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Cumberland
County Schools
Players Drafted in the NFL
(Compiled by Sammy
Batten - Fayetteville Observer)
posted May, 2020
Year |
Player |
Position |
High School |
College |
Round - Team |
1947 |
Don Clayton |
Running Back |
Fayetteville |
North Carolina |
32 - New York Giants |
1959 |
Jerry Richardson |
Wide Receiver |
Fayetteville |
Wofford |
13 - Baltimore Colts |
1960 |
Earl "Moose" Butler |
Lineman |
Massey Hill |
North Carolina |
12 - Pittsburgh Steelers |
1968 |
Jimmy Raye |
Quarterback |
E.E. Smith |
Michigan State |
16 - Los Angeles Rams |
1970 |
Doug Wilkerson |
Offensive Line |
E.E. Smith |
North Carolina Central |
1 - Houston Oilers |
1975 |
Brent Sexton |
Safety |
Terry Sanford |
Elon |
5 - Pittsburgh Steelers |
1975 |
Joe Harris |
Linebacker |
E.E. Smith |
Georgia Tech |
8 - Chicago Bears |
1976 |
James Godwin |
Running Back |
Cape Fear |
Fayetteville State |
16 - New York Jets |
1977 |
Marvin Powell |
Offensive Line |
Seventy-First |
Southern California |
1 - New York Jets |
1978 |
Larry Tearry |
Center |
E.E. Smith |
Wake Forest |
4 - Detroit Lions |
1985 |
Jeff McCall |
Running Back |
Pine Forest |
Clemson |
7 - Los Angeles Raiders |
1988 |
Brad Edwards |
Safety |
Douglas Byrd |
South Carolina |
2 - Minnesota Vikings |
1988 |
Ricky Shaw |
Linebacker |
Douglas Byrd |
Oklahoma State |
2 - New York Giants |
1989 |
Donnell Woolford |
Corner Back |
Douglas Byrd |
Clemson |
1 - Chicago Bears |
1991 |
Ernie Logan |
Defensive Tackle |
Pine Forest |
East Carolina |
9 - Atlanta Falcons |
1992 |
Charles Davenport |
Wide Receiver |
Pine Forest |
North Carolina State |
4 - Pittsburgh Steelers |
1994 |
Bracy Walker |
Safety |
Pine Forest |
North Carolina |
4 - Kansas City Chiefs |
1996 |
Joe Horn |
Wide Receiver |
Douglas Byrd |
Itawamba CC |
5 - Kansas City Chiefs |
1997 |
Kinnon Tatum |
Linebacker |
Douglas Byrd |
Notre Dame |
3 - Carolina Panthers |
1999 |
Dimitrius Underwood |
Defensive End |
E.E. Smith |
Michigan State |
1 - Minnesota Vikings |
1999 |
Russell Davis |
Defensive Tackle |
E.E. Smith |
North Carolina |
2 - Chicago Bears |
1999 |
Antonio Dingle |
Defensive Tackle |
South View |
Virginia |
7 - Pittsburgh Bears |
2002 |
Joey Evans |
Defensive End |
E.E. Smith |
North Carolina |
7 - Cincinnati Bengals |
2003 |
Antwoine Sanders |
Safety |
Terry Sanford |
Utah |
7 - Baltimore Ravens |
2006 |
Calvin Lowry |
Safety |
Douglas Byrd |
Penn State |
4 - Tennessee Titans |
2007 |
Demarcus "Tank" Tyler |
Defensive Tackle |
E.E. Smith |
North Carolina State |
3 - Kansas City Chiefs |
2009 |
Aaron Curry |
Linebacker |
E.E. Smith |
Wake Forest |
1 - Seattle Seahawks |
2010 |
Brandon Ghee |
Cornerback |
Jack Britt |
Wake Forest |
3 - Cincinnati Bengals |
2012 |
Dwayne Allen |
Tight End |
Terry Sanford |
Clemson |
3 - Indianapolis Colts |
2019 |
Harold Landry |
Linebacker |
Pine Forest |
Boston College |
2 - Tennessee Titans |
2019 |
Lamont Gaillard |
Center |
Pine Forest |
Georgia |
6 - Arizona Cardinals |
2019 |
Olisaemeka Udoh |
Offensive Line |
Terry Sanford |
Elon |
6 - Minnesota Vikings |
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