2010 NFL Draft: Round One Notes

by Dave Cariello on Apr 23, 2010 12:00 PM CDT in 2010 NFL Draft

Official NFL Release

HEISMAN TO FIRST OVERALL: Quarterback SAM BRADFORD, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2008, became just the ninth winner of the award to be selected first overall since the inception of the common NFL Draft in 1967. Cincinnati Bengals QB CARSON PALMER was the most recent such player after being selected with the top pick in 2003.

HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS SELECTED FIRST OVERALL (SINCE 1967)

PLAYER	YEAR DRAFTED	YEAR OF HEISMAN	TEAM	SCHOOL
O.J. Simpson	1969	1968	Buffalo	USC
Jim Plunkett	1971	1970	New England	Stanford
Earl Campbell	1978	1977	Houston	Texas
Billy Sims	1980	1978	Detroit	Oklahoma
George Rodgers	1981	1980	New Orleans	South Carolina
Bo Jackson	1986	1985	Tampa Bay	Auburn
Vinny Testaverde	1987	1986	Tampa Bay	Miami
Carson Palmer	2003	2002	Cincinnati	USC
*Sam Bradford*	*2010*	*2008*	*St. Louis*	*Oklahoma*

In addition to Bradford, 2007 Heisman Trophy-winning QB TIM TEBOW was the No. 25 overall selection in the 2010 NFL Draft, marking just the third time since 1990 that two Heisman Trophy winners were selected in the same draft.

HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS SELECTED IN SAME DRAFT (SINCE 1990)

PLAYER	DRAFT YEAR	HEISMAN YEAR	TEAM	ROUND (PICK)	SCHOOL
Desmond Howard	1992	1991	Washington	Round 1, No. 4	Michigan
Ty Detmer	1992	1990	Green Bay	Round 9, No. 230	BYU

Reggie Bush	2006	2005	New Orleans	Round 1, No. 2	USC
Matt Leinart	2006	2004	Arizona	Round 1, No. 10	USC

*Sam Bradford*	*2010*	*2008*	*St. Louis*	*Round 1, No. 1*	*Oklahoma*
*Tim Tebow*	*2010*	*2007*	*Denver*	*Round 1, No. 25*	*Florida*

BOOMER SOONER!: Oklahoma became the first college in NFL Draft history to have three players selected among the first four picks: Bradford (No. 1 overall, St. Louis), defensive tackle GERALD MC COY (No. 3 overall, Tampa Bay) and tackleTRENT WILLIAMS (No. 4 overall, Washington).

In addition to Oklahoma, only four other schools have had three players selected in the top five in the same year in NFL Draft history: Southern California (1977), Michigan State (1967), Alabama (1948) and Notre Dame (1946).

1946 NOTRE DAME			1948 ALABAMA
PLAYER	TEAM	DRAFTED	PLAYER	TEAM	DRAFTED
Boley Dancewicz	Boston Yanks	Round 1, No. 1	Harry Gilmer	Washington	Round 1, No. 1
Johnny Lujack	Chicago Bears	Round 1, No. 4	Lowell Tew	Washington	Round 1, No. 4
George Connor	N.Y. Giants	Round 1, No. 5	Vaughn Mancha	Boston Yanks	Round 1, No. 5

1967 MICHIGAN STATE			1977 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
PLAYER	TEAM	DRAFTED	PLAYER	TEAM	DRAFTED
Bubba Smith	Baltimore Colts	Round 1, No. 1	Ricky Bell	Tampa Bay	Round 1, No. 1
Clint Jones	Minnesota	Round 1, No. 2	Marvin Powell	N.Y. Jets	Round 1, No. 4
George Webster	Houston Oilers	Round 1, No. 5	Gary Jeter	N.Y. Giants	Round 1, No. 5

Bradford, McCoy and Williams were in attendance at Radio City Music Hall to hear their names called, as Oklahoma also became the first school to have three players attend the draft since Penn State in 1995.

That year, running back KI-JANA CARTER, quarterback KERRY COLLINS and tight end KYLE BRADY were all on site for the selection meeting, which was held for the first time at New York's famed Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Carter was selected No. 1 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals, while Collins became the first draft choice in the history of the Carolina Panthers franchise (No. 5 overall). Brady was taken with the ninth overall pick by the New York Jets.

1995 PENN STATE			2010 OKLAHOMA
PLAYER	TEAM	DRAFTED	PLAYER	TEAM	DRAFTED
Ki-Jana Carter	Cincinnati	Round 1, No. 1	*Sam Bradford*	*St. Louis*	*Round 1, No. 1*
Kerry Collins	Carolina	Round 1, No. 5	*Gerald McCoy*	*Tampa Bay*	*Round 1, No. 3*
Kyle Brady	N.Y. Jets	Round 1, No. 9	*Trent Williams*	*Washington*	*Round 1, No. 4*

BERRY PICKING: 2008 SEC Defensive Player of the Year and two-time AP All-American Tennessee safety ERIC BERRY, the No. 5 overall pick of Kansas City, is just the fifth safety to be selected in the top five in the past 30 years. The most recent top-five selection at the safety position was SEAN TAYLOR in 2004.

SAFETIES SELECTED IN TOP FIVE (SINCE 1980)

YEAR	PLAYER	TEAM	SCHOOL	OVERALL SELECTION
1981	Kenny Easley	Seattle	UCLA	4
1988	Bennie Blades	Detroit	Miami (FL)	3
1991	Eric Turner	Cleveland	UCLA	2
2004	Sean Taylor	Washington	Miami (FL)	5
*2010*	*Eric Berry*	*Kansas City*	*Tennessee*	5

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TIM: Record-setting, Heisman Trophy-winning (2007), two-time SEC Offensive Player of the Year (2007 and 2009) award-winning Florida quarterback TIM TEBOW became just the fourth Florida quarterback to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft in program history:

YEAR	PLAYER	TEAM	OVERALL SELECTION
1967	Steve Spurrier	San Francisco	3
1972	John Reaves	Philadelphia	14
2003	Rex Grossman	Chicago	22
*2010*	*Tim Tebow*	*Denver*	25

BIG XII TANDEM: Nebraska defensive tackle NDAMUKONG SUH (No. 2 overall, Detroit) and his Oklahoma counterpart Gerald McCoy (No. 3 overall, Tampa Bay) became just the fourth and fifth Big XII defensive linemen, respectively, to be selected in the top 10 since the inception of the conference.

Suh, who has already pledged to donate $2.6 million to Nebraska, was named AP Defensive Player of the Year in the Big XII Conference. McCoy was a two-time All-Big XII first-team selection on the defensive line.

BIG XII DEFENSIVE LINEMEN SELECTED IN THE TOP 10 (SINCE 1997*)

YEAR	PLAYER	COLLEGE	TEAM	OVERALL SELECTION
1998	Grant Wistrom	Nebraska	St. Louis	6
2001	Justin Smith	Missouri	Cincinnati	4
2003	Kevin Williams	Oklahoma State	Minnesota	9
*2010*	*Ndamukong Suh*	*Nebraska*	*Detroit*	2
*2010*	*Gerald McCoy*	*Oklahoma*	*Tampa Bay*	3

* Big XII conference was formed in 1996, making 1997 NFL Draft first since the conference's inception.

SOUTH FLORIDA RECORD: Defensive end JASON PIERRE-PAUL (No. 15 overall by the New York Giants) became the highest-drafted player in South Florida history. He is the second USF player to be selected in the first round, joining cornerback MIKE JENKINS (No. 25 overall by the Dallas Cowboys in 2008).

The four players in South Florida history to be selected in the first three rounds of the NFL Draft:

YEAR	PLAYER	TEAM	DRAFTED
2003	LB Kawika Mitchell	Kansas City	Round 2, No. 47 overall
2008	DB Mike Jenkins	Dallas	Round 1, No. 25 overall
2009	LB Tyrone McKenzie	New England	Round 3, No. 97 overall
*2010*	*DE Jason Pierre-Paul*	*N.Y. Giants*	*Round 1, No. 15 overall*

SOME FIRSTS - AND RARITIES - IN YESTERDAY'S FIRST ROUND

THERE WERE two defensive tackles taken in the top 5 - Ndamukong Suh and Gerald McCoy. This marks the first draft since 1992 that two DTs were taken in the top 5, when STEVE EMTMAN (No. 1 overall, Indianapolis) and SEAN GILBERT (No. 3 overall, L.A. Rams) were selected.
FOR THE FIRST TIME in school history, two players from Rutgers were selected in Round 1 of an NFL Draft. TackleANTHONY DAVIS (No. 11 overall by San Francisco) and defensive back DEVIN MC COURTY No. 28 overall by New England) were both first-round picks.
GUARD MIKE IUPATI (No. 17 overall by San Francisco) is the second Idaho player to be selected in the first round, joining RAY MC DONALD (No. 13 overall by Washington in 1967).
BOISE STATE defensive back KYLE WILSON became the first defensive player in school history to be chosen in Round 1. Denver tackle RYAN CLADY (No. 12 overall in 2008) is the only other Boise State player to be tabbed in the first round.

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I like that the draft isn’t going to tie up my entire weekend, but I don’t like it broken up over three days. Ideally, I’d like to see it done all day on a weekday, preferably a Friday. That way, I could still take a day off work to enjoy it, but wouldn’t have to wait overnight for it to continue. They used to cover 12 rounds over the course of two weekdays. I can’t see why they couldn’t knock out 7 in one, especially with the shortened pick times.

Btw, there’s no D in George Rogers … who remains the last Heisman Trophy winning first overall pick to be named NFL Rookie of the Year. Campbell and Sims both pulled that off, too. Quite the hat trick.

"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper

by coldpizza on Apr 23, 2010 12:18 PM CDT reply actions

Btw, there’s no D in George Rogers

Take it up with the NFL. Copy and paste, my friend. Copy and paste.

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by Dave Cariello on Apr 23, 2010 12:44 PM CDT reply actions

ain't no "I" in team either

We've got 27 ways to add up to 11 (players on the field). I came up with another one last night. -- GW

by Hans Petersen on Apr 23, 2010 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions

remember those "Leroy" or "Leon" commercials from a few years ago?

We've got 27 ways to add up to 11 (players on the field). I came up with another one last night. -- GW

by Hans Petersen on Apr 23, 2010 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions

YES!

Leon. This one’s my favorite.

"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper

by coldpizza on Apr 23, 2010 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Like the shorter pick times

But I’d prefer it all be done on Saturday. More people could plan get togethers for their mock drafts or just to celebrate or boo their team’s choices. I agree with CP that it should only take a day and with the time they have to prepare, plus modern technology for keeping track of who’s gone what positions are left and who ranks where, they should be able to make their choices pretty quick. Wouldn’t you love to see the spreadsheets they look at as the draft progresses?

by crzycajn on Apr 23, 2010 12:53 PM CDT reply actions

As weird as this first round was...

I think next year each team should just poll their season ticket holders and go with what they pick.

I like boobies better than hamburgers. - Stujo4

by maybetoday on Apr 23, 2010 12:55 PM CDT reply actions

steve austin

the 6 million dollar man

with the telescope eye

man, that takes me back…

I had his headquarters, vehicle, and action figure on one glorious Christmas morning

We've got 27 ways to add up to 11 (players on the field). I came up with another one last night. -- GW

by Hans Petersen on Apr 23, 2010 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions

I like the prime-time billing

And I like the idea of having time between the first and second rounds to regroup and make trades. But, waiting 24 hours for the punch line of our first round pick is killing me.

In Breesus' name we play

by Breesus Christ Superstar on Apr 23, 2010 2:03 PM CDT reply actions