page_title: List of Cincinnati Bengals first-round draft picks
section_title: Player selections
hierarchical_section_title: List of Cincinnati Bengals first-round draft picks / Player selections
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of Archie Griffin
context_page_description: The Cincinnati Bengals are a National Football League franchise founded as an expansion team of the American Football League in 1968. They joined the National Football League as a result of the 1970 AFL–NFL merger.
  The Bengals' first draft selection was Bob Johnson, a center from the University of Tennessee. The team's most recent first round selection was Joe Burrow, a Quarterback from the Louisiana State University. The Bengals have selected the number one overall pick in the draft four times. They have also selected the second overall pick two times and the third overall pick four times. The team's four selections from the University of Alabama are the most chosen by the Bengals from one university.
  Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as "the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", which is more commonly known as the NFL Draft. Teams are ranked in inverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, and the second worst picking second and so on.
caption: Two-time Heisman trophy winner Archie Griffin was one of the Bengals' first round picks in 1976
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