Ram First-Round Picks Through the Years
Year Name Pos. College 1992 Sean Gilbert DE Pittsburgh 1991 Todd Lyght CB Notre Dame 1990 Bern Brostek C Washington 1989 Bill Hawkins DE Miami Cleveland Gary RB Miami 1988 Gaston Green RB UCLA Aaron Cox WR Arizona State 1986 Mike Schad OT Queen’s (Canada) 1985 Jerry Gray S Texas 1983 Eric Dickerson RB Southern Methodist 1982 Barry Redden RB Richmond 1981 Mel Owens LB Michigan 1980 Johnnie Johnson S Texas 1979 George Andrews LB Nebraska Kent Hill OG Georgia Tech 1978 Elvis Peacock RB Oklahoma 1977 Bob Brudzinski LB Ohio State 1976 Kevin McLain LB Colorado St. 1975 Mike Fanning DT Notre Dame Dennis Harrah OG Miami Doug France OT Ohio State 1974 John Cappelletti RB Penn State 1971 Isiah Robertson LB Southern Jack Youngblood DE Florida 1970 Jack Reynolds LB Tennessee 1969 Larry Smith RB Florida Jim Seymour E Notre Dame Bob Klein TE Southern Cal 1966 Tom Mack OG Michigan 1965 Clarence Williams HB Washington State 1964 Bill Munson QB Utah State 1963 Terry Baker QB Oregon State Rufus Guthrie OG Georgia Tech 1962 Roman Gabriel QB North Carolina State Merlin Olsen DT Utah State 1961 Marlin McKeever LB Southern Cal 1960 Billy Cannon HB Louisiana State 1959 Paul Dickson OG Baylor Dick Bass FB Pacific 1958 Lou Michaels LB Kentucky Jim Phillips E Auburn 1957 Jon Arnett HB Southern Cal Del Shofner HB Baylor 1956 Joe Marconi FB West Virginia Charlie Horton HB Vanderbilt 1955 Larry Morris LB Georgia Tech 1954 Ed Beatty C Mississippi 1953 Donn Moomaw LB UCLA Ed Barker E Washington State 1952 Bill Wade QB Vanderbilt Bob Carey E Michigan State 1951 Bud McFadin T Texas 1950 Ralph Pasquaeriello FB Villanova Stan West G Oklahoma 1949 Bobby Thomason QB Virginia Military 1947 Herman Wedemeyer HB St. Mary’s 1946 Emil Sitko HB Notre Dame
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