Lions 1st Round Draft Database
Note: All databases end in 2008, the last year of the curse!
|
Year
|
Player
|
College
|
Position
|
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1936
|
Sid Wagner
|
Michigan State
|
G
|
|
1937
|
Lloyd Cardwell
|
Nebraska
|
B
|
|
1938
|
Alex Wojciechowicz
|
Fordham
|
C
|
|
1939
|
John Pingel
|
Michigan State
|
B
|
|
1940
|
Doyle Nave
|
Southern California
|
B
|
|
1941
|
Jim Thomason
|
Texas A&M
|
B
|
|
1942
|
Bob Westfall
|
Michigan
|
B
|
|
1943
|
Frank Sinkwich
|
Georgia
|
B
|
|
1944
|
Otto Graham
|
Northwestern
|
B
|
|
1945
|
Frank Szymanski
|
Notre Dame
|
C
|
|
1946
|
Bill Dellastatious
|
Missouri
|
B
|
|
1947
|
Glen Davis
|
Army
|
B
|
|
1948
|
Y.A. Tittle
|
Louisiana State
|
B
|
|
1949
|
John Rauch
|
Georgia
|
B
|
|
1950
|
Leon Hart
|
Notre Dame
|
E
|
|
1950
|
Joe Watson
|
Rice
|
C
|
|
1951
|
Dick Stanfel (second round)
|
San Francisco
|
G
|
|
1952
|
Yale Lary
|
Texam A&M
|
B
|
|
1953
|
Harley Sewell
|
Texas
|
G
|
|
1954
|
Dick Chapman
|
Rice
|
T
|
|
1955
|
Dave Middleton
|
Auburn
|
B
|
|
1956
|
Hopalong Cassady
|
Ohio State
|
B
|
|
1957
|
Bill Glass
|
Baylor
|
G
|
|
1958
|
Alex Karras
|
Iowa
|
T
|
|
1959
|
Nick Pietrosante
|
Notre Dame
|
B
|
|
1960
|
John Robinson
|
Louisiana State
|
S
|
|
1961
|
Danny Larose
|
Missouri
|
T
|
|
1962
|
John Hadl
|
Kansas
|
QB
|
|
1963
|
Daryl Sanders
|
Ohio State
|
T
|
|
1964
|
Pete Beathard
|
So. California
|
QB
|
|
1965
|
Tom Nowatzke
|
Indiana
|
RB
|
|
1966
|
Nick Eddy (second round)
|
Notre Dame
|
RB
|
|
1967
|
Mel Farr
|
UCLA
|
RB
|
|
1968
|
Greg Landry
|
Massachusetts
|
QB
|
|
1968
|
Earl McCullouch
|
So. California
|
WR
|
|
1969
|
Altie Taylor (second round)
|
Utah State
|
RB
|
|
1970
|
Steve Owens
|
Oklahoma
|
RB
|
|
1971
|
Bob Bell
|
Cincinnati
|
DT
|
|
1972
|
Herb Orvis
|
Colorado
|
DE
|
|
1973
|
Ernie Price
|
Texas A&M
|
DE
|
|
1974
|
Ed O'Neil
|
Penn State
|
LB
|
|
1975
|
Lynn Boden
|
South Dakota State
|
G
|
|
1976
|
Lawrence Gaines
|
Wyoming
|
RB
|
|
1976
|
James Hunter
|
Grambling
|
DB
|
|
1977
|
Walt Williams (second round)
|
New Mexico State
|
DB
|
|
1978
|
Luther Bradley
|
Notre Dame
|
DB
|
|
1979
|
Keith Dorney
|
Penn State
|
T
|
|
1980
|
Billy Sims
|
Oklahoma
|
RB
|
|
1981
|
Mark Nichols
|
San Jose State
|
WR
|
|
1982
|
Jimmy Williams
|
Nebraska
|
LB
|
|
1983
|
James Jones
|
Florida
|
RB
|
|
1984
|
David Lewis
|
California
|
TE
|
|
1985
|
Lomas Brown
|
Florida
|
T
|
|
1986
|
Chuck Long
|
Iowa
|
QB
|
|
1987
|
Reggie Rogers
|
Washington
|
DE
|
|
1988
|
Bennie Blades
|
Miami
|
DB
|
|
1989
|
Barry Sanders
|
Oklahoma State
|
RB
|
|
1990
|
Andre Ware
|
Houston
|
QB
|
|
1991
|
Herman Moore
|
Virginia
|
WR
|
|
1992
|
Robert Porcher
|
South Carolina St
|
DE
|
|
1993
|
Ryan McNeil (second round)
|
Miami
|
DB
|
|
1994
|
Johnnie Morton
|
Southern California
|
WR
|
|
1995
|
Luther Elliss
|
Utah
|
DT
|
|
1996
|
Reggie Brown
|
Texas A&M
|
LB
|
|
1996
|
Jeff Hartings
|
Penn State
|
G
|
|
1997
|
Bryant Westbrook
|
Texas
|
DB
|
|
1998
|
Terry Fair
|
Tennessee
|
DB
|
|
1999
|
Chris Claiborne
|
Southern California
|
LB
|
|
1999
|
Aaron Gibson
|
Wisconsin
|
T
|
|
2000
|
Stockar McDougle
|
Oklahoma
|
T
|
|
2001
|
Jeff Backus
|
Michigan
|
T
|
|
2002
|
Joey Harrington
|
Oregon
|
QB
|
|
2003
|
Charles Rogers
|
Michigan State
|
WR
|
|
2004
|
Roy Williams
|
Texas
|
WR
|
|
2004
|
Kevin Jones
|
Virginia Tech
|
RB
|
|
2005
|
Mike Williams
|
Souther California
|
WR
|
|
2006
|
Ernie Sims
|
Florida State
|
LB
|
|
2007
|
Calvin Johnson
|
Georgia Tech
|
WR
|
|
2008
|
Gosder Cherilus
|
Boston College
|
OT
|
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