| Players Picked at #61 | ||||||||||
| Season | Pick # | Team | Name | Position | College | |||||
| 2025 | 61 | Washington Commanders | Trey Amos | CB | Mississippi | |||||
| 2024 | 61 | Detroit Lions | Ennis Rakestraw Jr. | CB | Missouri | |||||
| 2023 | 61 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Brenton Strange | TE | Penn State | |||||
| 2022 | 61 | San Francisco 49ers | Drake Jackson | DE | USC | |||||
| 2021 | 61 | Buffalo Bills | Carlos Bashamm Jr. | DE | Wake Forest | |||||
| 2020 | 61 | Tennessee Titans | Kristian Fulton | CB | LSU | |||||
| 2019 | 61 | Los Angeles Rams | Taylor Rapp | S | Washington | |||||
| 2018 | 61 | Jacksonville Jaguars | DJ Chark | WR | LSU | |||||
| 2017 | 61 | Green Bay Packers | Josh Jones | S | North Carolina State | |||||
| 2016 | 61 | New Orleans Saints | Vonn Bell | S | Ohio State | |||||
| 2015 | 61 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Ali Marpet | G | Hobart | |||||
| 2014 | 61 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Allen Robinson | WR | Penn State | |||||
| 2013 | 61 | Green Bay Packers | Eddie Lacy | RB | Alabama | |||||
| 2012 | 61 | San Francisco 49ers | LaMichael James | RB | Oregon | |||||
| 2011 | 61 | San Diego Chargers | Jonas Mouton | LB | Michigan | |||||
| 2010 | 61 | New York Jets | Vladimir Ducasse | T | Massachusetts | |||||
| 2009 | 61 | Miami Dolphins | Sean Smith | CB | Utah | |||||
| 2008 | 61 | Dallas Cowboys | Martellus Bennett | TE | Texas A&M | |||||
| 2007 | 61 | Detroit Lions | Gerald Alexander | S | Boise State | |||||
| 2006 | 61 | Denver Broncos | Tony Scheffler | TE | Western Michigan | |||||
| 2005 | 61 | San Diego Chargers | Vincent Jackson | WR | Northern Colorado | |||||
| 2004 | 61 | Kansas City Chiefs | Kris Wilson | TE | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 2003 | 61 | Philadelphia Eagles | L.J. Smith | TE | Rutgers | |||||
| 2002 | 61 | Buffalo Bills | Ryan Denney | DE | BYU | |||||
| 2001 | 61 | Detroit Lions | Shaun Rogers | DT | Texas | |||||
| 2000 | 61 | Philadelphia Eagles | Bobbie Williams | G | Arkansas | |||||
| 1999 | 61 | Denver Broncos | Lennie Friedman | G | Duke | |||||
| 1998 | 61 | Denver Broncos | Eric Brown | S | Mississippi State | |||||
| 1997 | 61 | New England Patriots | Sedrick Shaw | RB | Iowa | |||||
| 1996 | 61 | Philadelphia Eagles | Brian Dawkins | S | Clemson | HOF - 2018 | ||||
| 1995 | 61 | San Diego Chargers | Jimmy Oliver | WR | TCU | |||||
| 1994 | 61 | Buffalo Bills | Lonnie Johnson | TE | Florida State | |||||
| 1993 | 61 | Chicago Bears | Chris Gedney | TE | Syracuse | |||||
| 1992 | 61 | Phoenix Cardinals | Ed Cunningham | C | Washington | |||||
| 1991 | 61 | Denver Broncos | Keith Traylor | LB | Central Oklahoma | |||||
| 1990 | 61 | Chicago Bears | Tim Ryan | DT | USC | |||||
| 1989 | 61 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Derek Hill | WR | Arizona | |||||
| 1988 | 61 | Green Bay Packers | Keith Woodside | RB | Texas A&M | |||||
| 1987 | 61 | Green Bay Packers | Dave Croston | T | Iowa | |||||
| 1986 | 61 | Houston Oilers | Allen Pinkett | RB | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1985 | 61 | Indianapolis Colts | Anthony Young | DB | Temple | |||||
| 1984 | 61 | Kansas City Chiefs | Herman Heard | RB | Southern Colorado | |||||
| 1983 | 61 | Kansas City Chiefs | Albert Lewis | CB | Grambling State | |||||
| 1982 | 61 | Washington Redskins | Carl Powell | WR | Jackson State | |||||
| 1981 | 61 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jeff Griffin | CB | Utah | |||||
| 1980 | 61 | Green Bay Packers | Syd Kitson | G | Wake Forest | |||||
| 1979 | 61 | Miami Dolphins | Tony Nathan | RB | Alabama | |||||
| 1978 | 61 | New York Jets | Mickey Shuler | TE | Penn State | |||||
| 1977 | 61 | Chicago Bears | Robin Earl | RB | Washington | |||||
| 1976 | 61 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Steve Young | T | Colorado | HOF - 2005 | ||||
| 1975 | 61 | Los Angeles Rams | Geoff Reece | C | Washington State | |||||
| 1974 | 61 | Cincinnati Bengals | Dave Lapham | G | Syracuse | |||||
| 1973 | 61 | Baltimore Colts | Bill Olds | RB | Nebraska | |||||
| 1972 | 61 | San Diego Chargers | Bill McClard | K | Arkansas | |||||
| 1971 | 61 | St. Louis Cardinals | James Livesay | WR | Richmond | |||||
| 1970 | 61 | Kansas City Chiefs | Billy Bob Barnett | DE | Texas A&M | |||||
| 1969 | 61 | Denver Broncos | Bill Thompson | CB | Maryland State | |||||
| 1968 | 61 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jon Henderson | DB | Colorado State | |||||
| 1967 | 61 | Minnesota Vikings | Earl Denny | WR | Missouri | |||||
| 1966 | 61 | Cleveland Browns | Pete Duranko | DE | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1965 | 61 | Dallas Cowboys | Roger Pettee | LB | Florida | |||||
| 1964 | 61 | Detroit Lions | Benny Nelson | HB | Alabama | |||||
| 1963 | 61 | Baltimore Colts | Bill Ventura | T | Richmond | |||||
| 1962 | 61 | Baltimore Colts | Jerry Croft | G | Bowling Green | |||||
| 1961 | 61 | Chicago Bears | Keith Lincoln | B | Washington State | |||||
| 1960 | 61 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jacky Lee | QB | Cincinnati | |||||
| 1959 | 61 | Green Bay Packers | Willie Taylor | C | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 1958 | 61 | Cleveland Browns | Jim Gibbons | E | Iowa | |||||
| 1957 | 61 | New York Giants | Larry Wesley | T | Florida | |||||
| 1956 | 61 | Cleveland Browns | Franklin Clarke | E | Colorado | |||||
| 1955 | 61 | Cleveland Browns | Aramis Dandoy | B | USC | |||||
| 1954 | 61 | Detroit Lions | George Parozzo | T | William & Mary | |||||
| 1953 | 61 | Philadelphia Eagles | Rex Smith | E | Illinois | |||||
| 1952 | 61 | Los Angeles Rams | Gordon Polofsky | B | Tennessee | |||||
| 1951 | 61 | New York Giants | Jack Stroud | T | Tennessee | |||||
| 1950 | 61 | Chicago Cardinals | Carl Kiilsgaard | T | Idaho | |||||
| 1949 | 61 | New York Bulldogs | Sam Tamburo | E | Penn State | |||||
| 1948 | 61 | Green Bay Packers | Bob Cunz | T | Illinois | |||||
| 1947 | 61 | Philadelphia Eagles | Al Satterfield | T | Vanderbilt | |||||
| 1946 | 61 | Chicago Cardinals | Phil Tinsley | E | Alabama | |||||
| 1945 | 61 | Washington Redskins | John Steber | G | Georgia Tech | |||||
| 1944 | 61 | Washington Redskins | Hal Fischer | G | Texas | |||||
| 1943 | 61 | Detroit Lions | George Poschner | E | Georgia | |||||
| 1942 | 61 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Floyd Spendlove | T | Utah | |||||
| 1941 | 61 | Chicago Bears | Fred Hartman | T | Rice | |||||
| 1940 | 61 | Chicago Cardinals | Ben Kish | B | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 1939 | 61 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Ole Nelson | E | Michigan State | |||||
| 1938 | 61 | Cleveland Rams | Walter Mayberry | B | Florida | |||||
| 1937 | 61 | Philadelphia Eagles | Herb Barna | G | West Virginia | |||||
| 1936 | 61 | Green Bay Packers | Wally Fromhart | B | Notre Dame | |||||
