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The 2002 NFL draft was the 67th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible professional football players. The draft is known officially as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting" and has been conducted annually since 1936. [1] The draft took place from April 20–21, 2002, at the Theater at Madison ...
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.
The Texans have selected number one overall three times, David Carr in 2002, Mario Williams in 2006, and Jadeveon Clowney in 2014. [6][9][10] The Houston Texans have only three times drafted two or more times in the first round, which occurred in 2004, 2022 and 2023. Andre Johnson is the Texans' only draft pick to be elected to the Pro Football ...
The University of Miami holds a number of NFL draft records, including most first-round selections in a single draft and most consecutive drafts with at least one first-round selection. [1] As of 2024, at least one University of Miami player has been selected in 49 consecutive NFL drafts, dating back to 1975. [2]
Three have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Kellen Winslow, Seau and LaDainian Tomlinson. The team's most recent first-round pick was Joe Alt, an offensive tackle from Notre Dame selected No. 5 overall in 2024. They have chosen 33 defensive players in the first round, and 32 offensive players; defensive linemen have been the most ...
The Giants have held the first overall pick twice, in 1951 and 1965, selecting Kyle Rote and Tucker Frederickson. Three of the team's first-round picks— George Connor, Frank Gifford, and Lawrence Taylor —have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Giants did not draft a player in the first round on 11 occasions.
New York Times. Retrieved 2007-10-15.The Jets originally had the first overall pick in the draft, but they traded it to the St. Louis Rams for the Rams' sixth overall pick and third, fourth and seventh round selections. The Jets then traded their sixth overall pick to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for the Buccaneers' eighth overall pick ...
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 ...