List of New England Patriots first-round draft picks

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Drew Bledsoe in a red sports jacket.
Quarterback Drew Bledsoe, drafted in 1993, was the most recent Patriots player to be drafted first overall.[1] He spent nine seasons with the team, during which time he was a four-time Pro Bowler and led the league in passing once.[2] He is a member of the New England Patriots Hall of Fame.[3]

The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The Patriots compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference East Division.[4] Founded in 1959 as the Boston Patriots, they were a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) and joined the NFL in 1970 following the AFL–NFL merger.[5][6][7] The Patriots played their home games at various stadiums throughout Boston, including Fenway Park from 1963 to 1969, until the franchise moved to Foxborough in 1971.[8][9] As part of the move, the team changed its name to the New England Patriots.[8][9] Home games were played at Foxboro Stadium until 2002 when the stadium was demolished alongside the opening of Gillette Stadium. The team began utilizing Gillette Stadium for home games the same year.[8][10]

The NFL draft, officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting",[11][12][13] is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment.[14] The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks. Teams that qualified for the NFL playoffs select after non-qualifiers, and their order depends on how far they advanced, using their regular season record as a tie-breaker. The final two selections in the first round are reserved for the Super Bowl runner-up and champion. Draft picks are tradable and players or other picks can be acquired with them.[15]

Before the merger agreements in 1966, the AFL directly competed with the NFL and held a separate draft. This led to a bidding war over top prospects between the two leagues, along with the subsequent drafting of the same player in each draft. As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues began holding a multiple round "common draft". Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "common draft" simply became the NFL draft.[16][17][18] The first AFL draft was held prior to the start of the 1960 season. The first round of the 1960 AFL draft was territorial selections. Each team received a "territorial pick" which allowed them to select a single player within a pre-agreed upon designated region (the team's "territory"). Teams then agreed on the top eight players at each position, who were subsequently assigned to teams by random draw, with each of the eight teams receiving one of those players. This process was repeated until all 53 roster spots were filled.[19] Beginning in the 1961 draft, the AFL, using the same system as the NFL, began to assign picks based on the previous season's standings.[20]

Since the team's first draft, the Patriots have selected 72 players in the first round.[1] The team's first-round pick in the inaugural AFL draft was Gerhard Schwedes, a halfback out of Syracuse; he was the team's territorial selection.[19][21] The Patriots have selected first overall five times, drafting Jack Concannon in 1964, Jim Plunkett in 1971, Kenneth Sims in 1982, Irving Fryar in 1984, and Drew Bledsoe in 1993.[1] In the most recent draft, held in 2025, the Patriots selected LSU offensive tackle Will Campbell.[22]

The Patriots did not draft a player in the first round on eight occasions.[1] Four of the team's first-round picks—John Hannah, Mike Haynes, Ty Law, and Richard Seymour—have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[23] The Patriots used four first-round picks in the 1960s to select players—Gary Collins, Jack Concannon, Tommy Mason, and Jerry Rush—who chose to sign with the NFL instead.[24][25][26][27]

Player selections

Jerod Mayo standing on the sideline in his patriots uniform and helmet, the helmet resting on his forehead.
Linebacker Jerod Mayo was drafted tenth-overall in the 2008 NFL draft. He was a first-team All-Pro, two-time Pro Bowler, and the Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2008. Mayo was the head coach of the Patriots for the 2024 season, and spent his entire playing and coaching career with the team up until 2024.[28][29]
Black and white photo of John Hannah in a Patriots uniform.
Guard John Hannah, drafted in 1973, spent his entire career with the Patriots. During his 13 seasons with the team, he was a seven-time first-team All-Pro and nine-time Pro Bowler.[30] Hannah was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991 and made the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.[31]
Vince Wilfork from the shoulders up wearing a Patriots jersey with no helmet on.
Vince Wilfork, a nose tackle drafted 21st overall in the 2004 NFL draft, played for the Patriots for eleven seasons. During that time he was a five-time All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowler.[32] Wilfork is honored in the New England Patriots Hall of Fame.[33]
Key
Symbol Meaning
Template:Dagger Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
* Selected number one overall
Position abbreviations
C Center
CB Cornerback
DB Defensive back
DE Defensive end
DT Defensive tackle
FL Flanker
G Guard
HB Halfback
LB Linebacker
NT Nose tackle
QB Quarterback
RB Running back
T Tackle
TE Tight end
WR Wide receiver
New England PatriotsTemplate:Efn-ua first-round draft picks
Season Pick[1] Player[1] Position[1] College[1] Notes
1960 Territorial Script error: No such module "Sort". HB Syracuse First round was territorial selectionsTemplate:Efn-ua
1961 2 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Tulane Signed for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings instead[26]
1962 6 Script error: No such module "Sort". FL Maryland Signed for the NFL's Cleveland Browns instead[24]
1963 7 Script error: No such module "Sort". WR Boston College
1964 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".* QB Boston College Moved up draft order in trade with Denver Broncos.Template:Efn-ua Signed for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles instead.[25]
1965 7 Script error: No such module "Sort". DT Michigan State Signed for the NFL's Detroit Lions instead[27]
1966 3 Script error: No such module "Sort". T Purdue
1967 21 Script error: No such module "Sort". DB Purdue
1968 6 Script error: No such module "Sort". DE NC State
1969 6 Script error: No such module "Sort". WR Florida State
1970 4 Script error: No such module "Sort". DT Utah State
1971 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".* QB Stanford
1972 Script error: No such module "Sort". Original pick sent to Minnesota Vikings.Template:Efn-ua Pick received from Los Angeles RamsTemplate:Efn-ua and traded to New York Giants.Template:Efn-ua
1973 4 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger G Alabama
11 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB USC Pick received from Los Angeles RamsTemplate:Efn-ua
19 Script error: No such module "Sort". WR Purdue Pick received from Chicago BearsTemplate:Efn-ua
1974 Script error: No such module "Sort". Pick traded to San Francisco 49ersTemplate:Efn-ua
1975 16 Script error: No such module "Sort". TE Oregon
1976 5 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger CB Arizona State
12 Script error: No such module "Sort". C Colorado Pick received from San Francisco 49ersTemplate:Efn-ua
21 Script error: No such module "Sort". DB Ohio State Pick received from San Francisco 49ersTemplate:Efn-ua
1977 16 Script error: No such module "Sort". CB Texas Pick received from San Francisco 49ersTemplate:Efn-ua
25 Script error: No such module "Sort". WR Tennessee
1978 18 Script error: No such module "Sort". G Alabama
1979 25 Script error: No such module "Sort". DB South Carolina
1980 14 Script error: No such module "Sort". DB Tennessee
25 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Notre Dame Pick received from Houston OilersTemplate:Efn-ua
1981 19 Script error: No such module "Sort". T Stanford
1982 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".* DE Texas
27 Script error: No such module "Sort". NT Miami (FL) Pick received from San Francisco 49ersTemplate:Efn-ua
1983 15 Script error: No such module "Sort". QB Illinois
1984 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".* WR Nebraska Moved up draft order in trade with Cincinnati BengalsTemplate:Efn-ua using pick received from Los Angeles RaidersTemplate:Efn-ua
1985 28 Script error: No such module "Sort". C BYU Moved down draft order in trade with San Francisco 49ersTemplate:Efn-ua
1986 26 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB SMU
1987 23 Script error: No such module "Sort". T Louisville
1988 17 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Northwestern State
1989 16 Script error: No such module "Sort". WR Oklahoma State
1990 8 Script error: No such module "Sort". LB Arizona Moved down draft order in trade with Seattle SeahawksTemplate:Efn-ua
10 Script error: No such module "Sort". DE NC State Pick received from Seattle SeahawksTemplate:Efn-ua
1991 11 Script error: No such module "Sort". T USC Moved down draft order in trade with Dallas CowboysTemplate:Efn-ua
14 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Arizona State Moved up draft order in trades with Houston OilersTemplate:Efn-ua and Dallas CowboysTemplate:Efn-ua
1992 13 Script error: No such module "Sort". G Virginia Tech Moved down draft order in trade with Atlanta FalconsTemplate:Efn-ua then up draft order in trade with Dallas CowboysTemplate:Efn-ua
1993 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".* QB Washington State
1994 4 Script error: No such module "Sort". DE USC
1995 23 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger CB Michigan
1996 7 Script error: No such module "Sort". WR Ohio State
1997 29 Script error: No such module "Sort". DB Kansas State
1998 18 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Georgia Pick received from New York JetsTemplate:Efn-ua
22 Script error: No such module "Sort". DB Syracuse
1999 17 Script error: No such module "Sort". C Boston College Moved up draft order in trade with Seattle SeahawksTemplate:Efn-ua
28 Script error: No such module "Sort". LB Ohio State Pick received from New York JetsTemplate:Efn-ua
2000 Script error: No such module "Sort". Pick traded to New York JetsTemplate:Efn-ua
2001 6 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger DE Georgia
2002 21 Script error: No such module "Sort". TE Colorado Moved up draft order in trade with Washington RedskinsTemplate:Efn-ua
2003 13 Script error: No such module "Sort". DE Texas A&M Original pick traded to Baltimore Ravens.Template:Efn-ua Pick received from Buffalo BillsTemplate:Efn-ua then used to move up draft order in trade with Chicago Bears.Template:Efn-ua
2004 21 Script error: No such module "Sort". NT Miami (FL) Pick received from Baltimore RavensTemplate:Efn-ua
32 Script error: No such module "Sort". TE Georgia
2005 32 Script error: No such module "Sort". G Fresno State
2006 21 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Minnesota
2007 24 Script error: No such module "Sort". DB Miami (FL) Original pick traded to San Francisco 49ers.Template:Efn-ua Pick received from Seattle Seahawks.Template:Efn-ua
2008 10 Script error: No such module "Sort". LB Tennessee Original pick forfeited. Pick received from San Francisco 49ers.Template:Efn-ua
2009 Script error: No such module "Sort". Moved down draft order in trades with Baltimore RavensTemplate:Efn-ua and Green Bay PackersTemplate:Efn-ua
2010 27 Script error: No such module "Sort". DB Rutgers Moved down draft order in trades with Denver BroncosTemplate:Efn-ua and Dallas CowboysTemplate:Efn-ua
2011 17 Script error: No such module "Sort". T Colorado Original pick traded to New Orleans Saints.Template:Efn-ua Pick received from Oakland Raiders.Template:Efn-ua
2012 21 Script error: No such module "Sort". DE Syracuse
25 Script error: No such module "Sort". LB Alabama Pick received from New Orleans SaintsTemplate:Efn-ua
2013 Script error: No such module "Sort". Moved down draft order in trade with Minnesota VikingsTemplate:Efn-ua
2014 29 Script error: No such module "Sort". DT Florida
2015 32 Script error: No such module "Sort". DT Texas
2016 Script error: No such module "Sort". Pick forfeitedTemplate:Efn-ua
2017 Script error: No such module "Sort". Pick traded to New Orleans SaintsTemplate:Efn-ua
2018 23 Script error: No such module "Sort". T Georgia Pick received from Los Angeles RamsTemplate:Efn-ua
31 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Georgia
2019 32 Script error: No such module "Sort". WR Arizona State
2020 Script error: No such module "Sort". Moved down draft order in trade with Los Angeles ChargersTemplate:Efn-ua
2021 15 Script error: No such module "Sort". QB Alabama
2022 29 Script error: No such module "Sort". G Chattanooga Moved down draft order in trade with Kansas City ChiefsTemplate:Efn-ua
2023 17 Script error: No such module "Sort". DB Oregon Moved down draft order in trade with Pittsburgh SteelersTemplate:Efn-ua
2024 3 Script error: No such module "Sort". QB North Carolina
2025 4 Script error: No such module "Sort". T LSU

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