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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; http://football.about.com/library/we...draftfirst.htm As bad has the Saints have been since 1967, we have only had the top draft choice one time. How is that possible? Even our first year in the league (1967) we didn't have the # 1 selection. There ...
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http://football.about.com/library/we...draftfirst.htm
As bad has the Saints have been since 1967, we have only had the top draft choice one time. How is that possible? Even our first year in the league (1967) we didn't have the # 1 selection. There are a lot of busts on that list, so maybe it's not such a bad thing. Number 1 draft picks History -- 1936 Philadelphia Jay Berwanger, HB, Chicago 1937 Philadelphia Sam Francis, FB, Nebraska 1938 Cleveland Rams Corbett Davis, FB, Indiana 1939 Chicago Cardinals Ki Aldrich, C, TCU 1940 Chicago Cardinals George Cafego, HB, Tennessee 1941 Chicago Bears Tom Harmon, HB, Michigan 1942 Pittsburgh Bill Dudley, HB, Virginia 1943 Detroit Frank Sinkwich, HB, Georgia 1944 Boston Yanks Angelo Bertelli, QB, Notre Dame 1945 Chicago Cardinals Charley Trippi, HB, Georgia 1946 Boston Yanks Frank Dancewicz, QB, Notre Dame 1947 Chicago Bears Bob Fenimore, HB, Oklahoma A&M 1948 Washington Harry Gilmer, QB, Alabama 1949 Philadelphia Chuck Bednarik, C, Penn 1950 Detroit Leon Hart, E, Notre Dame 1951 NY Giants Kyle Rote, HB, SMU 1952 LA Rams Billy Wade, QB, Vanderbilt 1953 San Francisco Harry Babcock, E, Georgia 1954 Cleveland Bobby Garrett, QB, Stanford 1955 Baltimore George Shaw, QB, Oregon 1956 Pittsburgh Gary Glick, DB, Colorado A&M 1957 Green Bay Paul Hornung, QB, Notre Dame 1958 Chicago Cardinals King Hill, QB, Rice 1959 Green Bay Randy Duncan, QB, Iowa 1960 LA Rams Billy Cannon, HB, LSU 1961 NFL - Minnesota Tommy Mason, HB, Tulane AFL - Buffalo Ken Rice, G, Auburn 1962 NFL - Washington Ernie Davis, HB, Syracuse AFL - Oakland Roman Gabriel, QB, North Carolina State 1963 NFL - LA Rams Terry Baker, QB, Oregon State AFL - Kansas City Buck Buchanan, DT, Grambling 1964 NFL - San Francisco Dave Parks, E, Texas Tech AFL - Boston Jack Concannon, QB, Boston College 1965 NFL - NY Giants Tucker Frederickson, FB, Auburn AFL - Houston Lawrence Elkins, E, Baylor 1966 NFL - Atlanta Tommy Nobis, LB, Texas AFL - Miami Jim Grabowski, FB, Illinois 1967 Baltimore Bubba Smith, DT, Michigan State 1968 Minnesota Ron Yary, T, USC 1969 Buffalo O.J. Simpson, RB, USC 1970 Pittsburgh Terry Bradshaw, QB, Louisiana Tech 1971 New England Jim Plunkett, QB, Stanford 1972 Buffalo Walt Patulski, DE, Notre Dame 1973 Houston John Matuszak, DE, Tampa 1974 Dallas Ed Jones, DE, Tennessee State 1975 Atlanta Steve Bartkowski, QB, California 1976 Tampa Bay Lee Roy Selmon, DE, Oklahoma 1977 Tampa Bay Ricky Bell, RB, USC 1978 Houston Earl Campbell, RB, Texas 1979 Buffalo Tom Cousineau, LB, Ohio State 1980 Detroit Billy Sims, RB, Oklahoma 1981 New Orleans George Rogers, RB, South Carolina 1982 New England Kenneth Sims, DT, Texas 1983 Baltimore John Elway, QB, Stanford 1984 New England Irving Fryar, WR, Nebraska 1985 Buffalo Bruce Smith, DE, Virginia Tech 1986 Tampa Bay Bo Jackson, RB, Auburn 1987 Tampa Bay Vinny Testaverde, QB, Miami-FL 1988 Atlanta Aundray Bruce, LB, Auburn 1989 Dallas Troy Aikman, QB, UCLA 1990 Indianapolis Jeff George, QB, Illinois 1991 Dallas Russell Maryland, DT, Miami-FL 1992 Indianapolis Steve Emtman, DT, Washington 1993 New England Drew Bledsoe, QB, Washington State 1994 Cincinnati Dan Wilkinson, DT, Ohio State 1995 Cincinnati Ki-Jana Carter, RB, Penn State 1996 NY Jets Keyshawn Johnson, WR, USC 1997 St. Louis Orlando Pace, OT, Ohio State 1998 Indianapolis Peyton Manning, QB, Tennessee 1999 Cleveland Tim Couch, QB, Kentucky 2000 Cleveland Courtney Brown, DE, Penn State 2001 Atlanta Michael Vick, QB, Virginia Tech 2002 Houston David Carr, QB, Fresno State [Edited on 7/12/2003 by BillyC] |
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