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| Year | Name | Team | Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Abdul Carter | Giants | 1 | 3 | 3 | DE | Penn State |
| 2024 | Drake Maye | Patriots | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | North Carolina |
| 2023 | Will Anderson | Texans | 1 | 3 | 3 | LB | Alabama |
| 2022 | Derek Stingley | Texans | 1 | 3 | 3 | DB | Louisiana State |
| 2021 | Trey Lance | 49ers | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | North Dakota State |
| 2020 | Jeff Okudah | Lions | 1 | 3 | 3 | DB | Ohio State |
| 2019 | Quinnen Williams | Jets | 1 | 3 | 3 | DT | Alabama |
| 2018 | Sam Darnold | Jets | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | USC |
| 2017 | Solomon Thomas | 49ers | 1 | 3 | 3 | DE | Stanford |
| 2016 | Joey Bosa | Chargers | 1 | 3 | 3 | DE | Ohio State |
| 2015 | Dante Fowler | Jaguars | 1 | 3 | 3 | LB | Florida |
| 2014 | Blake Bortles | Jaguars | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | Central Florida |
| 2013 | Dion Jordan | Dolphins | 1 | 3 | 3 | DE | Oregon |
| 2012 | Trent Richardson | Browns | 1 | 3 | 3 | RB | Alabama |
| 2011 | Marcell Dareus | Bills | 1 | 3 | 3 | DT | Alabama |
| 2010 | Gerald McCoy | Buccaneers | 1 | 3 | 3 | DT | Oklahoma |
| 2009 | Tyson Jackson | Chiefs | 1 | 3 | 3 | DE | Louisiana State |
| 2008 | Matt Ryan | Falcons | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | Boston College |
| 2007 | Joe Thomas | Browns | 1 | 3 | 3 | T | Wisconsin |
| 2006 | Vince Young | Titans | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | Texas |
| 2005 | Braylon Edwards | Browns | 1 | 3 | 3 | WR | Michigan |
| 2004 | Larry Fitzgerald | Cardinals | 1 | 3 | 3 | WR | Pittsburgh |
| 2003 | Andre Johnson | Texans | 1 | 3 | 3 | WR | Miami (FL) |
| 2002 | Joey Harrington | Lions | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | Oregon |
| 2001 | Gerard Warren | Browns | 1 | 3 | 3 | DT | Florida |
| 2000 | Chris Samuels | Redskins | 1 | 3 | 3 | T | Alabama |
| 1999 | Akili Smith | Bengals | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | Oregon |
| 1998 | Andre Wadsworth | Cardinals | 1 | 3 | 3 | DE | Florida State |
| 1997 | Shawn Springs | Seahawks | 1 | 3 | 3 | DB | Ohio State |
| 1996 | Simeon Rice | Cardinals | 1 | 3 | 3 | DE | Illinois |
| 1995 | Steve McNair | Oilers | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | Alcorn State |
| 1994 | Heath Shuler | Redskins | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | Tennessee |
| 1993 | Garrison Hearst | Cardinals | 1 | 3 | 3 | RB | Georgia |
| 1992 | Sean Gilbert | Rams | 1 | 3 | 3 | DT | Pittsburgh |
| 1991 | Bruce Pickens | Falcons | 1 | 3 | 3 | DB | Nebraska |
| 1990 | Cortez Kennedy | Seahawks | 1 | 3 | 3 | DT | Miami (FL) |
| 1989 | Barry Sanders | Lions | 1 | 3 | 3 | RB | Oklahoma State |
| 1988 | Bennie Blades | Lions | 1 | 3 | 3 | DB | Miami (FL) |
| 1987 | Alonzo Highsmith | Oilers | 1 | 3 | 3 | RB | Miami (FL) |
| 1986 | Jim Everett | Oilers | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | Purdue |
| 1985 | Ray Childress | Oilers | 1 | 3 | 3 | DE | Texas A&M |
| 1984u | Gary Zimmerman | Giants | 1 | 3 | 3 | G | Oregon |
| 1984 | Carl Banks | Giants | 1 | 3 | 3 | LB | Michigan State |
| 1983 | Curt Warner | Seahawks | 1 | 3 | 3 | RB | Penn State |
| 1982 | Chip Banks | Browns | 1 | 3 | 3 | LB | USC |
| 1981 | Freeman McNeil | Jets | 1 | 3 | 3 | RB | UCLA |
| 1980 | Anthony Munoz | Bengals | 1 | 3 | 3 | T | USC |
| 1979 | Jack Thompson | Bengals | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | Washington State |
| 1978 | Wes Chandler | Saints | 1 | 3 | 3 | WR | Florida |
| 1977 | Eddie Edwards | Bengals | 1 | 3 | 3 | DE | Miami (FL) |
| 1976 | Chuck Muncie | Saints | 1 | 3 | 3 | RB | California |
| 1975 | Ken Huff | Colts | 1 | 3 | 3 | G | North Carolina |
| 1974 | John Hicks | Giants | 1 | 3 | 3 | G | Ohio State |
| 1973 | Jerry Sisemore | Eagles | 1 | 3 | 3 | T | Texas |
| 1972 | Lionel Antoine | Bears | 1 | 3 | 3 | T | Southern Illinois |
| 1971 | Dan Pastorini | Oilers | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | Santa Clara |
| 1970 | Mike Phipps | Browns | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | Purdue |
| 1969 | Leroy Keyes | Eagles | 1 | 3 | 3 | RB | Purdue |
| 1968 | Claude Humphrey | Falcons | 1 | 3 | 3 | DE | Tennessee State |
| 1967 | Steve Spurrier | 49ers | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | Florida |
| 1966 | Dick Leftridge | Steelers | 1 | 3 | 3 | RB | West Virginia |
| 1965 | Dick Butkus | Bears | 1 | 3 | 3 | LB | Illinois |
| 1964 | Charley Taylor | Redskins | 1 | 3 | 3 | RB | Arizona State |
| 1963 | Jim Dunaway | Vikings | 1 | 3 | 3 | T | Mississippi |
| 1962 | Merlin Olsen | Rams | 1 | 3 | 3 | DT | Utah State |
| 1961 | Joe Rutgens | Redskins | 1 | 3 | 3 | T | Illinois |
| 1960 | Johnny Robinson | Lions | 1 | 3 | 3 | DB | Louisiana State |
| 1959 | Billy Stacy | Cardinals | 1 | 3 | 3 | B | Mississippi State |
| 1958 | Dan Currie | Packers | 1 | 3 | 3 | C | Michigan State |
| 1957 | John Brodie | 49ers | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | Stanford |
| 1956 | Howard (Hopalong) Cassady | Lions | 1 | 3 | 3 | RB | Ohio State |
| 1955 | Alan (The Horse) Ameche | Colts | 1 | 3 | 3 | RB | Wisconsin |
| 1954 | Art Hunter | Packers | 1 | 3 | 3 | T | Notre Dame |
| 1953 | Jack Scarbath | Redskins | 1 | 3 | 3 | B | Maryland |
| 1952 | Ollie Matson | Cardinals | 1 | 3 | 3 | RB | San Francisco |
| 1951 | Y.A. Tittle | 49ers | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | Louisiana State |
| 1950 | Chuck Hunsinger | Bears | 1 | 3 | 3 | RB | Florida |
| 1949 | Doak Walker | Yanks | 1 | 3 | 3 | RB | Southern Methodist |
| 1948 | Bobby Layne | Bears | 1 | 3 | 3 | QB | Texas |
| 1947 | Fritz Barzilauskas | Yanks | 1 | 3 | 3 | G | Yale |
| 1946 | Felix (Doc) Blanchard | Steelers | 1 | 3 | 3 | B | Army |
| 1945 | Joe Renfroe | Dodgers | 1 | 3 | 3 | B | Tulane |
| 1944 | Creighton Miller | Dodgers | 1 | 3 | 3 | B | Notre Dame |
| 1943 | Glenn Dobbs | Cardinals | 1 | 3 | 3 | B | Tulsa |
| 1942 | Pete Kmetovic | Eagles | 1 | 3 | 3 | B | Stanford |
| 1941 | Norm Standlee | Bears | 1 | 3 | 3 | B | Stanford |
| 1940 | Kay Eakin | Steelers | 1 | 3 | 3 | B | Arkansas |
| 1939 | Parker Hall | Rams | 1 | 3 | 3 | B | Mississippi |
| 1938 | Boyd Brumbaugh | Dodgers | 1 | 3 | 3 | B | Duquesne |
| 1937 | Ray (Buzz) Buivid | Cardinals | 1 | 3 | 3 | B | Marquette |
| 1936 | Bill Shakespeare | Steelers | 1 | 3 | 3 | B | Notre Dame |
