2008 First Round Draft Order
The 2008 NFL college draft took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on the weekend of April 26-27, 2008.
After a fair number of trades by teams to gain small increments in position, the first round's final results were as folows:
The official announcement (at NFL.com);
Falcons, Chiefs, Raiders in complicated coin flip scenario
Associated Press, Dec. 31, 2007 (San Francisco Chronicle); and
2008 NFL Draft order - the order as modified by playoff results
NFL.com, Jan. 21, 2008
Falcons draft third
"Inside The Oakland Raiders" blog, Feb. 22, 2008 (Bay Area News Group/InsideBayArea.com)
Raiders lose coin flip
Oakland Tribune, Feb. 23, 2008 (InsideBayArea.com)
| Pick | Team | Player |
| 1 | Miami Dolphins | T Jake Long |
| 2 | St. Louis Rams | DE Chris Long |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons # | QB Matt Ryan |
| 4 | Oakland Raiders | RB Darren McFadden |
| 5 | Kansas City Chiefs | DT Glenn Dorsey |
| 6 | New York Jets | DE/OLB Vernon Gholston |
| 7 | New Orleans Saints (from San Francisco through New England) |
DT Sedrick Ellis |
| 8 | Jacksonville Jaguars (from Baltimore) |
DE Derrick Harvey |
| 9 | Cincinnati Bengals | OLB Keith Rivers |
| 10 | New England Patriots (from New Orleans) |
OLB Jerod Mayo |
| 11 | Buffalo Bills | CB Leodis McKelvin |
| 12 | Denver Broncos | T Ryan Clady |
| 13 | Carolina Panthers | RB Jonathan Stewart |
| 14 | Chicago Bears | T Chris Williams |
| 15 | Kansas City Chiefs (from Detroit) |
G Branden Albert |
| 16 | Arizona Cardinals | CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie |
| 17 | Detroit Lions (from Minnesota through Kansas City) |
T Gosder Cherilus |
| 18 | Baltimore Ravens (from Houston) |
QB Joe Flacco |
| 19 | Carolina Panthers (from Philadelphia) |
T Jeff Otah |
| 20 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | CB Aqib Talib |
| 21 | Atlanta Falcons (from Washington) |
T Sam Baker |
| 22 | Dallas Cowboys (from Cleveland Browns) |
RB Felix Jones |
| 23 | Pittsburgh Steelers | RB Rashard Mendenhall |
| 24 | Tennessee Titans | RB Chris Johnson |
| 25 | Dallas Cowboys (from Seattle) |
CB Mike Jenkins |
| 26 | Houston Texans (from Jacksonville through Baltimore) |
T Duane Brown |
| 27 | San Diego Chargers | CB Antoine Cason |
| 28 | Seattle Seahawks (from Dallas) |
DE Lawrence Jackson |
| 29 | San Francisco 49ers (from Indianapolis) |
DT Kentwan Balmer |
| 30 | New York Jets (from Green Bay) |
TE Dustin Keller |
| 31 | New England Patriots Forfeited | N/A |
| 32 | New York Giants | FS Kenny Phillips |
# Atlanta won a coin toss with Oakland on Feb. 22 to earn the No. 3 spot, with Oakland at No. 4 and Kansas City picking fifth. The three teams had finished with identical won-lost records against identically strong schedules.
The New York Jets had also finished at 4-12 for 2007, but a four-way tie was averted by other, more arcane tiebreakers. Still, it means that after the first round, the four teams Atlanta-Oakland-Kansas City-New York Jets take turns moving, each below the others, then back up through the 6-5-4-3 slots in ensuing rounds. Thus Atlanta, No. 3 in round 1, then picks at No. 6 in round 2, at No. 5 in round 3, No. 4 in round 4, at No. 3 again in round 5, etc. And ditto for the other three clubs in the group.
Source: NFL.com, NFL Draft Blitz, Associated Press, "Inside the Oakland Raiders" blog (Bay Area News Group/InsideBayArea.com)
Last updated Saturday, April 26, 2008
