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NFL DRAFT NOTES -MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
APRIL 21-22, 2001
Since the first NFL Draft in 1936, a total
of 1,292 players
have been selected in the first round from 161 colleges.
In the history of the draft, the overall No. 1 pick has
been traded 12 times. The 12 trades:
YEAR FROM TO PLAYER SELECTED
1941 Philadelphia Chicago Tom Harmon/RB
1967 New Orleans Baltimore Bubba Smith/DE
1968 NY Giants Minnesota Ron Yary/T
1974 Houston Dallas Ed "Too Tall" Jones/DE
1975 Baltimore Atlanta Steve Bartkowski/QB
1978 Tampa Bay Houston Earl Campbell/RB
1979 San Francisco Buffalo Tom Cousineau/LB
1984 Tampa Bay via Cincinnati New England Irving Fryar/WR
1990 Atlanta Indianapolis Jeff George/QB
1991 New England Dallas Russell Maryland/DT
1995 Carolina Cincinnati Ki-Jana Carter/RB
1997 N.Y. Jets St. Louis Orlando Pace/T
NOTE: Eight times have teams known that the choice
would be the No. 1 overall selection (1967, 1975, 1978, 1984,
1990, 1991, 1995, 1997).
(Throughout this release, an asterisk denotes a two-way player
or player with multiple positions.)
Quarterbacks selected No. 1 overall: 20
1940, George Cafego* by Chicago Cardinals; 1944, Angelo Bertelli
by Boston; 1946, Frank Dancewicz by Boston; 1948, Harry Gilmer
by Washington; 1952, Bill Wade by Los Angeles; 1954, Bobby
Garrett by Cleveland; 1955, George Shaw by Baltimore; 1958,
King Hill by Chicago Cardinals; 1959, Randy Duncan by Green
Bay; 1963, Terry Baker by Los Angeles; 1970, Terry Bradshaw
by Pittsburgh; 1971, Jim Plunkett by New England; 1975, Steve
Bartkowski by Atlanta; 1983, John Elway by Baltimore; 1987,
Vinny Testaverde by Tampa Bay; 1989, Troy Aikman by Dallas;
1990, Jeff George by Indianapolis; 1993, Drew Bledsoe by New
England; 1998, Peyton Manning by Indianapolis; 1999, Tim Couch
by Cleveland.
Left-handed quarterbacks selected No. 1 overall: 1
1963, Terry Baker, Oregon State, by Los Angeles Rams.
Number of players from Virginia Tech selected No. 1 overall:
1
1985, DE Bruce Smith by Buffalo.
Players from Virginia Tech selected in the first round:
3
1985, DE Bruce Smith (1) by Buffalo; 1992, T Eugene Chung
(13) by New England; 1997, QB Jim Druckenmiller (26) by San
Francisco.
Last player from Big East Conference selected No. 1 overall:
1991, DT Russell Maryland (Miami) by Dallas.
OLDEST DRAFTED PLAYERS WHO WENT ON TO PLAY IN THE NFL (Since
1970)
NOTE: Florida State quarterback Chris Weinke is 28
years, 8 months old on draft weekend.
Player Year/Team Age Round College
K Ove Johansson 1977/Houston 29 Years, 1 Month 12 Abilene
(TX) Christian
WR Willie Miller 1975/Houston 27 Years, 9 Months 12 Colorado
State
RB Moses Denson 1972/Washington 27 Years, 6 Months 8 Maryland
Eastern Shore
Overall No. 1 picks on offense/defense: Offense-44, Defense-15.
Offensive/Defensive No. 1s: 1953 Harry Babcock* (OE/DE); 1950
Leon Hart* (OE/FB/DE); 1949 Chuck Bednarik* (C/DE); 1940 George
Cafego* (QB/TB/HB/DB); 1939 Ki Aldrich* (C/LB/G); 1937 Sam
Francis* (FB/HB/DB/LB).
Most frequently selected position with overall No. 1 pick
in draft history: Running back-23 times (last time by
Cincinnati in 1995, Ki-Jana Carter)
Running backs selected No. 1: 23
1936, Jay Berwanger by Philadelphia; 1937, Sam Francis* by
Philadelphia; 1938, Corbett Davis* by Cleveland; 1940, George
Cafego* by Chicago Cardinals; 1941, Tom Harmon by Chicago
Bears; 1942, Bill Dudley by Pittsburgh; 1943, Frank Sinkwich
by Detroit; 1945, Charley Trippi by Chicago Cardinals; 1947,
Bob Fenimore by Chicago Bears; 1950, Leon Hart* by Detroit;
1951, Kyle Rote by NY Giants; 1957, Paul Hornung by Green
Bay; 1960, Billy Cannon by Los Angeles; 1961, Tommy Mason
by Minnesota; 1962, Ernie Davis by Washington; 1965, Tucker
Fredrickson by NY Giants; 1969, O.J. Simpson by Buffalo; 1977,
Ricky Bell by Tampa Bay; 1978, Earl Campbell by Houston; 1980,
Billy Sims by Detroit; 1981, George Rogers by New Orleans;
1986, Bo Jackson by Tampa Bay; 1995, Ki-Jana Carter by Cincinnati.
Offensive Linemen selected No. 1: 4
1939, Ki Aldrich*/Center by Chicago Cardinals; 1949, Chuck
Bednarik*/Center by Philadelphia; 1968, Ron Yary/Tackle by
Minnesota; 1997, Orlando Pace/Tackle by St. Louis.
Wide receivers selected No. 1: 5
1950, Leon Hart* by Detroit; 1953, Harry Babcock* by San Francisco;
1964, Dave Parks by San Francisco; 1984, Irving Fryar by New
England; 1996, Keyshawn Johnson by NY Jets.
Defensive linemen selected No. 1: 14
Defensive Ends (10) - 1949, Chuck Bednarik* by Philadelphia;
1950, Leon Hart* by Detroit; 1953, Harry Babcock* by San Francisco;
1972, Walt Patulski by Buffalo; 1973, John Matuszak by Houston;
1974, Ed Jones by Dallas; 1976, Lee Roy Selmon by Tampa Bay;
1985, Bruce Smith by Buffalo; 1992, Steve Emtman by Indianapolis;
2000, Courtney Brown by Cleveland.
Defensive Tackles (4) - 1967, Bubba Smith by Baltimore;
1982, Kenneth Sims by New England; 1991, Russell Maryland
by Dallas; 1994, Dan Wilkinson by Cincinnati.
Linebackers selected No. 1: 5
1937, Sam Francis* by Philadelphia; 1939, Ki Aldrich* by Chicago
Cardinals; 1966, Tommy Nobis by Atlanta; 1979, Tom Cousineau
by Buffalo; 1988, Aundray Bruce by Atlanta.
Most consecutive offensive players taken to start a draft:
11 (Five times)
1944 - QB Angelo Bertelli, RB Pat Harder, RB Creighton Miller,
RB Otto Graham, RB Steve Van Buren, RB Billy Hillenbrand,
C Mervin Pregulman*, RB Michael Micka*, QB Ray Evans, RB John
Podesto, RB Tony Butkovich; 1945 - RB Charley Trippi, RB/QB
Paul Duhart*, RB Joe Renfro, RB Ed Prokop*, RB Elroy Hirsch,
C Frank Szymanski*, RB Don Lund, QB Jim Hardy, TE John Yonaker*,
RB Elmour Barbour*, RB Walter Schlinkman; 1947 - RB Bob Fenimore,
RB Glenn Davis, G Fritz Barzilauskas*, RB Cal Rossi, TE Hubert
Bechtol*, QB Ernie Case*, C/OT Tex Coulter*, TE Neill Armstrong*,
RB Herman Wedemeyer, RB Vic Schwall, RB/TE Don Kindt; 1948
- QB Harry Gilmer, RB Tony Minisi*, QB Bobby Layne, RB Lowell
Tew, C Vaughn Mancha, QB Y.A. Tittle, RB Jug Girard, RB Clyde
Scott, TE Dan Edwards*, RB Max Baumgardner, RB Jim Spavital*;
1949 - C Chuck Bednarik*, QB John Rauch, RB Doak Walker, RB
Paul Page*, QB Stan Heath, RB Bob Gage, QB Bobby Thomason,
RB Robert Goode, QB Frank Tripucka, G Bill Fischer, C Dick
Harris.
Most consecutive defensive players taken to start a draft:
6
1991-DT Russell Maryland, DB Eric Turner, DB Bruce Pickens,
LB Mike Croel, DB Todd Lyght, DE Eric Swann.
Kickers/punters selected in the first round: 5
2000 - #17, K Sebastian Janikowski (Florida State) by Oakland;
1979 - #11, K/P Russell Erxleben (Texas) by New Orleans+;
1978 - # 15, K Steve Little (Arkansas) by St. Louis; 1973
- #23, K/P Ray Guy (Southern Mississippi) by Oakland+; 1938
- #1, FB/K/P Corbett Davis* (Indiana) by Cleveland. (+ Used
as punter in NFL career.)
Consecutive top 10 choices from same college:
2000: Penn State - DE Courtney Brown (1) and LB LaVar Arrington
(2)
1996: Illinois - LB Kevin Hardy (2) and DE Simeon Rice (3)
1993: Alabama - DE John Copeland (5) and DE Eric Curry (6)
1992: Stanford - T Bob Whitfield (8) and RB Tommy Vardell
(9)
1991: Nebraska - DB Bruce Pickens (3) and LB Mike Croel (4)
Tennessee - T Charles McRae (7) and T Antone Davis (8)
1990: Southern California - LB Junior Seau (5) and DB Mark
Carrier (6)
1984: Nebraska - WR Irving Fryar (1) and T Dean Steinkuhler
(2)
1981: UCLA - RB Freeman McNeil (3) and DB Kenny Easley (4)
1978: Notre Dame - TE Ken MacAfee (7) and DT Ross Browner
(8)
1977: Southern California - T Marvin Powell (4) and DT Gary
Jeter (5)
1967: Michigan State - DT Bubba Smith (1) and RB Clint Jones
(2)
1959: Ohio State - RB Don Clark (7) and C Dan James (8)
1949: Notre Dame - QB Frank Tripucka (9) and G Bill Fischer
(10)
Southern Methodist - RB Doak Walker (3) and RB/DB Paul Page
(4)
1948: Alabama - RB Lowell Tew (4) and C Vaughn Mancha (5)
1946: Notre Dame - QB Johnny Lujack (4) and T George Connor
(5)
1943: Minnesota - RB Bill Daley (7) and T Dick Wildung (8)
1937: Nebraska - RB/DB Lloyd Cardwell (7) and TE/DE Les McDonald
(8)
OFFENSIVE/DEFENSIVE PLAYERS SELECTED IN FIRST ROUND IN
PAST 15 YEARS
YEAR OFFENSE DEFENSE FIRST PICK
2000 17 14 Courtney Brown - DE
1999 16 15 Tim Couch - QB
1998 14 16 Peyton Manning-QB
1997 14 16 Orlando Pace-T
1996 17 13 Keyshawn Johnson-WR
1995 18 14 Ki-Jana Carter-RB
1994 13 16 Dan Wilkinson-DT
1993 15 14 Drew Bledsoe-QB
1992 13 15 Steve Emtman-DE
1991 13 14 Russell Maryland-DT
1990 11 14 Jeff George-QB
1989 15 13 Troy Aikman-QB
1988 16 11 Aundray Bruce-LB
1987 17 11 Vinny Testaverde-QB
1986 17 10 Bo Jackson-RB
Fewest quarterbacks taken in first round: 0 in 1996,
1988, 1985, 1984, 1974, 1941, 1938 and 1936.
Number of times QB and RB from same college have been
chosen in top 10: 10 - 1940 (QB Grenville Lansdell*, RB
Doyle Nave-USC), 1942 (QB Frank Albert, RB Pete Kmetovic-Stanford),
1943 (QB Jack Jenkins, RB Bob Steuber-Missouri), 1944 (QB
Angelo Bertelli, RB Creighton Miller-Notre Dame), 1946 (QB
Frank Dacewicz, QB Johnny Lujack, RB Emil Sitko-Notre Dame),
1947 (QB Ernie Case*, RB Cal Rossi-UCLA), 1948 (QB Harry Gilmer,
RB Lowell Tew-Alabama), 1983 (QB Todd Blackledge, RB Curt
Warner-Penn State), 1993 (QB Rick Mirer, RB Jerome Bettis-
Notre Dame), 1995 (QB Kerry Collins, RB Ki-Jana Carter-Penn
State).
Number of times QB, RB and TE from same college have been
chosen in first round: 2 - 1993 (QB Rick Mirer, RB Jerome
Bettis, TE Irv Smith-Notre Dame), 1995 (QB Kerry Collins,
RB Ki-Jana Carter, TE Kyle Brady-Penn State).
Most running backs taken in first round: 9 (twice)
1938 - Corbett Davis*, Jim McDonald*, Boyd Brumbaugh, Whizzer
White, Jack Robbins*, Cecil Isbell*, George Karamatic*, Andy
Farkas*, Joe Gray.
1941 - Tom Harmon, John Kimbrough, Norm Standlee, John Thomason,
George Franck, George Paskavan*, Dean McAdams*, Don Scott,
Forrest Evashevski.
Most wide receivers taken in first round: 6
1988 - Tim Brown, Sterling Sharpe, Michael Irvin, Anthony
Miller, Aaron Cox, Wendell Davis.
Most offensive linemen taken in first round: 10
1968 - T Ron Yary, C Robert Johnson, T Russ Washington, T
Mike Taylor, C Forrest Blue, G Maurice Moorman, G George Daney,
T John Williams, G Bill Lueck, T Doug Crusan.
Most tight ends taken in first 100 picks: 8 (twice)
1981 - Willie Scott, Dave Young, Gary Lewis, Clay Brown, Marvin
Harvey, Hoby Brenner, Greg LaFleur, Tim Sherwin.
1996 - Rickey Dudley, Marco Battaglia, Jason Dunn, Ernie Conwell,
Johnny McWilliams, Brian Roche, Scott Slutzker, Hunter Goodwin.
Players from same college drafted No. 1 overall in consecutive
years:
1968-69: Southern California - T Ron Yary by Minnesota and
RB O.J. Simpson by Buffalo.
Most first-round selections from one college in single
year: 5 - Southern California
1968 (T Ron Yary, T Mike Taylor, DE Tim Rossovich, RB Mike
Hull, WR Earl McCullouch).
Colleges with most overall No. 1 draft choices: Notre
Dame-5, Auburn-4, Southern California-4.
College with most players taken in single draft: Texas,
17 in 1984.
Consecutive first-round choices from same college that
played same position:
1991: Tennessee Ts Charles McRae (#7-Tampa Bay) and Antone
Davis (#8-Philadelphia).
1993: Alabama DEs John Copeland (#5-Cincinnati) and Eric Curry
(#6-Tampa Bay).
1997: Miami DEs Kenard Lang (#17-Washington) and Kenny Holmes
(#18-Tennessee).
Number of Pro Football Hall of Famers chosen No. 1 overall:
10
1942-"Bullet" Bill Dudley/Pittsburgh; 1945-Charley
Trippi/Chicago Cardinals; 1949-Chuck Bednarik/Philadelphia;
1957-Paul Hornung/Green Bay; 1963-Buck Buchanan/Kansas City;
1968-Ron Yary/Minnesota; 1969-O.J. Simpson/Buffalo; 1970-Terry
Bradshaw/Pittsburgh; 1976-Lee Roy Selmon/Tampa Bay; 1978-Earl
Campbell/Houston.
Hall of Famers chosen consecutively in first round by
same team in one draft:
1965: Dick Butkus (#3-Illinois/LB) and Gale Sayers (#4-Kansas/RB)
by Chicago Bears.
NOTE: The first combined (AFL-NFL) draft in 1967 consisted
of 17 rounds. In 1977, the draft was reduced to 12 rounds.
There were eight rounds in 1993 and seven since 1994.
Longest 1st round since 1967: 1995 (5 hours, 39 minutes)
Shortest 1st round since 1967: 1972 (2 hours)
Longest 7-round draft: 1996 (16 hours, 52 minutes)
Shortest 7-round draft: 1998 (14 hours, 25 minutes)
Most number of rounds on draft day: 30 (1943-59 drafts)
Number of players drafted by conference since 1990:
1. SEC 380
2. PAC-10 364
3. BIG-10 326
4. ACC 259
5. BIG EAST 217
6. BIG-8 185 (Merged with SWC in 1996 to form Big 12)
7. SWC 160 (Merged with Big 8 in 1996 to form Big 12)
8. WAC 130
9. SWAC 68
10. BIG WEST 45
Note: BIG 12: 120 (1997 draft was first in Big 12
history).
Others:
INDEPENDENT - 325 BIG SKY - 29
SOUTHLAND - 49 SOUTHERN - 20
MEAC - 38 YANKEE -- 15
OHIO VALLEY - 33
Number of times in past 10 years that two players with
same surname were drafted consecutively: 7
2000: Round 6 - WR Emanuel Smith (Jacksonville #196) and DE
Robaire Smith (Tennessee #197)
1998: Round 3 - T Robert Hicks (Buffalo/#68) and RB Skip Hicks
(Washington/#69)
1996: Round 3 - DB Tyrone Williams (Green Bay/#93) and WR
Stepfret Williams (Dallas/#94)
1994: Round 4 - LB Mitch Davis (Atlanta/#118) and DB Michael
Davis (Houston/#119)
1993: Round 1 - TE Irv Smith (New Orleans/#20) and RB Robert
Smith (Minnesota/#21)
Round 4 - RB Derek Brown (New Orleans/#109) and DB Corwin
Brown (New England/#110)
1991: Round 11 - DB James Smith (Houston/#294) and TE Chris
Smith (Cincinnati/#295)
Number of times wide receivers from same college have
been selected in first round in consecutive years: 5 (Note:
Florida State, Michigan State, Florida, Jackson State and
USC had WRs selected in first round in '00.)
Ohio State-Terry Glenn (1996) and Joey Galloway (1995)
Colorado-Michael Westbrook (1995) and Charles Johnson (1994)
Southern California-Johnnie Morton (1994) and Curtis Conway
(1993)
Tennessee-Clyde Duncan (1984) and Willie Gault (1983)
Willie Gault (1983) and Anthony Hancock (1982)
Number of times in past 10 years college has had at least
3 players chosen in first round: 16
2000: Florida State - Peter Warrick/Cincinnati; Corey Simon/Philadelphia;
Sebastian Janikowski/Oakland.
1999: Ohio State - David Boston/Arizona; Antoine Winfield/Buffalo;
Andy Katzenmoyer/New England.
1998: North Carolina - Greg Ellis/Dallas; Brian Simmons/Cincinnati;
Vonnie Holliday/GB.
Tennessee - Peyton Manning/Indianapolis; Terry Fair/Detroit;
Marcus Nash/Denver.
1997: Florida State - Peter Boulware/Baltimore; Walter Jones/Seattle;
Warrick Dunn/TB;
Renard Wilson/Cincinnati.
Miami - Yatil Green/Miami; Kenard Lang/Washington; Kenny Holmes/Houston.
1996: Ohio State - Terry Glenn/New England; Rickey Dudley/Oakland;
Eddie George/Houston.
1995: Penn State - Ki-Jana Carter/Cincinnati; Kerry Collins/Carolina;
Kyle Brady/NY Jets.
Florida State - Derrick Alexander/Minnesota; Devin Bush/Atlanta;
Derrick Brooks/TB.
Michigan - Tyrone Wheatley/NY Giants; Ty Law/New England;
Trezelle Jenkins/KC.
Ohio State - Joey Galloway/Seattle; Korey Stringer/Minnesota;
Craig Powell/Cleveland.
1994: Notre Dame - Bryant Young/San Francisco; Aaron Taylor/Green
Bay; Jeff Burris/Buffalo.
Texas A&M - Sam Adams/Seattle; Aaron Glenn/NY Jets; Greg
Hill/Kansas City.
1993: Alabama - John Copeland/Cincinnati; Eric Curry/Tampa
Bay; George Teague/Green Bay.
Notre Dame - Rick Mirer/Seattle; Jerome Bettis/LA Rams; Irv
Smith/New Orleans; Tom
Carter/Washington.
1991: Tennessee - Charles McRae/TB; Antone Davis/Philadelphia;
Alvin Harper/Dallas.
Number of times 3 players who played college football
in Florida have been picked in top 10: 4
2000 Peter Warrick Florida State Cincinnati (#4)
Corey Simon Florida State Philadelphia (#6)
Travis Taylor Florida Baltimore (#10)
1998 Andre Wadsworth Florida State Arizona (#3)
Fred Taylor Florida Jacksonville (#9)
Duane Starks Miami Baltimore (#10)
1997 Peter Boulware Florida State Baltimore (#4)
Walter Jones Florida State Seattle (#6)
Ike Hilliard Florida N.Y. Giants (#7)
1987 Vinny Testaverde Miami Tampa Bay (#1)
Alonzo Highsmith Miami Houston (#3)
Jerome Brown Miami Philadelphia (#9)
Number of times 3 players who played college football
in Texas have been picked in top 10: 5
1980 Johnny "Lam" Jones Texas NY Jets (#2)
Curtis Dickey Texas A&M Baltimore (#5)
Jacob Green Texas A&M Seattle (#10)
1970 Larry Stegent Texas A&M St. Louis (#8)
Cedrick Hardman N. Texas State San Francisco (#9)
Ken Burroughs Texas Southern New Orleans (#10)
1958 King Hill Rice Chicago Cardinals (#1)
John David Crow Texas A&M Chicago Cardinals (#2)
Charlie Kreuger Texas A&M San Francisco (#9)
1949 Doak Walker Southern Methodist Boston (#3)
Paul Page Southern Methodist New York (#4)
Robert Goode Texas A&M Washington (#8)
1939 Ki Aldrich Texas Christian Chicago Cardinals (#1)
Davey O'Brien Texas Christian Philadelphia (#4)
I.B. Hale Texas Christian Washington (#8)
Most first-round selections by position (one year):
Quarterback (6-1983):
John Elway/Baltimore, Todd Blackledge/Kansas City, Jim Kelly/Buffalo,
Tony Eason/New England, Ken O'Brien/NY Jets, Dan Marino/Miami
Running Back (9-1938, 1941):
(Last time) 1941 - Tom Harmon/Chicago Bears, John Kimbrough/Chicago
Cardinals, Norm Standlee/Chicago Bears, John Thomason/Detroit,
George Franck/New York, George Paskavan*/Green Bay, Dean McAdams*/Brooklyn,
Don Scott/Chicago Bears, Forrest Evashevski/Washington
Wide Receiver (6-1988):
Tim Brown/LA Raiders, Sterling Sharpe/Green Bay, Michael Irvin/Dallas,
Anthony Miller/San Diego, Aaron Cox/LA Rams, Wendell Davis/Chicago
Tight End (3-1970):
Steve Zabel/Philadelphia, Rich McGeorge/Green Bay, Raymond
Chester/Oakland
Center (2-1949, 1950, 1968):
(Last time) 1968 - Robert Johnson/Cincinnati, Forrest Blue/San
Francisco
Guard (4-1982):
Mike Munchak/Houston, Sean Farrell/Tampa Bay, Ron Hallestrom/Green
Bay, Roy Foster/Miami
Tackle (7-1966, 1996):
(Last time) 1996 - Jonathan Ogden/Baltimore, Willie Anderson/Cincinnati,
Pete Kendall/Seattle, Jermane Mayberry/Philadelphia, John
Michels/Green Bay, Jamain Stephens/Pittsburgh, Andre Johnson/Washington
Defensive Back (7-1998):
Charles Woodson/Oakland, Duane Starks/Baltimore, Terry Fair/Detroit,
Tebucky Jones/New England, Shaun Williams/New York Giants,
Donovin Darius/Jacksonville, R.W. McQuarters/SF
Linebacker (7-1990):
Keith McCants/Tampa Bay, Junior Seau/San Diego, Chris Singleton/New
England, James Francis/Cincinnati, Percy Snow/Kansas City,
Lamar Lathon/Houston, Tony Bennett/GB
Defensive End (6-1992):
Steve Emtman/Indianapolis, Sean Gilbert/LA Rams, Chester McGlockton/LA
Raiders, Alonzo Spellman/Chicago, Chris Mims/San Diego, Robert
Porcher/Detroit
Defensive Tackle (6-1977):
Eddie Edwards/Cincinnati, Gary Jeter/NY Giants, Wilson Whitley/Cincinnati,
Phil Dokes/Buffalo, A.J. Duhe/Miami, Wilson Faumuina/Atlanta
Nose Tackle (1-1986, 1988):
(Last time) 1988 -Ted Gregory/Denver
Kicker/Punter (1-1973, 1978, 1979, 2000):
(Last time) 2000 - K Sebastian Janikowski/Oakland
MOST PLAYERS DRAFTED FROM SINGLE SCHOOL (1970-2000)
Year College Players
2000 Tennessee 9
1999 Florida, Ohio State 8
1998 Washington 10
1997 Arizona State, Miami, Nebraska 8
1996 Penn State 10
1995 Colorado, Florida State 10
1994 Notre Dame 10
1993 Notre Dame, Miami 9
1992 Washington 11
1991 Miami 11
1990 Southern California 10
1989 Auburn 10
1988 Oklahoma 13
1987 Penn State 13
1986 Illinois, Southern California 9
1985 Wisconsin 11
1984 Texas 17
1983 Southern California 11
1982 Texas 12
1981 Pittsburgh 12
1980 Nebraska, Southern California 10
1979 Notre Dame, Oklahoma 10
1978 Florida 10
1977 Southern California 14
1976 Nebraska, Ohio State 11
1975 Southern California 14
1974 UCLA 12
1973 Oklahoma 11
1972 Michigan 10
1971 Ohio State 13
1970 Grambling, Southern California 9
UNDERCLASSMEN AND THE DRAFT
NOTE: In the 12 years underclassmen have been allowed
in the draft (since 1989), seven of the 12 overall No. 1 picks
have been juniors (Tim Couch - 1999, Orlando Pace-1997, Ki-Jana
Carter-1995, Dan Wilkinson-1994, Drew Bledsoe-1993, Steve
Emtman-1992, Jeff George-1990).
Year Entered Drafted First-Round Picks
2001 36 ? ?
2000 31 20 6
1999 42 27 10
1998 41 20 9
1997 44 27 13
1996 47 21 8
1995 42 22 11
1994 42 26 11
1993 46 24 10
1992 48 25 11
1991 33 22 4
1990 38 18 8
1989 25 12 3
COLLEGES WITH MOST TOTAL FIRST-ROUND PICKS
College Total College Total
Notre Dame 59 Penn State 28
Southern Cal 58 Texas 27
Ohio State 54 Louisiana State 26
Miami 37 UCLA 26
Florida 35 Florida State 24
Michigan 35 Texas A&M 22
Alabama 33 Arizona State 21
Tennessee 32 Colorado 21
Nebraska 31 Arkansas 20
Mich. State 29 Minnesota 19
Oklahoma 29 Pittsburgh 19
COLLEGES WITH MOST FIRST-ROUND PICKS BY YEAR (Since 1967)
2000-Florida State/3 1983-Pittsburgh, Southern California/3
1999-Ohio State/3 1982-Southern California/3
1998-North Carolina, Tennessee/3 1981-Southern California,
Pittsburgh/3
1997-Florida State/4 1980-Southern California, Texas/3
1996-Ohio State/3 1979-Multiple with 2
1995- Fla. St., Michigan, Ohio St., Penn St./3 1978-Notre
Dame/3
1994-Notre Dame, Texas A&M/3 1977-Southern California/3
1993-Notre Dame/4 1976-Colorado, Oklahoma/3
1992-Multiple with 2 1975-Ohio State/3
1991-Tennessee/3 1974-Ohio State/3
1990-Multiple with 2 1973-Purdue, Southern California/3
1989-Florida/3 1972-Nebraska, Notre Dame/3
1988-Arizona State, Miami, Oklahoma/2 1971-Ohio State/4
1987-Miami/3 1970-Oklahoma/3
1986-Iowa/3 1969-Notre Dame, Ohio St., S. Cal./2
1985-Wisconsin/3 1968-Southern California/5
1984-Maryland, Nebraska, Oklahoma/2 1967-Michigan State/4
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