The 2007 National Football League Draft took place at Radio City Music Hall

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 in New York City

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 on April 28 and April 29, 2007

2007 NFL season

The 2007 NFL season was the 88th regular season of the National Football League.Regular-season play was held from September 6 to December 30....

. The draft

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 was televised for the 28th consecutive year on ESPN

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 and ESPN2

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. The NFL Network

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 also broadcast coverage of the event, its second year doing so. There were 255 draft selections: 223 regular selections (instead of the typical 224) and 32 compensatory selections. A supplemental draft was also held after the regular draft and before the regular season. This was the first draft presided over by new NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell

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.

The first round was the longest in the history of the NFL Draft, lasting six hours, eight minutes. One of the big stories of the draft was the fall of Notre Dame

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 quarterback

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Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

 Brady Quinn

Brady Quinn

Brayden Tyler "Brady" Quinn is an American football quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. Quinn was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame.-Early Years:Brayden Tyler "Brady" Quinn was born on...

. Quinn had been projected as a potential first overall pick in early mock drafts and had been invited to attend the draft in person, but he wasn't selected until the 22nd pick in the first round by the Cleveland Browns

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, who acquired the pick in a trade with the Dallas Cowboys

2007 Dallas Cowboys season

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. Louisiana State University quarterback JaMarcus Russell

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JaMarcus Trenell Russell is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. Russell played college football for the LSU Tigers where he finished 21–4 as a starter and was named MVP of the 2007 Sugar Bowl. The Oakland Raiders selected Russell with the first overall pick of the 2007...

 was selected first overall by the Oakland Raiders

2007 Oakland Raiders season

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 after he had replaced Quinn as the projected first selection among most analysts following his performance in the 2007 Sugar Bowl

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 against Quinn and Notre Dame. Russell is considered by some as one of the biggest draft busts in NFL history.

The following is the breakdown of the 255 players by position:

34 Wide receiver Wide receiver A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible... s 33 Linebacker Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen... s 30 Cornerback Cornerback A cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position... s 25 Defensive end Defensive end Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years... s 22 Offensive tackles

20 Safeties 18 Defensive tackles 18 Running back Running back A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running... s 13 Tight end Tight end The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be... s 12 Offensive guards

11 Quarterback Quarterback Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line... s 7 Centers Center (American football) Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense... 6 Fullbacks Fullback (American football) A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback... 3 Kickers Placekicker Placekicker, or simply kicker , is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals, extra points... 3 Punters

• Nine Florida Gators
  2006 Florida Gators football team
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   were drafted, more than any other University. Ohio State
  2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
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   was second with eight players selected. However, none of the 17 players drafted from the two universities has made it to a Pro Bowl
  Pro Bowl
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• Of the 40 underclassmen who entered the draft, 29 were selected.

• Louisiana State University
  2006 LSU Tigers football team
  The 2006 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the college football season of 2006–2007. The team's coach was former Oklahoma State coach Les Miles. They played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana...
  
   set a school record with four players drafted in the first round.

Player selections

* = compensatory selection ^ = supplemental compensatory selection † = Pro Bowl Pro Bowl In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those... er

Supplemental draft selections

For each player selected in the Supplemental Draft, the selecting team forfeits its pick in that round in the draft of the following season.

Notable undrafted players

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