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Detroit Lions First-Round Draft History
From The Sports Network
| Year | Player | POS | College |
| 2013 | Ezekiel Ansah | DE | B-Y-U |
| 2012 | Riley Reiff | OT | Iowa |
| 2011 | Nick Fairley | DT | Auburn |
| 2010 | Ndamukong Suh | DT | Nebraska |
| Jahvid Best | RB | California |
| 2009 | Matthew Stafford | QB | Georgia |
| Brandon Pettigrew | TE | Oklahoma State |
| 2008 | Gosder Cherilus | OT | Boston College |
| 2007 | Calvin Johnson | WR | Georgia Tech |
| 2006 | Ernie Sims | LB | Florida State |
| 2005 | Mike Williams | WR | U-S-C |
| 2004 | Roy Williams | WR | Texas |
| Kevin Jones | RB | Virginia Tech |
| 2003 | Charles Rogers | WR | Michigan State |
| 2002 | Joey Harrington | QB | Oregon |
| 2001 | Jeff Backus | OT | Michigan |
| 2000 | Stockar McDougle | OT | Oklahoma |
| 1999 | Chris Clairborne | LB | U-S-C |
| Aaron Gibson | OT | Wisconsin |
| 1998 | Terry Fair | CB | Tennessee |
| 1997 | Bryant Westbrook | CB | Texas |
| 1996 | Reggie Brown | LB | Texas A&M |
| Jeff Hartings | OG | Penn State |
| 1995 | Luther Elliss | DT | Utah |
| 1994 | Johnnie Morton | WR | U-S-C |
| 1993 | No Selection | | |
| 1992 | Robert Porcher | DE | South Carolina State |
| 1991 | Herman Moore | WR | Virginia |
| 1990 | Andre Ware | QB | Houston |
| 1989 | Barry Sanders | RB | Oklahoma State |
| 1988 | Bennie Blades | DB | Miami-Florida |
| 1987 | Reggie Rogers | DE | Washington |
| 1986 | Chuck Long | QB | Iowa |
| 1985 | Lomas Borwn | OT | Florida |
| 1984 | David Lews | TE | California |
| 1983 | James Jones | RB | Florida |
| 1982 | Jimmy Williams | LB | Nebraska |
| 1981 | Mark Nichols | WR | San Jose State |
| 1980 | Billy Sims | RB | Oklahoma |
| 1979 | Keith Dorney | OT | Penn State |
| 1978 | Luther Bradley | DB | Notre Dame |
| 1977 | No Selection | | |
| 1976 | James Hunter | DB | Grambling |
| Lawrence Gaines | RB | Wyoming |
| 1975 | Lynn Boden | OG | South Dakota State |
| 1974 | Ed O Neill | LB | Penn State |
| 1973 | Ernie Price | DE | Texas A&I |
| 1972 | Herb Orvis | DE | Colorado |
| 1971 | Bob Bell | DT | Cincinnati |
| 1970 | Steve Owens | RB | Oklahoma |
| 1969 | No Selection | | |
| 1968 | Greg Landry | QB | Massachusetts |
| Earl McCullouch | WR | U-S-C |
| 1967 | Mel Farr | RB | U-C-L-A |
| 1966 | No Selection | | |
| 1965 | Tom Nowatzke | RB | Indiana |
| 1964 | Pete Beathard | QB | U-S-C |
| 1963 | Daryl Sanders | OT | Ohio State |
| 1962 | John Hadl | QB | Kansas |
| 1961 | No Selection | | |
| 1960 | John Robinson | S | L-S-U |
| 1959 | Nick Pietrosante | B | Notre Dame |
| 1958 | Alex Karras | OT | Iowa |
| 1957 | Bill Glass | OG | Baylor |
| 1956 | Hopalong Cassidy | B | Ohio State |
| 1955 | Dave Middleton | B | Auburn |
| 1954 | Dick Chapman | OT | Rice |
| 1953 | Harley Sewell | OG | Texas |
| 1952 | No Selection | | |
| 1951 | No Selection | | |
| 1950 | Leon Hart | E | Notre Dame |
| Joe Watson | C | Rice |
| 1949 | John Rauch | B | Georgia |
| 1948 | Y.A. Tittle | QB | L-S-U |
| 1947 | Glenn Davis | B | Army |
| 1946 | Bill Dellastatious | B | Missouri |
| 1945 | Frank Szymanski | C | Notre Dame |
| 1944 | Otto Graham | B | Northwestern |
| 1943 | Frank Sinkwich | B | Georgia |
| 1942 | Bob Westfall | B | Michigan |
| 1941 | Jim Thomason | B | Texas A&M |
| 1940 | Doyle Nave | B | U-S-C |
| 1939 | John Pingel | B | Michigan State |
| 1938 | Alex Wojciechowicz | C | Fordham |
| 1937 | Lloyd Cardwell | B | Nebraska |
| 1936 | Sid Wagner | G | Michigan State |
As of April 25, 2013, at 08:54 PM ET
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