As of 2026, the Ohio State Buckeyes have the most first-round selections in the history of the NFL draft with 99. They are third behind USC and Notre Dame for overall draft picks with 514 (as of 2026). In the 2015 draft, the defending national champion Buckeyes had no players selected in the first round (no eligible underclassmen declared), the first time a championship team had gone without first round picks since the 2003 draft when the 2002 National Champion Buckeyes did the same. 2004 and 2025 are tied with the most Buckeyes selected in a single NFL draft with 14. 1998 is the only year, since the draft's inception in 1936, in which no Buckeye has been selected. The following are the lists of Ohio State players selected in the NFL draft and NFL supplemental drafts since 1936.

+ 1936 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 2 15 Chicago Cardinals Gomer Jones C 8 72 New York Giants Dick Heekin Back

+ 1937 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 2 17 Detroit Lions Charley Hamrick T 5 50 Cleveland Rams Inwood Smith T 6 59 Green Bay Packers Merle Wendt T

+ 1938 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 2 Philadelphia Eagles Jim McDonald HB\FB 5 40 Chicago Bears Gustave "Gust" Zarnas OG 8 66 Detroit Lions Dick Nardi HB 9 71 Cleveland Rams Charles Ream End 10 86 Detroit Lions Ralph Wolf C

+ 1939 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 7 55 Brooklyn Dodgers Alex Schoenbaum T 12 109 Brooklyn Dodgers Carl Kaplanoff T 14 124 Philadelphia Eagles Joe Aleskus T

+ 1940 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 5 39 Green Bay Packers Esco Sarkkinen End 8 64 Brooklyn Dodgers Frank Zadworney Back 17 158 Washington Redskins Steve Andrako C

+ 1941 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 9 Chicago Bears Don Scott QB 10 89 Brooklyn Dodgers Jim Langhurst Back 15 132 Chicago Cardinals Claude White C 20 186 Green Bay Packers Jimmy Strausbaugh Back

+ 1942 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 12 110 Chicago Bears Jim Daniell OT\DT 16 149 Green Bay Packers Tom Kinkade Back 17 155 Detroit Lions Dick Fisher Back 18 162 Cleveland Rams Jack Graf QB\FB

+ 1943 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 6 45 Cleveland Rams Les Horvath QB 12 105 Cleveland Rams Bill Vickroy C 13 116 New York Giants Don McCafferty End

+ 1944 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 9 80 Philadelphia Eagles Paul Sarringhaus Back 10 97 Cleveland Rams Bob Shaw TE 11 106 Chicago Bears Lin Houston OG 16 154 Chicago Cardinals Charley Csuri T

+ 1945 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 2 12 Pittsburgh Steelers Jack Dugger End 3 26 New York Giants Gordon Appleby C 6 49 Detroit Lions Gene Fekete FB 13 131 Green Bay Packers Bill Hackett OG 17 174 New York Giants Bob Jabbusch OG 25 259 Washington Redskins Cecil "Cy" Souders End 31 324 Green Bay Packers John Priday Back

+ 1946 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 3 22 Detroit Lions Russ Thomas T 8 70 L.A. Rams Joe Whisler Back 10 87 Detroit Lions Thorton Dixon T 11 95 New York Giants Warren Amling OT 11 100 L.A. Rams Tom Phillips Back 30 288 Philadelphia Eagles George Slusser Back

+ 1947 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 2 12 Detroit Lions Russ Thomas T 12 103 L.A. Rams Dante Lavelli End 12 105 Chicago Bears Tony Adamle C 17 146 Detroit Lions Tommy James DHB 30 283 L.A. Rams Hal Dean OG

+ 1948 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 6 42 Philadelphia Eagles Howard Duncan C 6 44 Chicago Bears Bob Brugge Back 10 83 Chicago Bears Dick Flanagan C 14 122 Chicago Bears Ollie Cline FB 16 137 Detroit Lions Dave Templeton OG

+ 1949 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 6 59 Chicago Bears Jerry Krall Back 21 202 Detroit Lions Jack Lininger C

+ 1950 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 10 Chicago Bears Fred "Curly" Morrison RB 2 21 Chicago Bears Jack Jennings OT 8 105 Philadelphia Eagles Dick O'Hanlon T 11 135 Detroit Lions Jack Wilson T 14 181 L.A. Rams Bill Trautwein T 22 287 Philadelphia Eagles Jim Hague End 23 290 Green Bay Packers George Mattey OG

+ 1951 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 7 80 Detroit Lions Bob Momsen T 26 305 Green Bay Packers Bill Miller T

+ 1952 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 3 36 Cleveland Browns Joe Campanella LB 7 79 Washington Redskins Vic Janowicz RB 9 106 Detroit Lions Sherman "Sonny" Gandee DE 11 132 Cleveland Browns Dick Logan OG 14 168 Cleveland Browns Steve Ruzich OG 15 175 Washington Redskins Julius Wittman DT 27 318 Pittsburgh Steelers Dick "Skippy" Doyle Back 29 348 Cleveland Browns Walt Klevay Back

+ 1953 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 3 35 Cleveland Browns Fred Bruney DB 6 63 Chicago Cardinals Tony Curcillo DB 11 130 New York Giants Jim Ruehl C 11 131 Cleveland Browns Dick Hilinski DT 16 187 Green Bay Packers John Hlay FB

+ 1954 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 6 65 New York Giants George Jacoby T 13 147 Green Bay Packers Mike Takacs OG 22 256 Baltimore Colts Bob Meyer T 25 296 Washington Redskins George Russo DB

+ 1955 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 2 23 Chicago Bears Bobby Watkins HB 4 46 Philadelphia Eagles Dean Dugger End 7 74 Chicago Cardinals Dave Leggett QB 13 153 Philadelphia Eagles Jerry Krisher C 13 157 Cleveland Browns John Borton QB 15 170 Chicago Cardinals Dick Brubaker End 28 328 Baltimore Colts Bob Meyer T 28 330 Pittsburgh Steelers Dave Williams OG

+ 1956 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 3 Detroit Lions Howard "Hopalong" Cassady HB 4 41 Washington Redskins Fran Machinsky DT 9 106 Chicago Bears Ken Vargo C 22 261 New York Giants Jerry Harkrader Back

+ 1957 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 8 Baltimore Colts Jim Parker OG 2 16 Pittsburgh Steelers Bill Michael DT 11 124 Green Bay Packers Jim Roseboro Back 11 125 Cleveland Browns Bill Cummings DT 13 146 Philadelphia Eagles Hubert Bobo LB 16 185 Baltimore Colts Joe Cannavino RB 18 212 San Francisco 49ers Dick Guy OG 22 257 Pittsburgh Steelers Aurelius Thomas OG 27 319 Cleveland Browns Andy Okulovich Back 27 320 San Francisco 49ers Don Vivic Back 30 351 L.A. Rams Lee Williams Back

+ 1958 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 7 80 L.A. Rams Bill Jobko OG 8 94 New York Giants Don Sutherin DB 11 132 Cleveland Browns Russ Bowermaster End

+ 1959 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 7 Chicago Bears Don Clark RB 1 8 San Francisco 49ers Dan James C 2 23 Cleveland Browns Dick Schafrath OG 5 58 Cleveland Browns Dick LeBeau DB 20 231 Chicago Cardinals Jerry Lee Murphy T 23 275 New York Giants Frank Kremblas QB 25 298 Cleveland Browns Ernie Spycholski T 26 307 Pittsburgh Steelers John Scott T

+ 1960 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 8 Cleveland Browns Jim Houston DE 4 44 Cleveland Browns Jim Marshall DE 8 91 Cleveland Browns Bob White FB

+ 1961 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 7 Baltimore Colts Tom Matte RB 13 179 New York Giants Jerry Fields RB 14 188 Chicago Bears Jim Tyrer OT 15 200 L.A. Rams Ernie Wright OT 18 241 Washington Redskins George Tolford OT 20 269 Washington Redskins Mike Ingram OG + 1962 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 5 Pittsburgh Steelers Bob Ferguson RB 1 31 Boston Patriots Mike Ingram OG 3 34 St. Louis Cardinals Chuck Bryant TE 6 81 Cleveland Browns Sam Tidmore DE 7 95 Cleveland Browns John Havlicek WR 20 273 Chicago Bears Jack Roberts DT

+ 1963 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 5 Baltimore Colts Bob Vogel OT 1 12 Detroit Lions Daryl Sanders OT 5 66 San Francisco 49ers Gary Moeller OG 7 91 Washington Redskins Dave Francis RB 13 177 Cleveland Browns Dave Katterhenrich RB

+ 1964 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 11 Cleveland Browns Paul Warfield HB 4 49 New York Jets Matt Snell RB 10 138 Cleveland Browns Dick Van Raaphorst K 14 191 Pittsburgh Steelers Tom Jenkins OG

+ 1965 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 8 Buffalo Bills Jim Davidson T 3 32 Cleveland Browns Bo Scott RB 19 265 Cleveland Browns Ed Orazen OG

+ 1966 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 3 38 Washington Redskins Tom Barrington RB 4 55 Detroit Lions Doug Van Horn OG 17 249 Philadelphia Eagles Ike Kelly LB

+ 1967 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 3 58 Denver Broncos Mike Current OT 7 179 Baltimore Colts Bob Rein WR 12 300 Washington Redskins Ron Sepic WR

+ 1968 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 3 81 Green Bay Packers Dick Himes OT

+ 1969 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 14 Chicago Bears Rufus Mayes OT 1 26 New York Jets Dave Foley OT 10 239 Cincinnati Bengals Steve Howell TE

+ 1970 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 2 38 St. Louis Cardinals Chuck Hutchison OG 7 162 L.A. Rams Ted Provost DB 9 218 New Orleans Saints Jim Otis RB 10 241 Cincinnati Bengals Nick Roman LB

+ 1971 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 9 Green Bay Packers John Brockington RB 1 19 Oakland Raiders Jack Tatum DB 1 23 San Francisco 49ers William Tim Anderson DB 1 24 Minnesota Vikings Leo Hayden RB 2 29 Buffalo Bills Jan White TE 5 124 Green Bay Packers Jim Stillwagon LB 7 165 Denver Broncos Doug Adams LB 8 191 Kansas City Chiefs Mike Sensibaugh DB 8 196 Cleveland Browns Larry Zelina RB 10 250 Kansas City Chiefs Bruce Jankowski WR 10 260 Baltimore Colts Rex Kern QB 15 376 Chicago Bears Ron Maciejowski QB 16 405 Cincinnati Bengals Mark Debevc LB

+ 1972 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 5 106 Cincinnati Bengals Tom Deleone C 9 225 L.A. Rams Harry Howard DB 12 312 Dallas Cowboys Jimmy Harris WR 13 316 St. Louis Cardinals Tom Campana DB 16 409 Cleveland Browns Richard Wakefield WR 17 438 Baltimore Colts Stan White LB

+ 1973 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 8 194 New York Jets Rick Seifert DB 8 198 New York Giants George Hasenohrl DT 8 203 Detroit Lions John Bledsoe RB 9 218 Washington Redskins Rich Galbos RB 17 435 Detroit Lions Earl Belgrave T

+ 1974 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 3 New York Giants John Hicks OG 1 13 New Orleans Saints Rick Middleton LB 1 14 Denver Broncos Randy Gradishar LB 4 93 Oakland Raiders Morris Bradshaw WR 8 203 Buffalo Bills Greg Hare QB 9 224 Cleveland Browns Dan Scott OG 10 243 Pittsburgh Steelers Jim Kregel OG 12 304 Atlanta Falcons Vic Koegel LB

+ 1975 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 12 New Orleans Saints Kurt Schumacher OT 1 20 L.A. Rams Doug France OT 1 24 Oakland Raiders Neal Colzie DB 3 66 New England Patriots Pete Cusick DT 4 88 Green Bay Packers Steve Luke DB 4 89 Minnesota Vikings Harold "Champ" Henson RB 4 100 Miami Dolphins Bruce Elia LB 5 119 Cleveland Browns Jim Cope LB 11 261 Baltimore Colts Dave Hazel WR 11 275 Detroit Lions Steve Myers OG 12 291 Chicago Bears Doug Plank DB 14 354 Philadelphia Eagles Larry O'Rourke DT 17 430 New York Jets Mike Bartoszek TE

+ 1976 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 21 New England Patriots Tim Fox S 1 24 Cincinnati Bengals Archie Griffin RB 3 66 Chicago Bears Brian Baschnagel WR 4 118 Minnesota Vikings Leonard Willis WR 7 205 Cincinnati Bengals Ken Kuhn LB 8 213 New Orleans Saints Craig Cassady DB 10 287 Cincinnati Bengals Tom Claban K 11 318 Dallas Cowboys Cornelius Greene QB 13 375 Pittsburgh Steelers Larry Cain TE 16 441 Atlanta Falcons Pat Curto LB 17 482 Cincinnati Bengals Scott Dannelley OG

+ 1977 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 23 L.A. Rams Bob Brudzinski LB 2 46 Cleveland Browns Tom Skladany P 2 49 Cincinnati Bengals Pete Johnson RB 8 210 New York Jets Ed Thompson LB 9 238 Chicago Bears Nick Buonamici DT

+ 1978 NFL draft selectionsRoundPick #TeamPlayerPosition 1 4 New York Jets Chris Ward OT 2 35 Cincinnati Bengals Ray Griffin DB 7 185 Chicago Bears Herman Jones WR 7 191 Baltimore Colts Jeff Logan RB 8 209 Atlanta Falcons David Atkins LB 10 252 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Aaron Brown LB