| Players Picked at #242 | ||||||||||
| Season | Pick # | Team | Name | Position | College | |||||
| 2025 | 242 | Los Angeles Rams | Konata Mumpfield | WR | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 2024 | 242 | Tennessee Titans | James Williams | S | Miami | |||||
| 2023 | 242 | Green Bay Packers | Anthony Johnson Jr. | S | Iowa State | |||||
| 2022 | 242 | Carolina Panthers | Kalon Barnes | CB | Baylor | |||||
| 2021 | 242 | New England Patriots | Tre Nixon | WR | Central Florida | |||||
| 2020 | 242 | Green Bay Packers | Jonathan Garvin | LB | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 2019 | 242 | Los Angeles Chargers | Cortez Broughton | DT | Cincinnati | |||||
| 2018 | 242 | Carolina Panthers | Kendrick Norton | DT | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 2017 | 242 | Oakland Raiders | Elijah Hood | RB | North Carolina | |||||
| 2016 | 242 | Washington Redskins | Keith Marshall | RB | Georgia | |||||
| 2015 | 242 | Oakland Raiders | Dexter McDonald | CB | Kansas | |||||
| 2014 | 242 | Denver Broncos | Corey Nelson | LB | Oklahoma | |||||
| 2013 | 242 | Seattle Seahawks | Michael Bowie | T | Northeastern State | |||||
| 2012 | 242 | New York Jets | Antonio Allen | S | South Carolina | |||||
| 2011 | 242 | Seattle Seahawks | Malcolm Smith | LB | USC | |||||
| 2010 | 242 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Doug Worthington | DT | Ohio State | |||||
| 2009 | 242 | Tennessee Titans | Nick Schommer | S | North Dakota State | |||||
| 2008 | 242 | Washington Redskins | Rob Jackson | DE | Kansas State | |||||
| 2007 | 242 | Indianapolis Colts | Keyunta Dawson | LB | Texas Tech | |||||
| 2006 | 242 | St Louis Rams | Mark Setterstrom | G | Minnesota | |||||
| 2005 | 242 | San Diego Chargers | Scott Mruczkowski | C | Bowling Green | |||||
| 2004 | 242 | Philadelphia Eagles | Bruce Perry | RB | Maryland | |||||
| 2003 | 242 | Pittsburgh Steelers | J.T. Wall | RB | Georgia | |||||
| 2002 | 242 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Brett Keisel | DE | BYU | |||||
| 2001 | 242 | Detroit Lions | Andrew Stoops | T | Florida State | |||||
| 2000 | 242 | Green Bay Packers | Charles Lee | WR | Central Florida | |||||
| 1999 | 242 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Dee Moronkola | CB | Washington State | |||||
| 1996 | 242 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Carlos Emmons | LB | Arkansas State | |||||
| 1995 | 242 | New Orleans Saints | Travis Davis | S | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1992 | 242 | San Francisco 49ers | Darian Hagan | WR | Colorado | |||||
| 1991 | 242 | Philadelphia Eagles | Chuck Weatherspoon | RB | Houston | |||||
| 1990 | 242 | Green Bay Packers | Kirk Baumgartner | QB | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | |||||
| 1989 | 242 | Los Angeles Rams | Vernon Kirk | TE | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 1988 | 242 | Seattle Seahawks | Deatrich Wise | NT | Jackson State | |||||
| 1987 | 242 | Cincinnati Bengals | Craig Raddatz | LB | Wisconsin | |||||
| 1986 | 242 | Dallas Cowboys | John Ionata | G | Florida State | |||||
| 1985 | 242 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Andre Harris | DB | Minnesota | |||||
| 1984 | 242 | Los Angeles Rams | George Reynolds | P | Penn State | |||||
| 1983 | 242 | St. Louis Cardinals | Otis Brown | RB | Jackson State | |||||
| 1982 | 242 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Bob Lane | QB | N.E. Louisiana | |||||
| 1981 | 242 | Los Angeles Rams | Ron Seawell | LB | Portland State | |||||
| 1980 | 242 | Chicago Bears | Turk Schonert | QB | Stanford | |||||
| 1979 | 242 | Denver Broncos | Charlie Taylor | WR | Rice | |||||
| 1978 | 242 | New England Patriots | Tim Petersen | LB | Arizona State | |||||
| 1977 | 242 | Atlanta Falcons | Robert Speer | DE | Arkansas State | |||||
| 1976 | 242 | Cleveland Browns | James Reed | RB | Mississippi | |||||
| 1975 | 242 | San Diego Chargers | Otha Bradley | DT | USC | |||||
| 1974 | 242 | New Orleans Saints | Tommy Thibodeaux | G | Tulane | |||||
| 1973 | 242 | St. Louis Cardinals | Bonnie Sloan | T | Austin Peay | |||||
| 1972 | 242 | Green Bay Packers | Keith Wortman | T | Nebraska | |||||
| 1971 | 242 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jim O'Shea | TE | Boston College | |||||
| 1970 | 242 | St. Louis Cardinals | Tony Plummer | DB | Pacific | |||||
| 1969 | 242 | Detroit Lions | Bob Bergum | DE | Wisconsin-Platteville | |||||
| 1968 | 242 | Baltimore Colts | Terry Cole | RB | Indiana | |||||
| 1967 | 242 | Houston Oilers | Woodrow Campbell | RB | Northwestern | |||||
| 1966 | 242 | Chicago Bears | Lynn Senkbeil | LB | Nebraska | |||||
| 1965 | 242 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bob Howard | B | Stanford | |||||
| 1964 | 242 | Washington Redskins | Bob Jones | G | Nebraska | |||||
| 1963 | 242 | Philadelphia Eagles | Rudy Mathews | T | TCU | |||||
| 1962 | 242 | Dallas Cowboys | Dave Cloutier | B | Maine | |||||
| 1961 | 242 | Los Angeles Rams | Bill Williamson | T | Bakersfield J.C. | |||||
| 1959 | 242 | Chicago Cardinals | Dale Memmelaar | G | Wyoming | |||||
| 1958 | 242 | Chicago Cardinals | Ray Toole | B | North Texas | |||||
| 1957 | 242 | Philadelphia Eagles | Charley Brooks | E | Michigan | |||||
| 1956 | 242 | Detroit Lions | Bob Blechen | C | Whittier | |||||
| 1955 | 242 | Chicago Cardinals | Howie Wright | B | Virginia Tech | |||||
| 1954 | 242 | Chicago Cardinals | Jim Stander | T | Colorado | |||||
| 1953 | 242 | Baltimore Colts | Frank Kirby | T | Bucknell | |||||
| 1952 | 242 | Dallas Texans | Harry Hugasian | B | Stanford | |||||
| 1951 | 242 | New York Giants | Bill Albright | T | Wisconsin | |||||
| 1950 | 242 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Frank Gaul | T | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1949 | 242 | Detroit Lions | Les Cowan | E | McMurry | |||||
| 1948 | 242 | Chicago Bears | Paul Dietzel | C | Miami (OH) | |||||
| 1947 | 242 | Philadelphia Eagles | H.J. Roberts | G | Rice | |||||
| 1946 | 242 | Boston Yanks | Gordon Botsford | E | Boston Univ. | |||||
| 1945 | 242 | Brooklyn Tigers | Jules Taddie | C | Rochester | |||||
| 1944 | 242 | Chicago Cardinals | Bob Nanni | T | Duke | |||||
| 1943 | 242 | Phil-Pitt Steagles | Bob Neff | T | Notre Dame | |||||
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