The 1951 NFL draft was held January 18–19, 1951, at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago.
The Baltimore Colts folded after the 1950 season, and the NFL placed their players in the 1951 NFL draft.Joe Gootter, "Sport-o-Grams: Paterson Yankee," Paterson News, Jan. 10, 1952, p. 26. Twenty players appearing on the Colts' 1950 roster were subsequently selected, with future Hall of Fame quarterback Y. A. Tittle leading the list, going to the San Francisco 49ers with the third pick overall.
This was the fifth year that the first overall pick was a bonus pick determined by lottery, with the previous four winners (Chicago Bears in 1947, Washington Redskins in 1948, Philadelphia Eagles in 1949, and Detroit Lions in 1950) ineligible from the draw; it was won by the New York Giants, who selected halfback Kyle Rote.
Player selections = Pro Bowler Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.= Hall of Famer
Round 1
Pick # NFL team Player Position College1New York Giants (Lottery bonus pick) Kyle RoteHalfbackSMU2Chicago Bears (From Baltimore Colts)Bob WilliamsQuarterbackNotre Dame3San Francisco 49ersY. A. Tittle QuarterbackLSU (Redrafted Colt)4Washington RedskinsLeon HeathFullbackOklahoma5Green Bay PackersBob GainTackleKentucky6Chicago CardinalsJerry GroomCenterNotre Dame7Philadelphia EaglesEbert Van BurenBackLSU8Philadelphia Eagles (From Detroit Lions)Chet MutrynBackXavier (Redrafted Colt)9Pittsburgh SteelersButch AvingerFullbackAlabama10Chicago Bears (From New York Yanks)Billy Stone Halfback Bradley (Redrafted Colt)11Los Angeles RamsBud McFadinGuardTexas12Chicago BearsGene SchroederEndVirginia13New York Giants Jim SpavitalFullbackOklahoma A&M14Cleveland BrownsKen KonzBackLSU HOF Member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame
Round 2
Pick # NFL team Player Position College15Washington RedskinsEd SalemBackAlabama16Green Bay PackersAlbin CollinsBackLSU (Redrafted Colt)17San Francisco 49ersPete SchabarumBackCalifornia18Chicago CardinalsDon JoyceTackleTulane19Detroit LionsDick StanfelGuardSan Francisco20Pittsburgh SteelersChuck OrtmannHalfbackMichigan21Washington RedskinsJim StatonTackleWake Forest22New York YanksKen JacksonTackleTexas23Chicago BearsBill GeorgeLinebackerWake Forest24Los Angeles RamsHerb RichBackVanderbilt (Redrafted Colt)25New York GiantsRay KrouseTackleMaryland26Cleveland BrownsBucky CurtisEndVanderbilt
Round 3
Pick # NFL team Player Position College27Green Bay PackersFred ConeHalfbackClemson28San Francisco 49ersBilly MixonBackGeorgia29Washington RedskinsWalt YowarskyTackleKentucky30Chicago CardinalsDon StonesiferEndNorthwestern31Pittsburgh SteelersGeorge SulimaEndBoston University32Philadelphia EaglesAl BrunoEndKentucky33Detroit LionsDorne DibbleEndMichigan State34New York YanksMike McCormackTackleKansas35Los Angeles RamsCharlie ToogoodTackleNebraska36Chicago BearsWilford WhiteBackArizona State37New York GiantsSonny GrandeliusBackMichigan State38Cleveland BrownsJerry HelluinTackleTulane
Round 4
Pick # NFL team Player Position College39Cleveland BrownsBob OristaglioEndPenn (Redrafted Colt)40Washington RedskinsPaul GiroskiTackleRice41Cleveland BrownsBob SmithBackTexas A&M42Chicago CardinalsDick DoyneBackLehigh43Philadelphia EaglesFran NagleBackNebraska44Detroit LionsPete D'AlonzoBackVillanova45Pittsburgh SteelersBear FrenchTacklePurdue (Redrafted Colt)46New York YanksElmer WingateEndMaryland47Chicago BearsBob MoserCenterPacific48Los Angeles RamsGeorge KinekBackTulane49Chicago BearsTom JelleyEndMiami (FL)50Cleveland BrownsArt DonovanTackleBoston College (Redrafted Colt)
Round 5
Pick # NFL team Player Position College51Chicago CardinalsLynn LynchGuardIllinois52Green Bay PackersWade StinsonBackKansas53San Francisco 49ersDick SteereTackleDrake54San Francisco 49ersAl CarapellaTackleMiami (FL)55Detroit LionsJim DoranEndIowa State56Pittsburgh SteelersFloyd SampsonBackMcMurry57Philadelphia EaglesJack DwyerBackLoyola (CA)58Detroit LionsLaVern TorgesonCenterWashington State59Los Angeles RamsTony MomsenCenterMichigan60Chicago BearsBrad RowlandBackMcMurry61New York GiantsJack Stroud TackleTennessee62Cleveland BrownsAce LoomisBackUW–La Crosse
Round 6
Pick # NFL team Player Position College63Green Bay PackersSig HolowenkoTackleJohn Carroll64San Francisco 49ersBishop StricklandBackSouth Carolina65Washington RedskinsJohn MartinkovicEndXavier66Chicago CardinalsEd JasonekBackFurman67Pittsburgh SteelersDale DodrillGuardColorado A&M68Philadelphia EaglesKen FarragutCenterOle Miss69Detroit LionsJack ChristiansenSafetyColorado A&M70New York YanksGeorge MusaccoBackLoyola (CA)71Chicago BearsHerb FalkenbergBackTrinity (TX)72Los Angeles RamsNorb HeckerEndBaldwin Wallace73New York GiantsHerb HannahTackleAlabama74Cleveland BrownsDan RogasGuardTulane
Round 7
Pick # NFL team Player Position College75San Francisco 49ersDick ForbesEndSt. Ambrose76Washington RedskinsJohnny PapitBackVirginia77Green Bay PackersBill SutherlandEndSt. Vincent78Chicago CardinalsDick PunchesTackleColorado79Philadelphia EaglesFrank BoydstonBackBaylor80Detroit LionsBob MomsenTackleOhio State81Pittsburgh SteelersRay MathewsBackClemson82Cleveland BrownsIrv HoldashCenterNorth Carolina83Los Angeles RamsAlan EglerBackColgate84Chicago BearsPaul LeaTackleTulane85New York GiantsJoel WilliamsCenterTexas (Redrafted Colt)86Cleveland BrownsWalt MichaelsBackWashington & Lee
Round 8
Pick # NFL team Player Position College87Washington RedskinsBilly CoxBackDuke88Cleveland BrownsArt SpinneyEndBoston College (Redrafted Colt)89San Francisco 49ersJoe ArenasBackNebraska–Omaha90Chicago CardinalsLeo SanfordCenterLouisiana Tech91Detroit LionsDick RaklovitsBackIllinois92Pittsburgh SteelersHenry MinarikEndMichigan State93Philadelphia EaglesJack RichardsEndArkansas94New York YanksLarry LauerCenterAlabama95Chicago BearsClair MayesGuardOklahoma96Los Angeles RamsHugo PrimianiTackleBoston University97New York GiantsFred BennersBackSMU98Cleveland BrownsMax ClarkBackHouston
Round 9
Pick # NFL team Player Position College99Green Bay PackersDick McWilliamsTackleMichigan100San Francisco 49ersBruce Van AlstyneEndStanford101Washington RedskinsJake RowdenCenterMaryland102Chicago CardinalsNeil SchmidtBackPurdue103Pittsburgh SteelersJohn SchwederGuardPenn104Philadelphia EaglesDenny DoyleGuardTulane105Cleveland BrownsBurl TolerGuardSan Francisco106New York YanksDon ColoTackleBrown (Redrafted Colt)107Los Angeles RamsNolan LangBackOklahoma108Chicago BearsBill GregusBackWake Forest109New York GiantsHolland DonanTacklePrinceton110Cleveland BrownsDon ShulaBackJohn Carroll
Round 10
Pick # NFL team Player Position College111Washington RedskinsJames JanosekTacklePurdue112San Francisco 49ersNick FeherGuardGeorgia113Washington RedskinsBob JensenEndIowa State114Green Bay PackersBob NoppingerTackleGeorgetown115Chicago CardinalsKen CooperGuardVanderbilt (Redrafted Colt)116Philadelphia EaglesLouis SchaufeleBackArkansas117Detroit LionsJim ShoafGuardLSU118Pittsburgh SteelersPaul SalataEndUSC119New York YanksJesse ThomasBackMichigan State120Chicago BearsJ. W. SherrillBackTennessee121Los Angeles RamsRoland KirkbyBackWashington122New York GiantsEarl MurrayGuardPurdue123Cleveland BrownsChet GierulaGuardMaryland
Round 11
Pick # NFL team Player Position College124Washington RedskinsBill DeChardBackHoly Cross125Green Bay PackersGeorge RooksBackMorgan State126San Francisco 49ersBill JessupEndUSC127Chicago CardinalsTom BienemannEndDrake128Detroit LionsFrankie AndersonEndOklahoma129Pittsburgh SteelersJoe McCutcheonCenterWashington & Lee130Philadelphia EaglesBob PopeTackleKentucky131New York YanksSteve WyndhamBackClemson132Los Angeles RamsJohn NatyshakBackTampa133Chicago BearsTom HardimanBackGeorgetown134New York GiantsReds BagnellBackPenn135Cleveland BrownsBernie CustisBackSyracuse
Round 12
Pick # NFL team Player Position College136Green Bay PackersCarl KreagerCenterMichigan137San Francisco 49ersJim MonachinoBackCalifornia138Washington RedskinsAl ApplegateGuardScranton139Chicago CardinalsJack LandryBackNotre Dame140Pittsburgh SteelersJim BrandtBackSt. Thomas (MN)141Philadelphia EaglesHenry RichBackArizona State142Cleveland BrownsMilan SellersBackFlorida State143New York YanksAl LaryEndAlabama144Chicago BearsPunjab HairstonTackleNevada145Los Angeles RamsDon HardeyBackPacific146New York GiantsBob HudsonEndClemson147Cleveland BrownsStew KirtleyEndMorehead State
Round 13
Pick # NFL team Player Position College148San Francisco 49ersDick HarvinEndGeorgia Tech149Washington RedskinsDick CampbellBackWyoming150Green Bay PackersEd StephensBackMissouri151Chicago CardinalsVolney PetersTackleUSC152Philadelphia EaglesPete MastelloneCenterMiami (FL)153Detroit LionsWayne SiegertTackleIllinois154Pittsburgh SteelersBill SzaboTackleBucknell155New York YanksJohn ThomasEndOregon State156Los Angeles RamsJoe ReidCenterLSU157Chicago BearsCharley WrightBackWest Texas State158New York GiantsPaul DouglassBackIllinois159Cleveland BrownsBob VoskuhlCenterGeorgetown (KY)
Round 14
Pick # NFL team Player Position College160Washington RedskinsAdrian BurkQuarterbackBaylor (Redrafted Colt)161Green Bay PackersRay BauerEndMontana162San Francisco 49ersRex BerryBackBYU163Chicago CardinalsBill LeskovarBackKentucky164Detroit LionsLee WittmerTackleDetroit165Pittsburgh SteelersMike MizeranyGuardAlabama166Philadelphia EaglesBobby WalstonEndGeorgia167New York YanksCharley RappBackDuquesne168Chicago BearsBailey WoodsBackAbilene Christian169Los Angeles RamsRob McCoyBackGeorgia Tech170New York GiantsPat FlanaganTackleMarquette171Cleveland BrownsRudy CernochTackleNorthwestern
Round 15
Pick # NFL team Player Position College172Green Bay PackersJoe ErnstBackTulane173San Francisco 49ersDave SparksGuardSouth Carolina174Washington RedskinsVic ThomasTackleColorado175Chicago CardinalsJohn SimcicGuardWisconsin176Pittsburgh SteelersClay WebbBackKentucky177Philadelphia EaglesBobby NorthBackGeorgia Tech178Detroit LionsJim HillBackTennessee179New York YanksBill WanamakerGuardKentucky180Los Angeles RamsObie PoseyBackSouthern181Chicago BearsSid HallCenterPacific182New York GiantsGene VykukalTackleTexas183Cleveland BrownsJoe SkibinskiGuardPurdue
Round 16
Pick # NFL team Player Position College184San Francisco 49ersBob WhiteBackStanford185Washington RedskinsBob BatesCenterTexas A&M186Green Bay PackersDick AfflisTackleNevada187Chicago CardinalsGene MillerBackNorthwestern188Philadelphia EaglesHal HatfieldEndUSC189Detroit LionsTed GeremskyEndPittsburgh190Pittsburgh SteelersLambert ObergCenterTrinity (CT)191New York YanksBill FrayTackleIdaho192Chicago BearsFrank VolmEndMarquette193Los Angeles RamsBill RobertsonEndMemphis State194New York GiantsAlan PfeiferEndFordham195Cleveland BrownsEd PaskyBackSouth Carolina
Round 17
Pick # NFL team Player Position College196Washington RedskinsGene BritoEndLoyola (CA)197Green Bay PackersRay PelfreyBackEastern Kentucky198San Francisco 49ersArt MichalikGuardSt. Ambrose199Chicago CardinalsHenry MayCenterSouthwest Missouri State200Detroit LionsDarrell MeisenheimerBackOklahoma A&M201Pittsburgh SteelersTed GehlmannTackleWilliam & Mary202Philadelphia EaglesHal WaggonerBackTulane203New York YanksDick RowanCenterTexas204Los Angeles RamsHal RileyEndBaylor205Chicago BearsDon DufekBackMichigan206New York GiantsBud SherrodEndTennessee207Cleveland BrownsLeroy Ka-NeBackDayton
Round 18
Pick # NFL team Player Position College208Green Bay PackersEd PetelaBackBoston College209San Francisco 49ersJim MurphyTackleXavier210Washington RedskinsDom FucciBackKentucky211Chicago CardinalsRuss PomeroyTackleStanford212Pittsburgh SteelersPat FieldBackGeorgia213Philadelphia EaglesBill WeeksBackIowa State214Detroit LionsEddie WolgastBackArizona215New York YanksBob WatsonEndUCLA216Chicago BearsChuck BrownGuardIllinois217Los Angeles RamsDick DaughertyGuardOregon218New York GiantsFrank SmithBackMiami (FL)219Cleveland BrownsRube DeRoinCenterOklahoma A&M
Round 19