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Most non-Canadian hockey players have been drafted from American teams to the Canadian teams.
A photo gallery with stats for evey black player who has been drafted by or played in the NHL is the Black Hockey Players Wall of Fame.
Yes, there are usually one or two punters draft each year. There have been 8 punters chosen in the last 4 drafts: 2008 - Durant Brooks from Georgia Tech drafted by Washington in the 4th round. 2007 - Adam Podlesh from Maryland drafted by Jacksonville in the 4th round. Daniel Sepulveda from Baylor drafted by Pittsburgh in the 4th round. Brandon Fields from Michigan State drafted by Miami in the 7th round. 2006 - Sam Koch from Nebraska drafted by Baltimore in the 6th round. Ryan Plackemeier from Wake Forest drafted by Seattle in the 7th round. 2005 - Dustin Colquitt from Tennessee drafted by Kansas City in the 3rd round. Reggie Hodges from Ball State drafted by St. Louis in the 6th round.
Through the 2009 NFL draft, four players from Albany State have been drafted AND played in the NFL: 1) DL Mike White - drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 4th round of the 1979 draft. White played for the Bengals between 1979-1980 for the Seahawks between 1981-1982. 2) DE Jeff Hunter - drafted by the Phoenix Cardinals in the 11th round of the 1989 draft. White played between 1990-1994 for the Bills, Lions, Dolphins, and Buccaneers. 3) DB Kenneth Gant - drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 9th round of the 1990 draft. He spent 1990-1994 with the Cowboys and 1995-1997 with the Buccaneers. 4) DB Kevon Nash - drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 6th round of the 2002 draft. He played 2 games for the Raiders in the 2004 season. There have also been four undrafted players from Albany State that have seen action in the NFL: 1) RB Arthur Green - played 7 games for the New Orleans Saints in 1972. 2) DB Chris Sheffield - played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1986 and the Steelers and Detroit Lions in 1987. 3) WR Steve Carter - was a replacement player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the strike season of 1987. 4) DB Dan Land - played 10 seasons in the NFL, 1987 as a replacement player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and 1989-1997 for the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders.