| Players Picked at #8 | ||||||||||
| Season | Pick # | Team | Name | Position | College | |||||
| 2025 | 8 | Carolina Panthers | Tetairoa McMillan | WR | Arizona | |||||
| 2024 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons | Michael Penix Jr. | QB | Washington | |||||
| 2023 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons | Bijan Robinson | RB | Texas | |||||
| 2022 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons | Drake London | WR | USC | |||||
| 2021 | 8 | Carolina Panthers | Jaycee Horn | CB | South Carolina | |||||
| 2020 | 8 | Arizona Cardinals | Isaiah Simmons | LB | Clemson | |||||
| 2019 | 8 | Detroit Lions | T.J. Hockenson | TE | Iowa | |||||
| 2018 | 8 | Chicago Bears | Roquan Smith | LB | Georgia | |||||
| 2017 | 8 | Carolina Panthers | Christian McCaffrey | RB | Stanford | |||||
| 2016 | 8 | Tennessee Titans | Jack Conklin | T | Michigan State | |||||
| 2015 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons | Vic Beasley | OLB | Clemson | |||||
| 2014 | 8 | Cleveland Browns | Justin Gilbert | CB | Oklahoma State | |||||
| 2013 | 8 | St Louis Rams | Tavon Austin | WR | West Virginia | |||||
| 2012 | 8 | Miami Dolphins | Ryan Tannehill | QB | Texas A&M | |||||
| 2011 | 8 | Tennessee Titans | Jake Locker | QB | Washington | |||||
| 2010 | 8 | Oakland Raiders | Rolando McClain | LB | Alabama | |||||
| 2009 | 8 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Eugene Monroe | T | Virginia | |||||
| 2008 | 8 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Derrick Harvey | DE | Florida | |||||
| 2007 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons | Jamaal Anderson | DE | Arkansas | |||||
| 2006 | 8 | Buffalo Bills | Donte Whitner | S | Ohio State | |||||
| 2005 | 8 | Arizona Cardinals | Antrel Rolle | CB | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 2004 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons | DeAngelo Hall | CB | Virginia Tech | |||||
| 2003 | 8 | Carolina Panthers | Jordan Gross | T | Utah | |||||
| 2002 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys | Roy Williams | S | Oklahoma | |||||
| 2001 | 8 | Chicago Bears | David Terrell | WR | Michigan | |||||
| 2000 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Plaxico Burress | WR | Michigan State | |||||
| 1999 | 8 | Arizona Cardinals | David Boston | WR | Ohio State | |||||
| 1998 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys | Greg Ellis | LB | North Carolina | |||||
| 1997 | 8 | New York Jets | James Farrior | LB | Virginia | |||||
| 1996 | 8 | Carolina Panthers | Tim Biakabutuka | RB | Michigan | |||||
| 1995 | 8 | Seattle Seahawks | Joey Galloway | WR | Ohio State | |||||
| 1994 | 8 | Seattle Seahawks | Sam Adams | DT | Texas A&M | |||||
| 1993 | 8 | New Orleans Saints | Willie Roaf | T | Louisiana Tech | HOF - 2012 | ||||
| 1992 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons | Bob Whitfield | T | Stanford | |||||
| 1991 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles | Antone Davis | T | Tennessee | |||||
| 1990 | 8 | New England Patriots | Chris Singleton | LB | Arizona | |||||
| 1989 | 8 | San Diego Chargers | Burt Grossman | DE | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 1988 | 8 | New York Jets | Dave Cadigan | G | USC | |||||
| 1987 | 8 | Buffalo Bills | Shane Conlan | LB | Penn State | |||||
| 1986 | 8 | San Diego Chargers | Leslie O'Neal | DE | Oklahoma State | |||||
| 1985 | 8 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Ron Holmes | DE | Washington | |||||
| 1984 | 8 | Indianapolis Colts | Leonard Coleman | S | Vanderbilt | |||||
| 1983 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles | Michael Haddix | RB | Mississippi State | |||||
| 1982 | 8 | Houston Oilers | Mike Munchak | G | Penn State | HOF - 2001 | ||||
| 1981 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers | Ronnie Lott | CB | USC | HOF - 2000 | ||||
| 1980 | 8 | New York Giants | Mark Haynes | CB | Colorado | |||||
| 1979 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals | Ottis Anderson | RB | Miami | |||||
| 1978 | 8 | Cincinnati Bengals | Ross Browner | DE | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1977 | 8 | Cincinnati Bengals | Wilson Whitley | DT | Houston | |||||
| 1976 | 8 | Chicago Bears | Dennis Lick | T | Wisconsin | |||||
| 1975 | 8 | San Diego Chargers | Gary Johnson | DT | Grambling State | |||||
| 1974 | 8 | Detroit Lions | Ed O'Neil | LB | Penn State | |||||
| 1973 | 8 | Chicago Bears | Wally Chambers | DE | Eastern Kentucky | |||||
| 1972 | 8 | New Orleans Saints | Royce Smith | G | Georgia | |||||
| 1971 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Frank Lewis | WR | Grambling State | |||||
| 1970 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals | Larry Stegent | RB | Texas A&M | |||||
| 1969 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams | Larry Smith | RB | Florida | |||||
| 1968 | 8 | Miami Dolphins | Larry Csonka | FB | Syracuse | HOF - 1987 | ||||
| 1967 | 8 | Minnesota Vikings | Gene Washington | FL | Michigan State | |||||
| 1966 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals | Carl McAdams | LB | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1965 | 8 | Minnesota Vikings | Jack Snow | E | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1964 | 8 | Baltimore Colts | Marv Woodson | HB | Indiana | |||||
| 1963 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers | Kermit Alexander | B | UCLA | |||||
| 1962 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers | Lance Alworth | WR | Arkansas | HOF - 1978 | ||||
| 1961 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals | Ken Rice | T | Auburn | |||||
| 1960 | 8 | Cleveland Browns | Jim Houston | DE | Ohio State | |||||
| 1959 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers | Dan James | C | Ohio State | |||||
| 1958 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers | Jim Pace | HB | Michigan | |||||
| 1957 | 8 | Baltimore Colts | Jim Parker | G | Ohio State | HOF - 1973 | ||||
| 1956 | 8 | Green Bay Packers | Jack Losch | HB | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 1955 | 8 | New York Giants | Joe Heap | HB | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1954 | 8 | Washington Redskins | Steve Meilinger | E | Kentucky | |||||
| 1953 | 8 | New York Giants | Bobby Marlow | HB | Alabama | |||||
| 1952 | 8 | Chicago Bears | Jim Dooley | B | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 1951 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles | Chet Mutryn | B | Xavier | |||||
| 1950 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lynn Chandnois | B | Michigan State | |||||
| 1949 | 8 | Washington Redskins | Rob Goode | B | Texas A&M | |||||
| 1948 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles | Clyde Scott | B | Arkansas | |||||
| 1947 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles | Neill Armstrong | E | Oklahoma A&M | |||||
| 1946 | 8 | Detroit Lions | Bill Dellastatious | B | Missouri | |||||
| 1945 | 8 | Washington Redskins | Jim Hardy | QB | USC | |||||
| 1944 | 8 | Washington Redskins | Mike Micka | B | Colgate | |||||
| 1943 | 8 | Green Bay Packers | Dick Wildung | T | Minnesota | |||||
| 1942 | 8 | New York Giants | Merle Hapes | FB | Mississippi | |||||
| 1941 | 8 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Dean McAdams | HB | Washington | |||||
| 1940 | 8 | Washington Redskins | Ed Boell | QB | New York University | |||||
| 1939 | 8 | Washington Redskins | I.B. Hale | T | TCU | |||||
| 1938 | 8 | New York Giants | George Karamatic | B | Gonzaga | |||||
| 1937 | 8 | Chicago Bears | Les McDonald | E | Nebraska | |||||
| 1936 | 8 | Detroit Lions | Sid Wagner | G | Michigan State | |||||
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