National Football League First Overall Draft Picks

Year

Team

Player

Position

College

1936	Philadelphia Eagles	Jay Berwanger	halfback	Chicago
1937	Philadelphia Eagles	Sam Francis	fullback	Nebraska
1938	Cleveland Rams	Corbett Davis	fullback	Indiana
1939	Chicago Cardinals	Ki Aldrich	center	TCU
1940	Chicago Cardinals	George Cafego	halfback	Tennessee
1941	Chicago Bears	Tom Harmon	halfback	Michigan
1942	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bill Dudley	halfback	Virginia
1943	Detroit Lions	Frank Sinkwich	halfback	Georgia
1944	Boston Yanks	Angelo Bertelli	quarterback	Notre Dame
1945	Chicago Cardinals	Charley Trippi	halfback	Georgia
1946	Boston Yanks	Frank Dancewicz	quarterback	Notre Dame
1947	Chicago Bears	Bob Fenimore	halfback	Oklahoma A&M
1948	Washington Redskins	Harry Gilmer	quarterback	Alabama
1949	Philadelphia Eagles	Chuck Bednarik	center	Penn
1950	Detroit Lions	Leon Hart	defensive end	Notre Dame
1951	New York Giants	Kyle Rote	halfback	SMU
1952	Los Angeles Rams	Bill Wade	quarterback	Vanderbilt
1953	San Francisco 49ers	Harry Babcock	defensive end	Georgia
1954	Cleveland Browns	Bobby Garrett	quarterback	Stanford
1955	Baltimore Colts	George Shaw	quarterback	Oregon
1956	Pittsburgh Steelers	Gary Glick	defensive back	Colorado A&M
1957	Green Bay Packers	Paul Hornung	halfback	Notre Dame
1958	Chicago Cardinals	King Hill	quarterback	Rice
1959	Green Bay Packers	Randy Duncan	quarterback	Iowa
1960	Los Angeles Rams	Billy Cannon	running back	LSU
1961	Minnesota Vikings	Tommy Mason	running back	Tulane
1962	Washington Redskins	Ernie Davis	halfback	Syracuse
1963	Los Angeles Rams	Terry Baker	quarterback	Oregon State
1964	San Francisco 49ers	Dave Parks	defensive end	Texas Tech
1965	New York Giants	Tucker Frederickson	halfback	Auburn
1966	Atlanta Falcons	Tommy Nobis	linebacker	Texas
1967	Baltimore Colts	Bubba Smith	defensive tackle	Michigan State
1968	Minnesota Vikings	Ron Yary	tackle	USC
1969	Buffalo Bills	O. J. Simpson	running back	USC
1970	Pittsburgh Steelers	Terry Bradshaw	quarterback	Louisiana Tech
1971	New England Patriots	Jim Plunkett	quarterback	Stanford
1972	Buffalo Bills	Walt Patulski	defensive end	Notre Dame
1973	Houston Oilers	John Matuszak	defensive end	Tampa
1974	Dallas Cowboys	Ed 'Too Tall' Jones	defensive end	Tennessee State
1975	Atlanta Falcons	Steve Bartkowski	quarterback	California
1976	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Lee Roy Selmon	defensive end	Oklahoma
1977	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Ricky Bell	running back	USC
1978	Houston Oilers	Earl Campbell	running back	Texas
1979	Buffalo Bills	Tom Cousineau	linebacker	Ohio State
1980	Detroit Lions	Billy Sims	running back	Oklahoma
1981	New Orleans Saints	George Rogers	running back	South Carolina
1982	New England Patriots	Kenneth Sims	defensive tackle	Texas
1983	Baltimore Colts	John Elway	quarterback	Stanford
1984	New England Patriots	Irving Fryar	wide receiver	Nebraska
1985	Buffalo Bills	Bruce Smith	defensive end	Virginia Tech
1986	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Bo Jackson	running back	Auburn
1987	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Vinny Testaverde	quarterback	Miami (FL)
1988	Atlanta Falcons	Aundray Bruce	linebacker	Auburn
1989	Dallas Cowboys	Troy Aikman	quarterback	UCLA
1990	Indianapolis Colts	Jeff George	quarterback	Illinois
1991	Dallas Cowboys	Russell Maryland	defensive tackle	Miami (FL)
1992	Indianapolis Colts	Steve Emtman	defensive tackle	Washington
1993	New England Patriots	Drew Bledsoe	quarterback	Washington State
1994	Cincinnati Bengals	Dan Wilkinson	defensive tackle	Ohio State
1995	Cincinnati Bengals	Ki-Jana Carter	running back	Penn State
1996	New York Jets	Keyshawn Johnson	wide receiver	USC
1997	St. Louis Rams	Orlando Pace	outside tackle	Ohio State
1998	Indianapolis Colts	Peyton Manning	quarterback	Tennessee
1999	Cleveland Browns	Tim Couch	quarterback	Kentucky
2000	Cleveland Browns	Courtney Brown	defensive end	Penn State
2001	Atlanta Falcons	Michael Vick	quarterback	Virginia Tech
2002	Houston Texans	David Carr	quarterback	Fresno State
2003	Cincinnati Bengals	Carson Palmer	quarterback	USC
2004	San Diego Chargers	Eli Manning	quarterback	Mississippi
2005	San Francisco 49ers	Alex Smith	quarterback	Utah
2006	Houston Texans	Mario Williams	defensive end	North Carolina State
2007	Oakland Raiders	JaMarcus Russell	quarterback	LSU
2008	Miami Dolphins	Jake Long	offensive tackle	Michigan
2009	Detroit Lions	Matthew Stafford	quarterback	Georgia

Source: National Football League.

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