List of Cincinnati Bengals first-round draft picks

File:Anthony Muñoz.jpg

Anthony Muñoz, the Bengals' 1980 first round pick and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee

The Cincinnati Bengals are a National Football League (NFL) franchise founded as an expansion team of the American Football League in 1968. They joined the National Football League as a result of the 1970 AFL–NFL merger. The Bengals' first draft selection was Bob Johnson, a center from the University of Tennessee. The team's most recent first round selection was Billy Price, a center from the Ohio State University. The Bengals have selected the number one overall pick in the draft three times. They have also selected the second overall pick two times and the third overall pick four times. The team's four selections from the University of Alabama are the most chosen by the Bengals from one university.

Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as "the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", which is more commonly known as the NFL Draft. Teams are ranked in inverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, and the second worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades.

The Bengals traded their 1989 first round draft pick to the Atlanta Falcons for Atlanta's 1989 second round, fourth round, and tenth round draft picks.

Key

Table key

^	Indicates the player was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
*	Selected number one overall
†	Indicates the player was selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.
—	The Bengals did not draft a player in the first round that year.
Year	Each year links to an article about that particular NFL Draft.
Pick	Indicates the number of the pick within the first round
Position	Indicates the position of the player in the NFL
College	The player's college football team

Player selections

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Two-time Heisman trophy winner Archie Griffin was one of the Bengals' first round picks in 1976

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Carson Palmer was the first overall pick of the 2003 NFL Draft

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A.J. Green was the Bengals' first round pick in 2011

Cincinnati Bengals first-round draft picks

Year	Pick	Player name	Position	College	Notes
1968	&00000000000000020000002	Johnson, BobBob Johnson	C	Tennessee	AFL All-Star, #54 retired by Bengals.
1969	&00000000000000050000005	Cook, GregGreg Cook	QB	Cincinnati	AFL Rookie of the Year
1970	&00000000000000070000007	Reid, MikeMike Reid	DT	Penn State	2-time Pro Bowler, 2-time All-Pro.
1971	&000000000000001500000015	Holland, VernonVernon Holland	OT	Tennessee State
1972	&00000000000000020000002	White, ShermanSherman White	DE	California
1973	&000000000000001500000015	Curtis, IsaacIsaac Curtis	WR	San Diego State	4-time Pro Bowler, 3-time All-Pro
1974	&000000000000002300000023	Kollar, BillBill Kollar	DE	Montana State
1975	&000000000000001400000014	Cameron, GlennGlenn Cameron	DE	Florida
1976	&000000000000001100000011	Brooks, BillyBilly Brooks	WR	Oklahoma
	&000000000000002400000024	Griffin, ArchieArchie Griffin	RB	Ohio State	2-time Heisman Trophy winner
1977	&00000000000000030000003	Edwards, EddieEddie Edwards	DE	Miami
	&00000000000000080000008	Whitley, WilsonWilson Whitley	DT	Houston
	&000000000000002200000022	Cobb, MikeMike Cobb	TE	Michigan State
1978	&00000000000000080000008	Browner, RossRoss Browner	DE	Notre Dame
	&000000000000001600000016	Bush, BlairBlair Bush	C	Washington
1979	&00000000000000030000003	Thompson, JackJack Thompson	QB	Washington State
	&000000000000001200000012	Alexander, CharlesCharles Alexander	RB	Louisiana State
1980	&00000000000000030000003	Muñoz, AnthonyAnthony Muñoz^	OT	USC	11-time Pro Bowler, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
1981	&000000000000001000000010	Verser, DavidDavid Verser	WR	Kansas
1982	&000000000000002600000026	Collins, GlenGlen Collins	DE	Mississippi State
1983	&000000000000002500000025	Rimington, DaveDave Rimington	C	Nebraska	2-time Outland Trophy winner, Lombardi Award winner
1984	&00000000000000070000007	Hunley, RickyRicky Hunley	LB	Arizona	College Football Hall of Fame inductee
	&000000000000001600000016	Koch, PetePete Koch	NT	Maryland
	&000000000000002800000028	Blados, BrianBrian Blados	OT	North Carolina
1985	&000000000000001300000013	Brown, EddieEddie Brown	WR	Miami	1-time Pro Bowler
	&000000000000002500000025	King, EmanuelEmanuel King	LB	Alabama
1986	&000000000000001100000011	Kelly, JoeJoe Kelly	LB	Washington
	&000000000000002100000021	McGee, TimTim McGee	WR	Tennessee
1987	&000000000000001700000017	Buck, JasonJason Buck	DL	BYU
1988	&00000000000000050000005	Dixon, RickeyRickey Dixon	DB	Oklahoma
1989	— No pick				The Bengals traded their first round draft pick to the Atlanta Falcons
1990	&000000000000001200000012	Francis, JamesJames Francis	LB	Baylor
1991	&000000000000001800000018	Williams, AlfredAlfred Williams	DE	Colorado	1-time Pro Bowler
1992	&00000000000000060000006	Klingler, DavidDavid Klingler	QB	Houston
	&000000000000002800000028	Williams, DarrylDarryl Williams	DB	Miami
1993	&00000000000000050000005	Copeland, JohnJohn Copeland	DE	Alabama
1994	&00000000000000010000001	Wilkinson, DanDan Wilkinson*	DT	Ohio State
1995	&00000000000000010000001	Carter, Ki-JanaKi-Jana Carter*	RB	Penn State
1996	&000000000000001000000010	Anderson, WillieWillie Anderson	OT	Auburn	4-time Pro Bowler
1997	&000000000000001400000014	Wilson, ReinardReinard Wilson	LB	Florida State
1998	&000000000000001300000013	Spikes, TakeoTakeo Spikes	LB	Auburn	2-time Pro Bowler
	&000000000000001700000017	Simmons, BrianBrian Simmons	LB	North Carolina
1999	&00000000000000030000003	Smith, AkiliAkili Smith	QB	Oregon
2000	&00000000000000040000004	Warrick, PeterPeter Warrick	WR	Florida State
2001	&00000000000000040000004	Smith, JustinJustin Smith	DE	Missouri	5-time Pro Bowler
2002	&000000000000001000000010	Jones, LeviLevi Jones	OT	Arizona
2003	&00000000000000010000001	Palmer, CarsonCarson Palmer*	QB	USC	2-time Pro Bowler, Heisman Trophy winner
2004	&000000000000002600000026	Perry, ChrisChris Perry	RB	Michigan	Doak Walker Award winner
2005	&000000000000001700000017	Pollack, DavidDavid Pollack	LB	Georgia	Chuck Bednarik Award winner, Lott Trophy winner, Lombardi Award winner, 2-time Ted Hendricks Award winner
2006	&000000000000002400000024	Joseph, JohnathanJohnathan Joseph	DB	South Carolina	2-time Pro Bowler
2007	&000000000000001800000018	Hall, LeonLeon Hall	DB	Michigan
2008	&00000000000000090000009	Rivers, KeithKeith Rivers	LB	USC
2009	&00000000000000060000006	Smith, AndreAndre Smith	OT	Alabama
2010	&000000000000002100000021	Gresham, JermaineJermaine Gresham	TE	Oklahoma	2-time Pro Bowler
2011	&00000000000000040000004	Green, A. J.A. J. Green	WR	Georgia	7-time Pro Bowler
2012	&000000000000001700000017	Kirkpatrick, DreDre Kirkpatrick	DB	Alabama
	&000000000000002700000027	Zeitler, KevinKevin Zeitler	OG	Wisconsin
2013	&000000000000002100000021	Eifert, TylerTyler Eifert	TE	Notre Dame	1-time Pro Bowler
2014	&000000000000002400000024	Dennard, DarquezeDarqueze Dennard	DB	Michigan State	Jim Thorpe Award winner
2015	&000000000000002100000021	Ogbuehi, CedricCedric Ogbuehi	OT	Texas A&M
2016	&000000000000002400000024	Jackson III, WilliamWilliam Jackson III	DB	Houston
2017	&00000000000000090000009	Ross, JohnJohn Ross	WR	Washington
2018	&000000000000002100000021	Price, BillyBilly Price	C	Ohio State
2019	&000000000000001100000011	Williams, JonahJonah Williams	OT	Alabama

References

General

• "Cincinnati Bengals Draft History". Pro-Football-Reference. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cin/draft.htm. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
• Alder, James. "NFL Draft Basics:Determining Order of Selection". About.com. http://football.about.com/od/miscinformation/a/detdraftorder.htm. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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