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With the 3rd overall selection...
With the Bears holding the No. 3 pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, we take a look at the last 35 players to be selected in that spot.
![2016: DE Joey Bosa (Chargers)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/wdgwtjclmge3bjfl4txq.jpg)
2016: DE Joey Bosa (Chargers)
![2015: OLB Dante Fowler (Jaguars)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ngmtdmfi4h92y44jp9r0.jpg)
2015: OLB Dante Fowler (Jaguars)
![2014: QB Blake Bortles (Jaguars)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/maivbbtsaqerorrggaiz.jpg)
2014: QB Blake Bortles (Jaguars)
![2013: DE Dion Jordan (Dolphins)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/zb9fmt33ntetnbdxnsdf.jpg)
2013: DE Dion Jordan (Dolphins)
![2012: RB Trent Richardson (Browns)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/fl5k76jj8f59ade91a7p.jpg)
2012: RB Trent Richardson (Browns)
![2011: DT Marcell Dareus (Bills)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/k3dmwe9pm7dhre7lqggc.jpg)
2011: DT Marcell Dareus (Bills)
![2010: DT Gerald McCoy (Buccaneers)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/itxnxrc3pt3fruboholf.jpg)
2010: DT Gerald McCoy (Buccaneers)
![2009: DE Tyson Jackson (Chiefs)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/qhxjkxrdfnh139eaq3bp.jpg)
2009: DE Tyson Jackson (Chiefs)
![2008: QB Matt Ryan (Falcons)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/uibqgtnrz7fxkmrn8zau.jpg)
2008: QB Matt Ryan (Falcons)
![2007: T Joe Thomas (Browns)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/fqlcn5kr89bpywgyqyz2.jpg)
2007: T Joe Thomas (Browns)
![2006: QB Vince Young (Titans)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/mgzijc3sxl07cpsy4utv.jpg)
2006: QB Vince Young (Titans)
![2005: WR Braylon Edwards (Browns)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/lj7udqbi9dxitms5z72y.jpg)
2005: WR Braylon Edwards (Browns)
![2004: WR Larry Fitzgerald (Cardinals)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/stzyzppuyfguj907h6j9.jpg)
2004: WR Larry Fitzgerald (Cardinals)
![2003: WR Andre Johnson (Texans)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/vorr6hq9bmj3eewkauhl.jpg)
2003: WR Andre Johnson (Texans)
![2002: QB Joey Harrington (Lions)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/gpojvtabknbcayijlsdn.jpg)
2002: QB Joey Harrington (Lions)
![2001: DT Gerard Warren (Browns)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/wawmygmnwboedkemtdqp.jpg)
2001: DT Gerard Warren (Browns)
![2000: T Chris Samuels (Redskins)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/xw9rtt32v8rlfckey7ks.jpg)
2000: T Chris Samuels (Redskins)
![1999: QB Akili Smith (Bengals)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/gzkhzti6qtsa9l6v8wrg.jpg)
1999: QB Akili Smith (Bengals)
![1998: DE Andre Wadsworth (Cardinals)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/gs1y0qprwwma6eqxplec.jpg)
1998: DE Andre Wadsworth (Cardinals)
![1997: DB Shawn Springs (Seahawks)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/kkgxbgpvejrv54goref0.jpg)
1997: DB Shawn Springs (Seahawks)
![1996: DE Simeon Rice (Cardinals)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/bz6bhyofctkqpbfnzbj8.jpg)
1996: DE Simeon Rice (Cardinals)
![1995: QB Steve McNair (Oilers)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/cbhmscj7es8l98zfkti9.jpg)
1995: QB Steve McNair (Oilers)
![1994: QB Heath Shuler (Redskins)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/xwtzhkhrz4ajqiumhneu.jpg)
1994: QB Heath Shuler (Redskins)
![1993: RB Garrison Hearst (Cardinals)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/ulcrzdqmpbtqyz7njmdg.jpg)
1993: RB Garrison Hearst (Cardinals)
![1992: DT Sean Gilbert (Rams)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/yx0xzkclqv6kqk9cumzk.jpg)
1992: DT Sean Gilbert (Rams)
![1991: DB Bruce Pickens (Falcons)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/apbkoamzlreu3ovwpaxd.jpg)
1991: DB Bruce Pickens (Falcons)
![1990: DT Cortez Kennedy (Seahawks)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/azxwplfef1affhf3ybyf.jpg)
1990: DT Cortez Kennedy (Seahawks)
![1989: RB Barry Sanders (Lions)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/hgcajg5p8oy7xh9acfsw.jpg)
1989: RB Barry Sanders (Lions)
![1988: DB Bennie Blades (Lions)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/xz1acy7y2ex3z5r6tdmf.jpg)
1988: DB Bennie Blades (Lions)
![1987: RB Alonzo Highsmith (Oilers)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/khagdyzf4ffa85inka56.jpg)
1987: RB Alonzo Highsmith (Oilers)
![1986: QB Jim Everett (Oilers)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/doysl86rzuxkwk2bd6hj.jpg)
1986: QB Jim Everett (Oilers)
![1985: DT Ray Childress (Oilers)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/fz8xbhx3zrfl4nrbfctn.jpg)
1985: DT Ray Childress (Oilers)
![1984: LB Carl Banks (Giants)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/v4kwlyl0m4ah0khtxebq.jpg)
1984: LB Carl Banks (Giants)
![1983: RB Curt Warner (Seahawks)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/rbkigvwxp9sxrw0zjhjd.jpg)
1983: RB Curt Warner (Seahawks)
![1982: LB Chip Banks (Browns)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/bears/li5bdixjr1fnos6s0psr.jpg)
1982: LB Chip Banks (Browns)