List of Los Angeles Rams first-round draft picks explained

The Los Angeles Rams, a professional American football team based in Los Angeles, joined the National Football League (NFL) as the Cleveland Rams in 1937.[1] The Rams began playing in 1936 as a charter member of the second American Football League.[1] Although the NFL granted membership to the same owner, the NFL considers it a separate entity.[1] In 1946, Rams' owner Dan Reeves, fed up with poor attendance at Cleveland Stadium, moved the Rams to Los Angeles, and the team played there from 1946 to 1979.[1] Before his death in 1979, later Rams owner Carroll Rosenbloom planned a move within the Los Angeles metropolitan area to Anaheim, using the venue now known as Angel Stadium, and his widow and successor Georgia Frontiere went through with the move in 1980, with the team still officially representing Los Angeles.[1] The Rams moved to St. Louis in 1995 and renamed the team St. Louis Rams.[1] In January 2016, the Rams and the NFL announced that the team would return to Los Angeles. The team initially played at its original L.A. venue, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum from 2016-2019, while awaiting the 2020 opening of its new stadium in suburban Inglewood.[2]

The Rams first participated in the 1938 NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting, more commonly known as the NFL draft.[3] The Rams did have a 1937 pick, but it was picked by the NFL for an expansion team and later the Rams were later admitted into the league before the 1937 season.[4] Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through the NFL Draft.[3] 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.[5]

The Rams' first selection as an NFL team was Johnny Drake, a fullback from Purdue in 1937.[6] The Rams have selected the number one overall six times, drafting Corbett Davis in 1938, Billy Cannon in 1960, Terry Baker in 1963, Orlando Pace in 1997, Sam Bradford in 2010, and Jared Goff in 2016. The Rams have drafted second overall seven times and the third overall two times.[6] Five eventual Hall of Famers were selected by the Rams: Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, Merlin Olsen, Tom Mack, Jack Youngblood, and Eric Dickerson.[7] The team's most recent first round selections are Greg Robinson, an offensive tackle from Auburn,[6] Aaron Donald, a defensive tackle from Pittsburgh, Todd Gurley, a running back from Georgia, and Jared Goff, a quarterback from California. Each draftee of team has made an average earning of $99,082,510 over the course his career.

Key

RBRunning backFBFullback
HBHalfbackQBQuarterback
DEDefensive endCCenter
LBLinebackerTOffensive tackle
TETight endDBDefensive back
WRWide receiverDTDefensive tackle
SSafetyCBCornerback
Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Selected number one overall

Player selection

YearPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
193710Johnny DrakeFBPurdue
19381Corbett Davis *FBIndiana
19393Parker HallQBMississippi
19405Olie CordillHBRice
19414Rudy MuchaGWashington
19422Jack WilsonHBBaylor
19435Mike HolovakFBBoston College
194411Tony ButkovichBIllinois
19455Crazy Legs HirschOEMichigan
194610Emil SitkoHBNotre Dame
19479Herman WedemeyerBSaint Mary's (California)
1948 No pick
19497Bobby ThomasonQBVMI
19509Ralph PasquarielloFBVillanova
195012Stan WestGOklahoma
195111Bud McFadinDTTexas
195213Bob CareyDEMichigan State
19539Donn MoomawCUCLA
195312Ed BarkerDEWashington State
195410Ed BeattyCMississippi
19557Larry MorrisCGeorgia Tech
19566Joe MarconiHBWest Virginia
195611Charlie HortonHBVanderbilt
19572Jon ArnettHBUSC
11Del ShofnerHBBaylor
19584Lou MichaelsDTKentucky
5Jim PhillipsDEAuburn
19592Dick BassHBPacific
9Paul DicksonDTBaylor
19601Billy Cannon *RBLSU
19614Marlin McKeeverLBUSC
19622Roman GabrielQBNorth Carolina State
3Merlin OlsenDTUtah State
19631Terry Baker *RBOregon State
10Rufus GuthrieGGeorgia Tech
19647Bill MunsonQBUtah State
19659Clancy WilliamsHBWashington State
19662Tom MackOTMichigan
1967 No pick
1968
19698Larry SmithRBFlorida
10Jim SeymourSENotre Dame
21Bob KleinTEUSC
197022Jack ReynoldsLBTennessee
197110Isiah RobertsonLBSouthern
20Jack YoungbloodDEFlorida
1972 No pick
1973
197411John CappellettiRBPenn State
19759Mike FanningDTNotre Dame
11Dennis HarrahGMiami (Florida)
20Doug FranceTOhio State
197626Kevin McLainLBColorado State
197723Bob BrudzinskiLBOhio State
197820Elvis PeacockRBOklahoma
197919George AndrewsLBNebraska
26Kent HillTGeorgia Tech
198017Johnnie JohnsonSTexas
19819Mel OwensLBMichigan
198214Barry ReddenRBRichmond
19832Eric DickersonRBSouthern Methodist
1984 No pick
198521Jerry GraySTexas
198623Mike SchadTQueen's (Canada)
1987 No pick
198814Gaston GreenRBUCLA
20Aaron CoxWRArizona State
198921Bill HawkinsDEMiami (Florida)
26Cleveland GaryRBMiami
199023Bern BrostekDWashington
19915Todd LyghtCBNotre Dame
19923Sean GilbertDLPittsburgh
199310Jerome BettisRBNotre Dame
199415Wayne GandyTAuburn
19956Kevin CarterDEFlorida
19966Lawrence PhillipsRBNebraska
18Eddie KennisonWRLouisiana State
19971Orlando PaceTOhio State
19986Grant WistromDENebraska
19996Torry HoltWRNorth Carolina State
200031Trung CanidateRBArizona
200112Damione LewisDTMiami (Florida)
20Adam ArchuletaDBArizona State
29Ryan PickettDTOhio State
200231Robert ThomasLBUCLA
200312Jimmy KennedyDTPenn State
200424Steven JacksonRBOregon State
200519Alex BarronOTFlorida State
200615Tye HillCBClemson
200713Adam CarrikerDENebraska
20082Chris LongDEVirginia
20092Jason SmithOTBaylor
20101Sam BradfordQBOklahoma
201114Robert QuinnDENorth Carolina
201214Michael BrockersDTLSU
20138Tavon AustinWRWest Virginia
30Alec OgletreeLBGeorgia
20142Greg RobinsonOTAuburn
13Aaron DonaldDTPittsburgh
201510Todd GurleyRBGeorgia
20161Jared GoffQBCalifornia
2017 No pick (traded to Tennessee to select Jared Goff)
2018 No pick (traded to New England for Brandin Cooks)
2019No pick (traded to Atlanta for more picks)
2020No pick (traded to Jacksonville for Jalen Ramsey)
2021
2022No pick (traded to Detroit for Matthew Stafford)
2023
202419Jared VerseDEFlorida State

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Notes and References

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