| Players Picked at #165 | ||||||||||
| Season | Pick # | Team | Name | Position | College | |||||
| 2025 | 165 | Los Angeles Chargers | Oronde Gadsden II | TE | Syracuse | |||||
| 2024 | 165 | Baltimore Ravens | Rasheen Ali | RB | Marshall | |||||
| 2023 | 165 | Chicago Bears | Terell Smith | CB | Minnesota | |||||
| 2022 | 165 | Minnesota Vikings | Esezi Otomewo | DE | Minnesota | |||||
| 2021 | 165 | Indianapolis Colts | Shawn Davis | S | Florida | |||||
| 2020 | 165 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Collin Johnson | WR | Texas | |||||
| 2019 | 165 | Dallas Cowboys | Joe Jackson | DE | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 2018 | 165 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jaylen Samuels | RB | North Carolina State | |||||
| 2017 | 165 | Detroit Lions | Jamal Agnew | CB | San Diego | |||||
| 2016 | 165 | Kansas City Chiefs | Tyreek Hill | WR | West Alabama | |||||
| 2015 | 165 | San Francisco 49ers | Bradley Pinion | P | Clemson | |||||
| 2014 | 165 | San Diego Chargers | Ryan Carrethers | DT | Arkansas State | |||||
| 2013 | 165 | Detroit Lions | Sam Martin | P | Appalachian State | |||||
| 2012 | 165 | San Francisco 49ers | Darius Fleming | LB | Notre Dame | |||||
| 2011 | 165 | Baltimore Ravens | Pernell McPhee | DE | Mississippi State | |||||
| 2010 | 165 | Atlanta Falcons | Kerry Meier | WR | Kansas | |||||
| 2009 | 165 | Miami Dolphins | Chris Clemons | S | Clemson | |||||
| 2008 | 165 | New York Giants | Jonathan Goff | LB | Vanderbilt | |||||
| 2007 | 165 | Oakland Raiders | Eric Frampton | S | Washington State | |||||
| 2006 | 165 | Green Bay Packers | Tony Moll | G | Nevada-Reno | |||||
| 2005 | 165 | Indianapolis Colts | Robert Hunt | C | North Dakota State | |||||
| 2004 | 165 | Tennessee Titans | Rob Reynolds | LB | Ohio State | |||||
| 2003 | 165 | Seattle Seahawks | Chris Davis | FB | Syracuse | |||||
| 2002 | 165 | Chicago Bears | Bryan Knight | LB | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 2001 | 165 | Cleveland Browns | Michael Jameson | CB | Texas A&M | |||||
| 2000 | 165 | Minnesota Vikings | Troy Walters | WR | Stanford | |||||
| 1999 | 165 | Washington Redskins | Derek Smith | T | Virginia Tech | |||||
| 1998 | 165 | Carolina Panthers | Damien Richardson | S | Arizona State | |||||
| 1997 | 165 | New Orleans Saints | Nicky Savoie | TE | LSU | |||||
| 1996 | 165 | New Orleans Saints | Terry Guess | WR | Gardner-Webb | |||||
| 1995 | 165 | Arizona Cardinals | Lance Scott | C | Utah | |||||
| 1994 | 165 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Bernard Carter | LB | East Carolina | |||||
| 1993 | 165 | New Orleans Saints | Ronnie Dixon | DT | Cincinnati | |||||
| 1992 | 165 | New England Patriots | Tracy Boyd | G | Elizabeth City State | |||||
| 1991 | 165 | San Francisco 49ers | Scott Bowles | T | North Texas | |||||
| 1990 | 165 | San Francisco 49ers | Frank Pollack | T | Northern Arizona | |||||
| 1989 | 165 | New England Patriots | Eric Mitchell | RB | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1988 | 165 | Los Angeles Rams | Jeff Knapton | DT | Wyoming | |||||
| 1987 | 165 | Cleveland Browns | Stephen Braggs | DB | Texas | |||||
| 1986 | 165 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Kevin Walker | DB | East Carolina | |||||
| 1985 | 165 | New York Giants | Mark Pembrook | DB | Cal State-Fullerton | |||||
| 1984 | 165 | Miami Dolphins | Rowland Tatum | LB | Ohio State | |||||
| 1983 | 165 | Cincinnati Bengals | Larry Kinnebrew | RB | Tennessee State | |||||
| 1982 | 165 | Dallas Cowboys | Charles Daum | DT | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | |||||
| 1981 | 165 | New York Giants | Edward O'Neal | RB | Tuskegee | |||||
| 1980 | 165 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Tunch Ilkin | T | Indiana State | |||||
| 1979 | 165 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Matt Bahr | K | Penn State | |||||
| 1978 | 165 | Detroit Lions | Jesse Thompson | WR | California | |||||
| 1977 | 165 | Houston Oilers | David Carter | C | Western Kentucky | |||||
| 1976 | 165 | Philadelphia Eagles | Kirk Johnson | T | Howard Payne | |||||
| 1975 | 165 | Green Bay Packers | Tony Giaquinto | WR | Central Connecticut State | |||||
| 1974 | 165 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Allen Sitterle | T | North Carolina State | |||||
| 1973 | 165 | Denver Broncos | Mike Askea | T | Stanford | |||||
| 1972 | 165 | New England Patriots | Clark Hoss | TE | Oregon State | |||||
| 1971 | 165 | Denver Broncos | Doug Adams | LB | Ohio State | |||||
| 1970 | 165 | San Francisco 49ers | Jim Strong | RB | Houston | |||||
| 1969 | 165 | Denver Broncos | Al Giffin | TE | Auburn | |||||
| 1968 | 165 | Cincinnati Bengals | James Johnson | DB | South Carolina State | |||||
| 1967 | 165 | Denver Broncos | Frank Richter | G | Georgia | |||||
| 1966 | 165 | New York Giants | Cliff Wilder | WR | Iowa | |||||
| 1965 | 165 | Detroit Lions | Jim Moore | LB | North Texas | |||||
| 1964 | 165 | New York Giants | Jim McNaughton | E | Utah State | |||||
| 1963 | 165 | Chicago Bears | Dick Drummond | B | George Washington | |||||
| 1962 | 165 | Cleveland Browns | Ted Stute | E | Ohio | |||||
| 1961 | 165 | New York Giants | Jack Moynihan | QB | Holy Cross | |||||
| 1960 | 165 | Chicago Bears | Jim Sorey | T | Texas Southern | |||||
| 1959 | 165 | Los Angeles Rams | Pete Davidson | T | The Citadel | |||||
| 1958 | 165 | Baltimore Colts | Ken Hall | B | Texas A&M | |||||
| 1957 | 165 | Washington Redskins | George Rice | T | Wofford | |||||
| 1956 | 165 | New York Giants | John McMullan | G | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1955 | 165 | San Francisco 49ers | Nick McKeithan | B | Duke | |||||
| 1954 | 165 | Philadelphia Eagles | Hal Patterson | B | Kansas | |||||
| 1953 | 165 | San Francisco 49ers | Tom Fletcher | B | Arizona State | |||||
| 1952 | 165 | Detroit Lions | Ray Oliverson | B | BYU | |||||
| 1951 | 165 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Mike Mizerany | G | Alabama | |||||
| 1950 | 165 | Chicago Cardinals | Jerry Hennessy | E | Santa Clara | |||||
| 1949 | 165 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Veto Kissell | B | Holy Cross | |||||
| 1948 | 165 | Chicago Cardinals | Harry Caughron | T | William & Mary | |||||
| 1947 | 165 | Chicago Bears | Walt Pupa | B | North Carolina | |||||
| 1946 | 165 | New York Giants | Bob Morris | B | USC | |||||
| 1945 | 165 | Pittsburgh Steelers | John Itzel | B | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 1944 | 165 | Chicago Cardinals | Joe Magliolo | B | Texas | |||||
| 1943 | 165 | Cleveland Rams | Bert Davis | C | Utah | |||||
| 1942 | 165 | Detroit Lions | George Speth | T | Murray State | |||||
| 1941 | 165 | Detroit Lions | Charlie Ishmael | B | Kentucky | |||||
| 1940 | 165 | Cleveland Rams | Ralph Stevenson | G | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1939 | 165 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Paul Morin | T | Iowa State | |||||
