Worst #1 Overall NFL Draft Picks

Many have argued to be not only the worst #1 overall selection in NFL history but the absolute worst player of all time. With a completion percentage of 52.1% and in 31 games, that is horrible. Yet again, though, it was one of the last times the Raider unknown existed, but this is the worst offender of all.

This is probably the Bills' darkest moment in history, selecting Mr. Patulski. Based on all the data I could trace, he did nothing despite being moderately healthy. That's got to be unreal to see.

The only notable highlights show five sacks. I guess that's something, even if it's very hard to come up with conclusive evidence like a reference in a basketball game.

Another notable Bills bust, Tom Cousineau, never even played for them. Instead, he stayed in the CFL for many of those years until taking his ball and going to the Browns, rejecting the choice to play for Buffalo. Ouch!

For what he has produced overall, considering he was a monster at Penn State, it just seems like the school hit a major curse for many of its professionals. Courtney Brown, with the stats shown, just doesn't represent what a #1 overall pick should. To put it in better terms, go look at Myles Garrett. He already has more sacks than Courtney Brown in his 5-year tenure with Cleveland.

He, along with three other defensive bust picks by the Colts, set the team back in the '90s. Emtman only played 9 games, somehow rallying to haul in 3 sacks. In the next five games, sack production dropped to two.

In the final year, four games showed pretty much the same lack of production in a guy picked 1st overall. How very unfortunate.

Ki-Jana Carter was probably the biggest of the four tailbacks to come out of Penn State to be hit the hardest. He had much trouble staying healthy, and the ACL injuries pretty much killed his career. The best he had to offer was 728 yards and 15 touchdowns.

Ah, yes, who could forget the Boz. Like Bruce, but this guy had the movie star-like look. Unfortunately, it never turned out that way, seeing he only got 4 sacks. That is a stunner.

The Seahawks took him in a supplementary draft by default, and it ended up not panning out. Bosworth ends up with a brief two-season career. Oh well.

With the size and athleticism he had at the time, how could you not take a talent like this? Even with the tackles, it's very disappointing to come up with only 16.0 sacks in his 4 years with the Falcons.

Sure, he got 17 sacks in his time with the Patriots, but man, was he an incredibly inconsistent player. Sims had trouble staying on the field healthy, and when he was on the field, he would not always produce the way fans hoped for, thus staying way too long with the team in the '80s.