Saint Louis' 1st Round Draft History

[ramsanddodgers]

Since moving to St. Louis in 1995 the St. Louis Rams have had 16 number one draft picks. As you can see by the list this is not always a sure deal. Who will the St. Louis Rams pick in the 2008 NFL Draft? Will we get Torry Holt type quality or another Lawrence Phillips? Only time will tell but to be competitive in 2008 the Rams will need to select two very productive picks with their #2, and #33 selections. Bill Devaney will need to be on top of his game on April 26th. Out of 16 picks I would say only 5, to date have really hit the mark. Kevin Carter, Orlando Pace, Grant Wistrom, Torry Holt, & Steven Jackson have been very good pro players. The jury is still out on a couple of others. Notice other than Jackson, the other four were selected in the top 10 in the draft. Only Lawrence Phillips was a top 10 bust, and talent wise he probably was good enough, but mentally well…..

Year
Pick #
Player

1995 6 Kevin Carter
1996 6 Lawrence Phillips
1996 18 Eddie Kennison
1997 1 Orlando Pace
1998 6 Grant Wistrom
1999 6 Torry Holt
2000 31 Trung Canidate
2001 12 Damione Lewis
2001 20 Adam Archuleta
2001 29 Ryan Pickett
2002 31 Robert Thomas
2003 12 Jimmy Kennedy
2004 24 Steven Jackson
2005 19 Alex Barron
2006 15 Tye Hill
2007 13 Adam Carriker

This is from a blog but I thought it merited sharing with ClanRam! I think it would be safe to share the link since it isn't from a message board but I didn't want to risk being shunned.... :\

[ramsbruce]

Thanks for the list..... I think

When I see some of those names all at once it just makes me shake my head. :\

[Wolf]

lol Lawrence Phillips.

[keith m. klink]

I SCREAMED SO HARD AT MY T.V. i thought i was going to shat myself . pass on EDDIE GEORGE for PHILLIPS . what was this front office and coaching staff thinking of .

[ramsbruce]

I SCREAMED SO HARD AT MY T.V. i thought i was going to shat myself . pass on EDDIE GEORGE for PHILLIPS . what was this front office and coaching staff thinking of .

Tim Biakabutuka went to Carolina before Eddie George went to Houston/Tenn in that draft also. Ouch.

We also drafted Eddie Kennison at 18 and then the Colts took Marvin Harrison at 19. :\

[Rambos]

Marvin Harrison and Bruce...

[Mooselini]

The last four drafts we've seen to improve. Sure, theyre not the best players, but they've done something for the squad.

But some of the others...wow...

[moloch41]

How about all those "lovie-type players" that we drafted high? They all seemed to work out well, no?

[txramsfan]

Ryan Pickett got a very raw deal being lumped into the DLew and Arch draft.