The LSU Tigers football team has had 326 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936. This includes 42 players taken in the first round and three overall number one picks: Billy Cannon (1960 NFL Draft), Jamarcus Russell (2007 NFL Draft) and Joe Burrow (2020 NFL Draft). Six former LSU players have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Steve Van Buren, Y. A. Tittle, Jim Taylor, Johnny Robinson, Alan Faneca, and Kevin Mawae. As of the beginning of the 2015 NFL season, there were 40 former LSU players on active rosters in the NFL, the most of any college program.