The supplemental draft is not the typical route to the NFL. It takes a very peculiar set of circumstances to land any player in the supplemental, let alone a very talented player. This year, Gordon was the only player taken. It is such a peculiarly small sample size, it is nearly impossible to draw any conclusions about a player's potential based on his selection through the supplemental draft. For reference, here is a list of picks from
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List of NFL Supplemental Draft Picks
Entry # Year Drafted Player Position Round NFL Team College Reason For Entering Supplemental Draft
1 1977 Al Hunter RB 4th Seattle Seahawks Notre Dame Suspended from the team for violating dormitory visitation rules.[69]
2 1978 Johnnie Dirden WR 10th Houston Oilers Sam Houston State dropped out of college after two years.[70]
3 1978 Rod Connors RB 12th San Francisco 49ers USC dropped out of college with eligibility remaining.[71]
4 1979 Rod Stewart RB 6th Buffalo Bills Kentucky
5 1980 Matthew Teague DE 7th Atlanta Falcons Prairie View A&M
6 1980 Billy Mullins WR 9th San Diego Chargers USC declared ineligible when it was discovered that he gained credits simultaneously from four junior colleges in the fall of 1977 in order to gain entry to USC.[72]
7 1981 Dave Wilson QB 1st New Orleans Saints Illinois declared ineligible amid questions about his high school transcript and junior college stay.[73]
8 1981 Chy Davidson WR 11th New England Patriots Rhode Island
9 1982 Kevin Robinson DB 9th Detroit Lions North Carolina A&T
10 1985 Bernie Kosar QB 1st Cleveland Browns Miami (FL) Graduated after his junior year.[74]
11 1985 Roosevelt Snipes RB 8th San Francisco 49ers Florida State suspended from the team for a poor class attendance record.[75]
12 1986 Charles Crawford RB 7th Philadelphia Eagles Oklahoma State Crawford missed his senior year with an injury and declared for the supplemental draft amid questions about whether his eligibility would be extended.[76]
13 1987 Brian Bosworth LB 1st Seattle Seahawks Oklahoma Bosworth did not declare for the draft before its deadline.[77]
14 1987 Dan Sileo DT 3rd Tampa Bay Buccaneers Miami (FL)
15 1987 Cris Carter WR 4th Philadelphia Eagles Ohio State Carter was suspended before his senior season for signing with an agent.[78]
16 1988 Ryan Bethea WR 5th Minnesota Vikings South Carolina
17 1989 Steve Walsh QB 1st Dallas Cowboys Miami (FL) Walsh did not declare for the draft before its deadline.[79]
18 1989 Timm Rosenbach QB 1st Phoenix Cardinals Washington State Rosenbach did not declare for the draft before its deadline.[79]
19 1989 Bobby Humphrey RB 1st Denver Broncos Alabama
20 1989 Brett Young DB 8th Buffalo Bills Oregon
21 1989 Mike Lowman RB 12th Dallas Cowboys Coffeyville Community College
22 1990 Rob Moore WR 1st New York Jets Syracuse Moore graduated from college with a year of eligibility remaining, and did not declare in time for regular draft.[80]
23 1990 Willie Williams TE 9th Phoenix Cardinals LSU
24 1992 Dave Brown QB 1st New York Giants Duke Brown graduated from college with a year of eligibility remaining, and did not declare for the NFL until after the regular draft had been held.[81]
25 1992 Darren Mickell DE 2nd Kansas City Chiefs Florida Mickell was suspended from team for senior season for undisclosed violations of team rules.[82]
26 1994 Tito Wooten DB 4th New York Giants Louisiana-Monroe
27 1994 John Davis TE 5th Dallas Cowboys Emporia State
28 1995 Darren Benson DT 3rd Dallas Cowboys Trinity Valley Community College
29 1998 Mike Wahle OT 2nd Green Bay Packers Navy Wahle was suspended for senior season by the NCAA after testing positive for steroids.[83]
30 1998 Jamal Williams DT 2nd San Diego Chargers Oklahoma State Williams was declared academically ineligible before his senior season.[84]
31 1999 J'Juan Cherry DB 4th New England Patriots Arizona State
32 2002 Milford Brown OL 6th Houston Texans Florida State He had used up his five year competition eligibility.[85]
33 2003 Tony Hollings RB 2nd Houston Texans Georgia Tech He was academically ineligible for the 2003 college season.[86]
34 2005 Manuel Wright DT 5th Miami Dolphins USC Chose entering the draft over not playing college football while trying to regain his academic eligibility.[87]
35 2006 Ahmad Brooks[88] LB 3rd Cincinnati Bengals Virginia He was dismissed from his college team.[89]
36 2007 Paul Oliver S 4th San Diego Chargers Georgia He left college because of academic problems.[90]
37 2007 Jared Gaither[90] OT 5th Baltimore Ravens Maryland He was declared academically ineligible in college.[91]
38 2009 Jeremy Jarmon DE 3rd Washington Redskins Kentucky "He tested positive for a banned substance."[92]
39 2010 Harvey Unga[93] RB 7th Chicago Bears BYU His request for readmission to complete his senior year was denied.[93]
40 2010 Josh Brent[93] NT 7th Dallas Cowboys Illinois He was "...reportedly academically ineligible for the 2010 [college] season."[94]
41 2011 Terrelle Pryor QB 3rd Oakland Raiders Ohio State He faced a five game suspension in college.[95]
42 2012 Josh Gordon WR 2nd Cleveland Browns Baylor
