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FOR USE AS DESIRED 4/26/18

2018 NFL ROUND 1 NOTES

QUINTET OF QBS: Five - Oklahoma’s (No. 1 overall, Cleveland), USC’s (No. 3, Jets), Wyoming’s (No. 7, Buffalo), UCLA’s (No. 10, Arizona) and Louisville’s (No. 32, Baltimore) - were selected in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft.

It marks the third time that at least five quarterbacks have been selected in the Draft’s opening round since the inception of the in 1967. The 1983 NFL Draft holds the record with six quarterbacks selected in the first round, including Pro Football Hall of Famers , and .

The four quarterbacks selected in the top ten – Mayfield, Darnold, Allen and Rosen – are the most in a single draft since the inception of the common draft era in 1967.

THE NFL DRAFTS WITH THE MOST QUARTERBACKS SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND (since 1967)

1983 6 (John Elway*, , Jim Kelly*, , Ken O’Brien, Dan Marino*) 2018 5 (Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Josh Allen, Josh Rosen, Lamar Jackson) 1999 5 (, Donovan McNabb, , , Cade McNown) *Pro Football Hall of Famer

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HEISMAN QBS: The selected Oklahoma QB BAKER MAYFIELD with the first overall pick and the chose Louisville LAMAR JACKSON with the 32nd overall pick of the 2018 NFL Draft.

Mayfield, who won the Heisman in 2017, and Jackson, who won the award in 2016, are the third pair of winning quarterbacks to be selected in the same draft since 1967.

THE NFL DRAFTS WITH MULTIPLE HEISMAN TROPHY WINNING QUARTERBACKS SELECTED (since 1967)

YEAR NAME COLLEGE NO. CHOSEN TEAM 2018 Baker Mayfield Oklahoma 1 Cleveland Lamar Jackson Louisville 32 Baltimore 2015 Florida State 1 Tampa Bay Oregon 2 Tennessee 2010 Oklahoma 1 St. Louis Florida 25 Denver

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FOOTBALL IS FAMILY: LB (No. 16, Buffalo) and S (No. 28, ) are the first pair of brothers to be selected in the first round of the same NFL Draft.

Tremaine and Terrell’s brother, , is a for the Saints. Their father, , was a two-time selection at during his seven-year NFL career with the and .

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TOP BACKS: The selected Penn State RB with the second choice of the 2018 NFL Draft. Barkley’s selection marks the third consecutive draft in which a running back was chosen in the top five, tied for the third-longest such streak in the common draft era.

Barkley is the highest running back selected since in 2006 (No. 2 overall, New Orleans).

THE MOST CONSECUTIVE NFL DRAFTS WITH A RUNNING BACK SELECTED IN THE TOP FIVE (SINCE 1967)

DRAFTS YEARS 5 1974-78 4 1998-2001 3 2016-18* 3 1993-95 *Active streak

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TEAMMATES IN THE TRENCHES: Notre Dame offensive linemen (No. 6, Indianapolis) and MIKE MC GLINCHEY (No. 9, San Francisco) are the third pair of offensive line teammates from the same college to each be selected in the top ten of the NFL Draft since 1967.

THE NFL DRAFTS WITH OFFENSIVE LINE TEAMMATES SELECTED IN THE TOP 10 (since 1967)

YEAR NAME COLLEGE NO. CHOSEN TEAM 2018 Quenton Nelson Notre Dame 6 Indianapolis Mike McGlinchey Notre Dame 9 San Francisco 1991 Charles McRae Tennessee 7 Tampa Bay Tennessee 8 Philadelphia 1968 * USC 1 Minnesota Mike Taylor USC 10 Pittsburgh *Pro Football Hall of Famer

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BOOMING BUCKEYES: State CB was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the fourth overall pick of the 2018 NFL Draft, marking the fifth Buckeye to be drafted in the first round since 2016.

Ohio State becomes the first school in the common draft era to have five defensive backs selected in the first round over a three-year span.

THE OHIO STATE DEFENSIVE BACKS SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PAST THREE NFL DRAFTS

YEAR NAME NO. CHOSEN TEAM 2018 Denzel Ward 4 Cleveland 2017 11 New Orleans 2017 15 Indianapolis 2017 24 2016 10 New York Giants

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ROLL TIDE: Alabama DB (No. 11 overall, Miami), DT DA’RON PAYNE (No. 13, Washington), LB (No. 22, Tennessee) and WR (No. 26, Atlanta) were each selected in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft.

The Crimson Tide, who have had at least one player selected in the first round in each of the past 10 drafts, passed Florida (1983-91) for the second-longest consecutive streak of players drafted in the first round since the advent of the common draft in 1967.

Miami (1995-2008) holds the longest streak with 14 consecutive drafts having at least one player selected in the first round.

THE LONGEST CONSECUTIVE STREAK WITH AT LEAST ONE PLAYER SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND

YEAR SCHOOL CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH A FIRST-ROUND PICK 1995-2008 Miami 14 2009-2018 Alabama 10* 1983-1991 Florida 9 *Active streak

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QUICK HITS: Other items of note from tonight’s first round…

• USC’s SAM DARNOLD and UCLA’s JOSH ROSEN became the first pair of quarterbacks from the same conference to be selected in the top ten since the 2012 NFL Draft (Robert Griffin III and of the Big 12).

• North Carolina State DE (No. 5 overall, Denver) is the third player in school history to be selected with a top-five pick in the common draft era, joining DE (No. 1, 2006) and QB (No. 4, 2004).

• Georgia’s was selected eighth overall by the Bears. Smith became the fifth defensive player from Georgia to be selected with a top-ten pick in the common draft era, joining (2016), (2003), (2001) and (1999).

• Tackles MIKE MC GLINCHEY (No. 9 overall, San Francisco) and (No. 15, Oakland) were both selected in the first round. At least two offensive tackles have been selected in the first round of 12 consecutive NFL Drafts and in 27 of the past 28 drafts dating back to 1991.

• With the selections of Arkansas C (No. 20 overall, Detroit) and Ohio State C BILLY PRICE (No. 21, ), the 2018 NFL Draft marks the fifth time in NFL Draft history that multiple centers were selected in the first round of a single draft and the first time since 2009 ( and ).

• San Diego State RB (No. 27 overall, Seattle) is the second running back in school history to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft in the common draft era, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer , who was selected No. 2 overall by Indianapolis in 1994.

• UCF DB MIKE HUGHES (No. 30 overall, Minnesota) is the first defensive player in school history to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.

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