{"id":12243,"date":"2010-04-26T13:27:21","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T17:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=12243"},"modified":"2018-06-26T16:25:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T20:25:10","slug":"87-2010-nfl-draft-day-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/87-2010-nfl-draft-day-knights\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;87-2010: NFL Draft Day Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/04\/helmet.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\" size-full img-fluid wp-image-1780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/04\/helmet.jpg\" alt><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\" size-full img-fluid wp-image-1780 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/04\/helmet.jpg\"><\/a>Since 1987, 26 Knights have been chosen&nbsp; in the NFL draft. Here they are by year, round, overall player drafted, player name, position and NFL team:<\/p>\n<li>2010\t2\t41\tTorell Troup\tDT\tBuffalo<\/li>\n<li>2009\t5\t168\tJoe Burnett\tCB\tPittsburgh<\/li>\n<li>2008\t3\t64\tKevin Smith\tRB\tDetroit<\/li>\n<li>2008\t4\t135\tJosh Sitton\tOG\tGreen Bay<\/li>\n<li>2008\t7\t239\tMike Merritt\tTE\tKansas City<\/li>\n<li>2007\t3\t79\tMike Walker\tWR\tJacksonville<\/li>\n<li>2006\t4\t119\tBrandon Marshall\tWR\tDenver<\/li>\n<li>2004\t7\t232\tMichael Gaines\tTE\tCarolina<\/li>\n<li>2003\t4\t120\tAsante Samuel\tCB\tNew England<\/li>\n<li>2003\t5\t167\tDoug Gabriel\tWR\tOakland<\/li>\n<li>2003\t7\t250\tMike Mabry\tC\tBaltimore<\/li>\n<li>2003\t7\t259\tElton Patterson\tDE\tCincinnati<\/li>\n<li>2002\t2\t64\tTravis Fisher\tCB\tSt. Louis<\/li>\n<li>2000\t7\t242\tCharles Lee\tWR\tGreen Bay<\/li>\n<li>1999\t1\t11\tDaunte Culpepper\tQB\tMinnesota<\/li>\n<li>1999\t4\t96\tPaul Miranda\tDB\tIndianapolis<\/li>\n<li>1996\t5\t142\tMarquette Smith\tRB\tCarolina<\/li>\n<li>1995\t3\t72\tGreg Jefferson\tDE\tPhiladelphia<\/li>\n<li>1993\t3\t71\tRick Hamilton\tLB\tWashington<\/li>\n<li>1992\t3\t66\tBob Spitulski\tLB\tSeattle<\/li>\n<li>1991\t9\t225\tRay Irvin\tCB\tCleveland<\/li>\n<li>1991\t9\t240\tShawn Jefferson\tWR\tHouston Oilers<\/li>\n<li>1988\t3\t65\tBernard Ford\tWR\tBuffalo<\/li>\n<li>1988\t5\t136\tCorris Ervin\tDB\tDenver<\/li>\n<li>1987\t10\t274\tTed Wilson\tWR\tWashington<\/li>\n<li>1987\t12\t330\tElgin Davis\tRB\tNew England<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since 1987, 26 Knights have been chosen&nbsp; in the NFL draft. 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