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re: SEC teams with #1 overall draft picks
Posted on 4/26/13 at 10:05 am to NYCAuburn
Posted on 4/26/13 at 10:05 am to NYCAuburn
quote:Rivals Alabama and Auburn had both top picks in professional football in 1965.
Thats a pretty cool fun fact
Another bit of trivia. Alabama barely missed on being the team to have the #1 pick of the first draft ever in 1936.
The very first draft was started in 1936 and the Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger was the first player ever selected. He chose not to play pro football.
So, Riley Smith, Alabama's QB, taken second overall by the Boston Redskins, holds the distinction of being the first drafted player to play in the NFL.
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