Tim Brown, one of the Raiders' 1988 first round picks and a Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee

The Las Vegas Raiders are a professional American football team based in Paradise, Nevada. They are a member of the American Football Conference West Division (AFC West). The team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League, which merged with the National Football League in 1970. In 1982, the team relocated to Los Angeles, where they remained until the franchise returned to Oakland in 1995, where they remained until 2019 when they once again relocated, this time to the Las Vegas area. The franchise has selected 61 players in the first round, one of these being the first overall pick.

The NFL Draft, which is officially known as the "Player Selection Meeting",[1] is held each April. The draft is used as the primary means to distribute newly available talent (primarily from college football) equitably amongst the teams. Selections are made in reverse order based on the previous season's record, i.e., the club with the worst record from the previous season selects first. Through 2009, only two exceptions were made to this order: the Super Bowl champion always selects last (32nd), and the Super Bowl loser second to last (31st). Beginning in 2010, teams making the playoffs have been seeded in reverse order depending upon how far they advance.[2] The draft consists of seven rounds. Teams have the option of trading selections for players, cash and/or other selections (including future year selections). 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.[3]

The Raiders have selected first once. They have also selected the second overall pick twice. Ohio State University and the University of Alabama both have the most players chosen by the Raiders from one university, with five selections each.

Key

Table key
^ Indicates the player was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
 *  Selected number one overall
— The Raiders 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

Sebastian Janikowski was the Raiders' 2000 first round pick
Charles Woodson was one of the Raiders' first round picks in 1998
D. J. Hayden was the Raiders' first round picks in 2013
Robert Gallery was the Raiders' first round pick in 2004
Las Vegas Raiders first-round draft picks
Year Pick Player name Position College
1960 N/A Dale Hackbart DB Wisconsin
1961 4 Joe Rutgens DT Illinois
1962 2 Roman Gabriel QB NC State
1963 — — No pick — —
1964 7 Tony Lorick RB Arizona State
1965 3 Harry Schuh T Memphis
1966 — — No pick — —
1967 17 Gene Upshaw^ G Texas A&M-Kingsville
1968 25 Eldridge Dickey WR Tennessee State
1969 22 Art Thoms DT Syracuse
1970 24 Raymond Chester TE Morgan State
1971 19 Jack Tatum DB Ohio State
1972 21 Mike Siani WR Villanova
1973 23 Ray Guy^ P Southern Mississippi
1974 19 Henry Lawrence T Florida A&M
1975 24 Neal Colzie DB Ohio State
1976 — — No pick — —
1977 — — No pick — —
1978 — — No pick — —
1979 — — No pick — —
1980 15 Marc Wilson QB BYU
1981 21 Ted Watts DB Texas Tech
23 Curt Marsh G Washington
1982 10 Marcus Allen^ RB USC
1983 26 Don Mosebar C USC
1984 — — No pick — —
1985 23 Jessie Hester WR Florida State
1986 24 Bob Buczkowski DE Pittsburgh
1987 15 John Clay T Missouri
1988 6 Tim Brown^ WR Notre Dame
9 Terry McDaniel DB Tennessee
25 Scott Davis DT Illinois
1989 — — No pick — —
1990 11 Anthony Smith DE Arizona
1991 24 Todd Marinovich QB USC
1992 16 Chester McGlockton DT Clemson
1993 12 Patrick Bates DB Texas A&M
1994 22 Rob Fredrickson LB Michigan State
1995 18 Napoleon Kaufman RB Washington
1996 9 Rickey Dudley TE Ohio State
1997 2 Darrell Russell DT USC
1998 4 Charles Woodson^ DB Michigan
23 Mo Collins G Florida
1999 18 Matt Stinchcomb G Georgia
2000 17 Sebastian Janikowski PK Florida State
2001 28 Derrick Gibson DB Florida State
2002 17 Phillip Buchanon DB Miami
23 Napoleon Harris LB Northwestern
2003 31 Nnamdi Asomugha DB California
32 Tyler Brayton DE Colorado
2004 2 Robert Gallery T Iowa
2005 23 Fabian Washington DB Nebraska
2006 7 Michael Huff DB Texas
2007 1 JaMarcus Russell* QB LSU
2008 4 Darren McFadden RB Arkansas
2009 7 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR Maryland
2010 8 Rolando McClain LB Alabama
2011 — — No pick — —
2012 — — No pick — —
2013 12 D. J. Hayden DB Houston
2014 5 Khalil Mack LB Buffalo
2015 4 Amari Cooper WR Alabama
2016 14 Karl Joseph S West Virginia
2017 24 Gareon Conley CB Ohio State
2018 15 Kolton Miller T UCLA
2019 4 Clelin Ferrell DE Clemson
24 Josh Jacobs RB Alabama
27 Johnathan Abram S Mississippi State
2020 12 Henry Ruggs WR Alabama
19 Damon Arnette CB Ohio State
2021 17 Alex Leatherwood OT Alabama
2022 — — No pick — —
2023 7 Tyree Wilson DE Texas Tech

References

General

Specific

  1. ^ Branch, John (April 9, 2000). "The 2000 Liars Club/ Draft makes Broncos coach cloak intentions". The Gazette (Colorado Springs). Archived from the original on October 23, 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
  2. ^ Duffy, Mike (March 26, 2009). "New Draft Order, More Rule Changes". BaltimoreRavens.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-29. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
  3. ^ Alder, James. "NFL Draft Basics:Determining Order of Selection". About.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2008.
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