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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.
Round Pick Overall Player Team Position 1937 8 2 72 John Reynolds: Chicago Cardinals: C 1938 10 2 82 Emmett Kriel: Philadelphia Eagles: T 1939 3 2 17 Billy Patterson: Pittsburgh Steelers: B 6 1 41 Sam Boyd: Pittsburgh Steelers: E 1940 7 7 57 Len Akin: Chicago Bears: G 15 7 137 Sherm Barnes: Chicago Bears: E 18 10 170 Bennett Edwards: New York ...
Round Pick Overall Player Team Position 1939 15 4 ... 12 96 Tommy Coffey: Baltimore Colts: B 28 1 ... Robin Ham: Green Bay Packers: C 1988 10 6
One of the team's two first-round picks over the past six drafts, Wills is entering his option year, missed the second half of the 2023 season with a knee injury and remains on the PUP list.
The draft consists of seven rounds. Teams have the option of trading selections for players, cash and/or other selections (including future year selections). Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades. [4]
This is a list of Michigan Wolverines football players selected in the NFL draft. Key ... Round Pick Overall Player Team ... Pittsburgh Steelers: E 1939: 12: 5: 105 ...
This is a list of Tennessee Volunteers selected in the NFL Draft. [1] Key. B ... Round Pick Overall Team Name Position 1936: 4 9 36 ... 12 10 119 Giants: Billy Bevis ...
As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues held a multiple round "common draft". Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "common draft" simply became the NFL draft. [11] [12] [13] The draft is one of the most notable events in American sports, with live broadcasts of it produced by ESPN, Fox and ABC. [14]