| Players Picked at #256 | ||||||||||
| Season | Pick # | Team | Name | Position | College | |||||
| 2026 | 256 | Denver Broncos | Dallen Bentley | TE | Utah | |||||
| 2025 | 256 | Los Angeles Chargers | Trikweze Bridges | CB | Florida | |||||
| 2024 | 256 | Denver Broncos | Nick Gargiulo | C | South Carolina | |||||
| 2023 | 256 | Green Bay Packers | Grant DuBose | WR | Charlotte | |||||
| 2022 | 256 | Arizona Cardinals | Jesse Luketa | LB | Penn State | |||||
| 2021 | 256 | Green Bay Packers | Kylin Hill | RB | Mississippi State | |||||
| 2018 | 256 | Washington Redskins | Trey Quinn | WR | SMU | |||||
| 2015 | 256 | Arizona Cardinals | Gerald Christian | TE | Louisville | |||||
| 2014 | 256 | Houston Texans | Lonnie Ballentine | S | Memphis | |||||
| 2009 | 256 | Kansas City Chiefs | Ryan Succop | K | South Carolina | |||||
| 2003 | 256 | Green Bay Packers | Carl Ford | WR | Toledo | |||||
| 2002 | 256 | San Francisco 49ers | Teddy Gaines | CB | Tennessee | |||||
| 1992 | 256 | Cincinnati Bengals | Horace Smith | DB | Oregon Tech | |||||
| 1991 | 256 | Atlanta Falcons | Walter Sutton | WR | SW Minnesota | |||||
| 1990 | 256 | San Diego Chargers | Kenny Berry | DB | Miami | |||||
| 1989 | 256 | Cincinnati Bengals | Cornell Holloway | DB | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 1988 | 256 | Green Bay Packers | Bud Keyes | QB | Wisconsin | |||||
| 1987 | 256 | San Diego Chargers | Anthony Anderson | DB | Grambling State | |||||
| 1986 | 256 | Houston Oilers | Don Sommer | G | Texas-El Paso | |||||
| 1985 | 256 | Indianapolis Colts | Andre Pinesett | DT | Cal State-Fullerton | |||||
| 1984 | 256 | Philadelphia Eagles | John Thomas | DB | TCU | |||||
| 1983 | 256 | Chicago Bears | Anthony Hutchison | RB | Texas Tech | |||||
| 1982 | 256 | Los Angeles Rams | Miles McPherson | DB | New Haven | |||||
| 1981 | 256 | Baltimore Colts | Gregg Gerken | LB | Northern Arizona | |||||
| 1980 | 256 | New York Giants | Joe Sanford | T | Washington | |||||
| 1979 | 256 | New York Giants | Dan Fowler | G | Kentucky | |||||
| 1978 | 256 | Green Bay Packers | Larry Key | RB | Florida State | |||||
| 1977 | 256 | New York Jets | John Hennessy | DE | Michigan | |||||
| 1976 | 256 | Houston Oilers | Art Stringer | LB | Ball State | |||||
| 1975 | 256 | Miami Dolphins | Joe Jackson | TE | Penn State | |||||
| 1974 | 256 | Cincinnati Bengals | Chuck Herd | TE | Penn State | |||||
| 1973 | 256 | Cleveland Browns | Tom Humphrey | T | Abilene Christian | |||||
| 1972 | 256 | Baltimore Colts | Dave Shilling | RB | Oregon State | |||||
| 1971 | 256 | Philadelphia Eagles | Tom Bailey | RB | Florida State | |||||
| 1970 | 256 | Los Angeles Rams | Vince Opalsky | RB | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 1969 | 256 | Houston Oilers | Bob Naponic | QB | Illinois | |||||
| 1968 | 256 | Detroit Lions | Granville Liggins | LB | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1967 | 256 | Philadelphia Eagles | Maurice Bates | DE | Northern State (SD) | |||||
| 1966 | 256 | Minnesota Vikings | Monroe Beard | RB | Virginia Union | |||||
| 1965 | 256 | Chicago Bears | Lou Bobich | K | Michigan State | |||||
| 1964 | 256 | Dallas Cowboys | H.D. Murphy | B | Oregon | |||||
| 1963 | 256 | Philadelphia Eagles | Mike Wasdovich | G | Indiana | |||||
| 1962 | 256 | Dallas Cowboys | Paul Holmes | T | Georgia | |||||
| 1961 | 256 | Los Angeles Rams | Lou Zivkovich | T | New Mexico State | |||||
| 1959 | 256 | Detroit Lions | Lebron Shields | T | Tennessee | |||||
| 1958 | 256 | Philadelphia Eagles | George Sherwood | E | St. Joseph's (IN) | |||||
| 1957 | 256 | Los Angeles Rams | Paige Cothren | B | Mississippi | |||||
| 1956 | 256 | San Francisco 49ers | Clarence Wessman | E | San Jose State | |||||
| 1955 | 256 | Baltimore Colts | Jerry Welch | B | South Dakota State | |||||
| 1954 | 256 | Baltimore Colts | Bob Meyer | T | Ohio State | |||||
| 1953 | 256 | Washington Redskins | Ed Pucci | G | USC | |||||
| 1952 | 256 | Chicago Cardinals | Glenn Lippman | B | Texas A&M | |||||
| 1951 | 256 | San Francisco 49ers | Dwight Winslow | B | Boise J.C. | |||||
| 1950 | 256 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Mike DeNoia | B | Scranton | |||||
| 1948 | 256 | New York Giants | Roy Lilja | C | Colorado College | |||||
| 1947 | 256 | Detroit Lions | Arch Kelly | E | Detroit Mercy | |||||
| 1946 | 256 | Green Bay Packers | Ed Holtsinger | B | Georgia Tech | |||||
| 1945 | 256 | The Yanks | Bill Iancelli | E | William & Mary | |||||
| 1944 | 256 | Philadelphia Eagles | Bob Frisbee | B | Stanford | |||||
| 1943 | 256 | New York Giants | Ed McNamara | T | Holy Cross | |||||
