List of first overall National Football League draft picks
List of first overall picks

List of first overall National Football League draft picks

Section Title: List of first overall picks
Table Section Text: None

Year	Name	Position	College	Team	Notes

1936	Jay Berwanger	HB	Chicago	Philadelphia Eagles	Heisman Trophy (1935)

1937	Sam Francis	FB	Nebraska	Philadelphia Eagles	—

1938	Corbett Davis	FB	Indiana	Cleveland Rams	—

1939	Ki Aldrich*	C	TCU	Chicago Cardinals	NFL All-Star Game (1939, 1942)

1940	George Cafego	HB	Tennessee	Chicago Cardinals	—

1941	Tom Harmon	HB	Michigan	Chicago Bears	Heisman Trophy (1940)

1942	Bill Dudley‡	HB	Virginia	Pittsburgh Steelers	NFL All-Star Game (1950, 1951) Pro Football Hall of Fame (1966) NFL MVP (1946)

1943	Frank Sinkwich	HB	Georgia	Detroit Lions	Heisman Trophy (1942)

1944	Angelo Bertelli	QB	Notre Dame	Boston Yanks	Heisman Trophy (1943)

1945	Charley Trippi‡	HB	Georgia	Chicago Cardinals	Pro Bowl (1952, 1953) Pro Football Hall of Fame (1968) NFL Champion (1947)

1946	Frank Dancewicz	QB	Notre Dame	Boston Yanks	—

1947	Bob Fenimore	HB	Oklahoma A&M	Chicago Bears	—

1948	Harry Gilmer*	QB	Alabama	Washington Redskins	Pro Bowl (1950, 1952)

1949	Chuck Bednarik‡	C, LB	Penn	Philadelphia Eagles	Pro Bowl (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960) Pro Football Hall of Fame (1967) NFL Champion (1949, 1960)

1950	Leon Hart*	E	Notre Dame	Detroit Lions	Heisman Trophy (1949) Pro Bowl (1951)

1951	Kyle Rote*	HB	SMU	New York Giants	Pro Bowl (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956)

1952	Bill Wade*	QB	Vanderbilt	Los Angeles Rams	Pro Bowl (1958, 1963)

1953	Harry Babcock	E	Georgia	San Francisco 49ers	—

1954	Bobby Garrett	QB	Stanford	Cleveland Browns	—

1955	George Shaw	QB	Oregon	Baltimore Colts	NFL Champion (1958)

1956	Gary Glick	DB	Colorado A&M	Pittsburgh Steelers	—

1957	Paul Hornung‡	HB	Notre Dame	Green Bay Packers	Heisman Trophy (1956) Pro Bowl (1959, 1960) Pro Football Hall of Fame (1986) NFL Champion (1961, 1962, 1965) Super Bowl champion (I) NFL MVP (1961)

1958	King Hill	QB	Rice	Chicago Cardinals	—

1959	Randy Duncan	QB	Iowa	Green Bay Packers	—

1960	Billy Cannon	RB	LSU	Los Angeles Rams	Heisman Trophy (1959)

1961	Tommy Mason*	RB	Tulane	Minnesota Vikings	Pro Bowl (1962, 1963, 1964)

1962	Ernie Davis	RB	Syracuse	Washington Redskins	Heisman Trophy (1961)

1963	Terry Baker	QB	Oregon State	Los Angeles Rams	Heisman Trophy (1962)

1964	Dave Parks*	WR	Texas Tech	San Francisco 49ers	Pro Bowl (1964, 1965, 1966)

1965	Tucker Frederickson*	RB	Auburn	New York Giants	Pro Bowl (1965)

1966	Tommy Nobis*	LB	Texas	Atlanta Falcons	Pro Bowl (1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972)

1967	Bubba Smith*	DE	Michigan State	Baltimore Colts	Pro Bowl (1970, 1971) Super Bowl champion (V)

1968	Ron Yary‡	T	USC	Minnesota Vikings	Pro Bowl (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977) Pro Football Hall of Fame (2001)

1969	O. J. Simpson‡	RB	USC	Buffalo Bills	Heisman Trophy (1968) Pro Bowl (1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976) Pro Football Hall of Fame (1985) NFL MVP (1973)

1970	Terry Bradshaw‡	QB	Louisiana Tech	Pittsburgh Steelers	Pro Bowl (1975, 1978, 1979) Pro Football Hall of Fame (1989) Super Bowl champion (IX, X, XIII, XIV) Super Bowl MVP (XIII, XIV) NFL MVP (1978)

1971	Jim Plunkett	QB	Stanford	New England Patriots	Heisman Trophy (1970) Super Bowl champion (XV, XVIII) Super Bowl MVP (XV)

1972	Walt Patulski	DE	Notre Dame	Buffalo Bills	—

1973	John Matuszak	DE	Tampa	Houston Oilers	Super Bowl champion (XI, XV)

1974	Ed Jones*	DE	Tennessee State	Dallas Cowboys	Pro Bowl (1981, 1982, 1983) Super Bowl champion (XII)

1975	Steve Bartkowski*	QB	California	Atlanta Falcons	Pro Bowl (1980, 1981)

1976	Lee Roy Selmon‡	DE	Oklahoma	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Pro Bowl (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984) Pro Football Hall of Fame (1995)

1977	Ricky Bell	RB	USC	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	—

1978	Earl Campbell‡	RB	Texas	Houston Oilers	Heisman Trophy (1977) Pro Bowl (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983) Pro Football Hall of Fame (1991) NFL MVP (1979) Rookie of the Year (1978)

1979	Tom Cousineau	LB	Ohio State	Buffalo Bills	—

1980	Billy Sims*	RB	Oklahoma	Detroit Lions	Heisman Trophy (1978) Pro Bowl (1980, 1981, 1982) Rookie of the Year (1980)

1981	George Rogers*	RB	South Carolina	New Orleans Saints	Heisman Trophy (1980) Pro Bowl (1981, 1982) Super Bowl champion (XXII) Rookie of the Year (1981)

1982	Kenneth Sims	DE	Texas	New England Patriots	—

1983	John Elway‡	QB	Stanford	Baltimore Colts	Pro Bowl (1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998) Pro Football Hall of Fame (2004) Super Bowl champion (XXXII, XXXIII) Super Bowl MVP (XXXIII) NFL MVP (1987)

1984	Irving Fryar*	WR	Nebraska	New England Patriots	Pro Bowl (1985, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997)

1985	Bruce Smith‡	DE	Virginia Tech	Buffalo Bills	Pro Bowl (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998) Pro Football Hall of Fame (2009)

1986	Bo Jackson*	RB	Auburn	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Heisman Trophy (1985) Pro Bowl (1990)

1987	Vinny Testaverde*	QB	Miami (FL)	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Heisman Trophy (1986) Pro Bowl (1996, 1998)

1988	Aundray Bruce	LB	Auburn	Atlanta Falcons	—

1989	Troy Aikman‡	QB	UCLA	Dallas Cowboys	Pro Bowl (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) Pro Football Hall of Fame (2006) Super Bowl champion (XXVII, XXVIII, XXX) Super Bowl MVP (XXVII)

1990	Jeff George	QB	Illinois	Indianapolis Colts	—

1991	Russell Maryland*	DT	Miami (FL)	Dallas Cowboys	Pro Bowl (1993) Super Bowl champion (XXVII, XXVIII, XXX)

1992	Steve Emtman	DE	Washington	Indianapolis Colts	—

1993	Drew Bledsoe*	QB	Washington State	New England Patriots	Pro Bowl (1994, 1996, 1997, 2002) Super Bowl champion (XXXVI)

1994	Dan Wilkinson	DT	Ohio State	Cincinnati Bengals	—

1995	Ki-Jana Carter	RB	Penn State	Cincinnati Bengals	—

1996	Keyshawn Johnson*	WR	USC	New York Jets	Pro Bowl (1998, 1999, 2001) Super Bowl champion (XXXVII)

1997	Orlando Pace‡	T	Ohio State	St. Louis Rams	Pro Bowl (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) Pro Football Hall of Fame (2016) Super Bowl champion (XXXIV)

1998	Peyton Manning*	QB	Tennessee	Indianapolis Colts	Pro Bowl (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014) Super Bowl champion (XLI, 50) Super Bowl MVP (XLI) NFL MVP (2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013)

1999	Tim Couch	QB	Kentucky	Cleveland Browns	—

2000	Courtney Brown	DE	Penn State	Cleveland Browns	—

2001	Michael Vick*	QB	Virginia Tech	Atlanta Falcons	Pro Bowl (2002, 2004, 2005, 2010)

2002	David Carr	QB	Fresno State	Houston Texans	Super Bowl champion (XLVI)

2003	Carson Palmer*	QB	USC	Cincinnati Bengals	Heisman Trophy (2002) Pro Bowl (2005, 2006, 2015)

2004	Eli Manning*	QB	Ole Miss	San Diego Chargers	Pro Bowl (2008, 2011, 2012, 2015) Super Bowl champion (XLII, XLVI) Super Bowl MVP (XLII, XLVI)

2005	Alex Smith*	QB	Utah	San Francisco 49ers	Pro Bowl (2013, 2016, 2017)

2006	Mario Williams*	DE	North Carolina State	Houston Texans	Pro Bowl (2008, 2009, 2013,2014)

2007	JaMarcus Russell	QB	LSU	Oakland Raiders	—

2008	Jake Long*	T	Michigan	Miami Dolphins	Pro Bowl (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

2009	Matthew Stafford*	QB	Georgia	Detroit Lions	Pro Bowl (2014)

2010	Sam Bradford	QB	Oklahoma	St. Louis Rams	Heisman Trophy (2008) Rookie of the Year (2010)

2011	Cam Newton*	QB	Auburn	Carolina Panthers	Heisman Trophy (2010) Pro Bowl (2011, 2013, 2015) Rookie of the Year (2011) NFL MVP (2015)

2012	Andrew Luck*	QB	Stanford	Indianapolis Colts	Pro Bowl (2012, 2013, 2014, 2018)

2013	Eric Fisher*	T	Central Michigan	Kansas City Chiefs	Pro Bowl (2018)

2014	Jadeveon Clowney*	DE	South Carolina	Houston Texans	Pro Bowl (2016, 2017, 2018)

2015	Jameis Winston*	QB	Florida State	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Heisman Trophy (2013) Pro Bowl (2015)

2016	Jared Goff*	QB	California	Los Angeles Rams	Pro Bowl (2017, 2018)

2017	Myles Garrett*	DE	Texas A&M	Cleveland Browns	Pro Bowl (2018)

2018	Baker Mayfield	QB	Oklahoma	Cleveland Browns	Heisman Trophy (2017)

2019	Kyler Murray	QB	Oklahoma	Arizona Cardinals	Heisman Trophy (2018)

Sentence(s)

Paul Hornung is the first pro football hall of fame player to win the Heisman Trophy, be selected as the first overall selection in the NFL Draft, win the NFL most valuable player award.

final_sentence: Paul Hornung is the first pro football hall of fame player to win the Heisman Trophy, be selected as the first overall selection in the NFL Draft, win the NFL most valuable player award.