No. 1 overall NFL Draft picks for Western programs



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  By SuperWest Sports Staff

TOA total of 89 players have gone No. 1 in the NFL Draft since its debut in 1936, and 19 of those top picks have come from Western schools.

USC leads the way with six top picks, followed by Stanford with four and Cal with two.

Here is a table of all the players from the region who have been selected as the first pick.

There is a breakdown by program at the bottom.

Year	Player	Colleague	season team	Position
2024	Caleb Williams	USC	chicago bears	quarterback
2016	Jared Goff	California	Los Angeles Rams	quarterback
2012	lucky andres	stanford	Indianapolis Colts	quarterback
2005	Alex Smith	Utah	San Francisco 49ers	quarterback
2003	carson palmer	USC	Cincinnati Bengals	quarterback
2002	David Carr	Fresno State	Houston Texans	quarterback
1996	Keyshawn Johnson	USC	New York Jets	W.R.
1993	Drew Bledsoe	Washington State	New England Patriots	quarterback
1992	Steve Emtman	Washington	Indianapolis Colts	DT
1989	Troy Aikman	UCLA	dallas cowboys	quarterback
1983	Juan Elway	stanford	Baltimore Colts	quarterback
1977	ricky bell	USC	Tampa Bay Bucs	R.B.
1975	Steve Bartkowski	California	Atlanta Falcons	quarterback
1971	Jim Plunkett	stanford	New England Patriots	quarterback
1969	Simpson	USC	buffalo bills	R.B.
1968	Ron Yary	USC	Minnesota Vikings	Old Testament
1963	Terry Baker	Oregon State	Los Angeles Rams	quarterback
1955	George Shaw	Oregon	Baltimore Colts	quarterback
1954	Bobby Garrett	stanford	cleveland browns	quarterback