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NFL draft No. 1 selections

12:22 AM CDT on Sunday, April 27, 2008

From Wire Reports

A list of the first overall choices in the NFL Draft, with player's name, selecting team, position and college attended:

Year	Player	Team	Pos.	College
2008	Jake Long	Miami	OT	Michigan
2007	JaMarcus Russell	Oakland	QB	LSU
2006	Mario Williams	Houston	DE	North Carolina State
2005	Alex Smith	San Francisco	QB	Utah
2004	Eli Manning	San Diego	QB	Mississippi
2003	Carson Palmer	Cincinnati	QB	Southern California
2002	David Carr	Houston	QB	Fresno State
2001	Michael Vick	Atlanta	QB	Virginia Tech
2000	Courtney Brown	Cleveland	DE	Penn State
1999	Tim Couch	Cleveland	QB	Kentucky
1998	Peyton Manning	Indianapolis	QB	Tennessee
1997	Orlando Pace	St. Louis	OT	Ohio State
1996	Keyshawn Johnson	NY Jets	WR	Southern California
1995	Ki-Jana Carter	Cincinnati	RB	Penn State
1994	Dan Wilkinson	Cincinnati	DT	Ohio State
1993	Drew Bledsoe	New England	QB	Washington State
1992	Steve Emtman	Indianapolis	DE	Washington
1991	Russell Maryland	Dallas	DT	Miami
1990	Jeff George	Indianapolis	QB	Illinois
1989	Troy Aikman	Dallas	QB	UCLA
1988	Aundray Bruce	Atlanta	LB	Auburn
1987	Vinny Testeverde	Tampa Bay	QB	Miami
1986	Bo Jackson	Tampa Bay	RB	Auburn
1985	Bruce Smith	Buffalo	DT	Virginia Tech
1984	Irving Fryar	New England	WR	Nebraska
1983	John Elway	Baltimore	QB	Stanford
1982	Kenneth Sims	New England	DT	Texas
1981	George Rogers	New Orleans	RB	South Carolina
1980	Billy Sims	Detroit	RB	Oklahoma
1979	Tom Cousineau	Buffalo	LB	Ohio State
1978	Earl Campbell	Houston	RB	Texas
1977	Ricky Bell	Tampa Bay	RB	Southern California
1976	Lee Roy Selmon	Tampa Bay	DE	Oklahoma
1975	Steve Bartkowski	Atlanta	QB	California
1974	Ed Jones	Dallas	DE	Tennessee State
1973	John Matuszak	Houston	DE	Tampa
1972	Walt Patulski	Buffalo	DE	Notre Dame
1971	Jim Plunkett	New England	QB	Stanford
1970	Terry Bradshaw	Pittsburgh	QB	Louisiana Tech
1969	O.J. Simpson	Buffalo	RB	Southern California
1968	Ron Yary	Minnesota	OT	Southern California
1967	Bubba Smith	Baltimore	DT	Michigan State
1966	Tommy Nobis AFL-Jim Grabowski	Atlanta Miami	LB RB	Texas Illinois
1965	Tucker Frederickson AFL-Lawrence Elkins	NY Giants Houston	RB WR	Auburn Baylor
1964	Dave Parks AFL-Jack Concannon	San Francisco Boston	WR QB	Texas Tech Boston College
1963	Terry Baker AFL-Buck Buchanan	Los Angeles Kansas City	QB DT	Oregon State Grambling State
1962	Ernie Davis AFL-Roman Gabriel	Washington Oakland	RB QB	Syracuse North Carolina State
1961	Tommy Mason AFL-Ken Rice	Minnesota Buffalo	RB OG	Tulane Auburn
1960	Billy Cannon	Los Angeles	RB	LSU
1959	Randy Duncan	Green Bay	QB	Iowa
1958	King Hill	Chi. Cardinals	QB	Rice
1957	Paul Hornung	Green Bay	HB	Notre Dame
1956	Gary Glick	Pittsburgh	DB	Colorado A&M
1955	George Shaw	Baltimore	QB	Oregon
1954	BobBy Garrett	Cleveland	QB	Stanford
1953	Harry Babcock	San Francisco	WR	Georgia
1952	Bill Wade	Los Angeles	QB	Vanderbilt
1951	Kyle Rote	NY Giants	HB	SMU
1950	Leon Hart	Detroit	WR	Notre Dame
1949	Chuck Bednarik	Philadelphia	C	Pennsylvania
1948	Harry Gilmer	Washington	QB	Alabama
1947	Bob Fenimore	Chi. Bears	HB	Oklahoma A&M
1946	Frank Dancewicz	Boston	QB	Notre Dame
1945	Charley Trippi	Chi. Cardinals	HB	Georgia
1944	Angelo Bertelli	Boston	QB	Notre Dame
1943	Frank Sinkwich	Detroit	HB	Georgia
1942	Bill Dudley	Pittsburgh	HB	Virginia
1941	Tom Harmon	Chi. Bears	HB	Michigan
1940	George Cafego	Chi. Cardinals	HB	Tennessee
1939	Ki Aldrich	Chi. Cardinals	C	TCU
1938	Corbett Davis	Cleveland	FB	Indiana
1937	Sam Francis	Philadelphia	FB	Nebraska
1936	Jay Berwanger	Philadelphia	HB	Chicago

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