Number One NFL Draft Choices, 1936-2010

By mccoy2010
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    1936-2010

  • 1936 Philadelphia

    Jay Berwanger, HB, Chicago

  • 1937 Philadelphia

    Sam Francis, FB, Nebraska

  • 1938 Cleveland Rams

    Corbett Davis, FB, Indiana

  • Chicago Cards

    Ki Aldrich, C, TCU

  • 1940 Chicago Cards

    George Cafego, HB, Tennessee

  • 1941 Chicago Bears

    Tom Harmon, HB, Michigan

  • 1942 Pittsburgh

    Bill Dudley, HB,Virginia

  • 1943 Detroit

    Frank Sinkwich, HB, Georgia

  • 1944 Boston Yanks

    Angelo Bartelli, QB, Notre Dame

  • 1945 Chicago Cards

    Charley Trippi, HB, Georgia

  • 1946 Boston Yanks

    Frank Dancewicz, QB, Notre Dame

  • 1947 Chicago Bears

    Bob Fenimore, HB, Oklahoma A&M

  • 1948 Washington

    Harry Gilmer, QB, Alabama

  • 1949 Philadelphia

    Chuck Bednarik, C, Penn

  • 1950 Detroit

    Leon Hart, E, Notre Dame

  • 1951 NY Giants

    Kyle Rote, HB, SMU

  • 1952 L.A. Rams

    Bill Wade, QB, Vanderbilt

  • 1953 San Francisco

    Harry Babcock, E, Georgia

  • 1954 Cleveland

    Bobby Garret, QB, Stanford

  • 1955 Baltimore Colts

    George Shaw, QB, Oregon

  • 1956 Pittsburgh

    Gary Glick, DB, Col. A&M

  • 1957 Green Bay

    Paul Hornung, QB, Notre Dame

  • 1958 Chicago Cards

    King Hill, QB, Rice

  • 1959 Green Bay

    Randy Duncan, QB, Iowa

  • 1961 Minnesota

    Tommy Mason, HB, Tulane

  • 1960 L.A. Rams

    Billy Cannon, HB, LSU

  • 1962 Washington

    Ernie Davis, HB, Syracruse

  • 1963 L.A. Rams

    Terry Baker, QB, Oregon St.

  • 1964 San Francisco

    Dave Parks, E, Texas Tech

  • 1965 NY Giants

    Tucker Frederickson, HB, Auburn

  • 1966 Atlanta

    Tommy Nobis, LB, Texas

  • 1967 Baltimore Colts

    Bubba Smith, DT, Michigan St.

  • 1968 Minnesota

    Ron Yary, T, USC

  • 1969 Buffalo

    O.J. Simpson, RB, USC

  • 1970 Pittsburgh

    Terry Brashaw, QB, La. Tech

  • 1971 New England

    Jim Plunkett, QB, Stanford

  • 1972 Buffalo

    Walt Patulski, DE, Notre Dame

  • 1973 Houston

    John Matuszak, DE, Tampa

  • 1974 Dallas

    Ed "Too Tall" Jones, DE, Tenn. St.

  • 1975 Atlanta

    Steve Bartkowski, QB, Cal.

  • 1976 Tampa Bay

    Lee Roy Selmon, DE, Oklahoma

  • 1977 Tampa Bay

    Ricky Bell, RB, USC

  • 1978 Houston

    Earl Campbell, RB, Texas

  • 1979 Buffalo

    Tom Cousineau, LB, Ohio St.

  • 1980 Detroit

    Billy Sims, RB, Oklahoma

  • 1981 New Orleans

    George Rogers, RB, S.Carolina

  • 1982 New England

    Kenneth Sims, DT, Texas

  • 1983 Baltimore Colts

    John Elway, QB, Stanford

  • 1984 New England

    Irving Fryar, WR, Nebraska

  • 1985 Buffalo

    Bruce Smith, DE, Va. Tech

  • 1986 Tampa Bay

    Bo Jackson, RB, Auburn

  • 1987 Tampa Bay

    Vinny Testaverde, QB, Miami (FL)

  • 1988 Atlanta

    Aundray Bruce, LB, Auburn

  • 1989 Dallas

    Troy Aikman, QB, UCLA

  • 1990 Indianapolis

    Jeff George, QB, Illinois

  • 1991 Dallas

    Russel Maryland, DL, Miami (FL)

  • 1992 Indianapolis

    Steve Emtman, DL, Washington

  • 1993 New England

    Drew Bledsoe, QB, Washington St.

  • 1994 Cincinnati

    Dan Wilkinson, DT, Ohio St.

  • 1995 Cincinnati

    Ki-Jana Carter, RB, Penn State

  • 1996 NY Jets

    Keyshawn Johnson, WR, USC

  • 1997 St. Louis

    Orlando Pace, T, Ohio St.

  • 1998 Indianapolis

    Peyton Manning, QB, Tennessee

  • 1999 Cleveland

    Tim Couch, QB, Kentucky

  • 2000 Cleveland

    Courtney Brown, DE, Penn State

  • 2001 Atlanta

    Michael Vick, QB, Virginia Tech

  • 2002 Houston

    David Carr, QB, Fresno St.

  • 2003 Cincinnati

    Carson Palmer, QB, USC

  • 2004 San Diego

    Eli Manning, QB, Mississippi

  • 2005 San Francisco

    Alex D. Smith, QB, Utah

  • 2006 Houston

    Mario Williams, DE, NC State

  • 2007 Oakland

    JaMarcus Russell, QB, LSU

  • 2008 Miami

    Jake Long, OT, Michigan

  • 2009 Detroit

    Matthew Stafford, QB, Georgia

  • 2010 St.Loius

    Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma

  • 2010 St. Louis

    Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma