2008 -- Gosder Cherilus, OT, Boston College
2007 -- Calvin Johnson, WR, Georgia Tech
2006 -- Ernie Sims, LB, Florida State
2005 -- Mike Williams, WR, USC
2004 -- Roy Williams, WR, Texas
2003 -- Charles Rogers, WR, Michigan State
2002 -- Joey Harrington, QB, Oregon
2001 -- Jeff Backus, OT, Michigan
2000 -- Stockar McDougle, OT, Oklahoma
1999 -- Chris Claiborne, LB, USC
1999 -- Aaron Gibson, OL, Wisconsin
1998 -- Terry Fair, CB, Tennessee
1997 -- Bryant Westbrook, CB, Texas
1996 -- Reggie Brown, LB, Texas A&M  
1996 -- Jeff Hartings, G, Penn State
1995 -- Luther Elliss, DE, Utah  
1994 -- Johnnie Morton, WR, Southern California 
1993 -- NO PICK 
1992 -- Robert Porcher, DL, South Carolina State 
1991 -- Herman Moore, WR, Virginia	
1990 -- Andre Ware, QB, Houston	
1989 -- Barry Sanders, RB, Oklahoma State	
1988 -- Bennie Blades, DB, Miami	
1987 -- Reggie Rogers, DE, Washington	
1986 -- Chuck Long, QB, Iowa	
1985 -- Lomas Brown, T, Florida	
1984 -- David Lewis, TE, California	
1983 -- James Jones, FB, Florida	
1982 -- Jimmy Williams, LB, Nebraska	
1981 -- Mark Nichols, WR, San Jose State	
1980 -- Billy Sims, RB, Oklahoma	
1979 -- Keith Dorney, T, Penn State	
1978 -- Luther Bradley, DB, Notre Dame	
1977 -- NO PICK	
1976 -- James Hunter, DB, Grambling 
        (from Chicago)  
        Lawrence Gaines, RB, Wyoming  
1975 -- Lynn Boden, G, South Dakota State	
1974 -- Ed O'Neil, LB, Penn State 
        (from New Orleans)  
1973 -- Ernest Price, DE, Texas A&I	
1972 -- Herb Orvis, DE, Colorado	
1971 -- Bob Bell, DT, Cincinnati	
1970 -- Steve Owens, RB, Oklahoma	
1969 -- Altie Taylor, RB, Utah State	
1968 -- Greg Landry, QB, Massachusetts 
        Earl McCulloch, FL, Southern California  
1967 -- Mel Farr, HB, UCLA	
1966 -- NO PICK	
1965 -- Tom Nowatzke, FB, Indiana	
1964 -- Pete Beathard, QB, Southern California 
1963 -- Daryl Sanders, T, Ohio State	
1962 -- John Hadl, QB, Kansas	
1961 -- NO PICK	
1960 -- John Robinson, HB, Louisiana State	
1959 -- Nick Pietrosante, FB, Notre Dame	
1958 -- Alex Karras, T, Iowa	
1957 -- Bill Glass, G, Baylor	
1956 -- Howard Cassady, B, Ohio State	
1955 -- Dave Middleton, B, Auburn	
1954 -- Dick Chapman, T, Rice	
1953 -- Harley Sewell, G, Texas	
1952 -- NO PICK	
1951 -- NO PICK	
1950 -- Leon Hart, E, Notre Dame 
        Joe Watson, C, Rice