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List of NFL drafts. 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.
The University of Washington Husky football team has had over 300 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936. . Because of the NFL–AFL merger agreement, the history of the AFL is officially recognized by the NFL and therefore this list includes the AFL Draft (1960–1966) and the Common Draft (1967
The 2023 NFL draft was the 88th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2023 season. The draft was held outside of Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, from April 27–29, 2023. The Chicago Bears originally owned the first pick for the first time since 1947 before trading it to the ...
The current logo for the NFL draft. The NFL draft, officially known as the Annual Player Selection Meeting, [ 1][ 2] is an annual event which serves as the most common source of player recruitment in the National Football League. Each team is given a position in the drafting order in reverse order relative to its record in the previous year ...
Running back Barry Sanders was drafted third overall in 1989. He spent his whole 10-year career with the Lions, during which time he was a 10-time All-Pro, 10-time Pro Bowler, two-time Offensive Player of the Year, and the 1997 MVP. A first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer, Sanders rushed for over 1,000 yards in every season he played and led the league in rushing yards four times. He was ...
The Bears did not draft a player in the first round on nine occasions, most recently in 2022. [23] Eleven of the team's first-round picks— Dick Butkus, Jim Covert, Mike Ditka, Dan Hampton, Chuck Howley, Sid Luckman, Walter Payton, Gale Sayers, Joe Stydahar, Clyde Turner, and Brian Urlacher —have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The team's first-round pick in their inaugural draft was Bob Johnson, a center from the University of Tennessee; he was the second overall selection. [ 3][ 13] The Bengals have drafted number one overall four times and selected Dan Wilkinson in 1994, Ki-Jana Carter in 1995, Carson Palmer in 2003, and Joe Burrow in 2020. [ 14]
Just three teams selected a quarterback in each of the past two NFL drafts. The Minnesota Vikings drafted Jaren Hall in the 2023 fifth round before J.J. McCarthy this year in the first, creating a ...