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DATE	START	ROUNDS	SELECTION TIME
Saturday, April 25	4:00 PM ET	Round 1	10 Minutes
		Round 2	7 Minutes
Sunday, April 26	10:00 AM ET	Rounds 3-7	5 Minutes

 

PREMIUM ON PROTECTORS:  Following the selection of No. 1 overall choice JAKE LONG by Miami in the 2008 NFL Draft, several of the top offensive line prospects in 2009 are vying to follow in his footsteps.  Virginia T EUGENE MONROE,Ole Miss T MICHAEL OHER, Alabama T ANDRE SMITH and Baylor T JASON SMITH aim to mark the first time in NFL Draft history that an offensive lineman is selected No. 1 overall in consecutive drafts.

 

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN SELECTED NO. 1 OVERALL

 

YEAR	PLAYER	TEAM	COLLEGE
1939	C Ki Aldrich	Chicago Cardinals	TCU
1949	C Chuck Bednarik	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
1961	G Ken Rice	Buffalo (AFL)	Auburn
1968	T Ron Yary	Minnesota	Southern California
1997	T Orlando Pace	St. Louis	Ohio State
2008	T Jake Long	Miami	Michigan

 

Monroe, Oher, Andre Smith and Jason Smith can become the third quartet of offensive linemen to be selected in the top 10 since the inception of the common draft in 1967 (1985 and 1968).  If three of the four are selected, they would mark the third offensive line trio in the past 20 years, and first since 2002, to be selected in the top 10.

 

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN TRIOS SELECTED IN TOP 10 (PAST 20 YEARS)

 

YEAR	PLAYER	SELECTION (TEAM)	COLLEGE
2002	Mike Williams	4 (Buffalo)	Texas
	Bryant McKinnie	7 (Minnesota)	Miami
	Levi Jones	10 (Cincinnati)	Arizona State
1997	Orlando Pace	1 (St. Louis)	Ohio State
	Walter Jones	5 (Seattle)	Florida State
	Chris Naeole	10 (New Orleans)	Colorado

 

ACC BRINGS THE ‘D’:  The Atlantic Coast Conference has provided the first defensive player selected in the NFL Draft in each of the past three seasons, and four of the past seven overall.  Wake Forest LB AARON CURRY has a chance to extend the streak to four in the 2009 NFL Draft.

 

FIRST DEFENSIVE PLAYER SELECTED OVERALL FROM ACC (SINCE 2000)

 

 

YEAR	PLAYER	TEAM	SCHOOL	OVERALL SELECTION
2002	Julius Peppers	Carolina	North Carolina	2
2006	Mario Williams	Houston	North Carolina State	1
2007	Gaines Adams	Tampa Bay	Clemson	4
2008	Chris Long	St. Louis	Virginia	2

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USC TRIPLE THREAT:  USC’s stellar trio of linebackers – BRIAN CUSHING, CLAY MATTHEWS and REY MAUALUGA – are all likely to be selected high in this year’s NFL Draft.  If all three turn out to be first-round picks, they would be the first threesome of linebackers from the same college to be chosen in Round 1 of the same draft.

 

The five pairs of college linebacker teammates that have been selected in the first round of the same draft:

 

YEAR	COLLEGE	FIRST-ROUND LINEBACKERS
2006	Florida State	Ernie Sims (No. 9, Detroit) & Kamerion Wimbley (No. 13, Cleveland)
2006	Ohio State	A.J. Hawk (No. 5, Green Bay) & Bobby Carpenter (No. 18, Dallas)
2004	Miami (FL)	Jonathan Vilma (No. 12, N.Y. Jets) & D.J. Williams (No. 17, Denver)
1974	Ohio State	Rick Middleton (No. 13, New Orleans) & Randy Gradishar (No. 14, Denver)
1970	Oklahoma	Steve Zabel (No. 6, Philadelphia) & Jim Files (No. 13, N.Y. Giants)

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PREEMINENT PEACH:  If Georgia QB MATTHEW STAFFORD is selected with the top pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, he will be the first Georgia player drafted first overall since WR HARRY BABCOCK in 1953.  Below are the Georgia players selected in the top 10 of the NFL Draft:

 

GEORGIA PLAYERS SELECTED IN THE TOP 10

(All-Time)

 

YEAR	PLAYER	POSITION	TEAM	OVERALL SELECTION
1943	Frank Sinkwich	Running Back	Detroit	9
1947	Charley Trippi	Running Back	Chicago Cardinals	1
1948	Dan Edwards	Wide Receiver	Pittsburgh	9
1949	Johnny Rauch	Quarterback	Detroit	2
1953	Harry Babcock	Wide Receiver	San Francisco	1
1972	Royce Smith	Guard	New Orleans	8
1989	Tim Worley	Running Back	Pittsburgh	7
1993	Garrison Hearst	Running Back	Arizona	3
1999	Champ Bailey	Defensive Back	Washington	6
2001	Richard Seymour	Defensive End	New England	6
2003	Johnathan Sullivan	Defensive Tackle	New Orleans	6

 

RED RAIDERS RECEIVER REACHES FOR TOP:  Texas Tech WR MICHAEL CRABTREE is among the top wide receivers eligible in the 2009 NFL Draft.  Below are the Texas Tech players selected in the first round of the NFL Draft:

 

TEXAS TECH PLAYERS SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND

(All-Time)

 

YEAR	PLAYER	POSITION	TEAM	OVERALL SELECTION
1945	Walter Schlinkman	Running Back	Green Bay	11
1964	Dave Parks	Tight End	San Francisco	1
1965	Donnie Anderson	Running Back	Green Bay	7
1981	Ted Watts	Defensive Back	Oakland	21
1983	Gabe Rivera	Defensive Tackle	Pittsburgh	21

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RISING “RAK”:  Texas DE BRIAN ORAKPO (nicknamed “Rak”) was named AP Defensive Player of the Year in the Big XII Conference.  He can become just the fourth defensive lineman to be selected in the top 10 since the inception of the Big XII.

 

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

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

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TEXAS THREE-STEP:  The 2009 NFL Draft can mark the first time since 1980 that three players who played college football in Texas are selected in the top 10.  Texas Tech’s Crabtree, Texas’ Orakpo and Baylor’s Smith hope to accomplish this feat.

 

Number of times 3 players who played college football in Texas have been selected in

top 10:  5

 

1939	Ki Aldrich	TCU	Chicago Cardinals (#1)
	Davey O’Brien	TCU	Philadelphia (#4)
	I.B. Hale	TCU	Washington (#8)
1949	Doak Walker	Southern Methodist	Boston (#3)
	Paul Page	Southern Methodist	New York (#4)
	Robert Goode	Texas A&M	Washington (#8)
1958	King Hill	Rice	Chicago Cardinals (#1)
	John David Crow	Texas A&M	Chicago Cardinals (#2)
	Charlie Kreuger	Texas A&M	San Francisco (#9)
1970	Larry Stegent	Texas A&M	St. Louis (#8)
	Cedrick Hardman	N. Texas State	San Francisco (#9)
	Ken Burroughs	Texas Southern	New Orleans (#10)
1980	Johnny “Lam” Jones	Texas	NY Jets (#2)
	Curtis Dickey	Texas A&M	Baltimore (#5)
	Jacob Green	Texas A&M	Seattle (#10)

 

WILDCAT ON THE PROWL:  Record-setting Kansas State QB JOSH FREEMAN looks to become the first Wildcat QB drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft.  Below are the all-time first round draft choices hailing from Kansas State:

 

KANSAS STATE PLAYERS SELECTED IN FIRST ROUND

(All-Time)

 

YEAR	PLAYER	POSITION	TEAM	OVERALL SELECTION
1954	Veryl Switzer	Running Back	Green Bay	4
1971	Clarence Scott	Defensive Back	Cleveland	14
1997	Chris Canty	Defensive Back	New England	29
2003	Terence Newman	Defensive Back	Dallas	5

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FIRST-ROUND TRADES SINCE 1970

 

Draft	First-Round Trades			Draft	First-Round Trades
1970	3			1990	8
1971	4			1991	8
1972	6			1992	9
1973	9			1993	11
1974	9			1994	11
1975	8			1995	15
1976	7			1996	11
1977	10			1997	13
1978	8			1998	8
1979	7			1999	11
1980	10			2000	12
1981	6			2001	14
1982	9			2002	11
1983	8			2003	9
1984	9			2004	9
1985	10			2005	5
1986	10			2006	4
1987	8			2007	7
1988	7			2008	9
1989	11

(Yearly totals can include future selections traded in previous years.)

 

CONSECUTIVE TOP 10 CHOICES FROM SAME COLLEGE

 

1937	Nebraska - HB Lloyd Cardwell (7) and E Les McDonald (8)
1943	Minnesota - HB Bill Daley (7) and T Dick Wildung (8)
1946	Notre Dame - QB Johnny Lujack (4) and T George Connor (5)
1948	Alabama - HB Lowell Tew (4) and C Vaughn Mancha (5)
1949	Notre Dame - QB Frank Tripucka (9) and G Bill Fischer (10)
	Southern Methodist - RB Doak Walker (3) and HB Paul Page (4)
1959	Ohio State - HB Don Clark (7) and C Dan James (8)
1967	Michigan State – DT Bubba Smith (1) and RB Clint Jones (2)
1977	Southern California - T Marvin Powell (4) and DT Gary Jeter (5)
1978	Notre Dame - TE Ken MacAfee (7) and DT Ross Browner (8)
1981	UCLA - RB Freeman McNeil (3) and DB Kenny Easley (4)
1984	Nebraska - WR Irving Fryar (1) and T Dean Steinkuhler (2)
1990	Southern California - LB Junior Seau (5) and DB Mark Carrier (6)
1991	Nebraska - DB Bruce Pickens (3) and LB Mike Croel (4)
	Tennessee - T Charles McRae (7) and T Antone Davis (8)
1992	Stanford - T Bob Whitfield (8) and RB Tommy Vardell (9)
1993	Alabama - DE John Copeland (5) and DE Eric Curry (6)
1996	Illinois - LB Kevin Hardy (2) and DE Simeon Rice (3)
2000	Penn State - DE Courtney Brown (1) and LB LaVar Arrington (2)
2002	Texas - T Mike Williams (4) and DB Quentin Jammer (5)
2004	Miami - S Sean Taylor (5) and TE Kellen Winslow (6)

 

OFFENSIVE/DEFENSIVE PLAYERS SELECTED

IN FIRST ROUND SINCE 1990

 

YEAR	OFFENSE	DEFENSE	FIRST OFFENSIVE PICK	FIRST DEFENSIVE PICK
1990	11	14	Jeff George-QB (1)	Cortez Kennedy-DT (3)
1991	13	14	Charles McRae-T (7)	Russell Maryland-DT (1)
1992	13	15	Desmond Howard-WR (4)	Steve Emtman-DE (1)
1993	15	14	Drew Bledsoe-QB (1)	Marvin Jones-LB (4)
1994	13	16	Marshall Faulk-RB (2)	Dan Wilkinson-DT (1)
1995	18	14	Ki-Jana Carter-RB (1)	Kevin Carter-DE (6)
1996	17	13	Keyshawn Johnson-WR (1)	Kevin Hardy-LB (2)
1997	14	16	Orlando Pace-T (1)	Darrell Russell-DE (2)
1998	14	16	Peyton Manning-QB (1)	Andre Wadsworth-DE (3)
1999	16	15	Tim Couch-QB (1)	Champ Bailey-CB (7)
2000	17	14	Chris Samuel-T (3)	Courtney Brown-DE  (1)
2001	15	16	Michael Vick-QB (1)	Gerard Warren-DT (3)
2002	16	16	David Carr-QB (1)	Julius Peppers-DE (2)
2003	14	18	Carson Palmer-QB (1)	Dewayne Robertson-DT (4)
2004	19	13	Eli Manning-QB (1)	Sean Taylor-S (5)
2005	16	16	Alex Smith-QB (1)	Adam Jones-CB (6)
2006	19	13	Reggie Bush-RB (2)	Mario Williams-DE (1)
2007	15	17	JaMarcus Russell-QB (1)	Gaines Adams-DE (4)
2008	16	15	Jake Long-T (1)	Chris Long-DE (2)

 

“MOSTS”

 

Number of times QB and RB from same college have been chosen in top 10:  10 – 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 Dancewicz, 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), 2006 (QB Matt Leinart, RB Reggie Bush-Southern California).

 

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.

 

Colleges with most No. 1 overall draft choices:

 

 

Most first-round selections from one college in single year:  6

2004 - Miami (Sean Taylor, Kellen Winslow, Jonathan Vilma, D.J. Williams, Vernon Carey, Vince Wilfork).

 

Number of times wide receivers from same college have been selected in first round in consecutive years:  5 (Note: No wide receivers were selected in the first round in 2008.)

Ohio State – Joey Galloway (1995) and Terry Glenn (1996); Santonio Holmes (2006) and Ted Ginn Jr. (2007) and Anthony Gonzalez (2007)

Colorado – Charles Johnson (1994) and Michael Westbrook (1995)

Southern California – Curtis Conway (1993) and Johnnie Morton (1994)

Tennessee – Anthony Hancock (1982), Willie Gault (1983) and Clyde Duncan (1984)

 

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:  13

1942 – “Bullet” Bill Dudley/Pittsburgh; 1945 – Charley Trippi/Chicago Cardinals; 1949 – Chuck Bednarik/Philadelphia; 1957 – Paul Hornung/Green Bay; 1963 – Buck Buchanan/Kansas City (AFL); 1968 – Ron Yary/Minnesota; 1969 – O.J. Simpson/Buffalo; 1970 – Terry Bradshaw/Pittsburgh; 1976 – Lee Roy Selmon/Tampa Bay; 1978 – Earl Campbell/Houston; 1983 – John Elway/Baltimore Colts; 1985 – Bruce Smith/Buffalo Bills; 1989 – Troy Aikman/Dallas Cowboys.

 

Pro Football 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.

 

Number of times in past 10 years that two players with same surname were drafted consecutively:  6

1998:  Round 3 – T Robert Hicks (Buffalo/#68) and RB Skip Hicks (Washington/#69)

2000:  Round 6 – WR Emanuel Smith (Jacksonville/#196) and DE Robaire Smith (Tennessee/#197)

2004:  Round 7 – CB Nathan Jones (Dallas/#205) and WR Mark Jones (Tampa Bay/#206)

2006:  Round 1 – G Davin Joseph (Tampa Bay/#23) and DB Johnathan Joseph (Cincinatti/#24)

2006:  Round 4 – LB Leon Williams (Cleveland/#110) and WR Demetrius Williams (Baltimore/#111)

2008:  Round 1 – T Jake Long (Miami/#1) and DE Chris Long (St. Louis/#2)

 

DRAFT TIMES

 

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 first round since 1967: 2007 (6 hours, 8 minutes)

 

Shortest first round since 1967: 1972 (2 hours)

 

Longest seven-round draft: 2007 (18 hours, 5 minutes)

 

Shortest seven-round draft: 1998 (14 hours, 25 minutes)

 

Most rounds on draft day: 30 (1943-59 drafts)

 

CONFERENCES

 

Number of players drafted by conference since 1990:

 1. SEC                      696

 2. BIG TEN                610

 3. PAC-10                 605

 4. ACC                      490

 5. BIG EAST 366

 6. BIG XII                   353 (1997 draft was first in Big XII history)

 7. WAC                     196

 8. BIG-8                     185 (Merged with SWC in 1996 to form Big XII)

 9. SWC                     160 (Merged with Big 8 in 1996 to form Big XII)

10. MAC                     109

 

Others:

 

 

COLLEGES WITH THREE PLAYERS DRAFTED

 

Number of times in past 10 years college has had at least 3 players chosen in first round: 17

 

1999:  Ohio State – David Boston/Arizona; Antoine Winfield/Buffalo; Andy Katzenmoyer/New England.

 

2000:  Florida State – Peter Warrick/Cincinnati; Corey Simon/Philadelphia; Sebastian Janikowski/Oakland.

 

2001:  Miami (4) – Dan Morgan/Carolina; Damione Lewis/St. Louis; Santana Moss/ N.Y. Jets; Reggie Wayne/Indianapolis.

            Michigan – David Terrell/Chicago; Steve Hutchinson/Seattle; Jeff Backus/Detroit.

 

2002:  Miami (5) – Bryant McKinnie/Minnesota; Jeremy Shockey/N.Y. Giants; Phillip Buchanon/Oakland; Ed Reed/Baltimore; Mike Rumph/San Francisco.

            Tennessee – John Henderson/Jacksonville; Donte’ Stallworth/New Orleans; Albert Haynesworth/Tennessee.

 

2003:  Miami (4) – Andre Johnson/Houston; Jerome McDougle/Philadelphia; Willis McGahee/Buffalo; William Joseph/N.Y. Giants.

            Penn State (4) – Jimmy Kennedy/St. Louis; Michael Haynes/Chicago; Bryant Johnson/Arizona; Larry Johnson/Kansas City.

 

2004:  Miami (6) – Sean Taylor/Washington; Kellen Winslow/Cleveland; Jonathan Vilma/N.Y.

Jets; D.J. Williams/Denver; Vernon Carey/Miami; Vince Wilfork/New England.

            Ohio State – Will Smith/Saints, Chris Gamble/Panthers, Mike Jenkins/Falcons.

 

2005:  Auburn (4) – Ronnie Brown/Miami; Jason Campbell/Washington; Carlos Rogers/Washington; Carnell Williams/Tampa Bay.

 

2006:  Ohio State (5) – A.J. Hawk/Green Bay; Donte Whitner/Buffalo; Bobby Carpenter/Dallas; Santonio Holmes/Pittsburgh; Nick Mangold/N.Y. Jets.

            Florida State (4) – Ernie Sims/Detroit; Kamerion Wimbley/Cleveland; Brodrick Bunkley/Philadelphia; Antonio Cromartie/San Diego.

North Carolina State – Mario Williams/Houston; Manny Lawson/San Francisco; John McCargo/Buffalo.

 

2007:  Louisiana State (4) – JaMarcus Russell/Oakland; LaRon Landry/Washington; Dwayne Bowe/Kansas City; Craig Davis/San Diego.

            Miami – Brandon Meriweather/New England; Jon Beason/Carolina; Greg Olsen/Chicago.

 

2008: Southern California (4) – Sedrick Ellis/New Orleans; Keith Rivers/Cincinnati; Sam Baker/Atlanta; Lawrence Jackson/Seattle.

 

CALIFORNIA/FLORIDA

 

Number of times at least 3 players who played college football in California have been selected in top 10:  9

 

1942	Pete Kmetovic	Stanford	Philadelphia (#3)
	Bob Robertson	USC	Brooklyn (#7)
	Frankie Albert	Stanford	Chicago Bears (#10)
1947	Cal Rossi	UCLA	Washington (#4)
	Ernie Case	UCLA	Green Bay (#6)
	Herman Wedemeyer	St. Mary’s (CA)	Los Angeles (#9)
1953	Johnny Olszewski	California	Chicago Cardinals (#4)
	Billy Anderson	Compton J.C.	Chicago Bears (#6)
	Al Carmichael	USC	Green Bay (#7)
	Donn Moomaw	UCLA	Los Angeles (#9)
1968	Ron Yary	USC	Minnesota (#1)
	Haven Moses	San Diego State	Buffalo (#9)
	Mike Taylor	USC	Pittsburgh (#10)
1972	Sherman White	California	Cincinnati (#2)
	Gregory Sampson	Stanford	Houston (#6)
	Willie Buchanon	San Diego State	Green Bay (#7)
	Jeff Siemon	Stanford	Minnesota (#10)
1977	Ricky Bell	USC	Tampa Bay (#1)
	Marvin Powell	USC	N.Y. Jets (#4)
	Gary Jeter	USC	N.Y. Giants (#5)
1981	Freeman McNeil	UCLA	N.Y. Jets (#3)
	Kenny Easley	UCLA	Seattle (#4)
	Rich Campbell	California	Green Bay (#6)
	Ronnie Lott	USC	San Francisco (#8)
1982	Chip Banks	USC	Cleveland (#3)
	Darrin Nelson	Stanford	Minnesota (#7)
	Marcus Allen	USC	Oakland (#10)
1994	Marshall Faulk	San Diego State	Indianapolis (#2)
	Willie McGinest	USC	New England (#4)
	Trent Dilfer	Fresno State	Tampa Bay (#6)
	Jamir Miller	UCLA	Arizona (#10)

 

 

Number of times three players who played college football in Florida have been selected

in top 10:  4

 

1987	Vinny Testaverde	Miami	Tampa Bay (#1)
	Alonzo Highsmith	Miami	Houston (#3)
	Jerome Brown	Miami	Philadelphia (#9)
1997	Peter Boulware	Florida State	Baltimore (#4)
	Walter Jones	Florida State	Seattle (#6)
	Ike Hilliard	Florida	N.Y. Giants (#7)
1998	Andre Wadsworth	Florida State	Arizona (#3)
	Fred Taylor	Florida	Jacksonville (#9)
	Duane Starks	Miami	Baltimore (#10)
2000	Peter Warrick	Florida State	Cincinnati (#4)
	Corey Simon	Florida State	Philadelphia (#6)
	Travis Taylor	Florida	Baltimore (#10)

 

FIRST ROUND BY POSITION

 

Most first-round selections by position (one year):

 

 

MOST PLAYERS DRAFTED FROM SINGLE SCHOOL SINCE 1970

 

Year	College	Players
1970	Grambling, Southern California	9
1971	Ohio State	13
1972	Michigan	10
1973	Oklahoma	11
1974	UCLA	12
1975	Southern California	14
1976	Nebraska, Ohio State	11
1977	Southern California	14
1978	Florida	10
1979	Notre Dame, Oklahoma	10
1980	Nebraska, Southern California	10
1981	Pittsburgh	12
1982	Texas	12
1983	Southern California	11
1984	Texas	17
1985	Wisconsin	11
1986	Illinois, Southern California	9
1987	Penn State	13
1988	Oklahoma	13
1989	Auburn	10
1990	Southern California	10
1991	Miami	11
1992	Washington	11
1993	Notre Dame, Miami	9
1994	Notre Dame	10
1995	Colorado, Florida State	10
1996	Penn State	10
1997	Arizona State, Miami, Nebraska	8
1998	Washington	10
1999	Florida, Ohio State	8
2000	Tennessee	9
2001	Florida State	9
2002	Miami	11
2003	Florida, Miami, Tennessee	8
2004	Ohio State	14
2005	Oklahoma	11
2006	Southern California	11
2007	Florida	9
2008	Southern California	10

 

UNDERCLASSMEN AND THE DRAFT

 

NOTE:  In the 20 years underclassmen have been allowed in the draft (since 1989), ten of the No. 1 overall picks have been juniors (Jeff George – 1990, Steve Emtman – 1992, Drew Bledsoe – 1993, Dan Wilkinson – 1994, Ki-Jana Carter – 1995, Orlando Pace – 1997, Tim Couch – 1999, Michael Vick – 2001, Mario Williams – 2006, JaMarcus Russell – 2007).

 

Year	Entered	Drafted	First-Round Picks
1989	25	12	3
1990	38	18	8
1991	33	22	4
1992	48	25	11
1993	46	24	10
1994	42	26	11
1995	42	22	11
1996	47	21	8
1997	44	27	13
1998	41	20	9
1999	42	27	10
2000	31	20	6
2001	36	31	13
2002	43	26	12
2003	45	32	10
2004	44	35	15
2005	49	38	10
2006	48	34	12
2007	40	29	14
2008	53	39	11

 

COLLEGES WITH MOST FIRST-ROUND PICKS

(Since first common draft in 1967)

 

College	Total	College	Total
USC	60	Oklahoma	28
Miami (Fla.)	56	Nebraska	27
Ohio State	51	Alabama	26
Florida	36	Arizona State	22
Notre Dame	35	Michigan State	22
Tennessee	35	UCLA	22
Florida St.	34	Texas A&M	21
Michigan	32	Pittsburgh	21
Penn State	31	Colorado	20
Texas	30	Georgia	20

 

COLLEGES WITH MOST FIRST-ROUND PICKS BY YEAR (Since 1967)

 

1967-Michigan State/4	1988-Arizona State, Miami, Oklahoma/2
1968-Southern California/5	1989-Florida/3
1969-Notre Dame, Ohio St., Southern California /2	1990-Multiple with 2
1970-Oklahoma/3	1991-Tennessee/3
1971-Ohio State/4	1992-Multiple with 2
1972-Nebraska, Notre Dame/3	1993-Notre Dame/4
1973-Purdue, Southern California/3	1994-Notre Dame, Texas A&M/3
1974-Ohio State/3	1995- Fla. St., Michigan, Ohio St., Penn St./3
1975-Ohio State/3	1996-Ohio State/3
1976-Colorado, Oklahoma/3	1997-Florida State/4
1977-Southern California/3	1998-North Carolina, Tennessee/3
1978-Notre Dame/3	1999-Ohio State/3
1979-Multiple with 2	2000-Florida State/3
1980-Southern California, Texas/3	2001-Miami/4
1981-Southern California, Pittsburgh/3	2002-Miami/5
1982-Southern California/3	2003-Miami/4, Penn State/4
1983-Pittsburgh, Southern California/3	2004-Miami/6
1984-Maryland, Nebraska, Oklahoma/2	2005-Auburn/4
1985-Wisconsin/3	2006-Ohio State/5
1986-Iowa/3	2007-Lousiana State/4
1987-Miami/3	2008- Southern California/4