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List of first overall 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.
Tim Brown was a wide receiver and return specialist who was drafted sixth overall by the Raiders in the 1988 NFL draft. Brown spent 16 seasons with the Raiders, during which time he was an All-Pro, a nine-time Pro Bowler, and was selected to the 1990s All-Decade Team. He had nine seasons with over 1,000 receiving yards and, at the time of his retirement, was second in career receiving yards ...
l Eagles traded their 1991 and 1992 first-round draft picks to Green Bay, for Green Bay's 1991 first-round pick. [ 4] m The Eagles had obtained a 1993 first-round pick (13th overall) from NFL as compensation for the departure of Reggie White. Eagles then traded this to Houston for their first pick plus their third-round selection.
The 49ers moved up in the first round of the 1985 NFL draft to pick future hall of fame wide receiver Jerry Rice with the 16th overall pick. While playing for the 49ers, Rice was a 10-time first-team All-Pro, two-time NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1987 and 1993), and broke numerous NFL receiving records. The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a ...
Five of the team's first-round picks— Robert Brazile, Earl Campbell, Mike Ditka, Bruce Matthews, Mike Munchak —have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame; [30] [31] one of these, Mike Ditka, chose not to play for the team and joined the Chicago Bears of the NFL instead. [32] The team's first-round pick in 1966, Tommy Nobis, also ...
Washington have selected a draft's first overall pick twice: Harry Gilmer in 1948 and Ernie Davis in 1962. Five eventual Hall of Famers were selected by Washington in the first round: Champ Bailey, Sammy Baugh, Darrell Green, Art Monk, and Charley Taylor. [3] Three first-round picks by the team have been named NFL Rookie of the Year: halfback ...
The Carolina Panthers joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1995 as the league's 29th franchise. [ 1] Their first ever selection was Kerry Collins, a quarterback from Penn State, in the 1995 NFL draft. The team's most recent first-round selection (1st pick overall) was Bryce Young, a quarterback from Alabama, in the 2023 NFL draft .
Rodney Hampton was the Giants' first-round pick in 1990. Philip Rivers, who was traded by the Giants to the San Diego Chargers after they selected him fourth overall in 2004. Jason Pierre-Paul was the Giants' first-round pick in 2010. Odell Beckham Jr. was selected by the Giants with the 12th overall pick in 2014.