| Players Picked at #30 | ||||||||||
| Season | Pick # | Team | Name | Position | College | |||||
| 2025 | 30 | Buffalo Bills | Maxwell Hairston | CB | Kentucky | |||||
| 2024 | 30 | Baltimore Ravens | Nate Wiggins | CB | Clemson | |||||
| 2023 | 30 | Philadelphia Eagles | Nolan Smith | LB | Georgia | |||||
| 2022 | 30 | Kansas City Chiefs | George Karlaftis | DE | Purdue | |||||
| 2021 | 30 | Buffalo Bills | Gregory Rousseau | DE | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 2020 | 30 | Miami Dolphins | Noah Igbinoghene | DB | Auburn | |||||
| 2019 | 30 | New York Giants | Deandre Baker | CB | Georgia | |||||
| 2018 | 30 | Minnesota Vikings | Mike Hughes | CB | Central Florida | |||||
| 2017 | 30 | Pittsburgh Steelers | T.J. Watt | OLB | Wisconsin | |||||
| 2016 | 30 | Carolina Panthers | Vernon Butler | DT | Louisiana Tech | |||||
| 2015 | 30 | Green Bay Packers | Damarious Randall | DB | Arizona State | |||||
| 2014 | 30 | San Francisco 49ers | Jimmie Ward | S | NIU | |||||
| 2013 | 30 | St Louis Rams | Alec Ogletree | LB | Georgia | |||||
| 2012 | 30 | San Francisco 49ers | A.J. Jenkins | WR | Illinois | |||||
| 2011 | 30 | New York Jets | Muhammad Wilkerson | DE | Temple | |||||
| 2010 | 30 | Detroit Lions | Jahvid Best | RB | California | |||||
| 2009 | 30 | Tennessee Titans | Kenny Britt | WR | Rutgers | |||||
| 2008 | 30 | New York Jets | Dustin Keller | TE | Purdue | |||||
| 2007 | 30 | San Diego Chargers | Craig Davis | WR | LSU | |||||
| 2006 | 30 | Indianapolis Colts | Joseph Addai | RB | LSU | |||||
| 2005 | 30 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Heath Miller | TE | Virginia | |||||
| 2004 | 30 | Detroit Lions | Kevin Jones | RB | Virginia Tech | |||||
| 2003 | 30 | San Diego Chargers | Sammy Davis | CB | Texas A&M | |||||
| 2002 | 30 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Kendall Simmons | G | Auburn | |||||
| 2001 | 30 | Indianapolis Colts | Reggie Wayne | WR | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 2000 | 30 | Tennessee Titans | Keith Bulluck | LB | Syracuse | |||||
| 1999 | 30 | Atlanta Falcons | Patrick Kerney | DE | Virginia | |||||
| 1998 | 30 | Denver Broncos | Marcus Nash | WR | Tennessee | |||||
| 1997 | 30 | Green Bay Packers | Ross Verba | T | Iowa | |||||
| 1996 | 30 | Washington Redskins | Andre Johnson | T | Penn State | HOF - 2024 | ||||
| 1995 | 30 | Cleveland Browns | Craig Powell | LB | Ohio State | |||||
| 1994 | 30 | Cincinnati Bengals | Darnay Scott | WR | San Diego State | |||||
| 1993 | 30 | Seattle Seahawks | Carlton Gray | CB | UCLA | |||||
| 1992 | 30 | Los Angeles Rams | Steve Israel | CB | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 1991 | 30 | Denver Broncos | Reggie Johnson | TE | Florida State | |||||
| 1990 | 30 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Reggie Cobb | RB | Tennessee | |||||
| 1989 | 30 | Detroit Lions | John Ford | WR | Virginia | |||||
| 1988 | 30 | Philadelphia Eagles | Eric Allen | CB | Arizona State | |||||
| 1987 | 30 | Washington Redskins | Brian Davis | CB | Nebraska | |||||
| 1986 | 30 | Washington Redskins | Markus Koch | DE | Boise State | |||||
| 1985 | 30 | Minnesota Vikings | Issiac Holt | CB | Alcorn State | |||||
| 1984 | 30 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Keith Browner | LB | USC | |||||
| 1983 | 30 | Houston Oilers | Harvey Salem | T | California | |||||
| 1982 | 30 | New Orleans Saints | Brad Edelman | G | Missouri | |||||
| 1981 | 30 | New York Jets | Marion Barber, Jr. | RB | Minnesota | |||||
| 1980 | 30 | Minnesota Vikings | Willie Teal | CB | LSU | |||||
| 1979 | 30 | Cincinnati Bengals | Dan Ross | TE | Northeastern | |||||
| 1978 | 30 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Johnny Davis | RB | Alabama | |||||
| 1977 | 30 | Seattle Seahawks | Tom Lynch | T | Boston College | |||||
| 1976 | 30 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Jimmy DuBose | RB | Florida | |||||
| 1975 | 30 | San Diego Chargers | Louis Kelcher | DT | SMU | |||||
| 1974 | 30 | New England Patriots | Steve Corbett | G | Boston College | |||||
| 1973 | 30 | Cleveland Browns | Greg Pruitt | RB | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1972 | 30 | Los Angeles Rams | Jim Bertelsen | RB | Texas | |||||
| 1971 | 30 | Detroit Lions | Dave Thompson | C | Clemson | |||||
| 1970 | 30 | Buffalo Bills | Dennis Shaw | QB | San Diego State | |||||
| 1969 | 30 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Terry Hanratty | QB | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1968 | 30 | Los Angeles Rams | Gary Beban | QB | UCLA | |||||
| 1967 | 30 | Houston Oilers | Bob Davis | QB | Virginia | |||||
| 1966 | 30 | Green Bay Packers | Tom Cichowski | T | Maryland | |||||
| 1965 | 30 | San Francisco 49ers | Jim Norton | T | Washington | |||||
| 1964 | 30 | Detroit Lions | Pat Batten | HB | Hardin-Simmons | |||||
| 1963 | 30 | St. Louis Cardinals | Danny Brabham | DE | Arkansas | |||||
| 1962 | 30 | Minnesota Vikings | Bill Miller | E | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 1961 | 30 | Dallas Cowboys | Stew Barber | G | Penn State | |||||
| 1960 | 30 | Los Angeles Rams | Pervis Atkins | RB | New Mexico State | |||||
| 1959 | 30 | Detroit Lions | Ron Koes | C | North Carolina | |||||
| 1958 | 30 | Los Angeles Rams | Jim Jones | B | Washington | |||||
| 1957 | 30 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Don Owens | T | Southern Mississippi | |||||
| 1956 | 30 | New York Giants | Sam Huff | LB | West Virginia | HOF - 1982 | ||||
| 1955 | 30 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ed Bernet | E | SMU | |||||
| 1954 | 30 | Chicago Bears | Ed Meadows | T | Duke | |||||
| 1953 | 30 | Chicago Bears | Bill Rowekamp | B | Missouri | |||||
| 1952 | 30 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Steve Wadiak | B | South Carolina | |||||
| 1951 | 30 | Chicago Cardinals | Don Stonesifer | E | Northwestern | |||||
| 1950 | 30 | Green Bay Packers | Gordie Soltau | E | Minnesota | |||||
| 1949 | 30 | New York Bulldogs | Lynn Chewning | B | Hampden-Sydney | |||||
| 1948 | 30 | Los Angeles Rams | Bruce Bailey | B | Virginia | |||||
| 1947 | 30 | Philadelphia Eagles | George Savitsky | T | Pennsylvania | |||||
| 1946 | 30 | New York Giants | Paul Duke | C | Georgia Tech | |||||
| 1945 | 30 | Brooklyn Tigers | Steve Enich | G | Marquette | |||||
| 1944 | 30 | Detroit Lions | George Betteridge | B | Utah | |||||
| 1943 | 30 | Cleveland Rams | Chuck Taylor | G | Stanford | |||||
| 1942 | 30 | Detroit Lions | Dom Sanzotta | B | Case Western Reserve | |||||
| 1941 | 30 | Detroit Lions | Augie Lio | G | Georgetown (DC) | |||||
| 1940 | 30 | Cleveland Rams | Bobby Wood | T | Alabama | |||||
| 1939 | 30 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Vic Bottari | B | California | |||||
| 1938 | 30 | Chicago Cardinals | Bob Herwig | C | California | |||||
| 1937 | 30 | Cleveland Rams | Bobby Larue | T | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 1936 | 30 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Truman Spain | T | SMU | |||||
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