| Year | Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Pos | From | Notes | ROY | HOF | Allstar | Heismann |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 1940 | 1 | 1 | George Cafego | B | Tennessee | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 1 | 2 | George McAfee | RB | Duke | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 1 | 3 | Kay Eakin | B | Arkansas | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 1 | 4 | Banks McFadden | B | Clemson | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 1 | 5 | Olie Cordill | B | Rice | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 1 | 6 | Doyle Nave | B | USC | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 1 | 7 | Clyde (Bulldog) Turner | C | Hardin-Simmons | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 1 | 8 | Ed Boell | B | NYU | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 1 | 9 | Hal Van Every | B | Minnesota | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 1 | 10 | Grenny Lansdell | B | USC | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 2 | 11 | George (Snuffy) Stirnweiss | B | North Carolina | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 2 | 12 | Ralph Wenzel | E | Tulane | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 2 | 13 | Johnny Schiechl | C | Santa Clara | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 2 | 14 | Nile Kinnick | B | Iowa | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 2 | 15 | Merl Condit | B | Carnegie-Mellon | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 3 | 16 | Lloyd Madden | B | Colorado Mines | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 3 | 17 | Dick Favor | B | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 3 | 18 | George Kiick | B | Bucknell | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 3 | 19 | Rhoten Shetley | B | Furman | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 3 | 20 | Johnny Haman | C | Northwestern | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 3 | 21 | Bill Fisk | E | USC | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 3 | 22 | Ken Kavanaugh | E | LSU | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 3 | 23 | Burt (Buddy) Banker | B | Tulane | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 3 | 24 | Lou Brock | B | Purdue | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 3 | 25 | John McLaughry | B | Brown | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 4 | 26 | Cecil (Jack) Shirk | E | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 4 | 27 | Frank (Pop) Ivy | E | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 4 | 28 | Eberle Schultz | G | Oregon State | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 4 | 29 | Edgar (Bill) Bailey | E | Duke | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 4 | 30 | Bob Wood | T | Alabama | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 5 | 31 | Marty Christiansen | B | Minnesota | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 5 | 32 | Frank Emmons | B | Oregon | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 5 | 33 | Clark Goff | T | Florida | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 5 | 34 | Walt Merrill | T | Alabama | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 5 | 35 | Park Myers | T | Texas | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 5 | 36 | Harry Smith | G | USC | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 5 | 37 | Ed Kolman | T | Temple | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 5 | 38 | Bill Kirchem | T | Tulane | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 5 | 39 | Esco Sarkkinen | E | Ohio State | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 5 | 40 | Carl Tomaselli | E | Scranton | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 6 | 41 | Vic Reginato | E | Oregon | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 6 | 42 | Frank Bykowski | G | Purdue | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 6 | 43 | Saul Singer | T | Arkansas | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 6 | 44 | Jack Murray | C | Wisconsin | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 6 | 45 | Ken Heineman | B | Texas-El Paso | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 6 | 46 | Jim Rike | C | Tennessee | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 6 | 47 | John Woudenberg | T | Denver | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 6 | 48 | Joe Boyd | T | Texas A&M | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 6 | 49 | Dick Cassiano | B | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 6 | 50 | Lou Smith | B | California | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 7 | 51 | Andy Chisick | C | Villanova | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 7 | 52 | Hal (Mike) Pegg | C | Bucknell | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 7 | 53 | Pete Cignetti | B | Boston College | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 7 | 54 | Ed (Ty) Coon | T | North Carolina State | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 7 | 55 | Bob Nowaskey | E | George Washington | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 7 | 56 | Bob Winslow | E | USC | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 7 | 57 | Leonard Akin | G | Baylor | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 7 | 58 | Roy Zimmerman | B | San Jose State | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 7 | 59 | Millard White | T | Tulane | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 7 | 60 | Rex Williams | C | Texas Tech | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 8 | 61 | Ben Kish | B | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 8 | 62 | Carl Nery | G | Duquesne | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 8 | 63 | Don Looney | E | Texas Christian | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 8 | 64 | Frank Zadworney | B | Ohio State | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 8 | 65 | Bob Anahu | E | Santa Clara | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 8 | 66 | Bill Tranavitch | B | Rutgers | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 8 | 67 | Jim Fordham | B | Georgia | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 8 | 68 | Roland (Bud) Orf | E | Missouri | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 8 | 69 | George Seeman | E | Nebraska | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 8 | 70 | Win Pederson | T | Minnesota | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 9 | 71 | Luke Pappas | T | Utah | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 9 | 72 | Don Jones | B | Washington | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 9 | 73 | Dick Boisseau | T | Washington & Lee | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 9 | 74 | Art Jocher | T | Manhattan | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 9 | 75 | Wilfrid Thorpe | G | Arkansas | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 9 | 76 | Bob Haas | T | Missouri | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 9 | 77 | Hampton Pool | E | Stanford | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 9 | 78 | Bob Hoffman | B | USC | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 9 | 79 | J.R. Manley | G | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 9 | 80 | Dom Principe | B | Fordham | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 10 | 81 | Jack Roche | B | Santa Clara | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 10 | 82 | Paul Shu | B | Virginia Military Inst | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 10 | 83 | Frank Maher | B | Toledo | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 10 | 84 | Jim Turner | G | Holy Cross | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 10 | 85 | Herb Smith | B | St. Mary's (CA) | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 10 | 86 | Leon DeWitte | B | Purdue | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 10 | 87 | Tom Pace | B | Utah | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 10 | 88 | Bob Seymour | B | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 10 | 89 | Jack Brown | B | Purdue | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 10 | 90 | Earl Clark | B | Texas Christian | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 11 | 91 | Bill Davis | T | Texas Tech | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 11 | 92 | Elmer Hackney | B | Kansas | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 11 | 93 | Cary Cox | C | Alabama | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 11 | 94 | Nick Cutlich | T | Northwestern | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 11 | 95 | Boyd Clay | T | Tennessee | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 11 | 96 | Erwin Prasse | E | Iowa | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 11 | 97 | Lee Artoe | T | California | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 11 | 98 | Howard Stoecker | T | USC | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 11 | 99 | Don Guritz | G | Northwestern | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 11 | 100 | John McKibben | E | Tulsa | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 12 | 101 | Stan Anderson | T | Stanford | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 12 | 102 | Rocco Pirro | B | Catholic University | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 12 | 103 | Durward Hoerner | E | Texas Christian | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 12 | 104 | George Dougherty | B | Howard | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 12 | 105 | Jim Goolsby | C | Mississippi State | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 12 | 106 | Ken Binder | B | Carroll | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 12 | 107 | Bill McCubbin | E | Kentucky | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 12 | 108 | Allen Johnson | G | Duke | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 12 | 109 | Phil Gaspar | T | USC | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 12 | 110 | Ed McGee | G | Temple | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 13 | 111 | Alton Coppage | E | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 13 | 112 | Ted Hennis | B | Purdue | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 13 | 113 | John Noppenberg | B | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 13 | 114 | Mike Gussie | G | West Virginia | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 13 | 115 | Jack Gregory | T | Tennessee-Chattanooga | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 13 | 116 | Justin Bowers | T | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 13 | 117 | Harry Clark | B | West Virginia | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 13 | 118 | Sam Bartholomew | B | Tennessee | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 13 | 119 | Ambrose Schindler | B | USC | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 13 | 120 | Joe Payne | G | Clemson | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 14 | 121 | Judson Hudson | B | Davis & Elkins | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 14 | 122 | Nick Stublar | T | Santa Clara | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 14 | 123 | Bill Bunsen | B | Kansas | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 14 | 124 | Len Coffman | B | Tennessee | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 14 | 125 | Pete Bogden | E | Utah | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 14 | 126 | Jack Morlock | B | Marshall | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 14 | 127 | Frank Crisci | T | Case Western Reserve | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 14 | 128 | Ernie Lain | B | Rice | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 14 | 129 | Bill Kerr | E | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 14 | 130 | Bob Smith | B | Oregon | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 15 | 131 | Joe Ziembra | E | St. Benedict's | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 15 | 132 | Don Crumbaker | E | Kansas State | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 15 | 133 | Ray McCarthy | B | Santa Clara | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 15 | 134 | Jim Conlin | C | NYU | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 15 | 135 | Owen Goodnight | B | Hardin-Simmons | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 15 | 136 | Stillman Rouse | E | Missouri | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 15 | 137 | Sherm Barnes | E | Baylor | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 15 | 138 | Hayward Sanford | E | Alabama | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 15 | 139 | Mel Brewer | G | Illinois | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 15 | 140 | Otherl Turner | T | Tulsa | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 16 | 141 | Beryl Clark | B | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 16 | 142 | Leon Gajecki | C | Penn State | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 16 | 143 | J.R. Green | T | Rice | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 16 | 144 | Dennis Donovan | B | Oregon | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 16 | 145 | Morris Kohler | B | Oregon State | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 16 | 146 | Jack Padley | B | Dayton | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 16 | 147 | Al Christianson | B | Knox | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 16 | 148 | Willard (Bolo) Perdue | E | Duke | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 16 | 149 | Ray Andrus | B | Vanderbilt | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 16 | 150 | Ned Swan | C | Drake | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 17 | 151 | Ralph Foster | T | Oklahoma A&M | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 17 | 152 | Jim Molnar | B | Bradley | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 17 | 153 | Mike Sullivan | E | North Carolina State | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 17 | 154 | Frank Funair | B | Bucknell | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 17 | 155 | Jack Nix | B | Mississippi State | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 17 | 156 | John Hackenbruck | T | Oregon State | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 17 | 157 | Wilbur White | T | Bradley | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 17 | 158 | Steve Andrako | C | Ohio State | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 17 | 159 | Archie Kodros | C | Michigan | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 17 | 160 | John Rogalia | B | Scranton | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 18 | 161 | Lowell Bryant | B | Clemson | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 18 | 162 | Seaton Daly | T | Gonzaga | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 18 | 163 | Ernie Schwartzer | G | Boston College | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 18 | 164 | Walt Strosser | B | St. Vincent | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 18 | 165 | Ralph Stevenson | G | Oklahoma | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 18 | 166 | Frank Ribar | G | Duke | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 18 | 167 | Ralph Schlosser | C | Gonzaga | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 18 | 168 | Jay Graybeal | B | Oregon | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 18 | 169 | Jim Gillettee | B | Virginia | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 18 | 170 | Bennett (Monk) Edwards | T | Baylor | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 19 | 171 | Russ Buckley | B | Gustavus Adolphus | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 19 | 172 | Bill Schneller | B | Mississippi | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 19 | 173 | Thad Harvey | T | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 19 | 174 | Steve Hydock | E | Albright | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 19 | 175 | Dante Magnani | B | St. Mary's (CA) | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 19 | 176 | Herb McCarthy | B | Denver | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 19 | 177 | John Popov | B | Cincinnati | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 19 | 178 | Charley Slagle | B | North Carolina | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 19 | 179 | Al Matuza | C | Georgetown | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 19 | 180 | Cecil Walden | G | Oregon | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 20 | 181 | Rupert Pate | T | Wake Forest | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 20 | 182 | Marvin Katzenstein | T | Colorado Mines | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 20 | 183 | Bill Debord | T | Kansas State | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 20 | 184 | Milt Howell | G | Auburn | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 20 | 185 | Luke Lindon | T | Kentucky | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 20 | 186 | Dub Parten | T | Centenary | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 20 | 187 | Young Bussey | B | LSU | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 20 | 188 | F.W. (Buck) Murphy | B | Georgia Tech | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 20 | 189 | Jim Reeder | T | Illinois | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 20 | 190 | John Sullivan | E | San Francisco | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 21 | 191 | Malvern Morgan | C | Auburn | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 21 | 192 | Ray (Scooter) McLean | B | St. Anselm's | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 21 | 193 | Mel Wetzel | T | Missouri | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 21 | 194 | Vince Eichler | B | Cornell | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 21 | 195 | Weenie Bynum | B | Centenary | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 22 | 196 | Bob Orf | E | Missouri | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 22 | 197 | Walt Kichefski | E | Miami (FL) | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 22 | 198 | Steve Sitko | B | Notre Dame | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 22 | 199 | Henry Luebcke | T | Iowa | |||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 22 | 200 | Myron Claxton | T | Whittier | |||||
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