- History
| 2012 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 4 | Matt Kalil | T | USC |
| 1 | 29 | Harrison Smith | DB | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 66 | Josh Robinson | CB | Central Florida |
| 4 | 118 | Jarius Wright | WR | Arkansas |
| 4 | 128 | Rhett Ellison | TE | USC |
| 4 | 134 | Greg Childs | WR | Arkansas |
| 5 | 139 | Robert Blanton | CB | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 175 | Blair Walsh | K | Georgia |
| 7 | 210 | Audie Cole | LB | North Carolina State |
| 7 | 219 | Trevor Guyton | DT | California |
| 2011 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 12 | Christian Ponder | QB | Florida State |
| 2 | 43 | Kyle Rudolph | TE | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 106 | Christian Ballard | DT | Iowa |
| 5 | 139 | Brandon Burton | DB | Utah |
| 6 | 168 | DeMarcus Love | T | Arkansas |
| 6 | 170 | Mistral Raymond | DB | South Florida |
| 6 | 172 | Brandon Fusco | C | Slippery Rock |
| 6 | 200 | Ross Homan | LB | Ohio State |
| 7 | 215 | D'Aundre Reed | DE | Arizona |
| 7 | 236 | Stephen Burton | WR | West Texas A&M |
| 2010 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 2 | 34 | Chris Cook | CB | Virginia |
| 2 | 51 | Toby Gerhart | RB | Stanford |
| 4 | 100 | Everson Griffen | DE | USC |
| 5 | 161 | Chris DeGeare | G | Wake Forest |
| 5 | 167 | Nate Triplett | LB | Minnesota |
| 6 | 199 | Joe Webb | QB | Alabama-Birmingham |
| 7 | 214 | Mickey Shuler | TE | Penn State |
| 7 | 237 | Ryan D'Imperio | RB | Rutgers |
| 2009 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 22 | Percy Harvin | WR | Florida |
| 2 | 54 | Phil Loadholt | T | Oklahoma |
| 3 | 86 | Asher Allen | DB | Georgia |
| 5 | 150 | Jasper Brinkley | LB | South Carolina |
| 7 | 231 | Jamarca Sanford | DB | Mississippi |
| 2008 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 2 | 43 | Tyrell Johnson | FS | Arkansas State |
| 5 | 137 | John David Booty | QB | USC |
| 5 | 152 | Letroy Guion | DT | Florida State |
| 6 | 187 | John Sullivan | C | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 193 | Jaymar Johnson | WR | Jackson State |
| 2007 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 7 | Adrian Peterson | RB | Oklahoma |
| 2 | 44 | Sidney Rice | WR | South Carolina |
| 3 | 72 | Marcus McCauley | CB | Fresno State |
| 4 | 102 | Brian Robison | DE | Texas |
| 5 | 146 | Aundrae Allison | WR | East Carolina |
| 6 | 176 | Rufus Alexander | LB | Oklahoma |
| 7 | 217 | Tyler Thigpen | QB | Coastal Carolina |
| 7 | 233 | Chandler Williams | WR | Florida International |
| 2006 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 17 | Chad Greenway | LB | Iowa |
| 2 | 48 | Cedric Griffin | CB | Texas |
| 2 | 51 | Ryan Cook | C | New Mexico |
| 2 | 64 | Tarvaris Jackson | QB | Alabama State |
| 4 | 127 | Ray Edwards | DE | Purdue |
| 5 | 149 | Greg Blue | DB | Georgia |
| 2005 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 7 | Troy Williamson | WR | South Carolina |
| 1 | 18 | Erasmus James | DE | Wisconsin |
| 2 | 49 | Marcus Johnson | G | Mississippi |
| 3 | 80 | Dustin Fox | DB | Ohio State |
| 4 | 112 | Ciatrick Fason | RB | Florida |
| 6 | 191 | C.J. Mosley | DT | Missouri |
| 7 | 219 | Adrian Ward | -- | Texas-El Paso |
| 2004 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 20 | Kenechi Udeze | DE | USC |
| 2 | 48 | Dontarrious Thomas | OLB | Auburn |
| 3 | 88 | Darrion Scott | DE | Ohio State |
| 4 | 115 | Nat Dorsey | T | Georgia Tech |
| 4 | 119 | Mewelde Moore | RB | Tulane |
| 5 | 155 | Rod Davis | LB | Southern Mississippi |
| 6 | 184 | Deandre' Eiland | DB | South Carolina |
| 7 | 220 | Jeff Dugan | TE | Maryland |
| 2003 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 9 | Kevin Williams | DE | Oklahoma State |
| 2 | 40 | E.J. Henderson | LB | Maryland |
| 3 | 71 | Nate Burleson | WR | Nevada-Reno |
| 4 | 105 | Onterrio Smith | RB | Oregon |
| 6 | 180 | Eddie Johnson | P | Idaho State |
| 6 | 190 | Michael Nattiel | LB | Florida |
| 7 | 221 | Keenan Howry | WR | Oregon |
| 2002 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 7 | Bryant McKinnie | T | Miami (Fla.) |
| 2 | 38 | Raonall Smith | LB | Washington State |
| 3 | 70 | Willie Offord | SS | South Carolina |
| 4 | 105 | Brian Williams | CB | North Carolina State |
| 4 | 132 | Ed Ta'amu | -- | Utah |
| 6 | 177 | Nick Rogers | OLB | Georgia Tech |
| 7 | 218 | Chad Beasley | DT | Virginia Tech |
| 2001 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 27 | Michael Bennett | RB | Wisconsin |
| 2 | 57 | Willie Howard | DT | Stanford |
| 3 | 69 | Eric Kelly | CB | Kentucky |
| 4 | 130 | Shawn Worthen | DT | Texas Christian |
| 4 | 131 | Cedric James | WR | Texas Christian |
| 5 | 157 | Patrick Chukwurah | LB | Wyoming |
| 6 | 189 | Carey Scott | CB | Kentucky State |
| 7 | 225 | Brian Crawford | T | Western Oregon |
| 2000 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 25 | Chris Hovan | DT | Boston College |
| 2 | 55 | Fred Robbins | DT | Wake Forest |
| 2 | 56 | Michael Boireau | DE | Miami (Fla.) |
| 3 | 88 | Doug Chapman | RB | Marshall |
| 4 | 106 | Antonio Wilson | LB | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 4 | 118 | Tyrone Carter | FS | Minnesota |
| 5 | 165 | Troy Walters | WR | Stanford |
| 7 | 240 | Mike Malano | G | San Diego State |
| 7 | 244 | Giles Cole | -- | Texas A&M - Kingsville |
| 7 | 248 | Lewis Kelly | G | South Carolina State |
| 1999 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 11 | Daunte Culpepper | QB | Central Florida |
| 1 | 29 | Dimitrius Underwood | DE | Michigan State |
| 2 | 44 | Jimmy Kleinsasser | FB | North Dakota |
| 4 | 120 | Kenny Wright | CB | Northwestern State-Louisiana |
| 4 | 125 | Jay Humphrey | T | Texas |
| 5 | 169 | Chris Jones | LB | Clemson |
| 6 | 185 | Talance Sawyer | DE | Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 6 | 199 | Antico Dalton | LB | Hampton |
| 7 | 236 | Noel Scarlett | DT | Langston |
| 1998 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 21 | Randy Moss | WR | Marshall |
| 2 | 51 | Kailee Wong | LB | Stanford |
| 3 | 80 | Ramos McDonald | CB | New Mexico |
| 4 | 110 | Kivuusama Mays | LB | North Carolina |
| 5 | 144 | Kerry Cooks | DB | Iowa |
| 6 | 173 | Matt Birk | T | Harvard |
| 7 | 208 | Chester Burnett | LB | Arizona |
| 7 | 225 | Tony Darden | DB | Texas Tech |
| 1997 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 20 | Dwayne Rudd | LB | Alabama |
| 2 | 49 | Torrian Gray | FS | Virginia Tech |
| 3 | 78 | Stalin Colinet | DE | Boston College |
| 4 | 113 | Antonio Banks | DB | Virginia Tech |
| 5 | 151 | Tony Williams | DT | Memphis |
| 6 | 183 | Robert Tate | WR | Cincinnati |
| 7 | 220 | Artie Ulmer | LB | Valdosta State |
| 7 | 235 | Matt Hatchette | WR | Langston |
| 1996 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 16 | Duane Clemons | LB | California |
| 2 | 45 | James Manley | DT | Vanderbilt |
| 3 | 75 | Moe Williams | RB | Kentucky |
| 4 | 97 | Hunter Goodwin | TE | Texas A&M |
| 5 | 148 | Sean Boyd | DB | North Carolina |
| 7 | 223 | Jon Merrill | -- | Duke |
| 1995 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 11 | Derrick L. Alexander | DE | Florida State |
| 1 | 24 | Korey Stringer | T | Ohio State |
| 2 | 42 | Orlando Thomas | FS | Louisiana-Lafayette |
| 2 | 55 | Corey Fuller | CB | Florida State |
| 4 | 111 | Chad May | QB | Kansas State |
| 5 | 157 | James Stewart | RB | Miami (Fla.) |
| 6 | 189 | John Solomon | -- | Sam Houston State |
| 7 | 232 | Jose White | DT | Howard |
| 7 | 243 | Jason Fisk | DT | Stanford |
| 1994 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 18 | Dewayne Washington | CB | North Carolina State |
| 1 | 19 | Todd Steussie | T | California |
| 2 | 40 | David Palmer | WR | Alabama |
| 2 | 55 | Fernando Smith | DE | Jackson State |
| 4 | 125 | Mike Wells | DT | Iowa |
| 5 | 134 | Shelly Hammonds | DB | Penn State |
| 6 | 179 | Andrew Jordan | TE | Western Carolina |
| 7 | 211 | Pete Bercich | LB | Notre Dame |
| 1993 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 21 | Robert Smith | RB | Ohio State |
| 2 | 52 | Qadry Ismail | WR | Syracuse |
| 3 | 57 | John Gerak | G | Penn State |
| 3 | 79 | Gilbert Brown | DT | Kansas |
| 4 | 106 | Ashley Sheppard | LB | Clemson |
| 5 | 133 | Everett Lindsay | T | Mississippi |
| 7 | 192 | Gino Torretta | QB | Miami (Fla.) |
| 1992 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 2 | 39 | Robert Harris | DE | Southern University |
| 4 | 98 | Roy Barker | DT | North Carolina |
| 5 | 125 | Ed McDaniel | LB | Clemson |
| 6 | 152 | Mike Gaddis | RB | Oklahoma |
| 7 | 183 | David Wilson | DB | California |
| 8 | 210 | Luke Fisher | TE | East Carolina |
| 9 | 227 | Brad Johnson | QB | Florida State |
| 9 | 237 | Ronnie West | WR | Pittsburg State |
| 10 | 264 | Brad Culpepper | DT | Florida |
| 11 | 295 | Chuck Evans | RB | Clark Atlanta |
| 12 | 322 | Joe Randolph | -- | Elon |
| 1991 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 3 | 65 | Carlos Jenkins | LB | Michigan State |
| 3 | 68 | Jake Reed | WR | Grambling State |
| 4 | 92 | Randy Baldwin | RB | Mississippi |
| 5 | 119 | Chris Thome | C | Minnesota |
| 6 | 163 | Todd Scott | CB | Louisiana-Lafayette |
| 7 | 179 | Scotty Reagan | -- | Humboldt State |
| 7 | 180 | Tripp Welborne | DB | Michigan |
| 8 | 206 | Reggie Johnson | -- | Arizona |
| 9 | 232 | Gerald Hudson | -- | Oklahoma State |
| 10 | 259 | Brady Pierce | -- | Wisconsin |
| 11 | 286 | Ivan Caesar | LB | Boston College |
| 12 | 313 | Darren Hughes | -- | Carson-Newman |
| 1990 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 3 | 54 | Mike Jones | TE | Texas A&M |
| 3 | 74 | Marion Hobby | DE | Tennessee |
| 4 | 104 | Alonzo Hampton | DB | Pittsburgh |
| 5 | 116 | Reggie Thornton | WR | Bowling Green State |
| 5 | 131 | Cedric Smith | FB | Florida |
| 7 | 188 | John Levelis | -- | C.W. Post |
| 8 | 214 | Craig Schlichting | -- | Wyoming |
| 9 | 241 | Terry Allen | RB | Clemson |
| 10 | 249 | Pat Newman | WR | Utah State |
| 10 | 271 | Donald Smith | DB | Liberty |
| 12 | 324 | Ron Goetz | -- | Minnesota |
| 1989 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 2 | 52 | David Braxton | LB | Wake Forest |
| 3 | 80 | John Hunter | T | Brigham Young |
| 4 | 108 | Darryl Ingram | TE | California |
| 6 | 163 | Jeff Mickel | T | Eastern Washington |
| 7 | 191 | Benji Roland | DE | Auburn |
| 8 | 219 | Alex Stewart | -- | Cal State-Fullerton |
| 11 | 303 | Brad Baxter | RB | Alabama State |
| 12 | 331 | Shawn Woodson | -- | James Madison |
| 12 | 335 | Everett Ross | -- | Ohio State |
| 1988 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 19 | Randall McDaniel | G | Arizona State |
| 2 | 54 | Brad Edwards | DB | South Carolina |
| 3 | 71 | Al Noga | DE | Hawaii |
| 4 | 108 | Todd Kalis | G | Arizona State |
| 5 | 124 | Darrell Fullington | DB | Miami (Fla.) |
| 6 | 164 | Derrick White | -- | Oklahoma |
| 7 | 183 | Brad Beckman | TE | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 8 | 210 | Joe Cain | LB | Oregon Tech |
| 9 | 237 | Paul McGowan | -- | Florida State |
| 10 | 264 | Brian Habib | T | Washington |
| 11 | 296 | Norman Floyd | -- | South Carolina |
| Ryan Bethea | -- | South Carolina | ||
| 1987 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 14 | D.J. Dozier | RB | Penn State |
| 2 | 44 | Ray Berry | LB | Baylor |
| 3 | 72 | Henry Thomas | DT | Louisiana State |
| 4 | 100 | Najee Mustafaa | DB | Georgia Tech |
| 6 | 156 | Greg Richardson | WR | Alabama |
| 8 | 211 | Rick Fenney | RB | Washington |
| 9 | 239 | Leonard Jones | DB | Texas Tech |
| 10 | 267 | Bob Riley | T | Indiana |
| 11 | 295 | Brent Pease | QB | Montana |
| 12 | 323 | Keith Williams | -- | Florida |
| 1986 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 14 | Gerald Robinson | DE | Auburn |
| 4 | 93 | Joe Phillips | NT | Southern Methodist |
| 5 | 120 | Hassan Jones | WR | Florida State |
| 6 | 147 | Thomas Rooks | -- | Illinois |
| 7 | 179 | Carl Hilton | TE | Houston |
| 8 | 206 | Gary Schippang | T | West Chester |
| 9 | 232 | Mike Slaton | DB | South Dakota |
| 10 | 259 | Joe Cormier | LB | USC |
| 11 | 286 | John Armstrong | DB | Richmond |
| 12 | 318 | Jesse Solomon | LB | Florida State |
| 1985 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 4 | Chris Doleman | DE | Pittsburgh |
| 2 | 30 | Issiac Holt | DB | Alcorn State |
| 3 | 59 | Kirk Lowdermilk | C | Ohio State |
| 3 | 60 | Tim Meamber | LB | Washington |
| 3 | 66 | Tim Long | C | Memphis |
| 4 | 85 | Buster Rhymes | WR | Oklahoma |
| 4 | 106 | Kyle Morrell | DB | Brigham Young |
| 5 | 115 | Mark MacDonald | G | Boston College |
| 6 | 142 | Steve Bono | QB | UCLA |
| 6 | 164 | Tim Newton | DT | Florida |
| 8 | 198 | Nikita Blair | -- | Texas-El Paso |
| 9 | 227 | Jaime Covington | RB | Syracuse |
| 10 | 254 | Juan Johnson | -- | Langston |
| 11 | 283 | Tim Williams | -- | North Carolina A&T |
| 12 | 310 | Byron Jones | -- | Tulsa |
| 1984 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 13 | Keith Millard | DT | Washington State |
| 3 | 67 | Alfred Anderson | RB | Baylor |
| 5 | 140 | Allen Rice | RB | Baylor |
| 6 | 154 | Dwight Collins | WR | Pittsburgh |
| 7 | 180 | John Haines | NT | Texas |
| 7 | 196 | Lloyd Lewis | -- | Texas A&M - Kingsville |
| 8 | 208 | Paul Sverchek | NT | Cal Poly-S.L.O. |
| 9 | 235 | Keith Kidd | WR | Arkansas |
| 10 | 268 | James Spencer | -- | Oklahoma State |
| 11 | 295 | Edgar Pickett | -- | Clemson |
| 11 | 308 | Lawrence Thompson | -- | Miami (Fla.) |
| 12 | 322 | Mike Jones | -- | North Carolina A&T |
| David Howard | LB | Long Beach State | ||
| Robert Smith | DE | Grambling State | ||
| 1983 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 19 | Joey Browner | DB | USC |
| 3 | 73 | Walker Lee Ashley | LB | Penn State |
| 4 | 100 | Mark Rush | -- | Miami (Fla.) |
| 5 | 127 | Mark Stewart | LB | Washington |
| 6 | 159 | Mike Jones | WR | Tennessee State |
| 7 | 186 | Carl Lee | DB | Marshall |
| 8 | 213 | Norris Brown | TE | Georgia |
| 9 | 239 | Rod Achter | -- | Toledo |
| 9 | 255 | Melvin Brown | -- | Mississippi |
| 10 | 266 | Walter Tate | -- | Tennessee State |
| 11 | 298 | Brian Butcher | -- | Clemson |
| 12 | 325 | Maurice Turner | RB | Utah State |
| 1982 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 7 | Darrin Nelson | RB | Stanford |
| 2 | 39 | Terry Tausch | T | Texas |
| 4 | 92 | Jim Fahnhorst | LB | Minnesota |
| 6 | 147 | Greg Storr | LB | Boston College |
| 7 | 179 | Steve Jordan | TE | Brown |
| 8 | 206 | Kirk Harmon | -- | U. of Pacific |
| 9 | 233 | Bryan Howard | DB | Tennessee State |
| 10 | 260 | Gerald Lucear | -- | Temple |
| 11 | 286 | Curtis Rouse | G | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 12 | 318 | Hobson Milner | -- | Cincinnati |
| 1981 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 2 | 39 | Mardye McDole | WR | Mississippi State |
| 2 | 45 | Robin Sendlein | LB | Texas |
| 2 | 52 | Jarvis Redwine | RB | Nebraska |
| 3 | 74 | Tim Irwin | T | Tennessee |
| 4 | 101 | John Swain | DB | Miami (Fla.) |
| 5 | 123 | Wendell Ray | -- | Missouri |
| 7 | 184 | Don Shaver | -- | Kutztown |
| 8 | 210 | Wade Wilson | QB | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 10 | 266 | James Murphy | WR | Utah State |
| 11 | 293 | Bill Stephanos | -- | Boston College |
| 12 | 320 | Brian Williams | TE | Southern University |
| 1980 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 9 | Doug Martin | DE | Washington |
| 2 | 30 | Willie Teal | DB | Louisiana State |
| 3 | 68 | Brent Boyd | G | UCLA |
| 4 | 92 | Dennis Johnson | LB | USC |
| 5 | 121 | Doug Paschal | RB | North Carolina |
| 5 | 122 | Paul Jones | -- | California |
| 6 | 148 | Ray Yakavonis | NT | East Stroudsburg |
| 7 | 174 | Henry Johnson | LB | Georgia Tech |
| 9 | 232 | Dennis Mosley | -- | Iowa |
| 10 | 258 | Ken Brown | -- | Nebraska |
| 11 | 288 | Sam Harrell | RB | East Carolina |
| 12 | 315 | Thomas Lane | -- | Florida A&M |
| 1979 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 16 | Ted Brown | RB | North Carolina State |
| 2 | 43 | Dave Huffman | G | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 97 | Steve Dils | QB | Stanford |
| 5 | 129 | Jerry Meter | -- | Michigan |
| 6 | 152 | Joe Senser | TE | West Chester |
| 7 | 181 | Bob Winkel | DT | Kentucky |
| 9 | 236 | Billy Diggs | -- | Winston-Salem State |
| 11 | 291 | Brian Nelson | -- | Texas Tech |
| 12 | 317 | David Stephens | -- | Kentucky |
| 1978 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 21 | Randy Holloway | DE | Pittsburgh |
| 2 | 48 | John Turner | DB | Miami (Fla.) |
| 3 | 75 | Whip Walton | LB | San Diego State |
| 4 | 100 | Jim Hough | G | Utah State |
| 8 | 204 | Mike Wood | K | Southeast Missouri State |
| 9 | 240 | Mike Deutsch | -- | Colorado State |
| 10 | 272 | Hughie Shaw | -- | Texas A&M - Kingsville |
| 11 | 299 | Ron Harris | -- | Colorado State |
| 12 | 326 | Jeff Morrow | -- | Minnesota |
| 1977 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 27 | Tommy Kramer | QB | Rice |
| 2 | 55 | Dennis Swilley | C | North Texas |
| 3 | 83 | Tom Hannon | DB | Michigan State |
| 5 | 138 | Ken Moore | TE | Northern Illinois |
| 8 | 222 | Clint Strozier | -- | USC |
| 9 | 250 | Scott Studwell | LB | Illinois |
| 10 | 278 | Dan Beaver | -- | Illinois |
| 11 | 306 | Keith Hartwig | WR | Arizona |
| 12 | 335 | Jim Kelleher | -- | Colorado |
| 1976 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 25 | James White | DT | Oklahoma State |
| 2 | 54 | Sammy White | WR | Grambling State |
| 3 | 85 | Wes Hamilton | G | Tulsa |
| 4 | 118 | Leonard Willis | WR | Ohio State |
| 5 | 133 | Steve Wagner | DB | Wisconsin |
| 5 | 149 | Keith Barnette | -- | Boston College |
| 6 | 180 | Terry Egerdahl | -- | Minnesota-Duluth |
| 7 | 206 | Larry Brune | DB | Rice |
| 9 | 262 | Isaac Hagins | WR | Southern University |
| 10 | 289 | Bill Salmon | -- | Northern Iowa |
| 11 | 316 | Steve Kracher | -- | Montana State |
| 12 | 345 | Robert Sparks | -- | San Francisco State |
| 13 | 372 | Gary Paulson | -- | Colorado State |
| 14 | 401 | Jeff Stapleton | -- | Purdue |
| 15 | 428 | Ron Groce | RB | Macalester |
| 16 | 457 | Randy Hickel | -- | Montana State |
| 17 | 484 | Dick Lukowski | -- | West Virginia |
| 1975 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 25 | Mark Mullaney | DE | Colorado State |
| 2 | 52 | Art Riley | -- | USC |
| 4 | 89 | Champ Henson | RB | Ohio State |
| 4 | 103 | Bruce Adams | -- | Kansas |
| 5 | 129 | Robert Miller | RB | Kansas |
| 6 | 155 | Bubba Broussard | -- | Houston |
| 7 | 181 | Henry Green | -- | Southern University |
| 8 | 207 | Joe Hollimon | -- | Arkansas State |
| 9 | 233 | John Passananti | -- | Western Illinois |
| 10 | 258 | Neil Clabo | P | Tennessee |
| 11 | 285 | Ike Spencer | -- | Utah |
| 12 | 311 | Autry Beamon | DB | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 13 | 336 | Mike Hurd | -- | Michigan State |
| 14 | 363 | Mike Strickland | -- | Eastern Michigan |
| 15 | 388 | Ollie Bakken | -- | Minnesota |
| 16 | 414 | Tom Goedjen | -- | Iowa State |
| 17 | 441 | Adolph Bellizeare | -- | Pennsylvania |
| 1974 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 17 | Fred McNeill | LB | UCLA |
| 1 | 25 | Steve Riley | T | USC |
| 2 | 29 | John Holland | WR | Tennessee State |
| 2 | 51 | Matt Blair | LB | Iowa State |
| 3 | 64 | Steve Craig | TE | Northwestern |
| 3 | 77 | Scott Anderson | C | Missouri |
| 4 | 86 | Mike Townsend | -- | Notre Dame |
| 5 | 120 | Jim Ferguson | -- | Stanford |
| 6 | 155 | Mark Kellar | RB | Northern Illinois |
| 7 | 181 | Fred Tabron | -- | Missouri State |
| 8 | 207 | Berl Simmons | -- | Texas Christian |
| 9 | 232 | Sam McCullum | WR | Montana State |
| 10 | 259 | Barry Reed | -- | Peru State |
| 11 | 285 | Dave Boone | DE | Eastern Michigan |
| 12 | 311 | Randy Poltl | DB | Stanford |
| 13 | 337 | Gary Keller | -- | Utah |
| 14 | 363 | Alan Dixon | -- | Harding |
| 15 | 389 | Kurt Wachtler | -- | St. John's (Minn.) |
| 16 | 415 | John Goebel | -- | St. Thomas |
| 17 | 441 | Earl Garrett | -- | Boston College |
| 1973 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 12 | Chuck Foreman | RB | Miami (Fla.) |
| 2 | 34 | Jackie Wallace | DB | Arizona |
| 3 | 65 | Jim Lash | WR | Northwestern |
| 4 | 80 | Mike Wells | QB | Illinois |
| 5 | 118 | Brent McClanahan | RB | Arizona State |
| 6 | 139 | Doug Kingsriter | TE | Minnesota |
| 6 | 143 | Fred Abbott | -- | Florida |
| 7 | 168 | Josh Brown | -- | Texas State |
| 8 | 196 | Craig Darling | -- | Iowa |
| 9 | 221 | Larry Dibbles | -- | New Mexico |
| 10 | 236 | Randy Lee | -- | Tulane |
| 10 | 246 | Dave Mason | DB | Nebraska |
| 11 | 274 | Geary Murdock | -- | Iowa State |
| 12 | 299 | Alan Spencer | -- | Pittsburg State |
| 13 | 324 | Ron Just | -- | Minot State |
| 14 | 352 | Eddie Bishop | -- | Southern University |
| 15 | 377 | Tony Chandler | -- | Missouri Valley |
| 16 | 402 | Larry Smiley | -- | Texas Southern |
| 17 | 429 | Dave Winfield | -- | Minnesota |
| 1972 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 10 | Jeff Siemon | LB | Stanford |
| 2 | 50 | Ed Marinaro | RB | Cornell |
| 3 | 59 | Bart Buetow | T | Minnesota |
| 6 | 154 | Amos Martin | LB | Louisville |
| 7 | 181 | Bill Slater | -- | Western Michigan |
| 8 | 206 | Calvin Demery | WR | Arizona State |
| 9 | 232 | Charlie Goodrum | T | Florida A&M |
| 10 | 258 | Willie Aldridge | -- | South Carolina State |
| 11 | 284 | Willie McKelton | -- | Southern University |
| 12 | 310 | Bob Banaugh | -- | Montana State |
| 13 | 336 | Franklin Roberts | -- | Alcorn State |
| 14 | 361 | Marv Owens | RB | San Diego State |
| 15 | 388 | Mike Sivert | -- | East Tennessee State |
| 16 | 414 | Neil Graff | QB | Wisconsin |
| 17 | 440 | Dick Schmalz | -- | Auburn |
| 1971 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 24 | Leo Hayden | RB | Ohio State |
| 3 | 76 | Eddie Hackett | -- | Alcorn State |
| 4 | 102 | Vince Clements | RB | Connecticut |
| 7 | 180 | Gene Mack | -- | Texas-El Paso |
| 8 | 208 | John Farley | -- | Johnson C. Smith |
| 9 | 232 | Tim Sullivan | -- | Iowa |
| 10 | 258 | Chris Morris | T | Indiana |
| 11 | 284 | Mike Walker | LB | Tulane |
| 12 | 310 | Reggie Holmes | -- | Wisconsin-Stout |
| 13 | 336 | Bennie Frye | -- | Houston |
| 14 | 362 | Jim Gallagher | -- | Yale |
| 15 | 388 | Jeff Wright | DB | Minnesota |
| 16 | 414 | Greg Edmonds | -- | Penn State |
| 17 | 439 | Ken Duncan | P | Tulsa |
| 1970 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 25 | John Ward | G | Oklahoma State |
| 2 | 51 | Bill Cappleman | QB | Florida State |
| 3 | 77 | Chuck Burgoon | -- | North Park |
| 5 | 129 | Greg Jones | RB | UCLA |
| 7 | 181 | Hap Farber | LB | Mississippi |
| 8 | 207 | Mike Carroll | -- | Missouri |
| 9 | 233 | George Morrow | -- | Mississippi |
| 10 | 260 | Stu Voigt | TE | Wisconsin |
| 11 | 286 | Godfrey Zaunbrecher | C | Louisiana State |
| 12 | 311 | James Holland | -- | Jackson State |
| 13 | 337 | Robert Pearce | -- | Stephen F. Austin St. |
| 14 | 363 | Tom Spinks | -- | Louisiana Tech |
| 15 | 389 | Bennie Francis | -- | Chadron State |
| 16 | 415 | Bruce Cerone | -- | Emporia State |
| 17 | 441 | Brian Healy | -- | Michigan |
| 1969 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 2 | 39 | Ed White | OG | California |
| 2 | 43 | Volly Murphy | -- | Texas-El Paso |
| 4 | 95 | Mike McCaffrey | LB | California |
| 5 | 106 | Jim Barnes | -- | Arkansas |
| 5 | 112 | Mike O'Shea | -- | Utah State |
| 5 | 121 | Cornelius Davis | -- | Kansas State |
| 6 | 148 | Marion Bates | -- | Texas Southern |
| 8 | 199 | Harris Wood | -- | Washington |
| 9 | 225 | Tom Fink | -- | Minnesota |
| 10 | 253 | Tom McCauley | DB | North Carolina |
| 11 | 277 | Brian Dowling | QB | Yale |
| 12 | 303 | Noel Jenke | LB | Minnesota |
| 13 | 329 | Jim Moylan | -- | Texas Tech |
| 14 | 355 | Tommy Head | -- | Texas State |
| 15 | 381 | Eugene Mosley | -- | Jackson State |
| 17 | 433 | Wendell Housely | -- | Texas A&M |
| 1968 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 1 | Ron Yary | T | USC |
| 2 | 33 | Charlie West | DB | Texas-El Paso |
| 3 | 76 | Mike McGill | LB | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 89 | Mike Freeman | DB | Fresno State |
| 6 | 144 | Bob Goodridge | WR | Vanderbilt |
| 7 | 167 | Oscar Reed | RB | Colorado State |
| 7 | 171 | Lenny Snow | -- | Georgia Tech |
| 8 | 198 | Hank Urbanowicz | -- | Miami (Fla.) |
| 9 | 225 | Mike Donohoe | TE | San Francisco |
| 10 | 250 | Tom Sakal | -- | Minnesota |
| 11 | 279 | Bill Haas | -- | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 12 | 308 | Howie Small | -- | Rhode Island |
| 13 | 333 | Rich Wherry | -- | Northern State |
| 14 | 360 | Don Evans | -- | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| 15 | 387 | Jim Haynie | -- | West Chester |
| 16 | 414 | Larry Kuharich | -- | Boston College |
| 17 | 441 | Bob Lee | QB | U. of Pacific |
| 17 | 445 | Bill Hull | -- | Tennessee Tech |
| 1967 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 2 | Clint Jones | RB | Michigan State |
| 1 | 8 | Gene Washington | WR | Michigan State |
| 1 | 15 | Alan Page | DT | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 28 | Bob Grim | WR | Oregon State |
| 3 | 61 | Earl Denny | RB | Missouri |
| 4 | 87 | Al Coleman | DB | Tennessee State |
| 5 | 115 | Ken Last | -- | Minnesota |
| 7 | 167 | Bobby Bryant | DB | South Carolina |
| 8 | 197 | John Beasley | TE | California |
| 9 | 219 | Bill Morris | -- | Holy Cross |
| 10 | 244 | Pete Tatman | RB | Nebraska |
| 11 | 271 | Bob Trygstad | -- | Washington State |
| 12 | 296 | Fred Cremer | -- | St. John's (Minn.) |
| 13 | 323 | Charles Hardt | -- | Tulsa |
| 14 | 348 | Jim Hargrove | LB | Howard Payne |
| 15 | 375 | Jimmy Shea | -- | Eastern New Mexico |
| 16 | 400 | Gene Beard | -- | Virginia Union |
| 17 | 427 | Dick Wagoner | -- | Bowling Green State |
| 1966 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | Jerry Shay | DT | Purdue | |
| 2 | Jim Lindsey | RB | Arkansas | |
| 3 | Don Hansen | LB | Illinois | |
| 4 | Ron Acks | LB | Illinois | |
| 5 | Doug Davis | T | Kentucky | |
| 9 | Ron Green | WR | North Dakota | |
| 14 | Howard Twilley | WR | Tulsa | |
| 1965 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | Jack Snow | WR | Notre Dame | |
| 2 | Lance Rentzel | WR | Oklahoma | |
| 2 | Archie Sutton | T | Illinois | |
| 8 | Jeff Jordan | DB | Tulsa | |
| 12 | Mike Tilleman | DT | Montana | |
| 13 | Dave Osborn | RB | North Dakota | |
| 20 | Cosmo Iacovazzi | HB | Princeton | |
| 1964 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | Carl Eller | DE | Minnesota | |
| 2 | Hal Bedsole | TE | USC | |
| 3 | George Rose | DB | Auburn | |
| 5 | John Kirby | LB | Nebraska | |
| 6 | Bob Lacey | WR | North Carolina | |
| 8 | Bill McWatters | FB | North Texas | |
| 9 | Darrell Lester | FB | McNeese State | |
| 14 | Tom Michel | HB | East Carolina | |
| 20 | Milt Sunde | G | Minnesota | |
| 1963 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 3 | Ray Poage | TE | Texas | |
| 4 | Paul Flatley | WR | Northwestern | |
| 8 | Jim O'Mahoney | LB | Miami (Fla.) | |
| 10 | Terry Kosens | DB | Hofstra | |
| 11 | John Campbell | LB | Minnesota | |
| 13 | Dave O'Brien | T | Boston College | |
| 1962 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 4 | Roy Winston | LB | Louisiana State | |
| 6 | Larry Bowie | G | Purdue | |
| 14 | Pat Russ | DT | Purdue | |
| 16 | John Contoulis | DT | Connecticut | |
| 1961 - Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| RD | SEL # | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 1 | Tommy Mason | RB | Tulane |
| 2 | Rip Hawkins | LB | North Carolina | |
| 3 | Fran Tarkenton | QB | Georgia | |
| 4 | Chuck Lamson | DB | Wyoming | |
| 5 | Ed Sharockman | DB | Pittsburgh | |
| 8 | Paul Lindquist | DT | New Hampshire | |
| 10 | Doug Mayberry | FB | Utah State | |
| 12 | Steve Stonebreaker | LB | Detroit | |
| 13 | Ray Hayes | FB | Central Oklahoma | |
| 14 | Ken Petersen | G | Utah | |
| 15 | Mike Mercer | K | Arizona State | |
| 17 | Willie Jones | FB | Purdue | |
| 18 | Bob Voight | DT | Los Angeles State | |
