The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Bengals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference North Division.[3] Founded as an expansion team of the American Football League (AFL) in 1968, they joined the NFL as a result of the 1970 AFL–NFL merger.[4][5][3] The team's home games have been held in downtown Cincinnati at Paycor Stadium since 2000.[6]
The NFL draft, officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting",[7][8][9] is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment.[10] The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks. Teams that qualified for the NFL playoffs select after non-qualifiers, and their order depends on how far they advanced, using their regular season record as a tie-breaker. The final two selections in the first round are reserved for the Super Bowl runner-up and champion. Draft picks are tradable and players or other picks can be acquired with them.[11]
Since the team's first draft in 1968, the Bengals have selected 68 players in the first round. The team's first-round pick in their inaugural draft was Bob Johnson, a center from the University of Tennessee; he was the second overall selection.[3][12] The Bengals have drafted number one overall four times and selected Dan Wilkinson in 1994, Ki-Jana Carter in 1995, Carson Palmer in 2003, and Joe Burrow in 2020.[13] In the most recent draft, held in 2024, the Bengals chose Georgia tackle Amarius Mims.[14]
The Bengals have drafted at least one player in the first round every year except for 1989.[13] Only one of the team's first-round picks—Anthony Muñoz—has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[15]
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- ^ Russo, Ralph D. (April 26, 2024). "2024 NFL Draft: List of first round picks". AP News. Archived from the original on April 26, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
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