Year Pick Player name Position College Notes National Football League, Early Era (1950 -- 1969) 1950 13 Ken Carpenter WR / RB Oregon State 1951 14 Kenny Konz DB LSU 1952 10 Bert Rechichar DB / RB / K / LB / P Tennessee 12 Harry Agganis QB Boston 1953 11 Doug Atkins † DL / E Tennessee 1954 Bobby Garrett * QB Stanford 12 John Bauer OL Illinois 1955 13 Kurt Burris CB / LB Oklahoma 1956 13 Preston Carpenter E / RB / TE Arkansas 1957 6 Jim Brown † FB Syracuse 1958 13 Jim Shofner DB Texas Christian 1959 11 Rich Kreitling WR / E Illinois 1960 8 Jim Houston DL / LB Ohio State 1961 10 Bobby Crespino WR / E / TE Mississippi 1962 Gary Collins WR / P Maryland 11 Leroy Jackson RB Western Illinois 1963 9 Tom Hutchinson E / WR Kentucky 1964 11 Paul Warfield † WR / E Ohio State 1965 -- -- No Pick -- -- 1966 14 Milt Morin TE Massachusetts 1967 18 Bob Matheson DL / LB Duke 1968 21 Marv Upshaw DL / K Trinity 1969 20 Ron Johnson RB Michigan National Football League, Modern Era (1970 -- present) 1970 Mike Phipps QB Purdue 21 Bob McKay OT Texas 1971 14 Clarence Scott DB Kansas 1972 18 Thom Darden DB Michigan 1973 16 Steve Holden WR Arizona State 22 Pete Adams OG USC -- -- No Pick -- -- 5 Mack Mitchell DL Houston 1976 7 Mike Pruitt FB / RB Purdue 1977 17 Robert Jackson LB Texas A&M 1978 12 Clay Matthews LB USC 23 Ozzie Newsome † TE Alabama 1979 20 Willis Adams WR Houston 1980 27 Charles White RB USC 1981 22 Hanford Dixon CB Southern Miss 1982 Chip Banks LB / WR USC -- -- No Pick -- -- 1984 18 Don Rogers UCLA 1985 -- -- No Pick -- -- 1986 -- -- No Pick -- -- 5 Mike Junkin LB Duke 1988 21 Clifford Charlton LB Florida 1989 13 Eric Metcalf RB / WR Texas 1990 -- -- No Pick -- -- 1991 Eric Turner DB UCLA 1992 9 Tommy Vardell FB / RB Stanford 1993 14 Steve Everitt Michigan 1994 9 Antonio Langham CB Alabama 29 Derrick Alexander WR Michigan 1995 30 Craig Powell LB Ohio State Franchise suspended, no team in Cleveland from 1996 -- 1998 1997 1998 1999 Tim Couch * QB Kentucky 2000 Courtney Brown * DE Penn State 2001 Gerard Warren DT Florida 2002 16 William Green RB Boston College 2003 21 Jeff Faine Notre Dame 6 Kellen Winslow II TE Miami 2005 Braylon Edwards WR Michigan 2006 13 Kamerion Wimbley LB Florida State 2007 Joe Thomas OT Wisconsin 22 Brady Quinn QB Notre Dame 2008 -- -- No Pick -- -- 2009 21 -- Alex Mack California 7 -- Joe Haden CB Florida 2011 21 -- Phil Taylor DT Baylor 2012 -- Trent Richardson RB Alabama 22 -- Brandon Weeden QB Oklahoma State 2013 6 -- Barkevious Mingo OLB LSU 2014 8 -- Justin Gilbert CB Oklahoma State 22 -- Johnny Manziel QB Texas A&M 2015 12 -- Danny Shelton DT Washington 19 -- Cameron Erving Florida State 2016 15 -- Corey Coleman WR Baylor 2017 Myles Garrett * DE Texas A&M 25 Jabrill Peppers Michigan 29 David Njoku TE Miami 2018 Baker Mayfield * QB Oklahoma Denzel Ward CB Ohio State
who did the browns pick number 1 in the draft
Baker Mayfield