List of Kansas State Wildcats in the NFL draft
This is a list of Kansas State Wildcats football players drafted into the National Football League and American Football League. Kansas State has had a total of 156 players selected – including six players taken in the first round – from the first NFL draft in 1936 through the 2025 NFL draft. Kansas State had a streak of having at least one player drafted into the NFL for 26 consecutive years, until it ended in 2020.
After the NFL merged with the AFL in 1966, the history of the AFL was officially adopted by the NFL and therefore this list includes players taken in the AFL draft and in the Common Draft in addition to the NFL Draft. Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "Common Draft" simply became the NFL Draft. Because four KSU players were selected in both the NFL and AFL drafts, the total number of selections listed below is 163, through the 2025 draft.
Each NFL franchise seeks to add new players through the annual NFL Draft. The draft rules were last updated in 2009. The team with the worst record the previous year picks first, the next-worst team second, and so on. 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.
Selections
| Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | Team | Position | Notes |
| 1960 | — | — | — | Buffalo Bills | B | also selected in NFL Draft | |
| 1960 | — | — | — | Dallas Texans | E | — | |
| 1961 | 6 | 1 | 41 | Denver Broncos | B | also selected in NFL Draft | |
| 1961 | 30 | 6 | 238 | Dallas Texans | E | — | |
| 1963 | 26 | 4 | 204 | Buffalo Bills | B | also selected in NFL Draft | |
| 1965 | 7 | 4 | 52 | New York Jets | FB | — | |
| 1966 | 9 | 1 | 74 | Miami Dolphins | E | also selected in NFL Draft |
Notable undrafted players
A selection of notable KSU football players who entered the NFL outside the draft includes:Nine KSU players were selected by other leagues directly challenging the NFL: two were drafted in the 1948 All-America Football Conference draft, two were selected in the 1983 USFL draft, three were selected in the 1984 USFL draft, and two more in the 1985 USFL draft. Many of these players also played in the NFL.