| Players Picked at #31 | ||||||||||
| Season | Pick # | Team | Name | Position | College | |||||
| 2025 | 31 | Philadelphia Eagles | Jihaad Campbell | LB | Alabama | |||||
| 2024 | 31 | San Francisco 49ers | Ricky Pearsall | WR | Florida | |||||
| 2023 | 31 | Kansas City Chiefs | Felix Anudike-Uzomah | DE | Kansas State | |||||
| 2022 | 31 | Cincinnati Bengals | Daxton Hill | S | Michigan | |||||
| 2021 | 31 | Baltimore Ravens | Odafe Oweh | DE | Penn State | |||||
| 2020 | 31 | Minnesota Vikings | Jeff Gladney | CB | TCU | |||||
| 2019 | 31 | Atlanta Falcons | Kaleb McGary | T | Washington | |||||
| 2018 | 31 | New England Patriots | Sony Michel | RB | Georgia | |||||
| 2017 | 31 | San Francisco 49ers | Reuben Foster | LB | Alabama | |||||
| 2016 | 31 | Seattle Seahawks | Germain Ifedi | T | Texas A&M | |||||
| 2015 | 31 | New Orleans Saints | Stephone Anthony | LB | Clemson | |||||
| 2014 | 31 | Denver Broncos | Bradley Roby | CB | Ohio State | |||||
| 2013 | 31 | Dallas Cowboys | Travis Frederick | C | Wisconsin | |||||
| 2012 | 31 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Doug Martin | RB | Boise State | |||||
| 2011 | 31 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Cameron Heyward | DE | Ohio State | |||||
| 2010 | 31 | Indianapolis Colts | Jerry Hughes | DE | TCU | |||||
| 2009 | 31 | Arizona Cardinals | Chris Wells | RB | Ohio State | |||||
| 2008 | 31 | New York Giants | Kenny Phillips | S | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 2007 | 31 | Chicago Bears | Greg Olsen | TE | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 2006 | 31 | Seattle Seahawks | Kelly Jennings | CB | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 2005 | 31 | Philadelphia Eagles | Mike Patterson | DT | USC | |||||
| 2004 | 31 | San Francisco 49ers | Rashaun Woods | WR | Oklahoma State | |||||
| 2003 | 31 | Oakland Raiders | Nnamdi Asomugha | CB | California | |||||
| 2002 | 31 | St Louis Rams | Robert Thomas | LB | UCLA | |||||
| 2001 | 31 | Baltimore Ravens | Todd Heap | TE | Arizona State | |||||
| 2000 | 31 | St Louis Rams | Trung Canidate | RB | Arizona | |||||
| 1999 | 31 | Denver Broncos | Al Wilson | LB | Tennessee | |||||
| 1998 | 31 | Oakland Raiders | Leon Bender | DT | Washington State | |||||
| 1997 | 31 | New York Jets | Rick Terry | DT | North Carolina | |||||
| 1996 | 31 | New York Jets | Alex Van Dyke | WR | Nevada-Reno | |||||
| 1995 | 31 | Kansas City Chiefs | Trezelle Jenkins | T | Michigan | |||||
| 1994 | 31 | Washington Redskins | Tre' Johnson | T | Temple | |||||
| 1993 | 31 | New England Patriots | Chris Slade | DE | Virginia | |||||
| 1992 | 31 | Cincinnati Bengals | Carl Pickens | WR | Tennessee | |||||
| 1991 | 31 | Los Angeles Rams | Roman Phifer | LB | UCLA | |||||
| 1990 | 31 | Phoenix Cardinals | Anthony Thompson | RB | Indiana | |||||
| 1989 | 31 | Cleveland Browns | Lawyer Tillman | WR | Auburn | |||||
| 1988 | 31 | Cincinnati Bengals | Ickey Woods | RB | UNLV | |||||
| 1987 | 31 | Atlanta Falcons | Kenny Flowers | RB | Clemson | |||||
| 1986 | 31 | New Orleans Saints | Dalton Hilliard | RB | LSU | |||||
| 1985 | 31 | Denver Broncos | Vance Johnson | WR | Arizona | |||||
| 1984 | 31 | Washington Redskins | Bob Slater | DT | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1983 | 31 | Denver Broncos | Mark Cooper | T | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 1982 | 31 | Cleveland Browns | Keith Baldwin | DE | Texas A&M | |||||
| 1981 | 31 | Seattle Seahawks | David Hughes | RB | Boise State | |||||
| 1980 | 31 | Cincinnati Bengals | Kirby Criswell | LB | Kansas | |||||
| 1979 | 31 | Houston Oilers | Mike Stensrud | DE | Iowa State | |||||
| 1978 | 31 | New York Jets | Mark Merrill | LB | Minnesota | |||||
| 1977 | 31 | Los Angeles Rams | Nolan Cromwell | DB | Kansas | |||||
| 1976 | 31 | San Diego Chargers | Don Macek | G | Boston College | |||||
| 1975 | 31 | Chicago Bears | Mike Hartenstine | DE | Penn State | |||||
| 1974 | 31 | New York Jets | Gordon Browne | T | Boston College | |||||
| 1973 | 31 | Los Angeles Rams | Cullen Bryant | RB | Colorado | |||||
| 1972 | 31 | New Orleans Saints | Willie Hall | LB | USC | |||||
| 1971 | 31 | New Orleans Saints | Samuel Holden | G | Grambling State | |||||
| 1970 | 31 | Houston Oilers | Lee Brooks | DT | Texas | |||||
| 1969 | 31 | Cincinnati Bengals | Bill Bergey | LB | Arkansas State | |||||
| 1968 | 31 | Denver Broncos | Curley Culp | DE | Arizona State | HOF - 2013 | ||||
| 1967 | 31 | Atlanta Falcons | Leo Carroll | DE | San Diego State | |||||
| 1966 | 31 | Baltimore Colts | Butch Allison | T | Missouri | |||||
| 1965 | 31 | New York Giants | Chuck Mercein | RB | Yale | |||||
| 1964 | 31 | Los Angeles Rams | John Mims | T | Rice | |||||
| 1963 | 31 | Minnesota Vikings | Ray Poage | WR | Texas | |||||
| 1962 | 31 | Los Angeles Rams | John Meyers | T | Washington | |||||
| 1961 | 31 | St. Louis Cardinals | Billy Wilson | T | Auburn | |||||
| 1960 | 31 | Philadelphia Eagles | Curt Merz | E | Iowa | |||||
| 1959 | 31 | Los Angeles Rams | Larry Hickman | B | Baylor | |||||
| 1958 | 31 | Washington Redskins | Bill Anderson | B | Tennessee | |||||
| 1957 | 31 | Philadelphia Eagles | Tommy McDonald | WR | Oklahoma | HOF - 1998 | ||||
| 1956 | 31 | Chicago Cardinals | John Roach | QB | SMU | |||||
| 1955 | 31 | New York Giants | Roosevelt Grier | DL | Penn State | |||||
| 1954 | 31 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Tom Miner | E | Tulsa | |||||
| 1953 | 31 | Green Bay Packers | Bill Forester | OLB | SMU | |||||
| 1952 | 31 | Washington Redskins | Al Dorow | QB | Michigan State | |||||
| 1951 | 31 | Pittsburgh Steelers | George Sulima | E | Boston Univ. | |||||
| 1950 | 31 | Detroit Lions | Art Murakowski | B | Northwestern | |||||
| 1949 | 31 | Chicago Bears | Johnny O'Quinn | E | Wake Forest | |||||
| 1948 | 31 | Green Bay Packers | Weyman Sellers | E | Georgia | |||||
| 1947 | 31 | Green Bay Packers | Buddy Burris | G | Tulsa | |||||
| 1946 | 31 | Chicago Cardinals | Joe Golding | B | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1945 | 31 | The Yanks | Don Deeks | T | Washington | |||||
| 1944 | 31 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Art McCaffray | T | Pacific | |||||
| 1943 | 31 | Detroit Lions | Lloyd Wickett | T | Oregon State | |||||
| 1942 | 31 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Curt Sandig | B | St. Mary's (TX) | |||||
| 1941 | 31 | Philadelphia Eagles | Royal Kahler | T | Nebraska | |||||
| 1940 | 31 | Chicago Cardinals | Marty Christiansen | B | Minnesota | |||||
| 1939 | 31 | Chicago Cardinals | Bill Daddio | E | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 1938 | 31 | Cleveland Rams | Ed Franco | G | Fordham | |||||
| 1937 | 31 | Philadelphia Eagles | Walt Gilbert | B | Auburn | |||||
| 1936 | 31 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Paul Bryant | E | Alabama | |||||
