Player Selections
| Draft | Player name | Position | College | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Pick | ||||
| National Football League, Early Era (1936–1969) | |||||
| 1936 | 2 | Riley Smith | FB | Alabama | |
| 1937 | 6 | Sammy Baugh | QB | Texas Christian | |
| 1938 | 9 | Andy Farkas | RB | Detroit | |
| 1939 | 8 | I. B. Hale | T | Texas Christian | |
| 1940 | 8 | Ed Boell | QB | New York | |
| 1941 | 10 | Forest Evashevski | QB | Michigan | |
| 1942 | 6 | Spec Sanders | RB | Texas | |
| 1943 | 10 | Jack Jenkins | FB | Vanderbilt | |
| 1944 | 8 | Mike Micka | FB | Colgate | |
| 1945 | 8 | Jim Hardy | QB | Southern California | |
| 1946 | 9 | Cal Rossi | B | UCLA | |
| 1947 | 4 | Cal Rossi | B | UCLA | |
| 1948 | 1 | Harry Gilmer | HB | Alabama | |
| 4 | Lowell Tew | B | Alabama | ||
| 1949 | 8 | Rob Goode | B | Texas A&M | |
| 1950 | 6 | George Thomas | B | Oklahoma | |
| 1951 | 4 | Leon Heath | FB | Oklahoma | |
| 1952 | 7 | Larry Isbell | B | Baylor | |
| 1953 | 3 | Jack Scarbath | B | Maryland | |
| 1954 | 8 | Steve Meilinger | E | Kentucky | |
| 1955 | 4 | Ralph Guglielmi | QB | Notre Dame | |
| 1956 | 12 | Ed Vereb | HB | Maryland | |
| 1957 | 9 | Don Bosseler | FB | Miami (FL) | |
| 1958 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1959 | 4 | Don Allard | QB | Boston College | |
| 1960 | 4 | Richie Lucas | QB | Penn State | |
| 1961 | 2 | Norm Snead | QB | Wake Forest | |
| 3 | Joe Rutgens | T | Illinois | ||
| 1962 | 1 | Ernie Davis | B | Syracuse | |
| 1963 | 7 | Pat Richter | E | Wisconsin | |
| 1964 | 3 | Charley Taylor | HB | Arizona State | |
| 1965 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1966 | 6 | Charlie Gogolak | K | Princeton | |
| 1967 | 13 | Ray McDonald | RB | Idaho | |
| 1968 | 12 | Jim Smith | DB | Oregon | |
| 1969 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| National Football League, Modern Era (1970–present) | |||||
| 1970 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1971 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1972 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1973 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1974 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1975 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1976 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1977 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1978 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1979 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1980 | 18 | Art Monk | WR | Syracuse | |
| 1981 | 20 | Mark May | T | Pittsburgh | |
| 1982 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1983 | 28 | Darrell Green | CB | Texas A&I | |
| 1984 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1985 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1986 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1987 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1988 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1989 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1990 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1991 | 17 | Bobby Wilson | DT | Michigan State | |
| 1992 | 4 | Desmond Howard | WR | Michigan | |
| 1993 | 19 | Tom Carter | DB | Notre Dame | |
| 1994 | 3 | Heath Shuler | QB | Tennessee | |
| 1995 | 4 | Michael Westbrook | WR | Colorado | |
| 1996 | 30 | Andre Johnson | T | Penn State | |
| 1997 | 17 | Kenard Lang | DE | Miami (FL) | |
| 1998 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 1999 | 7 | Champ Bailey | CB | Georgia | |
| 2000 | 2 | LaVar Arrington | LB | Penn State | |
| 3 | Chris Samuels | T | Alabama | ||
| 2001 | 15 | Rod Gardner | WR | Clemson | |
| 2002 | 32 | Patrick Ramsey | QB | Tulane | |
| 2003 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 2004 | 5 | Sean Taylor | S | Miami (FL) | |
| 2005 | 9 | Carlos Rogers | CB | Auburn | |
| 25 | Jason Campbell | QB | Auburn | ||
| 2006 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 2007 | 6 | LaRon Landry | S | Louisiana State | |
| 2008 | No first-round draft pick | ||||
| 2009 | 13 | Brian Orakpo | DE | Texas | |
| 2010 | 4 | Trent Williams | T | Oklahoma | |
| 2011 | 16 | Ryan Kerrigan | DE | Purdue | |
| 2012 | 2 | Robert Griffin III | QB | Baylor | |
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