A look at the 24 players who played collegiately in the state of Utah who have been selected in the first round of the NFL draft, listed by name, position, overall pick and team selecting them.
* denotes the player was drafted by the American Football League before the merger with the NFL
U denotes a native Utahn
S denotes the player was taken in the NFL’s 1984 supplemental draft
Utah State
1962
Merlin Olsen, DT, No. 2, Denver Broncos *U
Merlin Olsen, DT, No. 3, Los Angeles Rams U
1964
Bill Munson, QB, No. 7, Los Angeles Rams
1968
McArthur Lane, RB, No. 13, St. Louis Cardinals
1970
Phil Olsen, DT, No. 4, Boston Patriots U
Weber State
1968
Lee White, RB, No. 17, New York Jets *
Utah
1959
Lee Grosscup, QB, No. 10, New York Giants
1971
Norm Thompson, DB, No. 17, St. Louis Cardinals
1995
Luther Elliss, DT, No. 20, Detroit Lions
1998
Kevin Dyson, WR, No. 16, Tennessee Oilers U
2003
Jordan Gross, OT, No. 8, Carolina Panthers
2005
Alex Smith, QB, No. 1, San Francisco 49ers
2013
Star Lotulelei, DT, No. 14, Carolina Panthers U
2017
Garett Bolles, OT, No. 20, Denver Broncos U
BYU
1980
Marc Wilson, QB, No. 15, Oakland Raiders
1982
Jim McMahon, QB, No. 5, Chicago Bears U
1984
Todd Shell, LB, No. 24, San Francisco 49ers
Steve Young, QB, No. 1, Tampa Bay Buccaneers S
Gordon Hudson, TE, No. 22, Seattle Seahawks S
1985
Trevor Matich, C, No. 28, New England Patriots
1987
Shawn Knight, DT, No. 11, New Orleans Saints
Jason Buck, DE, No. 17, Cincinnati Bengals
1999
John Tait, OT, No. 14, Kansas City Chiefs
2000
Rob Morris, LB, No. 28, Indianapolis Colts
2013
Ziggy Ansah, DE, No. 5, Detroit Lions