The pay scale for 1st round picks is a lot higher. Right now there is no rookie salary cap like there is in the NBA. The higher you go in the 1st Round of the NFL Draft the more MONEY you will get per year. For example Jamarcus Russel was drafted 1st overall in 2007 received a 6yr/68M contract without playing an NFL game.
He was selected in the supplemental first round of the draft.
The University of Southern California with 77 overall first round draft picks as of the 2012 draft.
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The first round
Yes, Eberle was a first round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, 22nd overall.
Click on the '1991 MLB Draft - Round 1' link on this page to see all 44 players that were drafted in the first round of the 1991 MLB Draft.
Michael Jordan was a 1st round draft choice of the Chicago Bulls in the 1984 NBA draft.
Andrew Toney
Mark Randall
First round. 24th pick
Bobby Carpenter from Ohio St. with the 18th pick in the 1st round.