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Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "common draft" simply became the NFL draft. [4] [5] [6] The draft is one of the most notable events in American sports, with live broadcasts of it produced by ESPN, Fox and ABC. [7] Through the 2024 NFL draft, 89 players have been selected first overall, with the most recent being Caleb ...
All six quarterbacks were drafted by American Football Conference (AFC) teams, with every member of the five-team AFC East (the Baltimore Colts, Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, and New England Patriots) selecting a quarterback. In eleven of the sixteen years following this draft, the AFC was represented in the Super Bowl by a team ...
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.
Ohio State set an NFL draft record having 14 total players selected through all rounds. It was the first draft to have produced two quarterbacks who each won multiple Super Bowls, with Ben Roethlisberger winning his second in 2008 and Eli Manning his second in 2011. The 255 players chosen in the draft were composed of:
QB 1962 3 4 32 Jim Bates: Chicago Bears: E 5 12 68 Ben Wilson: Los Angeles Rams: RB 6 10 80 Mike Bundra: Detroit Lions: T 12 2 156 Marv Marinovich: Los Angeles Rams: T 1963 10 10 136 Bill Nelsen: Pittsburgh Steelers: QB 15 9 205 Lynn Reade: Cleveland Browns: T 1964 1 5 5 Pete Beathard: Detroit Lions: QB 2 5 19 Hal Bedsole: Minnesota Vikings: WR ...
This draft is slated to be the eighth in the past nine years with at least three QBs taken in the first round, which matches the number of times that happened in the first 38 years of the common ...
The draft was notable for the selection of Michigan quarterback Tom Brady at the 199th pick in the sixth round by the New England Patriots. In his 23 seasons in the NFL, Brady won a record 7 Super Bowl titles (6 with the Patriots, 1 with the Buccaneers), 3 NFL MVP awards, and a record 5 Super Bowl MVPs .
Check out Nate Tice and Charles McDonald's third 2025 mock draft, just in time for the holidays. 2025 NFL mock draft 3.0: Giants take QB at No. 1, while a handful of CFP standouts go top-10 [Video]