Overview
The Washington Commanders are a professional American football franchise based in the Washington metropolitan area. They are members of the East division in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL). The Commanders were founded in as the Boston Braves, named after the local baseball franchise. The franchise changed its name the following year to the Redskins and moved to Washington, D.C. in . This is a list of the franchise's selections in the NFL draft. The Boston Redskins were one of the nine original franchises that participated in the 1936 NFL draft, which was the first official draft of the National Football League. The first player ever selected in the draft, Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger, chose not to play professional football. Riley Smith, taken second overall by Washington, is the first drafted player to play in the NFL.
The franchise also holds the distinction of being the only team to draft the same player in two different drafts, Cal Rossi.
1950 AAFC dispersal draft
The dispersal draft gave NFL teams the league rights to the players from teams in the dissolved All-America Football Conference.
1981 draft
was drafted in the first round of the 1981 draft.
1983 draft
, a first-round draft pick in 1983, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2008.
1984 supplemental draft
The supplemental draft gave NFL teams the league rights to the players who had been eligible to be drafted but were not because they were under contract with teams in the United States Football League or the Canadian Football League.
1987 draft
was drafted in the eighth round of the 1987 draft.
1988 draft
was drafted in the tenth round of the 1989 draft and won three Super Bowls in his career.
1991 draft
was drafted in the twelfth round of the 1991 draft and rejoined the team in 2007.
1992 draft
was drafted in the first round of the 1992 draft.
1993 draft
, drafted in the first round of the 1994 draft, is now an American politician in the United States House of Representatives.
1998 draft
was drafted in the first round of the 1999 draft.
2000s
was drafted third overall in the 2000 draft.
2000 draft
was drafted in the second round of the 2001 draft.
2002 draft
was drafted in the third round of the 2004 draft. , a first-round draft pick in 2004, played safety for the Redskins until he was fatally shot in November 2007.
2004 draft
was drafted in the first round of 2005 draft.
2006 draft
was drafted sixth overall in the 2007 draft.
2007 draft
was drafted in the second round of the 2008 draft.
2008 draft
was drafted in the first round of the 2009 draft.
2009 supplemental draft
For their selection in the supplemental draft, the Redskins forfeited its sixth round pick in the 2010 NFL draft.
2010 draft
was drafted in the fourth round of the 2010 draft.
2011 draft
was drafted 16th overall in the 2011 draft.
2012 draft
was drafted in the sixth round of the 2012 draft.
2013 draft
was drafted in the third round of the 2013 draft.
2014 draft
was drafted in the second round of the 2014 draft.
2018 supplemental draft
For their selection in the supplemental draft, the Washington Football Team forfeited its sixth round pick in the 2019 NFL draft.
2020 draft
, the team's first-round draft selection in 2020, was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year
2024 draft
, selected second overall in 2024, won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award.
See also
*List of Washington Commanders first-round draft picks *History of the Washington Commanders
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