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Alabama reigns supreme among schools with most NFL draft picks in first round over past 10 years
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoThe National Football Selection Meeting, as late NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle called it, gives teams that struggle to consistently put a good product on ...
The birth of the NFL draft on ESPN … 44 years ago
Cardinals Wire via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoThe decision to televise the draft had been made in February of that year amid a certain level of skepticism. In fact, when ESPN president Chet Simmons...
Caleb Williams will be unlike any Bears QB ever — and that's a good thing
Chicago Sun-Times· 5 days agoThe Bears’ next quarterback stood on a makeshift football field Wednesday on the site of the former...
Decades ago, the NFL draft dialed up its ‘pizazz’ on giant helmet phones
Washington Post via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoJim Steeg was hired in early 1979 as the NFL’s vice president of special events, a wide-ranging gig...
Mr. Irrelevant: Alabama safety Jaylen Key joins Brock Purdy as last pick in NFL draft
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoWith the approval of NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, Salata raised money to fly the last overall pick...
Who was Mr Irrelevant 2024? Alabama's Jaylen Key selected with final pick of 2024 NFL Draft
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoSalata came up with the idea for Mr. Irrelevant in 1976. After getting the necessary approval from NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, Salata raised money to ...
Michael Lev: UA All-American Ricky Hunley played starring role in NFL Draft unlike any other
Arizona Daily Star· 5 days agoForty years ago, Ricky Hunley was hanging out in his apartment on Fort Lowell Road when he became...
New book recalls civil rights history of New Orleans sports leagues | New Orleans' Multicultural...
Louisiana Weekly· 16 hours agoThe glaring spotlight of truth is that the New Orleans in part rejected the Negro football stars. The players found on the street that someone had told a false statement [about racism in New ...