2010 NFL Draft
The 2010 NFL Draft was the 75th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible football players. The 2010 draft took place over three days, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, with the first round on April 22, 2010. The second and third rounds took place on April 23, while the final four rounds were held on April 24.[1][2] Television coverage was provided by both NFL Network and ESPN.
The 2010 NFL Draft | |
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General information | |
Date(s) | April 22–24, 2010 |
Time | 7:30 pm EDT (April 22) 6:00 pm EDT (April 23) 10:00 am EDT (April 24) |
Location | Radio City Music Hall in New York, NY |
Network(s) | ESPN, NFL Network |
Overview | |
255 total selections in 7 rounds | |
League | NFL |
First selection | Sam Bradford, QB St. Louis Rams |
Mr. Irrelevant | Tim Toone, WR Detroit Lions |
Most selections (13) | Philadelphia Eagles |
Fewest selections (4) | New York Jets |
The St. Louis Rams, as the team with the worst record during the 2009 season, selected quarterback Sam Bradford with the first pick. Three of the top four picks were members of the Oklahoma Sooners football team, and five of the top six were from the Big 12 Conference. The prime time broadcast of the first round was watched by 7.29 million viewers making it the most viewed first round ever and making ESPN the second most watched network of the night.[3][4]
Overview
Of the 255 players drafted 216 (or 84%) were among the 327 players who participated in the 2010 NFL Scouting Combine. This matches the average percentage of combine participants among draftees over the past ten years. An additional 39 players who did not attend the combine were selected.[5][6]
There was wide speculation that the 2010 NFL Draft would have a very large number of early entrants because of a possible rookie pay scale to be imposed starting with the 2011 NFL Draft.[7][8][9][10] Eligible underclassmen projected as top NFL prospects risked losing millions of contractually-guaranteed dollars if they did not declare for the draft the year before a new CBA could be reached. The early entry deadline was January 15. After the early entry deadline had passed, it was confirmed that the 2010 NFL Draft would have fifty-three non-seniors, tying a draft record for the most non-seniors ever.[11]
The draft's first round, in which teams were allowed ten minutes to make each selection, consumed three hours and 28 minutes. The second round (with a maximum of seven minutes per selection) lasted two hours and 25 minutes. After the second round, teams were allotted five minutes per pick. The third round took one hour and 41 minutes. Rounds 4 through 7 each lasted less than two hours.[12] For the second time in draft history, the first two players selected were named Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Year, respectively.[13]
The following is the breakdown of the 255 players selected by position:
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Changes in draft order
At the 2009 annual owners meeting, NFL owners unanimously approved changes to the order for assigning draft picks, starting with the 2010 draft.[14]
The new format took into account the seeding of playoff teams. The two major changes from previous years were:
- Teams that make the playoffs pick after teams that do not.
- Teams that advance further in the playoffs pick later. In 2008, the Chargers, who went 8–8 in the regular season, defeated the 12–4 Indianapolis Colts in an AFC wild card game. Nevertheless, the Chargers received the 16th pick while the Colts picked 27th, and the Patriots, who missed the playoffs, picked 23rd according to the rules then in effect, which prioritized regular season record for all teams except those in the Super Bowl.
The new order assigns picks for each round as indicated in the table below. Except the changes noted above, the order will generally follow that used in previous years (i.e., within a given status, teams with worse regular-season records will pick earlier in the first round, and picks will cycle from round to round among teams that are tied).
Three coin tosses were necessary to establish the final selection order: Jacksonville, Tennessee, and Atlanta won their flips over Denver, Carolina, and Houston, respectively.[15]
Status | Draft picks |
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Non-playoff teams | 1–20 |
Eliminated in Wild Card round | 21–24 |
Eliminated in Divisional round | 25–28 |
Eliminated in Conference Championships | 29–30 |
Super Bowl losing team | 31 |
Super Bowl champion | 32 |
Player selections
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Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
Round one
- #11: multiple trades:
- #11: Chicago → Denver (PD). Chicago traded this selection, a 2009 first-round selection (18th overall; Denver selected Robert Ayers) and a 2009 third-round selection (84th overall; traded to Pittsburgh, who selected Mike Wallace), and quarterback Kyle Orton to Denver for quarterback Jay Cutler and a 2009 fifth-round selection (140th overall, Chicago selected Johnny Knox).[source 1]
- #11: Denver → San Francisco (D). Denver traded this selection it acquired from Chicago to San Francisco for a first-round selection (13th overall; traded to Philadelphia, who selected Brandon Graham) and a fourth-round selection (113th overall; traded to New England, who selected Aaron Hernandez).[source 2]
- #12: Miami → San Diego (D). Miami traded this selection, a fourth-round selection (110th overall; San Diego selected Darrell Stuckey), and a sixth-round selection it acquired from Kansas City (173rd overall; traded to San Francisco who selected Anthony Dixon) to San Diego for a first-round selection (28th overall; Miami selected Jared Odrick), a second-round selection it acquired from Seattle (40th overall; Miami selected Koa Misi), a fourth-round selection (126th overall; traded to Dallas who selected Akwasi Owusu-Ansah), and linebacker Tim Dobbins.[source 3]
- #13: multiple trades:
- #13: San Francisco → Denver (D). See #11: Denver → San Francisco above.
- #13: Denver → Philadelphia (D). Denver traded this selection it acquired from San Francisco to Philadelphia for a first-round selection (24th overall; after all trades, Dallas selected Dez Bryant), a third-round selection it acquired from Seattle (70th overall; traded to Baltimore, who selected Ed Dickson), and a third-round selection (87th overall; Denver selected Eric Decker).[source 4]
- #14: Denver → Seattle (PD). Denver traded this selection to Seattle for a 2009 second-round selection (37th overall; Denver selected Alphonso Smith).[source 5]
- #17: Carolina → San Francisco (PD). Carolina traded this selection to San Francisco for 2009 second- (43rd overall; Carolina selected Everette Brown) and fourth-round selections (111th overall; Carolina selected Mike Goodson).[source 6]
- #22: New England → Denver (D). New England traded this selection to Denver for a first-round selection (24th overall; traded to Dallas, who selected Dez Bryant) and a fourth-round selection it acquired from San Francisco (113th overall; New England selected Aaron Hernandez).[source 7]
- #24: multiple trades:
- #24: Philadelphia → Denver (D). See #13: Denver → Philadelphia above.
- #24: Denver → New England (D). See #22: New England → Denver above.
- #24: New England → Dallas (D). New England traded this selection it acquired from Denver and its fourth-round selection (119th overall; traded to Miami who selected A. J. Edds) to Dallas for a first-round selection (27th overall; New England selected Devin McCourty) and a third-round selection (90th overall; New England selected Taylor Price).[source 8]
- #25: Baltimore → Denver (D). Baltimore traded this selection to Denver for a second-round selection it acquired from Miami (43rd overall; Baltimore selected Sergio Kindle), a third-round selection it acquired from Philadelphia (70th overall; Baltimore selected Ed Dickson), and a fourth-round selection (114th overall; Baltimore selected Dennis Pitta).[source 9]
- #27: Dallas → New England (D). See #24: New England → Dallas above.
- #28: Miami → San Diego (D). See #12: Miami → San Diego above.
- #30: Minnesota → Detroit (D). Minnesota traded this selection and a fourth-round selection (128th overall; Detroit selected Jason Curtis Fox) to Detroit for a second-round selection (34th overall; Minnesota selected Chris Cook), a fourth-round selection (100th overall; Minnesota selected Everson Griffen), and a seventh-round selection it acquired from Cleveland (214th overall; Minnesota selected Mickey Shuler Jr.).[source 10]
Round two
- #34: Detroit → Minnesota (D). See #30: Minnesota → Detroit above.
- #37: Washington → Philadelphia (PD). Washington traded this selection and a 2011 fourth-round selection to Philadelphia for quarterback Donovan McNabb.[source 11]
- #39: Oakland → Tampa Bay (D). Oakland traded this selection to Tampa Bay for a second-round selection it acquired from Chicago (42nd overall; traded to New England, who selected Rob Gronkowski) and a fifth-round selection it acquired from New England (153rd overall; traded to Jacksonville, who selected Austen Lane).[source 12]
- #40: multiple trades:
- #40: Seattle → San Diego (PD). Seattle traded this selection and a 2011 third-round selection to San Diego for quarterback Charlie Whitehurst and the Chargers' 2010 second-round selection (60th overall; Seattle selected Golden Tate).[source 13]
- #40: San Diego → Miami (D). See #12: Miami → San Diego above.
- #42: multiple trades:
- #42: Chicago → Tampa Bay (PD). Chicago traded this selection to Tampa Bay for defensive end Gaines Adams.[source 14]
- #42: Tampa Bay → Oakland (D). See #39: Oakland → Tampa Bay above.
- #42: Oakland → New England (D). Oakland traded this selection it acquired from Tampa Bay to New England for a second-round selection New England had acquired from Jacksonville (44th overall; Oakland selected Lamarr Houston) and New England's sixth-round selection (190th overall; Oakland selected Travis Goethel).[source 15]
- #43: multiple trades:
- #43: Miami → Denver (PD). Miami traded this selection and a 2011 second-round selection to Denver for wide receiver Brandon Marshall.[source 16]
- #43: Denver → Baltimore (D). See #25: Baltimore → Denver above.
- #44: multiple trades:
- #44: Jacksonville → New England (PD). Jacksonville traded this selection and a 2009 seventh-round selection (232nd overall; New England selected Julian Edelman) to New England for a 2009 third-round selection (73rd overall; Jacksonville selected Derek Cox).[source 17]
- #44: New England → Oakland (D). See #42: Oakland → New England above.
- #47: multiple trades:
- #47: Tennessee → New England (PD). Tennessee traded this selection to New England for a 2009 third-round selection (89th overall; Tennessee selected Jared Cook).[source 18]
- #47: New England → Arizona (D). New England traded this selection it acquired from Tennessee to Arizona for a second-round selection (58th overall; traded to Houston, who selected Ben Tate) and a third-round selection (89th overall; traded to Carolina, who selected Armanti Edwards).[source 19]
- #50: Atlanta → Kansas City (PD). Atlanta traded this selection to Kansas City for tight end Tony Gonzalez.[source 20]
- #51: Houston → Minnesota (D). Houston traded this selection to Minnesota for a second-round selection (62nd overall; traded to New England, who selected Brandon Spikes) and a third-round selection (93rd overall; traded to Kansas City, who selected Tony Moeaki).[source 21]
- #55: Philadelphia → Dallas (D). Philadelphia traded this selection to Dallas for a second-round selection (59th overall; traded to Cleveland, who selected Montario Hardesty) and fourth-round selection (125th overall; Philadelphia selected Clay Harbor).[source 22]
- #58: multiple trades:
- #58: Arizona → New England (D). See #47: New England → Arizona above.
- #58: New England → Houston (D). New England traded this selection it acquired from Arizona to Houston for a second-round selection (62nd overall; New England selected Brandon Spikes) and a fifth-round selection (150th overall; New England selected Zoltan Mesko).[source 23]
- #59: multiple trades:
- #59: Dallas → Philadelphia (D). See #59: Dallas → Philadelphia above.
- #59: Philadelphia → Cleveland (D). Philadelphia traded this selection it acquired from Dallas to Cleveland for a third-round selection (71st overall; traded to Green Bay, who selected Morgan Burnett), a fifth-round selection it acquired from Tampa Bay (134th overall; Philadelphia selected Ricky Sapp), and a fifth-round selection it acquired from Detroit (146th overall; traded to San Diego, who selected Cam Thomas).[source 24]
- #60: San Diego → Seattle (PD). See #40: Seattle → San Diego above.
- #62: multiple trades:
- #62: Minnesota → Houston (D). See #51: Houston → Minnesota above.
- #62: Houston → New England (D). See #58: New England → Houston above.
Round three
- #70: multiple trades:
- #70: Seattle → Philadelphia (PD). Seattle traded this selection and a 2009 fifth- (137th overall; after other trades, Baltimore selected Jason Phillips) and seventh-round selections (213th overall; Philadelphia selected Paul Fanaika) to Philadelphia for a 2009 third-round selection (91st overall; Seattle selected Deon Butler)[source 25]
- #70: Philadelphia → Denver (D). See #13: Denver → Philadelphia above.
- #70: Denver → Baltimore (D). See #25: Baltimore → Denver above.
- #71: multiple trades:
- #71: Cleveland → Philadelphia (D). See #59: Philadelphia → Cleveland above.
- #71: Philadelphia → Green Bay (D). Philadelphia traded this selection it acquired from Cleveland to Green Bay for a third-round selection (86th overall; Philadelphia selected Daniel Te'o-Nesheim) and a fourth-round selection (122nd overall; Philadelphia selected Mike Kafka).[source 26]
- #79: San Francisco → San Diego (D). San Francisco traded this selection to San Diego for a third-round selection (91st overall; San Francisco selected NaVorro Bowman), a sixth-round selection it acquired from Miami (173rd overall; San Francisco selected Anthony Dixon), and a fourth-round selection.[source 27]
- #85: multiple trades:
- #85: New England → Oakland (PD). New England traded this selection and a fifth-round selection (158th overall; after all trades, New Orleans selected Matt Tennant) to Oakland for defensive end Derrick Burgess. (Had the Patriots not acquired a fifth-round selection before the draft, they would have owed Oakland their fourth-round selection.):[source 28]
- #85: Oakland → Cleveland (PD). Oakland traded this selection it acquired from New England to Cleveland for defensive end Kamerion Wimbley.[source 29]
- #86: Green Bay → Philadelphia (D). See #71: Philadelphia → Green Bay above.
- #87: Philadelphia → Denver (D). See #13: Denver → Philadelphia above.
- #88: Baltimore → Arizona (PD). Baltimore traded this selection and a fourth-round selection (123rd overall; traded to New Orleans, who selected Al Woods) to Arizona for wide receiver Anquan Boldin and a fifth-round selection (157th overall; Baltimore selected Arthur Jones).[source 30]
- #89: multiple trades:
- #89: Arizona → New England (D). See #47: New England → Arizona above.
- #89: New England → Carolina (D). New England traded this selection to Carolina for a 2011 second-round selection.[source 31]
- #90: Dallas → New England (D). See #24: New England → Dallas above.
- #91: San Diego → San Francisco (D). See #79: San Francisco → San Diego above.
- #92: New York Jets → Cleveland (PD). The New York Jets traded this selection, a fifth-round selection (160th overall; Cleveland selected Larry Asante), linebacker Jason Trusnik, and wide receiver Chansi Stuckey to Cleveland for wide receiver Braylon Edwards.[source 32]
- #93: multiple trades:
- #93: Minnesota → Houston (D). See #51: Houston → Minnesota above.
- #93: Houston → Kansas City (D). Houston traded this selection it acquired from Minnesota to Kansas City for a fourth-round selection (102nd overall; Houston selected Darryl Sharpton) and a fifth-round selection Kansas City had acquired from Carolina (144th overall; Houston selected Sherrick McManis).[source 33]
Round four
- #100: Detroit → Minnesota (D). See #30: Minnesota → Detroit above.
- #102: Kansas City → Houston (D). See #93: Houston → Kansas City above.
- #104: Seattle → Tennessee (D). Seattle traded this selection and a sixth-round selection (176th overall; Tennessee selected Rusty Smith) to Tennessee for running back LenDale White, defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson, a fourth-round selection (111th overall; Seattle selected Walter Thurmond), and a sixth-round selection (185th overall; Seattle selected Anthony McCoy).[source 34]
- #105: Cleveland → Philadelphia (PD). Cleveland traded this selection, a fifth-round selection (137th overall; traded to Denver who selected Perrish Cox), and linebacker Alex Hall to Philadelphia for cornerback Sheldon Brown and linebacker Chris Gocong.[source 35]
- #108: Jacksonville → Oakland (D). Jacksonville traded this selection to Oakland for linebacker Kirk Morrison and a fifth-round selection it acquired from Tampa Bay (153rd overall; Jacksonville selected Austen Lane).[source 36]
- #110: Miami → San Diego (D). See #12: Miami → San Diego above.
- #111: Tennessee → Seattle (D). See #104: Seattle → Tennessee above.
- #112: Carolina → New York Jets (D). Carolina traded this selection to the New York Jets for a fourth-round selection it acquired from Arizona (124th overall; Carolina selected Eric Norwood) and a sixth-round selection (198th overall; Carolina selected David Gettis).[source 37]
- #113: multiple trades:
- #113: San Francisco → Denver (D). See #11: Denver → San Francisco above.
- #113: Denver → New England (D). See #22: New England → Denver above.
- #114: Denver → Baltimore (D). See #25: Baltimore → Denver above.
- #119: multiple trades:
- #119: New England → Dallas (D). See #24: New England → Dallas above.
- #119: Dallas → Miami (D). Dallas traded this selection it acquired from New England to Miami for a fourth-round selection Miami had acquired from San Diego (126th overall; Dallas selected Akwasi Owusu-Ansah) and Miami's sixth-round selection (179th overall; Dallas selected Sam Young).[source 38]
- #122: Green Bay → Philadelphia (D). See #71: Philadelphia → Green Bay above.
- #123: multiple trades:
- #123: Baltimore → Arizona (PD). See #88: Baltimore → Arizona above.
- #123: Arizona → New Orleans (D). Arizona traded this selection it acquired from Baltimore to New Orleans for a fourth-round selection (130th overall; Arizona selected O'Brien Schofield) and a sixth-round selection (201st overall; Arizona selected Jorrick Calvin).[source 39]
- #124: multiple trades:
- #124: Arizona → New York Jets (PD). Arizona traded this selection and a 2011 seventh-round selection to the New York Jets for safety Kerry Rhodes.[source 40]
- #124: New York Jets → Carolina (D). See #112: Carolina → New York Jets above.
- #125: Dallas → Philadelphia (D). See #59: Dallas → Philadelphia above.
- #126: multiple trades:
- #126: San Diego → Miami (D). See #12: Miami → San Diego above.
- #126: Miami → Dallas (D). See #119: Dallas → Miami above.
- #127: multiple trades:
- #127: New York Jets → Philadelphia (PD). The New York Jets traded this selection and a 2009 fifth-round selection (153rd overall; Philadelphia selected Cornelius Ingram) to Philadelphia for cornerback Lito Sheppard and a 2010 fifth-round selection (155th overall; after all trades, Arizona selected John Skelton). This fourth-round selection was conditional and could have been as high as a second-round selection; however, Sheppard was released by the Jets on March 4, 2010 to make the selection in the fourth-round, and as such the Eagles also sent the fifth-round selection to the Jets.[source 41][source 42]
- #127: Philadelphia → Seattle (PD). Philadelphia traded this selection it acquired from the New York Jets and defensive end Chris Clemons to Seattle for defensive end Darryl Tapp.[source 43]
- #128: Minnesota → Detroit (D). See #30: Minnesota → Detroit above.
- #130: New Orleans → Arizona (D). See #123: Arizona → New Orleans above.
Round five
- #133: Detroit → Seattle (PD). Detroit traded this selection and defensive end Robert Henderson to Seattle for guard Rob Sims and a seventh-round selection (213th overall; Detroit selected Willie Young).[source 44]
- #134: multiple trades:
- #134: Tampa Bay → Cleveland (PD). Tampa Bay traded this selection and a 2009 second-round selection (50th overall; Cleveland selected Mohamed Massaquoi) to Cleveland for tight end Kellen Winslow II.[source 45]
- #134: Cleveland → Philadelphia (D). See #59: Philadelphia → Cleveland above.
- #135: multiple trades:
- #135: Washington → St. Louis (PD). Washington traded this selection and a seventh-round selection (211th overall; St. Louis selected Marquis Johnson) to St. Louis for defensive lineman Adam Carriker, a fifth-round selection acquired from Philadelphia (163rd overall; traded to Miami, who selected Reshad Jones), and a seventh-round selection (208th overall; traded to New England, who selected Thomas Welch).[source 46]
- #135: St. Louis → Atlanta (D). St. Louis traded this selection it acquired from Washington to Atlanta for a fifth-round selection (149th overall; St. Louis drafted Hall Davis) and a sixth-round selection (189th overall; St. Louis selected Eugene Sims).[source 47]
- #137: multiple trades:
- #137: Cleveland → Philadelphia (PD). See #105: Cleveland → Philadelphia above.
- #137: Philadelphia → Denver (PD). Philadelphia traded this selection it acquired from Cleveland to Denver in a three-way trade; Philadelphia acquired linebacker Ernie Sims from Detroit, while Detroit acquired tight end Tony Scheffler and a seventh-round selection (220th overall; traded to Philadelphia, who selected Jamar Chaney) from Denver.[source 48]
- #139: Seattle → New York Jets (D). Seattle traded this selection to the New York Jets for running back Leon Washington and a seventh-round selection (236th overall; Seattle selected Dexter Davis).[source 49]
- #142: Miami → Kansas City (PD). Miami traded this selection to Kansas City for quarterback Tyler Thigpen.[source 50]
- #144: multiple trades:
- #144: Carolina → Kansas City (PD). Carolina traded this selection to Kansas City for defensive end Tank Tyler.[source 51]
- #144: Kansas City → Houston (D). See #93: Houston → Kansas City above.
- #145: San Francisco → Miami (PD). San Francisco traded this selection to Miami for wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr.[source 52]
- #146: multiple trades:
- #146: Denver → Detroit (PD). Denver traded this selection and a 2009 seventh-round selection (235th overall; Detroit selected Zack Follett) to Detroit for a 2009 sixth-round selection (174th overall; Denver selected Tom Brandstater).[source 53]
- #146: Detroit → Cleveland (PD). Detroit traded this selection it acquired from Denver to Cleveland for defensive lineman Corey Williams and a seventh-round selection (214th overall; traded to Minnesota, who selected Mickey Shuler Jr.).[source 54]
- #146: Cleveland → Philadelphia (D). See #59: Philadelphia → Cleveland above.
- #146: Philadelphia → San Diego (D). Philadelphia traded this selection it acquired from Cleveland to San Diego for a fifth-round selection (159th overall; Philadelphia selected Riley Cooper) and a 2011 fifth-round selection.[source 55]
- #149: Atlanta → St. Louis (D). See #135: St. Louis → Atlanta above.
- #150: Houston → New England (D). See #58: New England → Houston above.
- #153: multiple trades:
- #153: New England → Tampa Bay (PD). New England traded this selection to Tampa Bay for tight end Alex Smith.[source 56]
- #153: Tampa Bay → Oakland (D). See #39: Oakland → Tampa Bay above.
- #153: Oakland → Jacksonville (D). See #108: Jacksonville → Oakland above.
- #155: multiple trades:
- #155: Philadelphia → New York Jets (PD). See #127: New York Jets → Philadelphia above.
- #155: New York Jets → Pittsburgh (PD). The New York Jets traded this selection it acquired from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh for wide receiver Santonio Holmes.[source 57]
- #155: Pittsburgh → Arizona (D). Pittsburgh traded this selection it acquired from the New York Jets to Arizona for cornerback Bryant McFadden and a sixth-round selection (195th overall; Pittsburgh selected Antonio Brown).[source 58]
- #157: Arizona → Baltimore (PD). See #88: Baltimore → Arizona above.
- #158: multiple trades:
- #158: Dallas → Denver (PD). Dallas traded this selection to Denver for guard Montrae Holland.[source 59]
- #158: Denver → New England (PD). Denver traded this selection it acquired from Dallas to New England for defensive lineman Le Kevin Smith and a seventh-round selection New England had acquired from Philadelphia (231st overall; after all trades, Washington selected Selvish Capers).[source 60]
- #158: New England → Oakland (PD). See #85: Oakland → New England above.
- #158: Oakland → Jacksonville (PD). Oakland traded this selection to Jacksonville for linebacker Quentin Groves.[source 61]
- #158: Jacksonville → New Orleans (D). Jacksonville traded this selection it acquired from Oakland to New Orleans for a 2011 fourth-round selection.[source 62]
- #159: San Diego → Philadelphia (D). See #146: Philadelphia → San Diego above.
- #160: New York Jets → Cleveland (PD). See #92: New York Jets → Cleveland above.
- #163: multiple trades:
- #163: New Orleans → Philadelphia (PD). New Orleans traded this selection and a 2009 seventh-round selection (222nd overall, later traded to Indianapolis, who selected Pat McAfee) to Philadelphia for a 2009 fifth-round selection (164th overall; New Orleans selected Thomas Morstead).[source 63]
- #163: Philadelphia → St. Louis (PD). Philadelphia traded this selection it acquired from New Orleans and wide receiver Brandon Gibson to St. Louis for linebacker Will Witherspoon.[source 64]
- #163: St. Louis → Washington (PD). See #135: Washington → St. Louis above.
- #163: Washington → Miami (D). Washington traded this selection it acquired from St. Louis to Miami for a sixth-round selection Miami had acquired from Washington (174th overall; Washington selected Dennis Morris) and a seventh-round selection (219th overall; Washington selected Terrence Austin).[source 65]
Round six
- #171: Detroit → Atlanta (PD). Detroit traded this selection and a conditional 2011 seventh-round selection to Atlanta for cornerback Chris Houston.[source 66]
- #173: multiple trades:
- #173: Kansas City → Miami (PD). Kansas City traded this selection to Miami for offensive linemen Andy Alleman and Ikechuku Ndukwe.[source 67]
- #173: Miami → San Diego (D). See #12: Miami → San Diego above.
- #173: San Diego → San Francisco (D). See #79: San Francisco → San Diego above.
- #174: multiple trades:
- #174: Washington → Miami (PD). Washington traded this selection and a 2009 second-round selection (44th overall; Miami selected Pat White) to Miami for defensive end Jason Taylor.[source 68]
- #174: Miami → Washington (D). See #163: Washington → Miami above.
- #175: Oakland → Carolina (PD). Oakland traded this selection and a 2009 seventh-round selection (216th overall; Carolina selected Captain Munnerlyn) to Carolina for a 2009 sixth-round selection (202nd overall; Oakland selected Brandon Myers).[source 69]
- #176: Seattle → Tennessee (D). See #104: Seattle → Tennessee above.
- #179: Miami → Dallas (D). See #119: Dallas → Miami above.
- #185: Tennessee → Seattle (D). See #104: Seattle → Tennessee above.
- #186: Carolina → Cleveland (PD). Carolina traded this selection to Cleveland for defensive lineman Louis Leonard.[source 70]
- #189: Atlanta → St. Louis (D). See #135: St. Louis → Atlanta above.
- #190: New England → Oakland (D). See #42: Oakland → New England above.
- #192: Philadelphia → Buffalo (PD). Philadelphia traded this selection, a 2009 first-round selection it acquired from Carolina (28th overall; Buffalo selected Eric Wood), and a 2009 fourth-round selection (121st overall; Buffalo selected Shawn Nelson) to Buffalo for Jason Peters.[source 71]
- #195: Arizona → Pittsburgh (D). See #155: Pittsburgh → Arizona above.
- #197: San Diego → Houston (PD). San Diego traded this selection to Houston for defensive lineman Travis Johnson.[source 72]
- #198: New York Jets → Carolina (D). See #112: Carolina → New York Jets above.
- #200: Indianapolis → Philadelphia (PD). Indianapolis traded this selection to Philadelphia for a 2009 seventh-round selection (222nd overall; Indianapolis selected Pat McAfee).[source 73]
- #201: New Orleans → Arizona (D). See #123: Arizona → New Orleans above.
Round seven
- #208: multiple trades:
- #208: St. Louis → Washington (PD). See #135: Washington → St. Louis above.
- #208: Washington → New England (D). Washington traded this selection it acquired from St. Louis to New England for a seventh-round selection (229th overall; Washington selected Erik Cook) and a seventh-round selection it acquired from Denver (231st overall; Washington selected Selvish Capers).[source 74]
- #209: Detroit → Buffalo (PD). Detroit traded this selection to Buffalo for safety Ko Simpson.[source 75]
- #211: Washington → St. Louis (PD). See #135: Washington → St. Louis above.
- #212: Kansas City → Miami (PD). Kansas City traded this selection to Miami for a 2009 seventh-round selection (237th overall; Kansas City selected Jake O'Connell).[source 76]
- #213: Seattle → Detroit (PD). See #133: Detroit → Seattle above.
- #214: multiple trades:
- #214: Cleveland → Detroit (PD). See #146: Detroit → Cleveland above.
- #214: Detroit → Minnesota (D). See #30: Minnesota → Detroit above.
- #217: Jacksonville → Tampa Bay (PD). Jacksonville traded this selection to Tampa Bay for quarterback Luke McCown.[source 77]
- #219: Miami → Washington (D). See #163: Washington → Miami above.
- #220: multiple trades:
- #220: Denver → Detroit (PD). See #137: Philadelphia → Denver above.
- #220: Detroit → Philadelphia (D). Detroit traded this selection it acquired from Denver to Philadelphia for a 2011 sixth-round selection.[source 78]
- #225: multiple trades:
- #225: Pittsburgh → Tampa Bay (PD). Pittsburgh traded this selection to Tampa Bay for quarterback Byron Leftwich.[source 79]
- #225: Tampa Bay → Denver (D). Tampa Bay traded this selection it acquired from Pittsburgh and a seventh-round selection it acquired from Baltimore (232nd overall; Denver selected Jammie Kirlew) to Denver for a 2011 fifth-round selection.[source 80]
- #226: Atlanta → St. Louis (PD). Atlanta traded this selection to St. Louis for cornerback Tye Hill.[source 81]
- #229: New England → Washington (D). See #208: Washington → New England above.
- #230: multiple trades:
- #230: Green Bay → New York Jets (PD). Green Bay traded this selection and quarterback Brett Favre to the New York Jets for a 2009 third-round selection (73rd overall; after all trades Jacksonville selected Derek Cox).[source 82]
- #230: New York Jets → Green Bay (PD). The New York Jets returned this selection it acquired from Green Bay back to Green Bay in a mutual agreement.[source 83]
- #231: multiple trades:
- #231: Philadelphia → New England (PD). Philadelphia traded this selection and wide receiver Greg Lewis to New England for a 2009 fifth-round selection (159th overall; Philadelphia selected Fenuki Tupou).[source 84]
- #231: New England → Denver (PD). See #158: Denver → New England above.
- #231: Denver → New England (PD). Denver traded this selection it acquired from New England back to New England for offensive lineman Russ Hochstein.[source 85]
- #231: New England → Washington (D). See #208: Washington → New England above.
- #232: multiple trades:
- #232: Baltimore → Tampa Bay (PD). Baltimore traded this selection and a 2009 seventh-round selection (233rd overall; Tampa Bay selected Sammie Stroughter) to Tampa Bay for defensive lineman Marques Douglas.[source 86]
- #232: Tampa Bay → Denver (D). See #225: Tampa Bay → Denver above.
- #236: New York Jets → Seattle (D). See #139: Seattle → New York Jets above.
Supplemental draft selections
Two players were selected in the 2010 Supplemental Draft.
Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes | |
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7 | — | Chicago Bears | Harvey Unga | RB | BYU | MWC | The Bears thus forfeited their seventh-round selection in the 2011 draft.[18] | |
7 | — | Dallas Cowboys | Josh Brent | DT | Illinois | Big Ten | The Cowboys forfeited their seventh-round selection in the 2011 draft. |
Notable undrafted players
Selections by college conference
Selection totals by college conference:[19]
Rank | Conference | Players selected |
Division |
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1 | Southeastern Conference | 49 | I FBS |
2 | Big Ten Conference | 34 | I FBS |
3 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 31 | I FBS |
4 | Big 12 Conference | 30 | I FBS |
5 | Pac-10 Conference | 28 | I FBS |
6 | Big East Conference | 18 | I FBS |
7 | Mountain West Conference | 13 | I FBS |
8 | Conference USA | 7 | I FBS |
8 | Sun Belt Conference | 7 | I FBS |
10 | Mid-American Conference | 5 | I FBS |
10 | Western Athletic Conference | 5 | I FBS |
10 | Colonial Athletic Association | 5 | I FCS |
13 | Independent | 4 | I FBS |
14 | Big Sky Conference | 3 | I FCS |
14 | Missouri Valley Conference | 3 | I FCS |
16 | Ohio Valley Conference | 2 | I FCS |
16 | Southern Conference | 2 | I FCS |
16 | Lone Star Conference | 2 | II |
19 | Ivy League | 1 | I FCS |
19 | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference | 1 | I FCS |
19 | Patriot League | 1 | I FCS |
19 | Southland Conference | 1 | I FCS |
19 | Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 1 | II |
19 | Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference | 1 | II |
19 | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 1 | II |
See also
- List of first overall National Football League draft picks
- Mr. Irrelevant – the list of last overall National Football League draft picks
References
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