1976 NFL Draft Round 1
| YEAR | RND | PICK # | TEAM | PLAYER | POS | COLLEGE |
| 1976 | 1 | 1 | TAM | Lee Roy Selmon | DE | Oklahoma |
| 1976 | 1 | 2 | SEA | Steve Niehaus | DT | Notre Dame |
| 1976 | 1 | 3 | NOR | Chuck Muncie | RB | California |
| 1976 | 1 | 4 | LAC | Joe Washington | RB | Oklahoma |
| 1976 | 1 | 5 | NWE | Mike Haynes | DB | Arizona St. |
| 1976 | 1 | 6 | NYJ | Richard Todd | QB | Alabama |
| 1976 | 1 | 7 | CLE | Mike Pruitt | RB | Purdue |
| 1976 | 1 | 8 | CHI | Dennis Lick | T | Wisconsin |
| 1976 | 1 | 9 | ATL | Bubba Bean | RB | Texas A&M |
| 1976 | 1 | 10 | DET | James Hunter | DB | Grambling St. |
| 1976 | 1 | 11 | CIN | Billy Brooks | WR | Oklahoma |
| 1976 | 1 | 12 | NWE | Pete Brock | C | Colorado |
| 1976 | 1 | 13 | NYG | Troy Archer | DT | Colorado |
| 1976 | 1 | 14 | KAN | Rod Walters | G | Iowa |
| 1976 | 1 | 15 | DEN | Tom Glassic | G | Virginia |
| 1976 | 1 | 16 | DET | Lawrence Gaines | RB | Wyoming |
| 1976 | 1 | 17 | MIA | Larry Gordon | LB | Arizona St. |
| 1976 | 1 | 18 | BUF | Mario Clark | DB | Oregon |
| 1976 | 1 | 19 | MIA | Kim Bokamper | DE | San Jose St. |
| 1976 | 1 | 20 | IND | Ken Novak | DT | Purdue |
| 1976 | 1 | 21 | NWE | Tim Fox | DB | Ohio St. |
| 1976 | 1 | 22 | ARI | Mike Dawson | DT | Arizona |
| 1976 | 1 | 23 | GNB | Mark Koncar | T | Colorado |
| 1976 | 1 | 24 | CIN | Archie Griffin | RB | Ohio St. |
| 1976 | 1 | 25 | MIN | James White | DT | Oklahoma St. |
| 1976 | 1 | 26 | RAM | Kevin McLain | LB | Colorado St. |
| 1976 | 1 | 27 | DAL | Aaron Kyle | DB | Wyoming |
| 1976 | 1 | 28 | PIT | Bennie Cunningham | TE | Clemson |
