1972 NFL Draft Round 1
| YEAR | RND | PICK # | TEAM | PLAYER | POS | COLLEGE |
| 1972 | 1 | 1 | BUF | Walt Patulski | DE | Notre Dame |
| 1972 | 1 | 2 | CIN | Sherman White | DE | California |
| 1972 | 1 | 3 | CHI | Lionel Antoine | T | Southern Illinois |
| 1972 | 1 | 4 | ARI | Ahmad Rashad | WR | Oregon |
| 1972 | 1 | 5 | DEN | Riley Odoms | TE | Houston |
| 1972 | 1 | 6 | TEN | Greg Sampson | T | Stanford |
| 1972 | 1 | 7 | GNB | Willie Buchanon | DB | San Diego St. |
| 1972 | 1 | 8 | NOR | Royce Smith | G | Georgia |
| 1972 | 1 | 9 | NYJ | Jerome Barkum | TE | Jackson St. |
| 1972 | 1 | 10 | MIN | Jeff Siemon | LB | Stanford |
| 1972 | 1 | 11 | GNB | Jerry Tagge | QB | Nebraska |
| 1972 | 1 | 12 | CHI | Craig Clemons | DB | Iowa |
| 1972 | 1 | 13 | PIT | Franco Harris | RB | Penn St. |
| 1972 | 1 | 14 | PHI | John Reaves | QB | Florida |
| 1972 | 1 | 15 | ATL | Clarence Ellis | DB | Notre Dame |
| 1972 | 1 | 16 | DET | Herb Orvis | DT | Colorado |
| 1972 | 1 | 17 | NYG | Eldridge Small | DB | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
| 1972 | 1 | 18 | CLE | Thom Darden | DB | Michigan |
| 1972 | 1 | 19 | SFO | Terry Beasley | WR | Auburn |
| 1972 | 1 | 20 | NYJ | Michael Taylor | LB | Michigan |
| 1972 | 1 | 21 | LAS | Mike Siani | WR | Villanova |
| 1972 | 1 | 22 | IND | Tom Drougas | T | Oregon |
| 1972 | 1 | 23 | KAN | Jeff Kinney | RB | Nebraska |
| 1972 | 1 | 24 | NYG | Larry Jacobson | DT | Nebraska |
| 1972 | 1 | 25 | MIA | Mike Kadish | DT | Notre Dame |
| 1972 | 1 | 26 | DAL | Bill Thomas | RB | Boston Col. |
