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The 2012 NFL draft was the 77th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible American football players for their rosters. The draft, which is officially called the "NFL Player Selection Meeting", [1] was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City from April 26 to April 28, 2012.
In 1936, the league introduced the NFL draft after team owners voted on it in 1935. [6] [7] The intention of the draft is to make the NFL more competitive, as some teams had an advantage in signing players. [5] [7] From 1947 through 1958 the NFL designated the first overall selection as a "bonus" or "lottery pick". The pick was awarded by a ...
The team that received the bonus pick forfeited its selection in the final round of the draft, and once a team won, it was excluded from future draws. By the 1958 draft, all twelve league teams had received a bonus pick, leading to the system’s abolition.
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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 ...
On March 20, the Eagles traded its 2012 third- and fourth-round draft selections to the Houston Texans in exchange for linebacker DeMeco Ryans and the Texans' third-round selection. [12] On April 25, the Eagles traded cornerback Asante Samuel to the Atlanta Falcons for Atlanta's 2012 seventh round draft choice (229 overall, used to select Bryce ...
This list of 2012 NFL draft early entrants consists of college football players who were juniors or redshirt sophomores and were declared eligible to be selected in the 2012 NFL draft. A college football player who completed high school at least three years prior can renounce his remaining NCAA eligibility and enter the draft. Players who met ...
The 2012 season was the Indianapolis Colts' 60th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 29th in Indianapolis.The Colts earned the first selection in the 2012 NFL draft due to a dismal 2–14 record in 2011 and used their first pick on Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck. [1]