| Players Picked at #17 | ||||||||||
| Season | Pick # | Team | Name | Position | College | |||||
| 2025 | 17 | Cincinnati Bengals | Shemar Stewart | DE | Texas A&M | |||||
| 2024 | 17 | Minnesota Vikings | Dallas Turner | DE | Alabama | |||||
| 2023 | 17 | New England Patriots | Christian Gonzalez | CB | Oregon | |||||
| 2022 | 17 | Los Angeles Chargers | Zion Johnson | G | Boston College | |||||
| 2021 | 17 | Las Vegas Raiders | Alex Leatherwood | T | Alabama | |||||
| 2020 | 17 | Dallas Cowboys | CeeDee Lamb | WR | Oklahoma | |||||
| 2019 | 17 | New York Giants | Dexter Lawrence | DT | Clemson | |||||
| 2018 | 17 | Los Angeles Chargers | Derwin James | S | Florida State | |||||
| 2017 | 17 | Washington Redskins | Jonathan Allen | DE | Alabama | |||||
| 2016 | 17 | Atlanta Falcons | Keanu Neal | S | Florida | |||||
| 2015 | 17 | San Francisco 49ers | Arik Armstead | DE | Oregon | |||||
| 2014 | 17 | Baltimore Ravens | C.J. Mosley | LB | Alabama | |||||
| 2013 | 17 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jarvis Jones | LB | Georgia | |||||
| 2012 | 17 | Cincinnati Bengals | Dre Kirkpatrick | CB | Alabama | |||||
| 2011 | 17 | New England Patriots | Nate Solder | T | Colorado | |||||
| 2010 | 17 | San Francisco 49ers | Mike Iupati | G | Idaho | |||||
| 2009 | 17 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Josh Freeman | QB | Kansas State | |||||
| 2008 | 17 | Detroit Lions | Gosder Cherilus | T | Boston College | |||||
| 2007 | 17 | Denver Broncos | Jarvis Moss | DE | Florida | |||||
| 2006 | 17 | Minnesota Vikings | Chad Greenway | LB | Iowa | |||||
| 2005 | 17 | Cincinnati Bengals | David Pollack | LB | Georgia | |||||
| 2004 | 17 | Denver Broncos | D.J. Williams | LB | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 2003 | 17 | Arizona Cardinals | Bryant Johnson | WR | Penn State | |||||
| 2002 | 17 | Oakland Raiders | Phillip Buchanon | CB | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 2001 | 17 | Seattle Seahawks | Steve Hutchinson | G | Michigan | HOF - 2020 | ||||
| 2000 | 17 | Oakland Raiders | Sebastian Janikowski | K | Florida State | |||||
| 1999 | 17 | New England Patriots | Damien Woody | C | Boston College | |||||
| 1998 | 17 | Cincinnati Bengals | Brian Simmons | LB | North Carolina | |||||
| 1997 | 17 | Washington Redskins | Kenard Lang | DE | Miami | |||||
| 1996 | 17 | Detroit Lions | Reggie Brown | LB | Texas A&M | |||||
| 1995 | 17 | New York Giants | Tyrone Wheatley | RB | Michigan | |||||
| 1994 | 17 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Charles Johnson | WR | Colorado | |||||
| 1993 | 17 | Washington Redskins | Tom Carter | CB | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1992 | 17 | Dallas Cowboys | Kevin Smith | CB | Texas A&M | |||||
| 1991 | 17 | Washington Redskins | Bobby Wilson | DT | Michigan State | |||||
| 1990 | 17 | Dallas Cowboys | Emmitt Smith | RB | Florida | HOF - 2010 | ||||
| 1989 | 17 | Phoenix Cardinals | Joe Wolf | G | Boston College | |||||
| 1988 | 17 | New England Patriots | John Stephens | RB | Northwestern State | |||||
| 1987 | 17 | Cincinnati Bengals | Jason Buck | DE | BYU | |||||
| 1986 | 17 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Green | LB | Syracuse | |||||
| 1985 | 17 | Dallas Cowboys | Kevin Brooks | DE | Michigan | |||||
| 1984 | 17 | St. Louis Cardinals | Clyde Duncan | WR | Tennessee | |||||
| 1983 | 17 | St. Louis Cardinals | Leonard Smith | CB | McNeese State | |||||
| 1982 | 17 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Sean Farrell | G | Penn State | |||||
| 1981 | 17 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Keith Gary | DE | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1980 | 17 | Los Angeles Rams | Johnnie Johnson | S | Texas | |||||
| 1979 | 17 | Atlanta Falcons | Don Smith | DE | Miami | |||||
| 1978 | 17 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Doug Williams | QB | Grambling State | |||||
| 1977 | 17 | Cleveland Browns | Robert Jackson | LB | Texas A&M | |||||
| 1976 | 17 | Miami Dolphins | Larry Gordon | LB | Arizona State | |||||
| 1975 | 17 | Denver Broncos | Louis Wright | CB | San Jose State | |||||
| 1974 | 17 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred McNeill | LB | UCLA | |||||
| 1973 | 17 | Detroit Lions | Ernie Price | DE | Texas A&I | |||||
| 1972 | 17 | New York Giants | Eldridge Small | DB | Texas A&I | |||||
| 1971 | 17 | St. Louis Cardinals | Norm Thompson | CB | Utah | |||||
| 1970 | 17 | San Francisco 49ers | Bruce Taylor | CB | Boston Univ. | |||||
| 1969 | 17 | New Orleans Saints | John Shinners | G | Xavier | |||||
| 1968 | 17 | New York Jets | Lee White | RB | Weber State | |||||
| 1967 | 17 | Oakland Raiders | Gene Upshaw | G | Texas A&I | HOF - 1987 | ||||
| 1966 | 17 | Atlanta Falcons | Nick Rassas | S | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1965 | 17 | Cleveland Browns | Jim Garcia | T | Purdue | |||||
| 1964 | 17 | Dallas Cowboys | Mel Renfro | CB | Oregon | HOF - 1996 | ||||
| 1963 | 17 | St. Louis Cardinals | Bob Reynolds | T | Bowling Green | |||||
| 1962 | 17 | Cleveland Browns | Chuck Hinton | T | North Carolina Central | |||||
| 1961 | 17 | New York Giants | Bob Gaiters | B | New Mexico State | |||||
| 1960 | 17 | Green Bay Packers | Bob Jeter | DB | Iowa | |||||
| 1959 | 17 | San Francisco 49ers | Bob Harrison | C | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1958 | 17 | Philadelphia Eagles | Proverb Jacobs | T | California | |||||
| 1957 | 17 | Cleveland Browns | Milt Plum | QB | Penn State | |||||
| 1956 | 17 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Joe Krupa | T | Purdue | |||||
| 1955 | 17 | Green Bay Packers | Jim Temp | DE | Wisconsin | |||||
| 1954 | 17 | New York Giants | Ken Buck | E | Pacific | |||||
| 1953 | 17 | Chicago Bears | Zeke Bratkowski | QB | Georgia | |||||
| 1952 | 17 | Philadelphia Eagles | Jim Weatherall | T | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1951 | 17 | San Francisco 49ers | Pete Schabarum | B | California | |||||
| 1950 | 17 | Green Bay Packers | Tobin Rote | QB | Rice | |||||
| 1949 | 17 | Los Angeles Rams | George Sims | B | Baylor | |||||
| 1948 | 17 | Boston Yanks | Earl Cook | G | SMU | |||||
| 1947 | 17 | Washington Redskins | Gene Knight | B | LSU | |||||
| 1946 | 17 | Boston Yanks | Robert McClure | T | Nevada-Reno | |||||
| 1945 | 17 | Brooklyn Tigers | Cecil Gray | C | Oregon | |||||
| 1944 | 17 | Chicago Cardinals | Saxon Judd | E | Tulsa | |||||
| 1943 | 17 | Phil-Pitt Steagles | Roy Gafford | B | Auburn | |||||
| 1942 | 17 | Cleveland Rams | Roger Eason | T | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1941 | 17 | Chicago Cardinals | Bob Foxx | B | Tennessee | |||||
| 1940 | 17 | Philadelphia Eagles | Dick Favor | B | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1939 | 17 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Billy Patterson | TB | Baylor | |||||
| 1938 | 17 | Philadelphia Eagles | Joe Bukant | B | Washington (St. Louis) | |||||
| 1937 | 17 | Detroit Lions | Charley Hamrick | T | Ohio State | |||||
| 1936 | 17 | Detroit Lions | Chuck Cheshire | B | UCLA | |||||
