PHILADELPHIA – Former University of Denver men's lacrosse close defenseman
Jimmy Freehill was taken 32
nd overall by Buffalo in the 2025 NLL Draft on Saturday afternoon.
Freehill played in 61 games, and started the final 51 of his collegiate career for the Pioneers, picking up 92 ground balls and forcing 48 turnovers. The Newton, Massachusetts, native finished seventh in Denver's DI history in caused turnovers. Freehill recently wrapped up his first season in the PLL after being taken 25
th overall by the Philadelphia Waterdogs in this spring's draft. The recent Denver graduate was a two-time All-American.
Freehill is now the 40
th Pioneer to have been selected in the National Lacrosse League Draft in the program's history.
| Year |
Student-Athlete |
Overall Pick |
Round |
Team |
| 2001 |
Mike Law |
48 |
4 |
Vancouver |
| 2001 |
Kenny Crowley |
94 |
8 |
New Jersey |
| 2002 |
Chad Wittman |
29 |
3 |
Vancouver |
| 2002 |
Tom Ethington |
81 |
7 |
Colorado |
| 2005 |
Matt Brown |
5 |
1 |
Arizona |
| 2006 |
Geoff Snider |
4 |
1 |
Philadelphia |
| 2007 |
Ryan Zordani |
57 |
5 |
Boston |
| 2009 |
Ilija Gajic |
2 |
1 |
Rochester |
| 2009 |
Cliff Smith |
4 |
1 |
Colorado |
| 2009 |
Alex Gajic |
5 |
1 |
Colorado |
| 2009 |
Brad Richardson |
17 |
2 |
Colorado |
| 2011 |
Todd Baxter |
48 |
6 |
Minnesota |
| 2012 |
Mark Matthews |
1 |
1 |
Edmonton |
| 2012 |
Alex Demopoulos |
53 |
6 |
Colorado |
| 2013 |
Cam Flint |
4 |
1 |
Minnesota |
| 2013 |
Eric Law |
28 |
3 |
Toronto |
| 2014 |
Jeremy Noble |
2 |
1 |
Rochester |
| 2014 |
Terry Ellis |
42 |
5 |
Colorado |
| 2015 |
Wes Berg |
4 |
1 |
Calgary |
| 2017 |
Tyler Pace |
9 |
1 |
Calgary |
| 2017 |
Connor Cannizzaro |
28 |
3 |
Colorado |
| 2017 |
Christian Burgdorf |
49 |
5 |
Toronto |
| 2018 |
Trevor Baptiste |
14 |
2 |
Philadelphia |
| 2018 |
Sean Mayle |
53 |
5 |
San Diego |
| 2020 |
Ethan Walker |
10 |
1 |
Georgia |
| 2020 |
Danny Logan |
50 |
3 |
San Diego |
| 2020 |
Jackson Morrill |
72 |
5 |
Calgary |
| 2021 |
Jack Hannah |
31 |
2 |
Panther City |
| 2021 |
Riley Curtis |
35 |
3 |
Rochester |
| 2022 |
Alex Simmons |
4 |
1 |
Albany |
| 2022 |
Josh Dawick |
28 |
2 |
Toronto |
| 2023 |
Alec Stathakis |
40 |
3 |
Vancouver |
| 2023 |
Richie Connell |
66 |
4 |
Georgia |
| 2023 |
JJ Sillstrop |
80 |
5 |
San Diego |
| 2023 |
AJ Mercurio |
81 |
5 |
Colorado |
| 2024 |
Joshua Carlson |
41 |
3 |
Vancouver |
| 2025 |
Casey Wilson |
4 |
1 |
Las Vegas |
| 2025 |
Noah Manning |
9 |
1 |
Calgary |
| 2025 |
Mic Kelly |
19 |
2 |
Vancouver |
| 2025 |
Jimmy Freehill |
32 |
2 |
Buffalo |
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