History of the #3 Overall Pick

Every player selected 3rd overall in the NFL Draft (59 players)

All #3 Overall Picks

YearRdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
2025 1 3 NYG Abdul Carter LB Penn State
2024 1 3 NE Drake Maye QB North Carolina
2023 1 3 HOU Will Anderson Jr. DE Alabama
2022 1 3 HOU Derek Stingley Jr. CB LSU
2021 1 3 SF Trey Lance QB North Dakota State
2020 1 3 DET Jeff Okudah CB Ohio State
2019 1 3 NYJ Quinnen Williams DT Alabama
2018 1 3 NYJ Sam Darnold QB USC
2017 1 3 SF Solomon Thomas DE Stanford
2016 1 3 LAC Joey Bosa DE Ohio State
2015 1 3 JAX Dante Fowler Jr. DE Florida
2014 1 4 BUF Sammy Watkins WR Clemson
2013 1 3 MIA Dion Jordan DE Oregon
2012 1 3 CLE Trent Richardson RB Alabama
2011 1 3 BUF Marcell Dareus DT Alabama
2010 1 3 TB Gerald McCoy DT Oklahoma
2009 1 3 KC Tyson Jackson DE LSU
2008 1 3 ATL Matt Ryan QB Boston College
2007 1 3 CLE Joe Thomas OT Wisconsin
2006 1 3 TEN Vince Young QB Texas
2005 1 3 CLE Braylon Edwards WR Michigan
2004 1 3 ARI Larry Fitzgerald WR Pittsburgh
2003 1 4 NYJ Dewayne Robertson DT Kentucky
2002 1 3 DET Joey Harrington QB Oregon
2001 1 3 CLE Gerard Warren DT Florida
2000 1 3 WAS Chris Samuels OT Alabama
1999 1 3 CIN Akili Smith QB Oregon, Grossmont
1998 1 3 ARI Andre Wadsworth DE Florida State
1997 1 3 SEA Shawn Springs CB Ohio State
1996 1 3 ARI Simeon Rice DE Illinois
1995 1 3 HOU Steve McNair QB Alcorn State
1994 1 3 WAS Heath Shuler QB Tennessee
1993 1 3 ARI Garrison Hearst RB Georgia
1992 1 3 LA Sean Gilbert DT Pittsburgh
1991 1 3 ATL Bruce Pickens CB Nebraska, Coffeyville CC
1990 1 3 SEA Cortez Kennedy DT Miami, Northwest Mississippi CC
1989 1 3 DEN Bobby Humphrey RB Alabama
1988 1 3 DET Bennie Blades S Miami
1987 1 3 HOU Alonzo Highsmith RB Miami
1986 1 4 IND Jon Hand DE Alabama
1985 1 3 HOU Ray Childress DE Texas A&M
1984 1 3 NYG Carl Banks OLB Michigan State
1983 1 3 SEA Curt Warner RB Penn State
1982 1 3 CLE Chip Banks LB USC
1981 1 3 NYJ Freeman McNeil RB UCLA
1980 1 3 CIN Anthony Munoz OT USC
1979 1 3 CIN Jack Thompson QB Washington State
1978 1 3 NO Wes Chandler WR Florida
1977 1 3 CIN Eddie Edwards DE Miami, Arizona Western
1976 1 3 NO Chuck Muncie RB California, Arizona Western
1975 1 3 BAL Ken Huff G North Carolina
1974 1 3 NYG John Hicks G Ohio State
1973 1 3 PHI Jerry Sisemore OT Texas
1972 1 3 CHI Lionel Antoine OT Southern Illinois
1971 1 3 TEN Dan Pastorini QB Santa Clara
1970 1 4 NE Phil Olsen DT Utah State
1969 1 3 PHI Leroy Keyes RB Purdue
1968 1 3 ATL Claude Humphrey DE Tennessee State
1967 1 3 SF Steve Spurrier QB Florida