{"id":599786,"date":"2026-04-12T20:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/599786\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T20:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:16:08","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-the-history-of-the-no-34-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/599786\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL draft: The history of the No. 34 pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Cardinals have seven selections in the 2026 NFL draft currently, one in each round. Their selection in the second round is No. 34 overall. Hopefully, whoever they select can make a meaningful contribution.<\/p>\n<p>Who have been the last few players selected at No. 34 overall? Let&#8217;s have a look.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">2025: WR Jayden Higgins, Houston Texans<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">2024: WR Ladd McConkey, Los Angeles Chargers<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">2023: TE Sam LaPorta, Detroit Lions<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">2022: WR Christian Watson, Green Bay Packers<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">2021: WR Elijah Moore, New York Jets<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">2020: WR Michael Pittman Jr., Indianapolis Colts<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">2019: CB Rock Ya-Sin, Indianapolis Colts<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">2018: OL Will Hernandez, New York Giants<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">2017: OL Cam Robinson, Jacksonville Jaguars<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">2016: LB Jaylon Smith, Dallas Cowboys<\/p>\n<p>Many have been great players or simply starters. Smith didn&#8217;t work out because he was drafted after suffering a serious injury. Moore was perhaps the most disappointing pick of the group, and even he has had an all right career.<\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals should be able to get a decent player in the second round in this draft.<\/p>\n<p>Get more <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cardinals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cardinals&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Cardinals<\/a> and NFL coverage from <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cards;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cards&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Cards<\/a> Wire&#8217;s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/27gxR7Oml5yVPywhOG8KHR?si=cGJ0FN6aRBquiLus5nj7rw&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=05e790ef05a641b8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Spotify;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Spotify&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL9sICHPD_aT9zxnG7dJj6izJWgMhLMh_U&amp;si=rpNldnLNN-_DdW8R\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:YouTube;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;YouTube&quot;}\" class=\"link \">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-rise-up-see-red-podcast\/id670822447?mt=2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Apple podcasts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Apple podcasts&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/cardswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/cardinals\/2026\/04\/12\/2026-nfl-draft-the-history-of-the-no-34-pick\/89580986007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2026 NFL draft: The history of the No. 34 pick;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;2026 NFL draft&quot;}\" class=\"link \">2026 NFL draft: The history of the No. 34 pick<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arizona Cardinals have seven selections in the 2026 NFL draft currently, one in each round. Their selection&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[1745,49,25654,48,12119,1721,3163,95867,1730,1737,1732,1725,1759,57637,29893,2210,227191,19205,1728,1723,514,83913,82,68204],"class_list":{"0":"post-599786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-arizona-cardinals","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-cam-robinson","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-christian-watson","13":"tag-dallas-cowboys","14":"tag-detroit-lions","15":"tag-elijah-moore","16":"tag-green-bay-packers","17":"tag-houston-texans","18":"tag-indianapolis-colts","19":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","20":"tag-jayden-higgins","21":"tag-jaylon-smith","22":"tag-ladd-mcconkey","23":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","24":"tag-meaningful-contribution","25":"tag-michael-pittman-jr","26":"tag-new-york-giants","27":"tag-new-york-jets","28":"tag-nfl","29":"tag-sam-laporta","30":"tag-sports","31":"tag-will-hernandez"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}