| Draft History | |||||||
| Year | Round | Pick | Overall Pick | Team | Name | Position | College |
| 2010 | 1 | 32 | 32 | Saints | Patrick Robinson | CB | Florida State |
| 2010 | 2 | 32 | 64 | Saints | Charles Brown | OT | Southern California |
| 2010 | 3 | 31 | 95 | Saints | Jimmy Graham | TE | Miami (Fla.) |
| 2010 | 4 | 25 | 123 | Saints | Al Woods | DT | LSU |
| 2010 | 5 | 27 | 158 | Saints | Matt Tennant | C | Boston College |
| 2010 | 7 | 32 | 239 | Saints | Sean Canfield | QB | Oregon State |
| 2009 | 1 | 14 | 14 | Saints | Malcolm Jenkins | CB | Ohio State |
| 2009 | 4 | 16 | 116 | Saints | Chip Vaughn | S | Wake Forest |
| 2009 | 4 | 18 | 118 | Saints | Stanley Arnoux | LB | Wake Forest |
| 2009 | 5 | 28 | 164 | Saints | Thomas Morstead | P | Southern Methodist |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Saints | Sedrick Ellis | DT | Southern Cal |
| 2008 | 2 | 9 | 40 | Saints | Tracy Porter | CB | Indiana |
| 2008 | 5 | 11 | 144 | Saints | DeMario Pressley | DT | North Carolina State |
| 2008 | 5 | 31 | 164 | Saints | Carl Nicks | OT | Nebraska |
| 2008 | 6 | 12 | 178 | Saints | Taylor Mehlhaff | K | Wisconsin |
| 2008 | 7 | 30 | 237 | Saints | *Adrian Arrington | WR | Michigan |
| 2007 | 1 | 27 | 27 | Saints | *Robert Meachem | WR | Tennessee |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 | 66 | Saints | Usama Young | CB | Kent State |
| 2007 | 3 | 24 | 88 | Saints | Andy Alleman | OG | Akron |
| 2007 | 4 | 8 | 107 | Saints | *Antonio Pittman | RB | Ohio State |
| 2007 | 4 | 26 | 125 | Saints | Jermon Bushrod | OG | Towson |
| 2007 | 5 | 8 | 145 | Saints | David Jones | CB | Wingate |
| 2007 | 7 | 10 | 220 | Saints | Marvin Mitchell | ILB | Tennessee |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Saints | *Reggie Bush | RB | Southern Cal |
| 2006 | 2 | 11 | 43 | Saints | Roman Harper | FS | Alabama |
| 2006 | 4 | 11 | 108 | Saints | Jhari Evans | OT | Bloomsburg |
| 2006 | 5 | 2 | 135 | Saints | Rob Ninkovich | DE | Purdue |
| 2006 | 6 | 2 | 171 | Saints | Mike Hass | WR | Oregon State |
| 2006 | 6 | 5 | 174 | Saints | Josh Lay | CB | Pittsburgh |
| 2006 | 7 | 2 | 210 | Saints | Zach Strief | OT | NorthWestern |
| 2006 | 7 | 44 | 252 | Saints | Marques Colston | WR | Hofstra |
| 2005 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Saints | Jammal Brown | OT | Oklahoma |
| 2005 | 2 | 8 | 40 | Saints | Josh Bullocks* | FS | Nebraska |
| 2005 | 3 | 18 | 82 | Saints | Alfred Fincher | ILB | Connecticut |
| 2005 | 4 | 17 | 118 | Saints | Chase Lyman | WR | California |
| 2005 | 5 | 16 | 152 | Saints | Adrian McPherson* | QB | Florida State |
| 2005 | 6 | 19 | 193 | Saints | Jason Jefferson | DT | Wisconsin |
| 2005 | 7 | 18 | 232 | Saints | Jimmy Verdon | DE | Arizona State |
| 2004 | 1 | 18 | 18 | Saints | Will Smith | DE | Ohio State |
| 2004 | 2 | 18 | 50 | Saints | Devery Henderson | WR | Louisiana State |
| 2004 | 2 | 28 | 60 | Saints | Courtney Watson | OLB | Notre Dame |
| 2004 | 5 | 7 | 139 | Saints | Rodney Leisle | DT | UCLA |
| 2004 | 5 | 24 | 156 | Saints | Mike Karney | FB | Arizona State |
| 2004 | 7 | 39 | 240 | Saints | Colby Bockwoldt | OLB | BYU |
| 2003 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Saints | Johnathan Sullivan | DT | Georgia |
| 2003 | 2 | 5 | 37 | Saints | Jonathan Stinchcomb | OT | Georgia |
| 2003 | 3 | 22 | 86 | Saints | Willie Grant | OLB | Ohio State |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 | 102 | Saints | Montrae Holland | OG | Florida State |
| 2003 | 5 | 20 | 155 | Saints | Melvin Williams | DE | Kansas State |
| 2003 | 6 | 30 | 203 | Saints | Kareem Kelly | WR | Southern Cal |
| 2003 | 7 | 17 | 231 | Saints | Talman Gardner | WR | Florida State |
| 2002 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Saints | Donte Stallworth | WR | Tennessee |
| 2002 | 1 | 25 | 25 | Saints | Charles Grant | DE | Georgia |
| 2002 | 2 | 12 | 44 | Saints | LeCharles Bentley | C | Ohio State |
| 2002 | 3 | 17 | 82 | Saints | James Allen | LB | Oregon State |
| 2002 | 4 | 27 | 125 | Saints | Keyuo Craver | DB | Nebraska |
| 2002 | 5 | 15 | 150 | Saints | Mel Mitchell | DB | Western Kentucky |
| 2002 | 6 | 14 | 186 | Saints | J.T. O'Sullivan | QB | Cal Davis |
| 2002 | 6 | 24 | 196 | Saints | John Gilmore | TE | Penn State |
| 2002 | 7 | 13 | 224 | Saints | Derrius Monroe | DE | Virginia Tech |
| 2001 | 1 | 23 | 23 | Saints | Deuce McAllister | RB | Mississippi |
| 2001 | 3 | 8 | 70 | Saints | Sedrick Hodge | LB | North Carolina |
| 2001 | 3 | 19 | 81 | Saints | Kenny Smith | DT | Alabama |
| 2001 | 4 | 20 | 115 | Saints | Moran Norris | RB | Kansas |
| 2001 | 5 | 22 | 153 | Saints | Onomoe Ojo | WR | Cal Davis |
| 2001 | 6 | 22 | 185 | Saints | Mitch White | OT | Oregon State |
| 2001 | 7 | 21 | 221 | Saints | Ennis Davis | DT | Princeton |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 33 | Saints | Darren Howard | DE | Kansas State |
| 2000 | 4 | 2 | 96 | Saints | Terrelle Smith | RB | Arizona State |
| 2000 | 5 | 2 | 131 | Saints | Tutan Reyes | OT | Mississippi |
| 2000 | 5 | 29 | 158 | Saints | Austin Wheatley | TE | Iowa |
| 2000 | 5 | 37 | 166 | Saints | Chad Morton | RB | Southern Cal |
| 2000 | 6 | 2 | 168 | Saints | Marc Bulger | QB | West Virginia |
| 2000 | 6 | 29 | 195 | Saints | Michael Hawthorne | DB | Purdue |
| 2000 | 6 | 34 | 200 | Saints | Sherrod Gideon | WR | Southern Miss |
| 2000 | 7 | 22 | 228 | Saints | Kevin Houser | TE | Ohio State |
| 1999 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Saints | Ricky Williams | RB | Texas |
| 1998 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Saints | Kyle Turley | OT | San Diego State |
| 1998 | 2 | 10 | 40 | Saints | Cameron Cleeland | TE | Washington |
| 1998 | 4 | 5 | 97 | Saints | Fred Weary | DB | Florida |
| 1998 | 4 | 7 | 99 | Saints | Julian Pittman | DE | Florida State |
| 1998 | 5 | 9 | 132 | Saints | Wilmont Perry | RB | Livingstone College |
| 1998 | 6 | 8 | 161 | Saints | Chris Bordano | LB | SMU |
| 1998 | 7 | 15 | 204 | Saints | Andy McCullough | WR | Tennessee |
| 1998 | 7 | 50 | 239 | Saints | Ron Warner | LB | Kansas |
| 1997 | 1 | 10 | 10 | Saints | Chris Naeole | G | Colorado |
| 1997 | 2 | 3 | 33 | Saints | Rob Kelly | DB | Ohio State |
| 1997 | 2 | 9 | 39 | Saints | Jared Tomich | DE | Nebraska |
| 1997 | 3 | 2 | 62 | Saints | Troy Davis | RB | Iowa State |
| 1997 | 4 | 3 | 99 | Saints | Danny Wuerffel | QB | Florida |
| 1997 | 4 | 20 | 116 | Saints | Keith Poole | WR | Arizona State |
| 1997 | 6 | 2 | 165 | Saints | Nicky Savoie | TE | LSU |
| 1996 | 1 | 11 | 11 | Saints | Alex Molden | DB | Oregon |
| 1996 | 2 | 10 | 40 | Saints | Jerod Cherry | DB | California |
| 1996 | 3 | 9 | 70 | Saints | Brady Smith | DE | Colorado State |
| 1996 | 4 | 8 | 103 | Saints | Ricky Whittle | RB | Oregon |
| 1996 | 5 | 4 | 136 | Saints | Mercury Hayes | WR | Michigan |
| 1996 | 5 | 13 | 145 | Saints | Tom Ackerman | G | Eastern Washington |
| 1996 | 5 | 33 | 165 | Saints | Terry Guess | WR | Gardner-Webb |
| 1996 | 6 | 12 | 179 | Saints | Keno Hills | OT | SW Louisiana |
| 1996 | 6 | 37 | 204 | Saints | Toderick Malone | WR | Alabama |
| 1996 | 7 | 37 | 246 | Saints | Henry Lusk | TE | Utah |
| 1995 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Saints | Mark Fields | LB | Washington State |
| 1995 | 2 | 12 | 44 | Saints | Ray Zellars | RB | Notre Dame |
| 1995 | 3 | 11 | 75 | Saints | Mike Verstegen | OT | Wisconsin |
| 1995 | 4 | 10 | 108 | Saints | Dameian Jeffries | DE | Alabama |
| 1995 | 5 | 14 | 148 | Saints | William Strong | DB | North Carolina State |
| 1995 | 6 | 13 | 184 | Saints | Lee DeRamus | WR | Wisconsin |
| 1995 | 7 | 34 | 242 | Saints | Travis Davis | DB | Notre Dame |
| 1994 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Saints | Joe Johnson | DE | Louisville |
| 1994 | 2 | 15 | 44 | Saints | Mario Bates | RB | Arizona State |
| 1994 | 3 | 14 | 79 | Saints | Winfred Tubbs | LB | Texas |
| 1994 | 4 | 13 | 116 | Saints | Doug Nussmeier | QB | Idaho |
| 1994 | 5 | 11 | 142 | Saints | Herman Carroll | DE | Mississippi State |
| 1994 | 5 | 12 | 143 | Saints | Craig Novitsky | G | UCLA |
| 1994 | 7 | 19 | 213 | Saints | Lance Lundeberg | OT | Nebraska |
| 1993 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Saints | William Roaf | OT | Louisiana Tech |
| 1993 | 1 | 20 | 20 | Saints | Irv Smith | TE | Notre Dame |
| 1993 | 2 | 24 | 53 | Saints | Reggie Freeman | LB | Florida State |
| 1993 | 4 | 5 | 89 | Saints | Lorenzo Neal | RB | Fresno State |
| 1993 | 4 | 25 | 109 | Saints | Derek Brown | RB | Nebraska |
| 1993 | 5 | 25 | 137 | Saints | Tyrone Hughes | DB | Nebraska |
| 1993 | 6 | 25 | 165 | Saints | Ronnie Dixon | DT | Cincinnati |
| 1993 | 7 | 25 | 193 | Saints | Othello Henderson | DB | UCLA |
| 1993 | 8 | 25 | 221 | Saints | Jon Kirksey | DT | Cal State-Sacramento |
| 1992 | 1 | 21 | 21 | Saints | Vaughn Dunbar | RB | Indiana |
| 1992 | 3 | 16 | 72 | Saints | Tyrone Legette | DB | Nebraska |
| 1992 | 4 | 11 | 95 | Saints | Gene McGuire | C | Notre Dame |
| 1992 | 4 | 22 | 106 | Saints | Sean Lumpkin | DB | Minnesota |
| 1992 | 5 | 26 | 138 | Saints | Torrance Small | WR | Alcorn State |
| 1992 | 6 | 24 | 164 | Saints | Kary Vincent | DB | Texas A&M |
| 1992 | 8 | 22 | 218 | Saints | Robert Stewart | DT | Alabama |
| 1992 | 9 | 21 | 245 | Saints | Donald Jones | LB | Washington |
| 1992 | 10 | 24 | 276 | Saints | Marcus Dowdell | WR | Tennessee State |
| 1992 | 11 | 23 | 303 | Saints | Mike Gisler | G | Houston |
| 1992 | 12 | 22 | 330 | Saints | Scott Adell | OT | North Carolina State |
| 1991 | 2 | 15 | 42 | Saints | Wesley Carroll | WR | Miami |
| 1991 | 5 | 15 | 126 | Saints | Reginald Jones | DB | Memphis State |
| 1991 | 6 | 15 | 154 | Saints | Fred McAfee | RB | Mississippi College |
| 1991 | 7 | 15 | 182 | Saints | Hayward Haynes | G | Florida State |
| 1991 | 8 | 15 | 210 | Saints | Frank Wainright | TE | Northern Colorado |
| 1991 | 9 | 14 | 237 | Saints | Anthony Wallace | RB | California |
| 1991 | 11 | 15 | 293 | Saints | Scott Ross | LB | Southern Cal |
| 1991 | 12 | 15 | 321 | Saints | Mark Drabczak | G | Minnesota |
| 1990 | 1 | 14 | 14 | Saints | Renaldo Turnbull | DE | West Virginia |
| 1990 | 2 | 19 | 44 | Saints | Vince Buck | DB | Central State (OH) |
| 1990 | 3 | 18 | 71 | Saints | Joel Smeenge | DE | Western Michigan |
| 1990 | 4 | 17 | 98 | Saints | DeMond Winston | LB | Vanderbilt |
| 1990 | 5 | 16 | 125 | Saints | Charles Arbuckle | TE | UCLA |
| 1990 | 6 | 19 | 156 | Saints | Mike Buck | QB | Maine |
| 1990 | 6 | 21 | 158 | Saints | James Williams | LB | Mississippi State |
| 1990 | 7 | 18 | 183 | Saints | Scott Hough | G | Maine |
| 1990 | 8 | 14 | 207 | Saints | Gerry Gdowski | QB | Nebraska |
| 1990 | 8 | 17 | 210 | Saints | Derrick Carr | DE | Bowling Green |
| 1990 | 9 | 13 | 233 | Saints | Broderick Graves | RB | Winston-Salem State |
| 1990 | 9 | 16 | 236 | Saints | Lonnie Brockman | LB | West Virginia |
| 1990 | 10 | 12 | 260 | Saints | Gary Cooper | WR | Clemson |
| 1990 | 10 | 19 | 267 | Saints | Ernest Spears | DB | Southern Cal |
| 1990 | 11 | 11 | 287 | Saints | Webbie Burnett | DT | Western Kentucky |
| 1990 | 12 | 16 | 320 | Saints | Chris Port | G | Duke |
| 1989 | 1 | 19 | 19 | Saints | Wayne Martin | DE | Arkansas |
| 1989 | 2 | 18 | 46 | Saints | Robert Massey | DB | North Carolina Central |
| 1989 | 3 | 23 | 79 | Saints | Kim Phillips | DB | North Texas |
| 1989 | 4 | 22 | 106 | Saints | Mike Mayes | DB | LSU |
| 1989 | 5 | 21 | 133 | Saints | Kevin Haverdink | OT | Western Michigan |
| 1989 | 6 | 20 | 159 | Saints | Floyd Turner | WR | NW Louisiana |
| 1989 | 7 | 19 | 186 | Saints | David Griggs | LB | Virginia |
| 1989 | 8 | 18 | 213 | Saints | Fred Hadley | WR | Mississippi State |
| 1989 | 9 | 23 | 246 | Saints | Jerry Leggett | LB | Fullerton State |
| 1989 | 10 | 22 | 273 | Saints | Joe Henderson | RB | Iowa State |
| 1989 | 11 | 21 | 300 | Saints | Calvin Nicholson | DB | Oregon State |
| 1989 | 12 | 20 | 327 | Saints | Mike Carore | WR | Eastern Kentucky |
| 1988 | 1 | 24 | 24 | Saints | Craig Heyward | RB | Pittsburgh |
| 1988 | 2 | 25 | 52 | Saints | Brett Perriman | WR | Miami |
| 1988 | 3 | 26 | 81 | Saints | Tony Stephens | DT | Clemson |
| 1988 | 4 | 24 | 106 | Saints | Lydell Carr | RB | Oklahoma |
| 1988 | 5 | 3 | 112 | Saints | Greg Scales | TE | Wake Forest |
| 1988 | 5 | 25 | 134 | Saints | Keith Taylor | DB | Illinois |
| 1988 | 6 | 25 | 162 | Saints | Bob Sims | G | Florida |
| 1988 | 7 | 25 | 190 | Saints | Brian Forde | LB | Washington State |
| 1988 | 8 | 25 | 218 | Saints | Glenn Derby | OT | Wisconsin |
| 1988 | 9 | 25 | 246 | Saints | Clarence Nunn | DB | San Diego State |
| 1988 | 10 | 25 | 274 | Saints | Todd Santos | QB | San Diego State |
| 1988 | 10 | 27 | 276 | Saints | Vincent Fizer | LB | Southern |
| 1988 | 11 | 25 | 302 | Saints | Gary Couch | WR | Minnesota |
| 1988 | 12 | 25 | 330 | Saints | Paul Jurgensen | LB | Georgia Tech |
| 1987 | 1 | 11 | 11 | Saints | Shawn Knight | DT | BYU |
| 1987 | 2 | 12 | 40 | Saints | Lonzell Hill | WR | Washington |
| 1987 | 3 | 11 | 67 | Saints | Mike Adams | DB | Arkansas State |
| 1987 | 4 | 12 | 96 | Saints | Steve Trapilo | G | Boston College |
| 1987 | 5 | 11 | 123 | Saints | Milton Mack | DB | Alcorn State |
| 1987 | 6 | 12 | 152 | Saints | Thomas Henley | WR | Stanford |
| 1987 | 7 | 11 | 179 | Saints | Gene Atkins | DB | Florida A&M |
| 1987 | 8 | 12 | 207 | Saints | Toi Cook | DB | Stanford |
| 1987 | 9 | 11 | 234 | Saints | Scott Leach | LB | Ohio State |
| 1987 | 10 | 12 | 263 | Saints | Robert Clark | WR | North Carolina Central |
| 1987 | 11 | 11 | 290 | Saints | Arthur Wells | TE | Grambling |
| 1987 | 12 | 12 | 319 | Saints | Tyrone Sorrells | G | Georgia Tech |
| 1986 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Saints | Jim Dombrowski | OT | Virginia |
| 1986 | 2 | 4 | 31 | Saints | Dalton Hilliard | RB | LSU |
| 1986 | 3 | 2 | 57 | Saints | Rueben Mayes | RB | Washington State |
| 1986 | 3 | 5 | 60 | Saints | Pat Swilling | LB | Georgia Tech |
| 1986 | 3 | 7 | 62 | Saints | Barry Word | RB | Virginia |
| 1986 | 4 | 6 | 88 | Saints | Kelvin Edwards | WR | Liberty |
| 1986 | 5 | 5 | 115 | Saints | Reggie Sutton | DB | Miami |
| 1986 | 6 | 4 | 142 | Saints | Robert Thompson | WR | Youngstown State |
| 1986 | 7 | 7 | 173 | Saints | Gill Fenerty | RB | Holy Cross |
| 1986 | 8 | 6 | 200 | Saints | Filipo Mokofisi | LB | Utah |
| 1986 | 9 | 5 | 226 | Saints | Merlon Jones | LB | Florida A&M |
| 1986 | 10 | 4 | 253 | Saints | Jon Dumbauld | DE | Kentucky |
| 1986 | 11 | 7 | 284 | Saints | Pat Swoopes | DT | Mississippi State |
| 1986 | 12 | 6 | 311 | Saints | Sebastian Brown | WR | Bethune-Cookman |
| 1985 | 1 | 24 | 24 | Saints | Alvin Toles | LB | Tennessee |
| 1985 | 2 | 10 | 38 | Saints | Daren Gilbert | OT | Fullerton State |
| 1985 | 3 | 12 | 68 | Saints | Jack DelRio | LB | Southern Cal |
| 1985 | 4 | 11 | 95 | Saints | Billy Allen | DB | Florida State |
| 1985 | 7 | 11 | 179 | Saints | Eric Martin | WR | LSU |
| 1985 | 8 | 10 | 206 | Saints | Joe Kohlbrand | LB | Miami |
| 1985 | 9 | 12 | 236 | Saints | Earl Johnson | DB | South Carolina |
| 1985 | 12 | 12 | 320 | Saints | Treg Songy | DB | Tulane |
| 1984 | 2 | 14 | 42 | Saints | Jumpy Geathers | DE | Wichita State |
| 1984 | 3 | 12 | 68 | Saints | Terry Hoage | DB | Georgia |
| 1984 | 3 | 13 | 69 | Saints | Tyrone Williams | RB | North Carolina |
| 1984 | 4 | 13 | 97 | Saints | Joel Hilgenberg | C | Iowa |
| 1984 | 5 | 11 | 123 | Saints | Jitter Fields | DB | Texas |
| 1984 | 6 | 16 | 156 | Saints | Don Thorp | DT | Illinois |
| 1984 | 8 | 14 | 210 | Saints | Clemon Terrell | RB | Southern Miss |
| 1984 | 9 | 13 | 237 | Saints | Brian Hansen | P | Sioux Falls |
| 1984 | 10 | 12 | 264 | Saints | Paul Gray | LB | Western Kentucky |
| 1984 | 11 | 11 | 291 | Saints | Michael Bourgeau | DE | Boise State |
| 1984 | 12 | 16 | 324 | Saints | Byron Nelson | OT | Arizona |
| 1983 | 2 | 10 | 38 | Saints | Steve Korte | G | Arkansas |
| 1983 | 3 | 9 | 65 | Saints | John Tice | TE | Maryland |
| 1983 | 3 | 10 | 66 | Saints | Cliff Astin | RB | Clemson |
| 1983 | 4 | 14 | 98 | Saints | Gary Lewis | DT | Oklahoma State |
| 1983 | 8 | 10 | 206 | Saints | David Greenwood | DB | Wisconsin |
| 1982 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Saints | Lindsay Scott | WR | Georgia |
| 1982 | 2 | 3 | 30 | Saints | Brad Edelman | C | Missouri |
| 1982 | 3 | 3 | 58 | Saints | Rodney Lewis | DB | Nebraska |
| 1982 | 3 | 11 | 66 | Saints | Eugene Goodlow | WR | Kansas State |
| 1982 | 3 | 13 | 68 | Saints | Kenny Duckett | WR | Wake Forest |
| 1982 | 3 | 21 | 76 | Saints | John Krimm | DB | Notre Dame |
| 1982 | 4 | 3 | 86 | Saints | Morten Andersen | K | Michigan State |
| 1982 | 5 | 3 | 114 | Saints | Tony Elliott | DE | North Texas State |
| 1982 | 6 | 3 | 142 | Saints | Marvin Lewis | RB | Tulane |
| 1982 | 8 | 3 | 198 | Saints | Chuck Slaughter | OT | South Carolina |
| 1981 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Saints | George Rogers | RB | South Carolina |
| 1981 | 2 | 1 | 29 | Saints | Russell Gary | DB | Nebraska |
| 1981 | 2 | 23 | 51 | Saints | Ricky Jackson | LB | Pittsburgh |
| 1981 | 3 | 1 | 57 | Saints | Frank Warren | DE | Auburn |
| 1981 | 3 | 15 | 71 | Saints | Hoby Brenner | TE | Southern Cal |
| 1981 | 5 | 1 | 112 | Saints | Louis Orbre | OT | Oklahoma |
| 1981 | 5 | 17 | 128 | Saints | Jerry Boyarsky | DT | Pittsburgh |
| 1981 | 6 | 1 | 139 | Saints | Nat Hudson | G | Georgia |
| 1981 | 6 | 6 | 144 | Saints | Johnnie Poe | DB | Missouri |
| 1981 | 6 | 28 | 166 | Saints | Glen Redd | LB | BYU |
| 1981 | 7 | 1 | 167 | Saints | Kevin Williams | WR | Southern Cal |
| 1981 | 8 | 21 | 214 | Saints | Gene Gladys | LB | Penn State |
| 1981 | 8 | 22 | 215 | Saints | Kevin Eavns | DB | Arkansas |
| 1981 | 9 | 1 | 222 | Saints | Toussaint Tyler | RB | Washington |
| 1981 | 10 | 1 | 249 | Saints | Hokie Gajan | RB | LSU |
| 1981 | 11 | 1 | 277 | Saints | Lester Mickens | WR | Kansas |
| 1981 | 12 | 1 | 305 | Saints | Jim Wilks | DT | San Diego State |
| 1980 | 1 | 12 | 12 | Saints | Stan Brock | OT | Colorado |
| 1980 | 2 | 13 | 41 | Saints | Dave Waymer | DB | Notre Dame |
| 1980 | 4 | 13 | 96 | Saints | Mike Jolly | DB | Michigan |
| 1980 | 6 | 12 | 150 | Saints | Lester Boyd | LB | Kentucky |
| 1980 | 7 | 12 | 177 | Saints | Mike Morucci | RB | Bloomsburg |
| 1980 | 8 | 13 | 206 | Saints | Chuck Evans | LB | Stanford |
| 1980 | 9 | 12 | 233 | Saints | Frank Mordica | RB | Vanderbilt |
| 1980 | 10 | 13 | 262 | Saints | Tanya Webb | DE | Michigan State |
| 1980 | 11 | 12 | 289 | Saints | George Woodard | RB | Texas A&M |
| 1980 | 12 | 13 | 318 | Saints | Kiser Lewis | LB | Florida A&M |
| 1979 | 1 | 11 | 11 | Saints | Russell Erxleben | K | Texas |
| 1979 | 2 | 10 | 38 | Saints | Reggie Mathis | LB | Oklahoma |
| 1979 | 4 | 11 | 93 | Saints | Jim Kovach | LB | Kentucky |
| 1979 | 5 | 10 | 120 | Saints | Harlan Huckleby | RB | Michigan |
| 1979 | 6 | 9 | 146 | Saints | Ricky Ray | DB | Norfolk State |
| 1979 | 7 | 11 | 176 | Saints | Stan Sytsma | LB | Minnesota |
| 1979 | 8 | 10 | 202 | Saints | Doug Panfil | G | Tulsa |
| 1979 | 11 | 10 | 285 | Saints | David Hall | WR | Missouri-Rolla |
| 1979 | 12 | 8 | 311 | Saints | Kelsey Finch | RB | Tennessee |
| 1978 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Saints | Wes Chandler | WR | Florida |
| 1978 | 2 | 5 | 33 | Saints | James Taylor | OT | Missouri |
| 1978 | 3 | 4 | 60 | Saints | Barry Bennett | DT | Concordia |
| 1978 | 4 | 3 | 87 | Saints | Don Schwartz | DB | Washington State |
| 1978 | 5 | 5 | 115 | Saints | Eric Felton | DB | Texas Tech |
| 1978 | 6 | 4 | 142 | Saints | Mike Rieker | QB | Lehigh |
| 1978 | 6 | 19 | 157 | Saints | Francis Chesley | LB | Wyoming |
| 1978 | 8 | 5 | 199 | Saints | Brooks Williams | TE | North Carolina |
| 1978 | 9 | 4 | 226 | Saints | Richard Carter | DB | North Carolina State |
| 1978 | 11 | 5 | 283 | Saints | Nathan Besaint | DT | Southern |
| 1978 | 11 | 7 | 285 | Saints | Dave Riley | RB | West Virginia |
| 1978 | 12 | 4 | 310 | Saints | Larry Hardy | TE | Jackson State |
| 1977 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Saints | Joe Campbell | DE | Maryland |
| 1977 | 2 | 6 | 34 | Saints | Mike Fultz | DT | Nebraska |
| 1977 | 3 | 8 | 64 | Saints | Robert Watts | LB | Boston College |
| 1977 | 5 | 6 | 118 | Saints | Dave Lafary | OT | Purdue |
| 1977 | 5 | 24 | 136 | Saints | Dave Hubbard | OT | BYU |
| 1977 | 6 | 8 | 147 | Saints | Cliff Parsley | P | Oklahoma State |
| 1977 | 6 | 23 | 162 | Saints | Tom Schick | G | Maryland |
| 1977 | 7 | 7 | 174 | Saints | Greg Boykin | RB | Northwestern |
| 1977 | 8 | 6 | 201 | Saints | Jimmy Stewart | DB | Tulsa |
| 1977 | 9 | 8 | 231 | Saints | Dave Knowles | OT | Indiana |
| 1977 | 10 | 7 | 258 | Saints | Rafael Septien | K | SW Louisiana |
| 1977 | 11 | 6 | 285 | Saints | John Blain | OT | San Jose State |
| 1977 | 12 | 8 | 315 | Saints | Oaklay Dalton | DT | Jackson State |
| 1976 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Saints | Chuck Muncie | RB | California |
| 1976 | 2 | 4 | 32 | Saints | Tony Galbreath | RB | Missouri |
| 1976 | 3 | 17 | 77 | Saints | Bob Simmons | OT | Texas |
| 1976 | 4 | 4 | 96 | Saints | Tinker Owens | WR | Oklahoma |
| 1976 | 5 | 3 | 127 | Saints | Scott Parrish | OT | Utah State |
| 1976 | 6 | 4 | 160 | Saints | Terry Stieve | G | Wisconsin |
| 1976 | 7 | 19 | 201 | Saints | Ed Bauer | G | Notre Dame |
| 1976 | 8 | 4 | 213 | Saints | Craig Cassady | DB | Ohio State |
| 1976 | 9 | 3 | 240 | Saints | Warren Peiffer | DT | Iowa |
| 1976 | 10 | 4 | 269 | Saints | Junior Hardin | LB | Eastern Kentucky |
| 1976 | 11 | 3 | 294 | Saints | Greg Kokal | QB | Kent State |
| 1976 | 12 | 4 | 323 | Saints | Milton Butts | OT | North Carolina Central |
| 1976 | 13 | 3 | 350 | Saints | Kenny Downing | DB | Missouri |
| 1976 | 14 | 4 | 379 | Saints | Rich Hucke | DE | Western Montana |
| 1976 | 15 | 3 | 406 | Saints | Steve Seminoff | DT | Wichita State |
| 1976 | 16 | 4 | 435 | Saints | Gene Jones | OT | Bowling Green |
| 1976 | 17 | 3 | 462 | Saints | Scott MacDonald | TE | West Virginia |
| 1975 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Saints | Larry Burton | WR | Purdue |
| 1975 | 1 | 12 | 12 | Saints | Kurt Schumacher | OT | Ohio State |
| 1975 | 2 | 6 | 32 | Saints | Lee Gross | C | Auburn |
| 1975 | 3 | 8 | 60 | Saints | Andrew Jones | RB | Washington State |
| 1975 | 3 | 11 | 63 | Saints | Elois Grooms | DE | Tennessee Tech |
| 1975 | 4 | 14 | 92 | Saints | John Starkebaum | DB | Nebraska |
| 1975 | 4 | 21 | 99 | Saints | Charlie Hall | DE | Tulane |
| 1975 | 6 | 19 | 149 | Saints | Mike Lemon | LB | Kansas |
| 1975 | 7 | 7 | 163 | Saints | Steve Rogers | RB | LSU |
| 1975 | 9 | 8 | 216 | Saints | Mike Strachan | RB | Iowa State |
| 1975 | 10 | 7 | 241 | Saints | Chuck Heater | RB | Michigan |
| 1975 | 11 | 6 | 266 | Saints | Danny Lee | P | N.E. Louisiana |
| 1975 | 12 | 8 | 294 | Saints | Ron Gustafson | WR | North Dakota |
| 1975 | 13 | 7 | 319 | Saints | Jim Upchurch | RB | Arizona |
| 1975 | 14 | 6 | 344 | Saints | Randy Rhino | DB | Georgia Tech |
| 1975 | 15 | 8 | 372 | Saints | Grant Burget | RB | Oklahoma |
| 1975 | 16 | 7 | 397 | Saints | Mike McDonald | LB | Catawba |
| 1975 | 17 | 6 | 422 | Saints | Greg Westbrooks | LB | Colorado |
| 1974 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Saints | Rick Middleton | LB | Ohio State |
| 1974 | 2 | 10 | 36 | Saints | Paul Seal | TE | Michigan |
| 1974 | 4 | 10 | 88 | Saints | Rod McNeill | RB | Southern Cal |
| 1974 | 5 | 9 | 113 | Saints | Joel Parker | WR | Florida |
| 1974 | 5 | 17 | 121 | Saints | Terry Schmidt | DB | Ball State |
| 1974 | 8 | 19 | 201 | Saints | Alvin Maxon | RB | SMU |
| 1974 | 9 | 9 | 217 | Saints | Phil La Porta | OT | Penn State |
| 1974 | 10 | 1 | 235 | Saints | Frosty Anderson | WR | Nebraska |
| 1974 | 10 | 8 | 242 | Saints | Tommy Thibodeaux | G | Tulane |
| 1974 | 11 | 10 | 270 | Saints | Kent Merritt | WR | Virginia |
| 1974 | 12 | 9 | 295 | Saints | Jim Buckmon | DE | Pittsburgh |
| 1974 | 13 | 8 | 320 | Saints | Mike Trusz | LB | Tulane |
| 1974 | 14 | 10 | 348 | Saints | Kent Marshall | DB | TCU |
| 1974 | 15 | 9 | 373 | Saints | Larry Gipa | QB | Michigan |
| 1974 | 16 | 8 | 398 | Saints | Don Coleman | LB | Michigan |
| 1974 | 17 | 10 | 426 | Saints | Marvin Williams | WR | Western Illinois |
| 1973 | 2 | 3 | 29 | Saints | Derland Moore | DE | Oklahoma |
| 1973 | 2 | 25 | 51 | Saints | Steve Barmgartner | DE | Purdue |
| 1973 | 3 | 14 | 66 | Saints | Pete Van Valkenburg | RB | BYU |
| 1973 | 4 | 8 | 86 | Saints | Jim Merlo | LB | Stanford |
| 1973 | 6 | 4 | 134 | Saints | Marty Shuford | RB | Arizona |
| 1973 | 7 | 2 | 158 | Saints | Bill Cahill | DB | Washington |
| 1973 | 8 | 3 | 185 | Saints | Bob Peterson | G | Utah |
| 1973 | 8 | 25 | 207 | Saints | Doug Winslow | WR | Drake |
| 1973 | 9 | 2 | 210 | Saints | Mike Fink | DB | Missouri |
| 1973 | 10 | 3 | 237 | Saints | Jeff Horsley | RB | North Carolina Central |
| 1973 | 11 | 2 | 262 | Saints | James Ownes | RB | Auburn |
| 1973 | 12 | 3 | 289 | Saints | Paul Orndorf | RB | Tampa |
| 1973 | 13 | 2 | 314 | Saints | Richard Watkins | DT | Weber State |
| 1973 | 14 | 3 | 341 | Saints | Paul Fersen | OT | Georgia |
| 1973 | 15 | 2 | 366 | Saints | Mike Evenson | C | North Dakota State |
| 1973 | 16 | 3 | 393 | Saints | Howard Stevens | RB | Louisville |
| 1973 | 17 | 2 | 418 | Saints | Bobby Garner | TE | Winston-Salem |
| 1972 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Saints | Royce Smith | G | Georgia |
| 1972 | 2 | 5 | 31 | Saints | Willie Hall | LB | Southern Cal |
| 1972 | 3 | 8 | 60 | Saints | Robert Kuziel | C | Pittsburgh |
| 1972 | 3 | 22 | 74 | Saints | Tom Myers | DB | Syracuse |
| 1972 | 4 | 7 | 85 | Saints | Mike Crangle | DE | Tennessee-Martin |
| 1972 | 4 | 21 | 99 | Saints | Joe Federspiel | LB | Kentucky |
| 1972 | 4 | 23 | 101 | Saints | Mike Coleman | DE | Knoxville College |
| 1972 | 5 | 7 | 111 | Saints | Bill Butler | RB | Kansas State |
| 1972 | 5 | 8 | 112 | Saints | Carl Johnson | OT | Nebraska |
| 1972 | 5 | 22 | 126 | Saints | Bob Davies | DB | South Carolina |
| 1972 | 6 | 7 | 137 | Saints | Wayne Dorton | G | Arkansas State |
| 1972 | 6 | 20 | 150 | Saints | Curt Watson | RB | Tennessee |
| 1972 | 7 | 8 | 164 | Saints | Ernie Jackson | DB | Duke |
| 1972 | 8 | 7 | 189 | Saints | Ron Vinson | WR | Abilene Christian |
| 1972 | 9 | 8 | 216 | Saints | Kent Branstetter | DT | Houston |
| 1972 | 10 | 7 | 241 | Saints | Andy Kupp | G | Idaho |
| 1972 | 11 | 7 | 267 | Saints | Paul Dongieux | LB | Mississippi |
| 1972 | 12 | 7 | 293 | Saints | Steve Lockhart | TE | Arkansas State |
| 1972 | 13 | 8 | 320 | Saints | Cephus Weatherspoon | WR | Fort Lewis |
| 1972 | 14 | 7 | 345 | Saints | Steve Barrios | WR | Tulane |
| 1972 | 15 | 8 | 372 | Saints | Rusty Lachaussee | QB | Tulane |
| 1972 | 16 | 7 | 397 | Saints | Joe Balthrop | G | Tennessee |
| 1971 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Saints | Archie Manning | QB | Mississippi |
| 1971 | 2 | 5 | 31 | Saints | Samuel Holden | G | Grambling |
| 1971 | 3 | 2 | 54 | Saints | Bivian Lee | DB | Prairie View A&M |
| 1971 | 4 | 4 | 82 | Saints | Carlos Bell | RB | Houston |
| 1971 | 4 | 10 | 88 | Saints | Wimpy Winther | C | Mississippi |
| 1971 | 4 | 13 | 91 | Saints | DžArtagnan Martin | DB | Kentucky State |
| 1971 | 4 | 20 | 98 | Saints | Don Morrison | OT | Texas-Arlington |
| 1971 | 6 | 2 | 132 | Saints | Don Moorhead | RB | Michigan |
| 1971 | 7 | 2 | 158 | Saints | Larry DiNardo | G | Notre Dame |
| 1971 | 7 | 16 | 172 | Saints | Bob Newland | WR | Oregon |
| 1971 | 8 | 12 | 194 | Saints | James Elder | DB | Southern |
| 1971 | 8 | 19 | 201 | Saints | Bob Gresham | RB | West Virginia |
| 1971 | 9 | 2 | 210 | Saints | Tom Williams | DB | Willamette |
| 1971 | 10 | 5 | 239 | Saints | Rocky Pamplin | RB | Hawaii |
| 1971 | 11 | 2 | 262 | Saints | Bob Pollard | DE | Weber State |
| 1971 | 12 | 2 | 288 | Saints | Ron Gathright | DB | Morehead State |
| 1971 | 13 | 2 | 314 | Saints | Don Burchfield | TE | Ball State |
| 1971 | 14 | 2 | 340 | Saints | Bobby Scott | QB | Tennessee |
| 1971 | 15 | 2 | 366 | Saints | Bart Graves | OT | Tulane |
| 1971 | 16 | 2 | 392 | Saints | Craig Robinson | OT | Houston |
| 1971 | 17 | 12 | 428 | Saints | Hermann Eben | WR | Oklahoma State |
| 1970 | 1 | 10 | 10 | Saints | Ken Burrough | WR | Texas Southern |
| 1970 | 3 | 10 | 62 | Saints | Clovis Swinney | DE | Arkansas State |
| 1970 | 4 | 10 | 88 | Saints | Delles Howell | DB | Grambling |
| 1970 | 5 | 2 | 106 | Saints | Glenn Cannon | DB | Mississippi |
| 1970 | 5 | 22 | 126 | Saints | Steve Ramsey | QB | North Texas State |
| 1970 | 6 | 10 | 140 | Saints | Mel Easley | DB | Oregon State |
| 1970 | 7 | 10 | 166 | Saints | Lon Woodard | DE | San Diego State |
| 1970 | 8 | 10 | 192 | Saints | Lawrence Estes | DE | Alcorn State |
| 1970 | 9 | 10 | 218 | Saints | Jim Otis | RB | Ohio State |
| 1970 | 10 | 10 | 244 | Saints | Jim Brumfield | RB | Indiana State |
| 1970 | 11 | 10 | 270 | Saints | Gary Klahr | LB | Arizona |
| 1970 | 12 | 10 | 296 | Saints | Willie Davenport | DB | Southern |
| 1970 | 13 | 10 | 322 | Saints | Ralph Miller | TE | Alabama State |
| 1970 | 14 | 10 | 348 | Saints | Doug Sutherland | DE | Wisc.-Superior |
| 1970 | 15 | 10 | 374 | Saints | Jim Vest | DE | Washington State |
| 1970 | 16 | 10 | 400 | Saints | Cliff Gasper | DT | Grambling |
| 1970 | 17 | 10 | 426 | Saints | Doug Wyatt | DB | Tulsa |
| 1969 | 1 | 17 | 17 | Saints | John Shinners | G | Xavier |
| 1969 | 2 | 19 | 45 | Saints | Richard Neal | DE | Southern |
| 1969 | 4 | 7 | 85 | Saints | Dennis Hale | DB | Minnesota |
| 1969 | 4 | 24 | 102 | Saints | Bob Hudspeth | OT | Southern Illinois |
| 1969 | 5 | 7 | 111 | Saints | Tony Kyasky | DB | Syracuse |
| 1969 | 5 | 13 | 117 | Saints | Keith Christensen | OT | Kansas |
| 1969 | 6 | 8 | 138 | Saints | Bob Miller | TE | Southern Cal |
| 1969 | 8 | 7 | 189 | Saints | Jim Lawrence | WR | Southern Cal |
| 1969 | 9 | 7 | 215 | Saints | Joe Owens | LB | Alcorn State |
| 1969 | 10 | 7 | 241 | Saints | McKinley Reynolds | RB | Hawaii |
| 1969 | 11 | 7 | 267 | Saints | Tom Morel | WR | LSU |
| 1969 | 12 | 7 | 293 | Saints | Tom Broadhead | RB | Santa Barbara |
| 1969 | 13 | 2 | 319 | Saints | Joe Robillard | DB | Linfield (Ore.) |
| 1969 | 14 | 7 | 345 | Saints | Gary Loyd | K | California Lutheran |
| 1969 | 15 | 7 | 371 | Saints | Bill Waller | WR | Xavier |
| 1969 | 16 | 7 | 397 | Saints | Ed Hargett | QB | Texas A&M |
| 1969 | 17 | 7 | 423 | Saints | Chico Kurzawski | DB | Northwestern |
| 1968 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Saints | Kevin Hardy | DE | Notre Dame |
| 1968 | 3 | 4 | 59 | Saints | Dave Szymakowski | R | West Texas State |
| 1968 | 4 | 2 | 85 | Saints | Willie Crittendon | DT | Tulsa |
| 1968 | 4 | 20 | 103 | Saints | Dan Sartin | OT | Mississippi |
| 1968 | 5 | 4 | 115 | Saints | Ronnie South | QB | Arkansas |
| 1968 | 7 | 4 | 169 | Saints | Ray Phillips | OG | Michigan |
| 1968 | 7 | 10 | 175 | Saints | Eugene Howard | WR | Langston |
| 1968 | 8 | 3 | 195 | Saints | Dick Southland | OG | Notre Dame |
| 1968 | 9 | 4 | 223 | Saints | Joe Blake | OT | Tulsa |
| 1968 | 10 | 8 | 254 | Saints | Doug Robinson | DB | Iowa State |
| 1968 | 11 | 3 | 276 | Saints | Bennie Blocker | RB | South Carolina State |
| 1968 | 12 | 3 | 303 | Saints | John Beck | DB | San |
| 1968 | 13 | 4 | 331 | Saints | K.O. Trepanier | DE | Montana State |
| 1968 | 14 | 5 | 359 | Saints | Herb Covington | RB | Memphis |
| 1968 | 15 | 3 | 384 | Saints | Wilmer Cooks | RB | Colorado |
| 1968 | 16 | 3 | 411 | Saints | Elie Ghattas | OG | Ball State |
| 1968 | 17 | 3 | 439 | Saints | Jim Ferguson | LB | Southern Cal |
| 1967 | 1 | 26 | 26 | Saints | Leslie Kelly | RB | Alabama |
| 1967 | 2 | 1 | 27 | Saints | Bo Burris | DB | Houston |
| 1967 | 2 | 26 | 52 | Saints | John Gilliam | WR | South Carolina State |
| 1967 | 2 | 27 | 53 | Saints | David Rowe | OT | Penn State |
| 1967 | 3 | 26 | 79 | Saints | Del Williams | C | Florida State |
| 1967 | 3 | 27 | 80 | Saints | Ben Hart | RB | Oklahoma |
| 1967 | 4 | 1 | 81 | Saints | Ron Widby | K | Tennessee |
| 1967 | 4 | 26 | 106 | Saints | Bill Carr | C | Florida |
| 1967 | 4 | 27 | 107 | Saints | Tom Stangle | OT | Dayton |
| 1967 | 5 | 1 | 108 | Saints | Don McCall | RB | Southern Cal |
| 1967 | 5 | 26 | 133 | Saints | John Douglas | DB | Texas Southern |
| 1967 | 6 | 1 | 134 | Saints | George Harvey | G | Kansas |
| 1967 | 6 | 26 | 159 | Saints | Bo Wood | LB | North Carolina |
| 1967 | 7 | 1 | 160 | Saints | Gary Hertzog | G | Willamette |
| 1967 | 7 | 26 | 185 | Saints | Bob McKelvey | RB | Northwestern |
| 1967 | 8 | 1 | 186 | Saints | Sam Harris | TE | Colorado |
| 1967 | 8 | 26 | 211 | Saints | Barry Siler | LB | Albion |
| 1967 | 9 | 1 | 212 | Saints | Tim Lavens | TE | Idaho |
| 1967 | 9 | 26 | 237 | Saints | Eugene Ross | DB | Oklahoma |
| 1967 | 10 | 1 | 238 | Saints | Charlie Brown | WR | Missouri |
| 1967 | 10 | 26 | 263 | Saints | Roosevelt Robertson | WR | North Carolina College |
| 1967 | 11 | 1 | 264 | Saints | Jim Benson | G | Florida |
| 1967 | 11 | 25 | 288 | Saints | Bernard Corbin | DB | Alabama A&M |
| 1967 | 12 | 1 | 289 | Saints | Ronnie Pack | G | Texas Tech |
| 1967 | 12 | 25 | 315 | Saints | John Robinson | WR | Tennessee A&I |
| 1967 | 13 | 1 | 316 | Saints | Bill Stetz | LB | Boston College |
| 1967 | 13 | 26 | 341 | Saints | Gary Grossnickle | DB | Missouri |
| 1967 | 14 | 1 | 342 | Saints | Jim Hester | TE | North Dakota |
| 1967 | 14 | 26 | 367 | Saints | George Stetter | DB | Virginia |
| 1967 | 15 | 1 | 368 | Saints | John Snow | OT | Wake Forest |
| 1967 | 15 | 26 | 393 | Saints | Darrell Johnson | RB | Lamar Tech |
| 1967 | 16 | 1 | 394 | Saints | Marcus Rhoden | WR | Mississippi State |
| 1967 | 16 | 26 | 419 | Saints | Bruce Cortez | DB | Parsons |
| 1967 | 17 | 1 | 420 | Saints | Dan Abramowicz | RB | Xavier |
| 1967 | 17 | 19 | 438 | Saints | Billy Bob Stewart | LB | SMU |
| 1967 | 17 | 26 | 445 | Saints | Jimmy Walker | WR | Providence |