NFL draft: The best pick at every first-round selection spot since 2002

The NFL draft, as we know it, began in 2002, when the arrival of the Houston Texans expanded each round to 32 picks. Eighteen drafts have been conducted since, leaving a fun sample size that we can construct a dream first round from. So who was the …

13. Aaron Donald, St. Louis Rams (2014)

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The 12 teams in front of Donald, who thought he was undersized to play defensive tackle, have lived to regret it. Donald has been named an All-Pro five times in his six-season career thus far, and he’s won AP defensive player of the year in both 2017 and 2018. An absolute freak of nature.

In the conversation: Brian Orakpo (2009)

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