Linebackers Drafted In The First Round: 2000 - 2011

[mr beauxjangles]

Pro Bowlers in bold (19 out of 34)

Year drafted on left, pick number in round one on the right

Three Panthers (Morgan, Davis, and Beason)

Some busts in there of course, but also some very good company for Mr. Kuechly.

2011 Von Miller - 2

2010 Rolando McClain - 8

2010 Sean Weatherspoon - 19

2009 Aaron Curry - 4

2009 Brian Cushing - 15

2009 Clay Matthews - 26

2008 Keith Rivers - 9

2008 Jerod Mayo - 10

2007 Patrick Willis - 11

2007 Lawrence Timmons - 15

2007 Jon Beason - 25

2006 AJ Hawk - 5

2006 Ernie Sims - 9

2006 Chad Greenway - 17

2006 Bobby Carpenter - 18

2006 Tamba Hali - 20

2006 Manny Lawson - 22

2005 DeMarcus Ware - 11

2005 Shawne Merriman - 12

2005 Thomas Davis - 14

2005 Derrick Johnson - 15

2005 David Pollack - 17

2004 Jonathan Vilma - 12

2004 DJ Williams - 17

2003 Terrell Suggs - 10

2003 Calvin Pace - 18

2003 Nick Barnett - 29

2002 Napoleon Harris - 23

2001 Dan Morgan - 11

2000 LaVar Arrington - 2

2000 Brian Urlacher - 9

2000 Julian Peterson - 16

2000 Rob Morris - 28

2000 Keith Bullock - 30

[Argus Plexus]

He will be a stud, and he will pull our fat out of the fire before January