<page_title> List of Nicholls Colonels in the NFL Draft </page_title> <section_title> National Football League </section_title> <table> <cell> 1987 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> 3 <col_header> Round </col_header> </cell> <cell> 57 <col_header> Overall </col_header> <col_header> Lionel Vital </col_header> </cell> <cell> Mark Carrier <col_header> Player name </col_header> <col_header> Gary Barbaro </col_header> <col_header> Gerard Butler </col_header> <col_header> Dwight Walker </col_header> <col_header> Johnny Meads </col_header> <col_header> Anthony Tuggle </col_header> <col_header> Oscar Smith </col_header> </cell> <cell> Wide Receiver <col_header> Position </col_header> <row_header> Mark Carrier </row_header> </cell> <cell> Tampa Bay Buccaneers <col_header> NFL team </col_header> <row_header> Mark Carrier </row_header> </cell> </table>
The highest that a Colonel has ever been drafted is the 3rd round/57th overall, which happened in 1987 with the selection of wide receiver Mark Carrier by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.