History of the #18 Overall Pick

Summary

Every player taken with the 18th overall pick in our database, 1967–2025. The most productive by games played is Joe Flacco (211), drafted in 2008. DE is the most common position selected at this slot (9 times).

Every #18 Overall Pick

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	1	18	CLE	Bob Matheson	LB	Duke
1968	1	18	SD	Jimmy Hill	DB	Texas A&M-Kingsville
1969	1	18	SD	Bob Babich	LB	Miami (OH)
1970	1	18	IND	Norman Bulaich	RB	TCU
1971	1	18	NYG	Rocky Thompson	RB	West Texas A&M
1972	1	18	CLE	Thom Darden	DB	Michigan
1973	1	18	SF	Mike Holmes	DB	Texas Southern
1974	1	18	BUF	Reuben Gant	TE	Oklahoma State
1975	1	18	DAL	Tom Henderson	LB	Langston University
1975	1	18	DAL	Thomas Henderson	LB	Langston
1976	1	18	BUF	Mario Clark	CB	Oregon
1977	1	18	DEN	Steve Schindler	G	Boston College
1978	1	18	NE	Bob Cryder	OT	Alabama
1979	1	18	SEA	Manu Tuiasosopo	DE	UCLA
1980	1	18	WAS	Art Monk	WR	Syracuse
1981	1	18	BAL	Donnell Thompson	DE	North Carolina
1982	1	18	NYG	Butch Woolfolk	RB	Michigan
1983	1	18	CHI	Willie Gault	WR	Tennessee
1984	1	18	CLE	Mike Johnson	OLB	Virginia Tech
1984	1	18	CLE	Don Rogers	FS	UCLA
1985	1	18	LA	Freddie Joe Nunn	DE	Mississippi
1986	1	18	DAL	Mike Sherrard	WR	UCLA
1988	1	18	PIT	Aaron Jones	DE	Eastern Kentucky
1989	1	18	NYG	Brian Williams	C	Minnesota
1990	1	18	GB	Tony Bennett	DE	Mississippi
1991	1	18	CIN	Alfred Williams	DE	Colorado
1992	1	18	SF	Dana Hall	DB	Washington
1993	1	18	ARI	Ernest Dye	OT	South Carolina; Itawamba JC
1994	1	18	MIN	Dewayne Washington	DB	N.C. State
1995	1	18	LV	Napoleon Kaufman	RB	Washington
1996	1	18	LA	Eddie Kennison	WR	LSU
1997	1	18	TEN	Kenny Holmes	DE	Miami
1998	1	18	NE	Robert Edwards	RB	Georgia
1999	1	18	LV	Matt Stinchcomb	G	Georgia
2000	1	18	NYJ	Chad Pennington	QB	Marshall
2001	1	18	DET	Jeff Backus	OT	Michigan
2002	1	18	ATL	T.J. Duckett	RB	Michigan State
2003	1	18	ARI	Calvin Pace	OLB	Wake Forest
2005	1	18	MIN	Erasmus James	DE	Wisconsin
2006	1	18	DAL	Bobby Carpenter	LB	Ohio State
2007	1	18	CIN	Leon Hall	DB	Michigan
2008	1	18	BAL	Joe Flacco	QB	Delaware; Pittsburgh
2009	1	18	DEN	Robert Ayers	DE	Tennessee
2010	1	18	PIT	Maurkice Pouncey	C	Florida
2011	1	18	LAC	Corey Liuget	DT	Illinois
2012	1	18	LAC	Melvin Ingram	LB	South Carolina
2013	1	18	SF	Eric Reid	S	LSU
2014	1	18	NYJ	Calvin Pryor	DB	Louisville
2015	1	18	KC	Marcus Peters	CB	Washington
2016	1	18	IND	Ryan Kelly	C	Alabama
2017	1	18	TEN	Adoree' Jackson	CB	USC
2018	1	18	GB	Jaire Alexander	CB	Louisville
2019	1	18	MIN	Garrett Bradbury	C	N.C. State
2020	1	18	MIA	Austin Jackson	OT	USC
2021	1	18	MIA	Jaelan Phillips	LB	Miami
2022	1	18	TEN	Treylon Burks	WR	Arkansas
2023	1	18	DET	Jack Campbell	LB	Iowa
2024	1	18	CIN	Amarius Mims	OT	Georgia
2025	1	18	SEA	Grey Zabel	G	North Dakota State