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Caleb Williams was selected first overall in 2024. The NFL draft is an annual sports draft in which National Football League (NFL) teams select newly eligible players for their rosters. [1] [2] [3] To be eligible for the NFL draft, a player must be at least three years removed from high school.
The NFL draft, officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", [1] [2] [3] is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. [4] The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks.
The Seattle Seahawks won the right to draft first in the supplemental draft, and later signed him to a 10-year, $11 million contract. [133] At the time that was the largest rookie contract in NFL history. As of the 1990 season, only players who had graduated or exhausted their college eligibility were made available for the supplemental draft.
The final two selections in the first round are reserved for the Super Bowl runner-up and champion. Draft picks are tradable and players or other picks can be acquired with them. [6] The Packers participated in the first ever NFL draft in 1936 and selected Russ Letlow, a guard from the University of San Francisco. [7]
Pages in category "Lists of first-round draft picks by National Football League team" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Pittsburgh Steelers, a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, participated in the first NFL draft prior to the 1936 season. The franchise changed its name to the Steelers prior to the 1940 season, to represent the city's heritage of producing steel. [1]
Warren Sapp was the Buccaneers first round pick in 1995. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1976 with the Seattle Seahawks. Every April, each NFL franchise adds new players to its roster through a collegiate draft at the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", more commonly known as the NFL Draft. [1]
The Bills traded up in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft to select quarterback Josh Allen with the 7th overall pick. The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the East Division of the American Football Conference. Founded in 1959 by Ralph Wilson ...