QUARTERBACKS GO FIRST: Quarterbacks BRYCE YOUNG (No. 1 overall, Carolina), C.J. STROUD (No. 2, Houston) and ANTHONY RICHARDSON (No. 4, Indianapolis) were each selected with a top-five pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Since 1967, a quarterback has been selected first overall on 27 occasions, the most among all positions. The 2023 NFL Draft is the fourth in the common-draft era to have three quarterbacks chosen among the top four selections, joining 2021, 1999 and 1971.

RUN ON RECEIVERS: Four wide receivers were selected in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft: JAXON SMITH-NJIGBA (No. 20, Seattle), QUENTIN JOHNSTON (No. 21, Los Angeles Chargers), ZAY FLOWERS (No. 22, Baltimore) and JORDAN ADDISON (No. 23, Minnesota).

The 2023 NFL Draft marked the first since 1967 that four consecutive first-round selections were used on wide receivers. At least two wide receivers have been selected in the first round of 15 consecutive NFL Drafts, the longest such streak in the common-draft era.

ROLL TIDE: Bryce Young became the first player from Alabama to be selected with the first overall pick in the common-draft era. He also became the 10th quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy and be chosen No. 1 overall since 1967.

Young and linebacker WILL ANDERSON JR. (No. 3 overall, Houston) became the fourth pair of college teammates to be chosen with top-three selections in the same NFL Draft since 2000.

Alabama became the first school in the common-draft era to have multiple offensive players selected in the first round in five consecutive NFL Drafts and the first school since 1967 to have an offensive player selected in the first round in nine consecutive NFL Drafts (2015-23).

FIRST-ROUND BUCKEYES: Ohio State saw three players selected in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft: quarterback C.J. STROUD (No. 2 overall, Houston), tackle PARIS JOHNSON JR. (No. 6, Arizona) and wide receiver JAXON SMITH-NJIGBA (No. 20, Seattle).

Ohio State has had 77 players selected in the first round of the NFL Draft since 1967, the most among all colleges in the common-draft era.

TEXANS TRADE UP:  With the selections of Ohio State quarterback C.J. STROUD (No. 2 overall) and Alabama linebacker WILL ANDERSON JR. (No. 3), the Houston Texans became the third team in the common-draft era to make consecutive top-five selections in the same NFL Draft, joining Washington in 2000 and Indianapolis in 1992.  

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