The University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies football team has had 43 players selected in the National Football League (NFL) Draft. Two of those selections were in the first round of the draft, both with the 27th overall pick: running back Donald Brown in 2009 and cornerback Byron Jones in 2015.[General] A Connecticut football alumnus had been selected in every NFL draft from 2007 to 2015 and in twelve of the last fourteen NFL drafts.