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List of first overall picks. 1942 first overall pick Bill Dudley was the first named NFL MVP and inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 1945 first overall pick Charley Trippi retired as the leader in NFL offensive yards. 1949 first overall pick Chuck Bednarik was one of the last NFL players to play offense and defense.
List of NFL drafts. 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.
Washington have selected a draft's first overall pick twice: Harry Gilmer in 1948 and Ernie Davis in 1962. Five eventual Hall of Famers were selected by Washington in the first round: Champ Bailey, Sammy Baugh, Darrell Green, Art Monk, and Charley Taylor. [3] Three first-round picks by the team have been named NFL Rookie of the Year: halfback ...
Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald was drafted 3rd overall by the Cardinals in the 2004 NFL draft. Fitzgerald spent his entire career, 17 seasons, with the team and was a three-time All-Pro, 11-time Pro Bowler, and was the 2016 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award. He is currently second all-time in career receiving yards and was selected for the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team. The Arizona ...
e Eagles traded their 1959 first-round pick to Los Angeles Rams for Norm Van Brocklin. [4] f Eagles traded their 1962 first-round pick to St. Louis Cardinals for King Hill. [4] g Eagles traded their 1965 first-round pick along with Lee Roy Caffey to Green Bay Packers for Jim Ringo and Earl Gros.
The Cowboys drafted quarterback Troy Aikman first overall in the 1989 NFL draft. Aikman spent his entire 12-year career with Dallas and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006. The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football ...
The 49ers moved up in the first round of the 1985 NFL draft to pick future hall of fame wide receiver Jerry Rice with the 16th overall pick. While playing for the 49ers, Rice was a 10-time first-team All-Pro, two-time NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1987 and 1993), and broke numerous NFL receiving records. The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a ...
Paul Hornung, the Packers 1957 NFL draft selection. Dan Currie, the Packers 1958 NFL draft selection. James Lofton, the Packers 1978 NFL draft selection. Bubba Franks, the Packers 2000 NFL draft selection. Aaron Rodgers, the Packers 2005 NFL draft selection. Clay Matthews III, the Packers 2009 NFL draft selection.