First round: Hogs run wild!

Cold, Hard Football Facts for Apr 28, 2011

Here's the results of the first round of the 2011 NFL draft. We'll be back shortly with our first reactions as well as our immediate statisticial needs-based grade for each team and each pick.

The first thing you'll notice is that the Hogs ruled, and that's music to our ears: 21 of the first 32 picks were Offensive and Defensive Hogs. And only one running back was taken, and Mark Ingram didn't go until the No. 28 pick, the latest the first RB has ever been snapped up. It appears that NFL analysts are studying their Cold, Hard Football Facts and know that they don't need to chase RBs in the first round.

The 2011 NFL Draft (First Round)

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	School
1	Carolina	QB	Cam Newton	Auburn
2	Denver	OLB	Von Miller	Texas A&M
3	Buffalo	DT	Marcell Dareus	Alabama
4	Cincinnati	WR	A.J. Green	Georgia
5	Arizona	CB	Patrick Peterson	LSU
6	Atlanta	WR	Julio Jones	Alabama
7	San Francisco	DE	Aldon Smith	Missouri
8	Tennessee	QB	Jake Locker	Washington
9	Dallas	OT	Tyron Smith	USC
10	Jacksonville	QB	Blaine Gabbert	Missouri
11	Houston	DE	J.J. Watt	Wisconsin
12	Minnesota	QB	Christian Ponder	Florida State
13	Detroit	DT	Nick Fairley	Auburn
14	St. Louis	DE	Robert Quinn	North Carolina
15	Miami	G	Michael Pouncey	Florida
16	Washington	DE	Ryan Kerrigan	Purdue
17	New England	OT	Nate Solder	Colorado
18	San Diego	DE	Corey Liuget	Illinois
19	N.Y. Giants	CB	Prince Amukamara	Nebraska
20	Tampa Bay	DE	Adrian Clayborn	Iowa
21	Cleveland	DT	Phil Taylor	Baylor
22	Indianapolis	OT	Anthony Castonzo	Boston College
23	Philadelphia	OG	Danny Watkins	Baylor
24	New Orleans	DE	Cameron Jordan	California
25	Seattle	OT	James Carpenter	Alabama
26	Kansas City	WR	Jonathan Baldwin	Pittsburgh
27	Baltimore	CB	Jimmy Smith	Colorado
28	New Orleans	RB	Mark Ingram	Alabama
29	Chicago	OT	Gabe Carimi	Wisconsin
30	N.Y. Jets	DT	Muhammad Wilkerson	Temple
31	Pittsburgh	DE	Cameron Heyward	Ohio State
32	Green Bay	OT	Derek Sherrod	Mississippi State

By Kerry Byrne

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