Ohio State rewrote history of the NFL draft with three players, who were selected in the Top 10. The last year’s champions of the NCAA placed Joey Bosa (№3, San Diego), Ezekiel Elliott (№4, Dallas) and Eli Apple (№10, NY Giants) in the first hour and a half in Chicago’s selection.
It was expected that Los Angeles Rams fell on California’s quarterback Jared Goff, who became the second representative of the family, placed in the professional league (his father, Jerry played as a catcher in the MLB in the period between 1990 and 1996).
After Goff also expected, Philadelphia paid Cleveland a huge amount to take the second position. It’s all about another quarterback – Carson Wentz. He was the playmaker of North Dakota State, becoming only the fifth quarterback of second-division college, who is selected in the first round of the draft. Three of them have taken part in the Super Bowl match, two (Phil Simms and Joe Flack) have led their team to the title.
The downfall of the evening belonged to Leremi Tansil. Many people expected him to be elected under №3, but just several minutes before the start of the draft a video with him using drugs appeared on his Twitter account. According to Tansil – that was work of hackers. His number came down to №13, and eventually Miami took pity on him.
Players, selected in the first round of the NFL draft:
1. LA Rams (trade with Tennessee) – Jared Goff (quarterback, California)
2. Philadelphia (trade with Cleveland) – Carson Wentz (quarterback, North Dakota State)
3. San Diego – Joey Bosa (defensive end, Ohio State)
4. Dallas – Ezekiel Elliott (running back, Ohio State)
5. Jacksonville – Jalen Ramsey (cornerback, Florida State)
6. Baltimore – Ronnie Stanley (offensive tackle, Notre Dame)
7. San Francisco – DeForest Buckner (defensive end, Oregon)
8. Tennessee (trade with Miami, Philadelphia and Cleveland) – Jack Conklin (offensive tackle, Michigan State)
9. Chicago (trade with Tampa Bay) – Leonard Floyd (outside linebacker, Chicago)
10. NY Giants – Eli Apple (cornerback, Ohio State)
11. Tampa Bay (trade with Chicago) – Vernon Hargreaves III (cornerback, Florida)
12. New Orleans – Sheldon Rankins (defensive end, Louisville)
13. Miami (trade with Philadelphia) – Leremi Tansil (offensive tackle, Mississippi)
14. Oakland – Karl Joseph (safety, West Virginia)
15. Cleveland (trade with the LA Rams and Tennessee) – Corey Coleman (wide receiver, Baylor)
16. Detroit – Taylor Decker (offensive tackle, Ohio State)
17. Atlanta – Keanu Neal (safety, Florida)
18. Indianapolis – Ryan Kelly (centre, Alabama)
19. Buffalo – Shaq Lawson (defensive end, Clemson)
20. NY Jets – Darren Lee (outside linebacker, Ohio State)
21. Houston (trade with Washington) – Will Fuller (wide receiver, Notre Dame)
22. Washington (trade with Houston) – Josh Doctson (wide receiver, Texas Christian)
23. Minnesota – Laquon Treadwell (wide receiver, Mississippi)
24. Cincinnati – William Jackson III (cornerback, Houston)
25. Pittsburgh – Artie Burns (cornerback, Miami)
26. Denver (trade with Seattle) – Paxton Lynch (quarterback, Memphis)
27. Green Bay – Kenny Clark (defensive tackle, UCLA)
28. San Francisco (trade with Kansas City) – Joshua Garnett (guard, Stanford)
29. New England – the choice was cancelled because of the scandal with the soft balls
30. Arizona – Robert Nkemdiche (defensive end, Mississippi)
31. Carolina – Vernon Butler (defensive end, Louisiana Tech)
32. Seattle (trade with Denver) – Jermaine Ifedi (offensive tackle, Texas A & M)