NFL Draft - Overall Pick #40 Only
Players Picked at #40
Season Pick # Team Name Position College
2025 40 New Orleans Saints Tyler Shough QB Louisville
2024 40 Philadelphia Eagles Cooper DeJean CB Iowa
2023 40 New Orleans Saints Isaiah Foskey DE Notre Dame
2022 40 Seattle Seahawks Boye Mafe DE Minnesota
2021 40 Atlanta Falcons Richie Grant S Central Florida
2020 40 Houston Texans Ross Blacklock DT TCU
2019 40 Oakland Raiders Trayvon Mullen CB Clemson
2018 40 Denver Broncos Courtland Sutton WR SMU
2017 40 Carolina Panthers Curtis Samuel WR Ohio State
2016 40 New York Giants Sterling Shepard WR Oklahoma
2015 40 Tennessee Titans Dorial Green-Beckham WR Missouri
2014 40 Detroit Lions Kyle Van Noy LB BYU
2013 40 San Francisco 49ers Tank Carradine DE Florida State
2012 40 Carolina Panthers Amini Silatolu G Midwestern State (TX)
2011 40 Dallas Cowboys Bruce Carter LB North Carolina
2010 40 Miami Dolphins Koa Misi DE Utah
2009 40 New England Patriots Ron Brace DT Boston College
2008 40 New Orleans Saints Tracy Porter CB Indiana
2007 40 Miami Dolphins John Beck QB BYU
2006 40 Detroit Lions Daniel Bullocks S Nebraska
2005 40 New Orleans Saints Josh Bullocks S Nebraska
2004 40 Tennessee Titans Ben Troupe TE Florida
2003 40 Minnesota Vikings E.J. Henderson LB Maryland
2002 40 Jacksonville Jaguars Mike Pearson T Florida
2001 40 Seattle Seahawks Ken Lucas CB Mississippi
2000 40 Denver Broncos Ian Gold LB Michigan
1999 40 Oakland Raiders Tony Bryant DE Florida State
1998 40 New Orleans Saints Cameron Cleeland TE Washington
1997 40 St Louis Rams Dexter McCleon CB Clemson
1996 40 New Orleans Saints Je'Rod Cherry S California
1995 40 Jacksonville Jaguars Brian DeMarco DT Michigan State
1994 40 Minnesota Vikings David Palmer WR Alabama
1993 40 New York Giants Michael Strahan DE Texas Southern HOF - 2014
1992 40 Kansas City Chiefs Matt Blundin QB Virginia
1991 40 Indianapolis Colts Shane Curry DE Miami (FL)
1990 40 Kansas City Chiefs Tim Grunhard C Notre Dame
1989 40 Phoenix Cardinals Walter Reeves TE Auburn
1988 40 Buffalo Bills Thurman Thomas RB Oklahoma State HOF - 2007
1987 40 New Orleans Saints Lonzell Hill WR Washington
1986 40 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Kevin Murphy LB Oklahoma
1985 40 New York Jets Lester Lyles CB Virginia
1984 40 Dallas Cowboys Victor Scott CB Colorado
1983 40 Detroit Lions Rich Strenger T Michigan
1982 40 New England Patriots Robert Weathers RB Arizona State
1981 40 San Francisco 49ers Eric Wright CB Missouri
1980 40 New York Jets Darrol Ray S Oklahoma
1979 40 Cleveland Browns Lawrence Johnson DB Wisconsin
1978 40 Detroit Lions Al Baker DE Colorado State
1977 40 Miami Dolphins Bob Baumhower DT Alabama
1976 40 Dallas Cowboys Jim Jensen RB Iowa
1975 40 Houston Oilers Emmett Edwards WR Kansas
1974 40 Cleveland Browns Billy Corbett T Johnson C. Smith
1973 40 New York Giants Brad Van Pelt LB Michigan State
1972 40 Atlanta Falcons Pat Sullivan QB Auburn
1971 40 Cleveland Browns Bo Cornell RB Washington
1970 40 Houston Oilers Bill Dusenbery RB Johnson C. Smith
1969 40 Houston Oilers Jerry LeVias WR SMU
1968 40 St. Louis Cardinals Fred Hyatt WR Auburn
1967 40 San Diego Chargers Ron McCall LB Weber State
1966 40 New York Giants Tom Fisher LB Tennessee
1965 40 St. Louis Cardinals Ray Ogden E Alabama
1964 40 Green Bay Packers Joe O'Donnell G Michigan
1963 40 Philadelphia Eagles Louis Guy B Mississippi
1962 40 Philadelphia Eagles Pat Holmes T Texas Tech
1961 40 Green Bay Packers Phil Nugent DB Tulane
1960 40 Philadelphia Eagles Ted Dean RB Wichita State
1959 40 Washington Redskins Jim Wood E Oklahoma State
1958 40 Washington Redskins Dan Nolan QB Lehigh
1957 40 Washington Redskins Jim Podoley B Central Michigan
1956 40 San Francisco 49ers Frank Pajaczkowski B Richmond
1955 40 Los Angeles Rams Tom Feamster E Florida State
1954 40 Green Bay Packers Tommy Allman B West Virginia
1953 40 Washington Redskins Don Boll G Nebraska
1952 40 Los Angeles Rams Ken Casner T Baylor
1951 40 Washington Redskins Paul Giroski T Rice
1950 40 Philadelphia Eagles Bob Sanders B Oregon
1949 40 Chicago Cardinals John Goldsberry T Indiana
1948 40 Los Angeles Rams George Grimes B Virginia
1947 40 Green Bay Packers Gene Wilson E SMU
1946 40 Los Angeles Rams Don Paul C UCLA
1945 40 Chicago Bears Forest Masterson C Iowa
1944 40 Chicago Bears Abe Croft E SMU
1943 40 Washington Redskins Bob Dove E Notre Dame
1942 40 Chicago Bears Martin Ruby DT Texas A&M
1941 40 Washington Redskins Jim Stuart T Oregon
1940 40 New York Giants Carl Tomasello E Scranton
1939 40 New York Giants Don Willis B Clemson
1938 40 Chicago Bears Gustave Zarnas G Ohio State
1937 40 Cleveland Rams John Wiatrak C Washington
1936 40 Brooklyn Dodgers Bob Wilson TB SMU