Which players with state of Texas ties were picked in the 2024 NFL draft?

The 2024 NFL Draft kicked off in Detroit on Thursday. Which players selected have connections to the state of Texas?

FIRST ROUND

▪ The first Texan selected was Byron Murphy II who attended Desoto High School before playing college football with the Texas Longhorns. The Seattle Seahawks selected Murphy with the 16th pick in the NFL Draft.

▪ The Kansas City Chefs selected Texas wide receiver Xavier Worthy with the 28th pick in the first round.

▪ Tyler Guyton, the Cowboys’ pick at No. 29 in the first round, started his college career at TCU before he transferred to Oklahoma. He’s a native of Manor, Texas.

SECOND ROUND

▪ Ja’Lynn Polk, a wide receiver, was taken by the New England Patriots in the second round with the 37th overall pick. Polk is a Lufkin native who played at Texas Tech in 2020 before transferring to Washington.

▪ The Tennessee Titans then used the next pick, No. 38 overall, to select defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat from Texas. He’s a Huntsville, Texas, native.

▪ Edgerrin Cooper, a linebacker from Texas A&M, was taken by the Green Bay Packers with the 13th pick in the second round (45th overall).

▪ With the next pick (46th overall), the Carolina Panthers took Texas running back Jonathon Brooks. He is a Hallettsville native.

▪ The Indianapolis Colts took Texas wide receiver Adonai Mitchell with the 29th pick in the second round (52nd overall). He’s a Missouri City, Texas, native.

▪ The Miami Dolphins picked offensive tackle Patrick Paul from the university of Houston with the 23rd pick, 55th overall, in the second round.

▪ The Detroit Lions selected Duncanville’s Ennis Rakestraw Jr., a cornerback from Missouri with the 29th pick (61st overall) in the second round.

THIRD ROUND

▪ TCU offensive lineman Brandon Coleman was taken with the third pick (67th overall) in the third round.

▪ The Philadelphia Eagles picked edge rusher Jalyx Hunt from Houston Christian with the 31st third-round pick (94th overall).

▪ The Cincinnati Bengals selected Texas A&M defensive tackle McKinnley Jackson with the 34th pick, 97th overall, in the third round.

▪ With the last pick of the third round, No. 100 overall, the Washington Commanders selected wide receiver Luke McCaffrey.

FOURTH ROUND

▪ Texas tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders, from Denton Texas, was the first pick (101st overall) of the fourth round by the Carolina Panthers

▪ The New England Patriots selected guard and Manvel alum Layden Robinson from Texas A&M with the 103rd pick in the fourth round.

▪ Dadrion Taylor-Demerson out of Texas Tech was selected with the 104th pick by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round.

▪ Tyrice Knight is a linebacker from UTEP drafted by the Seattle Seahawks with the 118th selection in the fourth round.

▪ The Kansas City Chiefs selected tight end Jared Wiley from TCU with the 131st pick in the fourth round.

▪ The last pick of the fourth round and selected 135th overall by the San Francisco 49ers, Jacob Cowing started his career at UTEP before transferring to Arizona.

FIFTH ROUND

▪ TCU cornerback Josh Newton was chosen with the No. 149th pick in the fifth round by the Cincinnati Bengals.

▪ Ainias Smith played wide receiver at Texas A&M and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles with the 152nd pick in the fifth round.

▪ The Arizona Cardinals picked Texas offensive tackle Christian Jones with the 162nd pick in the fifth round.

▪ The Jacksonville Jaguars selected former Texas running back Keilan Robinson with the 167th pick in the fifth round.

▪ With the 40th pick in the fifth round (175th overall) the New Orleans Saints picked Texas linebacker Jaylan Ford.

SIXTH ROUND

▪ Jase McClellan, an Aledo, Texas native, who played running back collegiality at Alabama was selected by the Atlanta Falcons with the 186th pick in the sixth round.

▪ Casey Washington is a wide receiver who played at Illinois from Round Rock, Texas who was drafted with the 187th pick in the sixth round by the Atlanta Falcons.

▪ The Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Texas cornerback Ryan Watts with the 195th pick in the sixth round of the draft.

▪ Texas Wide receiver Jordan Whittington was drafted with the 213rd pick in the sixth round of the NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams.

▪ The final selection of the sixth round was Texas El-Paso guard Elijah Klein who was picked with the 220th pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

SEVENTH ROUND

▪ Frisco Lone Star alum and Air Force safety Trey Taylor was drafted No. 223 overall in the seventh round by the Oakland Raiders.

▪ Levi Drake Rodriguez is a defensive tackle from Texas A&M Commerce who the Minnesota Vikings selected with the No. 232 pick in the seventh round.

▪ Defensive end Myles Cole from Texas Tech was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the No. 236 pick in the seventh round.

▪ Marshall, Texas native Tahj Washington was selected by the Miami Dolphins with the No. 241 pick in the seventh round

▪ The Houston Texans chose, Waxahachie, Texas native, LaDarius Henderson with the No. 249 pick in the seventh round.

▪ The Los Angeles Rams took KT Leveston, from Waco, Texas, with the 254th pick in the seventh round.

This story was originally published April 25, 2024 at 9:07 PM.