| Players Picked at #26 | ||||||||||
| Season | Pick # | Team | Name | Position | College | |||||
| 2026 | 26 | Houston Texans | Keylan Rutledge | G | Georgia Tech | |||||
| 2025 | 26 | Atlanta Falcons | James Pearce Jr. | DE | Tennessee | |||||
| 2024 | 26 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Graham Barton | C | Duke | |||||
| 2023 | 26 | Dallas Cowboys | Mazi Smith | DT | Michigan | |||||
| 2022 | 26 | New York Jets | Jermaine Johnson II | DE | Florida State | |||||
| 2021 | 26 | Cleveland Browns | Greg Newsome II | CB | Northwestern | |||||
| 2020 | 26 | Green Bay Packers | Jordan Love | QB | Utah State | |||||
| 2019 | 26 | Washington Redskins | Montez Sweat | DE | Mississippi State | |||||
| 2018 | 26 | Atlanta Falcons | Calvin Ridley | WR | Alabama | |||||
| 2017 | 26 | Atlanta Falcons | Takkarist McKinley | DE | UCLA | |||||
| 2016 | 26 | Denver Broncos | Paxton Lynch | QB | Memphis | |||||
| 2015 | 26 | Baltimore Ravens | Breshad Perriman | WR | Central Florida | |||||
| 2014 | 26 | Philadelphia Eagles | Marcus Smith | LB | Louisville | |||||
| 2013 | 26 | Green Bay Packers | Datone Jones | DE | UCLA | |||||
| 2012 | 26 | Houston Texans | Whitney Mercilus | DE | Illinois | |||||
| 2011 | 26 | Kansas City Chiefs | Jonathan Baldwin | WR | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 2010 | 26 | Arizona Cardinals | Dan Williams | DT | Tennessee | |||||
| 2009 | 26 | Green Bay Packers | Clay Matthews | LB | USC | |||||
| 2008 | 26 | Houston Texans | Duane Brown | T | Virginia Tech | |||||
| 2007 | 26 | Dallas Cowboys | Anthony Spencer | LB | Purdue | |||||
| 2006 | 26 | Buffalo Bills | John McCargo | DT | North Carolina State | |||||
| 2005 | 26 | Seattle Seahawks | Chris Spencer | C | Mississippi | |||||
| 2004 | 26 | Cincinnati Bengals | Chris Perry | RB | Michigan | |||||
| 2003 | 26 | San Francisco 49ers | Kwame Harris | T | Stanford | |||||
| 2002 | 26 | Philadelphia Eagles | Lito Sheppard | CB | Florida | |||||
| 2001 | 26 | Miami Dolphins | Jamar Fletcher | CB | Wisconsin | |||||
| 2000 | 26 | Buffalo Bills | Erik Flowers | DE | Arizona State | |||||
| 1999 | 26 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Fernando Bryant | CB | Alabama | |||||
| 1998 | 26 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Alan Faneca | G | LSU | HOF - 2021 | ||||
| 1997 | 26 | San Francisco 49ers | Jim Druckenmiller | QB | Virginia Tech | |||||
| 1996 | 26 | Baltimore Ravens | Ray Lewis | LB | Miami | HOF - 2018 | ||||
| 1995 | 26 | Atlanta Falcons | Devin Bush | S | Florida State | |||||
| 1994 | 26 | Houston Oilers | Henry Ford | DE | Arkansas | |||||
| 1993 | 26 | San Francisco 49ers | Dana Stubblefield | DT | Kansas | |||||
| 1992 | 26 | Detroit Lions | Robert Porcher | DE | South Carolina State | |||||
| 1991 | 26 | Buffalo Bills | Henry Jones | S | Illinois | |||||
| 1990 | 26 | Dallas Cowboys | Alexander Wright | WR | Auburn | |||||
| 1989 | 26 | Los Angeles Rams | Cleveland Gary | RB | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 1988 | 26 | Denver Broncos | Ted Gregory | NT | Syracuse | |||||
| 1987 | 26 | Chicago Bears | Jim Harbaugh | QB | Michigan | |||||
| 1986 | 26 | New England Patriots | Reggie Dupard | RB | SMU | |||||
| 1985 | 26 | Denver Broncos | Steve Sewell | RB | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1984 | 26 | Buffalo Bills | Greg Bell | RB | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1983 | 26 | Los Angeles Raiders | Don Mosebar | C | USC | |||||
| 1982 | 26 | Cincinnati Bengals | Glen Collins | DE | Mississippi State | |||||
| 1981 | 26 | Dallas Cowboys | Howard Richards | T | Missouri | |||||
| 1980 | 26 | Green Bay Packers | George Cumby | OLB | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1979 | 26 | Los Angeles Rams | Kent Hill | T | Georgia Tech | |||||
| 1978 | 26 | Green Bay Packers | John Anderson | LB | Michigan | |||||
| 1977 | 26 | Baltimore Colts | Randy Burke | WR | Kentucky | |||||
| 1976 | 26 | Los Angeles Rams | Kevin McLain | LB | Colorado State | |||||
| 1975 | 26 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Dave Brown | CB | Michigan | |||||
| 1974 | 26 | Miami Dolphins | Donald Reese | DE | Jackson State | |||||
| 1973 | 26 | Buffalo Bills | Joe DeLamielleure | G | Michigan State | HOF - 2003 | ||||
| 1972 | 26 | Dallas Cowboys | Bill Thomas | RB | Boston College | |||||
| 1971 | 26 | Baltimore Colts | Leonard Dunlap | CB | North Texas | |||||
| 1970 | 26 | Kansas City Chiefs | Sid Smith | T | USC | |||||
| 1969 | 26 | New York Jets | Dave Foley | T | Ohio State | |||||
| 1968 | 26 | Green Bay Packers | Bill Lueck | G | Arizona | |||||
| 1967 | 26 | New Orleans Saints | Leslie Kelley | RB | Alabama | |||||
| 1966 | 26 | San Francisco 49ers | Bob Windsor | TE | Kentucky | |||||
| 1965 | 26 | St. Louis Cardinals | Dave Simmons | LB | Georgia Tech | |||||
| 1964 | 26 | Cleveland Browns | Billy Truax | TE | LSU | |||||
| 1963 | 26 | New York Giants | Frank Lasky | T | Florida | |||||
| 1962 | 26 | New York Giants | Bob Bill | T | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1961 | 26 | Green Bay Packers | Ron Kostelnik | DE | Cincinnati | |||||
| 1960 | 26 | St. Louis Cardinals | Hugh McInnis | E | Southern Mississippi | |||||
| 1959 | 26 | Philadelphia Eagles | Wray Carlton | B | Duke | |||||
| 1958 | 26 | Chicago Cardinals | Larry Cowart | C | Baylor | |||||
| 1957 | 26 | Los Angeles Rams | Billy Ray Smith | T | Arkansas | |||||
| 1956 | 26 | San Francisco 49ers | Bill Herchman | T | Texas Tech | |||||
| 1955 | 26 | Chicago Cardinals | Mal Hammack | B | Florida | |||||
| 1954 | 26 | Chicago Cardinals | Bobby Cavazos | B | Texas Tech | |||||
| 1953 | 26 | Baltimore Colts | Buck McPhail | B | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1952 | 26 | Cleveland Browns | Don Klosterman | QB | Loyola (CA) | |||||
| 1951 | 26 | Cleveland Browns | Bucky Curtis | E | Vanderbilt | |||||
| 1950 | 26 | Cleveland Browns | Jim Martin | E | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1949 | 26 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bill Walsh | C | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1948 | 26 | New York Giants | Johnny Wolosky | C | Penn State | |||||
| 1947 | 26 | Detroit Lions | Bob Chappuis | B | Michigan | |||||
| 1946 | 26 | Chicago Cardinals | Hamilton Nichols | G | Rice | |||||
| 1945 | 26 | New York Giants | Gordon Appleby | C | Ohio State | |||||
| 1944 | 26 | Cleveland Rams | Gil Bouley | T | Boston College | |||||
| 1943 | 26 | Detroit Lions | Ralph Hamer | B | Furman | |||||
| 1942 | 26 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Malcolm Kutner | E | Texas | |||||
| 1941 | 26 | Philadelphia Eagles | Al Ghesquiere | B | Detroit Mercy | |||||
| 1940 | 26 | Chicago Cardinals | John Shirk | E | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1939 | 26 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Hugh McCullough | DB | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1938 | 26 | Cleveland Rams | Vic Markov | T | Washington | |||||
| 1937 | 26 | Washington Redskins | Maurice Elder | B | Kansas State | |||||
| 1936 | 26 | Detroit Lions | Andy Pilney | B | Notre Dame | |||||