21st Player Selected in NFL Draft | |||||||
| Year | Name | Team | Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Derrick Harmon | Steelers | 1 | 21 | 21 | DT | Oregon |
| 2024 | Chop Robinson | Dolphins | 1 | 21 | 21 | DE | Penn State |
| 2023 | Quentin Johnston | Chargers | 1 | 21 | 21 | WR | Texas Christian |
| 2022 | Trent McDuffie | Chiefs | 1 | 21 | 21 | DB | Washington |
| 2021 | Kwity Paye | Colts | 1 | 21 | 21 | DE | Michigan |
| 2020 | Jalen Reagor | Eagles | 1 | 21 | 21 | WR | Texas Christian |
| 2019 | Darnell Savage | Packers | 1 | 21 | 21 | DB | Maryland |
| 2018 | Billy Price | Bengals | 1 | 21 | 21 | C | Ohio State |
| 2017 | Jarrad Davis | Lions | 1 | 21 | 21 | LB | Florida |
| 2016 | Will Fuller | Texans | 1 | 21 | 21 | WR | Notre Dame |
| 2015 | Cedric Ogbuehi | Bengals | 1 | 21 | 21 | T | Texas A&M |
| 2014 | Ha Ha Clinton-Dix | Packers | 1 | 21 | 21 | DB | Alabama |
| 2013 | Tyler Eifert | Bengals | 1 | 21 | 21 | TE | Notre Dame |
| 2012 | Chandler Jones | Patriots | 1 | 21 | 21 | DE | Syracuse |
| 2011 | Phil Taylor | Browns | 1 | 21 | 21 | DT | Baylor |
| 2010 | Jermaine Gresham | Bengals | 1 | 21 | 21 | TE | Oklahoma |
| 2009 | Alex Mack | Browns | 1 | 21 | 21 | C | California |
| 2008 | Sam Baker | Falcons | 1 | 21 | 21 | T | USC |
| 2007 | Reggie Nelson | Jaguars | 1 | 21 | 21 | DB | Florida |
| 2006 | Laurence Maroney | Patriots | 1 | 21 | 21 | RB | Minnesota |
| 2005 | Matt Jones | Jaguars | 1 | 21 | 21 | WR | Arkansas |
| 2004 | Vince Wilfork | Patriots | 1 | 21 | 21 | DT | Miami (FL) |
| 2003 | Jeff Faine | Browns | 1 | 21 | 21 | C | Notre Dame |
| 2002 | Dan Graham | Patriots | 1 | 21 | 21 | TE | Colorado |
| 2001 | Nate Clements | Bills | 1 | 21 | 21 | DB | Ohio State |
| 2000 | Sylvester Morris | Chiefs | 1 | 21 | 21 | WR | Jackson State |
| 1999 | L.J. Shelton | Cardinals | 1 | 21 | 21 | T | Eastern Michigan |
| 1998 | Randy Moss | Vikings | 1 | 21 | 21 | WR | Marshall |
| 1997 | Renaldo Wynn | Jaguars | 1 | 21 | 21 | DE | Notre Dame |
| 1996 | Pete Kendall | Seahawks | 1 | 21 | 21 | G | Boston College |
| 1995 | Rashaan Salaam | Bears | 1 | 21 | 21 | RB | Colorado |
| 1994 | Johnnie Morton | Lions | 1 | 21 | 21 | WR | USC |
| 1993 | Robert Smith | Vikings | 1 | 21 | 21 | RB | Ohio State |
| 1992 | Vaughn Dunbar | Saints | 1 | 21 | 21 | RB | Indiana |
| 1991 | Harvey Williams | Chiefs | 1 | 21 | 21 | RB | Louisiana State |
| 1990 | Eric Green | Steelers | 1 | 21 | 21 | TE | Liberty |
| 1989 | Bill Hawkins | Rams | 1 | 21 | 21 | DE | Miami (FL) |
| 1988 | Clifford Charlton | Browns | 1 | 21 | 21 | LB | Florida |
| 1987 | Roger Vick | Jets | 1 | 21 | 21 | RB | Texas A&M |
| 1986 | Tim McGee | Bengals | 1 | 21 | 21 | WR | Tennessee |
| 1985 | Jerry Gray | Rams | 1 | 21 | 21 | DB | Texas |
| 1984u | William Fuller | Rams | 1 | 21 | 21 | DE | North Carolina |
| 1984 | John Alt | Chiefs | 1 | 21 | 21 | T | Iowa |
| 1983 | Gabriel Rivera | Steelers | 1 | 21 | 21 | DT | Texas Tech |
| 1982 | Gerald Willhite | Broncos | 1 | 21 | 21 | RB | San Jose State |
| 1981 | Ted Watts | Raiders | 1 | 21 | 21 | DB | Texas Tech |
| 1980 | Don McNeal | Dolphins | 1 | 21 | 21 | DB | Alabama |
| 1979 | Jerry Robinson | Eagles | 1 | 21 | 21 | LB | UCLA |
| 1978 | Randy Holloway | Vikings | 1 | 21 | 21 | DE | Pittsburgh |
| 1977 | Robin Cole | Steelers | 1 | 21 | 21 | LB | New Mexico |
| 1976 | Tim Fox | Patriots | 1 | 21 | 21 | DB | Ohio State |
| 1975 | Tim Gray | Cardinals | 1 | 21 | 21 | DB | Texas A&M |
| 1974 | Lynn Swann | Steelers | 1 | 21 | 21 | WR | USC |
| 1973 | Barry Smith | Packers | 1 | 21 | 21 | WR | Florida State |
| 1972 | Mike Siani | Raiders | 1 | 21 | 21 | WR | Villanova |
| 1971 | Bob Bell | Lions | 1 | 21 | 21 | DT | Cincinnati |
| 1970 | Bob McKay | Browns | 1 | 21 | 21 | T | Texas |
| 1969 | Bob Klein | Rams | 1 | 21 | 21 | TE | USC |
| 1968 | Marvin Upshaw | Browns | 1 | 21 | 21 | DE | Trinity (TX) |
| 1967 | John Charles | Patriots | 1 | 21 | 21 | DB | Purdue |
| 1966 | Walter Barnes | Redskins | 2 | 5 | 21 | T | Nebraska |
| 1965 | Bob Breitenstein | Redskins | 2 | 7 | 21 | T | Tulsa |
| 1964 | Billy Martin | Bears | 2 | 7 | 21 | E | Georgia Tech |
| 1963 | Walter Rock | 49ers | 2 | 7 | 21 | G | Maryland |
| 1962 | Bennie McRae | Bears | 2 | 7 | 21 | B | Michigan |
| 1961 | Tom Gilburg | Colts | 2 | 7 | 21 | T | Syracuse |
| 1960 | Sam Homer | Redskins | 2 | 9 | 21 | HB | Virginia Military Inst |
| 1959 | Richie Petitbon | Bears | 2 | 9 | 21 | QB | Tulane |
| 1958 | Bobby Jack Oliver | Cardinals | 2 | 8 | 21 | T | Baylor |
| 1957 | Joe Walton | Redskins | 2 | 8 | 21 | E | Pittsburgh |
| 1956 | Dick Donlin | Colts | 2 | 8 | 21 | E | Hamline |
| 1955 | Frank Morze | 49ers | 2 | 8 | 21 | C | Boston College |
| 1954 | Rocky Ryan | Eagles | 2 | 8 | 21 | E | Illinois |
| 1953 | George Morris | 49ers | 2 | 8 | 21 | C | Georgia Tech |
| 1952 | Darrel (Pete) Brewster | Cardinals | 2 | 8 | 21 | E | Purdue |
| 1951 | Jim Staton | Redskins | 2 | 7 | 21 | T | Wake Forest |
| 1950 | Jack Jennings | Cardinals | 2 | 7 | 21 | T | Ohio State |
| 1949 | Dick McKissack | Cardinals | 2 | 10 | 21 | B | Southern Methodist |
| 1948 | Dub Garrett | Bears | 3 | 8 | 21 | T | Mississippi State |
| 1947 | Don Paul | Rams | 3 | 8 | 21 | C | UCLA |
| 1946 | Bob Nussbaumer | Packers | 3 | 6 | 21 | B | Michigan |
| 1945 | W.G. (Dub) Wooten | Rams | 3 | 5 | 21 | E | Oklahoma |
| 1944 | Clyde Flowers | Giants | 3 | 5 | 21 | T | Texas Christian |
| 1943 | Dewey Proctor | Giants | 3 | 6 | 21 | B | Furman |
| 1942 | Rufus Deal | Redskins | 3 | 6 | 21 | B | Auburn |
| 1941 | Bob Paffrath | Packers | 3 | 6 | 21 | B | Minnesota |
| 1940 | Bill Fisk | Lions | 3 | 6 | 21 | E | USC |
| 1939 | John Wysocki | Bears | 3 | 6 | 21 | E | Villanova |
| 1938 | Pete Smith | Lions | 3 | 6 | 21 | E | Oklahoma |
| 1937 | Drew Ellis | Eagles | 3 | 1 | 21 | T | Texas Christian |
| 1936 | Bobby Grayson | Steelers | 3 | 3 | 21 | B | Stanford |