CU In The NFL U-Z
CU IN THE NFL - U-Z
(*-denotes active prior to 2012 season)
| Player | At CU | Pos. | Teams | Known or Noteworthy Statistics |
| Rich Umphery | 1979-81 | C/OG | N.Y. Giants 1982-84 San Diego 1985 |
45 G |
| Mark Vander Poel | 1988-90 | OT | Indianapolis 1991-93 Arizona 1994 |
23 G |
| Ruben Vaughan | 1975-78 | DT | San Francisco 1979 Green Bay 1980 Oakland 1982 Minnesota 1984 |
27 G; 4 QBS |
| David Veikune | 2004 | DE | Cleveland 2009 Denver 2010 |
10 G |
| *Lawrence Vickers | 2002-05 | RB |
Cleveland 2006-10 |
90 G (37 starst); 34-87, 0 TD rushing, 45-300, 3 TD, 19 FD receiving |
| George Visger | 1977-79 | DT | San Francisco 1980-81 | |
| Billy Waddy | 1973-76 | WR | L.A. Rams 1977-83 Minnesota 1984 |
75 G; 120-1,963, 10 TD receiving; 13-77, 0 TD rushing |
| Drew Wahlroos | 1999-2002 | ILB | St. Louis 2004-06 | 21 G; 17 TT, 1 BLK |
| Ward Walsh | 1968-70 | RB | Houston 1971-72 Green Bay 1972 |
21 G; 46-165, 0 TD rushing |
| Lamont Warren | 1991-93 | RB | Indianapolis 1994-98 New England 1999 Detroit 2001-02 |
96 G; 287-922, 8 TD rushing; 146-1,270, 5 TD receiving |
| Marcus Washington | 1995-98 | DB | New England 1999 | |
| Teddy Washington | RB | Cincinnati 1968 | 1-4, 0 TD rushing | |
| Derek West | 1991-94 | OT | Indianapolis 1995-97 | 5 G |
| Michael Westbrook | 1991-94 | WR | Washington 1995-2001 Cincinnati 2002 |
89 G; 285-4,374, 15.3 avg., 26 TD receiving, 22-160, 1 TD rushing |
| Greg Westbrooks | 1973-74 | LB | New Orleans 1975-77 St. Louis 1978 Oakland 1978, 1981 L.A. Rams 1979-80 |
66 G; 1 INT |
| Terrence Wheatley | 2003-04, 2006-07 | CB | New England
2008-10 Jacksonville 2010 Buffalo 2011 |
12 G (1 start), 4 TT, 2 PBU |
| Byron White | 1935-37 | RB/HB/DB | Pittsburgh1938 Detroit 1940-41 |
387-1,319, 12 TD rushing, 16-301, 1 TD receiving, 19-13.8 punt returns, 5 INT, 1 TD |
| Leon White | 1973-77 | OL | L.A. Rams 1978 | |
| Solomon Wilcots | 1983-86 | DB |
Cincinnati 1987-90 |
92 G; 2 INT, 1 QBS |
| Sam Wilder | 2001-04 |
OT |
San Francisco 2005 |
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| Alfred Williams | 1987-90 | LB | Cincinnati 1991-94 San Francisco 1995 Denver 1996-99 |
128 G; 59.5 QBS, 2 safeties, 1 fumble return for TD |
| David Williams | 1973-75 | RB | San Francisco 1977-78 Chicago 1979-81 |
66 G; 172-501, 1 TD rushing; 92-675, 7 TD receiving; 88-22.9, 3 TD kickoff returns |
| Patrick Williams | 2005-08 | WR | Green Bay 2009 Seattle 2010 Baltimore 2011 |
0 G |
| Ronnie Woolfork | 1991-93 | LB | Kansas City 1994 | |
| John Wooten | 1956-58 | OG | Cleveland 1959-67 Washington 1968 |
136 G |
| Mike Woulfe | 1960 | LB | Philadelphia 1962 | |
| Abraham Wright | 2004-06 | DE | Miami 2007 | |
| Steve Young | 1974-75 | OT | Tampa Bay 1976 Miami 1977 Green Bay 1979 |
27 G |