List of Washington Redskins first-round draft picks
Player selections

List of Washington Redskins first-round draft picks

Section Title: Player selections
Table Section Text: None

Year	Pick	Player name	Position	College	Notes

National Football League, Early Era (1936–1969)

1936	2	Riley Smith	FB	Alabama

1937	6	Sammy Baugh	QB	Texas Christian

1938	9	Andy Farkas	RB	Detroit

1939	8	I. B. Hale	T	Texas Christian

1940	8	Ed Boell	QB	New York

1941	10	Forest Evashevski	QB	Michigan

1942	6	Spec Sanders	RB	Texas

1943	10	Jack Jenkins	FB	Vanderbilt

1944	8	Mike Micka	FB	Colgate

1945	8	Jim Hardy	QB	Southern California

1946	9	Cal Rossi	B	UCLA

1947	4

1948	1	Harry Gilmer	HB	Alabama

4	Lowell Tew	B	Alabama

1949	8	Rob Goode	B	Texas A&M

1950	6	George Thomas	B	Oklahoma

1951	4	Leon Heath	FB	Oklahoma

1952	7	Larry Isbell	B	Baylor

1953	3	Jack Scarbath	B	Maryland

1954	8	Steve Meilinger	E	Kentucky

1955	4	Ralph Guglielmi	QB	Notre Dame

1956	12	Ed Vereb	HB	Maryland

1957	9	Don Bosseler	FB	Miami (FL)

1958	—	No pick	—	—

1959	4	Don Allard	QB	Boston College

1960	4	Richie Lucas	QB	Penn State

1961	2	Norm Snead	QB	Wake Forest

3	Joe Rutgens	T	Illinois

1962	1	Ernie Davis	B	Syracuse

1963	7	Pat Richter	E	Wisconsin

1964	3	Charley Taylor	HB	Arizona State

1965	—	No pick	—	—

1966	6	Charlie Gogolak	K	Princeton

1967	13	Ray McDonald	RB	Idaho

1968	12	Jim Smith	DB	Oregon

1969	—	No pick	—	—

National Football League, Modern Era (1970–present)

1970	—	No pick	—	—

1971	—	No pick	—	—

1972	—	No pick	—	—

1973	—	No pick	—	—

1974	—	No pick	—	—

1975	—	No pick	—	—

1976	—	No pick	—	—

1977	—	No pick	—	—

1978	—	No pick	—	—

1979	—	No pick	—	—

1980	18	Art Monk	WR	Syracuse

1981	20	Mark May	T	Pittsburgh

1982	—	No pick	—	—

1983	28	Darrell Green	CB	Texas A&I

1984	—	No pick	—	—

1985	—	No pick	—	—

1986	—	No pick	—	—

1987	—	No pick	—	—

1988	—	No pick	—	—

1989	—	No pick	—	—

1990	—	No pick	—	—

1991	17	Bobby Wilson	DT	Michigan State

1992	4	Desmond Howard	WR	Michigan

1993	19	Tom Carter	DB	Notre Dame

1994	3	Heath Shuler	QB	Tennessee

1995	4	Michael Westbrook	WR	Colorado

1996	30	Andre Johnson	T	Penn State

1997	17	Kenard Lang	DE	Miami (FL)

1998	—	No pick	—	—

1999	7	Champ Bailey	CB	Georgia

2000	2	LaVar Arrington	LB	Penn State

3	Chris Samuels	T	Alabama

2001	15	Rod Gardner	WR	Clemson

2002	32	Patrick Ramsey	QB	Tulane

2003	—	No pick	—	—

2004	5	Sean Taylor	S	Miami (FL)

2005	9	Carlos Rogers	CB	Auburn

25	Jason Campbell	QB	Auburn

2006	—	No pick	—	—

2007	6	LaRon Landry	S	Louisiana State

2008	—	No pick	—	—

2009	13	Brian Orakpo	LB	Texas

2010	4	Trent Williams	T	Oklahoma

2011	16	Ryan Kerrigan	DE	Purdue

2012	2	Robert Griffin III	QB	Baylor

2013	—	No pick	—	—

2014	—	No pick	—	—

2015	5	Brandon Scherff	G	Iowa

2016	22	Josh Doctson	WR	Texas Christian

2017	17	Jonathan Allen	DE	Alabama

2018	13	Daron Payne	NT	Alabama

2019	15	Dwayne Haskins	QB	Ohio State

26	Montez Sweat	OLB	Mississippi State

Sentence(s)

The Redskins' first selection in the draft was Riley Smith from Alabama in 1936.

final_sentence: The Redskins' first selection in the draft was Riley Smith from Alabama in 1936.