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 …

8. Jordan Gross, Carolina Panthers (2003)

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Not the sexiest pick (or the most loaded spot), but Gross helped anchor the Panthers’ line for 11 seasons, making one All-Pro team and three Pro Bowls. He may soon be supplanted in this space, though, by another member of the Carolina franchise: Christian McCaffrey was selected eighth in 2017.

In the conversation: DeAngelo Hall (2004), Roy Williams (2002)

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