Three Hurricanes Selected Sunday In NFL Draft; 9 UM players Selected Overall

April 25, 2004

CORAL GABLES, Fla.- Three more Miami Hurricanes were selected on the final day of the 2004 National Football League Draft on Sunday as the University of Miami football program ended the selection process with nine selections.

Three UM student-athletes were selected on Sunday – linebacker Darrell McClover (7th round, New York Jets), cornerback Alfonso Marshall (7th round, Chicago Bears), offensive lineman Carlos Joseph (7th round, San Diego Chargers) – giving UM a total of 17 players taken in the 2003 and 2004 drafts and 36 selections over the last four NFL drafts.

Miami’s nine players taken this year is the second-best single-draft UM total for a seven-round draft. The most Hurricanes selected in a single NFL Draft were 12 in 1988 (eight round format), followed by 11 in 1963 (25 rounds) and 2002 (seven rounds) and nine in 1993 (eight rounds). Miami has produced two No. 1 overall selections in the draft: Vinny Testaverde (1987 by Tampa Bay) and Russell Maryland (1991 by Dallas). The most players selected in a single NFL Draft from a single school is 14 set by USC in 1975 and duplicated by the Trojans in 1977.

Miami has produced 276 NFL draft picks in its history, dating back to end Bob Masterson’s selection in the fourth round of the 1938 Draft by the Chicago Bears.