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New Orleans Saints Fact of the Day: April 30, 2015

A look at the No. 13 pick

Apr 30, 2015 at 02:57 AM

New Orleans Saints Fact of the Day for Thursday, April 30, 2015:

Over the last 10 drafts, defensive tackles have been selected in the 13th slot five times. The 13th overall pick has had the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year winner the past two seasons. After recording 72 tackles, nine sacks, two passes defensed and two forced fumbles in 2014, Aaron Donald captured the 2014 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award and was one of three rookies selected to the Pro Bowl. Sheldon Richardson was named the 2013 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and was selected to the Pro Bowl following a breakout 2014 campaign.

1967 (Pick No. 26) FB Leslie Kelley from Alabama

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1968 (Pick No. 7) DE Kevin Hardy from Notre Dame

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1969 (Pick No. 17) G John Shinners from Xavier

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1970 (Pick No. 10) WR Ken Burrough from Texas Southern

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1971 (Pick No. 2) QB Archie Manning from Ole Miss

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1972 (Pick No. 8) G Royce Smith from Georgia

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1974 (Pick No. 13) LB Rick Middleton from Ohio State

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1975 (Pick No. 7) WR Larry Burton from Purdue

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1975 (Pick No. 12) G Kurt Schumacher from Ohio State

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1976 (Pick No. 3) RB Chuck Muncie from California

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1977 (Pick No. 7) DE Joe Campbell from Maryland

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1978 (Pick No. 3) WR Wes Chandler from Florida

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1979 (Pick No. 11) K/P Russell Erxleben from Texas

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1980 (Pick No. 12) OT Stan Brock from Colorado

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1981 (Pick No. 1) RB George Rogers from South Carolina

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1982 (Pick No. 13) WR Lindsay Scott from Georgia

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1985 (Pick No. 24) LB Alvin Toles from Tennessee

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1986 (Pick No. 6) OT Jim Dombrowski from Virginia

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1987 (Pick No. 11) DE Shawn Knight from Brigham Young

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1988 (Pick No. 24) RB Craig Heyward from Pittsburgh

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1989 (Pick No. 19) DE Wayne Martin from Arkansas

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1990 (Pick No. 14) DE Renaldo Turnbull from West Virginia

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1992 (Pick No. 21) RB Vaughn Dunbar from Indiana

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1993 (Pick 8) OT William Roaf from Louisiana Tech

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1993 (Pick No. 20) TE Irv Smith from Notre Dame

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1994 (Pick No. 13) DE Joe Johnson from Louisville

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1995 (Pick No. 13) LB Mark Fields from Washington State

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1996 (Pick No. 11) CB Alex Molden from Oregon

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1997 (Pick No. 10) G Chris Naeole from Colorado

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1998 (Pick No. 7) OT Kyle Turley from San Diego State

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1999 (Pick No. 5) RB Ricky Williams from Texas

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2001 (Pick 23) RB Deuce McAllister from Ole Miss

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2002 (Pick No. 13) Donte' Stallworth from Tennessee

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2002 (Pick No. 25) DE Charles Grant from Georgia

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2003 (Pick No. 6) DT Johnathan Sullivan from Georgia

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2004 (Pick No. 18) DE Will Smith from Ohio State

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2005 (Pick No. 13) OT Jammal Brown from Oklahoma

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2006 (Pick No. 2) RB Reggie Bush from USC

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2007 (Pick No. 27) WR Robert Meachem from Tennessee

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2008 (Pick No. 7) DT Sedrick Ellis from USC

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Photos of safety Malcolm Jenkins during his first stint with the New Orleans Saints and his time with the Philadelphia Eagles.

2010 (Pick No. 32) DB Patrick Robinson from Florida State

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2011 (Pick No. 24) DE Cameron Jordan from Cal

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2011 (Pick No. 28) RB Mark Ingram from Alabama

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2013 (Pick No. 14) S Kenny Vaccaro from Texas

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2014 (Pick No. 20) WR Brandin Cooks from Oregon State

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2015 Stanford (Pick No. 13) OT Andrus Peat

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2015 (Pick 31) Clemson LB Stephone Anthony

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2016 (Pick 12) Louisville DT Sheldon Rankins

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