List of Cincinnati Bengals first-round draft picks

Anthony Muñoz, the Bengals' 1980 first round pick and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee

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 William Jackson III, a cornerback from the University of Houston. The Bengals have selected the number one overall pick in the draft three 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.

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

Table key
^ Indicates the player was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
 *  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

Two-time Heisman trophy winner Archie Griffin was one of the Bengals' first round picks in 1976
Carson Palmer was the first overall pick of the 2003 NFL Draft
A.J. Green was the Bengals' first round pick in 2011
Cincinnati Bengals first-round draft picks
Year Pick Player name Position College Notes
1968 2 Bob Johnson Center Tennessee AFL All-Star, #54 retired by Bengals.[4]
1969 5 Greg Cook Quarterback Cincinnati AFL Rookie of the Year[5]
1970 7 Mike Reid Defensive tackle Penn State 2-time Pro Bowler, 2-time All-Pro.[6]
1971 15 Vernon Holland Offensive tackle Tennessee State
1972 2 Sherman White Defensive end California
1973 15 Isaac Curtis Wide receiver San Diego State 4-time Pro Bowler, 3-time All-Pro[7]
1974 23 Bill Kollar Defensive end Montana State
1975 14 Glenn Cameron Defensive end Florida
1976 11 Billy Brooks Wide receiver Oklahoma
24 Archie Griffin Running back Ohio State 2-time Heisman Trophy winner[8]
1977 3 Eddie Edwards Defensive end Miami
8 Wilson Whitley Defensive tackle Houston
22 Mike Cobb Tight end Michigan State
1978 8 Ross Browner Defensive end Notre Dame
16 Blair Bush Center Washington
1979 3 Jack Thompson Quarterback Washington State
12 Charles Alexander Running back Louisiana State
1980 3 Anthony Muñoz^ Offensive tackle USC 11-time Pro Bowler, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee[9]
1981 10 David Verser Wide receiver Kansas
1982 26 Glen Collins Defensive end Mississippi State
1983 25 Dave Rimington Center Nebraska 2-time Outland Trophy winner, Lombardi Award winner[10]
1984 7 Ricky Hunley Linebacker Arizona College Football Hall of Fame inductee
16 Pete Koch Nose tackle Maryland
28 Brian Blados Offensive tackle North Carolina
1985 13 Eddie Brown Wide receiver Miami 1-time Pro Bowler[11]
25 Emanuel King Linebacker Alabama
1986 11 Joe Kelly Linebacker Washington
21 Tim McGee Wide receiver Tennessee
1987 17 Jason Buck Defensive lineman BYU
1988 5 Rickey Dixon Defensive back Oklahoma
1989 — No pick — — The Bengals traded their first round draft pick to the Atlanta Falcons[3]
1990 12 James Francis Linebacker Baylor
1991 18 Alfred Williams Defensive end Colorado 1-time Pro Bowler[12]
1992 6 David Klingler Quarterback Houston
28 Darryl Williams Defensive back Miami
1993 5 John Copeland Defensive end Alabama
1994 1 Dan Wilkinson* Defensive tackle Ohio State
1995 1 Ki-Jana Carter* Running back Penn State
1996 10 Willie Anderson Offensive tackle Auburn 4-time Pro Bowler[13]
1997 14 Reinard Wilson Linebacker Florida State
1998 13 Takeo Spikes Linebacker Auburn 2-time Pro Bowler[14]
17 Brian Simmons Linebacker North Carolina
1999 3 Akili Smith Quarterback Oregon
2000 4 Peter Warrick Wide receiver Florida State
2001 4 Justin Smith Defensive end Missouri 5-time Pro Bowler[15]
2002 10 Levi Jones Offensive tackle Arizona
2003 1 Carson Palmer* Quarterback USC 2-time Pro Bowler, Heisman Trophy winner[16]
2004 26 Chris Perry Running back Michigan Doak Walker Award winner[17]
2005 17 David Pollack Linebacker Georgia Chuck Bednarik Award winner, Lott Trophy winner, Lombardi Award winner, 2-time Ted Hendricks Award winner[18]
2006 24 Johnathan Joseph Defensive back South Carolina 2-time Pro Bowler
2007 18 Leon Hall Defensive back Michigan
2008 9 Keith Rivers Linebacker USC
2009 6 Andre Smith Offensive tackle Alabama
2010 21 Jermaine Gresham Tight end Oklahoma 2-time Pro Bowler[19]
2011 4 A. J. Green Wide receiver Georgia 6-time Pro Bowler[20]
2012 17 Dre Kirkpatrick Defensive back Alabama
27 Kevin Zeitler Offensive guard Wisconsin
2013 21 Tyler Eifert Tight end Notre Dame
2014 24 Darqueze Dennard Defensive back Michigan State Jim Thorpe Award winner[21]
2015 21 Cedric Ogbuehi Offensive tackle Texas A&M
2016 24 William Jackson III Defensive back Houston
2017 9 John Ross Wide receiver Washington
2018 21 Billy Price Center Ohio State

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
  1. ↑ "Historical Moments". sportsecyclopedia.com. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "1989 NFL Draft Pick Transactions". prosportstransactions.com. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Pro Football Draft History: 1989". profootballhof.com. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Bob Johnson". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Former AFL Rookie of the Year, Bengals QB Cook dies". nfl.com. January 28, 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Mike Reid". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Isaac Curtis". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Heisman Winners". heisman.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Anthony Munoz". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Dave Rimington". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Eddie Brown". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Alfred Williams". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Willie Anderson". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "Takeo Spikes". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "Justin Smith". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  16. ↑ "Carson Palmer". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  17. ↑ "Chris Perry". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  18. ↑ "David Pollack". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  19. ↑ "Jermaine Gresham". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  20. ↑ "A.J. Green". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  21. ↑ "Darqueze Dennard". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
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