Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams throws a pass during the second half of the team’s NCAA college football game against UCLA, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Los Angeles. Williams is expected to be taken in the first round of the …The No.
While trading first-round picks during the draft is commonplace, giving up a first-round pick before the season that turned out to be the No. 1 overall pick is quite rare.The Buccaneers went 2-14 in 1983 and had to send the top pick in the 1984 draft to Cincinnati. The Bengals then traded that pick to New England. The Patriots drafted Irving Fryar No. 1.
No running backs are projected to go in the first round on Thursday night as teams are shying away from investing big resources in a position that has a short shelf life and often has many viable options later in the draft. The record of 19 offensive players taken in the first round could fall this year, with BetMGM Sportsbook projecting an over-under of 21 1/2 offensive players. There were 19 taken in 2009, 2004 and 1968.
The last two Heisman Trophy winners should hear their names quickly on draft night with 2022 winner Caleb Williams projected to go first toThis would be the eighth time in the common draft era that two Heisman Trophy winners were selected in the same draft with it last happening in 2018 when 2017 winner Baker Mayfield went first to Cleveland and 2016 winner Lamar Jackson went 32nd to Baltimore.