2013 NFL DRAFT BYU DRAFT FACTS BYU DRAFT NOTES BYU FIRST ROUND NFL DRAFT PICKS • BYU has had 101 players since PLAYER POS. DRAFT YEAR ROUND/PICK TEAM 1973 selected in the NFL Draft WILSON, Marc QB 1980 1st/15th Oakland and three more selected in the NFL Supplemental Draft (QB Steve McMAHON, Jim QB 1982 1st/5th Chicago Young, 1984, 1st/1st overall, TE SHELL, Todd LB 1984 1st/24th San Francisco Gordon Hudson, 1984, 1st/22nd MATICH, Trevor OL 1985 1st/28th New England overall, RB Harvey Unga, 2010, 7th Round) KNIGHT, Shawn DL 1987 1st/11th New Orleans • Super Bowl winner tight end BUCK, Jason DL 1987 1st/17th Cincinnati Dennis Pitta is the last Cougar TAIT, John OL 1999 1st/14th Kansas City to be drafted, going 114th overall in the 2010 NFL Draft. Pitta was MORRIS, Rob LB 2000 1st/28th Indianapolis selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round. BYU AND THE NFL • BYU’s athletic director, Tom Since 1973 NFL season, BYU has had 248 play- ship rings. Tight end Dennis Pitta just helped Holmoe was selected in the ers sign contracts with NFL teams, including 101 the Baltimore Ravens win the Super Bowl last fourth round of the 1983 NFL NFL Draft picks. BYU has had eight NFL Draft season. Former defensive back and current Draft as a defensive back by the first round picks and two NFL Supplemental Athletic Director Tom Holmoe has the most with San Francisco 49ers. Holmoe went Draft first rounders.The most recent first-round four rings, including three as a player and one on to win four Super Bowls with San pick out of BYU is linebacker and former gradu- as a coach, all with the 49ers. From 1980-1992 Francisco, three as a player and one ate assistant Rob Morris in 2000. the Cougars had at least one representive in the Super Bowl each year. as a coach. The average player coming from BYU spends • There have been 21 defensive nearly four and a half years in the NFL, about Pittsburgh Steelers Brett Keisel is the longest lineman from BYU drafted since one year longer than the average NFL career. tenured active NFL player from BYU, heading 1972, including two in the first into his 12th year. Keisel was drafted in the 7th round of 1987. Defensive tackle Punter Lee Johnson has had the longest NFL round by the Steelers in 2002. Shawn Knight was taken 11th over- career to date, spanning 18 seasons with six all by the New Orleans Saints and different teams. Johnson was drafted in the Steve Young is arguably BYU's best known NFL fifth round to the Houston Oilers (1985-87). player, spending 15 seasons in the league, 13 defensive end Jason Buck was He went on to play for the Cleveland Browns with the 49ers. Young led San Francisco to a selected by the Cincinnati Bengals (1987–1988), Cincinnati Bengals (1988–1998), 49-26 win in Super Bowl XXIX over the Chargers with the 17th overall pick. New England Patriots (1999–2001), Minnesota with a Super Bowl record six touchdown pass- • The last defensive lineman from Vikings (2001) and Philadelphia Eagles (2002). es, winning the game's MVP award. He was BYU selected in the NFL Draft At the time of his retirement, his 51,979 punting also the league's MVP for the '94 season with was Shaun Nua in the fifth round yards were the third most in NFL history. 3,969 passing yards, 35 touchdowns and an NFL-record 112.8 passer rating. in 2005 of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Forty players from BYU have played in the Nua helped Pittsburgh to a Super Super Bowl, bringing home 39 total champion- Bowl victory as a rookie and went on to work as a graduate assistant at BY THE NUMBERS BYU and is now an assistant coach at Navy. The highest overall pick for a BYU Cougar in the NFL Draft. Quarterback Jim McMahon 5 was selected by the Chicago Bears in the 1982 draft. McMahon went on to lead the • BYU has had seven players draft- Bears to a 46-10 victory over New England in Super Bowl XX. ed, including one supplemental BYU has had eight players selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. The eight include pick, since Bronco Mendenhall 8 McMahon, along with defensive tackle Shawn Knight (1987, 11th overall), offensive has become the head coach in lineman John Tait (1999, 14th overall), quarterback Marc Wilson (1980, 15th overall), 2005, the highest being quarterback defensive end Jason Buck (1987, 17th overall), linebacker Todd Shell (1984, 24th overall), John Beck, going in the 2007 sec- offensive lineman Trevor Matich (1985, 28th overall) and linebacker Rob Morris (2000, 28th overall). ond round (40th overall) to the Miami Dophins. In addition, 30 former play- The Cougars have had 21 defensive lineman taken in the draft since 1972, including two 21 in the first round of 1987. Defensive tackle Shawn Knight was taken 11th overall by the ers under Mendenhall have signed New Orleans Saints and defensive end Jason Buck was selected by the Cincinnati Ben- free agent contracts to play in the gals with the 17th overall pick. NFL. There have been 101 NFL Draft Picks out of BYU, not including supplemental drafts. 101 BYU has had eight first round selections, six from the second, 13 in the third, 12 from the fourth, nine in the fifth, 10 in the sixth, 15 in the seventh and 28 more in years when the draft had more than seven rounds. BYU FOOTBALL 2013 NFL DRAFT EZEKIEL ANSAH 6-5 271 LBS DEFENSIVE LINE ACCRA, GHANA PRESBYTERIAN BOYS SCHOOL DL BYU PERSONAL • Born in Accra, Ghana • Parentse ar Edward and Elizabeth • Speaks Twi and Fante, two local Ghanaian dialects • Majoring in actuarial science with a minor in math • Enrolled at BYU in 2008 and participated on the track team in 2009 before joining the football team in 2010 ANSAH’S CAREER STATS YEAR GP SOLO AST TOT TFL/YDS SACK/YDS INT YDS TD FF FR YDS QBH PBU BLK 2010 6 1 2 3 0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2011 12 3 4 7 0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2012 13 35 27 62 13/37 4.5/20 1 -2 0 1 0 0 6 9 0 TOTAL 31 39 33 72 13/37 4.5/20 1 -2 0 1 0 0 7 10 0 AT BYU 2012 • Earned letterman honors • Played in all 13 games and started nine at defensive end • Named a Pro Football Weekly All-America honorable mention, Phil Steele and FBS All-Independent First Team • Totaled 62 tackles including 13 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks • Also had one interception, forced one fumble, had six quarter- back hurries and nine pass breakups • Burst onto the scene vs. Boise State, snuffing out a fake punt and had eight tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack and one pass breakup • Had three tackles for loss vs. Utah State including two sacks • Recorded a sack vs. Georgia Tech to go along with eight tackles • Finished the bowl game with interception and five tackles 2011 • Earned letterman honors • Played in 12 games on special teams, defensive line and out- side linebacker • Totaled seven tackles, including three solo, on the season • Also had a quarterback hurry • Season-best two tackles vs. Idaho 2010 • Earned letterman honors • Saw action in six games on special teams and the defensive line • Had three tackles and a pass breakup • Recorded his first tackle vs. Wyoming, then had a tackle against New Mexico and Utah • Pass breakup came vs. UNLV BYU FOOTBALL 2013 NFL DRAFT BRADEN BROWN 6-5.5 310 LBS OFFENSIVE LINE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL OL BYU PERSONAL • Son of Les and Sheralyn • Older brother of BYU tight end Trevor Brown • Older brother, Les, was an Academic All-American basketball player at Westminster College • Participated in a service project with Engage Now Service Expedition to Cuenca, Ecuador to help build a school, build irrigation systems and taught young villagers howy to pla football • Speaks Spanish • Majoring in exercise and wellness • Recruited by Oregon, UCLA, Utah State, Washington and Washington State • Married to wife Rachel AT BYU 2012 • Earned letterman honors and started in all 13 games • Earned FBS All-Independent team honors and Phil Steele All- independent Second Team for second-straight year • Part of an offensive line that blocked for over 150 rushing yars per game including a 396-yard season best vs. Hawai’i • Helped passing game top 300 yards five times during the sea- son • Earned invite to the 2013 East-West Shrine game and NFL Scouting Combine 2011 • Earned letterman honors as a junior and started in all 13 games • Earned Phil Steele All-Independent Second Team • Part of offensive line that blocked for 160.31 rushing yards per game and five games over 200 yards • Offensive line No. 9 in tackles for loss allowed per game (4.31) and No. 24 in total sacks allowed (17.0) • Part of a offensive line that allowed zero sacks in five games and two or fewer in 10 games 2010 • Earned letterman honors and started in all 13 games • Academic All-MWC • Helped BYU rank No. 3 in MWC and No. 42 nationally averaging 168.1 rushing yards per game • Helped BYU achieve seven 200-yard rushing games this season, the most for BYU since 2001, including an average of 198.5 yards in eight MWC games • Helped BYU hold opponents to zero sacks in four games and two or fewer in 11 games 2009 • Earned letterman honors as a redshirt freshman and saw action in all 13 games on the season, including two starts at right tackle • Academic All-MWC • Switched to offensive line from the tight end position midway through the season • Played for an offensive unit that led the conference and ranked No.