42nd Player Selected in NFL Draft | |||||||
| Year | Name | Team | Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mason Taylor | Jets | 2 | 10 | 42 | TE | Louisiana State |
| 2024 | Kamari Lassiter | Texans | 2 | 10 | 42 | DB | Georgia |
| 2023 | Luke Musgrave | Packers | 2 | 11 | 42 | TE | Oregon State |
| 2022 | Andrew Booth | Vikings | 2 | 10 | 42 | DB | Clemson |
| 2021 | Liam Eichenberg | Dolphins | 2 | 10 | 42 | T | Notre Dame |
| 2020 | Laviska Shenault | Jaguars | 2 | 10 | 42 | WR | Colorado |
| 2019 | Drew Lock | Broncos | 2 | 10 | 42 | QB | Missouri |
| 2018 | Mike Gesicki | Dolphins | 2 | 10 | 42 | TE | Penn State |
| 2017 | Marcus Williams | Saints | 2 | 10 | 42 | DB | Utah |
| 2016 | Kamalei Correa | Ravens | 2 | 11 | 42 | DE | Boise State |
| 2015 | Jalen Collins | Falcons | 2 | 10 | 42 | DB | Louisiana State |
| 2014 | Jordan Matthews | Eagles | 2 | 10 | 42 | WR | Vanderbilt |
| 2013 | Menelik Watson | Raiders | 2 | 10 | 42 | T | Florida State |
| 2012 | Jonathan Martin | Dolphins | 2 | 10 | 42 | T | Stanford |
| 2011 | Brooks Reed | Texans | 2 | 10 | 42 | DE | Arizona |
| 2010 | Rob Gronkowski | Patriots | 2 | 10 | 42 | TE | Arizona |
| 2009 | Jairus Byrd | Bills | 2 | 10 | 42 | DB | Oregon |
| 2008 | Eddie Royal | Broncos | 2 | 11 | 42 | WR | Virginia Tech |
| 2007 | Tony Ugoh | Colts | 2 | 10 | 42 | G | Arkansas |
| 2006 | Danieal Manning | Bears | 2 | 10 | 42 | DB | Abilene Christian |
| 2005 | Kevin Burnett | Cowboys | 2 | 10 | 42 | LB | Tennessee |
| 2004 | Travis LaBoy | Titans | 2 | 10 | 42 | DE | Hawaii |
| 2003 | Ken Hamlin | Seahawks | 2 | 10 | 42 | DB | Arkansas |
| 2002 | Larry Tripplett | Colts | 2 | 10 | 42 | DT | Washington |
| 2001 | Tommy Polley | Rams | 2 | 11 | 42 | LB | Florida State |
| 2000 | Cornelius Griffin | Giants | 2 | 11 | 42 | DT | Alabama |
| 1999 | Reginald Kelly | Falcons | 2 | 11 | 42 | TE | Mississippi State |
| 1998 | Patrick Johnson | Ravens | 2 | 12 | 42 | WR | Oregon |
| 1997 | Jake Plummer | Cardinals | 2 | 12 | 42 | QB | Arizona State |
| 1996 | Tony Banks | Rams | 2 | 12 | 42 | QB | Michigan State |
| 1995 | Orlando Thomas | Vikings | 2 | 10 | 42 | DB | Southwestern Louisiana |
| 1994 | Charlie Garner | Eagles | 2 | 13 | 42 | RB | Tennessee |
| 1993 | Dan Footman | Browns | 2 | 13 | 42 | DE | Florida State |
| 1992 | Kurt Barber | Jets | 2 | 14 | 42 | LB | USC |
| 1991 | Wesley Carroll | Saints | 2 | 15 | 42 | WR | Miami (FL) |
| 1990 | Carwell Gardner | Bills | 2 | 17 | 42 | RB | Louisville |
| 1989 | Dennis Byrd | Jets | 2 | 14 | 42 | DE | Tulsa |
| 1988 | Jarvis Williams | Dolphins | 2 | 15 | 42 | DB | Florida |
| 1987 | Alex Gordon | Jets | 2 | 14 | 42 | LB | Cincinnati |
| 1986 | Mike Ruth | Patriots | 2 | 15 | 42 | DT | Boston College |
| 1985 | Chris Burkett | Bills | 2 | 14 | 42 | WR | Jackson State |
| 1984u | Mel Gray | Saints | 2 | 14 | 42 | RB | Purdue |
| 1984 | Jumpy Geathers | Saints | 2 | 14 | 42 | DE | Wichita State |
| 1983 | Keith Bostic | Oilers | 2 | 14 | 42 | DB | Michigan |
| 1982 | Bobby Watkins | Lions | 2 | 15 | 42 | DB | Southwest Texas State |
| 1981 | Clay Brown | Broncos | 2 | 14 | 42 | TE | Brigham Young |
| 1980 | Rulon Jones | Broncos | 2 | 14 | 42 | DE | Utah State |
| 1979 | Willie Jones | Raiders | 2 | 14 | 42 | DE | Florida State |
| 1978 | John Barefield | Cardinals | 2 | 14 | 42 | LB | Texas A&I |
| 1977 | Walt Williams | Lions | 2 | 14 | 42 | DB | New Mexico State |
| 1976 | Randy Cross | 49ers | 2 | 14 | 42 | C | UCLA |
| 1975 | Bob Nelson | Bills | 2 | 16 | 42 | LB | Nebraska |
| 1974 | Carl Wafer | Broncos | 2 | 16 | 42 | DT | Tennessee State |
| 1973 | Jim Youngblood | Rams | 2 | 16 | 42 | LB | Tennessee Tech |
| 1972 | Roosevelt Manning | Falcons | 2 | 16 | 42 | DT | Northeastern State (OK) |
| 1971 | Scott Lewis | Chiefs | 2 | 16 | 42 | DE | Grambling State |
| 1970 | Tom Williams | Chargers | 2 | 16 | 42 | DT | California-Davis |
| 1969 | Warren Bankston | Steelers | 2 | 16 | 42 | RB | Tulane |
| 1968 | Bob Atkins | Cardinals | 2 | 15 | 42 | DB | Grambling State |
| 1967 | Jim LeMoine | Bills | 2 | 16 | 42 | TE | Utah State |
| 1966 | Don Hansen | Vikings | 3 | 10 | 42 | LB | Illinois |
| 1965 | Jack Chapple | 49ers | 3 | 14 | 42 | LB | Stanford |
| 1964 | Sid Blanks | Bears | 3 | 14 | 42 | RB | Texas A&I |
| 1963 | Tony Liscio | Packers | 3 | 14 | 42 | T | Tulsa |
| 1962 | John Furman | Browns | 3 | 14 | 42 | QB | Texas-El Paso |
| 1961 | Don Oakes | Eagles | 3 | 14 | 42 | T | Virginia Tech |
| 1960 | Roger Brown | Lions | 4 | 6 | 42 | T | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 1959 | Art Brandriff | Lions | 4 | 6 | 42 | B | Virginia Military Inst |
| 1958 | Erich Barnes | Bears | 4 | 5 | 42 | DB | Purdue |
| 1957 | Paul Camera | Browns | 4 | 5 | 42 | E | Stanford |
| 1956 | Sam Salerno | Cardinals | 4 | 5 | 42 | T | Colorado |
| 1955 | Fred Broussard | Steelers | 4 | 5 | 42 | C | Northwestern State (LA) |
| 1954 | Fran Paterra | Bears | 4 | 5 | 42 | B | Notre Dame |
| 1953 | Lloyd Colteryahnn | Steelers | 4 | 5 | 42 | E | Maryland |
| 1952 | Jack Gearding | Steelers | 4 | 5 | 42 | T | Xavier |
| 1951 | Dick Doyne | Cardinals | 4 | 4 | 42 | B | Lehigh |
| 1950 | Zollie Toth | Bulldogs | 4 | 2 | 42 | B | Louisiana State |
| 1949 | George Brodnax | Lions | 5 | 1 | 42 | E | Georgia Tech |
| 1948 | Howard Duncan | Eagles | 6 | 7 | 42 | C | Ohio State |
| 1947 | Roger Stephens | Bears | 6 | 7 | 42 | B | Cincinnati |
| 1946 | Thurman Tigart | Yanks | 6 | 2 | 42 | G | Oklahoma |
| 1945 | Ed Castleberry | Giants | 5 | 10 | 42 | B | West Texas State |
| 1944 | Bob Waterfield | Rams | 5 | 10 | 42 | QB | UCLA |
| 1943 | Bruno Baducci | Eagles | 6 | 2 | 42 | G | Stanford |
| 1942 | Mike Sweeney | Rams | 6 | 2 | 42 | E | Texas |
| 1941 | Bob Suffridge | Steelers | 6 | 2 | 42 | G | Tennessee |
| 1940 | Frank Bykowski | Steelers | 6 | 2 | 42 | G | Purdue |
| 1939 | George Faust | Cardinals | 6 | 2 | 42 | B | Minnesota |
| 1938 | Herschel Ramsey | Eagles | 6 | 2 | 42 | E | Texas Tech |
| 1937 | Bert Johnson | Dodgers | 5 | 2 | 42 | B | Kentucky |
| 1936 | Vern Oech | Bears | 5 | 6 | 42 | T | Minnesota |