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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 Square Garden in New York City, New York. [2] [3] [4] The draft was broadcast on ESPN both days and eventually moved to ESPN2.
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.
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 1957 first overall pick Paul Hornung was the first Heisman Trophy winner inducted to the Pro Football ...
The NFL draft has been a staple of professional football for nearly all of the league's history and the 89th edition of the event will occur in downtown Detroit on April 25-27.. The annual event ...
The 2002 NFL expansion draft was held on February 18, 2002. 155 players were left unprotected by their teams for the Houston Texans to select to fill their initial roster. With the first overall pick, the Texans selected offensive tackle Tony Boselli from the Jacksonville Jaguars .
The 2002 National Football League expansion draft is the most recent National Football League (NFL) draft in which a new expansion team, named the Houston Texans, selected its first players. On October 6, 1999, in Atlanta, NFL owners had unanimously voted to award the 32nd NFL franchise and Super Bowl XXXVIII to the city of Houston, Texas. [1]
The Chicago Bears selected Brown in the fourth round (104th pick overall) of the 2002 NFL draft, [8] and he played for the Bears from 2002 to 2009. [1] [9] As a rookie, he started nine of the fifteen games in which he played at right defensive end and logged 2.5 quarterback sacks. [10]
Wendell Bryant (born September 12, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals 12th overall in the 2002 NFL draft. He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers.