Data Points
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Some Data points (trivia) about the upcoming draft:
1. Trevor Lawrence will be the first player from Clemson ever taken with the #1 overall pick (assuming the obvious and that he will be the choice)
2. This will be the first time that the Jacksonville Jaguars have the #1 overall pick in their history. Note....when the Jags and Panthers entered the league in 1995, neither of those teams was given the #1 pick.
3. Assuming the Browns stay at the #26 pick...and we can't assume that, this will be the 5th time in history they have had the #26 overall pick. Previous #26 picks:
1950 Jim Martin OG
1951 Bucky Curtis WR
1952 Don Klosterman QB
1964 Billy Truax TE
4. It is presumed also that with that #26 pick the Browns will take a Defensive player. Here are the last players the Browns took at each defensive position in round one:
DE: Myles Garrett
DT: Danny Shelton
LB: Barkevious Mingo
CB: Denzel Ward
S: Jabrill Peppers
5. And just in case you were wondering, here are the names for the Offensive positions in round one:
QB: Baker Mayfield
RB: Trent Richardson
WR: Corey Coleman
TE: David Njoku
OL: Jedrick Wills
6. And, finally, by one particular metric, the following represent the Best Dozen Players the Browns have ever drafted in their history:
Dick Schafrath, Jim Brown, Paul Warfield, Gene Hickerson, Jim Marshall, Walt Sweeny, Willie Davis, Clay Matthews, Henry Jordan, Dick LeBeau, Joe Thomas (next two: Bobby Mitchell/Leroy Kelly)
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Also.....FYI......the Browns have not drafted this low..#26... in the first round....using their own pick since 1980 when they selected Charles White with the #30 pick. The ordering of draft selections was different then, so they had the #30 pick.
They have had some picks in the first round that were lower than #26, but those were trades: 1994 took WR Derrick Alexander #29, but also had the #9 pick that year; 1995 had the #30 pick but that was a trade with San Francisco. Took Craig Powell. 2017 had #29 in a trade.....took Njoku...but they also had #1 that year...Garrett, and #25...Peppers.
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