Daniel Snyder first became the Washington Redskins owner in 1999.
It was May of 1999, and the 1999 NFL draft had just been held April 17-18. So, Snyder’s first draft was the 2000 draft and wow, did he take that draft by storm. He created a huge stir in free agency by signing aging veterans to extremely overpaid contracts that would lead to less performance on the field and more dead money cap hits in the following years.
When the draft arrived he had made moves resulting in Washington holding the second and third overall selections in that draft. For Snyder, it was WIN NOW and WORRY LATER.
Well, there wasn’t much winning, and there has been more than enough to worry about for the 23 years of his ownership.
Who were the Washington first-round draft choices during the Daniel Snyder era?
- 2000: Lavar Arrington (2nd overall), Chris Samuels (3rd overall)
- 2001: Rod Garnder (15th overall)
- 2002: Patrick Ramsey (32nd overall)
- 2003: To the NY Jets for signing restricted free agent WR Laveranues Coles
- 2004: Sean Taylor (5th overall)
- 2005: Carlos Rogers (9th overall), Jason Campbell (25th overall)
- 2006: Traded to Denver in Jason Campbell deal
- 2007: LaRon Landry (6th overall)
- 2008: Traded to Atlanta (drafted Devin Thomas, Fred Thomas)
- 2009: Brian Orakpo (13th overall)
- 2010: Trent Williams (4th overall)
- 2011: Ryan Kerrigan (16th overall)
- 2012: Robert Griffin (2nd overall)
- 2013: Traded to the Rams for Robert Griffin selection
- 2014: Traded to the Rams for Robert Griffin selection
- 2015: Brandon Scherff (5th overall)
- 2016: Josh Doctson (22nd overall)
- 2017: Jonathan Allen (17th overall)
- 2018: Daron Payne (13th overall)
- 2019: Dwayne Haskins (15th overall), Montez Sweat (26th overall)
- 2020: Chase Young (2nd overall)
- 2021: Jamin Davis (19th overall)
- 2022: Jahan Dotson (16th overall)