- List of Denver Broncos first-round draft picks
The
Denver Broncos , a professionalAmerican football team based in Denver,Colorado , are part of theAmerican Football Conference West Division . They first participated in the 1966 NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting, more commonly known as theNFL Draft . [cite news|last=Branch |first=John |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20000409/ai_n9969057 |title=The 2000 Liars Club/ Draft makes Broncos coach cloak intentions |publisher=findarticles.com |work=Colorado Springs Gazette |date= 2000-04-09| accessdate=2008-07-15] In the NFL Draft, each NFL franchise annually seeks to add new players to its roster. Teams are ranked in reverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, the second-worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previousSuper Bowl ; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. 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. [cite web|url=http://football.about.com/od/miscinformation/a/detdraftorder.htm| last = Alder | first = James | title = "NFL Draft Basics:Determining Order of Selection" | work = football.about.com | accessdate=2008-07-15]Player selections
{| class="wikitable sortable"
-! Year! Pick! Player name! Position! College! class=unsortable|Notes
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align="center" | 1961
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sortname|Bob|Gaiters
Halfback
New Mexico State
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align="center" | 1962
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style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"|sortname|Merlin|Olsen †
Defensive tackle
Utah State
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align="center" | 1963
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sortname|Kermit|Alexander
Defensive back
UCLA
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align="center" | 1964
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style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"| sortname|Bob|Brown|Bob Brown (American football) †
Offensive tackle
Nebraska
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align="center" | 1965
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"No Pick"
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align="center" | 1966
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sortname|Jerry|Shay
Offensive tackle
Purdue
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align="center" | 1967
align="center" | nts|6
sortname|Floyd|Little
Running back
Syracuse
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align="center" | 1968
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"No Pick"
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align="center" | 1969
align="center" | —
"No Pick"
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—
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align="center" | 1970
align="center" | nts|11
sortname|Bobby|Anderson
Running back
Colorado
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align="center" | 1971
align="center" | nts|12
sortname|Marv|Montgomery
Offensive tackle
USC
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align="center" | 1972
align="center" | nts|5
sortname|Riley|Odoms
Tight end
Houston
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align="center" | 1973
align="center" | nts|9
sortname|Otis|Armstrong
Running back
Purdue
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align="center" | 1974
align="center" | nts|14
sortname|Randy|Gradishar
Linebacker
Ohio State
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align="center" | 1975
align="center" | nts|17
sortname|Louis|Wright|Louis Wright (American football)
Defensive back
San Jose State
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align="center" | 1976
align="center" | nts|15
sortname|Tom|Glassic
Guard
Virginia
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align="center" | 1977
align="center" | nts|18
sortname|Steve|Schindler
Guard
Boston College
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align="center" | 1978
align="center" | nts|27
sortname|Don|Latimer
Nose tackle
Miami (FL)
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align="center" | 1979
align="center" | nts|22
sortname|Kelvin|Clark
Offensive tackle
Nebraska
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align="center" | 1980
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"No Pick"
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align="center" | 1981
align="center" | nts|15
sortname|Dennis|Smith|Dennis Smith (American football)
Defensive back
USC
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align="center" | 1982
align="center" | nts|21
sortname|Gerald|Willhite
Running back
San Jose State
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align="center" | 1983
align="center" | nts|4
sortname|Chris|Hinton
Guard
Northwestern
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align="center" | 1984
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"No Pick"
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—
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align="center" | 1985
align="center" | nts|26
sortname|Steve|Sewell
Running back
Oklahoma
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align="center" | 1986
align="center" | —
"No Pick"
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—
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align="center" | 1987
align="center" | nts|27
sortname|Ricky|Nattiel
Wide receiver
Florida
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align="center" | 1988
align="center" | nts|26
sortname|Ted|Gregory
Defensive tackle
Syracuse
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align="center" | 1989
align="center" | nts|20
sortname|Steve|Atwater
Defensive back
Arkansas
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align="center" | 1990
align="center" | —
"No Pick"
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—
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align="center" | 1991
align="center" | nts|4
sortname|Mike|Croel
Linebacker
Nebraska
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align="center" | 1992
align="center" | nts|25
sortname|Tommy|Maddox
Quarterback
UCLA
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align="center" | 1993
align="center" | nts|11
sortname|Dan|Williams|Dan Williams (American football)
Defensive end
Toledo
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align="center" | 1994
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"No Pick"
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—
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align="center" | 1995
align="center" | —
"No Pick"
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align="center" | 1996
align="center" | nts|15
sortname|John|Mobley
Linebacker
Kutztown
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align="center" | 1997
align="center" | nts|28
sortname|Trevor|Pryce
Defensive tackle
Clemson
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align="center" | 1998
align="center" | nts|30
sortname|Marcus|Nash
Wide receiver
Tennessee
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align="center" | 1999
align="center" | nts|31
sortname|Al|Wilson
Linebacker
Tennessee
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align="center" | 2000
align="center" | nts|15
sortname|Deltha|O'Neal
Cornerback
California
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align="center" | 2001
align="center" | nts|24
sortname|Willie|Middlebrooks
Cornerback
Minnesota
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align="center" | 2002
align="center" | nts|19
sortname|Ashley|Lelie
Wide receiver
Hawaii
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align="center" | 2003
align="center" | nts|20
sortname|George|Foster|George Foster (American football)
Offensive tackle
Georgia
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align="center" | 2004
align="center" | nts|17
sortname|D. J.|Williams
Linebacker
Miami (FL)
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align="center" | 2005
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"No Pick"
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align="center" | 2006
align="center" | nts|11
sortname|Jay|Cutler
Quarterback
Vanderbilt
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align="center" | 2007
align="center" | nts|17
sortname|Jarvis|Moss
Defensive end
Florida
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align="center" | 2008
align="center" | nts|12
sortname|Ryan|Clady
Offensive tackle
Boise State
Footnotes
*note label|Note01|a|a The Broncos traded their 1965 first-round pick along with defensive tackle
Bud McFadin to theHouston Oilers for quarterback Jacky Lee. [cite web|url=http://www.denverbroncos.com/resources/custom/mediaroom/2008mg/Denver_Broncos_Media_Guide_2008.pdf|title=Broncos; 2008 Media Guide|work=Denver Broncos|format=PDF|pages=624 (321 of 362)|accessdate=2008-07-29]References
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*cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?teamId=1400&type=roundbyteam|title=NFL Draft History: First Round by Team: Denver Broncos|work=National Football League|accessdate=2008-07-15;Specific
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