NFL Draft - Overall Pick #42 Only
Players Picked at #42
Season Pick # Team Name Position College
2025 42 New York Jets Mason Taylor TE LSU
2024 42 Houston Texans Kamari Lassiter CB Georgia
2023 42 Green Bay Packers Luke Musgrave TE Oregon State
2022 42 Minnesota Vikings Andrew Booth Jr. CB Clemson
2021 42 Miami Dolphins Liam Eichenberg T Notre Dame
2020 42 Jacksonville Jaguars Laviska Shenault Jr. WR Colorado
2019 42 Denver Broncos Drew Lock QB Missouri
2018 42 Miami Dolphins Mike Gesicki TE Penn State
2017 42 New Orleans Saints Marcus Williams S Utah
2016 42 Baltimore Ravens Kamalei Correa LB Boise State
2015 42 Atlanta Falcons Jalen Collins CB LSU
2014 42 Philadelphia Eagles Jordan Matthews WR Vanderbilt
2013 42 Oakland Raiders Menelik Watson T Florida State
2012 42 Miami Dolphins Jonathan Martin T Stanford
2011 42 Houston Texans Brooks Reed DE Arizona
2010 42 New England Patriots Rob Gronkowski TE Arizona
2009 42 Buffalo Bills Jairus Byrd S Oregon
2008 42 Denver Broncos Eddie Royal WR Virginia Tech
2007 42 Indianapolis Colts Tony Ugoh T Arkansas
2006 42 Chicago Bears Danieal Manning S Abilene Christian
2005 42 Dallas Cowboys Kevin Burnett LB Tennessee
2004 42 Tennessee Titans Travis LaBoy DE Hawaii
2003 42 Seattle Seahawks Ken Hamlin S Arkansas
2002 42 Indianapolis Colts Larry Tripplett DT Washington
2001 42 St Louis Rams Tommy Polley OLB Florida State
2000 42 New York Giants Cornelius Griffin DT Alabama
1999 42 Atlanta Falcons Reggie Kelly TE Mississippi State
1998 42 Baltimore Ravens Patrick Johnson WR Oregon
1997 42 Arizona Cardinals Jake Plummer QB Arizona State
1996 42 St Louis Rams Tony Banks QB Michigan State
1995 42 Minnesota Vikings Orlando Thomas S Southwestern Louisiana
1994 42 Philadelphia Eagles Charlie Garner RB Tennessee
1993 42 Cleveland Browns Dan Footman DE Florida State
1992 42 New York Jets Kurt Barber LB USC
1991 42 New Orleans Saints Wesley Carroll WR Miami (FL)
1990 42 Buffalo Bills Carwell Gardner RB Louisville
1989 42 New York Jets Dennis Byrd DE Tulsa
1988 42 Miami Dolphins Jarvis Williams S Florida
1987 42 New York Jets Alex Gordon LB Cincinnati
1986 42 New England Patriots Mike Ruth DT Boston College
1985 42 Buffalo Bills Chris Burkett WR Jackson State
1984 42 New Orleans Saints Jumpy Geathers DE Wichita State
1983 42 Houston Oilers Keith Bostic S Michigan
1982 42 Detroit Lions Bobby Watkins DB Texas State
1981 42 Denver Broncos Clay Brown TE BYU
1980 42 Denver Broncos Rulon Jones DE Utah State
1979 42 Oakland Raiders Willie Jones DE Florida State
1978 42 St. Louis Cardinals John Barefield LB Texas A&I
1977 42 Detroit Lions Walt Williams DB New Mexico State
1976 42 San Francisco 49ers Randy Cross C UCLA
1975 42 Buffalo Bills Bob Nelson LB Nebraska
1974 42 Denver Broncos Carl Wafer DT Tennessee State
1973 42 Los Angeles Rams Jim Youngblood LB Tennessee Tech
1972 42 Atlanta Falcons Rosie Manning DT Northeastern State (OK)
1971 42 Kansas City Chiefs Scott Lewis DE Grambling State
1970 42 San Diego Chargers Tom Williams DT UC Davis
1969 42 Pittsburgh Steelers Warren Bankston RB Tulane
1968 42 St. Louis Cardinals Bob Atkins DB Grambling State
1967 42 Buffalo Bills Jim LeMoine TE Utah State
1966 42 Minnesota Vikings Don Hansen LB Illinois
1965 42 San Francisco 49ers Jack Chapple LB Stanford
1964 42 Chicago Bears Sid Blanks RB Texas A&I
1963 42 Green Bay Packers Tony Liscio T Tulsa
1962 42 Cleveland Browns John Furman QB UTEP
1961 42 Philadelphia Eagles Don Oakes T Virginia Tech
1960 42 Detroit Lions Roger Brown T Maryland-Eastern Shore
1959 42 Detroit Lions Art Brandriff B Virginia Military
1958 42 Chicago Bears Erich Barnes DB Purdue
1957 42 Cleveland Browns Paul Camera E Stanford
1956 42 Chicago Cardinals Sam Salerno T Colorado
1955 42 Pittsburgh Steelers Fred Broussard C Northwestern State
1954 42 Chicago Bears Fran Paterra B Notre Dame
1953 42 Pittsburgh Steelers Lloyd Colteryahn E Maryland
1952 42 Pittsburgh Steelers Jack Gearding T Xavier
1951 42 Chicago Cardinals Dick Doyne B Lehigh
1950 42 New York Yanks Zollie Toth B LSU
1949 42 Detroit Lions George Brodnax E Georgia Tech
1948 42 Philadelphia Eagles Howard Duncan C Ohio State
1947 42 Chicago Bears Roger Stephens B Cincinnati
1946 42 Boston Yanks Thurman Tigart G Oklahoma
1945 42 New York Giants Ed Castleberry B West Texas State
1944 42 Cleveland Rams Bob Waterfield QB UCLA HOF - 1965
1943 42 Phil-Pitt Steagles Bruno Banducci G Stanford
1942 42 Cleveland Rams Mike Sweeney E Texas
1941 42 Pittsburgh Steelers Bob Suffridge G Tennessee
1940 42 Pittsburgh Steelers Frank Bykowski G Purdue
1939 42 Chicago Cardinals George Faust B Minnesota
1938 42 Philadelphia Eagles Herschel Ramsey E Texas Tech
1937 42 Brooklyn Dodgers Bert Johnson T Kentucky
1936 42 Chicago Bears Vern Oech G Minnesota