EIU Football Professionals

Current Professionals	Current Team	Last Year Active	First Year Active
Jimmy Garoppolo (QB)	Los Angeles Rams	2024	2014
Kamu Grugier-Hill (LB)	Minnesota Vikings	2024tim	2016
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Current NFL Coaches/Admin	Current Team	Role	Year Started
Sean Payton	Denver Broncos (2023)	Head Coach	1997 (NFL)
Tim Kelly	New York Giants	Tight Ends Coach	2014 (NFL)
Adam Gristick	New Orleans Saints	Assistant Linebackers Coach	2023 (NFL)
Stephen Bravo-Brown	Cleveland Browns	Quality Control Coach	2020
Ryan Pace	Atlanta Falcons	Senior Personnel Executive	2001 (NFL)
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Players In the NFL	Last Team	Last Year Active	First Year Active
Lenny High	Decatur Staleys	1920	1920
Bill Glenn	Chicago Bears	1944	1944
Ray Fisher	Dallas Cowboys	1961	1959
Ted Petersen	Pittsburgh Steelers	1987	1977
Jeff Gossett	Oakland Raiders	1996	1981
Kevin Gray	New Orleans Saints	1982	1982
Steve Parker	Baltimore Colts	1984	1983
Jeff Christensen	Cleveland Browns	1987	1983
Robert Williams	Pittsburgh Steelers	1984	1984
Evan Araposthathis	St. Louis Cardinals	1986	1986
Mel Black	New England Patriots	1987	1986
Roy Banks	Indianapolis Colts	1988	1987
Sean Payton	Chicago Bears	1987	1987
Chris Geile	Detroit Lions	1987	1987
John Jurkovic	Cleveland Browns	1999	1990
Brad Fichtel	Los Angeles Rams	1994	1993
Ray McElroy	Detroit Lions	2001	1995
Bob Rosenstiel	Oakland Raiders	1997	1997
Chris Watson	Buffalo Bills	2002	1999
Tony Romo	Dallas Cowboys	2016	2003
Pierre Walters	Kansas City Chiefs	2010	2009
Alexander Hollins	Minnesota Vikings	2020	2019
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Former Head Coaches / NFL GM's
Mike Shanahan	HC - Denver Broncos & Washington Redskins	2013
Brad Childress	HC - Minnesota Vikings	2010
Sean Payton	HC - New Orleans Saints	2021
Ryan Pace	GM - Chicago Bears	2021

Players In NFL Draft	Team	Round	Year
Bill Glenn (QB)	Chicago Bears	19th Round	1944
Rob Butler (RB)	Chicago Bears	16th Round	1964
Roger Haberer (QB)	Chicago Bears	19th Round	1966
Nate Anderson (RB)	Washington Redskins	16th Round (411th pick)	1974
Ted Petersen (C)	Pittsburgh Steelers	4th Round (93rd pick)	1977
Tom Pettigrew (OT)	Los Angeles Rams	8th Round (220th pick)	1980
Jeff Christensen (QB)	Cincinnati Bengals	5th Round (137th pick)	1983
Roy Banks (WR)	Indianapolis Colts	5th Round (114th pick)	1987
Dave Popp (OT).	New York Giants	7th Round (175th pick)	1989
Brad Fichtel (C)	Los Angeles Rams	7th Round (179th pick)	1993
Ray McElroy (CB)	Indianapolis Colts	4th Round (114th pick)	1995
Chris Watson (CB)	Denver Broncos	3rd Round (67th pick)	1999
Otis Hudson (OT)	Cincinnati Bengals	5th Round (152nd pick)	2010
Jimmy Garoppolo (QB)	New England Patriots	2nd Round (62nd pick)	2014
Kamu Grugier-Hill (LB)	New England Patriots	6th Round (208th pick)	2016
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Former Professional Players	NFL Team	Free Agent Year Signed	NFL or Practice Squad
Lenny High	Decatur Staleys	1920	NFL
Ed Soergel	Cleveland Browns	1951
Lou Stivers	Detroit Lions	1951
Ray Fisher	Pittsburgh Steelers	1959	NFL
Steve Turk	Green Bay Packers	1980
James Warring	Oakland Raiders	1980
Jack Lafferty	Seattle Seahawks	1980
Jeff Gossett	Kansas City Chiefs	1981	NFL
Kevin Gray	New Orleans Saints	1982	NFL
Steve Parker	Baltimore Colts	1983	NFL
Dirk Androff	New York Jets	1983
Robert Williams	Pittsburgh Steelers	1984	NFL
Jerry Wright	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1985
Evan Araposthathis	St. Louis Cardinals	1986	NFL
Mel Black	New England Patriots	1986	NFL
Tom Moskal	St. Louis Cardinals	1986
Sean Payton	Chicago Bears	1987	NFL
Chris Geile	Detroit Lions	1987	NFL
John Jurkovic	Green Bay Packers	1990	NFL
Tim Lance	Chicago Bears	1991
Duane Conway	Indianapolis Colts	1995
Bob Rosenstiel	Oakland Raiders	1997	NFL
John Moyer	Indianapolis Colts	1997
Obadiah Cooper	Oakland Raiders	1998
Dave Thomas	Arizona Cardinals	2000
Kourtney Young	Detroit Lions	2002
Frank Cutolo	New Orleans Saints	2002
Tony Romo	Dallas Cowboys	2003	NFL
J.R. Taylor	Green Bay Packers	2003
Nick Eller	Baltimore Ravens	2004
Pascal Matla	New Orleans Saints	2006	NFL Europe
Kory Lothe	St. Louis Rams	2006
Tristan Burge	Green Bay Packers	2007	Practice Squad
Micah Rucker	Pittsburgh Steelers	2008	Practice Squad
Pierre Walters	Kansas City Chiefs	2009	NFL
Austin Signor	New York Giants	2010
Chris Campbell	Green Bay Packers	2010	Practice Squad
Mike Garrity	Chicago Bears	2012
Roosevelt Holliday	New York Jets	2013
Erik Lora	Minnesota Vikings	2014
Adam Drake	Kansas City Chiefs	2015
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Other Professional Leagues
Canadian Football League
Player	Team	First Year In CFL
Ed Soergel	Toronto Argonauts	1951
Poke Cobb	Toronto Argonauts	1980
Pete Catan	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	1981
Scott McGhee	Toronto Argonauts	1981
Kevin Gray	Ottawa Rough Riders	1983
Sean Payton	Ottawa Rough Riders	1987
Cameron Brosseau	Toronto Argonauts	1994
Brad Fichtel	Memphis Mad Dogs	1995
Chris Szarka	Saskatchewan Rough Riders	1997
Dave Thomas	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	2002
Kourtney Young	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	2003
Frank Cutolo	Ottawa Rough Riders	2003
Andrew Manley	Montreal Alouettes	2015
Alexander Hollins	BC Lions	2022

USFL (1983-85)
Player	Team	First Year in USFL
Steve Turk	Denver Rush	1983
Pete Catan	Houston Gamblers	1983
Scott McGhee	Houston Gamblers	1984
Kevin Gray	Jacksonville Bulls	1984
Jeff Gossett	Chicago Blitz	1984
Randy McCue	Memphis Showboats	1984

Arena Football League or Indoor Football League
Player	Team	First Year in AFL or IFL
Sean Payton	Chicago Blitz	1987
John Moyer	Florida Bobcats	1999
Ethan Banning	Grand Rapids Rampage	2000
Ryan Shuff	Houston Thunderbears	2000
Phil Taylor	Toronto Phntoms	2001
Dave Thomas	Detroit Fury	2001
Anthony Buich	Grand Rapids Rampage	2004
Nick Allison	Orlando Predators	2008
Terrence Sanders	Arizona Rattlers	2010
Micah Rucker	Chicago Rush	2011
Pierre Walters	Chicago Rush	2012
Mike Garrity	Iowa Barnstormers	2013
Roosevelt Holliday	Tri-Cities Fever	2016
Jourdan Wickliffe	Cedar Rapids Titans	2017
Robert Haynes	Cedar Rapids Titans	2017
Antonie Johnson	Cedar Rapids Titans	2017
Jarvis Williams	Arizona Rattlers	2018
Adolphus Barnes	Nebraska Danger	2019

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