Since becoming a franchise in 1967, the Saints have drafted 53 players in the first round of the NFL draft. There have been studs drafted like hall of fame tackle Willie Roaf, and there were busts drafted like Stephone Anthony.
As to who every one of these 53 player are, let’s take a look at every Saints 1st round pick since becoming a franchise:
1967: LB – Les Kelley, pick 26
1968: DT – Kevin Hardy, pick 7
1969: G – John Shinners, pick 17
1970: WR – Ken Burrough, pick 10
1971: QB – Archie Manning, pick 2
1972: G – Royce Smith, pick 8
1974: LB – Rick Middleton, pick 13
1975: G – Kurt Schumacher, pick 12
1975: WR – Larry Burton, pick 7
1976: RB – Chuck Muncle, pick 3
1977: DE – Joe Campbell, pick 7
1978: WR – Wes Chandler, pick 3
1979: P – Russell Erxleben, pick 11
1980: T – Stan Brock, pick 12
1981: RB – George Rogers, pick 1
1982: WR – Lindsey Scott, pick 13
1985: LB – Alvin Toles, pick 24
1986: G – Jim Dombrowski, pick 6
1987: DE – Shawn Knight, pick 11
1988: RB – Craig Heyward, pick 24
1989: DE – Wayne Martin, pick 19
1990: DE – Renaldo Turnbull, pick 14
1992: RB – Vaughn Dunbar, pick 21
1993: TE – Irv Smith, pick 20
1993: T – Willie Roaf, pick 8
1994: DE – Joe Johnson, pick 13
1995: LB – Mark Fields, pick 13
1996: DB – Alex Molden, pick 11
1997: G – Chris Naeole, pick 10
1998: T – Kyle Turley, pick 7
1999: RB – Ricky Williams, pick 2
2001: RB – Deuce McAllister, pick 23
2002: DE – Charles Grant, pick 25
2002: WR – Donte Stallworth, pick 13
2003: DT – Johnathan Sullivan, pick 6
2004: DE – Will Smith, pick 18
2005: T – Jammal Brown, pick 13
2006: RB – Reggie Bush, pick 2
2007: WR – Robert Meachem, pick 27
2008: DT – Sedrick Ellis, pick 7
2009: DB – Malcolm Jenkins, pick 14
2010: DB – Patrick Robinson, pick 32
2011: DE – Cam Jordan, pick 24
2011: RB – Mark Ingram, pick 28
2013: DB – Kenny Vaccaro, pick 15
2014: WR – Brandin Cooks, pick 20
2015: ILB – Stephone Anthony, pick 31
2015: G – Andrus Peat, pick 13
2016: DT – Sheldon Rankins, pick 12
2017: DB – Marshon Lattimore, pick 11
2017: T – Ryan Ramczyk, pick 32
2018: DE – Marcus Davenport, pick 14
2020: C/G – Cesar Ruiz, pick 24
Written By Kadin Janisch
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