List of Cincinnati Bengals first-round draft picks
The Cincinnati Bengals are a National Football League (NFL) 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.[1] The Bengals' first draft selection was Bob Johnson, a center from the University of Tennessee. The team's most recent first-round selection was Ja'Marr Chase, a wide receiver 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. The Bengals have used a first round pick on a Heisman Trophy winner three times, Archie Griffin, Carson Palmer, and Joe Burrow.
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. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades.
The Bengals traded their 1989 first-round draft pick to the Atlanta Falcons for Atlanta's 1989 second-round, fourth-round, and tenth-round draft picks.[2][3]
Key[]
^ | Indicates the player was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. |
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* | Selected number one overall |
† | Indicates the player was selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career. |
— | The Bengals did not draft a player in the first round that year. |
Year | Each year links to an article about that particular NFL Draft. |
Pick | Indicates the number of the pick within the first round |
Position | Indicates the position of the player in the NFL |
College | The player's college football team |
Player selections[]
Year | Pick | Player name | Position | College | Notes | |
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1968 | 2 | Bob Johnson | C | Tennessee | AFL All-Star, #54 retired by Bengals.[4] | |
1969 | 5 | Greg Cook | QB | Cincinnati | AFL Rookie of the Year[5] | |
1970 | 7 | Mike Reid | DT | Penn State | 2-time Pro Bowler, 2-time All-Pro.[6] | |
1971 | 15 | Vernon Holland | OT | Tennessee State | ||
1972 | 2 | Sherman White | DE | California | ||
1973 | 15 | Isaac Curtis | WR | San Diego State | 4-time Pro Bowler, 3-time All-Pro[7] | |
1974 | 23 | Bill Kollar | DE | Montana State | ||
1975 | 14 | Glenn Cameron | DE | Florida | ||
1976 | 11 | Billy Brooks | WR | Oklahoma | ||
24 | Archie Griffin | RB | Ohio State | 2-time Heisman Trophy winner[8] | ||
1977 | 3 | Eddie Edwards | DE | Miami (FL) | ||
8 | Wilson Whitley | DT | Houston | |||
22 | Mike Cobb | TE | Michigan State | |||
1978 | 8 | Ross Browner | DE | Notre Dame | ||
16 | Blair Bush | C | Washington | |||
1979 | 3 | Jack Thompson | QB | Washington State | ||
12 | Charles Alexander | RB | Louisiana State | |||
1980 | 3 | Anthony Muñoz^ | OT | USC | 11-time Pro Bowler, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee[9] | |
1981 | 10 | David Verser | WR | Kansas | ||
1982 | 26 | Glen Collins | DE | Mississippi State | ||
1983 | 25 | Dave Rimington | C | Nebraska | 2-time Outland Trophy winner, Lombardi Award winner[10] | |
1984 | 7 | Ricky Hunley | LB | Arizona | College Football Hall of Fame inductee | |
16 | Pete Koch | NT | Maryland | |||
28 | Brian Blados | OT | North Carolina | |||
1985 | 13 | Eddie Brown | WR | Miami (FL) | 1-time Pro Bowler[11] | |
25 | Emanuel King | LB | Alabama | |||
1986 | 11 | Joe Kelly | LB | Washington | ||
21 | Tim McGee | WR | Tennessee | |||
1987 | 17 | Jason Buck | DL | BYU | ||
1988 | 5 | Rickey Dixon | DB | Oklahoma | ||
1989 | No pick | The Bengals traded their first-round draft pick to the Atlanta Falcons[3] | ||||
1990 | 12 | James Francis | LB | Baylor | ||
1991 | 18 | Alfred Williams | DE | Colorado | 1-time Pro Bowler[12] | |
1992 | 6 | David Klingler | QB | Houston | ||
28 | Darryl Williams | DB | Miami (FL) | |||
1993 | 5 | John Copeland | DE | Alabama | ||
1994 | 1 | Dan Wilkinson* | DT | Ohio State | ||
1995 | 1 | Ki-Jana Carter* | RB | Penn State | ||
1996 | 10 | Willie Anderson | OT | Auburn | 4-time Pro Bowler[13] | |
1997 | 14 | Reinard Wilson | LB | Florida State | ||
1998 | 13 | Takeo Spikes | LB | Auburn | 2-time Pro Bowler[14] | |
17 | Brian Simmons | LB | North Carolina | |||
1999 | 3 | Akili Smith | QB | Oregon | ||
2000 | 4 | Peter Warrick | WR | Florida State | ||
2001 | 4 | Justin Smith | DE | Missouri | 5-time Pro Bowler[15] | |
2002 | 10 | Levi Jones | OT | Arizona | ||
2003 | 1 | Carson Palmer* | QB | USC | 2-time Pro Bowler, Heisman Trophy winner[16] | |
2004 | 26 | Chris Perry | RB | Michigan | Doak Walker Award winner[17] | |
2005 | 17 | David Pollack | LB | Georgia | Chuck Bednarik Award winner, Lott Trophy winner, Lombardi Award winner, 2-time Ted Hendricks Award winner[18] | |
2006 | 24 | Johnathan Joseph | DB | South Carolina | 2-time Pro Bowler | |
2007 | 18 | Leon Hall | DB | Michigan | ||
2008 | 9 | Keith Rivers | LB | USC | ||
2009 | 6 | Andre Smith | OT | Alabama | ||
2010 | 21 | Jermaine Gresham | TE | Oklahoma | 2-time Pro Bowler[19] | |
2011 | 4 | A. J. Green | WR | Georgia | 7-time Pro Bowler[20] | |
2012 | 17 | Dre Kirkpatrick | DB | Alabama | ||
27 | Kevin Zeitler | OG | Wisconsin | |||
2013 | 21 | Tyler Eifert | TE | Notre Dame | 1-time Pro Bowler[21] | |
2014 | 24 | Darqueze Dennard | DB | Michigan State | Jim Thorpe Award winner[22] | |
2015 | 21 | Cedric Ogbuehi | OT | Texas A&M | ||
2016 | 24 | William Jackson III | DB | Houston | ||
2017 | 9 | John Ross | WR | Washington | ||
2018 | 21 | Billy Price | C | Ohio State | ||
2019 | 11 | Jonah Williams | OT | Alabama | ||
2020 | 1 | Joe Burrow* | QB | LSU | Heisman Trophy winner[23] | |
2021 | 5 | Ja'Marr Chase | WR | LSU |
References[]
- General
- "Cincinnati Bengals Draft History". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
- Alder, James. "NFL Draft Basics:Determining Order of Selection". About.com. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- Specific
- ^ "Historical Moments". sportsecyclopedia.com. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "1989 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". prosportstransactions.com. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Pro Football Draft History: 1989". profootballhof.com. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Bob Johnson". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Former AFL Rookie of the Year, Bengals QB Cook dies". nfl.com. January 28, 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Mike Reid". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Isaac Curtis". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Heisman Winners". heisman.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Anthony Munoz". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Dave Rimington". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Eddie Brown". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Alfred Williams". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Willie Anderson". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Takeo Spikes". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Justin Smith". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Carson Palmer". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Chris Perry". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "David Pollack". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Jermaine Gresham". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "A.J. Green". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ "Tyler Eifert". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ "Darqueze Dennard". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Joe Burrow of LSU wins the 2019 Heisman Trophy".
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