Complete History of FCS NFL Draft Picks Each Year Since 1994

Zachary McKinnell | Apr 28, 2025

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How many FCS prospects are drafted each year in the NFL Draft? Following the 2025 NFL Draft, we take a look at the number of FCS prospects drafted each season since 1994.

The draft officially dropped to seven rounds in 1994, giving us plenty of data to examine the trends of FCS players being selected each season. The record amount of FCS players selected was 30 in 1996 and 1997, while the fewest players selected came in 2020-21, when only six FCS players were drafted.

Since the introduction of the transfer portal, players who played multiple seasons in the FCS and transferred to an FBS program for only one season are included. FCS-to-FBS transfers who played multiple seasons at the FBS level are not included below.

Below is the year-by-year breakdown of how many FCS players were drafted each season since 1994.

Year	Total Picks	1st Round Picks	FCS-to-FBS Transfers Counted
1994	25	1	0
1995	21	1	0
1996	30	1	0
1997	30	0	0
1998	20	0	0
1999	26	0	0
2000	28	2	0
2001	20	0	0
2002	18	0	0
2003	14	0	0
2004	15	0	0
2005	17	0	0
2006	16	0	0
2007	17	0	0
2008	24	2	0
2009	15	0	0
2010	19	0	0
2011	21	0	0
2012	15	0	0
2013	19	0	0
2014	19	0	0
2015	18	0	1
2016	20	1	0
2017	15	0	0
2018	19	0	0
2019	14	1	1
2020	6	0	0
2021	6	1	1
2022	24	2	4
2023	11	0	1
2024	12	0	1
2025	15	1	7

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