List of Green Bay Packers first-round draft picks
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File:Lukas Van Ness at Fisher House (54440447927 -2).jpg, the Packers 2023 NFL draft selection|alt=Headshot of Van Ness]]
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers have competed in the National Football League (NFL) since 1921, two years after their original founding by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun.{{cite web | url = http://www.packers.com/history/birth_of_a_team_and_a_legend/ | title = History of the Green Bay Packers | work = Packers.com | access-date = January 4, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100617152634/http://www.packers.com/history/birth_of_a_team_and_a_legend/ | archive-date = June 17, 2010 | url-status = dead }} They are members of the Northern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) and play their home games at Lambeau Field in central Wisconsin.{{Cite web | url = https://www.nfl.com/standings/ | website = NFL.com | access-date = January 4, 2024 | title = 2023 NFL Division Standings | archive-date = June 4, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220604184446/https://www.nfl.com/standings/ | url-status = live }}{{cite encyclopedia|title= Lambeau Field|encyclopedia= Encyclopædia Britannica|date= December 4, 2023|last= Lewis|first= Robert|url= https://www.britannica.com/place/Lambeau-Field|access-date= January 4, 2024|archive-date= September 12, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230912203543/https://www.britannica.com/place/Lambeau-Field|url-status= live}}
The NFL draft, officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting",{{cite web |title=Index - NFL Draft - ESPNDB |url=http://www.espn.com/nfldraft/research/index |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-date=November 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114210634/http://www.espn.com/nfldraft/research/index |url-status=live }} is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment.{{cite web |title=NFL 2021 Draft date: when and where is it taking place? |url=https://en.as.com/en/2021/02/18/nfl/1613653757_815367.html |website=en.as.com |date=February 18, 2021 |access-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-date=January 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129070037/https://en.as.com/en/2021/02/18/nfl/1613653757_815367.html |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |title=The rules of the NFL Draft |url=https://operations.nfl.com/journey-to-the-nfl/the-nfl-draft/the-rules-of-the-draft/ |website=NFL.com |access-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-date=November 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101040705/https://operations.nfl.com/journey-to-the-nfl/the-nfl-draft/the-rules-of-the-draft/ |url-status=live }}
The Packers participated in the first ever NFL draft in 1936 and selected Russ Letlow, a guard from the University of San Francisco.{{Cite web | url = https://www.packers.com/history/hof/russ-letlow | title = Russ Letlow | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | website = Packers.com | access-date = September 20, 2023 | archive-date = October 3, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231003151257/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/russ-letlow | url-status = live }} The Packers have selected the number one overall pick in the draft twice, choosing Paul Hornung in 1957 and quarterback Randy Duncan in 1959. They have also selected the second overall pick three times and the third overall pick once. On 14 different occasions the Packers have had two selections in the first round, while on four occasions they have had no selections. The team's eight selections from the University of Minnesota are the most chosen by the Packers from one university.{{Cite web | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/draft.htm | website = Pro-Football-Reference.com | title = Green Bay Packers Draft History | access-date = January 4, 2024 | archive-date = April 15, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190415101335/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/draft.htm | url-status = live }} Five first round draft picks by the Packers have gone on to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Hornung, Herb Adderley, Dave Robinson, James Lofton, and Sterling Sharpe), while two have won an NFL MVP Award (Hornung and Aaron Rodgers).{{Cite web | url = https://www.profootballhof.com/teams/green-bay-packers/team-greats/ | website = ProFootballHoF.com | title = Packers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: 33 | access-date = January 4, 2023 | archive-date = December 21, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231221192540/https://www.profootballhof.com/teams/green-bay-packers/team-greats/ | url-status = live }}{{Cite web | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-nfl-mvp-award.htm | title = AP NFL Most Valuable Player Winners | website = Pro-Football-Reference.com | access-date = December 18, 2023 | archive-date = January 3, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240103215307/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-nfl-mvp-award.htm | url-status = live }} John Brockington and Willie Buchanon, the team's first round selections in 1971 and 1972 won back-to-back NFL Rookie of the Year Awards (Brockington on offensive, Buchanon on defense), the only Packers' first round selections to win the award.{{Cite web | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-offensive-rookie-of-the-year-award.htm | website = Pro-Football-Reference.com | title = AP Offensive Rookie of the Year Winners | access-date = January 4, 2024 | archive-date = November 16, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181116080408/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-offensive-rookie-of-the-year-award.htm | url-status = live }}{{Cite web | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-defensive-rookie-of-the-year-award.htm | website = Pro-Football-Reference.com | title = AP Defensive Rookie of the Year Winners | access-date = January 4, 2024 | archive-date = July 7, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170707074339/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-defensive-rookie-of-the-year-award.htm | url-status = live }} The team's most recent first round selection was Jordan Morgan, from Arizona, in the 2024 NFL draft.{{Cite news | url = https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2024/04/25/green-bay-packers-first-round-pick-jordan-morgan-2024-nfl-draft-twitter-reacts/73463503007/ | newspaper = Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | title = Packers pick Jordan Morgan in the first round of 2024 NFL draft. Twitter reacts to the selection. | access-date = April 26, 2024 | date = April 25, 2024 | last = Kuhagen | first = Christopher | archive-date = May 1, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240501222201/https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2024/04/25/green-bay-packers-first-round-pick-jordan-morgan-2024-nfl-draft-twitter-reacts/73463503007/ | url-status = live }}
Player selections
File:Dick Wildung - 1950 Bowman.jpg, the Packers 1943 NFL draft selection|alt=Stylized drawing of Wildung from a playing card]]
File:1961 Topps 40 Paul Hornung.jpg, the Packers 1957 NFL draft selection|alt=Hornung's playing card showing a headshot of him smiling]]
File:Dan Currie Topps 1959.jpg, the Packers 1958 NFL draft selection|alt=Currie's playing cards showing him posing with his uniform on]]
File:James Lofton.JPG, the Packers 1978 NFL draft selection|alt=Lofton kneeling in uniform with his helmet off]]
File:Bubba Franks88-Edit.jpg, the Packers 2000 NFL draft selection|alt=Franks in uniform on the filed about to catch a football]]
File:Aaron Rodgers 2008 (cropped).jpg, the Packers 2005 NFL draft selection|alt=Rodgers in uniform]]
File:Clay Matthews - San Francisco vs Green Bay 2012.jpg, the Packers 2009 NFL draft selection|alt=Matthews in uniform on the field]]
File:Jaire Alexander 2019 (cropped).jpg, the Packers 2018 NFL draft selection|alt=Alexander in uniform]]
File:Jordan Love OCT2021 (cropped).jpg, the Packers 2020 NFL draft selection|alt=Love in uniform with his helmet off]]
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|Inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame |
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|Inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame |
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|Elected as the NFL Most Valuable Player |
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|Elected as the NFL Rookie of the year |
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