Every Arizona State First-Round Pick in NFL Draft History

The upcoming intrigue only further underscores Arizona State's history as an elite developer of talent - 26 players have been selected in the first round heading into 2026.

Every First Round Pick From ASU

• Charley Taylor (pick 3, 1964)

• John Pitts (pick 22, 1967)

• Ron Pritchard (pick 15, 1969)

• J.D. Hill (pick 4, 1971)

• Steve Holden (pick 16, 1973)

• Woody Green (pick 16, 1974)

• Mike Haynes (pick 5, 1976)

• Larry Gordon (pick 17, 1976)

• John Jefferson (pick 14, 1978)

• Al Harris (pick 9, 1979)

• Mark Malone (pick 28, 1980)

• Gerald Riggs (pick 9, 1982)

• Jim Jeffcoat (pick 23, 1983)

• Randall McDaniel (pick 19, 1988)

• Aaron Cox (pick 20, 1988)

• Leonard Russell (pick 14, 1991)

• Shante Carver (pick 23, 1994)

• Craig Newsome (pick 32, 1995)

• Erik Flowers (pick 26, 2000)

• Adam Archuleta (pick 20, 2001)

• Todd Heap (pick 31, 2001)

• Levi Jones (pick 10, 2002)

• Terrell Suggs (pick 10, 2003)

• Damarious Randall (pick 30, 2015)

• N'Keal Harry (pick 32, 2019)

• Brandon Aiyuk (pick 25, 2020)

Jefferson, Green, and Harris are legends from earlier eras that will be more recognizable for Arizona State fans, but the focus here will be on selections since 2000.

Heap, a native of Mesa, had a successful NFL career, totaling 42 touchdowns and nearly 6,000 receiving yards. Suggs is arguably the greatest NFL player to come out of Tempe, as he ranks eighth all-time in sacks and is in line for real Pro Football Hall of Fame consideration in the years ahead.

Randall was an incredibly productive NFL player for four seasons, but his career unfortunately fizzled out by 2020. Still, the safety remains the most recent defensive player to be selected on day one out of ASU and was elite for some time.

Harry and Aiyuk were teammates at Arizona State during the 2018 season. Both advanced the notion that the Sun Devils were being revitalized when it comes to developing elite receivers - the former struggled some at the NFL level, while the latter thrived for four seasons before an injury in 2024 slowed him.