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We all
expected
certain
players
to go in
the top
10,
namely
USC's
Caleb
Williams,
LSU's
Jayden
Daniels,
North
Carolina's
Drake
Maye and
Michigan's
J.J.
McCarthy.
It was
far more
stunning
to see
Washington's
Michael
Penix
Jr. land
in
Atlanta
with the
eighth
overall
pick and
Oregon's
Bo Nix
go to
Denver
at No.
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NFL
Draft:
Quarterbacks
dominated
the top
picks,
with
Caleb
Williams
# 1
By HB
Meeks
Tell Us
USA News
Network
DETROIT
- The
2024 NFL
Draft
broke
records
as the
first 14
players
selected
were all
on the
offensive
side of
the
ball,
surpassing
the
previous
record
set in
2021 of
seven
consecutive
offensive
players
chosen
to start
an NFL
Draft.
In
addition,
23
offensive
players
were
chosen
in the
first
round,
breaking
the
previous
record
of 19
(set in
1968,
2004 and
2009)
for the
most
offensive
players
ever
selected
in the
first
round of
an NFL
Draft.
Quarterbacks
dominated
the top
picks,
with
Caleb
Williams
(No. 1
overall,
Chicago),
Jayden
Daniels
(No. 2,
Washington)
and
Drake
Maye
(No. 3,
New
England)
being
chosen
with the
first
three
picks in
the 2024
NFL
Draft,
while
Michael
Penix
Jr. (No.
8,
Atlanta),
J.J.
McCarthy
(No. 10,
Minnesota)
and Bo
Nix (No.
12,
Denver)
were all
selected
in the
first
round of
the same
draft.
Six
quarterbacks
were
chosen
in the
first
round,
tying
the 1983
NFL
Draft
for the
most
quarterbacks
ever
selected
in the
first
round of
an NFL
Draft.
Wide
receivers
were
also
highly
sought
after in
the 2024
NFL
Draft,
with
seven
wide
receivers
being
chosen
in the
first
round,
tying
the
record
set in
the 2004
NFL
Draft
for the
most
wide
receivers
ever
taken in
the
first
round.
LSU's
Malik
Nabers
and
Brian
Thomas
Jr. were
both
selected
in the
first
round,
marking
the
eighth
pair of
wide
receiver
college
teammates
to be
selected
in the
first
round of
an NFL
Draft.
Nine
offensive
linemen
were
selected
in the
first
round of
the 2024
NFL
Draft,
with
eight
tackles
selected,
tying
the
record
set in
the 2008
NFL
Draft
for the
most
tackles
taken in
the
first
round of
any
draft.
Finally,
the 2024
NFL
Draft
also
made
history
for the
tenth
and
eleventh
time
since
1967 by
having
both a
father
and son
selected
in the
first
round of
the
draft.
Arizona
selected
wide
receiver
Marvin
Harrison
Jr.,
whose
father,
Pro
Football
Hall of
Famer
Marvin
Harrison
Sr., was
selected
in the
first
round of
the 1996
NFL
Draft by
the
Indianapolis
Colts.
With the
following
selection,
the Los
Angeles
Chargers
chose
tackle
Joe Alt,
whose
father,
John
Alt, was
a
first-round
pick by
the
Kansas
City
Chiefs
in the
1984 NFL
Draft.
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