The 2017 NFL Draft gets under way Thursday night in Philadelphia, and a number of Canadians are hoping to be among the 224 players taken off the board.
If a Canuck does hear his name called, he’ll be joining a relatively exclusive club. Since 1966 — a period of time considered the Super Bowl Era — there have been 58 players from north of the border selected in the NFL Draft.
In each of the last six years a minimum of one Canadian has been chosen in the NFL Draft, which ties the record for the longest streak ever. The other run on Canadians took place between 1979 and 1984, and back then the draft lasted 12 rounds.
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Right now, Mississippi State offensive lineman and Montreal native Justin Senior seems like a sure bet to get drafted and help set a new mark.
Check out the entire list of players from our home and native land to be selected in the NFL draft, complete with total games played in the league (asterisk denotes an active player):
| PLAYER | DRAFT | GP |
|---|---|---|
| David Onyemata, DL, Manitoba* | 2016, 4th Round, NO | 16 |
| Christian Covington, DL, Rice* | 2015, 6th round, HOU | 31 |
| Brent Urban, DL, Virginia* | 2014, 4th round, BAL | 22 |
| John Urschel, OL, Penn St.* | 2014, 5th round, BAL | 40 |
| T.J. Jones, WR, Notre Dame* | 2014, 6th round, DET | 13 |
| Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, OL, McGill* | 2014, 6th round, KC | 30 |
| Luke Willson, TE, Rice* | 2013, 5th round, SEA | 56 |
| Tyrone Crawford, DL, Boise St.* | 2012, 3rd round, DAL | 61 |
| Philip Blake, OL, Baylor | 2012, 4th round, DEN | 0 |
| Christo Bilukidi, DL, Georgia St. | 2012, 6th round, OAK | 24 |
| Danny Watkins, OL, Baylor | 2011, 1st round, PHI | 24 |
| Orlando Franklin, OL, Miami* | 2011, 2nd round, DEN | 89 |
| Vaughn Martin, DL, Western | 2009, 4th round, SD | 51 |
| Austin Collie, WR, BYU | 2009, 4th round, IND | 49 |
| Nick Kaczur, OL, Toledo | 2005, 3rd round, NE | 68 |
| O.J. Atogwe, DB, Stanford | 2005, 3rd round, STL | 101 |
| Jason David, DB, Washington St. | 2004, 4th round, IND | 75 |
| Teyo Johnson, TE, Stanford | 2003, 2nd round, OAK | 30 |
| Nate Burleson, WR, Nevada | 2003, 3rd round, MIN | 135 |
| Jesse Palmer, QB, Florida | 2001, 4th round, NYG | 8 |
| Randy Chevrier, DL, McGill | 2001, 7th round, JAX | 13 |
| Rob Meier, DL, Washington St. | 2000, 7th round, JAX | 138 |
| Jerome Pathon, WR, Acadia/Washington | 1998, 2nd round, IND | 100 |
| O.J. Santiago, TE, Kent St. | 1997, 3rd round, ATL | 78 |
| Tim Biakabutuka, RB, Michigan | 1996. 1st round, CAR | 50 |
| Andrew Greene, OL, Indiana | 1995, 2nd round, MIA | 10 |
| Phil Yeboah-Kodie, LB, Penn St. | 1995, 5th round, DEN | 2 |
| Mark Montreuil, DB, Concordia | 1995, 7th round, SD | 35 |
| Mitch Berger, P, Colorado | 1994, 6th round, PHI | 187 |
| Tom Nutten, OL, Western Michigan | 1992, 7th round, STL | 78 |
| Tyrone Williams, WR, Western | 1992, 9th round, ARI | 5 |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer, P, Louisville | 1992, 12th round, SF | 94 |
| Mohammed Elewonibi, OL, BYU | 1990, 3rd round, WAS | 26 |
| Ian Beckles, OL, Indiana | 1990, 5th round, TB | 126 |
| Bill Hitchcock, OL, Purdue | 1990, 8th round, SEA | 51 |
| Tony Mandarich, OL, Michigan St. | 1989, 1st round, GB | 86 |
| Tommy Kane, WR, Syracuse | 1988, 3rd round, SEA | 57 |
| Brian Forde, LB, Washington St. | 1988, 7th round, NO | 64 |
| Larry Clarkson, OL, Montana | 1988, 8th round, SF | 0 |
| Mike Schad, OL, Queen’s | 1986, 1st round, STL | 62 |
| Markus Koch, DL, Boise St. | 1986, 2nd round, WAS | 68 |
| Rueben Mayes, RB, Washington St. | 1986, 3rd round, NO | 76 |
| Mark Rypien, QB, Washington St. | 1986, 6th round, WAS | 104 |
| Michel Bourgeau, DL, Boise St. | 1984, 11th round, NO | 0 |
| Jim Mills, OL, Hawaii | 1983, 9th round, BAC | 21 |
| Chris Schultz, OL, Arizona | 1983, 7th round, DAL | 21 |
| Luc Tousignant, QB, Fairmont St. | 1982, 8th round, BUF | 0 |
| Dan Feraday, QB, Toronto | 1982, 12th round, CIN | 0 |
| Justin Cross, OL, West St. (CO) | 1981, 10th round, BUF | 44 |
| Allan Kennedy, OL, Washington St. | 1981, 10th round, WAS | 34 |
| Eddie Murray, P/K, Tulane | 1980, 7th round, DET | 250 |
| John Priestner, LB, Western | 1979, 11th round, BAC | 0 |
| Brian Fryer, WR, Alberta | 1976, 8th round, WAS | 4 |
| Art Kuehn, OL, San Jose St. | 1975, 15th round, WAS | 100 |
| Eric Guthrie, QB/K, Boise St. | 1972, 14th round, SF | 0 |
| Roy Gerela, K, New Mexico St. | 1969, 4th round, HOO | 145 |
| Wayne Stewart, TE, California | 1969, 15th round, NYJ | 52 |
| Gary Pettigrew, DL, Stanford | 1966, 2nd round, PHI | 111 |