| Christopher Reina. 8th April, 2009 - 4:40 pm
 Number of drafted Pro Bowlers since 1997:10
(Pro Bowlers marked by * below)
Rod Graves has been at the helm of the Cardinals since 2003 and was responsible for bringing in Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin in back-to-back drafts. Many of Arizona's 10 drafted Pro Bowlers became Pro Bowlers after leaving Arizona.
Various Notes
- Thomas Jones became a Pro Bowler in 2008 and was injury-plagued with Arizona. Using a seventh overall pick on Jones was certainly better than the Giants at 11 with Ron Dayne, though Shaun Alexander was a better value at 19 by the Seahawks.
- Bryant Johnson was their first round pick in 2003 and he of course was immediately outplayed by Boldin who was a second rounder. These two high picks at receiver didn't prevent the Cardinals from going receiver again in 2004 with Larry Fitzgerald, despite having no real young quarterbacks and Philip Rivers being on the board. Arizona's future might be a bit better with Rivers, a happy Boldin as the number one, but Fitzgerald became the best player in the game during the playoffs.
- DRC is almost certainly a Pro Bowler either this year or next and was a difference maker as a rookie.
- Leonard Davis had his Pro Bowl seasons in Dallas and how much value they got out of the 2001 second overall pick is kind of a mixed bag. Their second round pick, Kyle Vanden Bosch, also became a Pro Bowler when he left Arizona and went to Tennessee.
- Arizona also spent an early pick on tackle Levi Brown and he's been solid yet underwhelming thus far.
- The 2004 draft was truly excellent with Fitzgerald, Danrell Dockett and Karlos Dansby.
2008
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, DB (1st, 16th)
Calais Campbell, DE (2nd, 50th)
Early Doucet, WR (3rd, 81st)
Kenny Iwebema, DE (4th, 116th)
Tim Hightower, RB (5th, 149th)
Chris Harrington, DE (6th, 185th)
Brandon Keith, T (7th, 225th)
2007
Levi Brown, T (1st, 5th)
Alan Branch, DT (2nd, 33rd)
Buster Davis, LB (3rd, 69th)
Steve Breaston, WR (5th, 142nd)
Ben Patrick, TE (7th, 215th)
2006
Matt Leinart, QB (1st, 10th)
Deuce Lutui, G (2nd, 41st)
Leonard Pope, TE (3rd, 72nd)
Gabe Watson, DT (4th, 107th)
Brandon Johnson, LB (5th, 142nd)
Jon Lewis, DT (6th, 177th)
2005
Antrel Rolle, DB (1st, 8th)
J.J. Arrington, RB (2nd, 44th)
Eric Green, DB (3rd, 75th)
Darryl Blackstock, LB (3rd, 95th)
Elton Brown, G (4th, 111th)
Lance Mitchell, LB (5th, 168th)
LeRon McCoy, WR (7th, 226th)
2004
*Larry Fitzgerald, WR (1st, 3rd)
Karlos Dansby, LB (2nd, 33rd)
*Darnell Dockett, DT (3rd, 64th)
Alex Stepanovich, C (4th, 100th)
Antonio Smith, DE (5th, 135th)
Nick Leckey, C (6th, 167th)
John Navarre, QB (7th, 202nd)
2003
Bryant Johnson, WR (1st, 17th)
Calvin Pace, DE (1st, 18th)
*Anquan Boldin, WR (2nd, 54th)
Gerald Hayes, LB (3rd, 70th)
Kenny King, DE (5th, 141st)
Reggie Wells, G (6th, 177th)
Tony Gilbert, LB (6th, 210th)
2002
Wendell Bryant, DT (1st, 12th)
Levar Fisher, LB (2nd, 49th)
Josh McCown, QB (3rd, 81st)
Dennis Johnson, DE (3rd, 98th)
Nate Dwyer, DT (4th, 113th)
Jason McAddley, WR (5th, 149th)
Josh Scobey, RB (6th, 185th)
Mike Banks, TE (7th, 223rd)
2001
*Leonard Davis, T (1st, 2nd)
*Kyle Vanden Bosch, DE (2nd, 34th)
Michael Stone, DB (2nd, 54th)
*Adrian Wilson, DB (3rd, 64th)
Bill Gramatica, K (4th, 98th)
Marcus Bell, DT (4th, 123rd)
Mario Fatafehi, DT (5th, 133rd)
Bobby Newcombe, WR (6th, 166th)
Renaldo Hill, DB (7th, 202nd)
Tevita Ofahengaue, TE (7th, 246th)
2000
*Thomas Jones, RB (1st, 7th)
Raynoch Thompson, LB (2nd, 41st)
Darwin Walker, DT (3rd, 71st)
David Barrett, DB (4th, 102nd)
Mao Tosi, DT (5th, 136th)
Jay Tant, TE (5th, 164th)
Jabari Issa, DE (6th, 176th)
Sekou Sanyika, LB (7th, 215th)
1999
*David Boston, WR (1st, 8th)
L.J. Shelton, T (1st, 21st)
Johnny Rutledge, LB (2nd, 51st)
Tom Burke, DE (3rd, 83rd)
Joel Makovicka, FB (4th, 116th)
Paris Johnson, DB (5th, 155th)
Yusuf Scott, G (5th, 168th)
Coby Rhinehart, DB (6th, 190th)
Melvin Bradley, LB (6th, 202nd)
Dennis McKinley, FB (6th, 206th)
Chris Greisen, QB (7th, 239th)
1998
Andre Wadsworth, DE (1st, 3rd)
*Corey Chavous, DB (2nd, 33rd)
Anthony Clement, T (2nd, 36th)
Michael Pittman, RB (4th, 95th)
Terry Hardy, TE (5th, 125th)
Zack Walz, LB (6th, 158th)
Phil Savoy, WR (7th, 193rd)
Jomo Cousins, DE (7th, 209th)
Pat Tillman, DB (7th, 226th)
Ron Janes, RB (7th, 233rd)
1997
Tom Knight, DB (1st, 9th)
*Jake Plummer, QB (2nd, 42nd)
Ty Howard, DB (3rd, 84th)
Chris Dishman, G (4th, 106th)
Chad Carpenter, WR (5th, 139th)
Rod Brown, RB (6th, 175th)
Tony McCombs, LB (6th, 188th)
Mark Smith, DT (7th, 212th)
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