- History
| 1953 - Round 1 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers | Harry Babcock | OE | Georgia |
| Chicago Cardinals | Johnny Olszewski | FB | California | |
| Chicago Bears | Billy Anderson | HB | Compton CC CA | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Ed Barker | OE | Washington State | |
| Cleveland Browns | Doug Atkins | DE | Tennessee | |
| San Francisco 49ers | Tom Stolhandske | LB | Texas | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Ted Marchibroda | QB | Detroit | |
| Washington Redskins | Jack Scarbath | QB | Maryland | |
| Detroit Lions | Harley Sewell | OG | Texas | |
| Baltimore Colts | Billy Vessels | HB | Oklahoma | |
| Green Bay Packers | Al Carmichael | HB | USC | |
| 1953 - Round 2 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Baltimore Colts | Bernie Flowers | OE | Purdue | |
| Cleveland Browns | Billy Reynolds | HB | Pittsburgh | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | John Henry Johnson | FB | Arizona State | |
| Chicago Bears | Zeke Bratkowski | QB | Georgia | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Rudy Bukich | QB | USC | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Jim Psaltis | DB | USC | |
| Detroit Lions | Gene Gedman | HB | Indiana | |
| Washington Redskins | Dick Modzelewski | DT | Maryland | |
| 1953 - Round 3 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Cleveland Browns | Gene Donaldson | G | Kentucky | |
| Washington Redskins | Paul Dekker | OE | Michigan State | |
| Cleveland Browns | Fred Bruney | DB | Ohio State | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Bob Fry | OT | Kentucky | |
| Green Bay Packers | Bill Forester | LB | Southern Methodist | |
| San Francisco 49ers | Bob St. Clair | OT | Tulsa | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Don Johnson | HB | California | |
| Baltimore Colts | Buck McPhail | FB | Oklahoma | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Marv Matuszak | LB | Tulsa | |
| 1953 - Round 4 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| San Francisco 49ers | Ed Fullerton | DB | Maryland | |
| Green Bay Packers | Gib Dawson | HB | Texas | |
| Detroit Lions | Charlie Ane | OT | USC | |
| Washington Redskins | Don Boll | OT | Nebraska | |
| New York Giants | Edward Douglas | OT | Florida | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Lloyd Colteryahn | OE | Maryland | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | George Mrkonic | OT | Kansas | |
| 1953 - Round 5 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Los Angeles Rams | Tom Scott | LB | Virginia | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Bob Gaona | OT | Wake Forest | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Eddie Bell | DB | Pennsylvania | |
| San Francisco 49ers | Hal Miller | OT | Georgia Tech | |
| New York Giants | Buford Long | HB | Florida | |
| Green Bay Packers | Roger Zatkoff | LB | Michigan | |
| Cleveland Browns | Bob Van Doren | DE | USC | |
| Chicago Bears | Stan Jones | OG | Maryland | |
| Baltimore Colts | Jack Little | OT | Texas A&M | |
| 1953 - Round 6 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Detroit Lions | Ollie Spencer | OT | Kansas | |
| Baltimore Colts | Jimmy Sears | HB | USC | |
| Chicago Bears | Art DeCarlo | DB | Georgia | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Tony Curcillo | DB | Ohio State | |
| Chicago Bears | Kline Gilbert | OT | Mississippi | |
| New York Giants | Bob Peviani | LB | USC | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Tom Higgins | OT | North Carolina | |
| Cleveland Browns | Don Steinbrunner | OT | Washington State | |
| 1953 - Round 7 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Cleveland Browns | Gene Filipski | HB | Villanova | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | John Alderton | DE | Maryland | |
| San Francisco 49ers | Paul Carr | DB | Houston | |
| Chicago Bears | Don Bingham | HB | Sul Ross State | |
| Chicago Bears | Bucky McElroy | HB | Southern Mississippi | |
| Green Bay Packers | Jim Ringo | C | Syracuse | |
| Detroit Lions | Joe Schmidt | LB | Pittsburgh | |
| 1953 - Round 8 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Detroit Lions | Lew Carpenter | HB | Arkansas | |
| San Francisco 49ers | Doug Hogland | OG | Oregon State | |
| Chicago Bears | John Kreamcheck | DT | William & Mary | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Bob Morgan | DT | Maryland | |
| Cleveland Browns | Carlton Massey | DE | Texas | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Jerry Watford | OE | Alabama | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Jess Richardson | DT | Alabama | |
| 1953 - Round 9 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Chicago Cardinals | Avatus Stone | HB | Syracuse | |
| San Francisco 49ers | Hal Ledyard | QB | Tennessee-Chattanooga | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Brad Myers | HB | Bucknell | |
| 1953 - Round 10 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Tom Brookshier | DB | Colorado | |
| 1953 - Round 11 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Green Bay Packers | Joe Johnson | HB | Boston College | |
| Washington Redskins | Alex Webster | HB | North Carolina State | |
| 1953 - Round 12 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| New York Giants | Joe Matesic | DT | Arizona State | |
| Washington Redskins | Buzz Nutter | C | Virginia Tech | |
| 1953 - Round 13 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Chicago Bears | Larry Strickland | C | North Texas | |
| Cleveland Browns | Galen Fiss | LB | Kansas | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Frank McPhee | DB | Princeton | |
| 1953 - Round 14 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Chicago Bears | Harland Carl | HB | Wisconsin | |
| 1953 - Round 15 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Willie Irvin | DE | Florida A&M | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Nick Chickillo | LB | Miami (Fla.) | |
| Cleveland Browns | Johnny Carson | OE | Georgia | |
| Washington Redskins | Dave Suminski | OG | Wisconsin | |
| Detroit Lions | Ted Topor | LB | Michigan | |
| Chicago Bears | Ralph Jecha | OG | Northwestern | |
| 1953 - Round 16 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Chicago Bears | Johnny Hatley | OG | Sul Ross State | |
| 1953 - Round 17 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Los Angeles Rams | Harland Svare | LB | Washington State | |
| 1953 - Round 18 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Detroit Lions | Ed Mioduszewski | QB | William & Mary | |
| 1953 - Round 19 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Detroit Lions | Paul Held | QB | San Jose State | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Jack Ellena | OG | UCLA | |
| 1953 - Round 20 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Cleveland Browns | Chuck Noll | LB | Dayton | |
| 1953 - Round 21 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| San Francisco 49ers | Ken Bahnsen | FB | North Texas | |
| 1953 - Round 22 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Detroit Lions | Pete Retzlaff | OE | South Dakota State | |
| 1953 - Round 23 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Detroit Lions | Carl Karilivacz | DB | Syracuse | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Jim Root | QB | Miami (Ohio) | |
| 1953 - Round 24 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Baltimore Colts | Monte Brethauer | DB | Oregon | |
| 1953 - Round 25 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Philadelphia Eagles | John Michels | OG | Tennessee | |
| 1953 - Round 26 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Jack McClairen | OE | Bethune-Cookman | |
| 1953 - Round 27 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| New York Giants | Rosey Brown | OT | Morgan State | |
| 1953 - Round 28 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| New York Giants | Joe Ramona | OG | Santa Clara | |
| 1953 - Round 30 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Green Bay Packers | Al Barry | G | USC | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Lou Tepe | C | Duke | |
