- History
| 1959 - Round 1 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | Green Bay Packers | Randy Duncan | QB | Iowa |
| Baltimore Colts | Jackie Burkett | LB | Auburn | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Paul Dickson | DT | Baylor | |
| San Francisco 49ers | Dave Baker | DB | Oklahoma | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Dick Bass | FB | U. of Pacific | |
| Washington Redskins | Don Allard | QB | Boston College | |
| New York Giants | Lee Grosscup | QB | Utah | |
| Detroit Lions | Nick Pietrosante | FB | Notre Dame | |
| Cleveland Browns | Rich Kreitling | OE | Illinois | |
| San Francisco 49ers | Dan James | T | Ohio State | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Billy Stacy | DB | Mississippi State | |
| 1959 - Round 2 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| San Francisco 49ers | Bob Harrison | LB | Oklahoma | |
| Green Bay Packers | Alex Hawkins | RB | South Carolina | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Don Brown | HB | Houston | |
| New York Giants | Buddy Dial | FL | Rice | |
| Baltimore Colts | Dave Sherer | OE | Southern Methodist | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Buddy Humphrey | QB | Baylor | |
| Detroit Lions | Mike Rabold | OG | Indiana | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Jerry Wilson | DE | Auburn | |
| Cleveland Browns | Dick Schafrath | OT | Ohio State | |
| Chicago Bears | Richie Petitbon | DB | Tulane | |
| 1959 - Round 3 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Los Angeles Rams | Tom Franckhauser | DB | Purdue | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Wray Carlton | HB | Duke | |
| San Francisco 49ers | Eddie Dove | DB | Colorado | |
| Green Bay Packers | Boyd Dowler | FL | Colorado | |
| Cleveland Browns | Fran O'Brien | OT | Michigan State | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Larry Hickman | FB | Baylor | |
| New York Giants | Joe Morrison | HB | Cincinnati | |
| Chicago Bears | Pete Johnson | DB | Virginia Military Inst. | |
| Washington Redskins | Emil Karas | LB | Dayton | |
| 1959 - Round 4 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Chicago Cardinals | Ken Beck | DT | Texas A&M | |
| Detroit Lions | Bob Grottkau | OG | Oregon | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Jack Tracey | LB | Texas A&M | |
| Cleveland Browns | Dave Lloyd | LB | Georgia | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Bob Reifsnyder | DE | Navy | |
| San Francisco 49ers | Monte Clark | OT | USC | |
| 1959 - Round 5 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Chicago Bears | John Adams | FB | Los Angeles State | |
| Green Bay Packers | Andy Cvercko | G | Northwestern | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Ted Bates | LB | Oregon State | |
| Baltimore Colts | Don Churchwell | OT | Mississippi | |
| Washington Redskins | Bob Wetoska | T | Notre Dame | |
| Cleveland Browns | Dick LeBeau | DB | Ohio State | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Nick Mumley | DE | Purdue | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Maury Schleicher | LB | Penn State | |
| Cleveland Browns | John Wooten | OG | Colorado | |
| New York Giants | Ellison Kelly | OG | Michigan State | |
| 1959 - Round 6 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Cleveland Browns | Bob Denton | DE | U. of Pacific | |
| Detroit Lions | Dick Guesman | DT | West Virginia | |
| Chicago Bears | Fred Cole | G | Maryland | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Tom Redmond | DE | Vanderbilt | |
| Baltimore Colts | Palmer Pyle | G | Michigan State | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Mac Lewis | T | Iowa | |
| Cleveland Browns | Jim Prestel | DT | Idaho | |
| 1959 - Round 7 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Detroit Lions | Ben Donnell | DE | Vanderbilt | |
| San Francisco 49ers | Dan Colchico | DE | San Jose State | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Ed Meador | DB | Arkansas Tech | |
| San Francisco 49ers | Don Rogers | C | South Carolina | |
| Washington Redskins | Don Lawrence | DT | Notre Dame | |
| Baltimore Colts | Hal Lewis | HB | Houston | |
| Green Bay Packers | Bobby Jackson | DB | Alabama | |
| 1959 - Round 8 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Willmer Fowler | HB | Northwestern | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Tom Barnett | HB | Purdue | |
| Chicago Bears | Willie Smith | OT | Michigan | |
| Cleveland Browns | Bob Ptacek | QB | Michigan | |
| Green Bay Packers | Bob Laraba | QB | Texas-El Paso | |
| 1959 - Round 9 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Washington Redskins | Dick Haley | DB | Pittsburgh | |
| Detroit Lions | Carl Smith | FB | Tennessee | |
| Chicago Bears | Maury Youmans | DE | Syracuse | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Gene Johnson | DB | Cincinnati | |
| 1959 - Round 10 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Chicago Bears | Bob Coronado | WR | U. of Pacific | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Riley Gunnels | DT | Georgia | |
| Detroit Lions | Jack Laraway | LB | Purdue | |
| 1959 - Round 11 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Detroit Lions | Harry Jacobs | LB | Bradley | |
| Baltimore Colts | Tom Stephens | TE | Syracuse | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Art Powell | OE | San Jose State | |
| 1959 - Round 12 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Howard Keys | C | Oklahoma State | |
| Baltimore Colts | Dick Wood | QB | Auburn | |
| Chicago Bears | Justin Rowland | DB | Texas Christian | |
| 1959 - Round 13 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Detroit Lions | Jim Steffen | DB | UCLA | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Dewey Bohling | HB | Hardin-Simmons | |
| Chicago Bears | Gene Jones | LB | Rice | |
| New York Giants | John Kompara | DT | South Carolina | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Pat Lamberti | LB | Richmond | |
| 1959 - Round 14 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Chicago Bears | Joe Robb | DE | Texas Christian | |
| Cleveland Browns | Elbert Dubenion | WR | Bluffton | |
| New York Giants | Roger Ellis | LB | Maine | |
| San Francisco 49ers | Mike Dukes | LB | Clemson | |
| 1959 - Round 15 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | J.W. Brodnax | FB | Louisiana State | |
| Chicago Bears | Roger LeClerc | LB | Trinity (Conn.) | |
| Detroit Lions | Bruce Maher | DB | Detroit | |
| 1959 - Round 16 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| New York Giants | Bob Soltis | DB | Minnesota | |
| Detroit Lions | George McGee | T | Southern University | |
| Cleveland Browns | Jamie Caleb | HB | Grambling State | |
| 1959 - Round 18 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Washington Redskins | Joe Kapp | QB | California | |
| 1959 - Round 19 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Detroit Lions | Rufus Granderson | DT | Prairie View A&M | |
| Green Bay Packers | Bill Butler | DB | Tennessee-Chattanooga | |
| San Francisco 49ers | Tom Osborne | WR | Hastings | |
| Los Angeles Rams | Carver Shannon | DB | Southern Illinois | |
| New York Giants | George Scott | HB | Miami (Ohio) | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Alan Miller | FB | Boston College | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Dave Kocourek | TE | Wisconsin | |
| 1959 - Round 20 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Detroit Lions | Dan McGrew | C | Purdue | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Rudy Hayes | LB | Clemson | |
| 1959 - Round 21 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Johnny Green | QB | Tennessee-Chattanooga | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Dale Memmelaar | OG | Wyoming | |
| Green Bay Packers | Dave Smith | FB | Ripon | |
| Cleveland Browns | Jim Fraser | LB | Wisconsin | |
| 1959 - Round 22 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Washington Redskins | Art Gob | DE | Pittsburgh | |
| 1959 - Round 23 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Chicago Cardinals | Fred Glick | DB | Colorado State | |
| 1959 - Round 24 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Green Bay Packers | Joe Hergert | LB | Florida | |
| 1959 - Round 25 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Dick Jamieson | QB | Bradley | |
| Detroit Lions | Dan Chamberlain | OE | Sacramento State | |
| 1959 - Round 26 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Washington Redskins | Gene Grabosky | DT | Syracuse | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Jack Scott | DT | Ohio State | |
| 1959 - Round 27 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| New York Giants | Joe Biscaha | OE | Richmond | |
| Cleveland Browns | Larry Baker | T | Bowling Green State | |
| Chicago Bears | John Aveni | K | Indiana | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Charley Tolar | FB | Northwestern State-Louisiana | |
| Green Bay Packers | Timmy Brown | RB | Ball State | |
| 1959 - Round 28 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Ron Hall | DB | Missouri Valley | |
| Chicago Cardinals | Don Fleming | DB | Florida | |
| 1959 - Round 30 | ||||
| SEL # | TEAM | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| Washington Redskins | Jim Colclough | WR | Boston College | |
