List of Tennessee Titans first-round draft picks


The Tennessee Titans are a National Football League franchise that began play as the Houston Oilers in 1960, a charter member of the American Football League. The Oilers relocated to Nashville, Tennessee in 1997, playing as the Tennessee Oilers before changing their name to the Tennessee Titans in 1999. The Titans' first draft selection was Billy Cannon, a halfback from Louisiana State University. The team's most recent first round selection was Rashaan Evans, a linebacker from the University of Alabama. The Titans have selected the number one overall pick in the draft twice. They have also selected the second overall pick thrice and the third overall pick six times. The team's five selections from the University of Texas are the most chosen by the Titans from one university.
Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as "the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", which is more commonly known as the NFL Draft. Teams are ranked in inverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, and the second worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades.
The Titans drafted three consecutive future Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees, Earl Campbell, Mike Munchak and Bruce Matthews in the first rounds of the 1978, 1982 and 1983 NFL Drafts respectively.
The Titans currently have the 29th overall pick for the 2020 NFL Draft.

Key

Player selections

YearPickPlayer namePositionCollegeNotes
1960N/AHBLSU
19618^TEPittsburgh
19627DTHoward Payne
19636LBArkansas
19646DTTexas
19652WRBaylor
19665LBTexas
19675LBMichigan State
196723GNotre Dame
1968—— No pick——
196915LBArizona State
197014GNorth Carolina Central
19713QBSanta Clara
19726TStanford
19731*DETampa
197314RBIowa State
1974—— No pick——
19756LBJackson State
197515RBTexas A&M–Kingsville
1976—— No pick——
197711TMissouri
19781^*RBTexas
1979—— No pick——
1980—— No pick——
1981—— No pick——
19828^GPenn State
19839^GUSC
19842TNebraska
19853DTTexas A&M
198511DBWisconsin
19863QBPurdue
19873RBMiami
198720WRNorth Carolina State
198822RBMichigan State
198923TFlorida
199015LBHouston
1991—— No pick——
1992—— No pick——
199313TIllinois
199426DTArkansas
19953QBAlcorn State
199614RBOhio State
199718DEMiami
199816WRUtah
199916DEFlorida
200030LBSyracuse
2001—— No pick——
200215DTTennessee
200328DBOklahoma
2004—— No pick——
20056DBWest Virginia
20063QBTexas
200719DBTexas
200824RBEast Carolina
200930WRRutgers
201016DEGeorgia Tech
20118QBWashington
201220WRBaylor
201310OLAlabama
201411OLMichigan
20152QBOregon
20168OLMichigan State
20175WRWestern Michigan
201718DBUSC
201822LBAlabama
201919DLMississippi State
202029OLGeorgia