Quarterback Joe Burrow was the first overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft .[ 1] After being injured during his rookie season, Burrow won the 2021 Comeback Player of the Year Award .[ 2]
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati , Ohio . The Bengals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference North Division .[ 3] [ 4] Founded as an expansion team of the American Football League (AFL) in 1968, they joined the NFL as a result of the 1970 AFL–NFL merger .[ 5] [ 6] [ 3] The team's home games have been held in downtown Cincinnati at Paycor Stadium since 2000.[ 7]
The NFL draft , officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting",[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment.[ 11] 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.[ 12]
Since the team's first draft in 1968 , the Bengals have selected 68 players in the first round. The team's first-round pick in their inaugural draft was Bob Johnson , a center from the University of Tennessee ; he was the second overall selection .[ 3] [ 13] The Bengals have drafted number one overall four times and selected Dan Wilkinson in 1994 , Ki-Jana Carter in 1995 , Carson Palmer in 2003 , and Joe Burrow in 2020 .[ 14] In the most recent draft , held in 2024, the Bengals chose Georgia tackle Amarius Mims .[ 15]
The Bengals have drafted at least one player in the first round every year except for 1989.[ 14] Only one of the team's first-round picks—Anthony Muñoz —has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame .[ 16]
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^ "The rules of the NFL Draft" . National Football League . Archived from the original on November 1, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023 .
^ "1968 NFL Draft Listing" . Pro Football Reference . Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2023 .
^ a b "Cincinnati Bengals All-Time Draft History" . Pro Football Reference . Archived from the original on April 11, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2023 .
^ Russo, Ralph D. (April 26, 2024). "2024 NFL Draft: List of first round picks" . AP News . Archived from the original on April 26, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2024 .
^ "Hall of Famers by Draft Round" . Pro Football Hall of Fame . Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023 .