2004 NFL DRAFT NOTES

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

APRIL 24-25, 2004

- Since the first NFL Draft in 1936, a total of 1,602 players have been selected in the first round -

FATHER-SON FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICKS: 5

BROTHER-BROTHER FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICKS: 10

Number of players from Mississippi selected No. 1 overall: 0

Players from Mississippi selected in the first round in the past 10 years (1994-2003):  3
1994, DT Tim Bowens by Miami (#20 overall).
1998, RB John Avery by Miami (# 29 overall).
2001, RB Deuce McAllister by New Orleans (# 23 overall).

Quarterbacks selected No. 1 overall:  24
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; 1962, Roman Gabriel by Oakland; 1963, Terry Baker by Los Angeles; 1964, Jack Concannon by Boston; 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; 2001, Michael Vick by Atlanta; 2002, David Carr by Houston; 2003, Carson Palmer by Cincinnati.

Players from the SEC selected No. 1 overall: 13
1940, George Cafego (Tennessee) by Chicago Cardinals; 1943, Frank Sinkwich (Georgia) by Detroit; 1945, Charley Trippi (Georgia) by Chicago Cardinals; 1947, Harry Gilmer (Alabama) by Washington; 1952, Bill Wade (Vanderbilt) by Los Angeles; 1953, Harry Babcock (Georgia) by San Francisco; 1960, Billy Cannon (Louisiana State) by Los Angeles; 1965, Tucker Frederickson (Auburn) by N.Y. Giants; 1981, George Rogers (South Carolina) by New Orleans; 1986, Bo Jackson (Auburn) by Tampa Bay; 1988, Aundray Bruce (Auburn) by Atlanta; 1998, Tim Couch (Kentucky) by Cleveland; 1999, Peyton Manning (Tennessee) by Indianapolis.

Number of times quarterbacks were selected 1-2 overall:  5
1954, Bobby Garrett by Cleveland and Lamar McHan by Chicago Cardinals; 1971, Jim Plunkett by Boston and Archie Manning by New Orleans; 1993, Drew Bledsoe by New England and Rick Mirer by Seattle; 1998, Peyton Manning by Indianapolis and Ryan Leaf by San Diego; 1999, Tim Couch by Cleveland and Donovan McNabb by Philadelphia.  Quarterbacks were selected 1-2-3 overall twice in NFL Draft history: 1971, Jim Plunkett by Boston, Archie Manning by New Orleans, and Dan Pastorini by Houston; 1999, Tim Couch by Cleveland, Donovan McNabb by Philadelphia, and Akili Smith by Cincinnati.

Fewest quarterbacks taken in first round:  0 in 1996, 1988, 1985, 1984, 1974, 1941, 1938 and 1936.

Most frequently selected position with overall No. 1 pick in draft history: Running back-22 times (last time by Cincinnati in 1995, Ki-Jana Carter) & quarterback-22 times (last time by Cincinnati in 2003, Carson Palmer).

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; 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; 1966, Jim Grabowski by Miami; 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:  3
1961, Ken Rice/Guard by Buffalo; 1968, Ron Yary/Tackle by Minnesota; 1997, Orlando Pace/Tackle by St. Louis.

Wide receivers selected No. 1:  3
1964, Dave Parks by San Francisco; 1984, Irving Fryar by New England; 1996, Keyshawn Johnson by NY Jets.

Defensive linemen selected No. 1:  11
Defensive Ends (7) – 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 (5) – 1963, Buck Buchanan by Kansas City; 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:  3
1966, Tommy Nobis by Atlanta; 1979, Tom Cousineau by Buffalo; 1988, Aundray Bruce by Atlanta.

Kickers/punters selected in the first round: 4
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+.  (+ Used as punter in NFL career.)
 

IN THE HISTORY OF THE DRAFT, THE NO. 1 OVERALL PICK HAS BEEN TRADED 13 TIMES

NOTE:  Nine times have teams known that the choice would be the No. 1 overall selection (1967, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001).
 

FIRST-ROUND TRADES SINCE 1970

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

CONSECUTIVE TOP 10 CHOICES FROM SAME COLLEGE

2002: Texas – T Mike Williams (4) and DB Quentin Jammer (5)
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 - HB 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 HB Paul Page (4)
1948: Alabama - HB Lowell Tew (4) and C Vaughn Mancha (5)
1946: Notre Dame - QB Johnny Lujack (4) and T George Connor (5)
1943: Minnesota - HB Bill Daley (7) and T Dick Wildung (8)
1937: Nebraska – HB Lloyd Cardwell (7) and E Les McDonald (8)
 

OFFENSIVE/DEFENSIVE PLAYERS SELECTED IN FIRST ROUND IN PAST 15 YEARS

“MOSTS”

Number of times QB and RB from same college have been chosen in top 10:  9 – 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 (twice)
1988 - Tim Brown, Sterling Sharpe, Michael Irvin, Anthony Miller, Aaron Cox, Wendell Davis.
2001 - David Terrell, Koren Robinson, Rod Gardner, Santana Moss, Freddie Mitchell, Reggie Wayne.

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.

Colleges with most No. 1 overall draft choices:

Most first-round selections from one college in single year:  5 
1968 - Southern California (T Ron Yary, T Mike Taylor, DE Tim Rossovich, RB Mike Hull, WR Earl McCullouch);
2002 - Miami (T Bryant McKinnie, TE Jeremy Shockey, DB Phillip Buchanon, DB Ed Reed, DB Mike Rumph).

Number of times wide receivers from same college have been selected in first round in consecutive years:  5 (Note: Michigan State, Miami and Penn State had WRs selected in first round in 2003.)
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)

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:  11
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; 1983-John Elway/Baltimore Colts.

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:  4
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)
 

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 1st round since 1967: 2002 (5 hours, 48 minutes)
Shortest 1st round since 1967: 1972 (2 hours)
Longest 7-round draft: 2002 (17 hours, 30 minutes)
Shortest 7-round draft: 1998 (14 hours, 25 minutes)
Most number of rounds on draft day: 30 (1943-59 drafts) 

CONFERENCES

Number of players drafted by conference since 1990:
 1. SEC                       510
 2. PAC-10                  449
 3. BIG-10                   438
 4. ACC                      315
 5. BIG EAST              285
 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. BIG 12:                  211 (Note: 1997 draft was first in Big 12 history)
 9. WAC                     155
10. SWAC                   72

Others:

COLLEGES WITH THREE PLAYERS TAKEN

Number of times in past 10 years college has had at least 3 players chosen in first round: 19
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.

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.

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.

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.

FLORIDA/TEXAS

Number of times 3 players who played college football in Florida have been picked in top 10:  4

Number of times 3 players who played college football in Texas have been picked in top 10:  5

FIRST ROUND BY POSITION

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

MOST PLAYERS DRAFTED FROM SINGLE SCHOOL (1970-2003)

UNDERCLASSMEN AND THE DRAFT

NOTE: In the 15 years underclassmen have been allowed in the draft (since 1989), eight of the No. 1 overall picks have been juniors (Michael Vick – 2001, Tim Couch – 1999, Orlando Pace-1997, Ki-Jana Carter-1995, Dan Wilkinson-1994, Drew Bledsoe-1993, Steve Emtman-1992, Jeff George-1990).

COLLEGES WITH MOST TOTAL FIRST-ROUND PICKS

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