Sorry, Carolina Panthers, but your boy Luke Kuechly won’t be included in this here list. He was drafted a year before the decade cut-off, in 2012.
Nonetheless, your team is now in possession of the 2023 draft’s ninth overall selection. So let’s take a look at the last 10 players who were taken in that very spot.
2022
Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State (Seattle Seahawks)
2021
Patrick Surtain II, CB, Alabama (Denver Broncos)
2020
CJ Henderson, CB, Florida (Jacksonville Jaguars)
2019
Ed Oliver, DT, Houston (Buffalo Bills)
2018
Mike McGlinchey, OT, Notre Dame (San Francisco 49ers)
2017
John Ross, WR, Washington (Cincinnati Bengals)
2016
Leonard Floyd, LB, Georgia (Chicago Bears)
2015
Ereck Flowers, OT, Miami (New York Giants)
2014
Anthony Barr, LB, UCLA (Minnesota Vikings)
2013
Dee Milliner, CB, Alabama (New York Jets)
