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back in 1996.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutd ... 37461.html

Wow. That's pretty interesting.

Predates me evidently. I had to goog-em both. Cary Brabham, SMU and Gordon Laro, BC. I will now get that question right on jeopardy.

Great story - thanks for sharing.

Brabham's the answer to another trivia question: I remember interviewing him in the Raiders' locker room when he became the first post-DP Mustang to reach the NFL...

PonyPride wrote:Brabham's the answer to another trivia question: I remember interviewing him in the Raiders' locker room when he became the first post-DP Mustang to reach the NFL...

Marcello Simmons beat him to it by a year though - 1993 Cin Bengals (4th round draft pick). Assuming that you count returning a punt for 0 yards in a game...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SimmMa20.htm

Ponies had only 6 players drafted in the initial 20 years of post DP and then 10 players in the last 5 years.

1 2014 6 180 SFO Kenneth Acker CB
2 2014 6 214 STL Garrett Gilbert QB College Stats
3 2013 2 53 CIN Margus Hunt DE College Stats
4 2012 3 71 WAS Josh LeRibeus OL
5 2012 5 145 TEN Taylor Thompson TE College Stats
6 2012 7 213 WAS Richard Crawford DB College Stats
7 2012 7 248 PIT Kelvin Beachum OL
8 2011 6 178 WAS Aldrick Robinson WR College Stats
9 2010 3 82 PIT Emmanuel Sanders WR College Stats
10 2009 5 164 NOR Thomas Morstead P College Stats
11 2007 6 180 NWE Justin Rogers LB College Stats
12 2003 5 172 STL Kevin Garrett DB College Stats
13 1999 4 117 TEN Donald Mitchell DB
14 1999 6 190 ARI Coby Rhinehart DB College Stats
15 1998 6 161 NOR Chris Bordano LB College Stats
16 1993 4 90 CIN Marcello Simmons DB