List of New England Patriots first-round draft picks

Player selections

{| class="wikitable"
-! colspan="2" | Draft! rowspan="2" style="width:11em" | Player name! rowspan="2" | Position! rowspan="2" | College! rowspan="2" | Notes
-! Year! Pick
-! colspan="6" align="center" | American Football League Draft (1960–1966)
-! colspan="6" align="center" style="background: #d82e39;"| Boston Patriots (1960-1970)
-! align="center" | 1960
align="center" | N/A
Gerhard Schwedes
RB
Syracuse
align="center" | [Territorial "bonus" pick; Also drafted by the Baltimore Colts of the NFL; stayed with the Patriots]
-! align="center" | 1961
align="center" | ??
Tommy Mason
RB
Tulane
align="center" | [Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL; did not stay with the Patriots]
-! align="center" | 1962
align="center" | 6
Gary Collins
WR
Maryland
align="center" | [Drafted by the Cleveland Browns of the NFL; did not stay with the Patriots]
-! align="center" | 1963
align="center" | 7
Art Graham
WR
Boston College
align="center" | [Also drafted by the Cleveland Browns of the NFL; stayed with the Patriots]
-! align="center" | 1964
align="center" | 1
style="background-color: #DDFFDD;" | Jack Concannon
QB
Boston College
align="center" | [Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL; did not stay with the Patriots]
-! rowspan="2" align="center" | 1965
align="center" | ??
Dave McCormick
OT
LSU
align="center" | [Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL; did not stay with the Patriots]
-
align="center" | ??
Jerry Rush
OT
Michigan State
align="center" | [Drafted by the Detroit Lions of the NFL; did not stay with the Patriots]
-! rowspan="2" align="center"| 1966
align="center" | ??
Karl Singer
OT
Purdue
align="center" | [Also drafted by the Cleveland Browns of the NFL; stayed with the Patriots]
-
align="center" | ??
Willie Townes
DE
Tulsa
align="center" | [Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL; did not stay with the Patriots]
-! colspan="6" align="center" | Common Draft (1967–1969)
-! align="center" | 1967
align="center" | 21
John Charles
CB
Purdue
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 1968
align="center" | 6
Dennis Byrd
DE
NC State
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 1969
align="center" | 6
Ron Sellers
WR
Florida State
align="center" |
-! colspan="6" align="center" | Modern NFL Draft (1970–present)
-! align="center" | 1970
align="center" | 4
Phil Olsen
DT
Utah State
align="center" |
-! colspan="6" align="center" style="background: #0d254c;"| New England Patriots (1971-present)
-! align="center" | 1971
align="center" | 1
style="background-color: #DDFFDD;" | Jim Plunkett
QB
Stanford
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 1972
colspan="4" align="center" valign="middle" | "No first-round draft pick"
align="center" | [The Patriots traded their #17 overall pick to the Los Angeles Rams - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1972.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1972] ]
-! rowspan="3" align="center" | 1973
align="center" | 4
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;" | John Hannah
OG
Alabama
align="center" |
-
align="center" | 11
Sam Cunningham
RB
USC
align="center" | [Acquired from the Los Angeles Rams - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1973.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1973] ]
-
align="center" | 19
Darryl Stingley
WR
Purdue
align="center" | [Acquired from the Chicago Bears - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1973.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1973] ]
-! align="center" | 1974
colspan="4" align="center" valign="middle" | "No first-round draft pick"
align="center" | [The Patriots traded their #9 overall pick to the San Francisco 49ers - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1974.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1974] ]
-! align="center" | 1975
align="center" | 16
Russ Francis
TE
Oregon
align="center" |
-! rowspan="3" align="center" | 1976
align="center" | 5
style="background-color: #FFCCCC;" | Mike Haynes
CB
Arizona State
align="center" |
-
align="center" | 12
Pete Brock
C
Colorado
align="center" | [Acquired from the San Francisco 49ers - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1976.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1976] ]
-
align="center" | 21
Tim Fox
S
Ohio State
align="center" | [Acquired from the Houston Oilers - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1976.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1976] ]
-! rowspan="2" align="center" | 1977
align="center" | 16
Raymond Clayborn
CB
Texas
align="center" | [Acquired from the San Francisco 49ers - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1977.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1977] ]
-
align="center" | 25
Stanley Morgan
WR
Tennessee
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 1978
align="center" | 18
Bob Cryder
OG
Alabama
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 1979
align="center" | 25
Rick Sanford
CB
South Carolina
align="center" |
-! rowspan="2" align="center" | 1980
align="center" | 14
Roland James
CB
Tennessee
align="center" |
-
align="center" | 25
Vagas Ferguson
RB
Notre Dame
align="center" | [Acquired from the Houston Oilers - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1980.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1980] ]
-! align="center" | 1981
align="center" | 19
Brian Holloway
OT
Stanford
align="center" |
-! rowspan="2" align="center" | 1982
align="center" | 1
style="background-color: #DDFFDD;" | Kenneth Sims
DE
Texas
align="center" |
-
align="center" | 27
Lester Williams
DT
Miami (FL)
align="center" | [Acquired from the San Francisco 49ers - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1981.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1981] ]
-! align="center" | 1983
align="center" | 15
Tony Eason
QB
Illinois
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 1984
align="center" | 1
style="background-color: #DDFFDD;" | Irving Fryar
WR
Nebraska
align="center" | [Acquired from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1984.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1984] ]
-! align="center" | 1985
align="center" | 28
Trevor Matich
C
BYU
align="center" | [Acquired from the San Francisco 49ers - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1985.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1985] ]
-! align="center" | 1986
align="center" | 26
Reggie Dupard
RB
SMU
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 1987
align="center" | 23
Bruce Armstrong
OT
Louisville
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 1988
align="center" | 17
John Stephens
RB
Northwestern State
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 1989
align="center" | 16
Hart Lee Dykes
WR
Oklahoma State
align="center" |
-! rowspan="2" align="center" | 1990
align="center" | 8
Chris Singleton
LB
Arizona
align="center" | [Acquired from the Seattle Seahawks - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1990.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1990] ]
-
align="center" | 10
Ray Agnew
DE
NC State
align="center" | [Acquired from the Indianapolis Colts through the Seattle Seahawks - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1990.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1990] ]
-! rowspan="2" align="center" | 1991
align="center" | 11
Pat Harlow
OT
USC
align="center" | [Acquired from the Minnesota Vikings through the Dallas Cowboys - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1991.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1991] ]
-
align="center" | 14
Leonard Russell
RB
Arizona State
align="center" | [Acquired from the New Orleans Saints through the Dallas Cowboys - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1991.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1991] ]
-! align="center" | 1992
align="center" | 13
Eugene Chung
OT
Virginia Tech
align="center" | [Acquired from the Minnesota Vikings through the Dallas Cowboys - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1992.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1992] ]
-! align="center" | 1993
align="center" | 1
style="background-color: #DDFFDD;" | Drew Bledsoe
QB
Washington State
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 1994
align="center" | 4
Willie McGinest
DE
USC
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 1995
align="center" | 23
Ty Law
CB
Michigan
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 1996
align="center" | 7
Terry Glenn
WR
Ohio State
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 1997
align="center" | 29
Chris Canty
CB
Kansas State
align="center" |
-! rowspan="2" align="center" | 1998
align="center" | 18
Robert Edwards
RB
Georgia
align="center" | [Acquired from the New York Jets in compensation for losing restricted free agent Curtis Martin - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1998.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1998] ]
-
align="center" | 22
Tebucky Jones
CB
Syracuse
align="center" |
-! rowspan="2" align="center" | 1999
align="center" | 17
Damien Woody
C
Boston College
align="center" | [Acquired from the Seattle Seahawks - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1999.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1999] ]
-
align="center" | 28
Andy Katzenmoyer
LB
Ohio State
align="center" | [Acquired from the New York Jets in compensation for losing Bill Parcells - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1999.jsp Pro Football Draft History 1999] ]
-! align="center" | 2000
colspan="4" align="center" valign="middle" | "No first-round draft pick"
align="center" | [The Patriots forfeited their #16 overall pick to the Jets in compensation for hiring Bill Belichick - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/2000.jsp Pro Football Draft History 2000] ]
-! align="center" | 2001
align="center" | 6
Richard Seymour
DT
Georgia
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 2002
align="center" | 21
Daniel Graham
TE
Colorado
align="center" | [Acquired from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers through the Oakland Raiders and Washington Redskins - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/2002.jsp Pro Football Draft History 2002] ]
-! align="center" | 2003
align="center" | 13
Ty Warren
DT
Texas A&M
align="center" | [Acquired from the Washington Redskins through the New York Jets and Chicago Bears - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/2003.jsp Pro Football Draft History 2003] ]
-! rowspan="2" align="center" | 2004
align="center" | 21
Vince Wilfork
DT
Miami (FL)
align="center" | [Acquired from the Baltimore Ravens - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/2004.jsp Pro Football Draft History 2004] ]
-
align="center" | 32
Benjamin Watson
TE
Georgia
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 2005
align="center" | 32
Logan Mankins
OG
Fresno State
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 2006
align="center" | 21
Laurence Maroney
RB
Minnesota
align="center" |
-! align="center" | 2007
align="center" | 24
Brandon Meriweather
S
Miami (FL)
align="center" | [Acquired from the Seattle Seahawks - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/2007.jsp Pro Football Draft History 2007] ]
-! align="center" | 2008
align="center" | 10
Jerod Mayo
LB
Tennessee
align="center" | [Acquired from the New Orleans Saints - [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/2008.jsp Pro Football Draft History 2008] ]
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