1st Overall NFL Draft Picks

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The Detroit Lions are on the clock for the first overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft? Who will they take with the #1 selection? Is one position taken more often than another position? Here is a list players who were 1st overall picks from past NFL drafts dating back to 1936.

1st Overall Draft Picks
Year	Player	Pos.	School	Drafted By
2009	Matt Stafford	QB	Georgia	Detroit
2008	Jake Long	OT	Michigan	Miami
2007	JaMarcus Russell	QB	LSU	Oakland
2006	Mario Williams	DE	North Carolina State	Houton
2005	Alex D. Smith	QB	Utah	San Francisco
2004	Eli Manning	QB	Mississippi	San Diego
2003	Carson Palmer	QB	USC	Cincinnati
2002	David Carr	QB	Fresno State	Houston
2001	Michael Vick	QB	Virginia Tech	Atlanta
2000	Courtney Brown	DE	Penn State	Cleveland
1999	Tim Couch	QB	Kentucky	Cleveland
1998	Peyton Manning	QB	Tennessee	Indianapolis
1997	Orlando Pace	T	Ohio State	St. Louis Rams
1996	Keyshawn Johnson	WR	USC	N.Y. Jets
1995	Ki-Jana Carter	RB	Penn State	Cincinnati
1994	Dan Wilkinson	DT	Ohio State	Cincinnati
1993	Drew Bledsoe	QB	Washington State	New England
1992	Steve Emtman	DT	Washington	Indianapolis
1991	Russell Maryland	DT	Miami (FL)	Dallas
1990	Jeff George	QB	Illinois	Indianapolis
1989	Troy Aikman	QB	UCLA	Dallas
1988	Aundray Bruce	LB	Auburn	Atlanta
1987	Vinny Testaverde	QB	Miami (FL)	Tampa Bay
1986	Bo Jackson	RB	Auburn	Tampa Bay
1985	Bruce Smith	DE	Virginia Tech	Buffalo
1984	Irving Fryar	WR	Nebraska	New England
1983	John Elway	QB	Stanford	Baltimore
1982	Kenneth Sims	DT	Texas	New England
1981	George Rogers	RB	South Carolina	New Orleans
1980	Billy Sims	RB	Oklahoma	Detroit
1979	Tom Cousineau	LB	Ohio State	Buffalo
1978	Earl Campbell	RB	Texas	Houston
1977	Ricky Bell	RB	USC	Tampa Bay
1976	Lee Roy Selmon	DE	Oklahoma	Tampa Bay
1975	Steve Bartkowski	QB	California	Atlanta
1974	Ed (Too Tall) Jones	DE	Tennessee State	Dallas
1973	John Matuszak	DE	Tampa	Houston
1972	Walt Patulski	DE	Notre Dame	Buffalo
1971	Jim Plunkett	QB	Stanford	New England
1970	Terry Bradshaw	QB	Louisiana Tech	Pittsburgh
1969	O.J. Simpson	RB	USC	Buffalo
1968	Ron Yary	T	USC	Minnesota
1967	Charles (Bubba) Smith	DT	Michigan State	Baltimore
1966	Jim Grabowski	RB	Illinois	Atlanta (N)
1966	Tommy Nobis	LB	Texas	Miami (A)
1965	Tucker Frederickson	RB	Auburn	N.Y. Giants (N)
1965	Joe Namath	QB	Alabama	Houston (A)
1964	Bob Brown	T	Nebraska	San Francisco (N)
1964	Dave Parks	WR	Texas Tech	Bos. Patriots (A)
1963	Terry Baker	QB	Oregon State	L.A. Rams (N)
1963	Buck Buchanan	DT	Grambling	Kansas City (A)
1962	Ernie Davis	RB	Syracuse	Washington (N)
1962	Roman Gabriel	QB	North Carolina State	Oakland (A)
1961	Bob Gaiters	RB	New Mexico State	Minnesota (N)
1961	Tommy Mason	RB	Tulane	Buffalo (A)
1960	Billy Cannon	RB	Louisiana State	Los Angeles
1959	Randy Duncan	QB	Iowa	Green Bay
1958	King Hill	QB	Rice	Chi. Cardinals
1957	Paul Hornung	RB	Notre Dame	Green Bay
1956	Gary Glick	QB	Colorado State	Pittsburgh
1955	George Shaw	QB	Oregon	Baltimore
1954	Bobby Garrett	QB	Stanford	Cleveland
1953	Harry Babcock	E	Georgia	San Francisco
1952	Billy Wade	QB	Vanderbilt	L.A. Rams
1951	Kyle Rote	B	Southern Methodist	N.Y. Giants
1950	Leon Hart	E	Notre Dame	Detroit
1949	Chuck Bednarik	C	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia
1948	Harry Gilmer	QB	Alabama	Washington
1947	Bob Fenimore	B	Oklahoma State	Chicago
1946	Frank (Boley) Dancewicz	QB	Notre Dame	Boston
1945	Charley Trippi	B	Georgia	Chi. Cardinals
1944	Angelo Bertelli	QB	Notre Dame	Boston Yanks
1943	Frank Sinkwich	RB	Georgia	Detroit
1942	Bill Dudley	B	Virginia	Pittsburgh
1941	Tom Harmon	B	Michigan	Chi. Bears
1940	George Cafego	B	Tennessee	Chi. Cardinals
1939	Ki Aldrich	C	Texas Christian	Chi. Cardinals
1938	Corbett Davis	B	Indiana	Clev. Rams
1937	Sam Francis	B	Nebraska	Philadelphia
1936	Jay Berwanger	B	Chicago	Philadelphia