana
114	Miami	Joe Toledo	Offensive tackle	Washington
115	Green Bay (from Philadelphia via Minnesota)	Will Blackmon	Cornerback	Boston College
116	Tennessee (from Philadelphia via Dallas)	Stephen Tulloch	Linebacker	North Carolina State
117	New York Jets (from Kansas City)[10]	Leon Washington	Running back	Florida State
118	New England	Stephen Gostkowski	Kicker	Memphis
119	Denver (from Washington)	Brandon Marshall	Wide receiver	UCF
120	Chicago	Jamar Williams	Linebacker	Arizona State
121	Carolina	Nate Salley	Safety	Ohio State
122	Tampa Bay	Alan Zemaitis	Cornerback	Penn State
123	Cincinnati	Domata Peko	Defensive tackle	Michigan State
124	New York Giants	Barry Cofield	Defensive tackle	Northwestern
125	Dallas (from Jacksonville)	Skyler Green	Wide receiver	LSU
126	Denver	Elvis Dumervil	Defensive end	Louisville
127	Minnesota (from Philadelphia via Indianapolis)	Ray Edwards	Defensive end	Purdue
128	Seattle	Rob Sims	Guard	Ohio State
129	New York Giants (from Pittsburgh)	Guy Whimper	Offensive tackle	East Carolina
130	Denver	Domenik Hixon	Wide receiver	Akron
131	Pittsburgh	Willie Colon	Guard	Hofstra
132	Baltimore	P.J. Daniels	Running back	Georgia Tech
133	Pittsburgh	Orien Harris	Defensive tackle	Miami (Florida)

Round five

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
134	Buffalo (from Houston)	Kyle Williams	Defensive tackle	LSU
135	New Orleans	Rob Ninkovich	Defensive end	Purdue
136	New England (from Oakland)	Ryan O'Callaghan	Tackle	California
137	Tennessee	Terna Nande	Linebacker	Miami (Ohio)
138	Dallas (from New York Jets)	Pat Watkins	Safety	Florida State
139	Atlanta (from Green Bay)	Quinn Ojinnaka	Offensive tackle	Syracuse
140	San Francisco	Parys Haralson	Defensive end	Tennessee
141	Detroit	Jonathan Scott	Offensive tackle	Texas
142	Arizona	Brandon Johnson	Linebacker	Louisville
143	Buffalo	Brad Butler	Offensive tackle	Virginia
144	St. Louis	Marques Hagans	Wide receiver	Virginia
145	Cleveland	Jerome Harrison	Running Back	Washington State
146	Baltimore	Dawan Landry	Safety	Georgia Tech
147	Philadelphia	Jeremy Bloom	Wide receiver	Colorado
148	Green Bay (from Atlanta)	Ingle Martin	Quarterback	Furman
	Miami Dolphins [11]
149	Minnesota	Greg Blue	Safety	Georgia
150	New York Jets (from Dallas)	Jason Pociask	Tight end	Wisconsin
151	San Diego	Tim Dobbins	Linebacker	Iowa State
152	Cleveland (from New England)	DeMario Minter	Cornerback	Georgia
153	Washington	Anthony Montgomery	Defensive tackle	Minnesota
154	Kansas City	Marcus Maxey	Cornerback	Miami (Florida)
155	Carolina	Jeff King	Tight end	Virginia Tech
156	Tampa Bay	Julian Jenkins	Defensive end	Stanford
157	Cincinnati	A.J. Nicholson	Linebacker	Florida State
158	New York Giants	Charlie Peprah	Safety	Alabama
159	Chicago	Mark Anderson	Defensive end	Alabama
160	Jacksonville	Brent Hawkins	Defensive end	Illinois State
161	Denver	Chris Kuper	Guard	North Dakota
162	Indianapolis	Michael Toudouze	Guard	TCU
163	Seattle	David Kirtman	Fullback	Southern California
164	Pittsburgh	Omar Jacobs	Quarterback	Bowling Green
165	Green Bay	Tony Moll	Offensive tackle	Nevada
166	Baltimore	Quinn Sypniewski	Tight end	Colorado
167	Pittsburgh	Charles Davis	Tight end	Purdue
168	Philadelphia	Omar Gaither	Linebacker	Tennessee
169	Tennessee	Jesse Mahelona	Defensive tackle	Tennessee

Round six

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
170	Houston	Wali Lundy	Running Back	Virginia
171	New Orleans	Mike Hass	Wide receiver	Oregon State
172	Tennessee	Jonathan Orr	Wide receiver	Wisconsin
173	Washington (from New York Jets)	Reed Doughty	Safety	Northern Colorado
174	New Orleans (from Green Bay)	Josh "Bernard" Lay	Cornerback	Pittsburgh
175	San Francisco	Delanie Walker	Tight End/Fullback	Central Missouri State
176	Oakland	Kevin Boothe	Offensive tackle	Cornell
177	Arizona	Jonathan Lewis	Defensive tackle	Virginia Tech
178	Buffalo	Keith Ellison	Linebacker	Oregon State
179	Detroit	Alton McCann	Cornerback	West Virginia
180	Cleveland	Lawrence Vickers	Fullback	Colorado
181	Cleveland (from Baltimore)	Babatunde Oshinowo	Defensive tackle	Stanford
182	Dallas (from Philadelphia)	Montavious Stanley	Defensive tackle	Louisville
183	Green Bay (from St. Louis)	Johnny Jolly	Defensive tackle	Texas A&M
184	Atlanta	Adam Jennings	Wide receiver	Fresno State
185	Green Bay (from Minnesota via Philadelphia)	Tyrone Culver	Defensive back	Fresno State
186	Kansas City (from Dallas)	Tre' Stallings	Offensive tackle	Ole Miss
187	San Diego	Jeromey Clary	Offensive tackle	Kansas State
188	San Diego (from Miami)	Kurt Smith	Kicker	Virginia
189	New York Jets (from Washington via New York Jets and Dallas)	Drew Coleman	Cornerback	TCU
190	Kansas City	Jeff Webb	Wide receiver	San Diego State
191	New England	Jeremy Mincey	Defensive end	Florida
192	San Francisco (from Tampa Bay)	Marcus Hudson	Safety	North Carolina State
193	Cincinnati	Reggie McNeal	Quarterback	Texas A&M
194	Tampa Bay (from New York Giants)	Bruce Gradkowski	Quarterback	Toledo
195	Chicago	J.D. Runnels	Fullback	Oklahoma
196	Washington (from Carolina)	Kedric Golston	Defensive tackle	Georgia
197	San Francisco (from Jacksonville)	Melvin Oliver	Defensive end	LSU
198	Denver	Greg Eslinger	Center	Minnesota
199	Indianapolis	Charlie Johnson	Offensive tackle	Oklahoma State
200	Chicago (from Seattle)	Tyler Reed	Guard	Penn State
201	Pittsburgh	Marvin Philip	Center	California
202	Tampa Bay	T.J. Williams	Tight end	North Carolina State
203	Baltimore	Sam Koch	Punter	Nebraska
204	Philadelphia	LaJuan Ramsey	Defensive tackle	Southern California
205	New England	Dan Stevenson	Guard	Notre Dame
206	New England	Le Kevin Smith	Defensive tackle	Nebraska
207	Indianapolis	Antoine Bethea	Defensive back	Howard
208	Baltimore	Derrick Martin	Cornerback	Wyoming

Round seven

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
209	Cincinnati (from Houston)	Ethan Kilmer	Defensive back	Penn State
210	New Orleans	Zach Strief	Offensive tackle	Northwestern
211	Dallas (from New York Jets)	Pat McQuistan	Offensive tackle	Weber State
212	Miami (from Green Bay)	Fred Evans	Defensive lineman	Texas State
213	Jacksonville (from San Francisco)	James Wyche	Defensive end	Syracuse
214	Oakland	Chris Morris	Center	Michigan State
215	Tennessee	Cortland Finnegan	Defensive back	Samford
216	Buffalo	Terrance Pennington	Offensive tackle	New Mexico
217	Detroit	Fred Matua	Guard	Southern California
218	Arizona	Todd Watkins	Wide receiver	BYU
219	Baltimore	Ryan LaCasse	Defensive end	Syracuse
220	New York Jets (from Philadelphia)	Titus Adams	Defensive tackle	Nebraska
221	St. Louis	Tim McGarigle	Linebacker	Northwestern
222	Cleveland	Justin Hamilton	Safety	Virginia Tech
223	Atlanta	D.J. Shockley	Quarterback	Georgia
224	Dallas	E.J. Whitley	Center	Texas Tech
225	San Diego	Chase Page	Defensive tackle	North Carolina
226	Miami	Rodrique Wright	Defensive tackle	Texas
227	San Diego (from Minnesota)	Jimmy Martin	Offensive tackle	Virginia Tech
228	Kansas City	Jarrad Page	Safety	UCLA
229	New England	Willie Andrews	Safety	Baylor
230	Washington	Kili Lefotu	Guard	Arizona
231	Cincinnati	Bennie Brazell	Wide receiver	LSU
232	New York Giants	Gerrick McPhearson	Cornerback	Maryland
233	Miami (from Chicago)	Devin Aromashodu	Wide receiver	Auburn
234	Carolina	Will Montgomery	Center	Virginia Tech
235	Tampa Bay	Justin Phinisee	Cornerback	Oregon
236	Jacksonville	Dee Webb	Cornerback	Florida
237	Carolina (from Denver)	Stanley McClover	Defensive end	Auburn
238	Indianapolis (from Tennessee via Indianapolis)	T.J. Rushing	Cornerback	Stanford
239	Seattle	Ryan Plackemeier	Punter	Wake Forest
240	Pittsburgh	Cedric Humes	Running back	Virginia Tech
241	Tampa Bay	Charles Bennett	Defensive end	Clemson
242	St. Louis	Mark Setterstrom	Guard	Minnesota
243	St. Louis	Tony Palmer	Guard	Missouri
244	Tampa Bay	Tim Massaquoi	Tight end	Michigan
245	Tennessee	Spencer Toone	Linebacker	Utah
246	Tennessee	Quinton Ganther	Running back	Utah
247	Detroit	Anthony Cannon	Linebacker	Tulane
248	Buffalo	Aaron Merz	Guard	California
249	Seattle	Ben Obomanu	Wide receiver	Auburn
250	Washington	Kevin Simon	Linebacker	Tennessee
251	Houston	David Anderson	Wide receiver	Colorado State
252	New Orleans	Marques Colston	Wide Receiver	Hofstra
253	Green Bay	Dave Tollefson	Defensive end	Northwest Missouri State
254	San Francisco	Vickiel Vaughn	Safety	Arkansas
255	Oakland [12]	Kevin McMahan	Wide receiver	Maine

= compensatory selection

= supplemental compensatory selection

= Pro Bowler2

Notable undrafted players

★ Hank Baskett, Wide receiver, New Mexico (Philadelphia Eagles)

★ Mike Bell, Running back, Arizona (Denver Broncos)

★ Tony McDaniel, Defensive tackle, Tennessee (Jacksonville Jaguars)

★ Marcus Vick, Quarterback, Virginia Tech (Miami Dolphins)

Miscellaneous

★ Two individuals declared for the draft never having played college football: Jai Lewis, a power forward for the George Mason basketball team that reached the semifinals of the 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament; and Ed Nelson, a power forward for the Connecticut basketball team. Lewis signed after the draft as a free agent with the New York Giants to play offensive tackle but subsequently pursued a professional basketball career, while Nelson signed with the St. Louis Rams to be a tight end.

★ Having been banned in 2004 from playing college football at Colorado for having accepted endorsements while a member of the United States Ski Team, wide receiver and kick returner Jeremy Bloom was drafted in the fifth round by the Philadelphia Eagles.

★ Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick, who was dismissed from the Hokies team in January 2006 for repeatedly violating team rules, was undrafted; Vick, the younger brother of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, later accepted an invitation to attend a Miami Dolphins minicamp and ultimately signed a contract with the team.

★ Running back John David Washington, son of American actor Denzel Washington, went undrafted out of the Division II school Morehouse College, where he rushed for 1,198 yards in his senior season, setting a school record; Washington was signed as a free agent by the St. Louis Rams.

Notes

1. Who's No. 1? Texans, Williams sign contract
2. ''Pro Bowler'' denotes a player who has earned selection to the Pro Bowl at least once in his career.
3. Williams became the first-ever number one draft pick to come from a school in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
4. The University of Texas extended its streak of consecutive drafts in which the side produced at least one drafted player to 69.
5. The Rams traded the 11th overall selection to the Broncos for the 15th and 68th choices.
6. The Browns traded the 12th overall selection to the Ravens for the 13th and 181st choices.
7. Cromartie was the fourth defensive player from Florida State selected in the first round; only twice previously had one school produced four first-round selections from one unit (offense or defense) in a single NFL draft.
8. The University of Miami extended its streak of drafts in which the side produced at least one first-round draft pick to 12.
9. Bullocks' identical twin brother, Josh Bullocks, also a safety from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the same position in the 2005 draft.
10. The Chiefs transferred the 117th overall pick to the Jets as compensation for the Jets' permitting Herman Edwards to leave the Jets to become head coach of the Chiefs.
11. The Miami Dolphins forfeited their fifth-round selection as a result of their making a selection in the supplemental draft (Manuel Wright).
12. This is the pick commonly referred to as Mr. Irrelevant.

References

★ Official NFL Draft site

★ Official NFL Draft order from NFL.com

★ ESPN first-round draft order with tiebreaks enumerated

See also

★ List of players eligible for the 2006 NFL Draft

External links

★ 2006 NFL Draft

★ NFL Draft team reviews