We talk about the first Bengals player ever drafted and the only player to have his uniform number retired. When building a new franchise, Bob Johnson addressed a position that Paul Brown believed was the most important.
NOTE: These all-time draft posts are re-posts from previous years. Since there haven't been many changes over the years, our top-10 lists are relatively the same.
Bengals center Bob Johnson will always be remembered as the first player ever drafted by (this version of) the Cincinnati Bengals. (Note: we've actually had more than one franchise that was named "Bengals" in Cincinnati, dating back to the mid-to-late-30s).