Last 15 players selected at No. 49 in the NFL draft
Odds are against you to find a star player at the 49th overall pick in the NFL draft, but you could certainly find a solid starter. I would say, over the last 15 years, that teams have hit on a good player more than they have missed. There have been two Pro Bowlers selected here during that time, with one of them eventually finding their way to being an important starter on the New Orleans Saints.
So it’s good to know the history of the pick the Saints are working with, could find their third starter in the first 50 picks? Here are the full results of the No. 49 pick over the last 15 years:
2021: WR Rondale Moore, Arizona Cardinals
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2020: WR Chase Claypool, Pittsburgh Steelers
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2019: LB Ben Banogu, Indianapolis Colts
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2018: TE Dallas Goedert, Philadelphia Eagles
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2017: LB Ryan Anderson, Washington Commanders
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2016: DT Jarran Reed, Seattle Seahawks
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2015: OL Mitch Morse, Kansas City Chiefs
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2014: TE Jace Amaro, New York Jets
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2013: DT Johnathan Hankins, New York Giants
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2012: DT Kendall Reyes, San Diego Chargers
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2011: OT Ben Ijalana, Indianapolis Colts
Indianapolis Colts tackle Ben Ijalana, right blocks Bradley Sowell during practice at the NFL team’s football training camp in Anderson, Ind., Tuesday, July 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
2010: S Taylor Mays, San Francisco 49ers
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2009: OL Max Unger, Seattle Seahawks
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2008: WR DeSean Jackson, Philadelphia Eagles
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2007: RB Kenny Irons, Cincinnati Bengals
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