STANFORD, Calif. – Three former Stanford football student-athletes have signed NFL undrafted free agent contracts with five more earning invitations to minicamp tryouts.
Those signing undrafted free agent contracts include Ryan Hewitt (Cincinnati Bengals), Josh Mauro (Pittsburgh Steelers) and Shayne Skov (San Francisco 49ers), with minicamp tryout opportunities extended to Devon Carrington (Pittsburgh Steelers), Kevin Danser (Tennessee Titans), Jarek Lancaster (Oakland Raiders), Anthony Wilkerson (Indianapolis Colts) and Khalil Wilkes (San Diego Chargers).
Stanford had a record-tying six former players selected in the 2014 NFL Draft, tying the mark previously set in 1972, 1975, 1985 and 2005.
Stanford led all Pac-12 teams with its six draft selections. UCLA (5) and Oregon (4) followed with the conference seeing 34 selections in all.
It marked the fifth straight year that Stanford had at least three players drafted. Stanford’s 2014 class finished their Cardinal careers with four straight BCS bowl games and a 32-2 record at Stanford Stadium.
Carrington played 14 games at defensive back as a senior. He recorded 33 tackles (21 solo) and four pass breakups. The safety tallied five solo tackles and two pass breakups against Arizona State, and six tackles in games against both Washington State and UCLA.
Growing up as a kid there was only one team we watched on tv, the @steelers I can only thank The Lord for this opportunity #BlacknYellow
— D.C. (@DevonCarrington) May 10, 2014
As a junior, Carrington played in 14 games as a reserve safety. He finished with 33 tackles (21 solo) and four pass breakups.
As a senior in 2012, Wilkes was a full-time starter at left guard, playing in 14 games and starting in 12. He helped block for 174.3 yards rushing/game and was part of an offensive line which allowed just 1.43 sacks/game. Wilkes saw reserve duty in four games as a junior, making appearances against Duke, Colorado, Washington and Oregon State.
Wilkes will leave Stanford with a degree in science, technology and society.