Draft Classes
How each draft class actually turned out
What this covers, honestly
The player universe here was built from box scores and lineups inside the 2020–2025 ingestion window, not from a comprehensive all-time draft database. So an older year shows only the players from that class who were still active enough to appear in a real game during 2020–2025 — not the complete original class. The counts below tell you exactly how thin each year is: 2015 has 58 players on record, nowhere near a full 256-pick class, while recent years are close to complete.
2026
12 players on record
12 active · 12 linked to stats
2025
257 players on record
256 active · 256 linked to stats
2024
256 players on record
255 active · 254 linked to stats
2023
257 players on record
257 active · 256 linked to stats
2022
255 players on record
253 active · 255 linked to stats
2021
226 players on record
222 active · 223 linked to stats
2020
193 players on record
193 active · 189 linked to stats
2019
154 players on record
153 active · 153 linked to stats
2018
153 players on record
150 active · 152 linked to stats
2017
118 players on record
115 active · 118 linked to stats
2016
82 players on record
80 active · 81 linked to stats
2015
58 players on record
50 active · 58 linked to stats
2014
26 players on record
24 active · 25 linked to stats
2013
20 players on record
18 active · 20 linked to stats
2012
11 players on record
11 active · 11 linked to stats
2011
7 players on record
6 active · 7 linked to stats
2010
6 players on record
6 active · 6 linked to stats
2009
2 players on record
2 active · 2 linked to stats
2008
4 players on record
3 active · 3 linked to stats
2007
1 player on record
1 active · 1 linked to stats
2006
1 player on record
1 active · 1 linked to stats
2005
1 player on record
1 active · 1 linked to stats
2004
1 player on record
1 active · 1 linked to stats
Draft details come from the Highlightly player records; career production comes from nflverse weekly box scores, which are ingested for 2021–2025 only. A player who was drafted earlier will show only the part of his career that falls inside that window.