Most Disappointing NFL Draft Picks

The Top Ten

1 Akili Smith

2 Jamarcus Russell

JaMarcus Trenell Russell is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at LSU, where he finished 21–4 as a starter and was named MVP of the 2007 Sugar Bowl. Russell was drafted by the Oakland Raiders with the first overall pick in the 2007 draft. He was out of the NFL after 3 underwhelming seasons with the Raiders, and is often considered to be one of the worst NFL quarterbacks of all time, as well as one of its biggest draft busts.

3 Charles Rogers

4 Ryan Leaf

Ryan David Leaf is a former American football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League for four seasons. He was selected as the second overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft after only Peyton Manning. He played for the San Diego Chargers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys, and Seattle Seahawks. He is widely considered to be the worst quarterback of all time, as well as the biggest NFL draft bust.

He didn't live up to what they thought he would. Really such a disapointment

What a disappointment

5 Matt Leinart

6 Luke Joeckel

How exactly do you label an offensive lineman a bust? Well, when he's drafted second overall and plays in only 50 games for his entire career, we'd say that's good evidence. In 2013, the Jaguars hoped to shore up their offensive line by adding Luke Joeckel, a unanimous All-American at Texas A&M who'd never missed a game in college. They took him second overall in a draft that was loaded with offensive linemen, forgoing future Pro Bowlers Lane Johnson and Terron Armstead in the process his whole career was plagued by injured and by 2018 he was gone from the NFL

7 Troy Williamson

8 Trent Richardson

Trenton Jamond Richardson (born July 10, 1990) is an American professional football running back who is currently a member of the Alliance Birmingham of the Alliance of American Football. He played college football for the University of Alabama, was recognized as an All-American, and was a member of two BCS National Championship teams. Considered the top running back prospect for the 2012 NFL Draft, Richardson was considered by some as the best running back prospect since Adrian Peterson, and was selected third overall by the Cleveland Browns. After being traded away from the Browns during his second season with the team, and out of the NFL after five seasons, he is often considered one of the ...read more.

9 Heath Shuler

10 Kevin White

Kevin Romone White Jr. is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at West Virginia and was drafted 7th overall by the Chicago Bears in the 2015 NFL Draft. White went onto have multiple injuries pushing him from the starting lineup, by the time 2018 season proceeded he managed to stay healthy, but it was still too late. His only famous play was hauling in a hail mary from Mitchell Trubisky, but just missed going in for the touchdown. He has since been labeled as one of the biggest busts in the franchises history. He also played for the Arizona Cardinals for a brief few months only to be released again.

Honestly one of the biggest wide receiver busts of all time. His stats were absolutely terrible. Not a single touchdown in his career.

The Contenders

11 Tim Couch

He was supposed to be a star for the new Browns but uh no he didn't do that. If anything he was the opposite

12 Johnny Manziel

Jonathan Paul Manziel is an American professional Canadian football quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the NFL's Cleveland Browns with the 22nd overall pick of the 2014 NFL Draft. Towards the end of the 2015 season, Manziel endured numerous scandals, including the infamous story that he was in Las Vegas instead of in Cleveland with the team that weekend. The team confirmed that Manziel did miss a scheduled check-in on the morning of the last game of the season, and he was released in March of 2016. He is often considered one of the biggest draft busts in NFL history.

13 Aaron Curry