2012 NFL draft

2012 NFL draft
2012 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)	April 26–28, 2012
Time	8:00 pm EDT (April 26); 7:00 pm EDT (April 27); Noon EDT (April 28)
Location	Radio City Music Hall; in New York City, NY
Network(s)	ESPN, NFL Network
Overview
	253 total selections in 7 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Andrew Luck, QB; Indianapolis Colts
Mr. Irrelevant	Chandler Harnish, QB; Indianapolis Colts
Most selections (11)	Cleveland Browns
Fewest selections (5)	New Orleans Saints
	← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 NFL draft was the 77th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible American football players for their rosters. The draft, which is officially called the "NFL Player Selection Meeting",^[1] was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City from April 26 to April 28, 2012.^[2]^[3]^[4] There were 253 draft selections: 221 regular selections and 32 compensatory selections.^[5] The Indianapolis Colts, who compiled the league's worst season in 2011 with a 2–14 record, had the right to the first selection.^[6] A record 26 prospects attended the draft in person.^[7]

A main story around the draft was around quarterback prospect Andrew Luck. On April 17, Indianapolis general manager Ryan Grigson announced that the team would take Luck as their first-overall pick after releasing their longtime starting quarterback Peyton Manning, saying it was "the right thing to do" in anticipation of the "media gauntlet" Luck would face in the days leading up to the draft.^[8] Luck was highly touted as one of the best quarterback prospects in years and widely regarded as the top overall prospect in the draft.^[9]^[10] As a result, he had been the subject of the "Suck for Luck" campaigns by fans, who hoped that their teams would end up with the worst record in the 2011 season so they would have the chance to draft him.^[11]^[12] He was successful with the Colts, but dealt with several injuries throughout his career and decided to retire in 2019 while still in his prime, after winning the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award.^[13] Another story of the draft was around Heisman-trophy winning quarterback Robert Griffin III. He was selected second-overall by the Washington Redskins, and had a breakout rookie season en route to winning that year's NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award. However, Griffin suffered an injury during the postseason that same year and has struggled to show the same level of play since; Griffin would later be released by the Redskins after the 2015 season.^[14]^[15]

The draft was highly regarded for its quarterback talent, with six out of the eleven quarterbacks selected (Luck, Griffin III, Ryan Tannehill, Russell Wilson, Nick Foles, and Kirk Cousins) selected to at least one Pro Bowl. Tannehill and Foles both had a season in which they led the NFL in passer rating; Foles was also named MVP of Super Bowl LII. As of 2022, Cousins is ranked in the top ten in career passer rating and completion percentage.^[16]^[17] Wilson was the most successful quarterback of the draft, making nine Pro Bowls and leading the Seahawks to their first Super Bowl victory.^[18] The draft also had several notable quarterbacks who are now regarded as draft busts. There were two players drafted in 2012 at 28 years old. Brandon Weeden became the oldest first-round selection in NFL history at 28 years old when he was selected by the Cleveland Browns, but left the team after two seasons.^[19] Jeris Pendleton became the oldest seventh-round selection in NFL history at 28 years old when he was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars, but he left the team after one season. Brock Osweiler and Ryan Lindley also had largely unsuccessful careers in the NFL.^[18] A rare occurrence happened when the first and final picks in the draft were both quarterbacks and were taken by the same team; Chandler Harnish was chosen with the final pick of the draft by the Colts, causing him to be dubbed Mr. Irrelevant for 2012.^[20]^[21] Besides its quarterbacks, the draft overall is considered one of the best of all-time with numerous prospects showing Hall of Fame talent throughout their careers, including Defensive Player of the Year winners Luke Kuechly and Stephon Gilmore, along with perennial Pro Bowlers Lavonte David, Bobby Wagner, Fletcher Cox, T. Y. Hilton, Chandler Jones, Johnny Hekker, and Justin Tucker.^[22]

Early entrants

A record 65 non-seniors announced their intention to forgo their remaining NCAA eligibility and declare themselves eligible to be selected.^[23] Of the 65, 44 (or 67.7%) were drafted.^[24]

The selection of Luck, a junior, marked the fourth straight draft where the first overall selection was not a senior. Prior to the 2012 draft, six out of the previous seven first-overall draft selections had been players who had entered the draft early.^[25] Eight of the first ten players chosen in this draft were non-seniors, which matched the record set in the previous draft.^[25] Mark Barron and Ryan Tannehill were the only two seniors among the first ten draftees.^[23]

Player selections

The following is the breakdown of the 253 players selected by position:

Draft selections

*	= compensatory selection
^	= supplemental compensatory selection
†	= Pro Bowler^{[N 1]}

Positions key
C	Center	CB	Cornerback	DB	Defensive back	DE	Defensive end^[a]
DL	Defensive lineman	DT	Defensive tackle	FB	Fullback	FS	Free safety
G	Guard^[b]	K	Kicker^[c]	KR	Kickoff returner	LB	Linebacker
LS	Long snapper	MLB	Middle linebacker^[d]	OT	Offensive tackle	OL	Offensive lineman
OLB	Outside linebacker^[a]	NT	Nose tackle	P	Punter	PR	Punt returner
QB	Quarterback	RS	Return specialist	RB	Running back	S	Safety
SS	Strong safety	TE	Tight end	WR	Wide receiver

Linebacker Luke Kuechly and cornerback Stephon Gilmore were selected with the ninth and tenth-overall picks in the first round, and would both go on to earn Defensive Player of the Year honors.

The draft was held between April 26 through April 28, 2012.^[26]

2012 NFL Draft selections
Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
1	1	Indianapolis Colts	Andrew Luck ^†	QB	Stanford	Pac-12
1	2	Washington Redskins	Robert Griffin III ^†	QB	Baylor	Big 12	from St. Louis ^{[R1– 1]}; 2011 Heisman Trophy winner ^{[N 2]}
1	3	Cleveland Browns	Trent Richardson	RB	Alabama	SEC	from Minnesota ^{[R1– 2]}
1	4	Minnesota Vikings	Matt Kalil ^†	OT	USC	Pac-12	from Cleveland ^{[R1– 3]}
1	5	Jacksonville Jaguars	Justin Blackmon	WR	Oklahoma State	Big 12	from Tampa Bay ^{[R1– 4]}
1	6	Dallas Cowboys	Morris Claiborne	CB	LSU	SEC	from Washington via St. Louis ^{[R1– 5]}
1	7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Mark Barron	S	Alabama	SEC	from Jacksonville ^{[R1– 6]}
1	8	Miami Dolphins	Ryan Tannehill ^†	QB	Texas A&M	Big 12
1	9	Carolina Panthers	Luke Kuechly ^†	LB	Boston College	ACC
1	10	Buffalo Bills	Stephon Gilmore ^†	CB	South Carolina	SEC
1	11	Kansas City Chiefs	Dontari Poe ^†	DT	Memphis	C-USA
1	12	Philadelphia Eagles	Fletcher Cox ^†	DT	Mississippi State	SEC	from Seattle ^{[R1– 7]}
1	13	Arizona Cardinals	Michael Floyd	WR	Notre Dame	Ind. (FBS)
1	14	St. Louis Rams	Michael Brockers	DE	LSU	SEC	from Dallas ^{[R1– 8]}
1	15	Seattle Seahawks	Bruce Irvin	DE	West Virginia	Big East	from Philadelphia ^{[R1– 9]}
1	16	New York Jets	Quinton Coples	DE	North Carolina	ACC
1	17	Cincinnati Bengals	Dre Kirkpatrick	CB	Alabama	SEC	from Oakland ^{[R1– 10]}
1	18	San Diego Chargers	Melvin Ingram ^†	LB	South Carolina	SEC
1	19	Chicago Bears	Shea McClellin	DE	Boise State	MW
1	20	Tennessee Titans	Kendall Wright	WR	Baylor	Big 12
1	21	New England Patriots	Chandler Jones ^†	DE	Syracuse	Big East	from Cincinnati ^{[R1– 11]}
1	22	Cleveland Browns	Brandon Weeden	QB	Oklahoma State	Big 12	from Atlanta ^{[R1– 12]}
1	23	Detroit Lions	Riley Reiff	OT	Iowa	Big Ten
1	24	Pittsburgh Steelers	David DeCastro ^†	OG	Stanford	Pac-12
1	25	New England Patriots	Dont'a Hightower ^†	LB	Alabama	SEC	from Denver ^{[R1– 13]}
1	26	Houston Texans	Whitney Mercilus	DE	Illinois	Big Ten
1	27	Cincinnati Bengals	Kevin Zeitler ^†	OG	Wisconsin	Big Ten	from New Orleans via New England ^{[R1– 14]}
1	28	Green Bay Packers	Nick Perry	LB	USC	Pac-12
1	29	Minnesota Vikings	Harrison Smith ^†	S	Notre Dame	Ind. (FBS)	from Baltimore ^{[R1– 15]}
1	30	San Francisco 49ers	A. J. Jenkins	WR	Illinois	Big Ten
1	31	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Doug Martin ^†	RB	Boise State	MW	from New England via Denver ^{[R1– 16]}
1	32	New York Giants	David Wilson	RB	Virginia Tech	ACC
2	33	St. Louis Rams	Brian Quick	WR	Appalachian State	SoCon
2	34	Indianapolis Colts	Coby Fleener	TE	Stanford	Pac-12
2	35	Baltimore Ravens	Courtney Upshaw	LB	Alabama	SEC	from Minnesota ^{[R2– 1]}
2	36	Denver Broncos	Derek Wolfe	DT	Cincinnati	Big East	from Tampa Bay ^{[R2– 2]}
2	37	Cleveland Browns	Mitchell Schwartz ^†	OT	California	Pac-12
2	38	Jacksonville Jaguars	Andre Branch	DE	Clemson	ACC
2	39	St. Louis Rams	Janoris Jenkins ^†	CB	North Alabama	Gulf South	from Washington ^{[R2– 3]}
2	40	Carolina Panthers	Amini Silatolu	OG	Midwestern State	LSC
2	41	Buffalo Bills	Cordy Glenn	OT	Georgia	SEC
2	42	Miami Dolphins	Jonathan Martin	OT	Stanford	Pac-12
2	43	New York Jets	Stephen Hill	WR	Georgia Tech	ACC	from Seattle ^{[R2– 4]}
2	44	Kansas City Chiefs	Jeff Allen	OG	Illinois	Big Ten
2	45	Chicago Bears	Alshon Jeffery ^†	WR	South Carolina	SEC	from Dallas via St. Louis ^{[R2– 5]}
2	46	Philadelphia Eagles	Mychal Kendricks	LB	California	Pac-12
2	47	Seattle Seahawks	Bobby Wagner ^†	LB	Utah State	WAC	from New York Jets ^{[R2– 6]}
2	48	New England Patriots	Tavon Wilson	S	Illinois	Big Ten	from Oakland ^{[R2– 7]}
2	49	San Diego Chargers	Kendall Reyes	DT	Connecticut	Big East
2	50	St. Louis Rams	Isaiah Pead	RB	Cincinnati	Big East	from Chicago ^{[R2– 8]}
2	51	Green Bay Packers	Jerel Worthy	DT	Michigan State	Big Ten	from Arizona via Philadelphia ^{[R2– 9]}
2	52	Tennessee Titans	Zach Brown ^†	LB	North Carolina	ACC
2	53	Cincinnati Bengals	Devon Still	DT	Penn State	Big Ten
2	54	Detroit Lions	Ryan Broyles	WR	Oklahoma	Big 12
2	55	Atlanta Falcons	Peter Konz	C	Wisconsin	Big Ten
2	56	Pittsburgh Steelers	Mike Adams	OT	Ohio State	Big Ten
2	57	Denver Broncos	Brock Osweiler	QB	Arizona State	Pac-12
2	58	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Lavonte David ^†	LB	Nebraska	Big Ten	from Houston ^{[R2– 10]}
2	59.5–	New Orleans Saints	selection forfeited^{[Forfeited picks 1]}
2	59	Philadelphia Eagles	Vinny Curry	DE	Marshall	C-USA	from Green Bay ^{[R2– 11]}
2	60	Baltimore Ravens	Kelechi Osemele ^†	OG	Iowa State	Big 12
2	61	San Francisco 49ers	LaMichael James	RB	Oregon	Pac-12
2	62	Green Bay Packers	Casey Hayward ^†	CB	Vanderbilt	SEC	from New England ^{[R2– 12]}
2	63	New York Giants	Rueben Randle	WR	LSU	SEC
3	64	Indianapolis Colts	Dwayne Allen	TE	Clemson	ACC
3	65	St. Louis Rams	Trumaine Johnson	CB	Montana	Big Sky
3	66	Minnesota Vikings	Josh Robinson	CB	UCF	C-USA
3	67	Denver Broncos	Ronnie Hillman	RB	San Diego State	MW	from Cleveland ^{[R3– 1]}
3	68	Houston Texans	DeVier Posey	WR	Ohio State	Big Ten	from Tampa Bay ^{[R3– 2]}
3	69	Buffalo Bills	T. J. Graham	WR	NC State	ACC	from Washington ^{[R3– 3]}
3	70	Jacksonville Jaguars	Bryan Anger ^†	P	California	Pac-12
3	71	Washington Redskins	Josh LeRibeus	OG	SMU	C-USA	from Buffalo ^{[R3– 4]}
3	72	Miami Dolphins	Olivier Vernon ^†	DE	Miami (FL)	ACC
3	73	San Diego Chargers	Brandon Taylor	S	LSU	SEC	from Carolina via Chicago and Miami ^{[R3– 5]}
3	74	Kansas City Chiefs	Donald Stephenson	OT	Oklahoma	Big 12
3	75	Seattle Seahawks	Russell Wilson ^†	QB	Wisconsin	Big Ten
3	76	Houston Texans	Brandon Brooks ^†	OG	Miami (OH)	MAC	from Philadelphia ^{[R3– 6]}
3	77	New York Jets	Demario Davis ^†	LB	Arkansas State	Sun Belt
3	77.5–	Oakland Raiders	selection forfeited in the 2011 Supplemental Draft. ^{[Forfeited picks 2]}
3	78	Miami Dolphins	Michael Egnew	TE	Missouri	Big 12	from San Diego ^{[R3– 7]}
3	79	Chicago Bears	Brandon Hardin	S	Oregon State	Pac-12
3	80	Arizona Cardinals	Jamell Fleming	CB	Oklahoma	Big 12
3	81	Dallas Cowboys	Tyrone Crawford	DE	Boise State	MW
3	82	Tennessee Titans	Mike Martin	DT	Michigan	Big Ten
3	83	Cincinnati Bengals	Mohamed Sanu	WR	Rutgers	Big East
3	84	Baltimore Ravens	Bernard Pierce	RB	Temple	MAC	from Atlanta ^{[R3– 8]}
3	85	Detroit Lions	Dwight Bentley	CB	Louisiana–Lafayette	Sun Belt
3	86	Pittsburgh Steelers	Sean Spence	LB	Miami (FL)	ACC
3	87	Cleveland Browns	John Hughes	DT	Cincinnati	Big East	from Denver ^{[R3– 9]}
3	88	Philadelphia Eagles	Nick Foles ^†	QB	Arizona	Pac-12	Super Bowl LII MVP, from Houston ^{[R3– 10]}
3	89	New Orleans Saints	Akiem Hicks ^†	DT	Regina	CWUAA
3	90	New England Patriots	Jake Bequette	DE	Arkansas	SEC	from Green Bay ^{[R3– 11]}
3	91	Atlanta Falcons	Lamar Holmes	OT	Southern Miss	C-USA	from Baltimore ^{[R3– 12]}
3	92	Indianapolis Colts	T. Y. Hilton ^†	WR	FIU	Sun Belt	from San Francisco ^{[R3– 13]}
3	93	Cincinnati Bengals	Brandon Thompson	DT	Clemson	ACC	from New England ^{[R3– 14]}
3	94	New York Giants	Jayron Hosley	CB	Virginia Tech	ACC
3*	95	Oakland Raiders	Tony Bergstrom	OG	Utah	Pac-12
4	96	St. Louis Rams	Chris Givens	WR	Wake Forest	ACC
4	97	Miami Dolphins	Lamar Miller ^†	RB	Miami (FL)	ACC	from Indianapolis via San Francisco ^{[R4– 1]}
4	98	Baltimore Ravens	Gino Gradkowski	OG	Delaware	CAA	from Minnesota ^{[R4– 2]}
4	99	Houston Texans	Ben Jones ^†	C	Georgia	SEC	from Tampa Bay via Philadelphia ^{[R4– 3]}
4	100	Cleveland Browns	Travis Benjamin	WR	Miami (FL)	ACC
4	101	Denver Broncos	Omar Bolden	CB	Arizona State	Pac-12	from Jacksonville via Tampa Bay ^{[R4– 4]}
4	102	Washington Redskins	Kirk Cousins ^†	QB	Michigan State	Big Ten
4	103	Carolina Panthers	Frank Alexander	DE	Oklahoma	Big 12	from Miami via San Francisco ^{[R4– 5]}
4	104	Carolina Panthers	Joe Adams	WR	Arkansas	SEC
4	105	Buffalo Bills	Nigel Bradham	LB	Florida State	ACC
4	106	Seattle Seahawks	Robert Turbin	RB	Utah State	WAC
4	107	Kansas City Chiefs	Devon Wylie	WR	Fresno State	WAC
4	108	Denver Broncos	Philip Blake	C	Baylor	Big 12	from New York Jets ^{[R4– 6]}
4	109	Pittsburgh Steelers	Alameda Ta'amu	DT	Washington	Pac-12	from Oakland via Washington ^{[R4– 7]}
4	110	San Diego Chargers	Ladarius Green	TE	Louisiana–Lafayette	Sun Belt
4	111	Chicago Bears	Evan Rodriguez	TE	Temple	MAC
4	112	Arizona Cardinals	Bobby Massie	OT	Ole Miss	SEC
4	113	Dallas Cowboys	Kyle Wilber	LB	Wake Forest	ACC
4	114	Seattle Seahawks	Jaye Howard	DT	Florida	SEC	from Philadelphia ^{[R4– 8]}
4	115	Tennessee Titans	Coty Sensabaugh	CB	Clemson	ACC
4	116	Cincinnati Bengals	Orson Charles	TE	Georgia	SEC
4	117	San Francisco 49ers	Joe Looney	OG	Wake Forest	ACC	from Detroit ^{[R4– 9]}
4	118	Minnesota Vikings	Jarius Wright	WR	Arkansas	SEC	from Atlanta via Cleveland ^{[R4– 10]}
4	119	Washington Redskins	Keenan Robinson	LB	Texas	Big 12	from Pittsburgh ^{[R4– 11]}
4	120	Cleveland Browns	James-Michael Johnson	LB	Nevada	WAC	from Denver ^{[R4– 12]}
4	121	Houston Texans	Keshawn Martin	WR	Michigan State	Big Ten
4	122	New Orleans Saints	Nick Toon	WR	Wisconsin	Big Ten
4	123	Philadelphia Eagles	Brandon Boykin	CB	Georgia	SEC	from Green Bay ^{[R4– 13]}
4	124	Buffalo Bills	Ron Brooks	CB	LSU	SEC	from Baltimore ^{[R4– 14]}
4	125	Detroit Lions	Ronnell Lewis	LB	Oklahoma	Big 12	from San Francisco ^{[R4– 15]}
4	126	Houston Texans	Jared Crick	DE	Nebraska	Big Ten	from New England via Denver and Tampa Bay ^{[R4– 16]}
4	127	New York Giants	Adrien Robinson	TE	Cincinnati	Big East
4*	128	Minnesota Vikings	Rhett Ellison	FB	USC	Pac-12
4*	129	Oakland Raiders	Miles Burris	LB	San Diego State	MW
4*	130	Baltimore Ravens	Christian Thompson	S	South Carolina State	MEAC
4*	131	New York Giants	Brandon Mosley	OT	Auburn	SEC
4*	132	Green Bay Packers	Mike Daniels ^†	DT	Iowa	Big Ten
4*	133	Green Bay Packers	Jerron McMillian	S	Maine	CAA
4*	134	Minnesota Vikings	Greg Childs	WR	Arkansas	SEC
4*	135	Dallas Cowboys	Matt Johnson	S	Eastern Washington	Big Sky
5	136	Indianapolis Colts	Josh Chapman	DT	Alabama	SEC
5	137	Denver Broncos	Malik Jackson ^†	DE	Tennessee	SEC	from St. Louis ^{[R5– 1]}
5	138	Detroit Lions	Tahir Whitehead	LB	Temple	MAC	from Minnesota ^{[R5– 2]}
5	139	Minnesota Vikings	Robert Blanton	S	Notre Dame	Ind. (FBS)	from Cleveland ^{[R5– 3]}
5	140	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Najee Goode	LB	West Virginia	Big East
5	141	Washington Redskins	Adam Gettis	OG	Iowa	Big Ten
5	142	Jacksonville Jaguars	Brandon Marshall	LB	Nevada	WAC
5	143	Carolina Panthers	Josh Norman ^†	CB	Coastal Carolina	Big South
5	144	Buffalo Bills	Zebrie Sanders	OT	Florida State	ACC
5	145	Tennessee Titans	Taylor Thompson	DE	SMU	C-USA	from Miami ^{[R5– 4]}
5	146	Kansas City Chiefs	DeQuan Menzie	CB	Alabama	SEC
5	147	Buffalo Bills	Tank Carder	LB	TCU	MW	from Seattle ^{[R5– 5]}
5	148	Detroit Lions	Chris Greenwood	CB	Albion	MIAA	from Oakland ^{[R5– 6]}
5	149	San Diego Chargers	Johnnie Troutman	OG	Penn State	Big Ten
5	150	St. Louis Rams	Rokevious Watkins	OG	South Carolina	SEC	from Chicago ^{[R5– 7]}
5	151	Arizona Cardinals	Senio Kelemete	OG	Washington	Pac-12
5	152	Dallas Cowboys	Danny Coale	WR	Virginia Tech	ACC
5	153	Philadelphia Eagles	Dennis Kelly	OT	Purdue	Big Ten
5	154	Seattle Seahawks	Korey Toomer	LB	Idaho	WAC	from New York Jets ^{[R5– 8]}
5	155	Miami Dolphins	Josh Kaddu	LB	Oregon	Pac-12	from Tennessee ^{[R5– 9]}
5	156	Cincinnati Bengals	Shaun Prater	CB	Iowa	Big Ten
5	157	Atlanta Falcons	Bradie Ewing	FB	Wisconsin	Big Ten
5	158	Oakland Raiders	Jack Crawford	DE	Penn State	Big Ten	from Detroit ^{[R5– 10]}
5	159	Pittsburgh Steelers	Chris Rainey	RB	Florida	SEC
5	160	Cleveland Browns	Ryan Miller	OG	Colorado	Pac-12	from Denver ^{[R5– 11]}
5	161	Houston Texans	Randy Bullock	K	Texas A&M	Big 12
5	162	New Orleans Saints	Corey White	S	Samford	SoCon
5	163	Green Bay Packers	Terrell Manning	LB	NC State	ACC	from Green Bay via New England ^{[R5– 12]}
5	164	Atlanta Falcons	Jonathan Massaquoi	DE	Troy	Sun Belt	from Baltimore ^{[R5– 13]}
5	165	San Francisco 49ers	Darius Fleming	LB	Notre Dame	Ind. (FBS)
5	166	Cincinnati Bengals	Marvin Jones	WR	California	Pac-12	from New England ^{[R5– 14]}
5	167	Cincinnati Bengals	George Iloka	S	Boise State	MW	from New York Giants ^{[R5– 15]}
5*	168	Oakland Raiders	Juron Criner	WR	Arizona	Pac-12
5*	169	Baltimore Ravens	Asa Jackson	CB	Cal Poly	Great West
5*	170	Indianapolis Colts	Vick Ballard	RB	Mississippi State	SEC
6	171	St. Louis Rams	Greg Zuerlein ^†	K	Missouri Western	MIAA
6	172	Seattle Seahawks	Jeremy Lane	CB	Northwestern State	Southland	from Indianapolis via Philadelphia ^{[R6– 1]}
6	173	Washington Redskins	Alfred Morris ^†	RB	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	from Minnesota ^{[R6– 2]}
6	174	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Keith Tandy	CB	West Virginia	Big East
6	175	Minnesota Vikings	Blair Walsh ^†	K	Georgia	SEC	from Cleveland ^{[R6– 3]}
6	176	Jacksonville Jaguars	Mike Harris	CB	Florida State	ACC
6	177	Arizona Cardinals	Justin Bethel ^†	S	Presbyterian	Big South	from Washington ^{[R6– 4]}
6	178	Buffalo Bills	Mark Asper	OG	Oregon	Pac-12
6	179	New Orleans Saints	Andrew Tiller	OG	Syracuse	Big East	from Miami ^{[R6– 5]}
6	180	San Francisco 49ers	Trenton Robinson	S	Michigan State	Big Ten	from Carolina ^{[R6– 6]}
6	181	Seattle Seahawks	Winston Guy	S	Kentucky	SEC
6	182	Kansas City Chiefs	Cyrus Gray	RB	Texas A&M	Big 12
6	183	Miami Dolphins	B.J. Cunningham	WR	Michigan State	Big Ten	from San Diego ^{[R6– 7]}
6	184	Chicago Bears	Isaiah Frey	CB	Nevada	WAC
6	185	Arizona Cardinals	Ryan Lindley	QB	San Diego State	MW
6	186	Dallas Cowboys	James Hanna	TE	Oklahoma	Big 12
6	187	New York Jets	Josh Bush	S	Wake Forest	ACC	from Philadelphia via Indianapolis ^{[R6– 8]}
6	188	Denver Broncos	Danny Trevathan	LB	Kentucky	SEC	from New York Jets ^{[R6– 9]}
6	189	Oakland Raiders	Christo Bilukidi	DT	Georgia State	Ind. (FCS)
6	190	Tennessee Titans	Markelle Martin	S	Oklahoma State	Big 12
6	191	Cincinnati Bengals	Dan Herron	RB	Ohio State	Big Ten
6	191.5–	Detroit Lions	selection forfeited ^{[Forfeited picks 3]}
6	192	Atlanta Falcons	Charles Mitchell	S	Mississippi State	SEC
6	193	Washington Redskins	Tom Compton	OT	South Dakota	Great West	from Pittsburgh ^{[R6– 10]}
6	194	Philadelphia Eagles	Marvin McNutt	WR	Iowa	Big Ten	from Denver ^{[R6– 11]}
6	195	Houston Texans	Nick Mondek	OT	Purdue	Big Ten
6	196	Detroit Lions	Jonte Green	CB	New Mexico State	WAC	from New Orleans via Miami and San Francisco ^{[R6– 12]}
6	197	New England Patriots	Nate Ebner	S	Ohio State	Big Ten	from Green Bay ^{[R6– 13]}
6	198	Baltimore Ravens	Tommy Streeter	WR	Miami (FL)	ACC
6	199	San Francisco 49ers	Jason Slowey	OT	Western Oregon	GNAC
6	200	Philadelphia Eagles	Brandon Washington	OG	Miami (FL)	ACC	from New England ^{[R6– 14]}
6	201	New York Giants	Matt McCants	OT	UAB	C-USA
6*	202	New York Jets	Terrance Ganaway	RB	Baylor	Big 12
6*	203	New York Jets	Robert Griffin	OG	Baylor	Big 12
6*	204	Cleveland Browns	Emmanuel Acho	LB	Texas	Big 12
6*	205	Cleveland Browns	Billy Winn	DT	Boise State	MW
6*	206	Indianapolis Colts	LaVon Brazill	WR	Ohio	MAC
6*	207	Carolina Panthers	Brad Nortman	P	Wisconsin	Big Ten
7	208	Indianapolis Colts	Justin Anderson	OG	Georgia	SEC
7	209	St. Louis Rams	Brown, AaronAaron Brown	LB	Hawaii	WAC
7	210	Minnesota Vikings	Audie Cole	LB	NC State	ACC
7	211	Tennessee Titans	Scott Solomon	DE	Rice	C-USA	from Cleveland via Minnesota ^{[R7– 1]}
7	212	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Michael Smith	RB	Utah State	WAC
7	213	Washington Redskins	Richard Crawford	CB	SMU	C-USA
7	214	Indianapolis Colts	Fugger, TimTim Fugger	LB	Vanderbilt	SEC	from Jacksonville via New York Jets ^{[R7– 2]}
7	215	Miami Dolphins	Kheeston Randall	DT	Texas	Big 12
7	216	Carolina Panthers	D. J. Campbell	S	California	Pac-12
7	217	Washington Redskins	Jordan Bernstine	CB	Iowa	Big Ten	from Buffalo ^{[R7– 3]}
7	218	Kansas City Chiefs	Jerome Long	DT	San Diego State	MW
7	219	Minnesota Vikings	Trevor Guyton	DE	California	Pac-12	from Seattle via Detroit ^{[R7– 4]}
7	220	Chicago Bears	Greg McCoy	CB	TCU	MW
7	221	Arizona Cardinals	Nate Potter	OT	Boise State	MW
7	222	Dallas Cowboys	Caleb McSurdy	ILB	Montana	Big Sky
7	223	Detroit Lions	Travis Lewis	OLB	Oklahoma	Big 12	from Philadelphia via New England ^{[R7– 5]}
7	224	New England Patriots	Alfonzo Dennard	CB	Nebraska	Big Ten	from New York Jets via Green Bay ^{[R7– 6]}
7	225	Seattle Seahawks	J. R. Sweezy	OG	NC State	ACC	from Oakland ^{[R7– 7]}
7	226	San Diego Chargers	David Molk	C	Michigan	Big Ten
7	227	Miami Dolphins	Rishard Matthews	WR	Nevada	WAC	from Tennessee ^{[R7– 8]}
7	228	Jacksonville Jaguars	Jeris Pendleton	DT	Ashland	GLIAC	from Cincinnati ^{[R7– 9]}
7	229	Philadelphia Eagles	Bryce Brown	RB	Kansas State	Big 12	from Atlanta ^{[R7– 10]}
7	230	Oakland Raiders	Nathan Stupar	OLB	Penn State	Big Ten	from Detroit ^{[R7– 11]}
7	231	Pittsburgh Steelers	Toney Clemons	WR	Colorado	Pac-12
7	232	Seattle Seahawks	Greg Scruggs	DE	Louisville	Big East	from Denver via New York Jets ^{[R7– 12]}
7	233	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Drake Dunsmore	TE	Northwestern	Big Ten	from Houston ^{[R7– 13]}
7	234	New Orleans Saints	Marcel Jones	OT	Nebraska	Big Ten
7	235	New England Patriots	Jeremy Ebert	WR	Northwestern	Big Ten	from Green Bay ^{[R7– 14]}
7	236	Baltimore Ravens	DeAngelo Tyson	DT	Georgia	SEC
7	237	San Francisco 49ers	Cam Johnson	DE	Virginia	ACC
7	238	Kansas City Chiefs	Junior Hemingway	WR	Michigan	Big Ten	from New England ^{[R7– 15]}
7	239	New York Giants	Markus Kuhn	DT	NC State	ACC
7*	240	Pittsburgh Steelers	David Paulson	TE	Oregon	Pac-12
7*	241	Green Bay Packers	Andrew Datko	OT	Florida State	ACC
7*	242	New York Jets	Antonio Allen	S	South Carolina	SEC
7*	243	Green Bay Packers	B. J. Coleman	QB	Chattanooga	SoCon
7*	244	New York Jets	Jordan White	WR	Western Michigan	MAC
7*	245	Cleveland Browns	Trevin Wade	CB	Arizona	Pac-12
7*	246	Pittsburgh Steelers	Terrence Frederick	CB	Texas A&M	Big 12
7*	247	Cleveland Browns	Brad Smelley	TE	Alabama	SEC
7*	248	Pittsburgh Steelers	Kelvin Beachum	OG	SMU	C-USA
7*	249	Atlanta Falcons	Travian Robertson	DT	South Carolina	SEC
7*	250	San Diego Chargers	Edwin Baker	RB	Michigan State	Big Ten
7*	251	Buffalo Bills	John Potter	K	Western Michigan	MAC
7^	252	St. Louis Rams	Daryl Richardson	RB	Abilene Christian	LSC
7^	253	Indianapolis Colts	Chandler Harnish	QB	Northern Illinois	MAC

Supplemental draft

A supplemental draft was held on July 12, 2012. For each player selected in this draft, the team forfeits its pick in that round in the draft of the following season. Eight players were available, but only one was selected.^[32]

Supplemental draft picks
	Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	2	–	Cleveland Browns	Josh Gordon ^†	WR	Baylor	Big 12

Notable undrafted players

^†	= Pro Bowl^{[N 1]}

Some notable undrafted players:^[33]

Undrafted player signings
Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
Atlanta Falcons	Dominique Davis	QB	East Carolina	C-USA
Atlanta Falcons	Josh Harris ^†	LS	Auburn	SEC
Atlanta Falcons	Peyton Thompson	S	San Jose State	WAC
Baltimore Ravens	Bobby Rainey	RB	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt
Baltimore Ravens	Deonte Thompson	WR	Florida	SEC
Baltimore Ravens	Justin Tucker ^†	K	Texas	Big 12
Buffalo Bills	Shawn Powell	P	Florida State	ACC
Chicago Bears	Joseph Anderson	WR	Texas Southern	SWAC
Chicago Bears	Ryan Quigley	P	Boston College	ACC
Cincinnati Bengals	Vontaze Burfict ^†	LB	Arizona State	Pac-12
Cincinnati Bengals	Chris Lewis-Harris	CB	Chattanooga	SoCon
Cincinnati Bengals	Trevor Robinson	C	Notre Dame	Ind. (FBS)
Cleveland Browns	L. J. Fort	LB	Northern Iowa	MVFC
Cleveland Browns	Tashaun Gipson ^†	S	Wyoming	MW
Dallas Cowboys	Cole Beasley	WR	SMU	C-USA
Dallas Cowboys	Ronald Leary	OG	Memphis	C-USA
Dallas Cowboys	Charley Hughlett	LS	UCF	C-USA
Dallas Cowboys	Jamize Olawale	FB	North Texas	Sun Belt
Denver Broncos	Aaron Brewer	LS	San Diego State	MW
Denver Broncos	Duke Ihenacho	S	San Jose State	WAC
Denver Broncos	Mike Remmers	OT	Oregon State	Pac-12
Detroit Lions	Kellen Moore	QB	Boise State	MW
Green Bay Packers	Brandon Bostick	TE	Newberry	SAC
Green Bay Packers	Don Barclay	OT	West Virginia	Big East
Green Bay Packers	Dezman Moses	LB	Tulane	C-USA
Green Bay Packers	Sean Richardson	S	Vanderbilt	SEC
Green Bay Packers	Greg Van Roten	C	Penn	Ivy
Houston Texans	Case Keenum	QB	Houston	C-USA
Houston Texans	Eddie Pleasant	S	Oregon	Pac-12
Jacksonville Jaguars	Valentino Blake	CB	UTEP	C-USA
Jacksonville Jaguars	Jarrett Boykin	WR	Virginia Tech	ACC
Jacksonville Jaguars	Drew Nowak	C	Western Michigan	MAC
Kansas City Chiefs	Alex Tanney	QB	Monmouth (IL)	Midwest
Kansas City Chiefs	Josh Bellamy	WR	Louisville	Big East
Miami Dolphins	Derrick Shelby	DE	Utah	Pac-12
Minnesota Vikings	Chase Ford	TE	Miami (FL)	ACC
Minnesota Vikings	Austin Pasztor	OT	Virginia	ACC
New England Patriots	Brandon Bolden	RB	Ole Miss	SEC
New Orleans Saints	Travaris Cadet	RB	Appalachian State	SoCon
New Orleans Saints	A. J. Davis	CB	Jacksonville State	OVC
New Orleans Saints	Erik Harris	S	California (PA)	PSAC
New York Jets	Damon Harrison	DT	William Penn	MSFA
New York Jets	Matt Simms	QB	Tennessee	SEC
Oakland Raiders	Marquette King	P	Fort Valley State	SIAC
Oakland Raiders	Lucas Nix	OG	Pittsburgh	Big East
San Francisco 49ers	Garrett Celek	TE	Michigan State	Big Ten
San Francisco 49ers	Michael Thomas ^†	S	Stanford	Pac-12
St. Louis Rams	Austin Davis	QB	Southern Miss	C-USA
St. Louis Rams	Cory Harkey	FB	UCLA	Pac-12
St. Louis Rams	Johnny Hekker ^†	P	Oregon State	Pac-12
St. Louis Rams	Rodney McLeod	FS	Virginia	ACC
Seattle Seahawks	Derrick Coleman	FB	UCLA	Pac-12
Seattle Seahawks	Jermaine Kearse	WR	Washington	Pac-12
Seattle Seahawks	Sean McGrath	TE	Henderson State	GAC
Seattle Seahawks	DeShawn Shead	CB	Portland State	Big Sky
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Andrew DePaola ^†	LS	Rutgers	Big East

Trades

In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.

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Forfeited picks

Three picks in the 2012 draft were forfeited:

Selections by conference

Selection totals by college conference (including supplemental draft)^[34]

Conference	Players selected	Division
Southeastern Conference	42	I FBS
Big Ten Conference	41	I FBS
Atlantic Coast Conference	31	I FBS
Pac-12 Conference	28	I FBS
Big 12 Conference	26	I FBS
Big East Conference	12	I FBS
Mountain West Conference	12	I FBS
Western Athletic Conference	11	I FBS
Conference USA	10	I FBS
Mid-American Conference	8	I FBS
Sun Belt Conference	6	I FBS
Independent	5	I FBS
Big Sky Conference	3	I FCS
Southern Conference	3	I FCS
Big South Conference	2	I FCS
Colonial Athletic Association	2	I FCS
Great West Conference	2	I FCS
Lone Star Conference	2	II
Canada West Universities Athletic Association	1	CIS
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	1	II
Great Northwest Athletic Conference	1	II
Gulf South Conference	1	II
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	1	III
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association	1	II
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	1	I FCS
Southland Conference	1	I FCS

References

Notes

Trade references

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