No. 1 choices in NFL Draft history, listing year, player, position, college and the NFL team that held the top pick:
2003 -- Carson Palmer, qb, USC by Cincinnati
2002 -- David Carr, qb, Fresno St. by Houston
2001 -- Michael Vick, qb, Virginia Tech by Atlanta
2000 -- Courtney Brown, de, Penn St. by Cleveland
1999 -- Tim Couch, qb, Kentucky by Cleveland
1998 -- Peyton Manning, qb, Tennessee by Indianapolis
1997 -- Orlando Pace, t, Ohio State by St. Louis
1996 -- Keyshawn Johnson, wr, USC by NY Jets
1995 -- Ki-Jana Carter, rb, Penn St. by Cincinnati
1994 -- Dan Wilkinson, dt, Ohio State by Cincinnati
1993 -- Drew Bledsoe, qb, Washington St. by New England
1992 -- Steve Emtman, dl, Washington by Indianapolis
1991 -- Russell Maryland, dt, Miami by Dallas
1990 -- Jeff George, qb, Illinois by Indianapolis
1989 -- Troy Aikman, qb, UCLA by Dallas
1988 -- Aundray Bruce, lb, Auburn by Atlanta
1987 -- Vinny Testaverde, qb, Miami by Tampa Bay
1986 -- Bo Jackson, rb, Auburn by Tampa Bay
1985 -- Bruce Smith, de, Virginia Tech by Buffalo
1984 -- Irving Fryar, wr, Nebraska by New England
1983 -- John Elway, qb, Stanford by Baltimore
1982 -- Kenneth Sims, de, Texas by New England
1981 -- George Rogers, rb, South Carolina by New Orleans
1980 -- Billy Sims, rb, Oklahoma by Detroit
1979 -- Tom Cousineau, lb, Ohio State by Buffalo
1978 -- Earl Campbell, rb, Texas by Houston
1977 -- Ricky Bell, rb, USC by Tampa Bay
1976 -- Lee Roy Selmon, de, Oklahoma by Tampa Bay
1975 -- Steve Bartkowski, qb, California by Atlanta
1974 -- Ed Jones, de, Tennessee St. by Dallas
1973 -- John Matuszak, de, Tampa by Houston
1972 -- Walt Patulski, de, Notre Dame by Buffalo
1971 -- Jim Plunkett, qb, Stanford by New England
1970 -- Terry Bradshaw, qb, Louisiana Tech by Pittsburgh
1969 -- O.J. Simpson, rb, USC by Buffalo
1968 -- Ron Yary, t, USC by Minnesota
1967 -- Bubba Smith, de, Michigan St. by Baltimore
1966 -- Tommy Nobis, lb, Texas by Atlanta (NFL); Jim Grabowski, rb, Illinois by Miami (AFL)
1965 -- Tucker Frederickson, rb, Auburn by NY Giants (NFL); Lawrence Elkins, wr, Baylor by Houston (AFL)
1964 -- Dave Parks, wr, Texas Tech by San Francisco (NFL); Jack Concannon, qb, Boston College by Boston (AFL)
1963 -- Terry Baker, qb, Oregon St. by Los Angeles (NFL); Buck Buchanan, dt, Grambling by Kansas City (AFC)
1962 -- Ernie Davis, rb, Syracuse by Washington (NFL); Roman Gabriel, qb, North Carolina St. by Oakland (AFL)
1961 -- Tommy Mason, rb, Tulane by Minnesota (NFL); Ken Rice, g, Auburn by Buffalo (AFL)
1960 -- Billy Cannon, rb, LSU by Los Angeles (NFL); (AFL had no formal first pick)
1959 -- Randy Duncan, qb, Iowa by Green Bay
1958 -- King Hill, qb, Rice by Chi. Cardinals
1957 -- Paul Hornung, rb, Notre Dame by Green Bay
1956 -- Gary Glick, db, Colorado A&M by Pittsburgh
1955 -- George Shaw, qb, Oregon by Baltimore
1954 -- Bobby Garrett, qb, Stanford by Cleveland
1953 -- Harry Babcock, e, Georgia by San Francisco
1952 -- Bill Wade, qb, Vanderbilt by Los Angeles
1951 -- Kyle Rote, hb, Southern Methodist by NY Giants
1950 -- Leon Hart, e, Notre Dame by Detroit
1949 -- Chuck Bednarik, c, Pennsylvania by Philadelphia
1948 -- Harry Gilmer, qb, Alabama by Washington
1947 -- Bob Fenimore, hb, Oklahoma A&M by Chi. Bears
1946 -- Frank Dancewicz, qb, Notre Dame by Boston
1945 -- Charley Trippi, hb, Georgia by Chi. Cardinals
1944 -- Angelo Bertelli, qb, Notre Dame by Boston
1943 -- Frank Sinkwich, hb, Georgia by Detroit
1942 -- Bill Dudley, hb, Virginia by Pittsburgh
1941 -- Tom Harmon, hb, Michigan by Chi. Bears
1940 -- George Cafego, hb, Tennessee by Chi. Cardinals
1939 -- Ki Aldrich, c, Texas Christian by Chi. Cardinals
1938 -- Corbett Davis, fb, Indiana by Cleveland
1937 -- Sam Francis, fb, Nebraska by Philadelphia
1936 -- Jay Berwanger, hb, Chicago by Philadelphia
