History of the #42 Overall Pick

Summary

Every player taken with the 42nd overall pick in our database, 1967–2025. The most productive by games played is Rob Gronkowski (164), drafted in 2010. DE is the most common position selected at this slot (8 times).

Every #42 Overall Pick

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	2	42	BUF	Jim LeMoine	TE	Utah State
1968	2	42	ARI	Robert Atkins	DB	Grambling State
1969	2	42	PIT	Warren Bankston	RB	Tulane
1970	2	42	SD	Tom Williams	DT	UC Davis
1971	2	42	KC	Scott Lewis	DE	Grambling State
1972	2	42	ATL	Roosevelt Manning	DT	Northeastern State
1973	2	42	LAR	Jim Youngblood	LB	Tennessee Tech
1974	2	42	DEN	Carl Wafer	DE	Tennessee State
1975	2	42	BUF	Bob Nelson	ILB	Nebraska
1976	2	42	SF	Randy Cross	C	UCLA
1977	2	42	DET	Walt Williams	DB	New Mexico State; Ashland
1978	2	42	LA	John Barefield	LB	Texas A&M University-Kingsville
1979	2	42	LV	Willie Jones	DE	Florida State
1980	2	42	DEN	Rulon Jones	DE	Utah State
1981	2	42	DEN	Clay Brown	RB	BYU
1982	2	42	DET	Bobby Watkins	DB	Texas State-San Marcos
1983	2	42	HOU	Keith Bostic	DB	Michigan
1984	2	42	NO	Jumpy Geathers	DE	Wichita State University
1984	2	42	NO	Mel Gray	RB	Purdue; Coffeyville CC
1984	2	42	NO	James Geathers	DE	Wichita State
1985	2	42	BUF	Chris Burkett	WR	Jackson State University
1986	2	42	NE	Mike Ruth	NT	Boston College
1987	2	42	NYJ	Alex Gordon	LB	Cincinnati
1988	2	42	MIA	Jarvis Williams	S	Florida
1989	2	42	NYJ	Dennis Byrd	DE	Tulsa
1990	2	42	BUF	Carwell Gardner	RB	Louisville; Kentucky
1991	2	42	NO	Wesley Carroll	WR	Miami
1992	2	42	NYJ	Kurt Barber	LB	USC
1993	2	42	CLE	Dan Footman	DE	Florida State
1994	2	42	PHI	Charlie Garner	RB	Tennessee; Scottsdale CC
1995	2	42	MIN	Orlando Thomas	FS	Louisiana-Lafayette
1996	2	42	LA	Tony Banks	QB	Michigan State; San Diego Mesa College
1997	2	42	ARI	Jake Plummer	QB	Arizona State
1998	2	42	BAL	Pat Johnson	WR	Oregon
1999	2	42	ATL	Reggie Kelly	TE	Mississippi State
2000	2	42	NYG	Cornelius Griffin	DT	Alabama; Pearl River
2001	2	42	LA	Tommy Polley	LB	Florida State
2002	2	42	IND	Larry Tripplett	DT	Washington
2003	2	42	SEA	Ken Hamlin	DB	Arkansas
2004	2	42	TEN	Travis LaBoy	OLB	Hawaii; Utah State
2005	2	42	DAL	Kevin Burnett	OLB	Tennessee
2006	2	42	CHI	Danieal Manning	S	Abilene Christian
2007	2	42	IND	Tony Ugoh	G	Arkansas
2008	2	42	DEN	Eddie Royal	WR	Virginia Tech
2009	2	42	BUF	Jairus Byrd	DB	Oregon
2010	2	42	NE	Rob Gronkowski	TE	Arizona
2011	2	42	HOU	Brooks Reed	LB	Arizona
2012	2	42	MIA	Jonathan Martin	OT	Stanford
2013	2	42	LV	Menelik Watson	OT	Florida State; Saddleback Community College; Marist
2014	2	42	PHI	Jordan Matthews	TE	Vanderbilt
2015	2	42	ATL	Jalen Collins	CB	LSU
2016	2	42	BAL	Kamalei Correa	OLB	Boise State
2017	2	42	NO	Marcus Williams	FS	Utah
2018	2	42	MIA	Mike Gesicki	TE	Penn State
2019	2	42	DEN	Drew Lock	QB	Missouri
2020	2	42	JAX	Laviska Shenault Jr.	WR	Colorado
2021	2	42	MIA	Liam Eichenberg	OT	Notre Dame
2022	2	42	MIN	Andrew Booth	CB	Clemson
2023	2	42	GB	Luke Musgrave	TE	Oregon State
2024	2	42	HOU	Kamari Lassiter	CB	Georgia
2025	2	42	NYJ	Mason Taylor	TE	LSU