2007 NFL draft
Appearance
The 2007 NFL Draft will take place in New York City on April 28 and April 29 2007. The draft will be televised for the 28th consecutive year on ESPN and ESPN2. The venue for the event has yet to be determined.
Current first round draft order
- Based on ESPN.com's draft order
- Teams in blue are still active in the 2006 NFL Playoffs; the numbers listed are accurate as of the end of the Divisional round.
Pick # | Team | 2006 record | 2006 strength of schedule |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Oakland Raiders | 2-14 | .555 |
2 | Detroit Lions | 3-13 | .523 |
3 or 4* | Cleveland Browns | 4-12 | .535 |
3 or 4* | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4-12 | .535 |
5 | Arizona Cardinals | 5-11 | .500 |
6 | Washington Redskins | 5-11 | .512 |
7 | Minnesota Vikings | 6-10 | .488 |
8 | Houston Texans | 6-10 | .500 |
9 | Miami Dolphins | 6-10 | .543 |
10 | Atlanta Falcons | 7-9 | .457 |
11 | San Francisco 49ers | 7-9 | .500 |
12 | Buffalo Bills | 7-9 | .574 |
13 | St. Louis Rams | 8-8 | .465 |
14 | Carolina Panthers | 8-8 | .473 |
15 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 8-8 | .496 |
16 | Green Bay Packers | 8-8 | .500 |
17 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 8-8 | .531 |
18 | Cincinnati Bengals | 8-8 | .535 |
19 | Tennessee Titans | 8-8 | .570 |
20 | New York Giants | 8-8 | .520 |
21 | Denver Broncos | 9-7 | .531 |
22 | Dallas Cowboys | 9-7 | .457 |
23 | Kansas City Chiefs | 9-7 | .492 |
24 | New England Patriots (from Seattle) | 9-7 | .453 |
25 | New York Jets | 10-6 | .469 |
26 | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-6 | .477 |
27** | New Orleans Saints | 10-6 | .461 |
28** | New England Patriots | 12-4 | .496 |
29** | Indianapolis Colts | 12-4 | .500 |
30** | Baltimore Ravens | 13-3 | .461 |
31** | Chicago Bears | 13-3 | .430 |
32** | San Diego Chargers | 14-2 | .457 |
* Cleveland and Tampa Bay have the same records and schedule strength. A coin flip after Super Bowl XLI will determine their pick order.[1]
** The winner of the Super Bowl will drop to #32, while the loser will drop to #31; all remaining picks will move up accordingly. |
Traded picks
First round
- New England from Seattle - New England acquired for Deion Branch
Second round
- NY Jets acquired from Washington Redskins as part of trade for the 35th pick of the 2006 NFL Draft, used to select Rocky McIntosh
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers from Indianapolis Colts - Tampa Bay acquired for Anthony McFarland
Third round
- Cincinnati Bengals - used for selection of Ahmad Brooks in Supplemental Draft)
- Denver from Washington via Atlanta - Atlanta acquired the pick for T.J. Duckett and subsequently traded the pick to Denver for Ashley Lelie. This trade is now finalized since Washington missed the playoffs. Denver receives Washington's 3rd round pick in 2007 and 4th round pick in 2008.
- New Orleans from Philadelphia - New Orleans acquired for Donte Stallworth (conditional - 3rd if resigned, 4th if released after 2006.)
Fourth round
- Atlanta from Denver (Atlanta acquired as part of trade for 15th pick of the 2006 NFL Draft, which was traded to St. Louis for the 11th pick of the 2006 NFL Draft, used to select Jay Cutler)
- New Orleans from Kansas City - New Orleans acquired for Michael Bennett
- New Orleans from Philadelphia - New Orleans acquired for Donte Stallworth (conditional - 3rd if resigned, 4th if released after 2006.)
- San Francisco from NY Jets - San Francisco acquired for Kevan Barlow (conditional)
- San Francisco from Washington - San Francisco acquired for Brandon Lloyd
- Tennessee from Baltimore - Tennessee acquired for Steve McNair
Fifth round
- St. Louis from Buffalo - St. Louis acquired for Anthony Hargrove
- Oakland from New England - Oakland acquired for Doug Gabriel
Sixth round
- Detroit from Miami - Detroit acquired for Joey Harrington (conditional)
- Kansas City from Dallas - Kansas City acquired for Scott Fujita
- Tennessee from Indianapolis - Tennessee acquired for the 238th pick of the 2006 NFL Draft, used to select T.J. Rushing.
- Tennessee from San Diego - Tennessee acquired for Billy Volek (conditional)
Seventh round
- Green Bay from NY Jets - Green Bay for Steve Morley
- Cleveland from San Francisco - Cleveland acquired this pick and Ken Dorsey in exchange for Trent Dilfer
- Dallas from NY Jets - Dallas acquired for Sean Ryan
- NY Jets from Detroit - NY Jets acquired for Jon McGraw
- Dallas from New Orleans - Dallas acquired for Scott Shanle
- New England from Arizona - New England acquired for Brandon Gorin (conditional)
- Chicago from Cleveland - Chicago acquired for Lenny Friedman
Unknown round
- Indianapolis from Baltimore - Indianapolis acquired for Gerome Sapp (conditional)
- Baltimore from Indianapolis - Baltimore acquired for Ryan LaCasse
- Cincinnati from St. Louis - Cincinnati acquired for Dave Ragone (conditional)
- Oakland from NY Jets - Oakland acquired for Bobby Hamilton
- NY Jets from Tampa Bay - NY Jets acquired for Doug Jolley
- NY Jets from Minnesota Vikings - NY Jets acquired for Brooks Bollinger
- San Francisco from Houston - San Francisco acquired for Cody Pickett (conditional)
- New Orleans from Atlanta - New Orleans acquired for Wayne Gandy
ESPN.com's Top Draft Prospects
This article possibly contains original research. |
Listing includes top senior prospects at all major positions along with a handful of underclassmen who are draft eligible and are projected to be selected in the draft, should they declare.
Underclassmen are marked with a *.
Players are listed in no particular order.
Quarterback Prospects
- Brady Quinn - Notre Dame
- JaMarcus Russell* - LSU
- Jared Zabransky - Boise State
- Chris Leak - Florida
- Troy Smith - Ohio State
- Drew Stanton - Michigan State
- Drew Tate - Iowa
- Lester Ricard - Tulane
- John Stocco - Wisconsin
- Zac Taylor - Nebraska
- Isaiah Stanback - Washington
- Kevin Kolb - Houston
- Anthony Morrelli * - Penn State
- Colt Brennan* - Hawaii
- Jordan Palmer - UTEP
Running Back
- Tony Hunt - Penn State
- Garrett Wolfe - Northern Illinois
- Michael Bush - Louisville
- Kenny Irons - Auburn
- Kenneth Darby - Alabama
- Brian Leonard (FB) - Rutgers
- Lorenzo Booker Florida State
- Tyrone Moss - Miami (FL)
- Courtney Lewis - Texas A&M
- Alley Broussard - LSU
- DeShawn Wynn - Florida
- Alvin Banks - James Madison
- Thomas Clayton Kansas State
- Stevie Hicks - Iowa State
- Justin Vincent - LSU
- Dwayne Wright - Fresno State
- Ryan Powdrell (FB) - USC
- Selvin Young - Texas
- Clifton Dawson - Harvard
- Pierre Thomas - Illinois
- Gary Russell - Minnesota
- Jon Cornish - Kansas
- Kolby Smith - Louisville
- Darius Walker * - Notre Dame
- Antonio Pittman - Ohio State
- Adrian Peterson * - Oklahoma
- Marshawn Lynch * - California
Wide receivers
- Calvin Johnson * - Georgia Tech
- Dwayne Jarrett * - USC
- Ted Ginn Jr. * - Ohio State
- Jeff Samardzija - Notre Dame
- Sidney Rice - South Carolina
- Limas Sweed * - Texas
- Mario Manningham * - Michigan
- Dwayne Bowe - LSU
- Steve Smith - USC
- Rhema McKnight * - Notre Dame
- Craig Davis- LSU
- Jason Hill - Washington State
- Keenan Burton * - Kentucky
- Sonny Shackelford - Washington
- Austin Flynn - Iowa State
- Courtney Taylor - Auburn
- Paul Williams - Fresno State
- Dallas Baker - Florida
- Steve Breaston * - Michigan
- Syndric Steptoe - Arizona
- Jarrett Hicks - Texas Tech
- Chansi Stuckey - Clemson
- Chris McFoy - USC
- Matt Trannon - Michigan State
- Jon Davis - Iowa State
- Terry Richardson - Arizona State
- Sammie Stroughter * - Oregon State
- Jayson Swain - Tennessee
- William Franklin * - Missouri
- Logan Payne- Minnesota
- Vincent Marshall - Houston
- Johnnie Lee Higgins - UTEP
- Aundrae Allison - East Carolina
- Anthony Gonzalez * - Ohio State
Tight ends
- Martrez Milner - Georgia
- Joe Newton - Oregon State
- Matt Spaeth - Minnesota
- Matt Herian - Nebraska
- Cody Byrd - Washington State
- Ben Patrick - Delaware
- Dante Rosario - Oregon
- Tyler Ecker - Michigan
- Walter Nickel - Iowa State
- Scott Chandler - Iowa
- Jonny Harline - BYU
- Dan Murray - Connecticut
- Brent Celek - Cincinnati
- Zac Herold - Nebraska Omaha
- John Carlson - * Notre Dame
- Greg Olsen - Miami (FL)
- Zach Miller - Arizona State
- Clark Harris - Rutgers
Offensive Linemen
- Levi Brown - Penn State
- Joe Thomas - Wisconsin
- Adam Koets - Oregon State
- Dan Santucci - Notre Dame
- Ryan Harris - Notre Dame
- Jeremy Perry - Oregon State
- Arron Sears - Tennessee
- Mike Otto - Purdue
- Daniel Inman - Georgia
- Andrew Cameron - California
- Stephon Heyer - Maryland
- Jake Kuresa - BYU
- Palauni Ma Sun - Oregon
- Justin Blalock - Texas
- Mike Jones - Iowa
- Clay Walker - Washington
- Josh Beekman - Boston College
- Manuel Ramirez - Texas Tech
- Charles Harris - Washington State
- Aaron Brant - Iowa State
- Leroy Harris - North Carolina State
- Kasey Studdard - Texas
- Brian Daniels - Colorado
- Erik Robertson - California
- George Batiste - Southern Mississippi
- Tim Duckworth - Auburn
- Kyle Young - Fresno State
- Ryan Kalil (C) - USC
- Mark Fenton - Colorado
- Doug Free - Northern Illinois
- Dustin Fry - Clemson
- Enoka Lucas - Oregon
- Kyle Williams - USC
- Doug Datish - Ohio State
- Lyle Sendlein - Texas
- Mike Gibson - * California
- Hayden Lane - Kentucky
- Ben Grubbs - Auburn
- Dan Mozes -West Virginia
Defensive Linemen
- Jay Alford - Penn State
- Quinn Pitcock - Ohio State
- Gaines Adams - Clemson
- Quentin Moses - Georgia
- Nu'u Tafisi - California
- Tim Crowder - Texas
- LaMarr Woodley - Michigan
- Kyle Caldwell - Arizona State
- Victor Abiamiri - Notre Dame
- Brent Curvey - Iowa State
- Adam Carriker - Nebraska
- Dan Bazuin - Central Michigan
- Mkristo Bruce - Washington State
- Baraka Atkins - Miami (FL)
- Brian Robison - Texas
- Matt Toeaina - Oregon State
- Rondell Biggs - Michigan
- Marcus Thomas - Florida
- Justin Harrell - Tennessee
- Brandon Mebane - California
- Kareem Brown - Miami (FL)
- Ray McDonald - Florida
- Ben Siegert - Oregon State
- Jeremy Clark - Alabama
- DeMarcus Tyler - North Carolina State
- Amobi Okoye - Louisville
- Turk McBride - Tennessee
- Alan Branch - Michigan
- Charles Johnson - Georgia
- Marquay Love - Houston
- Justin Hickman - UCLA
- Jarvis Moss - Florida
- Jamaal Anderson - Arkansas
Linebackers
- Paul Posluszny - Penn State
- H.B. Blades - Pittsburgh
- Rufus Alexander - Oklahoma
- Michael Okwo - Stanford
- Brandon Siler - Florida
- Earl Everett - Florida
- Prescott Burgess - Michigan
- Tim Shaw - Penn State
- Brian Smith - Missouri
- Scott Davis - Washington State
- Stephen Nicholas - South Florida
- Cameron Jensen - BYU
- Alvin Bowen - * Iowa State
- Juwan Simpson - Alabama
- Blair Phillips - Oregon
- Quincy Black - New Mexico
- Shawn Crable - Michigan
- Dallas Sartz - USC
- Patrick Willis - Ole Miss
- Scott White - Washington
- Anthony Waters - Clemson
- Buster Davis - Florida State
- Mickey Pimentel - California
- Dedrick Harrington - Missouri
- Desmond Bishop - California
- Oscar Lua - USC
- Nate Harris - Louisville
- Justin Warren - Texas A&M
- David Harris - Michigan
- Xavier Adibi - * Virginia Tech
- Quentin Groves - * Auburn
- KaMichael Hall - Georgia Tech
- Eric McNeal - UCLA
- Lawrence Timmons - Florida State
- Jon Beason - Miami (FL)
Defensive Backs
- Tom Zbikowski - Notre Dame
- Leon Hall - Michigan
- LaRon Landry - LSU
- Michael Johnson - Arizona
- Marcus McCauley - Fresno State
- Daymeion Hughes - California
- Fred Bennett - South Carolina
- DeAndre Jackson - Iowa State
- C.J. Wallace - Washington
- Tarell Brown - Texas
- Marquice Cole - Northwestern
- Tyron Brackenridge - Washington State
- Ramzee Robinson - Alabama
- John Talley - Duke
- David Irons - Auburn
- Eric Frampton - Washington State
- Michael Griffin - Texas
- Dashon Goldson - Washington
- Brandon Meriweather - Miami (FL)
- Eric Weddle - Utah
- J.D. Nelson - Oregon
- Aaron Rouse - Virginia Tech
- Wesley Smith - Memphis
- Aaron Ross - Texas
- Roderick Rogers - Wisconsin
- Josh Gattis - Wake Forest
- Andrew Shanle - Nebraska
- Brandon Harrison - Stanford
- Trevor Hooper - Stanford
- Antonio Smith - Ohio State
- Jonathan Wade - Tennessee
- Antoine Cason - * Arizona
- Morgan Trent - * Michigan
- Chevis Jackson - * LSU
- Reggie Nelson - Florida
- Jamar Adams - * Michigan
- Darrelle Revis - Pittsburgh
- Eric Wright - * UNLV
- Brandent Englemon - * Michigan
- Will Guilley - Houston
Kickers
- Mason Crosby - Colorado
- James Wilhoit - Tennessee
- Justin Medlock - UCLA
- Brandon Pace - Virginia Tech
- Andrew Wellock - Eastern Michigan
- Sam Swank - Wake Forest
- Garrett Rivas - Michigan
- Brandon Coutu - * Georgia
- Alexis Serna - * Oregon State
Punters
- Daniel Sepulveda - Baylor
- Kody Bliss - Auburn
- Nick Folk - Arizona
- Adam Podlesh - Maryland
- Sean Douglas - Washington
- Brandon Fields - Michigan State
- Adam Graessle - Pittsburgh
- Brendan Carney - Syracuse
- Kenneth DeBauche- Wisconsin
- Ryan Dougherty - East Carolina
See Also
External links
- NFL Draft Forecast
- NFL Draft Dirt
- ESPN.com - 2007 NFL Draft Index
- The Football Expert
- Consensus Draft Services
- NFL Draft Spot
- Draft Ace
- NFL Draft Countdown
- Draft King
- Footballs Future
- Rob's Scouting
References