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NFL Draft: First overall selections
The National Football League Draft has over the years become a huge event, with two full days of television coverage devoted to it. The first overall picks of the NFL Draft over the years include several Hall-of-Famers, Heisman Trophy® Award winners, and many others known only to NFL Draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. If you're a gridiron fan, you may be able to draft a great baby name from this list!
| Jay Berwanger - 1936 Chicago Sam Francis - 1937 Nebraska Corbett Davis - 1938 Indiana Ki Aldrich - 1939 Texas Christrian George Cafego - 1940 Tennessee Tom Harmon - 1941 Michigan Bill Dudley - 1942 Virginia Frank Sinkwich - 1943 Georgia Angelo Bertelli - 1944 Notre Dame Charley Trippi - 1945 Georgia Frank Dancewicz - 1946 Notre Dame Bob Fenimore - 1947 Oklahoma State Harry Gilmer - 1948 Alabama Chuck Bednarik - 1949 Pennsylvania Leon Hart - 1950 Notre Dame Kyle Rote - 1951 SMU Bill Wade - 1952 Vanderbilt Harry Babcock - 1953 Georgia Bobby Garrett - 1954 Stanford George Shaw - 1955 Oregon Gary Glick - 1956 Colorado A&M Paul Hornung - 1957 Notre Dame King Hill - 1958 Rice Randy Duncan - 1959 Iowa Billy Cannon - 1960 Lousiana State Tommy Mason - 1961 Tulane Ken Rice - 1961 Auburn Ernie Davis - 1962 Syracuse Roman Gabriel - 1962 North Carolina State Terry Baker - 1963 Oregon State Buck Buchanan - 1963 Grambling Dave Parks - 1964 Texas Tech Jack Concannon - 1964 Boston College Tucker Frederickson - 1965 Auburn Lawrence Elkins - 1965 Baylor Tommy Nobis - 1966 Texas Jim Grabowski - 1966 Illinois Bubba Smith - 1967 Michigan State Ron Yary - 1968 Southern Cal. Orenthal James (O.J.) Simpson - 1969 Southern Cal. Terry Bradshaw - 1970 Louisana Tech Jim Plunkett - 1971 Stanford Walt Patulski - 1972 Notre Dame John Matuszak - 1973 Tampa | Ed 'Too Tall' Jones - 1974 Tennessee State Steve Bartkowski - 1975 California Lee Roy Selmon - 1976 Oklahoma Ricky Bell - 1977 Southern Cal Earl Campbell - 1978 Texas Tom Cousineau - 1979 Ohio State Billy Sims - 1980 Oklahoma George Rogers - 1981 South Carolina Kenneth Sims - 1982 Texas John Elway - 1983 Stanford Irving Fryar - 1984 Nebraska Bruce Smith - 1985 Virginia Tech Bo Jackson - 1986 Auburn Vinny Testaverde - 1987 Miami, (Fla.) Aundray Bruce - 1988 Auburn Troy Aikman - 1989 UCLA Jeff George - 1990 Illinois Russell Maryland - 1991 Miami, (Fla.) Steve Emtman - 1992 Washington Drew Bledsoe - 1993 Washington State Dan Wilkinson - 1994 Ohio State Ki -Jana Carter - 1995 Penn State Keyshawn Johnson - 1996 Southern Cal. Orlando Pace - 1997 Ohio State Peyton Manning - 1998 Tennessee Tim Couch - 1999 Kentucky Courtney Brown - 2000 Penn State Michael Vick - 2001 Virginia Tech David Carr - 2002 Fresno State Carson Palmer - 2003 USC Eli Manning - 2004 Mississippi Alex Smith - 2005 Utah Mario Williams - 2006 North Carolina State JaMarcus Russell - 2007 Louisiana State University Jake Long - 2008 Michigan Matthew Stafford - 2009 Georgia |