According to Pro Football Reference, the Colorado State center (2nd round, 43rd overall, N.Y. Giants) and the University of Colorado wide receiver (2nd, 45th, Seattle Seahawks) on Friday night became the 306th and 307th players, respectively, from a Colorado college or university to be selected in the regular NFL Draft since the institution of the common draft in 1967.
CU, of course, easily boasts the most selections with 199, and is followed by CSU (75), Northern Colorado (9), Air Force (7), Adams State (5), CSU-Pueblo/Southern Colorado (4), Colorado Mesa/Mesa State (4), Colorado College (2), Fort Lewis (1) and Colorado Mines (1).
They also upped the number to 57 of Colorado products to be selected in the first two rounds since '67. Forty-eight of of those 57 high-round picks have hailed from CU, while CSU now has eight. UNC has the other in 2005 second-round pick Vincent Jackson.
But what would really separate Richburg and Richardson from the Centennial State pack is making the Pro Bowl.
Of the aforementioned 305 previous Colorado school draftees, only 19 (6.2 percent) have made it to the Pro Bowl. Former CSU running back Lawrence McCutcheon (3rd round, 1972, L.A. Rams) and CU center/guard Andre Gurode (2nd, 2002, Dallas Cowboys) top that pack with five Pro Bowl selections apiece.
Of the 74 CSU players previously drafted, only three -- McCutcheon, DE Al Baker (2nd, '78, Detroit Lions) and LB Joey Porter (3rd, '99, Pittsburgh Steelers) -- have earned Pro Bowl nods at the next level.
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