{"id":30564,"date":"2023-12-30T17:59:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T23:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/?p=30564"},"modified":"2025-08-04T11:40:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:40:57","slug":"list-of-quarterbacks-drafted-1-in-nfl-draft-overall-by-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/list-of-quarterbacks-drafted-1-in-nfl-draft-overall-by-year\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Quarterbacks Drafted #1 Overall in NFL Draft by Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"883\" height=\"492\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/List-of-Quarterbacks-Drafted-1-in-NFL-Draft.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30582 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/List-of-Quarterbacks-Drafted-1-in-NFL-Draft.png 883w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/List-of-Quarterbacks-Drafted-1-in-NFL-Draft-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/List-of-Quarterbacks-Drafted-1-in-NFL-Draft-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/List-of-Quarterbacks-Drafted-1-in-NFL-Draft-600x334.png 600w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/List-of-Quarterbacks-Drafted-1-in-NFL-Draft-108x60.png 108w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/List-of-Quarterbacks-Drafted-1-in-NFL-Draft-162x90.png 162w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"883\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/List-of-Quarterbacks-Drafted-1-in-NFL-Draft.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30582 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/List-of-Quarterbacks-Drafted-1-in-NFL-Draft.png 883w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/List-of-Quarterbacks-Drafted-1-in-NFL-Draft-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/List-of-Quarterbacks-Drafted-1-in-NFL-Draft-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/List-of-Quarterbacks-Drafted-1-in-NFL-Draft-600x334.png 600w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/List-of-Quarterbacks-Drafted-1-in-NFL-Draft-108x60.png 108w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/List-of-Quarterbacks-Drafted-1-in-NFL-Draft-162x90.png 162w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The reason this post exists was to find our where Bryce Young&#8217;s rookie season stacked up historically. I was shocked to not find a simple list of all quarterbacks drafted #1 overall in the NFL Draft. So I made this. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the 2023 NFL Draft, 88 players have been selected first overall. 35 quarterbacks have been selected as the first overall pick. 40% of the time a QB has been selected #1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A quarterback was not selected as the #1 pick until 1944. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two things you will notice about this list immediately:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The same teams draft QBs #1 overall consistently.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Colts have done it 5 times. <br>The Rams have done it 4 times. <br>The Browns have done it 3 times.<br>The Patriots have done it twice.<br>The Bengals have done it twice.<br>The Falcons have done it twice.<br>The Panthers have done it twice.<br>The Buccaneers have done it twice.<br>The Boston Yanks did it twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The phenomenon of drafting a quarterback number one overall is a recent trend.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As noted above it took 8 drafts for a QB to go #1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the span of the last 26 years from 1998 to 2024, QBs were selected first overall 20 times. 76% of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here are the 36 QBs that have been drafted #1 overall:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1944 \u2014 QB Angelo Bertelli, Boston Yanks<br>1946 \u2014 QB Frank Dancewicz, Boston Yanks<br>1952 \u2014 QB Bill Wade, Los Angeles Rams<br>1954 \u2014 QB Bobby Garrett, Cleveland Browns<br>1955 \u2014 QB George Shaw, Baltimore Colts<br>1958 \u2014 QB King Hill, Chicago Cardinals<br>1959 \u2014 QB Randy Duncan, Green Bay Packers<br>1963 \u2014 QB Terry Baker, Los Angeles Rams<br>1970 \u2014 QB Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh Steelers<br>1971 \u2014 QB Jim Plunkett, New England Patriots<br>1975 \u2014 QB Steve Bartkowski, Atlanta Falcons<br>1983 \u2014 QB John Elway, Baltimore Colts<br>1987 \u2014 QB Vinny Testaverde, Tampa Bay Buccaneers<br>1989 \u2014 QB Troy Aikman, Dallas Cowboys<br>1990 \u2014 QB Jeff George, Indianapolis Colts<br>1993 \u2014 QB Drew Bledsoe, New England Patriots<br>1998 \u2014 QB Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts<br>1999 \u2014 QB Tim Couch, Cleveland Browns<br>2001 \u2014 QB Michael Vick, Atlanta Falcons<br>2002 \u2014 QB David Carr, Houston Texans<br>2003 \u2014 QB Carson Palmer, Cincinnati Bengals<br>2004 \u2014 QB Eli Manning, New York Giants<br>2005 \u2014 QB Alex Smith, San Francisco 49ers<br>2007 \u2014 QB JaMarcus Russell, Oakland Raiders<br>2009 \u2014 QB Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions<br>2010 \u2014 QB Sam Bradford, St. Louis Rams<br>2011 \u2014 QB Cam Newton, Carolina Panthers<br>2012 \u2014 QB Andrew Luck, Indianapolis Colts<br>2015 \u2014 QB Jameis Winston, Tampa Bay Buccaneers<br>2016 \u2014 QB Jared Goff, Los Angeles Rams<br>2018 \u2014 QB Baker Mayfield, Cleveland Browns<br>2019 \u2014 QB Kyler Murray, Arizona Cardinals<br>2020 \u2014 QB Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals<br>2021 \u2014 QB Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville Jaguars<br>2023 \u2014 QB Bryce Young, Carolina Panthers<br>2024 \u2014 QB Cam Ward, Tennessee Titans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Random NFL Draft Quarterback Factoids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first NFL Draft after the NFL and AFL merger was in 1970. 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