For the second year in a row the draft started with
Lightning having the first pick (the Hall of Fame
Achievement selection) and for the second consecutive
season they selected a RB - this year it was Bijan
Robinson who became the 14th RB selected #1 overall
(most of any position). Robinson was one of two
RBs taken in the first round (marking the third
consecutive year of two or less RBs drafted in 1st
Rd). Jahmyr Gibbs was the other RB, taken by 328's
at #3 overall after making a blockbuster draft trade
with the 69ers to acquire #3 pick and wr DK Metcalf
in exchange for te TJ Hockenson, 1st Rd Pick in
2024 and the #11 pick (where the 69ers opened the
2nd Rd with the pick of a RB - Zach Charbonnet).
Three QBs were selected in the 1st Rd (Anthony Richardson
at #4, Bryce Young #5 and CJ Stroud #9). It was
the first time since 2018 that at least three QBs
were selected in the first round and only the third
time since 2010 that many QBs were taken in first
round. Also in the 1st Rd, Tormenta selected TE
Dalton Kincaid. It was only the 15th time a TE was
taken in the first round (the previous was Kyle
Pitts, also taken by Tormenta at #2 in 2021). WRs
have typically dominated the 1st Rd in recent seasons
but this year saw only four taken in 1st Rd - the
lowest since only two were taken in 2018. In total
there were 46 draft picks, 37 of which were rookies.
There were also only two draft day trades which
matches the low from 2019. The draft concluded with
the Mexican Seafood selection of Jerick McKinnon
who was reacquired by A II P after being released
a few weeks ago.
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