The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers have competed in the National Football League (NFL) since 1921, two years after their original founding by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) and play their home games at Lambeau Field in central Wisconsin.
The NFL draft, officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks. Teams that qualified for the NFL playoffs select after non-qualifiers, and their order depends on how far they advanced, using their regular season record as a tie-breaker. The final two selections in the first round are reserved for the Super Bowl runner-up and champion. Draft picks are tradable and players or other picks can be acquired with them.
In 1970, the Packers took part in the first modern NFL draft after the completion of the AFL–NFL merger. With the second pick of the first round of that draft, Mike McCoy, a defensive tackle out of Notre Dame, became the Packers' first modern draft selection. In addition to the annual draft, the Packers participated in the 1984 NFL supplemental draft. This supplemental draft occurred after the formation of the United States Football League (USFL) with the primary purpose of selecting players that had already signed with a USFL team in a separate process from the annual draft. The Canadian Football League (CFL) was also included in this supplemental draft. In addition to the 1984 supplemental draft, since 1977 the NFL has hosted an annual supplemental draft for players who had circumstances affect their eligibility for the NFL draft. The Packers have only selected a player once in a supplemental draft, taking Mike Wahle in the second round in 1998. Since 1970, three players drafted by the Packers have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: James Lofton, LeRoy Butler, and Sterling Sharpe. Lofton, Butler, and Sharpe, along with 32 other Packers draftees, have been inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. The Packers have taken part in every modern NFL draft since 1970, most recently in the 2026 NFL draft, where they drafted 6 players.
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1970 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Defensive tackle Notre Dame 1 Tight end Elon 2 Defensive back Texas A&I 3 Linebacker Minnesota 4 Defensive back Southern 4 Placekicker Texas–Arlington 5 Defensive end Michigan 6 Defensive back Fresno St. 7 Linebacker Louisville 8 Running back North Dakota St. 9 Guard Stanford 10 Defensive tackle Weber St. 10 Quarterback Nebraska 11 Linebacker Humboldt St. 12 Wide receiver Michigan St. 13 Running back Utah 14 Guard Eastern Michigan 15 Wide receiver Sacramento St. 16 Defensive back Muskingum 17 Running back St. Norbert Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1971 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Running back Ohio St. 2 Running back Grambling St. 3 Defensive back Pittsburgh 5 Defensive end Southern 5 Linebacker Ohio St. 6 Quarterback Alabama 7 Wide receiver Tennessee St. 7 Wide receiver Bishop 8 Center Wake Forest 9 Running back Minnesota 10 Tackle Doane 11 Running back Parsons 12 Guard California 13 Running back Angelo St. 14 Defensive end Moorhead St. 15 Tight end NM Highlands 16 Guard Central Oklahoma 17 Defensive back Oklahoma Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1972 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Defensive back San Diego St. 1 Quarterback Nebraska 2 Placekicker Hillsdale 4 Linebacker Notre Dame 6 Defensive back Bethune-Cookman 6 Defensive end Eastern Michigan 6 Running back NE State (OK) 7 Defensive tackle Kentucky 8 Wide receiver Oregon 10 Guard Nebraska 11 Wide receiver Alabama 12 Running back Florida 13 Running back Central Michigan 14 Linebacker Clemson 15 Wide receiver Arkansas Tech 16 Defensive tackle Arkansas-Pine Bluff Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1973 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Wide receiver Florida St. 3 Linebacker Minnesota 6 Linebacker Idaho St. 7 Tackle Iowa 8 Defensive back Prairie View A&M 9 Linebacker South Carolina 10 Linebacker Illinois 11 Defensive tackle South Dakota St. 12 Center Illinois 13 Defensive back Minnesota 14 Defensive tackle Northwestern 15 Wide receiver UCLA 16 Tight end Western Michigan 17 Defensive tackle Southern Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1974 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Running back Richmond 5 Wide receiver Utah 6 Running back New Mexico 6 Wide receiver Langston 7 Tackle Maryland 8 Linebacker USC 8 Defensive back Boston College 9 Guard UTEP 10 Defensive tackle Michigan 11 Running back Connecticut 12 Punter Northwestern St. 13 Linebacker San Jose St. 14 Defensive tackle Kentucky St. 15 Tackle Pittsburgh 16 Linebacker Colorado 17 Wide receiver Portland St. Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1975 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 2 Tackle USC 3 Running back Pacific 4 Defensive back Ohio St. 7 Wide receiver Central Connecticut St. 9 Running back South Carolina 10 Defensive tackle Massachusetts 11 Defensive end Washington 12 Quarterback Pacific 13 Defensive back Utah St. 14 Tight end North Texas 15 Wide receiver Southern 16 Center USC 17 Defensive back Central Michigan Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1976 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Tackle Colorado 3 Defensive back Colorado 4 Linebacker Pittsburgh 5 Wide receiver East Texas St. 8 Defensive back Nebraska 9 Linebacker Tulane 10 Wide receiver Tulsa 11 Wide receiver Johnson C. Smith 12 Guard USC 13 Defensive back Southern Miss 14 Running back Cal Poly 15 Linebacker Memphis St. 16 Guard Northern Iowa 17 Tight end Cal Poly Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1977 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Defensive end Kansas 1 Defensive end Morris Brown 2 Tackle Arkansas 3 Guard Idaho St. 5 Running back Tennessee St. 6 Defensive back Syracuse 7 Guard Oklahoma St. 7 Guard Baylor 8 Quarterback Furman 9 Tackle Arkansas St. 10 Running back Oklahoma 11 Defensive back American International Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1978 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Wide receiver Stanford 1 Linebacker Michigan 2 Linebacker Minnesota 3 Defensive back Illinois St. 5 Linebacker San Diego St. 5 Running back Florida 6 Guard Arkansas 7 Linebacker Ole Miss 8 Quarterback Arizona St. 9 Quarterback Utah St. 10 Running back Florida St. 10 Center Florida 11 Nose tackle Alabama 12 Tight end Washington St. Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1979 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Running back Georgia Tech 2 Running back Maryland 3 Nose tackle Maryland 6 Linebacker North Carolina 7 Defensive back Mississippi St. 7 Linebacker Alabama 8 Wide receiver Utah St. 8 Punter Utah 9 Tight end Utah St. 10 Wide receiver Nebraska 11 Defensive back Ottawa 12 Punter South Dakota Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1980 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Defensive end Penn St. 1 Linebacker Oklahoma 2 Defensive back Washington 3 Guard Wake Forest 4 Wide receiver Oklahoma 6 Tackle Boston College 7 Tackle Alabama 8 Defensive back Oregon St. 9 Center Nebraska 10 Defensive back Texas A&I 11 Linebacker Louisville 12 Defensive back Memphis St. Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1981 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Quarterback California 2 Tight end Texas-Arlington 3 Punter Michigan St. 4 Nose tackle Oklahoma 5 Defensive end Alabama 7 Defensive back Missouri 8 Linebacker Jackson St. 9 Guard Notre Dame 10 Quarterback Tulane 11 Linebacker Oklahoma 12 Linebacker Southern Miss Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1982 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Guard Iowa 3 Running back Utah 4 Defensive end Virginia Tech 5 Running back Penn St. 6 Linebacker Penn St. 7 Defensive back UTEP 8 Linebacker Alabama 9 Defensive end Bethune-Cookman 10 Kicker SMU 11 Center Stanford 12 Wide receiver TCU Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1983 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Defensive back Pittsburgh 2 Guard North Carolina 4 Wide receiver Tennessee 5 Running back Pittsburgh 6 Center Pittsburgh 7 Running back Louisiana Tech 8 Defensive back McNeese St. 9 Center West Texas A&M 10 Wide receiver Texas–Arlington 10 Defensive back Indiana 11 Punter Kansas 12 Defensive tackle USC Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1984 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Defensive end Florida St. 3 Nose tackle Auburn 4 Linebacker Connecticut 5 Defensive back Pittsburgh 6 Quarterback Wisconsin 7 Defensive back Georgia 10 Tackle Santa Clara 11 Center Texas–Arlington 12 Wide receiver Tennessee 12 Linebacker Bowling Green Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1984 NFL supplemental draft
+ Round Overall Name Position Pro team 1 Running back New Orleans Breakers 2 Defensive back Birmingham Stallions 3 Defensive back Oakland Invaders Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1985 draft
Round Overall Name Position College 1 Tackle USC 3 Guard San Diego St. 4 Wide receiver Colorado Mesa 5 Linebacker Arizona St. 6 Tight end Texas A&M 7 Linebacker Maryland 7 Running back Wisconsin 8 Defensive back Wisconsin 9 Guard Alabama A&M 10 Defensive back Wake Forest 11 Quarterback Trinity (CT) 12 Punter Arizona State Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1986 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 2 Running back TCU 3 Quarterback BYU 4 Linebacker Memphis St. 4 Tackle San Diego St. 5 Defensive end USC 6 Linebacker Tulane 7 Defensive back Utah St. 8 Defensive tackle Arkansas St. 9 Linebacker USC 10 Linebacker TCU Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1987 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Running back Auburn 2 Linebacker Texas A&M 3 Tackle Iowa 3 Linebacker Arizona St. 3 Wide receiver Fort Hays St. 4 Nose tackle Pittsburgh 6 Wide receiver Temple 7 Defensive end Stanford 7 Punter Ole Miss 8 Defensive tackle Iowa 9 Guard Wake Forest 10 Quarterback Virginia 11 Wide receiver Grambling St. 12 Defensive back LSU Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1988 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Wide receiver South Carolina 2 Defensive end Arizona St. 3 Running back Texas A&M 4 Defensive tackle Oregon 4 Defensive back Arizona 5 Linebacker Oklahoma 6 Defensive end Auburn 7 Defensive back Pittsburgh 8 Running back Oklahoma 9 Tight end James Madison 10 Quarterback Wisconsin 12 Wide receiver Auburn Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1989 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Tackle Michigan St. 3 Defensive end Oregon 3 Quarterback Duke 4 Quarterback Long Beach St. 5 Wide receiver Millikin 5 Running back Ohio St. 6 Placekicker UTEP 7 Defensive end Louisiana 8 Defensive back Louisiana 8 Punter Auburn 9 Tackle Arizona St. 10 Defensive back Texas St. 11 Defensive back Georgia Tech 12 Defensive back Florida St. Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1990 draft
+ Round Overall Name Position College 1 Defensive end Ole Miss 1 Running back Minnesota 2 Defensive back Florida St. 3 Linebacker North Carolina St. 4 Tight end LA-Monroe 5 Wide receiver Memphis 6 Linebacker Northern Iowa 7 Defensive end Stanford 8 Defensive back Virginia Tech 9 Quarterback Wisconsin–Stevens Point 10 Defensive back Western Kentucky 11 Running back St. Cloud St. 12 Punter UCLA Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
1991 draft