NFL Draft - Overall Pick #72 Only
Players Picked at #72
Season Pick # Team Name Position College
2025 72 Buffalo Bills Landon Jackson EDGE Arkansas
2024 72 Carolina Panthers Trevin Wallace LB Kentucky
2023 72 Arizona Cardinals Garrett Williams CB Syracuse
2022 72 Seattle Seahawks Abraham Lucas T Washington State
2021 72 Detroit Lions Alim McNeill DT North Carolina State
2020 72 Arizona Cardinals Josh Jones OL Houston
2019 72 Cincinnati Bengals Germaine Pratt OLB North Carolina State
2018 72 New York Jets Nathan Shepherd DT Fort Hays State
2017 72 Tennessee Titans Taywan Taylor WR Western Kentucky
2016 72 Chicago Bears Jonathan Bullard DT Florida
2015 72 St Louis Rams Jamon Brown T Louisville
2014 72 Minnesota Vikings Scott Crichton DE Oregon State
2013 72 New York Jets Brian Winters G Kent State
2012 72 Miami Dolphins Olivier Vernon DE Miami (FL)
2011 72 New Orleans Saints Martez Wilson LB Illinois
2010 72 Buffalo Bills Alex Carrington DE Arkansas State
2009 72 Jacksonville Jaguars Terrance Knighton DT Temple
2008 72 Buffalo Bills Chris Ellis DE Virginia Tech
2007 72 Minnesota Vikings Marcus McCauley CB Fresno State
2006 72 Arizona Cardinals Leonard Pope TE Georgia
2005 72 Detroit Lions Stanley Wilson CB Stanford
2004 72 Green Bay Packers Donnell Washington DE Clemson
2003 72 Jacksonville Jaguars Vince Manuwai G Hawaii
2002 72 Chicago Bears Roosevelt Williams CB Tuskegee
2001 72 Green Bay Packers Torrance Marshall OLB Oklahoma
2000 72 Pittsburgh Steelers Kendrick Clancy DT Mississippi
1999 72 Miami Dolphins Grey Ruegamer C Arizona State
1998 72 Philadelphia Eagles Jeremiah Trotter LB Stephen F. Austin
1997 72 Oakland Raiders Adam Treu G Nebraska
1996 72 Pittsburgh Steelers Steve Conley LB Arkansas
1995 72 Philadelphia Eagles Greg Jefferson DE Central Florida
1994 72 Atlanta Falcons Anthony Phillips CB Texas A&M-Kingsville
1993 72 Los Angeles Raiders James Trapp CB Clemson
1992 72 New Orleans Saints Tyrone Legette CB Nebraska
1991 72 Cincinnati Bengals Bob Dahl T Notre Dame
1990 72 Houston Oilers Willis Peguese DE Miami
1989 72 Indianapolis Colts Mitchell Benson DT TCU
1988 72 Houston Oilers Greg Montgomery P Michigan State
1987 72 Minnesota Vikings Henry Thomas DT LSU
1986 72 Green Bay Packers Robbie Bosco QB BYU
1985 72 St. Louis Cardinals Lance Smith T LSU
1984 72 Green Bay Packers Donnie Humphrey DT Auburn
1983 72 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jeremiah Castille CB Alabama
1982 72 Houston Oilers Stan Edwards RB Michigan
1981 72 Detroit Lions Don Greco G Western Illinois
1980 72 Cleveland Browns Cliff Odom LB Texas-Arlington
1979 72 Houston Oilers Kenny King RB Oklahoma
1978 72 Cincinnati Bengals Ted Vincent DT Wichita State
1977 72 New York Jets Tank Marshall DE Texas A&M
1976 72 Green Bay Packers Mike C. McCoy DB Colorado
1975 72 San Francisco 49ers Steve Mike-Mayer K Maryland
1974 72 Dallas Cowboys Cal Peterson LB UCLA
1973 72 Kansas City Chiefs Paul Krause T Central Michigan
1972 72 Oakland Raiders Mel Lunsford DT Central (OH) State
1971 72 Detroit Lions Al Clark DB Eastern Michigan
1970 72 New York Jets Dennis Onkotz LB Penn State
1969 72 Cleveland Browns Charles Glass TE Florida State
1968 72 New York Jets Sam Walton T East Texas State
1967 72 Cleveland Browns Eppie Barney WR Iowa State
1966 72 Minnesota Vikings Doug Davis T Kentucky
1965 72 Cleveland Browns Arnie Simkus T Michigan
1964 72 Philadelphia Eagles Al Denson E Florida A&M
1963 72 Cleveland Browns Ernie Borghetti T Pittsburgh
1962 72 New York Giants Bill Triplett B Miami (OH)
1961 72 Washington Redskins Joe Krakoski B Illinois
1960 72 New York Giants George Blair B Mississippi
1959 72 Baltimore Colts Palmer Pyle T Michigan State
1958 72 Cleveland Browns Jim Wulff B Michigan State
1957 72 Chicago Bears Bo Dickinson B Southern Mississippi
1956 72 Los Angeles Rams Eddie Vincent B Iowa
1955 72 Detroit Lions Elijah Childers T Prairie View
1954 72 Cleveland Browns Asa Jenkins B Toledo
1953 72 Los Angeles Rams Howard Waugh B Tulsa
1952 72 Cleveland Browns Burrell Shields B John Carroll
1951 72 Los Angeles Rams Norb Hecker E Baldwin-Wallace
1950 72 Chicago Bears Gaspar Perricone B Northwestern
1949 72 Chicago Bears Gerry Weatherly C Rice
1948 72 Philadelphia Eagles Scott Beasley E Nevada-Reno
1947 72 Green Bay Packers Bob McDougal RB Miami (FL)
1946 72 Boston Yanks Al Dekdebrun B Cornell
1945 72 Detroit Lions Jack Lowther B Detroit Mercy
1944 72 Washington Redskins Cliff White T Murray State
1943 72 Phil-Pitt Steagles Rocco Canale G Boston College
1942 72 Cleveland Rams Hubert Ulrich E Kansas
1941 72 Chicago Cardinals Tom Vargo E Penn State
1940 72 Philadelphia Eagles Don Jones B Washington
1939 72 Pittsburgh Pirates Steve Petro G Pittsburgh
1938 72 Philadelphia Eagles Elmer Kolberg B Oregon State
1937 72 Chicago Cardinals John Reynolds C Baylor
1936 72 New York Giants Dale Heekin B Ohio State