History of the #2 Overall Pick

Summary

Every player taken with the 2nd overall pick in our database, 1967–2025. The most productive by games played is Donovan McNabb (181), drafted in 1999. QB is the most common position selected at this slot (13 times).

Every #2 Overall Pick

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	1	2	MIN	Clinton Jones	RB	Michigan State
1968	1	2	CIN	Bob Johnson		Tennessee
1969	1	2	ATL	George Kunz	OT	Notre Dame
1971	1	2	NO	Archie Manning	QB	Ole Miss
1972	1	2	CIN	Sherman White	DE	California
1973	1	2	IND	Bert Jones	QB	LSU
1974	1	2	LAC	Bo Matthews	RB	Colorado
1975	1	2	DAL	Randy White	DT	Maryland
1976	1	2	SEA	Steve Niehaus	DT	Notre Dame
1977	1	2	DAL	Tony Dorsett	RB	Pittsburgh
1978	1	2	KC	Art Still	DE	Kentucky
1979	1	2	KC	Mike Bell	DE	Colorado State
1980	1	2	NYJ	Lam Jones	WR	Texas
1980	1	2	NYJ	"Johnny ""Lam"" Jones"	WR	Texas
1981	11	2	NE	Chy Davidson	WR	Rhode Island
1981	1	2	NYG	Lawrence Taylor	OLB	North Carolina
1982	1	2	BAL	Johnie Cooks	LB	Mississippi State
1983	1	2	LA	Eric Dickerson	RB	SMU
1984	1	2	HOU	Mike Rozier	RB	Nebraska; Coffeyville CC
1984	1	2	HOU	Dean Steinkuhler	OT	Nebraska
1985	1	2	ATL	Bill Fralic	G	Pittsburgh
1986	1	2	ATL	Tony Casillas	DT	Oklahoma
1987	1	2	IND	Cornelius Bennett	OLB	Alabama
1987	3	2	TB	Dan Sileo	NT	Miami; Cincinnati; Maryland
1988	1	2	KC	Neil Smith	DE	Nebraska
1989	1	2	GB	Tony Mandarich	G	Michigan State
1989	1	2	ARI	Timm Rosenbach	QB	Washington State
1990	1	2	NYJ	Blair Thomas	RB	Penn State
1990	9	2	ARI	Willie Williams	OT	LSU
1991	1	2	CLE	Eric Turner	FS	UCLA
1992	1	2	IND	Quentin Coryatt	LB	Texas A&M
1992	2	2	KC	Darren Mickell	DE	Florida
1993	1	2	SEA	Rick Mirer	QB	Notre Dame
1994	1	2	IND	Marshall Faulk	RB	San Diego State
1995	1	2	JAX	Tony Boselli	OT	USC
1996	1	2	JAX	Kevin Hardy	OLB	Illinois
1997	1	2	LV	Darrell Russell	DT	USC
1998	1	2	LAC	Ryan Leaf	QB	Washington State
1998	2	2	LAC	Jamal Williams	NT	Oklahoma State; Kemper Military Junior College
1999	1	2	PHI	Donovan McNabb	QB	Syracuse
2000	1	2	WAS	LaVar Arrington	OLB	Penn State
2001	1	2	ARI	Leonard Davis	G	Texas
2002	1	2	CAR	Julius Peppers	DE	North Carolina
2003	1	2	DET	Charles Rogers	WR	Michigan State
2004	1	2	LV	Robert Gallery	G	Iowa
2005	1	2	MIA	Ronnie Brown	RB	Auburn
2006	1	2	NO	Reggie Bush	RB	USC
2007	1	2	DET	Calvin Johnson	WR	Georgia Tech
2008	1	2	LA	Chris Long	DE	Virginia
2009	1	2	LA	Jason Smith	OT	Baylor
2010	1	2	DET	Ndamukong Suh	NT	Nebraska
2011	1	2	DEN	Von Miller	OLB	Texas A&M
2012	1	2	WSH	Robert Griffin III	QB	Baylor
2013	1	2	JAX	Luke Joeckel	G	Texas A&M
2015	1	2	TEN	Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon
2016	1	2	PHI	Carson Wentz	QB	North Dakota State
2017	1	2	CHI	Mitchell Trubisky	QB	North Carolina
2018	1	2	NYG	Saquon Barkley	RB	Penn State
2019	1	2	SF	Nick Bosa	DE	Ohio State
2020	1	2	WAS	Chase Young	DE	Ohio State
2021	1	2	NYJ	Zach Wilson	QB	BYU
2022	1	2	DET	Aidan Hutchinson	DE	Michigan
2023	1	2	HOU	C.J. Stroud	QB	Ohio State
2024	1	2	WAS	Jayden Daniels	QB	LSU; Arizona State
2025	1	2	JAX	Travis Hunter	WR	Colorado; Jackson State University