DETROIT – Texas wide receiver Jordan Whittington was selected by the Los Angeles with the 213th overall pick in the sixth round of the 2024 NFL Draft on Saturday
Whittington is the 11th Longhorn selected in this year's NFL Draft, the most ever for Texas in six rounds of the draft. Texas now has seven offensive players selected, which is the most ever for the Longhorns through seven rounds of an NFL Draft. Whittington joins Xavier Worthy (1st Round/Chiefs) and Adonai Mitchell (2nd Round/Colts) as the third Longhorn wide receiver taken in this year, the most-ever in a single draft for Texas in the common era of the NFL Draft (since 1967).