Gopher Football and the NFL Draft

Tonight marks the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft. Today is only the first round and we do not expect any Gophers to be drafted there will be no Gophers drafted tonight. But how about taking a look back at Gophers taken early in the NFL Draft, as well as a review of Dave Winfield being drafted into 4 different leagues.

I went back to the 60s for this little project and mostly kept this to just first round draft picks, with notable names taken after the first.

1962 - Sandy Stephens - 2nd Round (11) - Cleveland Browns

Never actually played a down in the NFL and spent 2 seasons in the CFL.

1963 - Bobby Bell - 2nd Rnd (2) - Kansas City Chiefs

A 2-time All American as a Gopher and Outland Trophy…