| Year | Player (age), + - HOFer, Bold - Active | N-OTD | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Devin Hester (25) | 6 | CHI |
| 2006 | Devin Hester (24) | 6 | CHI |
| 2005 | Adalius Thomas (28) | 3 | BAL |
| 2004 | Eddie Drummond (24) | 4 | DET |
| 2003 | Dante Hall (25) | 4 | KAN |
| Phillip Buchanon (23) | 4 | OAK | |
| 2002 | Derrick Brooks (29) | 4 | TAM |
| 2001 | Steve Smith (22) | 3 | CAR |
| 2000 | Darrick Vaughn (22) | 3 | ATL |
| Eric Allen (35) | 3 | OAK | |
| 1999 | Mike Jones (30) | 3 | STL |
| Terrence Wilkins (24) | 3 | IND | |
| 1998 | Shawn Springs (23) | 3 | SEA |
| Deion Sanders (31) | 3 | DAL | |
| Roell Preston (26) | 3 | GNB | |
| Jimmy Hitchcock (28) | 3 | MIN | |
| Glyn Milburn (27) | 3 | CHI | |
| 1997 | Darrien Gordon (27) | 4 | DEN |
| 1996 | Desmond Howard (26) | 3 | GNB |
| 1995 | Tamarick Vanover (21) | 3 | KAN |
| Aeneas Williams (27) | 3 | ARI | |
| Andre Coleman (23) | 3 | SDG | |
| 1994 | Tyrone Hughes (24) | 4 | NOR |
| 1993 | Eric Allen (28) | 4 | PHI |
| 1992 | Charles Mincy (23) | 3 | KAN |
| Robert Massey (25) | 3 | PHO | |
| Dale Carter (23) | 3 | KAN | |
| 1991 | Deion Sanders (24) | 2 | ATL |
| Brian Mitchell (23) | 2 | WAS | |
| Erik McMillan (26) | 2 | NYJ | |
| Seth Joyner (27) | 2 | PHI | |
| Ray Horton (31) | 2 | DAL | |
| 1990 | Deion Sanders (23) | 3 | ATL |
| Wayne Haddix (25) | 3 | TAM | |
| 1989 | Erik McMillan (24) | 3 | NYJ |
| 1988 | Carl Lee (27) | 2 | MIN |
| Greg Townsend (27) | 2 | RAI | |
| Erik McMillan (23) | 2 | NYJ | |
| George Jamison (26) | 2 | DET | |
| John Taylor (26) | 2 | SFO | |
| 1987 | Paul Palmer (23) | 2 | KAN |
| Dennis McKinnon (26) | 2 | CHI | |
| Ronnie Lippett (27) | 2 | NWE | |
| Delton Hall (22) | 2 | PIT | |
| Donnie Shell (35) | 2 | PIT | |
| 1986 | Lloyd Burruss (29) | 4 | KAN |
| 1985 | Ron J. Brown (24) | 3 | RAM |
| 1984 | Dana McLemore (24) | 2 | SFO |
| Rod Martin (30) | 2 | RAI | |
| LeRoy Irvin (27) | 2 | RAM | |
| Henry Ellard (23) | 2 | RAM | |
| Kenny Easley (25) | 2 | SEA | |
| Gill Byrd (23) | 2 | SDG | |
| Dave Brown (31) | 2 | SEA | |
| Steve Foley (31) | 2 | DEN | |
| Frank Wattelet (26) | 2 | NOR | |
| Vernon Dean (25) | 2 | WAS | |
| Dwayne Woodruff (27) | 2 | PIT | |
| Dirt Winston (29) | 2 | NOR | |
| Sam Washington (24) | 2 | PIT | |
| Keith Simpson (28) | 2 | SEA | |
| 1983 | Ron Fellows (25) | 2 | DAL |
| Mike Douglass (28) | 2 | GNB | |
| Ken Riley (36) | 2 | CIN | |
| Eric Wright (24) | 2 | SFO | |
| Hugh Green (24) | 2 | TAM | |
| Dwight Hicks (27) | 2 | SFO | |
| Shelton Robinson (23) | 2 | SEA | |
| Jerry Holmes (26) | 2 | NYJ | |
| Rod Martin (29) | 2 | RAI | |
| Mike Kozlowski (27) | 2 | MIA | |
| Mel Kaufman (25) | 2 | WAS | |
| Kenny Johnson (25) | 2 | ATL | |
| Johnnie Johnson (27) | 2 | RAM | |
| 1982 | Del Rodgers (22) | 2 | GNB |
| Bobby Jackson (26) | 2 | NYJ | |
| Rick Upchurch (30) | 2 | DEN | |
| 1981 | LeRoy Irvin (24) | 3 | RAM |
| Ronnie Lott+ (22) | 3 | SFO | |
| 1980 | Gary Spani (24) | 2 | KAN |
| Freddie Solomon (27) | 2 | SFO | |
| J.T. Smith (25) | 2 | KAN | |
| Darrol Ray (22) | 2 | NYJ | |
| Ray Griffin (24) | 2 | CIN | |
| 1979 | Jim Youngblood (29) | 2 | RAM |
| Lester Hayes (24) | 2 | OAK | |
| Larry Braziel (25) | 2 | BAL | |
| Woodrow Lowe (25) | 2 | SDG | |
| J.T. Smith (24) | 2 | KAN | |
| 1978 | Scott Perry (24) | 3 | CIN |
| Rod Perry (25) | 3 | RAM | |
| Charlie Phillips (26) | 3 | OAK | |
| 1977 | Raymond Clayborn (22) | 3 | NWE |
| Billy Johnson (25) | 3 | HOU | |
| 1976 | Rick Upchurch (24) | 4 | DEN |
| 1975 | Billy Johnson (23) | 4 | HOU |
| 1974 | Lemar Parrish (27) | 3 | CIN |
| Levi Johnson (24) | 3 | DET | |
| 1973 | Ron Smith (30) | 2 | SDG |
| Brig Owens (30) | 2 | WAS | |
| Ike Hill (26) | 2 | CHI | |
| Tom Hayes (27) | 2 | ATL | |
| Windlan Hall (23) | 2 | SFO | |
| Wallace Francis (22) | 2 | BUF | |
| Tim Foley (25) | 2 | MIA | |
| Bill Thompson (27) | 2 | DEN | |
| George Atkinson (26) | 2 | OAK | |
| Dick Anderson (27) | 2 | MIA | |
| 1972 | Jim Kearney (29) | 4 | KAN |
| 1971 | Ken Houston+ (27) | 5 | HOU |
| 1970 | Cecil Turner (26) | 4 | CHI |
| 1969 | Travis Williams (23) | 2 | GNB |
| Eddie Meador (32) | 2 | RAM | |
| Bill Stanfill (22) | 2 | MIA | |
| Paul Crane (25) | 2 | NYJ | |
| Kenny Graham (28) | 2 | SDG | |
| Dan Conners (28) | 2 | OAK | |
| 1968 | George Atkinson (21) | 3 | OAK |
| Preston Pearson (23) | 2 | BAL | |
| Jack Pardee (32) | 2 | RAM | |
| Spider Lockhart (25) | 2 | NYG | |
| Alvin Haymond (26) | 2 | PHI | |
| Bob Hayes (26) | 2 | DAL | |
| Larry Cole (22) | 2 | DAL | |
| Tom Brown (28) | 2 | GNB | |
| Lem Barney+ (23) | 2 | DET | |
| 1967 | Gale Sayers+ (24) | 4 | CHI |
| Travis Williams (21) | 4 | GNB | |
| Miller Farr (24) | 3 | HOU | |
| Speedy Duncan (25) | 3 | SDG | |
| Ken Houston+ (23) | 3 | HOU | |
| 1966 | Butch Byrd (25) | 2 | BUF |
| Kermit Alexander (25) | 2 | SFO | |
| Goldie Sellers (24) | 2 | DEN | |
| Gale Sayers+ (23) | 2 | CHI | |
| Larry Wilson+ (28) | 2 | STL | |
| Brig Owens (23) | 2 | WAS | |
| Bob Jeter (29) | 2 | GNB | |
| Timmy Brown (29) | 2 | PHI | |
| Tom Janik (26) | 2 | BUF | |
| 1965 | Charley Warner (25) | 3 | BUF |
| Herb Adderley+ (26) | 3 | GNB | |
| 1964 | Pat Fischer (24) | 3 | STL |
| Don Floyd (26) | 1 | HOU | |
| Henry Schmidt (29) | 1 | SDG | |
| Bobby Bell+ (24) | 1 | KAN | |
| Ode Burrell (25) | 1 | HOU | |
| Butch Byrd (23) | 1 | BUF | |
| Hagood Clarke (22) | 1 | BUF | |
| Ed Cooke (29) | 1 | DEN | |
| Earl Faison (25) | 1 | SDG | |
| Abner Haynes (27) | 1 | KAN | |
| Bobby Hunt (24) | 1 | KAN | |
| LaVerne Torczon (28) | 1 | NYJ | |
| Tom Janik (24) | 1 | DEN | |
| Pete Jaquess (24) | 1 | HOU | |
| Wahoo McDaniel (26) | 1 | NYJ | |
| Jim McMillin (25) | 1 | 2TM | |
| Benny Nelson (23) | 1 | HOU | |
| Ross O'Hanley (25) | 1 | BOS | |
| Dainard Paulson (27) | 1 | NYJ | |
| Tom Sestak (28) | 1 | BUF | |
| Odell Barry (23) | 1 | DEN | |
| Bobby Jancik (24) | 1 | HOU | |
| Johnny Baker (23) | 1 | HOU | |
| Joe Auer (23) | 1 | BUF | |
| Bill Baird (25) | 1 | NYJ | |
| 1963 | Dick Lynch (27) | 3 | NYG |
| Abe Woodson (29) | 3 | SFO | |
| Bob Suci (24) | 2 | BOS | |
| Claude Gibson (24) | 2 | OAK | |
| Jon Jelacic (27) | 2 | OAK | |
| 1962 | Timmy Brown (25) | 2 | PHI |
| Dick LeBeau (25) | 2 | DET | |
| Abe Woodson (28) | 2 | SFO | |
| Dick Lynch (26) | 2 | NYG | |
| Herb Adderley+ (23) | 2 | GNB | |
| Jim McMillin (23) | 2 | DEN | |
| Carl Charon (22) | 2 | BUF | |
| Sam Williams (31) | 2 | DET | |
| Rosey Taylor (25) | 2 | CHI | |
| Dick Christy (27) | 2 | NYT | |
| 1961 | Don Webb (22) | 4 | BOS |
| Billy Stacy (25) | 3 | STL | |
| 1960 | Dave Webster (23) | 3 | DTX |
| Bobby Franklin (24) | 2 | CLE | |
| Joe Schmidt+ (28) | 2 | DET | |
| 1959 | Billy Stacy (23) | 2 | CRD |
| 1958 | Will Sherman (31) | 2 | RAM |
| Wayne H. Walker (22) | 2 | DET | |
| Lenny Lyles (22) | 2 | BAL | |
| Erich Barnes (23) | 2 | CHI | |
| Ollie Matson+ (28) | 2 | CRD | |
| Bobby Mitchell+ (23) | 2 | CLE | |
| 1957 | Bert Zagers (24) | 2 | WAS |
| Leo Sugar (28) | 2 | CRD | |
| Milt Davis (28) | 2 | BAL | |
| 1956 | J.C. Caroline (23) | 2 | CHI |
| Joe Arenas (31) | 2 | SFO | |
| Carl Taseff (28) | 2 | BAL | |
| Will Sherman (29) | 2 | RAM | |
| 1955 | Andy Robustelli+ (30) | 2 | RAM |
| Jimmy Patton (22) | 2 | NYG | |
| Ollie Matson+ (25) | 2 | CRD | |
| Bibbles Bawel (25) | 2 | PHI | |
| Joe Scudero (25) | 2 | WAS | |
| 1954 | Jack Christiansen+ (26) | 2 | DET |
| Ken Konz (26) | 2 | CLE | |
| Les Goble (22) | 2 | CRD | |
| Jack Butler (27) | 2 | PIT | |
| Veryl Switzer (22) | 2 | GNB | |
| Ollie Matson+ (24) | 2 | CRD | |
| 1953 | Night Train Lane+ (26) | 2 | RAM |
| Woodley Lewis (28) | 2 | RAM | |
| 1952 | Johnny Williams (25) | 3 | WAS |
| Ollie Matson+ (22) | 3 | CRD | |
| 1951 | Emlen Tunnell+ (26) | 4 | NYG |
| Jack Christiansen+ (23) | 4 | DET | |
| 1950 | Vitamin Smith (27) | 3 | RAM |
| 1949 | Emlen Tunnell+ (24) | 3 | NYG |
| Eddie Carr (26) | 2 | SFO | |
| John Brown (27) | 2 | LAD | |
| Ab Wimberly (23) | 2 | LAD | |
| 1948 | Dan Sandifer (21) | 3 | WAS |
| Rex Bumgardner (25) | 2 | BUF | |
| Bill Reinhard (26) | 2 | LAD | |
| 1947 | Tony Compagno (26) | 2 | PIT |
| Bill Schroeder (24) | 2 | CHR | |
| Frank Maznicki (27) | 2 | BOS | |
| Tom Harmon (28) | 2 | RAM | |
| Bill Dudley+ (28) | 2 | DET | |
| Bruce Alford (25) | 2 | NYY | |
| Buddy Young (21) | 2 | NYY | |
| Tom Colella (29) | 2 | CLE | |
| Eddie Saenz (25) | 2 | WAS | |
| 1946 | Spec Sanders (28) | 3 | NYY |
| Bill Dudley+ (27) | 2 | PIT | |
| Howie Livingston (24) | 2 | NYG | |
| 1945 | Charley Brock (29) | 2 | GNB |
| Chuck DeShane (27) | 2 | DET | |
| 1944 | John Morelli (21) | 2 | BOS |
| Don Perkins (27) | 2 | GNB | |
| Bill Petrilas (29) | 2 | NYG | |
| Steve Van Buren+ (24) | 2 | PHI | |
| 1943 | Harry Hopp (25) | 3 | DET |
| 1942 | Ed Cifers (26) | 2 | WAS |
| Connie Mack Berry (27) | 2 | CHI | |
| George Wilson (28) | 2 | CHI | |
| Bulldog Turner+ (23) | 2 | CHI | |
| 1941 | George McAfee+ (23) | 4 | CHI |
| 1940 | Johnny Hall (24) | 2 | CRD |
| 1939 | Bo Russell (23) | 1 | WAS |
| Theodore Schmitt (23) | 1 | PHI | |
| Solly Sherman (22) | 1 | CHI | |
| Hank Soar (25) | 1 | NYG | |
| Bud Svendsen (24) | 1 | GNB | |
| Dick Todd (25) | 1 | WAS | |
| Monk Moscrip (26) | 1 | DET | |
| Milt Popovich (26) | 1 | CRD | |
| Ray Nolting (26) | 1 | CHI | |
| Jay Arnold (27) | 1 | PHI | |
| Al Babartsky (24) | 1 | CRD | |
| Jim Benton (23) | 1 | RAM | |
| Charley Brock (23) | 1 | GNB | |
| Jerry Dowd (23) | 1 | RAM | |
| Andy Farkas (23) | 1 | WAS | |
| Tom Greenfield (22) | 1 | GNB | |
| Bob MacLeod (22) | 1 | CHI | |
| Herman Hodges (25) | 1 | BKN | |
| Ed Justice (27) | 1 | WAS | |
| Joe Laws (28) | 1 | GNB | |
| Sid Luckman+ (23) | 1 | CHI | |
| Bob McChesney (27) | 1 | WAS | |
| Joe Maniaci (25) | 1 | CHI | |
| 1938 | Julie Alfonse (27) | 2 | RAM |
| Jay Arnold (26) | 2 | PHI | |
| 1937 | Harry Ebding (31) | 2 | DET |
| 1936 | Pug Rentner (26) | 2 | BOS |
| 1935 | Dale Burnett (26) | 2 | NYG |
| Phil Sarboe (24) | 2 | CRD | |
| 1934 | Homer Griffith (22) | 2 | CRD |
| Hal McPhail (22) | 2 | BOS | |
| 1933 | Wuert Engelmann (25) | 2 | GNB |
| Buckets Goldenberg (22) | 2 | GNB | |
| Shipwreck Kelly (23) | 2 | BKN | |
| 1932 | Al Rose (25) | 2 | GNB |
| Luke Johnsos (27) | 2 | CHI | |
| Tim Moynihan (26) | 2 | CRD |