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First Round Selections - NFL Draft 2012l
The NFL Draft 2012 set a new record for the initial round with 14 choices traded along with 19 total trades exchanged by the close of the top round. It was the most since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970 as clubs manenuved quickly with coveteed players on the board. The first round produced 17 defensive propsects afterthe first five choices were all from the offensive side of the ball. Day two begins tonight at 7 pm with Rounds 2 and 3 on the agenda. We will have a special new ranking for subscribers available for Day Three that concludes with Rounds 4 thru 7.
Photo – QB Robert Griffin III - Baylor
First Round Selections - NFL Draft 2012
Pick / Team / Player / Position / School
1 Indianapolis Colts
Andrew Luck - QB - Stanford
2 Washington Redskins (Rams)
Robert Griffin - QB - Baylor
3 Cleveland Browns (Vikings)
Trent Richardson - RB - Alabama
4 Minnesota Vikings (Browns)
Matt Kalil - T - Southern Cal
5 Jacksonville Jaguars (Buccaneers)
Justin Blackmon - WR - Oklahoma State
6 Dallas Cowboys (Rams)
Morris Claiborne - CB - LSU
7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Jaguars)
Mark Barron - S - Alabama
8 Miami Dolphins
Ryan Tannehill - QB -Texas A&M
9 Carolina Panthers
Luke Kuechly - LB - Boston College
10 Buffalo Bills
Stephon Gilmore - CB - South Carolina
11 Kansas City Chiefs
Dontari Poe - DT - Memphis
12 Philadelphia Eagles (Seahawks)
Fletcher Cox - DT - Mississippi St
13 Arizona Cardinals
Michael Floyd - WR - Notre Dame
14 St. Louis Rams (Cowboys)
Michael Brockers - DT - LSU
15 Seattle Seahawks (Eagles)
Bruce Irvin - LB - West Virginia
16 New York Jets
Quinton Coples - DE - North Carolina
17 Cincinnati Bengals
Dre Kirkpatrick - CB - Alabama
18 San Diego Chargers
Melvin Ingram - LB - South Carolina
19 Chicago Bears
Shea McClellin - LB - Boise St
20 Tennessee Titans
Kendall Wright - WR - Baylor
21 New England Patriots (Bengals)
Chandler Jones - DE - Syracuse
22 Cleveland Browns
Brandon Weeden - QB - Oklahoma St
23 Detroit Lions
Riley Reiff - T - Iowa
24 Pittsburgh Steelers
David DeCastro - G - Stanford
25 New England Patriots (Broncos)
Dont'a Hightower - LB - Alabama
26 Houston Texans
Whitney Mercilus - DE - Illinois
27 Cincinnati Bengals (Patriots)
Kevin Zeitler - G - Wisconsin
28 Green Bay Packers
Nick Perry - DE/LB - Southern Cal
29 Minnesota Vikings (Ravens)
Harrison Smith - S - Notre Dame
30 San Francisco 49ers
A.J. Jenkins - WR - Illinois
31 Tampa Bay Bucs (Broncos)
Doug Martin - RB - Boise St
32 New York Giants
David Wilson - RB - Virginia Tech