Pick 31 History

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(04-01-2022, 12:48 PM)bfine32 Wrote: It's been way too long since we picked this far back in the draft. We've grown accustomed to looking at top tier prospects, so I thought it's be interesting to see who was selected at 31 over the last 10 years:

2012: Doug Martin
2013: Travis Fredrick
2014: Bradley Roby
2015: Stephone Anthony
2016: Germaine Ifedi
2017: Rueban Foster
2018: Sony Micheal
2019: Kaleb McGary
2020: Jeff Gladney
2021: Odafe Oweh

Really only 1 on-field "bust" (Stephone Anthony) and a couple with off-field issues (Gladney/Foster).

A couple really good IOL and there should be 1-2 prospects available when we pick at 31.

Don't take a LB as 1 busted on-field and one busted off-field

Running back has fared pretty well and I don't think it's too early to look at a Mixon helper/replacement

While compiling this list, were you able to see if the teams that picked these men held the original pick?

I've heard in the past from former FO guys that the average draft only has about 18 guys with a first round grade on them, so as a general rule of thumb you are selecting from second round talent to fill out the back end of the first round.  This is why guys like Belicheck are so willing to trade out of the back end for an additional second or third rounder with a team who is willing to come in to the first round to have a shot at putting the 5th year option on a guy they like.  So I'd be curious to know how many times that happened over the last 10 years.