List of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens in the NFL draft

The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, representing the University of Delaware, has had 29 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936.

Teams that did not make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record with any remaining ties broken by strength of schedule.

Playoff participants are sequenced after non-playoff teams, based on their round of elimination (wild card, division, conference, and Super Bowl).

[6] Before the merger agreements in 1966, the American Football League (AFL) operated in direct competition with the NFL and held a separate draft.

As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues would hold a multiple round "common draft".

An American football player wearing a red practice jersey (number 5) tossing himself an NFL football while watching a practice.
Joe Flacco was drafted 18th overall by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2008 NFL draft. He is the highest drafted Blue Hen in NFL draft history, and the only one taken in the first round.