List of Chicago Bears First-round Draft Picks - Footnotes

Footnotes

• a Luckman was initially drafted by Pittsburgh Pirates but immediately traded to Bears. Prior to the 1938 season, the Chicago Bears made a trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates. In this trade, Chicago took over the contract of end Ed Manske and Pittsburgh sent the rights to their pick (Luckman) in exchange.
• b Pick acquired from the Philadelphia Eagles.
• c Pick acquired from the Pittsburgh Steelers.
• d Pick was a lottery bonus pick.
• e Pick acquired from Detroit through Pittsburgh.
• f Acquired from New York Bulldogs.
• g Acquired from the Baltimore Colts.
• h Acquired from the Baltimore Colts.
• i Pick acquired from Pittsburgh Steelers.
• j Pick acquired from Pittsburgh Steelers.
• k Pick acquired from Washington Redskins.
• l Second overall selection traded to Green Bay Packers (who selected Mike McCoy) for Bob Hyland, Elijah Pitts, Lee Roy Caffey.
• m Pick acquired from New York Giants.
• n Acquired from Washington Redskins through Los Angeles Rams.
• o Pick acquired from Green Bay through Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions. Bears, in exchange, sent 1976 10th overall pick (James Hunter) and 68th overall pick (Russ Bolinger) to Lions.
• p Bears traded 1978 20th overall pick (eventually Elvis Peacock) to Cleveland Browns for Mike Phipps.

• q Bears traded Wally Chambers to Tampa Bay Buccaneers for this pick and Bobby Moore (player named later).
• r Pick acquired from Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bears traded 1982 second round selection (32nd overall Booker Reese) to Tampa Bay for a 1983 first round selection (18th overall Willie Gault).
• s Bears acquired 1988 27th overall pick (Wendell Davis) and 1989's 12th selection (Trace Armstrong) from the Washington Redskins as compensation for Washington signing free agent Wilbur Marshall.
• t Bears traded 1997 first round selection (11th overall) to the Seattle Seahawks for Rick Mirer.
• u Bears traded 1999 first round pick (7th overall) to the Washington Redskins for their 1999 first round pick (12th overall), 1999 third round pick (71 overall), 1999 fourth round pick (106 overall), 1999 fifth round pick (144 overall), and 2000 third round pick (87 overall).
• v Bears traded their 2003 first round selection (4 overall) to the New York Jets for 2 2003 first round selections (13 and 22 overall) and 2003 fourth round pick (116 overall). The Bears then traded 2003 13th overall pick to the New England Patriots for 2003 14th overall pick and a 2003 sixth round pick (193 overall).
• w Bears traded 2006 first round pick (26 overall) to Buffalo Bills for 2006 second round pick (42 overall), and 2006 third round pick (73 overall).
• x Bears traded Kyle Orton, first round picks in 2009 (18th overall) and 2010 (11 overall), and 2009 3rd round pick (84 overall) to the Denver Broncos for Jay Cutler and a 2009 fifth round pick (140 overall) which was used by the Bears to select Johnny Knox.