This page is a list of the Cincinnati Bengals National Football League draft selections. The first draft the Bengals participated in was the 1968 NFL/AFL draft, in which they made Bob Johnson of Tennessee their first ever selection.

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1968 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 2 2 Bob Johnson Center Tennessee 2 1 28 Bill Staley Defensive end Utah State 2 28 55 Tom Smiley Running back Lamar 3 1 56 Gary Davis Quarterback Vanderbilt 3 27 82 Paul Robinson Running back Arizona 3 28 83 Dale Livingston Kicker Western Michigan 4 1 84 Jess Phillips Running back Michigan State 4 26 109 Warren McVea Running back Houston 5 1 112 Dave Middendorf Guard Washington State 5 27 138 Al Beauchamp Linebacker Southern 6 1 139 Howard Fest Offensive tackle Texas 6 5 143 Billy Kendricks Offensive tackle Alabama A&M 6 7 145 John Neidert Linebacker Louisville 6 17 155 Dewey Warren Quarterback Tennessee 6 18 156 Essex Johnson Running back Grambling 6 20 158 Elmo Maple Wide receiver Southern 6 22 160 Sidney Ellis Defensive back Grambling 6 25 163 Charles Williams Running back Arkansas-Pine Bluff 6 27 165 James Johnson Defensive back South Carolina State 7 1 166 Steve Smith Tight end Miami (FL) 7 27 192 Wes Bean Linebacker Grambling 8 1 193 Harry Gunner Linebacker Oregon State 8 27 219 Ed Brantley Offensive tackle North Texas State 9 1 220 Phil Johnson Defensive back Long Beach State 9 27 246 Steve Hanrahan Defensive tackle Weber State 10 1 247 Patrick Wayne Running back Louisville 10 27 273 James Russell Wide receiver North Texas State 11 1 274 Scott Wally Defensive back Arizona 11 27 300 Jeff Banks Linebacker Pacific 12 1 301 Bob Trumpy Tight end Utah 12 27 327 Harold Jones Offensive tackle Grambling 13 1 328 James Bivins Linebacker Texas Southern 13 27 354 Teddy Washington Running back San Diego State 14 1 355 Les Webster Running back Iowa State 14 27 381 Steve Lewicke Wide receiver UTEP 15 1 382 Harvey Palmore Guard Morgan State 15 27 408 Joe Mira Wide receiver Miami (FL) 16 1 409 Monk Williams Linebacker Alcorn State 16 27 435 Brown Marks Linebacker Indiana 17 1 436 Don Manning Linebacker UCLA 17 27 462 Jimmy Smith Tight end Jackson State

1969 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 5 5 Greg Cook Quarterback Cincinnati 2 5 31 Bill Bergey Linebacker Arkansas State 3 5 57 Louis "Speedy" Thomas Wide receiver Utah 4 5 83 Clem Turner Running back Cincinnati 5 5 109 Guy Dennis Guard Florida 6 5 135 Ken Riley Defensive back Florida A&M 7 5 161 Royce Berry Defensive end Houston 8 5 187 Tim Buchanan Linebacker Hawaii 9 5 213 Mike Stripling Running back Tulsa 10 5 239 Steve Howell Tight end Ohio State 11 5 265 Mark Stewart Defensive back Georgia 12 5 291 Lonnie Paige Defensive tackle North Carolina College 13 5 316 Chuck Benson Wide receiver Southern Illinois 14 5 343 Mike Wilson Offensive tackle Dayton 15 5 369 Bill Shoemaker Kicker Stanford 16 5 395 Bill Schmidt Linebacker Missouri 17 5 421 Terry Story Offensive tackle Georgia Tech

1970 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 7 7 Mike Reid Defensive tackle Penn State 2 6 32 Ron Carpenter Defensive tackle North Carolina State 3 8 60 Chip Bennett Linebacker Abilene Christian 4 7 85 Joe Stevens Guard Jackson State 4 26 104 Billie Hayes Defensive back San Diego State 6 8 138 Sandy Durko Defensive back USC 7 7 163 Lemar Parrish Defensive back Lincoln (MO) 8 6 188 Bill Trout Defensive tackle Miami (FL) 9 8 216 Bill Bolden Running back UCLA 10 7 241 Nick Roman Linebacker Ohio State 11 6 266 Samuel Wallace Offensive tackle Grambling 12 8 294 Thomas Truesdell Defensive end Ohio Wesleyan 13 7 319 Paul Dunn Wide receiver US International 14 3 344 Joe Johnson Wide receiver Johnson C. Smith 15 8 372 Marvin Weeks Defensive back Alcorn State 16 7 397 Larry Ely Linebacker Iowa 17 6 422 Richard Smith Running back Washington State

1971 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 15 15 Vernon Holland Offensive tackle Tennessee State 2 15 41 Stephen Lawson Guard Kansas 3 15 67 Ken Anderson Quarterback Augustana 4 15 93 Fred Willis Running back Boston College 5 6 110 Art May Defensive end Tuskegee 7 11 167 Cornelius Craig Defensive back Fisk 8 15 197 Fred Herring Defensive back Tennessee State 9 15 223 Gary Gustafson Linebacker Montana State 10 15 249 Jack Stambaugh Guard Oregon 11 15 275 Edward Marshall Wide receiver Cameron State 12 15 301 James Hayden Defensive end Memphis State 13 15 327 David Knapman Tight end Central Washington 14 15 353 Irvin Mallory Defensive back Virginia Union 15 15 379 Bob Thomas Running back Arizona State 16 15 405 Mark Debevc Linebacker Ohio State 17 16 432 Sam Pearson Defensive back Western Kentucky

1972 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 2 2 Sherman White Defensive end California 2 3 29 Tommy Casanova Defensive back LSU 3 2 54 Jim LeClair Linebacker North Dakota 4 3 81 Bernard Jackson Defensive back Washington State 5 2 106 Tom DeLeone Center Ohio State 7 2 158 Steve Conley Running back Kansas 8 3 185 Dan Kratzer Wide receiver Missouri Valley 9 2 210 Stan Walters Offensive tackle Syracuse 10 3 237 Brian Foster Defensive back Colorado 11 1 261 Kent Pederson Tight end UC Santa Barbara 12 3 289 Frederick Wegis Defensive back Cal Poly 13 2 314 James Hamilton Quarterback Arizona State 14 3 341 Steve Porter Wide receiver Indiana 15 2 366 Hosea Minnieweather Defensive tackle Jackson State 16 3 393 John Wiegman Wide receiver Cal Poly 17 2 418 David Green Punter Ohio

1973 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 15 15 Isaac Curtis Wide receiver San Diego State 2 17 43 Albert Chandler Tight end Oklahoma 3 16 68 Tim George Wide receiver Carson-Newman 5 17 121 Bob McCall Running back Arizona 6 16 146 Bob Jones Defensive back Virginia Union 7 15 171 Bob Maddox Defensive end Frostburg State 8 17 199 Joe Wilson Running back Holy Cross 9 16 224 John Dampeer Guard Notre Dame 10 15 249 Lenvil Elliott Running back Northeast Missouri State 11 17 277 William Montgomery Defensive back Morehouse 12 16 302 Charles Clark Running back Bethune-Cookman 13 15 327 Brooks West Defensive tackle UTEP 14 17 355 Hurles Scales Defensive back North Texas State 15 16 380 Ted McNulty Quarterback Indiana 16 15 405 Harry Unger Running back Auburn 17 17 433 Wayne Estabrook Quarterback Whittier

1974 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 23 23 Bill Kollar Defensive tackle Montana State 2 22 48 Charlie Davis Running back Colorado 3 9 61 Dave Lapham Guard Syracuse 3 21 73 Evan Jolitz Linebacker Cincinnati 4 9 87 Mike Boryla Quarterback Stanford 4 20 98 Darryl White Guard Nebraska 4 25 103 Richard Williams Wide receiver Abilene Christian 5 10 114 Haskel Stanback Running back Tennessee 5 23 127 Richard Bishop Defensive tackle Louisville 6 22 152 Robin Sinclair Defensive back Washington State 6 23 153 William Bryant Defensive back Grambling 7 21 177 Ken Sawyer Defensive back Syracuse 8 20 202 John McDaniel Wide receiver Lincoln (MO) 9 23 231 Edward Johnson Defensive end Southern Methodist 10 22 256 Chuck Herd Tight end Penn State 11 21 281 Ed Kezirian Offensive tackle UCLA 12 20 306 Rudy McClinon Defensive back Xavier 13 23 335 Ted Jornou Linebacker Iowa State 14 22 360 Mike Phillips Offensive tackle Cornell 15 21 385 Isaac Jackson Running back Kansas State 16 20 410 Darryl Bishop Defensive back Kentucky 17 23 439 Jim Smith Running back North Carolina Central

1975 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 14 14 Glenn Cameron Linebacker Florida 2 13 39 Al Krevis Offensive tackle Boston College 3 3 55 Gary Burley Defensive end Pittsburgh 3 12 64 Gary Sheide Quarterback Brigham Young 3 25 77 Bo Harris Linebacker LSU 4 19 97 Stan Fritts Running back North Carolina State 5 16 120 Pat McInally Wide receiver Harvard 5 18 122 Jeff West Punter Cincinnati 6 12 142 Tom Shuman Quarterback Penn State 6 15 145 Rollen Smith Defensive back Arkansas 7 14 170 Chris Devlin Linebacker Penn State 8 13 195 Ricky Davis Defensive back Alabama 9 12 220 Greg Dubinetz Guard Yale 9 19 227 Lofell Williams Wide receiver Virginia Union 10 11 245 Rockey Felker Defensive back Mississippi State 11 16 276 Marvin Cobb Defensive back USC 12 15 301 Jack Novak Tight end Wisconsin 13 14 326 Ron Rosenberg Linebacker Montana 14 13 351 Frank Haywood Defensive tackle North Carolina State 15 12 376 Greg Enright Kicker Southern Oregon State 16 11 401 John Tuttle Wide receiver Kansas State 17 16 432 Elvin Charity Defensive back Yale

1976 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 11 11 Billy Brooks Wide receiver Oklahoma 1 24 24 Archie Griffin Running back Ohio State 2 10 38 Glenn Bujnoch Guard Texas A&M 2 23 51 Chris Bahr Kicker Penn State 3 9 69 Danny Reece Defensive back USC 3 22 82 Reggie Williams Linebacker Dartmouth 4 14 106 Tony Davis Running back Nebraska 4 24 116 Greg Fairchild Guard Tulsa 5 14 138 Willie Shelby Running back Alabama 5 23 147 Scott Perry Defensive back Williams 6 20 176 Orlando Nelson Tight end Utah State 7 5 187 Bob Bateman Quarterback Brown 7 10 192 Carmen Rome Defensive back Miami (OH) 7 23 205 Ken Kuhn Linebacker Ohio State 8 23 232 Ron Hunt Offensive tackle Oregon 9 22 259 Lonnie Allgood Wide receiver Syracuse 10 22 287 Tom Klaban Kicker Ohio State 11 23 314 Melvin Morgan Defensive back Mississippi Valley State 12 22 341 Joe Dale Harris Wide receiver Alabama 13 24 371 Randy Walker Running back Miami (OH) 14 23 398 Greg Coleman Punter Florida A&M 15 22 425 Lynn Hieber Quarterback Indiana (PA) 16 24 455 George Demopoulis Center Miami (FL) 17 23 482 Scott Dannelley Guard Ohio State

1977 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 3 3 Eddie Edwards Defensive end Miami (FL) 1 8 8 Wilson Whitley Defensive tackle Houston 1 22 22 Mike Cobb Tight end Michigan State 2 21 49 Pete Johnson Running back Ohio State 3 20 76 Mike Voight Running back North Carolina 4 1 85 Rick Walker Tight end UCLA 4 19 103 Mike Wilson Offensive tackle Georgia 4 21 105 Jerry Anderson Defensive back Oklahoma 5 21 133 Ray Phillips Linebacker Nebraska 6 21 160 Tommy Duniven Quarterback Texas Tech 7 20 187 Louis Breeden Defensive back North Carolina Central 7 27 194 Jim Corbett Tight end Pittsburgh 8 19 214 Jose St. Victor Guard Syracuse 9 22 245 Willie Zachary Wide receiver Central State (OH) 10 21 272 Bob Bialik Punter Hillsdale 11 13 292 Joel Parrish Guard Georgia 11 20 299 Carl Allen Defensive back Southern Miss 12 15 322 Terry Irving Defensive back Jackson State 12 19 326 Alex Percival Wide receiver Morehouse

1978 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 8 8 Ross Browner Defensive end Notre Dame 1 16 16 Blair Bush Center Washington 2 7 35 Ray Griffin Defensive back Ohio State 2 17 45 Dave Turner Running back San Diego State 3 16 72 Ted Vincent Defensive tackle Wichita State 3 27 83 Don Bass Wide receiver Houston 4 15 99 Dennis Law Wide receiver East Tennessee State 5 16 126 Tom Dinkel Linebacker Kansas 5 21 131 Rob Hertel Quarterback USC 6 17 155 Steve Geise Running back Penn State 7 16 182 Joe Branson Defensive back Livingstone 7 27 193 Danny Bass Offensive tackle Elon 8 17 211 Bill Miller Offensive tackle Western Illinois 9 16 238 Ron Shumon Linebacker Wichita State 10 17 267 Tom DePaso Linebacker Penn State 11 14 292 Cal Prince Running back Louisville 11 16 294 Mark Donahue Guard Michigan 12 17 323 Kim Featsent Wide receiver Kent State

1979 draft