| Players Picked at #79 | ||||||||||
| Season | Pick # | Team | Name | Position | College | |||||
| 2025 | 79 | Houston Texans | Jaylin Noel | WR | Iowa State | |||||
| 2024 | 79 | Indianapolis Colts | Matt Goncalves | T | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 2023 | 79 | Indianapolis Colts | Josh Downs | WR | North Carolina | |||||
| 2022 | 79 | Los Angeles Chargers | J.T. Woods | S | Baylor | |||||
| 2021 | 79 | Las Vegas Raiders | Malcolm Koonce | DE | Buffalo | |||||
| 2020 | 79 | New York Jets | Jabari Zuniga | DL | Florida | |||||
| 2019 | 79 | Los Angeles Rams | David Long Jr. | CB | Michigan | |||||
| 2018 | 79 | Seattle Seahawks | Rasheem Green | DE | USC | |||||
| 2017 | 79 | New York Jets | ArDarius Stewart | WR | Alabama | |||||
| 2016 | 79 | Philadelphia Eagles | Isaac Seumalo | C | Oregon State | |||||
| 2015 | 79 | San Francisco 49ers | Eli Harold | DE | Virginia | |||||
| 2014 | 79 | Baltimore Ravens | Terrence Brooks | S | Florida State | |||||
| 2013 | 79 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Markus Wheaton | WR | Oregon State | |||||
| 2012 | 79 | Chicago Bears | Brandon Hardin | S | Oregon State | |||||
| 2011 | 79 | Washington Redskins | Leonard Hankerson | WR | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 2010 | 79 | San Diego Chargers | Donald Butler | LB | Washington | |||||
| 2009 | 79 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Kraig Urbik | G | Wisconsin | |||||
| 2008 | 79 | Houston Texans | Antwaun Molden | CB | Eastern Kentucky | |||||
| 2007 | 79 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Mike Sims-Walker | WR | Central Florida | |||||
| 2006 | 79 | Atlanta Falcons | Jerious Norwood | RB | Mississippi State | |||||
| 2005 | 79 | Carolina Panthers | Evan Mathis | G | Alabama | |||||
| 2004 | 79 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Marquis Cooper | LB | Washington | |||||
| 2003 | 79 | Green Bay Packers | Kenny Peterson | DE | Ohio State | |||||
| 2002 | 79 | Washington Redskins | Rashad Bauman | CB | Oregon | |||||
| 2001 | 79 | New York Jets | Kareem McKenzie | T | Penn State | |||||
| 2000 | 79 | Cleveland Browns | JaJuan Dawson | WR | Tulane | |||||
| 1999 | 79 | New York Giants | Dan Campbell | TE | Texas A&M | |||||
| 1998 | 79 | Miami Dolphins | Brad Jackson | LB | Cincinnati | |||||
| 1997 | 79 | Jacksonville Jaguars | James Hamilton | LB | North Carolina | |||||
| 1996 | 79 | Miami Dolphins | Dorian Brew | CB | Kansas | |||||
| 1995 | 79 | Indianapolis Colts | Zack Crockett | FB | Florida State | |||||
| 1994 | 79 | New Orleans Saints | Winfred Tubbs | LB | Texas | |||||
| 1993 | 79 | Minnesota Vikings | Gilbert Brown | DT | Kansas | |||||
| 1992 | 79 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Tyji Armstrong | TE | Mississippi | |||||
| 1991 | 79 | Houston Oilers | Kevin Donnalley | T | North Carolina | |||||
| 1990 | 79 | New York Giants | Greg Mark | ILB | Miami | |||||
| 1989 | 79 | New Orleans Saints | Kim Phillips | CB | North Texas | |||||
| 1988 | 79 | Denver Broncos | Kevin Guidry | CB | LSU | |||||
| 1987 | 79 | New England Patriots | Bob Perryman | RB | Michigan | |||||
| 1986 | 79 | New York Jets | Tim Crawford | LB | Texas Tech | |||||
| 1985 | 79 | Los Angeles Raiders | Tim Moffett | WR | Mississippi | |||||
| 1984 | 79 | Buffalo Bills | Sean McNanie | DE | San Diego State | |||||
| 1983 | 79 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Todd Seabaugh | LB | San Diego State | |||||
| 1982 | 79 | New York Jets | Dwayne Crutchfield | RB | Iowa State | |||||
| 1981 | 79 | Houston Oilers | Michael Holston | WR | Morgan State | |||||
| 1980 | 79 | Houston Oilers | Tim Smith | WR | Nebraska | |||||
| 1979 | 79 | Atlanta Falcons | William Andrews | RB | Auburn | |||||
| 1978 | 79 | San Francisco 49ers | Ernie Hughes | G | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1977 | 79 | Los Angeles Rams | Wendell Tyler | RB | UCLA | |||||
| 1976 | 79 | Kansas City Chiefs | Henry Marshall | WR | Missouri | |||||
| 1975 | 79 | New York Giants | Robert Giblin | DB | Houston | |||||
| 1974 | 79 | Houston Oilers | Steve Manstedt | LB | Nebraska | |||||
| 1973 | 79 | Houston Oilers | Gregg Bingham | LB | Purdue | |||||
| 1972 | 79 | Buffalo Bills | Randy Jackson | RB | Wichita State | |||||
| 1971 | 79 | Denver Broncos | Lyle Alzado | DE | Yankton | |||||
| 1970 | 79 | Chicago Bears | Lynn Larson | T | Kansas State | |||||
| 1969 | 79 | Buffalo Bills | Mike Richey | T | North Carolina | |||||
| 1968 | 79 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ken Hebert | WR | Houston | |||||
| 1967 | 79 | New Orleans Saints | Del Williams | C | Florida State | |||||
| 1966 | 79 | Dallas Cowboys | Walt Garrison | RB | Oklahoma State | |||||
| 1965 | 79 | Minnesota Vikings | Jim Grisham | B | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1964 | 79 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Tom Gibson | G | South Carolina | |||||
| 1963 | 79 | Los Angeles Rams | Terry Monaghan | T | Penn State | |||||
| 1962 | 79 | Green Bay Packers | John Sutro | T | San Jose State | |||||
| 1961 | 79 | Cleveland Browns | Frank Parker | T | Oklahoma State | |||||
| 1960 | 79 | Chicago Bears | Charlie Bivins | RB | Morris Brown | |||||
| 1959 | 79 | Washington Redskins | Mitch Ogiego | QB | Iowa | |||||
| 1958 | 79 | Baltimore Colts | Johnny Sample | DB | Maryland-Eastern Shore | |||||
| 1957 | 79 | Baltimore Colts | Reuben Saage | B | Baylor | |||||
| 1956 | 79 | Baltimore Colts | Bill Waters | T | Austin | |||||
| 1955 | 79 | Los Angeles Rams | Frank Clayton | B | USC | |||||
| 1954 | 79 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jack O'Brien | E | Florida | |||||
| 1953 | 79 | Green Bay Packers | Jim Ringo | C | Syracuse | HOF - 1981 | ||||
| 1952 | 79 | Washington Redskins | Vic Janowicz | RB | Ohio State | |||||
| 1951 | 79 | Philadelphia Eagles | Frank Boydston | B | Baylor | |||||
| 1950 | 79 | Philadelphia Eagles | Lloyd McDermott | T | Kentucky | |||||
| 1949 | 79 | Chicago Bears | Bill Wightkin | E | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1948 | 79 | Boston Yanks | Bob Forbes | B | Florida | |||||
| 1947 | 79 | Washington Redskins | Ernie Williamson | T | North Carolina | |||||
| 1946 | 79 | Washington Redskins | Bob Skoglund | E | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1945 | 79 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Leon Pense | B | Arkansas | |||||
| 1944 | 79 | Detroit Lions | Matthew Bolger | E | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1943 | 79 | Chicago Bears | Jim Jurkovich | B | California | |||||
| 1942 | 79 | Green Bay Packers | Noah Langdale | T | Alabama | |||||
| 1941 | 79 | Chicago Bears | Hal Lahar | G | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1940 | 79 | Green Bay Packers | J.R. Manley | G | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1939 | 79 | Green Bay Packers | Johnny Hall | WB | TCU | |||||
| 1938 | 79 | Washington Redskins | Ed Parks | C | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1937 | 79 | Green Bay Packers | Les Chapman | T | Tulsa | |||||
| 1936 | 79 | Green Bay Packers | J.C. Wetsel | G | SMU | |||||
