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2018 NFL DRAFT 2018 NFL DRAFT FACTS & FIGURES WHAT: 83rd Annual National Football League Player Selection Meeting. WHERE: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas. WHEN: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 26 (Round 1). 7:00 PM ET, Friday, April 27 (Rounds 2-3). Noon ET, Saturday, April 28 (Rounds 4-7). TIMING: Round 1: 10 minutes per selection. Round 2: Seven minutes per selection. Rounds 3 through 6, including Compensatory Picks: Five minutes per selection. Round 7, including Compensatory Picks: Four minutes per selection. TV & RADIO: The 2018 NFL Draft will be televised nationally by NFL Network, ESPN/ESPN 2, FOX and ABC, and can be heard nationwide on Westwood One Radio, SiriusXM NFL Radio and TuneIn Radio. THE PLAYERS CONFIRMED TO ATTEND THE 2018 NFL DRAFT NAME POS. COLLEGE NAME POS. COLLEGE Jaire Alexander CB Louisville Derrius Guice RB LSU Josh Allen QB Wyoming Josh Jackson CB Iowa Saquon Barkley RB Penn State Lamar Jackson QB Louisville Taven Bryan DT Florida Derwin James S Florida State Bradley Chubb DE North Carolina State Kolton Miller T UCLA Sam Darnold QB Southern California Josh Rosen QB UCLA Marcus Davenport DE Texas-San Antonio Roquan Smith LB Georgia Tremaine Edmunds LB Virginia Tech Leighton Vander Esch LB Boise State Rashaan Evans LB Alabama Vita Vea DT Washington Minkah Fitzpatrick DB Alabama Denzel Ward CB Ohio State Shaquem Griffin LB UCF Connor Williams T Texas THE COLLEGE HEAD COACHES CONFIRMED TO ATTEND THE 2018 NFL DRAFT NAME COLLEGE NAME COLLEGE Craig Bohl Wyoming Urban Meyer Ohio State Dave Doeren North Carolina State Jim Mora Formerly UCLA Kirk Ferentz Iowa Ed Orgeron LSU James Franklin Penn State Chris Petersen Washington Scott Frost Nebraska (Formerly UCF) Nick Saban Alabama Justin Fuente Virginia Tech Kirby Smart Georgia Bryan Harsin Boise State Frank Wilson Texas-San Antonio Clay Helton Southern California THE PROSPECTS QUARTERBACKS QUINTET OF QUARTERBACKS Five quarterbacks - Wyoming’s JOSH ALLEN, USC’s SAM DARNOLD, Louisville’s LAMAR JACKSON, Oklahoma’s BAKER MAYFIELD and UCLA’s JOSH ROSEN - are projected to be selected in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft. If all five quarterbacks are selected in the first round, it would mark the third time that at least five quarterbacks have been selected in the Draft’s opening round since the inception of the common draft in 1967. The 1983 NFL Draft holds the record with six quarterbacks selected in the first round, including Pro Football Hall of Famers JOHN ELWAY, JIM KELLY and DAN MARINO. YEAR NUMBER OF QUARTERBACKS SELECTED IN FIRST ROUND 1983 6 (John Elway*, Todd Blackledge, Jim Kelly*, Tony Eason, Ken O’Brien, Dan Marino*) 1999 5 (Tim Couch, Donovan McNabb, Akili Smith, Daunte Culpepper, Cade McNown) 2012 4 (Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, Ryan Tannehill, Brandon Weeden) 2011 4 (Cam Newton, Jake Locker, Blaine Gabbert, Christian Ponder) 2004 4 (Eli Manning, Philip Rivers, Ben Roethlisberger, J.P. Losman) 2003 4 (Carson Palmer, Byron Leftwich, Kyle Boller, Rex Grossman) 1987 4 (Vinny Testaverde, Kelly Stouffer, Chris Miller, Jim Harbaugh) *Pro Football Hall of Famer DARNOLD MAYFIELD ALLEN JACKSON ROSEN 1999 NFL DRAFT NAME SCHOOL NO. CHOSEN TEAM Tim Couch Kentucky 1 Cleveland THREE’S COMPANY Donovan McNabb Syracuse 2 Philadelphia If three quarterbacks are selected within the Akili Smith Oregon 3 Cincinnati top five picks of the 2018 NFL Draft, it would 1971 NFL DRAFT mark the third time since 1967 in which three quarterbacks were selected in the top five, NAME SCHOOL NO. CHOSEN TEAM joining the 1971 and 1999 NFL Drafts. Jim Plunkett Stanford 1 New England Archie Manning Mississippi 2 New Orleans Dan Pastorini Santa Clara 3 Houston Oilers THE PROSPECTS QUARTERBACKS SUPER SAM USC quarterback SAM DARNOLD is projected to be one of the first quarterbacks off the board in the first round of the NFL Draft. Darnold can become the fourth Trojan quarterback to be selected in the top ten of the first round in the common draft era. The USC quarterbacks selected in the top ten of the NFL Draft since 1967: YEAR NAME NO. CHOSEN TEAM 2009 Mark Sanchez 5 New York Jets 2006 Matt Leinart 10 Arizona 2003 Carson Palmer 1 Cincinnati DRAFT TREND PAC-12 QBs ON THE RISE Since 2012, three quarterbacks from the Pac-12 have been selected in the top five. YEAR NAME COLLEGE NO. CHOSEN TEAM 2016 Jared Goff California 1 LA Rams 2015 Marcus Mariota Oregon 2 Tennessee 2012 Andrew Luck Stanford 1 Indianapolis USC’s SAM DARNOLD and UCLA’s JOSH ROSEN can become the first pair of quarterbacks from the same conference to be selected in the top ten since the 2012 NFL Draft (Robert Griffin III & Ryan Tannehill of the Big 12). THE ROSEN ONE UCLA quarterback JOSH ROSEN is projected to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. If selected in the first round, Rosen would become the fourth Bruin quarterback to be selected in the first round in the common draft era. If selected in the top ten, he would join Pro Football Hall of Famer TROY AIKMAN (1989) as the only UCLA quarterbacks to be selected with a top- ten pick since 1967. The UCLA quarterbacks selected in the first round of the NFL Draft since 1967: YEAR NAME NO. CHOSEN TEAM 1999 Cade McNown 12 Chicago 1992 Tommy Maddox 25 Denver 1989 Troy Aikman* 1 Dallas *Pro Football Hall of Famer THE PROSPECTS QUARTERBACKS AWESOME ALLEN Wyoming quarterback JOSH ALLEN can become the fourth player in school history and the first since 1976 to be drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft. If selected in the first round, Allen would become thefirst Wyoming quarterback to be taken in the first round in the common draft era. The Wyoming players selected in the first round of the NFL Draft since 1967: YEAR NAME POSITION NO. CHOSEN TEAM 1976 Lawrence Gaines RB 16 Detroit 1976 Aaron Kyle DB 27 Dallas 1967 Ron Billingsley DT 14 San Diego HEISMAN QBs Oklahoma quarterback BAKER MAYFIELD and Louisville quarterback LAMAR JACKSON could become the third pair of Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks to be selected in the same draft since 1967. Mayfield, who won the Heisman in 2017, and Jackson, who won the award in 2016, are both projected to be first-round picks. The NFL Drafts with multiple Heisman Trophy winning QBs selected since 1967: YEAR NAME HEISMAN YEAR COLLEGE ROUND OVERALL PICK TEAM 2015 Jameis Winston 2013 Florida State 1 1 Tampa Bay Marcus Mariota 2014 Oregon 1 2 Tennessee 2010 Sam Bradford 2008 Oklahoma 1 1 St. Louis Tim Tebow 2007 Florida 1 25 Denver LAMAR JACKSON BAKER MAYFIELD Louisville, 2016 Oklahoma, 2017 3,543 Pass Yards 30 Pass TDs 4,627 Pass Yards 1,571 Rush Yards 43 Pass TDs 21 Rush TDs 311 Rush Yards 51 Total TDs 5 Rush TDs 1 Rec. TD 49 Total TDs THE PROSPECTS RUNNING BACKS/WIDE RECEIVERS TOP BACK Penn State running back SAQUON BARKLEY is projected to be the first running back off the board in the 2018 NFL Draft. If selected first overall, Barkley would become the seventh running back in the common draft era to earn that distinction and first sinceKI-JANA CARTER in 1995. The running backs selected first overall in the NFL Draft since 1967: YEAR NAME COLLEGE TEAM 1995 Ki-Jana Carter Penn State Cincinnati 1986 Bo Jackson Auburn Tampa Bay 1981 George Rogers South Carolina New Orleans 1980 Billy Sims Oklahoma Detroit 1978 Earl Campbell* Texas Houston 1977 Ricky Bell Southern California Tampa Bay 1969 O.J. Simpson* Southern California Buffalo *Pro Football Hall of Famer DRAFT TREND TOP-FIVE RUN ON RBs If Barkley is selected in the top five, it would mark the third consecutive year in which a running back has been a top five pick, tied for the third-longest streak in the common draft era. The most consecutive drafts with a running back selected in the top five since 1967: YEARS CONSECUTIVE DRAFTS 1974-1978 5 1998-2001 4 1993-1995 3 CRIMSON CATCHERS Alabama wide receiver CALVIN RIDLEY is projected to be one of the first wide receivers selected in the NFL Draft. If chosen in the first round, Ridley would become thefourth Crimson Tide wide receiver to be selected in the first round in the common draft era. The Alabama wide receivers selected in the first round of the NFL Draft since 1967: YEAR NAME NO. CHOSEN TEAM 2015 Amari Cooper 4 Oakland 2011 Julio Jones 6 Atlanta 1968 Dennis Homan 20 Dallas THE PROSPECTS OFFENSIVE LINE LUCK OF THE IRISH Notre Dame offensive linemen QUENTON NELSON and MIKE MC GLINCHEY hope to hear their names called in the first round of the Draft. If both Nelson and McGlinchey are selected in the first round, they would be the second pair of Notre Dame offensive linemen to be selected in the first round of the same NFL Draft since 1967, joining PAUL SEILER (12th overall) and TOM REGNER (23rd overall) who were both taken in the first round of the 1967 NFL Draft. Nelson, who is projected to be one of the first offensive linemen selected, can become the third Notre Dame offensive lineman selected in the top ten of an NFL Draft since 1967, joining RONNIE STANLEY and GEORGE KUNZ. DRAFT TREND RUN ON TACKLES At least two offensive tackles have been selected in the first round of 11 consecutive NFL Drafts and in 26 of the past 27 drafts dating back to 1991. TEAMMATES IN THE TRENCHES If both Nelson and McGlinchey are selected in the top 20, it would mark the eighth time since 1967 that two offensive line teammates have been selected in the first 20 picks of the first round of the same NFL Draft.
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