April 12, 2008

2003
1. DT Jimmy Kennedy (1-12)
2. LB Pisa Tinoisamoa (2-43)
3. WR Kevin Curtis (3-74)
4. WR Shaun McDonald (4-106)
5. CB DeJuan Groce (4-107)
6. TE Dan Curley (5-148)
7. CB Shane Walton (5-170)
8. CB Kevin Garrett (5-172)
9. OG Scott Tercero (6-184)
10. LB Scott Shanle (7-251)
11. TE Richard Angulo (7-254)

2004
1. RB Steven Jackson (1-24)
2. DE Anthony Hargrove (3-91)
3. LB Brandon Chillar (4-130)
4. S Jason Shivers (5-158)
5. QB Jeff Smoker (6-201)
6. TE Erik Jensen (7-237)
7. C-OG Larry Turner (7-238)

2005
1. OT Alex Barron (1-19)
2. CB Ronald Bartell (2-50)
3. S Oshiomogho Atogwe (3-66)
4. OG Richie Incognito (3-81)
5. S Jerome Carter (4-117)
6. OG Claude Terrell (4-134)
7. TE Jerome Collins (5-144)
8. WR Dante Ridgeway (6-192)
9. P Reggie Hodges (6-210)
10. QB Ryan Fitzpatrick (7-250)
11. FB Madison Hedgecock (7-251)

2006
1. CB Tye Hill (1-15)
2. TE Joe Klopfenstein (2-46)
3. DT Claude Wroten (3-68)
4. LB Jon Alston (3-77)
5. TE Dominique Byrd (3-93)
6. DE Victor Adeyanju (4-113)
7. WR Marques Hagans (5-144)
8. LB Tim McGarigle (7-221)
9. OG Mark Setterstrom (7-242)
10. OG Tony Palmer (7-243)

2007
1. DT Adam Carriker (1-13)
2. RB Brian Leonard (2-52)
3. CB Jonathan Wade (3-84)
4. C Dustin Fry (5-139)
5. DT Clifton Ryan (5-154)
6. OT Ken Shackleford (6-190
7. DT Keith Jackson (7-248)
8. WR Derek Stanley (7-249)

Still on roster during '07 season*: 22
Starters*: 10
Pro Bowlers: 1

There appears to be a direct parallel between the Rams’ decline from their “Greatest Show on Turf” days and their lack of success in the draft the past five years. Hopes are running high that 2007’s top pick, Adam Carriker, finally makes up for the Jimmy Kennedy first-round fiasco in ’03.

* — See Three- and five-year draft history for criteria in determining this number.

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