History of the #116 Overall Pick

Summary

Every player taken with the 116th overall pick in our database, 1967–2025. DE is the most common position selected at this slot (13 times).

Every #116 Overall Pick

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	5	116	GB	Dwight Hood	DT	Baylor
1968	5	116	NE	Jim Smithberger	DB	Notre Dame
1969	5	116	GB	Bill Hayhoe	DT	USC
1970	5	116	ATL	Ken Mendenhall		Oklahoma
1971	5	116	GB	Donnell Smith	DE	Southern University
1972	5	116	SD	Jim Bishop	TE	Tennessee Tech
1973	5	116	NYJ	Bruce Bannon	LB	Penn State
1974	5	116	GB	Steve Odom	WR	Utah
1975	5	116	NE	Steve Grogan	QB	Kansas State
1976	4	116	CIN	Greg Fairchild	G	Tulsa
1977	5	116	NYJ	Perry Griggs	WR	Troy
1978	5	116	GB	Mike Douglass	LB	San Diego State; Arizona State; Los Angeles City College
1979	5	116	BUF	Dan Manucci	QB	Kansas State; Mesa CC
1980	5	116	CLE	Elvis Franks	DE	Morgan State
1981	5	116	LA	John Gillen	LB	Illinois
1982	5	116	CHI	Perry Hartnett	G	SMU
1983	5	116	DEN	Weedy Harris	LB	Houston
1984	5	116	PHI	Andre Hardy	RB	St. Mary's College (CA); Weber State; San Diego City College
1985	5	116	LA	K.D. Dunn	TE	Clemson
1986	5	116	LA	Jeff Tupper	DE	Oklahoma
1987	5	116	NE	Tom Gibson	DE	Northern Arizona
1989	5	116	CLE	Vernon Joines	WR	Maryland
1990	5	116	MIN	Reggie Thornton	WR	Bowling Green
1991	5	116	LA	Robert Young	DE	Mississippi State
1992	5	116	NE	Dwayne Sabb	OLB	New Hampshire
1993	5	116	SF	Artie Smith	DE	Louisiana Tech
1994	4	116	NO	Doug Nussmeier	QB	Idaho
1995	4	116	CHI	Jack Jackson	WR	Florida
1996	4	116	CHI	Paul Grasmanis	DT	Notre Dame
1997	4	116	NO	Keith Poole	WR	Arizona State
1998	4	116	PHI	Clarence Love	CB	Toledo
1999	4	116	ARI	Joel Makovicka	FB	Nebraska
2000	4	116	SEA	Marcus Bell	LB	Arizona
2001	4	116	LA	Milton Wynn	WR	Washington State; Bakersfield College
2002	4	116	ATL	Martin Bibla	G	Miami
2003	4	116	CHI	Ian Scott	NT	Florida
2004	4	116	SEA	Niko Koutouvides	LB	Purdue
2005	4	116	KC	Craphonso Thorpe	WR	Florida State
2006	4	116	TEN	Stephen Tulloch	OLB	N.C. State
2007	4	116	NYG	Zak DeOssie	LS	Brown
2008	4	116	ARI	Kenny Iwebema	DE	Iowa
2009	4	116	NO	Chip Vaughn	DB	Wake Forest
2010	4	116	PIT	Thaddeus Gibson	DE	Ohio State
2011	4	116	PHI	Casey Matthews	LB	Oregon
2012	4	116	CIN	Orson Charles	TE	Georgia
2013	4	116	ARI	Earl Watford	G	James Madison
2014	4	116	LV	Keith McGill	S	Utah; Cerritos College
2015	4	116	ARI	Rodney Gunter	DE	Delaware State
2016	4	116	IND	Hassan Ridgeway	DT	Texas
2017	4	116	CIN	Carl Lawson	DE	Auburn
2018	4	116	DAL	Dorance Armstrong	DE	Kansas
2018	4	116	DAL	Dorance Armstrong Jr.	DE	Kansas
2019	4	116	TEN	Amani Hooker	SAF	Iowa
2020	4	116	JAX	Ben Bartch	OT	St. John's (MN)
2021	4	116	NYG	Elerson G. Smith	LB	Northern Iowa
2021	4	116	NYG	Elerson Smith	OLB	Northern Iowa
2022	4	116	DEN	Eyioma Uwazurike	DT	Iowa State
2023	4	116	GB	Colby Wooden	DE	Auburn
2024	4	116	JAX	Jordan Jefferson	DT	LSU
2025	4	116	HOU	Woody Marks	RB	USC; Mississippi State