- Round 1, Pick 1 - Miami Dolphins - Jake Long (OT) - Michigan
- Round 1, Pick 2 - St. Louis Rams - Chris Long (DE) - Virginia
- Round 1, Pick 3 - Atlanta Falcons - Matt Ryan (QB) - Boston College
- Round 1, Pick 4 - Oakland Raiders - Darren McFadden (RB) - Arkansas
- Round 1, Pick 5 - Kansas City Chiefs - Glenn Dorsey (DT) - LSU
- Round 1, Pick 6 - New York Jets - Vernon Gholston (DE) - Ohio State
- Round 1, Pick 7 - New Orleans Saints - Sedrick Ellis (DT) - USC
- Round 1, Pick 8 - Jacksonville Jaguars - Derrick Harvey (DE) - Florida
- Round 1, Pick 9 - Cincinnati Bengals - Keith Rivers (OLB) - USC
- Round 1, Pick 10 - New England Patriots - Jerod Mayo (ILB) - Tennessee
- Round 1, Pick 11 - Buffalo Bills - Leodis McKelvin (CB) - Troy State
- Round 1, Pick 12 - Denver Broncos - Ryan Clady (OT) - Boise State
- Round 1, Pick 13 - Carolina Panthers - Jonathan Stewart (RB) - Oregon
- Round 1, Pick 14 - Chicago Bears - Chris Williams (OT) - Vanderbilt
- Round 1, Pick 15 - Kansas City Chiefs - Branden Albert (OG) - Virginia
- Round 1, Pick 16 - Arizona Cardinals - Dominique Rodgers (CB) - Tennessee State
- Round 1, Pick 17 - Detroit Lions - Gosder Cherilus (OT) - Boston College
- Round 1, Pick 18 - Baltimore Ravens - Joe Flacco (QB) - Delaware
- Round 1, Pick 19 - Carolina Panthers - Jeff Otah (OT) - Pittsburgh
- Round 1, Pick 20 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Aqib Talib (CB) - Kansas
- Round 1, Pick 21 - Atlanta Falcons - Sam Baker (OT) - USC
- Round 1, Pick 22 - Dallas Cowboys - Felix Jones (RB) - Arkansas
- Round 1, Pick 23 - Pittsburgh Steelers - Rashard Mendenhall (RB) - Illinois
- Round 1, Pick 24 - Tennessee Titans - Chris Johnson (RB) - East Carolina
- Round 1, Pick 25 - Dallas Cowboys - Mike Jenkins (CB) - South Florida
- Round 1, Pick 26 - Houston Texans - Duane Brown (OT) - Virginia Tech
- Round 1, Pick 27 - San Diego Chargers - Antoine Cason (CB) - Arizona
- Round 1, Pick 28 - Seattle Seahawks - Lawrence Jackson (DE) - USC
- Round 1, Pick 29 - San Francisco 49ers - Kentwan Balmer (DT) - North Carolina
- Round 1, Pick 30 - New York Jets - Dustin Keller (TE) - Purdue
- Round 1, Pick 31 - New York Giants - Kenny Phillips (S) - Miami
Where: ESPN
The Ferocity with which NFL fans follow their beloved sport never ceases to amaze. One of the few NFL events fans can attend for free is the NFL Draft, which Radio City Music Hall in New York hosted on Saturday, April 26. The thousand or so free tickets are handed out on a first-come basis. The first fan, Billy Walsh from Rockaway Beach, N.Y., got in line at 2:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon. He would wait until 10 a.m. the next morning to get a free wristband that would allow him to get into the draft that started at 3 p.m. At it's peak, the line for tickets stretched three long city blocks and included an estimated 2,500 people -- some dressed and some painted in their team colors. All this for an event in which the NFL commissioner simply reads each team's pick into a microphone and walks off stage? "To us, it's like our Super Bowl," said Walsh, a San Francisco 49ers fan. "To us it's important."
Author: master94
Keywords: nfl draft fans radio city music hall 2008 eagles cowboys 49ers
Added: April 29, 2008
