29. Ki-Jana Carter – 1st overall to Bengals in 1995:
Yet another Penn State product, Carter was a rare running back selected with the first pick of the NFL draft. The Bengals traded with Carolina for the rights to select him, but it did not pay off. In fact, his career essentially stopped before it ever started.
Carter tore a knee ligament in the third carry of his first preseason game and missed his entire rookie year. He never seemed to fully recover and live up to his draft status. He played only 59 games in seven seasons. Carter amassed 1,144 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns on 319 attempts, hardly numbers worthy of the top pick. He missed time in 1997 with a torn rotator cuff, the entire 1998 season with a broken wrist, and the entire 1999 season with a dislocated kneecap. He played for the Redskins and Saints before flaming out of the NFL in 2002 when Green Bay cut him before the season.
