| Players Picked at #81 | ||||||||||
| Season | Pick # | Team | Name | Position | College | |||||
| 2025 | 81 | Cincinnati Bengals | Dylan Fairchild | G | Georgia | |||||
| 2024 | 81 | Seattle Seahawks | Christian Haynes | G | Connecticut | |||||
| 2023 | 81 | Tennessee Titans | Tyjae Spears | RB | Tulane | |||||
| 2022 | 81 | New York Giants | Cordale Flott | CB | LSU | |||||
| 2021 | 81 | Miami Dolphins | Hunter Long | TE | Boston College | |||||
| 2020 | 81 | Las Vegas Raiders | Bryan Edwards | WR | South Carolina | |||||
| 2019 | 81 | Detroit Lions | Will Harris | S | Boston College | |||||
| 2018 | 81 | Dallas Cowboys | Michael Gallup | WR | Colorado State | |||||
| 2017 | 81 | Washington Redskins | Fabian Moreau | CB | UCLA | |||||
| 2016 | 81 | Atlanta Falcons | Austin Hooper | TE | Stanford | |||||
| 2015 | 81 | Buffalo Bills | John Miller | G | Louisville | |||||
| 2014 | 81 | Oakland Raiders | Gabe Jackson | G | Mississippi State | |||||
| 2013 | 81 | New York Giants | Damontre Moore | DE | Texas A&M | |||||
| 2012 | 81 | Dallas Cowboys | Tyrone Crawford | DE | Boise State | |||||
| 2011 | 81 | Oakland Raiders | DeMarcus Van Dyke | CB | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 2010 | 81 | Houston Texans | Earl Mitchell | DT | Arizona | |||||
| 2009 | 81 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Roy Miller | DT | Texas | |||||
| 2008 | 81 | Arizona Cardinals | Early Doucet | WR | LSU | |||||
| 2007 | 81 | New York Giants | Jay Alford | DT | Penn State | |||||
| 2006 | 81 | San Diego Chargers | Charlie Whitehurst | QB | Clemson | |||||
| 2005 | 81 | St Louis Rams | Richie Incognito | C | Nebraska | |||||
| 2004 | 81 | Washington Redskins | Chris Cooley | TE | Utah State | |||||
| 2003 | 81 | Washington Redskins | Derrick Dockery | G | Texas | |||||
| 2002 | 81 | Arizona Cardinals | Josh McCown | QB | Sam Houston State | |||||
| 2001 | 81 | New Orleans Saints | Kenny Smith | DT | Alabama | |||||
| 2000 | 81 | Detroit Lions | Reuben Droughns | RB | Oregon | |||||
| 1999 | 81 | Tennessee Titans | Zach Piller | G | Florida | |||||
| 1998 | 81 | New England Patriots | Chris Floyd | FB | Michigan | |||||
| 1997 | 81 | Tennessee Oilers | Scott Sanderson | T | Washington State | |||||
| 1996 | 81 | San Diego Chargers | Brian Roche | TE | San Jose State | |||||
| 1995 | 81 | Kansas City Chiefs | Tamarick Vanover | WR | Florida State | |||||
| 1994 | 81 | Buffalo Bills | Marlo Perry | LB | Jackson State | |||||
| 1993 | 81 | Green Bay Packers | Earl Dotson | T | Texas A&M-Kingsville | |||||
| 1992 | 81 | Detroit Lions | Thomas McLemore | TE | Southern | |||||
| 1991 | 81 | Green Bay Packers | Chuck Webb | RB | Tennessee | |||||
| 1990 | 81 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Craig Veasey | DT | Houston | |||||
| 1989 | 81 | Philadelphia Eagles | Britt Hager | LB | Texas | |||||
| 1988 | 81 | New Orleans Saints | Tony Stephens | NT | Clemson | |||||
| 1987 | 81 | Los Angeles Raiders | Steve Smith | FB | Penn State | |||||
| 1986 | 81 | Miami Dolphins | T.J. Turner | DT | Houston | |||||
| 1985 | 81 | Seattle Seahawks | Danny Greene | WR | Washington | |||||
| 1984 | 81 | Dallas Cowboys | Fred Cornwell | TE | USC | |||||
| 1983 | 81 | Cincinnati Bengals | Jim Turner | S | UCLA | |||||
| 1982 | 81 | Dallas Cowboys | Jim Eliopulos | LB | Wyoming | |||||
| 1981 | 81 | Dallas Cowboys | Glen Titensor | DE | BYU | |||||
| 1980 | 81 | St. Louis Cardinals | Charles Baker | LB | New Mexico | |||||
| 1979 | 81 | Los Angeles Rams | Mike Wellman | C | Kansas | |||||
| 1978 | 81 | Miami Dolphins | Jimmy Cefalo | WR | Penn State | |||||
| 1977 | 81 | Dallas Cowboys | Val Belcher | G | Houston | |||||
| 1976 | 81 | Baltimore Colts | Ed Simonini | LB | Texas A&M | |||||
| 1975 | 81 | Atlanta Falcons | John Nessel | G | Penn State | |||||
| 1974 | 81 | San Diego Chargers | Harrison Davis | WR | Virginia | |||||
| 1973 | 81 | Detroit Lions | Mike Hennigan | LB | Tennessee Tech | |||||
| 1972 | 81 | Cincinnati Bengals | Bernard Jackson | DB | Washington State | |||||
| 1971 | 81 | Houston Oilers | Larron Jackson | T | Missouri | |||||
| 1970 | 81 | Miami Dolphins | Curtis Johnson | CB | Toledo | |||||
| 1969 | 81 | Atlanta Falcons | James Mitchell | TE | Prairie View | |||||
| 1968 | 81 | Green Bay Packers | Dick Himes | T | Ohio State | |||||
| 1967 | 81 | New Orleans Saints | Ron Widby | K | Tennessee | |||||
| 1966 | 81 | Atlanta Falcons | Charley Casey | WR | Florida | |||||
| 1965 | 81 | Detroit Lions | Earl Hawkins | B | Emory & Henry | |||||
| 1964 | 81 | New York Giants | Henry Schichtle | QB | Wichita State | |||||
| 1963 | 81 | Chicago Bears | Dave Mathieson | QB | Washington State | |||||
| 1962 | 81 | Cleveland Browns | Same Tidmore | E | Ohio State | |||||
| 1961 | 81 | New York Giants | Greg Larson | C | Minnesota | |||||
| 1960 | 81 | Philadelphia Eagles | John Wilkins | T | USC | |||||
| 1959 | 81 | Washington Redskins | Jim Kenney | E | Boston Univ. | |||||
| 1958 | 81 | New York Giants | Vernon Vaughn | E | Maryland-Eastern Shore | |||||
| 1957 | 81 | Washington Redskins | Wally Merz | T | Colorado | |||||
| 1956 | 81 | New York Giants | Ron Nery | T | Kansas State | |||||
| 1955 | 81 | Philadelphia Eagles | Bill McKenna | E | Brandeis | |||||
| 1954 | 81 | Philadelphia Eagles | Jerry Norton | B | SMU | |||||
| 1953 | 81 | Philadelphia Eagles | Ray Malavasi | G | Mississippi State | |||||
| 1952 | 81 | San Francisco 49ers | Don Robison | B | California | |||||
| 1951 | 81 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ray Mathews | B | Clemson | |||||
| 1950 | 81 | New York Yanks | Don Narrell | T | TCU | |||||
| 1949 | 81 | Philadelphia Eagles | Bob Dean | B | Cornell | |||||
| 1948 | 81 | Green Bay Packers | George Walmsley | B | Rice | |||||
| 1947 | 81 | Green Bay Packers | Bob Kelly | HB | Navy | |||||
| 1946 | 81 | Chicago Cardinals | Tom Barber | T | Tennessee-Chattanooga | |||||
| 1945 | 81 | Cleveland Rams | Dick Huffman | T | Tennessee | |||||
| 1944 | 81 | New York Giants | John Sanchez | T | San Francisco | |||||
| 1943 | 81 | Detroit Lions | Jack Fenton | B | Michigan State | |||||
| 1942 | 81 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ernie Steele | B | Washington | |||||
| 1941 | 81 | Philadelphia Eagles | Don Williams | T | Texas | |||||
| 1940 | 81 | Chicago Cardinals | Jack Roche | B | Santa Clara | |||||
| 1939 | 81 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Jack Lee | B | Carnegie-Mellon | |||||
| 1938 | 81 | Cleveland Rams | Joe Maras | C | Duquesne | |||||
| 1937 | 81 | Philadelphia Eagles | Paul Fanning | B | Kansas State | |||||
| 1936 | 81 | New York Giants | Phil Flanagan | G | Holy Cross | |||||
