1966 American Football League draft

Player selections (AFL)

Round one

• As an expansion team, Miami picked first in every round and was awarded an extra pick at the beginning of the draft.
• New York deferred its first round selection, taking the 13th pick instead of the 9th.
• Oakland deferred its selections until after the first six rounds and traded its sixth round pick. Its first round pick was made after the 7th round, 63rd overall. They made their second, third, and fifth round picks in the middle of the 7th round, so the first round pick was actually the fourth pick Oakland made.

  Round two

• Oakland deferred its selections until after the first six rounds and traded its sixth round pick. Its second round pick was made during the 7th round, 57th overall. This was the first pick Oakland made in the draft.

  Round three

• Oakland deferred its selections until after the first six rounds and traded its sixth round pick. Its third round pick was made during the 7th round, 58th overall. This was the second pick Oakland made in the draft.

  Round four

• Oakland deferred its selections until after the first six rounds and traded its sixth round pick. Its fourth round pick was made during the 8th round, 71st overall. This was the fifth pick Oakland made in the draft.

  Round five

• Oakland deferred its selections until after the first six rounds and traded its sixth round pick. Its fifth round pick was made during the 7th round, 59th overall. This was the third pick Oakland made in the draft.

  Round six

• Oakland deferred its selections until after the first six rounds and traded its sixth round pick.

  Round seven

• Oakland deferred its selections until after the first six rounds. Picks 57, 58, & 59 were deferred Oakland picks and are shown in rounds two, three, and five respectively.

  Round eight

• Oakland deferred its selections until after the first six rounds. Pick 70 would have been Oakland's pick in the 8th round but was skipped. Pick 71 was a deferred Oakland pick and is shown in round four.

  Round nine

Round ten

Round eleven

Round twelve

Round thirteen

Round fourteen

Round fifteen

Round sixteen

Round seventeen

Round eighteen

Round nineteen

Round twenty

Redshirt draft

Red Shirt Round one

Red Shirt Round two

Red Shirt Round three

Red Shirt Round four

Red Shirt Round five

Red Shirt Round six

Red Shirt Round seven

Red Shirt Round eight

Red Shirt Round nine

Red Shirt Round ten

Red Shirt Round eleven

Notable undrafted players