History of the #96 Overall Pick

Summary

Every player taken with the 96th overall pick in our database, 1967–2025. The most productive by games played is Jerick McKinnon (118), drafted in 2014. WR is the most common position selected at this slot (9 times).

Every #96 Overall Pick

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	4	96	OAK	James Roy Jackson	WR	Oklahoma
1968	4	96	ARI	Joe Schniesing	LB	New Mexico State
1969	4	96	TEN	Roy Gerela	PK	New Mexico State
1970	4	96	GB	Skip Butler	PK	Texas-Arlington
1971	4	96	NYG	David Tipton	DT	Stanford
1972	4	96	SF	Windlan Hall	DB	Arizona State
1973	4	96	DET	Jim Hooks	RB	Central Oklahoma
1974	4	96	ATL	Vince Kendrick	RB	Florida
1975	4	96	DAL	Randy Hughes	DB	Oklahoma
1976	4	96	LAR	Gerald Taylor	WR	Texas A&M-Kingsville
1977	4	96	DET	Luther Blue	WR	Iowa State
1978	4	96	LA	George Collins	G	Georgia
1979	4	96	NYJ	Eric Cunningham	G	Penn State
1980	4	96	NO	Mike Jolly	DB	Michigan
1981	4	96	MIA	Brad Wright	QB	New Mexico
1982	4	96	DET	Bruce McNorton	DB	Georgetown College (KY)
1983	4	96	LA	Mark Duda	DT	Maryland
1984	4	96	CLE	Rickey Bolden	OT	SMU
1985	4	96	LAC	Ralf Mojsiejenko	P	Michigan State
1986	4	96	SF	Charles Haley	DE	James Madison
1987	4	96	NO	Steve Trapilo	G	Boston College
1989	4	96	NE	Maurice Hurst	CB	Southern
1990	4	96	KC	Fred Jones	WR	Grambling State
1991	4	96	IND	Mark Vander Poel	OT	Colorado
1992	4	96	NYJ	Keo Coleman	LB	Mississippi State; Navarro
1993	4	96	DAL	Ron Stone	OT	Boston College
1994	3	96	KC	Chris Penn	WR	Tulsa; Northeast Oklahoma
1995	3	96	BUF	Damien Covington	ILB	N.C. State
1996	4	96	TB	Jason Odom	OT	Florida
1997	3	96	MIA	Brent Smith	OT	Mississippi State
1998	4	96	LA	Az-Zahir Hakim	WR	San Diego State
1999	4	96	IND	Paul Miranda	DB	UCF; Copiah-Lincoln Junior College; Holmes County JC
2000	4	96	NO	Terrelle Smith	FB	Arizona State
2001	4	96	NE	Kenyatta Jones	OT	University of South Florida
2002	3	96	DEN	Dorsett Davis	DT	Mississippi State; Mississippi Delta CC
2003	3	96	LV	Justin Fargas	RB	USC; Michigan
2004	3	96	CIN	Landon Johnson	MLB	Purdue
2005	3	96	TEN	Brandon Jones	WR	Oklahoma
2006	3	96	NYG	Gerris Wilkinson	OLB	Georgia Tech
2007	3	96	LAC	Anthony Waters	LB	Clemson
2008	3	96	WAS	Chad Rinehart	G	Northern Iowa
2009	3	96	PIT	Keenan Lewis	CB	Oregon State
2010	3	96	CIN	Brandon Ghee	S	Wake Forest
2011	3	96	GB	Alex Green	RB	Hawaii; Butte College
2011	3	96	GB	Alexander Green	RB	Hawai'i
2012	4	96	STL	Chris Givens	WR	Wake Forest
2013	3	96	KC	Knile Davis	RB	Arkansas
2014	3	96	MIN	Jerick McKinnon	RB	Georgia Southern
2015	3	96	CLE	Xavier Cooper	DE	Washington State
2016	3	96	NE	Vincent Valentine	DT	Nebraska
2017	3	96	DET	Kenny Golladay	WR	Northern Illinois; North Dakota
2018	3	96	BUF	Harrison Phillips	DT	Stanford
2019	3	96	BUF	Dawson Knox	TE	Mississippi
2020	3	96	KC	Lucas Niang	OT	TCU
2021	3	96	NE	Ronnie Perkins	LB	Oklahoma
2022	3	96	IND	Nick Cross	SAF	Maryland
2023	3	96	DET	Brodric Martin	DT	Western Kentucky
2024	3	96	JAX	Jarrian Jones	CB	Florida State; Mississippi State
2025	3	96	ATL	Xavier Watts	SAF	Notre Dame