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Top 50 Cincinnati Bengals

If you want to name a team that exemplifies hard luck in the National Football League, it would have to be the Cincinnati Bengals. 

Formed in 1968 as the last member of the American Football League, the Bengals joined the NFL with the official merger two years later.  Cincinnati always seems to be a team that struggles, but they have appeared in three Super Bowls, losing the first two to the San Francisco 49ers and in 2020 to the Los Angeles Rams.  While they have never been a champion, three Super Bowl appearances are the envy of a few teams in the NFL.  


This list is up to the end of the 2022 regular season.

Note: Football lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics, and post-season accolades.

39. Louis Breeden

39. Louis Breeden
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Louis Breeden played his entire NFL career with the Cincinnati Bengals, but it was almost over before it began. 
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40. Mike Wilson

40. Mike Wilson
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After the Cincinnati Bengals used their Fourth Round Pick in 1977 on Georgia’s Mike Wilson, the Offensive Lineman elected instead to sign with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.  He only played one year there, where he was an AFL All-Star before joining the Bengals in 1978.
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41. Leon Hall

41. Leon Hall
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Leon Hall was Cincinnati’s First Round Pick in 2007, and the All-American from the University of Michigan would be their starting Right Cornerback from his rookie season until 2014.
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42. Justin Smith

42. Justin Smith
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Before Justin Smith was a star with San Francisco, he was the Fourth Overall Pick by the Cincinnati Bengals from Missouri.
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43. T.J. Houshmandzadeh

43. T.J. Houshmandzadeh
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Wasn’t the last name of T.J. Houshmandzadeh a thing of beauty on the back of an NFL jersey?
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44. Rufus Mayes

44. Rufus Mayes
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Rufus Mayes was a First Round Pick by the Chicago Bears in 1969, but his stay in Chicago lasted only one year as he was traded to the Cincinnati Bengals for two players; Bill Staley and Harry Gunner.  Neither Staley nor Gunner did much for Chicago, while Mayes had nine productive seasons as a Bengal.
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45. Rodney Holman

45. Rodney Holman
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One of the better Tight Ends in Rodney Holman in franchise history, Rodney Holman, did not appear to be on that path after he was drafted in the Third Round in 1982. 
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46. Rich Braham

46. Rich Braham
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The Phoenix Cardinals used their Third Round Pick in 1994 to draft an Offensive Lineman from West Virginia named Rich Braham.  They decided in training camp that it would not work out as he was waived before the season began.  The Cincinnati Bengals gave him a shot, and Braham would play for them for 13 seasons.
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47. Darnay Scott

47. Darnay Scott
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Darnay Scott was the second San Diego Aztec Wide Receiver to record multiple 1,000 Yard years, and the NFL took notice as the Cincinnati Bengals used their Second Round (30thOverall) Pick to grab him.
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48. Joe Burrow

48. Joe Burrow
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There are two distinct images for us with Joe Burrow in 2020. The first is the QB leading LSU to a National Championship, which he punctuated with a celebratory stogie. The second was in his parent’s humble home, where he was drafted #1 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Burrow felt like a a special player right away, and this was despite…
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49. Michael Johnson

49. Michael Johnson
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A Third Round Pick from Georgia Tech in 2009, Michael Johnson would play all but one of his ten seasons in the NFL as a Cincinnati Bengal.
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50. Mike Reid

50. Mike Reid
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A captain on two undefeated Penn State teams, Mike Reid, was an All-American Defensive Tackle who also won the Outland and Maxwell Award.  This collegiate success resulted in him being selected with the seventh overall Pick, which was held by the Cincinnati Bengals.
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