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| All-Time No. 1 Draft Picks |
| Year | Player, Pos. | School | Team | Years Played | Pro Bowls | | 1936 | Jay Berwanger, hb | Chicago | Philadelphia | DNP | - | | 1937 | Sam Francis, fb | Nebraska | Philadelphia | 4 | 0 | | 1938 | Corbett Davis, fb | Indiana | Clev. Rams | DNP | - | | 1939 | Ki Aldrich, c | Texas Christrian | Chi. Cardinals | 7 | 2 | | 1940 | George Cafego, hb | Tennessee | Chi. Cardinals | 4 | 0 | | 1941 | Tom Harmon, hb | Michigan | Chi. Bears | 2 | 0 | | 1942 | *Bill Dudley, hb | Virginia | Pittsburgh | 9 | 3 | | 1943 | Frank Sinkwich, hb | Georgia | Detroit | 4 | 0 | | 1944 | Angelo Bertelli, qb | Notre Dame | Boston Yanks | 3 | 0 | | 1945 | *Charley Trippi, hb | Georgia | Chi. Cardinals | 9 | 2 | | 1946 | Frank Dancewicz, qb | Notre Dame | Boston | 3 | 0 | | 1947 | Bob Fenimore, hb | Oklahoma State | Chicago | 1 | 0 | | 1948 | Harry Gilmer, qb | Alabama | Washington | 2 | 0 | | 1949 | *Chuck Bednarik, c/lb | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 12 | 8 | | 1950 | Leon Hart, e | Notre Dame | Detroit | 8 | 1 | | 1951 | Kyle Rote, hb | SMU | N.Y. Giants | 11 | 4 | | 1952 | Bill Wade, qb | Vanderbilt | L.A. Rams | 13 | 2 | | 1953 | Harry Babcock, e | Georgia | San Francisco | 3 | 3 | | 1954 | Bobby Garrett, qb | Stanford | Cleveland | 1 | 0 | | 1955 | George Shaw, qb | Oregon | Baltimore | 8 | 0 | | 1956 | Gary Glick, db | Colorado A&M | Pittsburgh | 7 | 0 | | 1957 | *Paul Hornung, hb | Notre Dame | Green Bay | 9 | 2 | | 1958 | King Hill, qb | Rice | Chi. Cardinals | 12 | 0 | | 1959 | Randy Duncan, qb | Iowa | Green Bay | 1 | 0 | | 1960 | Billy Cannon, rb | Lousiana State | Los Angeles | 11 | 2 | | 1961 | Tommy Mason, rb | Tulane | Minnesota (N) | 11 | 3 | | 1961 | Ken Rice, g | Auburn | Buffalo (A) | 6 | 1 | | 1962 | Ernie Davis, rb | Syracuse | Washington (N) | DNP | - | | 1962 | Roman Gabriel, qb | N. Carolina State | Oakland (A) | 16 | 4 | | 1963 | Terry Baker, qb | Oregon State | L.A. Rams (N) | 3 | 0 | | 1963 | *Buck Buchanan, dt | Grambling | Kansas City (A) | 13 | 8 | | 1964 | Dave Parks, wr | Texas Tech | San Francisco (N) | 10 | 3 | | 1964 | Jack Concannon, qb | Boston College | Bos. Patriots (A) | 10 | 0 | | 1965 | T. Frederickson, rb | Auburn | N.Y. Giants (N) | 6 | 1 | | 1965 | Lawrence Elkins, wr | Baylor | Houston (A) | 2 | 0 | | 1966 | Tommy Nobis, lb | Texas | Atlanta (N) | 11 | 5 | | 1966 | Jim Grabowski, rb | Illinois | Miami (A) | 6 | 0 | | 1967 | Bubba Smith, de | Michigan State | Baltimore | 9 | 2 | | 1968 | *Ron Yary, ot | Southern Cal. | Minnesota | 15 | 7 | | 1969 | *O.J. Simpson, rb | Southern Cal. | Buffalo | 11 | 6 | | 1970 | *Terry Bradshaw, qb | Louisana Tech | Pittsburgh | 14 | 3 | | 1971 | Jim Plunkett, qb | Stanford | New England | 15 | 0 | | 1972 | Walt Patulski, dt | Notre Dame | Buffalo | 5 | 0 | | 1973 | John Matuszak, de | Tampa | Houston | 9 | 0 | | 1974 | Ed 'Too Tall' Jones, de | Tennessee State | Dallas | 15 | 3 | | 1975 | Steve Bartkowski, qb | California | Atlanta | 12 | 2 | | 1976 | *Lee Roy Selmon, de | Oklahoma | Tampa Bay | 9 | 6 | | 1977 | Ricky Bell, rb | Southern Cal | Tampa Bay | 6 | 0 | | 1978 | *Earl Campbell, rb | Texas | Houston | 8 | 5 | | 1979 | Tom Cousineau, lb | Ohio State | Buffalo | 6 | 0 | | 1980 | Billy Sims, rb | Oklahoma | Detroit | 5 | 3 | | 1981 | George Rogers, rb | South Carolina | New Orleans | 7 | 2 | | 1982 | Kenneth Sims, dt | Texas | New England | 8 | 0 | | 1983 | *John Elway, qb | Stanford | Baltimore | 16 | 10 | | 1984 | Irving Fryar, wr | Nebraska | New England | 15 | 5 | | 1985 | Bruce Smith, de | Virginia Tech | Buffalo | 18 | 11 | | 1986 | Bo Jackson, rb | Auburn | Tampa Bay | 4 | 1 | | 1987 | Vinny Testaverde, qb | Miami, (Fla.) | Tampa Bay | 21 | 2 | | 1988 | Aundray Bruce, lb | Auburn | Atlanta | 11 | 0 | | 1989 | *Troy Aikman, qb | UCLA | Dallas | 12 | 6 | | 1990 | Jeff George, qb | Illinois | Indianapolis | 13 | 0 | | 1991 | Russell Maryland, dt | Miami, (Fla.) | Dallas | 10 | 1 | | 1992 | Steve Emtman, dt | Washington | Indianapolis | 8 | 0 | | 1993 | Drew Bledsoe, qb | Washington State | New England | 14 | 4 | | 1994 | Dan Wilkinson, dt | Ohio State | Cincinnati | 13 | 0 | | 1995 | Ki-Jana Carter, rb | Penn State | Cincinnati | 8 | 0 | | 1996 | Keyshawn Johnson, wr | Southern Cal. | N.Y. Jets | 11 | 4 | | 1997 | Orlando Pace, ot | Ohio State | St. Louis Rams | 11 | 7 | | 1998 | Peyton Manning, qb | Tennessee | Indianapolis | 10 | 7 | | 1999 | Tim Couch, qb | Kentucky | Cleveland | 6 | 0 | | 2000 | Courtney Brown, de | Penn State | Cleveland | 7 | 0 | | 2001 | Michael Vick, qb | Virginia Tech | Atlanta | 6 | 3 | | 2002 | David Carr, qb | Fresno State | Houston | 6 | 0 | | 2003 | Carson Palmer, qb | Southern Cal. | Cincinnati | 5 | 2 | | 2004 | Eli Manning, qb | Mississippi | San Diego | 4 | 0 | | 2005 | Alex Smith, qb | Utah | San Francisco | 3 | 0 | | 2006 | Mario Williams, de | North Carolina State | Houston | 2 | 0 | | 2007 | JaMarcus Russell, qb | Louisiana State | Oakland | -- | -- | | 2008 | Jake Long, ot | Michigan | Miami | -- | -- | | * Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
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April 27, 2008 6:51 pm
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If anyone saw his story during the draft then you know him being drafted was a life or death situation. (If he doesn't get drafted then he's heading to Iraq) He gets to play football and represent Army in the NFL.
Good luck to you sir.
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May 9, 2008 8:30 am
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6' 4" 290 lb. Defensive tackles are one of the most envied types of players in the league. Even though he was a D-2 player, ithink the Steelers got a great pick up in signing him as a free agent. Even as a rookie I wouldn't be suprised to see him adding depth to the infamously ferocious Steeler defense.
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April 27, 2008 6:50 pm
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Glad to see that Hawaii's talent was exposed during the butt-kickin put on them by the SEC. They were exposed for what they aren't......good......when they finally played a real team. Colt will never amount to a thing and where are all the WR's they claimed were gonna go so high? Only one player was drafted from Hawaii. When will they learn that playing a high school schedu
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April 28, 2008 2:11 pm
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Brennan against Washington: 42 out of 50 for 442 yard with 5 TDs and no ints. I don't care a what level you are playing, those are difficult stats to put up. He did that fairly regularly. The game before was not as good. He played Boise St. and went 40 out of 53 for 495 yards, 5 TDs, 2 ints, and he also ran for one TD. This guy could be a real 6th round steal.&n
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April 27, 2008 12:33 am
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They had a very good Day 1. Felix Jones, RB (Arkansas) is the perfect compliment to Marion Barber. Jones is a roadrunner. Mike Jenkins, CB (South Florida) is a cover CB with good hands and decent size. Martellus Bennett, TE (Texas A&M) makes sense because they trade Fasano to Miami and like running two TE sets. But I would have liked to see them trade up to get one of the big WR's
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April 27, 2008 5:42 pm
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I'm just wondering why no teams are picking these guys. These were 3rd round prospects. Any thoughts?
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April 22, 2008 4:25 pm
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Hey... the Bengals deserve a break with the malcontent "85"... Sedrick Ellis is a future ALL-PRO and is perfect to improve the "D" in the 'Natti...
For Carson Palmer's sake.... Bengals TAKE Sedrick if he is there at #9!!!!
Fight ON!!
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April 29, 2008 4:18 pm
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I cannot understand why the Vikings or Bears did not go for Henne or Brohm. I guess Tavares and Grossman are the answers for both teams???? Not that they would play next year but they both lasted to the second round. Maybe the Vikings think they got a steal in Booty?. I doubt it.
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April 27, 2008 4:05 pm
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I believe this is one of the best off seasons for detroit in a long time. We didn't go after the high profiled guys and chose some tough players with good heads on their shoulders. Sure we may have been able to trade down further for Gosder, but why chance it. We really bolstered our offense, while picking up some defensive players that will play over some guys already "on" the team. It will b
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