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              Pick (OVR)PlayerSchoolPOS
              • 1 (1)
                Mario WilliamsNC State
                DE
              • 2 (2)
                Reggie BushUSC
                RB
              • 3 (3)
                Vince YoungTexas
                QB
              • 4 (4)
                D'Brickashaw FergusonVirginia
                OT
              • 5 (5)
                A.J. HawkOhio State
                LB
              • 6 (6)
                Vernon DavisMaryland
                TE
              • 7 (7)
                Michael HuffTexas
                DB
              • 8 (8)
                Donte' WhitnerOhio State
                DB
              • 9 (9)
                Ernie SimsFlorida State
                LB
              • 10 (10)
                Matt LeinartUSC
                QB
              • 11 (11)
                Jay CutlerVanderbilt
                QB
              • 12 (12)
                Haloti NgataOregon
                DT
              • 13 (13)
                Kamerion WimbleyFlorida State
                DE
              • 14 (14)
                Brodrick BunkleyFlorida State
                DT
              • 15 (15)
                Tye HillClemson
                DB
              • 16 (16)
                Jason AllenTennessee
                DB
              • 17 (17)
                Chad GreenwayIowa
                LB
              • 18 (18)
                Bobby CarpenterOhio State
                LB
              • 19 (19)
                Antonio CromartieFlorida State
                DB
              • 20 (20)
                Tamba HaliPenn State
                DE
              • 21 (21)
                Laurence MaroneyMinnesota
                RB
              • 22 (22)
                Manny LawsonNC State
                DE
              • 23 (23)
                Davin JosephOklahoma
                OG
              • 24 (24)
                Johnathan JosephSouth Carolina
                DB
              • 25 (25)
                Santonio HolmesOhio State
                WR
              • 26 (26)
                John McCargoNC State
                DT
              • 27 (27)
                DeAngelo WilliamsMemphis
                RB
              • 28 (28)
                Marcedes LewisUCLA
                TE
              • 29 (29)
                Nick MangoldOhio State
              • 30 (30)
                Joseph AddaiLSU
                RB
              • 31 (31)
                Kelly JenningsMiami
                DB
              • 32 (32)
                Mathias KiwanukaBoston College
                DE

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