List of New Orleans Saints first-round draft picks
Player selections
Columns: Year [A ] | Pick | Player name | Position | College
1967 | 26 | Leslie Kelley Category:Articles with hCards | Running back | Alabama | 1968 | 7 | Kevin Hardy Category:Articles with hCards | Defensive end | Notre Dame | 1969 | 17 | John Shinners Category:Articles with hCards | Guard | Xavier | 1970 | 10 | Ken Burrough Category:Articles with hCards † | Wide receiver | Texas Southern | 1971 | 2 | Archie Manning Category:Articles with hCards † | Quarterback | Mississippi | 1972 | 8 | Royce Smith Category:Articles with hCards | Guard | Georgia | 1973 | — | — No pick | — | — | 1974 | 13 | Rick Middleton Category:Articles with hCards | Linebacker | Ohio State | 1975 | 7 | Larry Burton | Wide receiver | Purdue | 1975 | 12 | Kurt Schumacher Category:Articles with hCards | Offensive tackle | Ohio State | 1976 | 3 | Chuck Muncie Category:Articles with hCards † | Running back | California | 1977 | 7 | Joe Campbell Category:Articles with hCards | Defensive end | Maryland | 1978 | 3 | Wes Chandler Category:Articles with hCards † | Wide receiver | Florida | 1979 | 11 | Russell Erxleben Category:Articles with hCards | Placekicker | Texas | 1980 | 12 | Stan Brock Category:Articles with hCards | Offensive tackle | Colorado | 1981 | 1 | George Rogers Category:Articles with hCards *† | Running back | South Carolina | 1982 | 13 | Lindsay Scott Category:Articles with hCards | Wide receiver | Georgia | 1983 | — | — No pick | — | — | 1984 | — | — No pick | — | — | 1985 | 24 | Alvin Toles Category:Articles with hCards | Linebacker | Tennessee | 1986 | 6 | Jim Dombrowski Category:Articles with hCards | Offensive tackle | Virginia | 1987 | 11 | Shawn Knight Category:Articles with hCards | Defensive tackle | Brigham Young | 1988 | 24 | Craig Heyward Category:Articles with hCards † | Running back | Pittsburgh | 1989 | 19 | Wayne Martin Category:Articles with hCards † | Defensive end | Arkansas | 1990 | 14 | Renaldo Turnbull Category:Articles with hCards † | Defensive end | West Virginia | 1991 | — | — No pick | — | — | 1992 | 21 | Vaughn Dunbar Category:Articles with hCards | Running back | Indiana | 1993 | 8 | Willie Roaf Category:Articles with hCards † | Offensive tackle | Louisiana Tech | 1993 | 20 | Irv Smith Category:Articles with hCards | Tight end | Notre Dame | 1994 | 13 | Joe Johnson Category:Articles with hCards † | Defensive end | Louisville | 1995 | 13 | Mark Fields Category:Articles with hCards | Linebacker | Washington State | 1996 | 11 | Alex Molden Category:Articles with hCards | Defensive back | Oregon | 1997 | 10 | Chris Naeole Category:Articles with hCards | Guard | Colorado | 1998 | 7 | Kyle Turley Category:Articles with hCards † | Offensive tackle | San Diego State | 1999 | 5 | Ricky Williams Category:Articles with hCards † | Running back | Texas | 2000 | — | — No pick | — | — | 2001 | 23 | Deuce McAllister Category:Articles with hCards † | Running back | Mississippi | 2002 | 13 | Donté Stallworth Category:Articles with hCards | Wide receiver | Tennessee | 2002 | 25 | Charles Grant Category:Articles with hCards | Defensive end | Georgia | 2003 | 6 | Johnathan Sullivan Category:Articles with hCards | Defensive tackle | Georgia | 2004 | 18 | Will Smith Category:Articles with hCards † | Defensive end | Ohio State | 2005 | 13 | Jammal Brown Category:Articles with hCards † | Offensive tackle | Oklahoma | 2006 | 2 | Reggie Bush Category:Articles with hCards | Running back | Southern California | 2007 | 27 | Robert Meachem Category:Articles with hCards | Wide receiver | Tennessee | 2008 | 7 | Sedrick Ellis Category:Articles with hCards | Defensive tackle | Southern California | 2009 | 14 | Malcolm Jenkins Category:Articles with hCards | Defensive back | Ohio State | 2010 | 32 | Patrick Robinson Category:Articles with hCards | Cornerback | Florida State | 2011 | 24 | Cameron Jordan Category:Articles with hCards | Defensive end | California | 2011 | 28 | Mark Ingram, Jr. Category:Articles with hCards | Running back | Alabama | 2013 | 15 | Kenny Vaccaro Category:Articles with hCards | Strong safety | Texas