| Players Picked at #78 | ||||||||||
| Season | Pick # | Team | Name | Position | College | |||||
| 2025 | 78 | Arizona Cardinals | Jordan Burch | EDGE | Oregon | |||||
| 2024 | 78 | Houston Texans | Calen Bullock | S | USC | |||||
| 2023 | 78 | Green Bay Packers | Tucker Kraft | TE | South Dakota State | |||||
| 2022 | 78 | Cleveland Browns | Alex Wright | DE | Alabama Birmingham | |||||
| 2021 | 78 | Minnesota Vikings | Chazz Surratt | LB | North Carolina | |||||
| 2020 | 78 | Atlanta Falcons | Matt Hennessy | OL | Temple | |||||
| 2019 | 78 | Miami Dolphins | Michael Deiter | G | Wisconsin | |||||
| 2018 | 78 | Cincinnati Bengals | Malik Jefferson | LB | Texas | |||||
| 2017 | 78 | Baltimore Ravens | Tim Williams | LB | Alabama | |||||
| 2016 | 78 | New England Patriots | Joe Thuney | G | North Carolina State | |||||
| 2015 | 78 | New Orleans Saints | P.J. Williams | CB | Florida State | |||||
| 2014 | 78 | Washington Redskins | Spencer Long | G | Nebraska | |||||
| 2013 | 78 | Buffalo Bills | Marquise Goodwin | WR | Texas | |||||
| 2012 | 78 | Miami Dolphins | Michael Egnew | TE | Missouri | |||||
| 2011 | 78 | St Louis Rams | Austin Pettis | WR | Boise State | |||||
| 2010 | 78 | Carolina Panthers | Brandon LaFell | WR | LSU | |||||
| 2009 | 78 | San Diego Chargers | Louis Vasquez | G | Texas Tech | |||||
| 2008 | 78 | New England Patriots | Shawn Crable | LB | Michigan | |||||
| 2007 | 78 | Green Bay Packers | James Jones | WR | San Jose State | |||||
| 2006 | 78 | Cleveland Browns | Travis Wilson | WR | Oklahoma | |||||
| 2005 | 78 | Oakland Raiders | Kirk Morrison | LB | San Diego State | |||||
| 2004 | 78 | Chicago Bears | Bernard Berrian | WR | Fresno State | |||||
| 2003 | 78 | Miami Dolphins | Wade Smith | T | Memphis | |||||
| 2002 | 78 | New York Giants | Jeff Hatch | T | Pennsylvania | |||||
| 2001 | 78 | New York Giants | Will Peterson | CB | Western Illinois | |||||
| 2000 | 78 | New York Jets | Laveranues Coles | WR | Florida State | |||||
| 1999 | 78 | Chicago Bears | Marty Booker | WR | Louisiana-Monroe | |||||
| 1998 | 78 | Cincinnati Bengals | Mike Goff | T | Iowa | |||||
| 1997 | 78 | Minnesota Vikings | Stalin Colinet | DE | Boston College | |||||
| 1996 | 78 | Denver Broncos | Mark Campbell | DT | Florida | |||||
| 1995 | 78 | Philadelphia Eagles | Chris T. Jones | WR | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 1994 | 78 | New England Patriots | Ervin Collier | DT | Florida A&M | |||||
| 1993 | 78 | Miami Dolphins | Terry Kirby | RB | Virginia | |||||
| 1992 | 78 | Cleveland Browns | Gerald Dixon | LB | South Carolina | |||||
| 1991 | 78 | Chicago Bears | Chris Gardocki | P | Clemson | |||||
| 1990 | 78 | Los Angeles Rams | Latin Berry | CB | Oregon | |||||
| 1989 | 78 | New York Giants | Greg Jackson | S | LSU | |||||
| 1988 | 78 | Chicago Bears | Ralph Jarvis | DE | Temple | |||||
| 1987 | 78 | Buffalo Bills | Jamie Mueller | RB | Benedictine | |||||
| 1986 | 78 | Cincinnati Bengals | David Fulcher | S | Arizona State | |||||
| 1985 | 78 | Chicago Bears | James Maness | WR | TCU | |||||
| 1984 | 78 | Denver Broncos | Tony Lilly | S | Florida | |||||
| 1983 | 78 | New York Jets | JoJo Townsell | WR | UCLA | |||||
| 1982 | 78 | Philadelphia Eagles | Vyto Kab | TE | Penn State | |||||
| 1981 | 78 | Kansas City Chiefs | Lloyd Burruss | S | Maryland | |||||
| 1980 | 78 | Dallas Cowboys | Bill Roe | LB | Colorado | |||||
| 1979 | 78 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Reginald Lewis | DE | North Texas | |||||
| 1978 | 78 | Los Angeles Rams | Frank Corral | K | UCLA | |||||
| 1977 | 78 | St. Louis Cardinals | Kurt Allerman | LB | Penn State | |||||
| 1976 | 78 | Buffalo Bills | Ben Williams | DE | Mississippi | |||||
| 1975 | 78 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Walter White | TE | Maryland | |||||
| 1974 | 78 | Miami Dolphins | Nat Moore | WR | Florida | |||||
| 1973 | 78 | Miami Dolphins | Leon Gray | G | Jackson State | |||||
| 1972 | 78 | Dallas Cowboys | Marv Bateman | P | Utah | |||||
| 1971 | 78 | Baltimore Colts | Karl Douglas | QB | Texas A&I | |||||
| 1970 | 78 | Kansas City Chiefs | David Hadley | DB | Alcorn State | |||||
| 1969 | 78 | Houston Oilers | Rich Johnson | RB | Illinois | |||||
| 1968 | 78 | Baltimore Colts | Rich O'Hara | WR | Northern Arizona | |||||
| 1967 | 78 | Green Bay Packers | John Rowser | DB | Michigan | |||||
| 1966 | 78 | Cleveland Browns | Dan Fulford | WR | Auburn | |||||
| 1965 | 78 | Los Angeles Rams | Bill Harrison | E | Elon | |||||
| 1964 | 78 | Baltimore Colts | Jim Majurek | T | Syracuse | |||||
| 1963 | 78 | Washington Redskins | Charley Nickoson | T | Ohio | |||||
| 1962 | 78 | San Francisco 49ers | Bill Winter | T | West Virginia | |||||
| 1961 | 78 | St. Louis Cardinals | Dale Evans | B | Kansas State | |||||
| 1960 | 78 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lonnie Dennis | G | BYU | |||||
| 1959 | 78 | San Francisco 49ers | Daniel Colchico | E | San Jose State | |||||
| 1958 | 78 | Washington Redskins | Leon Bennett | T | Boston College | |||||
| 1957 | 78 | Cleveland Browns | Gene Hickerson | T | Mississippi | HOF - 2007 | ||||
| 1956 | 78 | Philadelphia Eagles | John Waedekin | T | Hardin-Simmons | |||||
| 1955 | 78 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Hal Reeve | T | Oregon | |||||
| 1954 | 78 | Chicago Bears | Ralph Cecere | B | Villanova | |||||
| 1953 | 78 | Chicago Bears | Don Bingham | B | Sul Ross | |||||
| 1952 | 78 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Claude Hipps | B | Georgia | |||||
| 1951 | 78 | Chicago Cardinals | Dick Punches | T | Colorado | |||||
| 1950 | 78 | Cleveland Browns | Ken Gorgal | B | Purdue | |||||
| 1949 | 78 | Washington Redskins | Bob Kennedy | B | North Carolina | |||||
| 1948 | 78 | Washington Redskins | Mike Katrishen | T | Southern Mississippi | |||||
| 1947 | 78 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Paul Gibson | E | North Carolina State | |||||
| 1946 | 78 | Detroit Lions | Bill Hedges | T | West Texas State | |||||
| 1945 | 78 | Chicago Cardinals | Gene Meeks | B | Kentucky | |||||
| 1944 | 78 | Brooklyn Tigers | Mitchell Olenski | T | Alabama | |||||
| 1943 | 78 | Green Bay Packers | Norm Verry | T | USC | |||||
| 1942 | 78 | New York Giants | Bob Merker | E | Millikin | |||||
| 1941 | 78 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Henry Toczylowski | B | Boston College | |||||
| 1940 | 78 | Washington Redskins | Bob Hoffman | B | USC | |||||
| 1939 | 78 | Washington Redskins | Wilbur Moore | B | Minnesota | |||||
| 1938 | 78 | New York Giants | John Mellus | T | Villanova | |||||
| 1937 | 78 | Chicago Bears | Steve Toth | C | Northwestern | |||||
| 1936 | 78 | Chicago Bears | Dan Fortmann | G | Colgate | HOF - 1965 | ||||
