2014 NFL Draft Notes

2014 NFL Draft Notes

No. 1 D-Linemen

Houston selected DE Jadeveon Clowney with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2014 NFL Draft, marking the first time a defensive lineman has been chosen first overall since 2006 (Mario Williams, Houston).

Clowney is the 14th defensive lineman in NFL history to be selected with the No. 1 overall pick and only the second player from South Carolina to be chosen No. 1 overall (George Rogers, 1981).

Defensive Linemen -- No. 1 Overall Selections (All-Time)

Year	Player	Team	College
Source: NFL
1963	Buck Buchanan	Kansas City	Grambling
1967	Bubba Smith	Baltimore Colts	Michigan State
1972	Walt Patulski	Buffalo	Notre Dame
1973	John Matuszak	Houston	Tampa
1974	Ed Jones	Dallas	Tennessee State
1976	Lee Roy Selmon	Tampa Bay	Oklahoma
1982	Kenneth Sims	New England	Texas
1985	Bruce Smith	Buffalo	Virginia Tech
1991	Russell Maryland	Dallas	Miami
1992	Steve Emtman	Indianapolis	Washington
1994	Dan Wilkinson	Cincinnati	Ohio State
2000	Courtney Brown	Cleveland	Penn State
2006	Mario Williams	Houston	North Carolina State
2014	Jadeveon Clowney	Houston	South Carolina

Top Tiger

Selected No. 4 overall by the Buffalo Bills, Clemson WR Sammy Watkins is the second wide receiver in school history to be drafted in the top 10, joining JERRY BUTLER (1979, 5th overall). Watkins is also the fifth Clemson wide receiver to be drafted in the first round.

Clemson WRs Selected in First Round (All-Time)

Year	Player	Pick	Team
Source: NFL
1979	Jerry Butler	5	Buffalo Bills
1982	Perry Tuttle	19	Buffalo Bills
2001	Rod Gardner	15	Washington
2013	DeAndre Hopkins	27	Houston Texans
2014	Sammy Watkins	4	Buffalo Bills

Clemson is the fifth school in draft history to have a wide receiver selected in the first round in consecutive years. In 2013, WR De Andre Hopkins was selected 27th overall by Houston.

The schools to have wide receivers selected in Round 1 in consecutive years:

College	First-Round Wide Receivers (Years)
Source: NFL
Tennessee	Anthony Hancock (1982), Willie Gault (1983), Clyde Duncan (1984)
Southern California	Curtis Conway (1993), Johnnie Morton (1994)
Colorado	Charles Johnson (1994), Michael Westbrook (1995)
Ohio State	Joey Galloway (1995), Terry Glenn (1996)
Ohio State	Santonio Holmes (2006), Ted Ginn Jr. (2007), Anthony Gonzalez (2007)
Clemson	DeAndre Hopkins (2013), Sammy Watkins (2014)

Hey Pop!

With his selection by the Atlanta Falcons with the No. 6 overall pick in the NFL 2014 Draft, Texas A&M tackle Jake Matthews joins an exclusive NFL club.

Matthews becomes the 10th son of a Pro Football Hall of Fame player/coach to be drafted into the league. Jake follows his father Bruce (HOF, 2007). Bruce Matthews, a guard, was drafted out of Southern California by the Houston Oilers in the first round (No. 9 overall) in 1982.

Jake Matthews is the fourth son of a Hall of Famer to be drafted in the first round, joining Chris and Kyle Long snd Kellen Winslow.

The Hall of Fame father/drafted son rundown:

Hall of Fame Father (Year Inducted)	Drafted Son(s) (Team, Year)
Source: NFL
LB Bobby Bell (1983)	LB Bobby Bell, Jr. (N.Y. Jets, 1984)
RB Tony Dorsett (1994)	CB Anthony Dorsett (Houston, 1996)
QB Bob Griese (1990)	QB Brian Griese (Denver, 1998)
G Russ Grimm (2010)	S Cody Grimm (Tampa Bay, 2010)
DT Howie Long (2000)	DE Chris Long (St. Louis, 2008), G Kyle Long (Chicago, 2013)
G Bruce Matthews (2007)	T Jake Matthews (Atlanta, 2014)
RB-DB/Coach Don Shula (1997)	QB Mike Shula (Tampa Bay, 1987)
T Jackie Slater (2001)	WR Matthew Slater (New England 2008)
TE Kellen Winslow (1995)	TE Kellen Winslow (Cleveland, 2004)

Quick Hits: Other items of note from the Draft

QB Blake Bortles (Jacksonville, No. 3) was selected earlier than any other player in Central Florida history. He joins QB Daunte Culpepper (1999, No. 11 overall, Minnesota) as the only players in school history to be chosen in Round 1.

LB Khalil Mack (Oakland, No. 5) is the first player from the University of Buffalo to be drafted in Round 1.

Three Louisville players were selected in Round 1 of an NFL Draft for the first time in history -- S Calvin Pryor (No. 18, Jets), QB Teddy Bridgewater (No. 32, Minnesota) and LB Marcus Smith (No. 26, Philadelphia).

Getting Defensive

Nine defensive backs were selected in Round 1 of the 2014 NFL Draft, the most of any first round in NFL Draft history. The previous record of seven occurred three times (1998, 2006 and 2013).

The record-setting nine defensive backs drafted in Round 1:

Defensive Back	Team (Pick)	College
Source: NFL
Justin Gilbert	Cleveland (8)	Oklahoma State
Kyle Fuller	Chicago (14)	Virginia Tech
Calvin Pryor	Jets (18)	Louisville
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	Green Bay (21)	Alabama
Darqueze Dennard	Cincinnati (24)	Michigan State
Jason Verrett	San Diego (25)	Texas Christian
Deone Bucannon	Arizona (27)	Washington State
Jimmie Ward	San Francisco (30)	Northern Illinois
Bradley Roby	Denver (31)	Ohio State

SEC Flavor

The Southeastern Conference had 11 players drafted in Round 1 of the 2014 NFL Draft, the most of any conference.

Since 2000, the SEC leads all conferences with 607 total draft choices:

Conference	Draft Picks
Source: NFL
SEC	607
Big Ten	488
ACC	452
PAC-12	428
Big XII	384

Awesome Aggies

A pair of Texas A&M teammates -- T Jake Matthews (Atlanta, No. 6) and WR Mike Evans (No. 7, Tampa Bay) -- were selected back-to back early in Round 1. This marks the first time in school history two Aggies have been selected with back-to-back top 10 picks.

Consecutive Top 10 Choices from the same College

Year	College	Player (Pick)
Source: NFL
1937	Nebraska	HB Lloyd Cardwell (7) and E Les McDonald (8)
1943	Minnesota	HB Bill Daley (7) and T Dick Wildung (8)
1946	Notre Dame	QB Johnny Lujack (4) and T George Connor (5)
1948	Alabama	HB Lowell Tew (4) and C Vaughn Mancha (5)
1949	Notre Dame	QB Frank Tripucka (9) and G Bill Fischer (10)
1949	Southern Methodist	RB Doak Walker (3) and HB Paul Page (4)
1959	Ohio State	HB Don Clark (7) and C Dan James (8)
1967	Michigan State	DT Bubba Smith (1) and RB Clint Jones (2)
1977	Southern California	T Marvin Powell (4) and DT Gary Jeter (5)
1978	Notre Dame	TE Ken MacAfee (7) and DT Ross Browner (8)
1981	UCLA	RB Freeman McNeil (3) and DB Kenny Easley (4)
1984	Nebraska	WR Irving Fryar (1) and T Dean Steinkuhler (2)
1990	Southern California	LB Junior Seau (5) and DB Mark Carrier (6)
1991	Nebraska	DB Bruce Pickens (3) and LB Mike Croel (4)
1991	Tennessee	T Charles McRae (7) and T Antone Davis (8)
1992	Stanford	T Bob Whitfield (8) and RB Tommy Vardell (9)
1993	Alabama	DE John Copeland (5) and DE Eric Curry (6)
1996	Illinois	LB Kevin Hardy (2) and DE Simeon Rice (3)
2000	Penn State	DE Courtney Brown (1) and LB LaVar Arrington (2)
2002	Texas	T Mike Williams (4) and DB Quentin Jammer (5)
2004	Miami	S Sean Taylor (5) and TE Kellen Winslow (6)
2010	Oklahoma	DT Gerald McCoy (3) and T Trent Williams (4)
2013	Alabama	DB Dee Milliner (9) and G Chance Warmack (10)
2014	Texas A&M	T Jake Matthews (6) and WR Mike Evans (7)