| Players Picked at #179 | ||||||||||
| Season | Pick # | Team | Name | Position | College | |||||
| 2025 | 179 | Miami Dolphins | Ollie Gordon II | RB | Oklahoma State | |||||
| 2024 | 179 | Seattle Seahawks | Sataoa Laumea | G | Utah | |||||
| 2023 | 179 | Green Bay Packers | Karl Brooks | DT | Bowling Green | |||||
| 2022 | 179 | Green Bay Packers | Kingsley Enagbare | LB | South Carolina | |||||
| 2021 | 179 | Dallas Cowboys | Simi Fehoko | WR | Stanford | |||||
| 2020 | 179 | Dallas Cowboys | Bradlee Anae | DE | Utah | |||||
| 2019 | 179 | Arizona Cardinals | Lamont Gaillard | C | Georgia | |||||
| 2018 | 179 | New York Jets | Parry Nickerson | CB | Tulane | |||||
| 2017 | 179 | Arizona Cardinals | T.J. Logan | RB | North Carolina | |||||
| 2016 | 179 | San Diego Chargers | Drew Kaser | P | Texas A&M | |||||
| 2015 | 179 | Oakland Raiders | Max Valles | OLB | Virginia | |||||
| 2014 | 179 | New England Patriots | Jon Halapio | G | Florida | |||||
| 2013 | 179 | San Diego Chargers | Tourek Williams | DE | FIU | |||||
| 2012 | 179 | New Orleans Saints | Andrew Tiller | G | Syracuse | |||||
| 2011 | 179 | Green Bay Packers | Caleb Schlauderaff | G | Utah | |||||
| 2010 | 179 | Dallas Cowboys | Sam Young | T | Notre Dame | |||||
| 2009 | 179 | Cincinnati Bengals | Morgan Trent | CB | Michigan | |||||
| 2008 | 179 | Buffalo Bills | Xavier Omon | RB | Northwest Missouri State | |||||
| 2007 | 179 | Washington Redskins | H.B. Blades | LB | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 2006 | 179 | Detroit Lions | Dee McCann | CB | West Virginia | |||||
| 2005 | 179 | Tennessee Titans | Bo Scaife | TE | Texas | |||||
| 2004 | 179 | Green Bay Packers | Corey Williams | DE | Arkansas State | |||||
| 2003 | 179 | Jacksonville Jaguars | David Young | S | Georgia Southern | |||||
| 2002 | 179 | Dallas Cowboys | Tyson Walter | C | Ohio State | |||||
| 2001 | 179 | San Francisco 49ers | Rashad Holman | CB | Louisville | |||||
| 2000 | 179 | New York Jets | Tony Scott | DE | North Carolina State | |||||
| 1999 | 179 | Denver Broncos | Desmond Clark | TE | Wake Forest | |||||
| 1998 | 179 | Jacksonville Jaguars | LeManzer Williams | DE | Minnesota | |||||
| 1997 | 179 | St Louis Rams | Muadianvita Kazadi | LB | Tulsa | |||||
| 1996 | 179 | New Orleans Saints | Keno Hills | T | SW Louisiana | |||||
| 1995 | 179 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Wardell Rouse | LB | Clemson | |||||
| 1994 | 179 | Minnesota Vikings | Andrew Jordan | TE | Western Carolina | |||||
| 1993 | 179 | Los Angeles Rams | Brad Fichtel | C | Eastern Illinois | |||||
| 1992 | 179 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Russ Campbell | TE | Kansas State | |||||
| 1991 | 179 | Minnesota Vikings | Scotty Reagan | DT | Humboldt State | |||||
| 1990 | 179 | Indianapolis Colts | James Singletary | LB | East Carolina | |||||
| 1989 | 179 | Washington Redskins | Kevin Hendrix | LB | South Carolina | |||||
| 1988 | 179 | Phoenix Cardinals | Ernie Jones | WR | Indiana | |||||
| 1987 | 179 | New Orleans Saints | Gene Atkins | DB | Florida A&M | |||||
| 1986 | 179 | Minnesota Vikings | Carl Hilton | TE | Houston | |||||
| 1985 | 179 | New Orleans Saints | Eric Martin | WR | LSU | |||||
| 1984 | 179 | Chicago Bears | Nakita Robertson | RB | Central Arkansas | |||||
| 1983 | 179 | Kansas City Chiefs | Daryl Posey | RB | Mississippi College | |||||
| 1982 | 179 | Minnesota Vikings | Steve Jordan | TE | Brown | |||||
| 1981 | 179 | Miami Dolphins | Mike Daum | T | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | |||||
| 1980 | 179 | New York Giants | Darry Hebert | DB | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1979 | 179 | New York Jets | Emmett King | RB | Houston | |||||
| 1978 | 179 | Atlanta Falcons | James Wright | TE | TCU | |||||
| 1977 | 179 | Detroit Lions | Tim Black | LB | Baylor | |||||
| 1976 | 179 | Washington Redskins | Tom Marvaso | DB | Cincinnati | |||||
| 1975 | 179 | Miami Dolphins | Phillip Kent | RB | Baylor | |||||
| 1974 | 179 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Scott Garske | TE | Eastern Washington | |||||
| 1973 | 179 | Oakland Raiders | Gary Weaver | LB | Fresno State | |||||
| 1972 | 179 | Kansas City Chiefs | Dean Carlson | QB | Iowa State | |||||
| 1971 | 179 | San Francisco 49ers | John Watson | T | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1970 | 179 | Dallas Cowboys | Don Abbey | LB | Penn State | |||||
| 1969 | 179 | Kansas City Chiefs | Tom Nettles | WR | San Diego State | |||||
| 1968 | 179 | San Francisco 49ers | Jerry Richardson | LB | Mississippi | |||||
| 1967 | 179 | Baltimore Colts | Bob Rein | WR | Ohio State | |||||
| 1966 | 179 | New York Giants | Ken Avery | LB | Southern Mississippi | |||||
| 1965 | 179 | Detroit Lions | Jack Jacobson | B | Oklahoma State | |||||
| 1964 | 179 | Cleveland Browns | Bob Meehan | G | Syracuse | |||||
| 1963 | 179 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Harold Gray | LB | California State-L.A. | |||||
| 1962 | 179 | Cleveland Browns | Frank Gardner | T | North Carolina Central | |||||
| 1961 | 179 | New York Giants | Jerry Fields | B | Ohio State | |||||
| 1960 | 179 | San Francisco 49ers | Mike Dowdle | B | Texas | |||||
| 1959 | 179 | New York Giants | Bob Bercich | B | Michigan State | |||||
| 1958 | 179 | Detroit Lions | John Scheldrup | E | Iowa State | |||||
| 1957 | 179 | Detroit Lions | Gene Alderton | C | Maryland | |||||
| 1956 | 179 | Chicago Cardinals | Tom Spiers | QB | Arkansas State | |||||
| 1955 | 179 | Chicago Bears | J.D. Smith | B | North Carolina A&T | |||||
| 1954 | 179 | San Francisco 49ers | Sam Palumbo | G | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1953 | 179 | Cleveland Browns | Johnny Carson | E | Georgia | |||||
| 1952 | 179 | New York Giants | Paul Bischoff | E | West Virginia | |||||
| 1951 | 179 | New York Yanks | Bill Wanamaker | G | Kentucky | |||||
| 1950 | 179 | San Francisco 49ers | Tom Payne | E | Santa Clara | |||||
| 1949 | 179 | Chicago Bears | Jim Moran | B | John Carroll | |||||
| 1948 | 179 | Boston Yanks | Frank Nelson | B | Utah | |||||
| 1947 | 179 | Washington Redskins | Charlie Webb | E | LSU | |||||
| 1946 | 179 | Washington Redskins | LaMar Dykstra | B | Colorado | |||||
| 1945 | 179 | The Yanks | Dolph Czekala | T | Syracuse | |||||
| 1944 | 179 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bill Sullivan | E | Villanova | |||||
| 1943 | 179 | Chicago Bears | Pat Lyons | E | Wisconsin | |||||
| 1942 | 179 | Green Bay Packers | George Benson | B | Northwestern | |||||
| 1941 | 179 | Chicago Bears | Alex Winterson | T | Duke | |||||
| 1940 | 179 | Green Bay Packers | Al Matuza | C | Georgetown | |||||
| 1939 | 179 | Green Bay Packers | John Brennan | G | Michigan | |||||