This includes 16 players taken in the first round and one overall number one pick, Tim Couch in the 1999 NFL Draft.
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).
Prior to 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 held a multiple-round "common draft".