List of Denver Broncos first-round draft picks
Player selections

List of Denver Broncos first-round draft picks

Section Title: Player selections
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Year	Pick	Player name	Position	College	Notes

1960	—	Roger LeClerc	Center	Trinity College

1961	—	Bob Gaiters	Halfback	New Mexico State

1962	—	Merlin Olsen ^	Defensive tackle	Utah State

1963	—	Kermit Alexander	Defensive back	UCLA

1964	—	Bob Brown ^	Offensive tackle	Nebraska

1965	—	No pick	—	—

1966	—	Jerry Shay	Offensive tackle	Purdue

1967	6	Floyd Little ^	Running back	Syracuse

1968	—	No pick	—	—

1969	—	No pick	—	—

1970	11	Bobby Anderson	Running back	Colorado

1971	12	Marv Montgomery	Offensive tackle	USC

1972	5	Riley Odoms	Tight end	Houston

1973	9	Otis Armstrong	Running back	Purdue

1974	14	Randy Gradishar	Linebacker	Ohio State

1975	17	Louis Wright	Defensive back	San Jose State

1976	15	Tom Glassic	Guard	Virginia

1977	18	Steve Schindler	Guard	Boston College

1978	27	Don Latimer	Nose tackle	Miami (FL)

1979	22	Kelvin Clark	Offensive tackle	Nebraska

1980	—	No pick	—	—

1981	15	Dennis Smith	Defensive back	USC

1982	21	Gerald Willhite	Running back	San Jose State

1983	4	Chris Hinton	Guard	Northwestern

1984	—	No pick	—	—

1985	26	Steve Sewell	Running back	Oklahoma

1986	—	No pick	—	—

1987	27	Ricky Nattiel	Wide receiver	Florida

1988	26	Ted Gregory	Defensive tackle	Syracuse

1989	20	Steve Atwater	Defensive back	Arkansas

1990	—	No pick	—	—

1991	4	Mike Croel	Linebacker	Nebraska

1992	25	Tommy Maddox	Quarterback	UCLA

1993	11	Dan Williams	Defensive end	Toledo

1994	—	No pick	—	—

1995	—	No pick	—	—

1996	15	John Mobley	Linebacker	Kutztown

1997	28	Trevor Pryce	Defensive tackle	Clemson

1998	30	Marcus Nash	Wide receiver	Tennessee

1999	31	Al Wilson	Linebacker	Tennessee

2000	15	Deltha O'Neal	Cornerback	California

2001	24	Willie Middlebrooks	Cornerback	Minnesota

2002	19	Ashley Lelie	Wide receiver	Hawaii

2003	20	George Foster	Offensive tackle	Georgia

2004	17	D. J. Williams	Linebacker	Miami (FL)

2005	—	No pick	—	—

2006	11	Jay Cutler	Quarterback	Vanderbilt

2007	17	Jarvis Moss	Defensive end	Florida

2008	12	Ryan Clady	Offensive tackle	Boise State

2009	12	Knowshon Moreno	Running back	Georgia

2009	18	Robert Ayers	Defensive end	Tennessee

2010	22	Demaryius Thomas	Wide receiver	Georgia Tech

2010	25	Tim Tebow	Quarterback	Florida

2011	2	Von Miller	Linebacker	Texas A & M

2012	—	No pick	—	—

2013	28	Sylvester Williams	Defensive tackle	North Carolina

2014	31	Bradley Roby	Cornerback	Ohio State

2015	23	Shane Ray	Linebacker	Missouri

2016	26	Paxton Lynch	Quarterback	Memphis

2017	20	Garett Bolles	Offensive tackle	Utah

2018	5	Bradley Chubb	Defensive end	NC State

Sentence(s)

The Broncos' first-round pick is University of Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch, who they picked 26th overall in the 2016 Draft.

final_sentence: The Broncos' first-round pick is University of Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch, who they picked 26th overall in the 2016 Draft.