All-time NFL No. 1 overall picks

2008: Jake Long, Miami, OT, Michigan

2007: JaMarcus Russell, Oakland, QB, LSU

2006: Mario Williams, Houston, DE, North Carolina State

2005: Alex Smith, San Francisco, QB, Utah

2004: Eli Manning, San Diego, QB, Mississippi

2003: Carson Palmer, Cincinnati, QB, Southern California

2002: David Carr, Houston, QB, Fresno State

2001: Michael Vick, Atlanta, QB, Virginia Tech

2000: Courtney Brown, Cleveland, DE, Penn State

1999: Tim Couch, Cleveland, QB, Kentucky

1998: Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, QB, Tennessee

1997: Orlando Pace, St. Louis Rams, T, Ohio State

1996: Keyshawn Johnson, N.Y. Jets, WR, Southern Cal

1995: Ki-Jana Carter, Cincinnati, RB, Penn State

1994: Dan Wilkinson, Cincinnati, DE, Ohio State

1993: Drew Bledsoe, New England, QB, Washington State

1992: Steve Emtman, Indianapolis, DE, Washington

1991: Russell Maryland, Dallas, DL, Miami

1990: Jeff George, Indianapolis, QB, Illinois

1989: Troy Aikman, Dallas, QB, UCLA

1988: Aundray Bruce, Atlanta, LB, Auburn

1987: Vinny Testaverde, Tampa Bay, QB, Miami

1986: Bo Jackson, Tampa Bay, RB, Auburn

1985: Bruce Smith, Buffalo, DT, Virginia Tech

1984: Irving Fryar, New England, WR, Nebraska

1983: John Elway, Baltimore, QB, Stanford

1982: Kenneth Sims, New England, DT, Texas

1981: George Rogers, New Orleans, RB, South Carolina

1980: Billy Sims, Detroit, RB, Oklahoma

1979: Tom Cousineau, Buffalo, LB, Ohio State

1978: Earl Campbell, Houston, RB, Texas

1977: Ricky Bell, Tampa Bay, RB, Southern California

1976: Lee Roy Selmon, Tampa Bay, DE, Oklahoma

1975: Steve Bartkowski, Atlanta, QB, California

1974: Ed Jones, Dallas, DE, Tennessee State

1973: John Matuszak, Houston, DE, Tampa

1972: Walt Patulski, Buffalo, DE, Notre Dame

1971: Jim Plunkett, New England, QB, Stanford

1970: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, QB, Louisiana Tech

1969: O.J. Simpson, Buffalo (AFL), RB, Southern California

1968: Ron Yary, Vikings, T, Southern California

1967: Bubba Smith, Baltimore, DT, Michigan State

1966: Tommy Nobis, Atlanta, LB, Texas

1966: Jim Grabowski, Miami (AFL), RB, Illinois