2002 NFL Draft Round 1
| YEAR | RND | PICK # | TEAM | PLAYER | POS | COLLEGE |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | HOU | David Carr | QB | Fresno St. |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | CAR | Julius Peppers | DE | North Carolina |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 | DET | Joey Harrington | QB | Oregon |
| 2002 | 1 | 4 | BUF | Mike Williams | T | Texas |
| 2002 | 1 | 5 | LAC | Quentin Jammer | DB | Texas |
| 2002 | 1 | 6 | KAN | Ryan Sims | DT | North Carolina |
| 2002 | 1 | 7 | MIN | Bryant McKinnie | T | Miami (FL) |
| 2002 | 1 | 8 | DAL | Roy Williams | DB | Oklahoma |
| 2002 | 1 | 9 | JAX | John Henderson | DT | Tennessee |
| 2002 | 1 | 10 | CIN | Levi Jones | T | Arizona St. |
| 2002 | 1 | 11 | IND | Dwight Freeney | DE | Syracuse |
| 2002 | 1 | 12 | ARI | Wendell Bryant | DT | Wisconsin |
| 2002 | 1 | 13 | NOR | Donte' Stallworth | WR | Tennessee |
| 2002 | 1 | 14 | NYG | Jeremy Shockey | TE | Miami (FL) |
| 2002 | 1 | 15 | TEN | Albert Haynesworth | DT | Tennessee |
| 2002 | 1 | 16 | CLE | William Green | RB | Boston Col. |
| 2002 | 1 | 17 | LAS | Phillip Buchanon | DB | Miami (FL) |
| 2002 | 1 | 18 | ATL | T.J. Duckett | RB | Michigan St. |
| 2002 | 1 | 19 | DEN | Ashley Lelie | WR | Hawaii |
| 2002 | 1 | 20 | GNB | Javon Walker | WR | Florida St. |
| 2002 | 1 | 21 | NWE | Daniel Graham | TE | Colorado |
| 2002 | 1 | 22 | NYJ | Bryan Thomas | DE | Ala-Birmingham |
| 2002 | 1 | 23 | LAS | Napoleon Harris | LB | Northwestern |
| 2002 | 1 | 24 | BAL | Ed Reed | DB | Miami (FL) |
| 2002 | 1 | 25 | NOR | Charles Grant | DE | Georgia |
| 2002 | 1 | 26 | PHI | Lito Sheppard | DB | Florida |
| 2002 | 1 | 27 | SFO | Mike Rumph | DB | Miami (FL) |
| 2002 | 1 | 28 | SEA | Jerramy Stevens | TE | Washington |
| 2002 | 1 | 29 | CHI | Marc Colombo | T | Boston Col. |
| 2002 | 1 | 30 | PIT | Kendall Simmons | G | Auburn |
| 2002 | 1 | 31 | RAM | Robert Thomas | LB | UCLA |
| 2002 | 1 | 32 | WAS | Patrick Ramsey | QB | Tulane |
