2014 Nfl Draft

2014 NFL draft
2014 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)	May 8–10
Location	Radio City Music Hall; in New York City
Network(s)	ESPN, NFL Network
Overview
	256 total selections in 7 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Jadeveon Clowney, DE; Houston Texans
Mr. Irrelevant	Lonnie Ballentine, S; Houston Texans
Most selections (12)	New York Jets; San Francisco 49ers
Fewest selections (5)	Indianapolis Colts
	← 2013 2015 →

The draft, officially the "Player Selection Meeting", was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on May 8 through May 10, 2014. The draft started on May 8, 2014, at 8 pm EDT. The draft was moved from its traditional time frame in late April due to a scheduling conflict at Radio City Music Hall.

There was early discussion and rumors leading up to the draft on the future of staying at the current location in New York City, where it had been held since 1965. Given the increased interest the draft had garnered over the past decade, there was belief that the event may have outgrown Radio City Music Hall, which had been the venue for the past eight drafts. The possibility of extending the draft to four days was also being discussed throughout the months leading up to the draft. The NFL decided in that summer that the 2015 NFL draft will take place at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

The Houston Texans opened the draft by selecting defensive end Jadeveon Clowney from the University of South Carolina. The last time a defensive player was taken with the first overall selection was in 2006, when the Texans selected Mario Williams. The Texans also closed the draft with the selection of safety Lonnie Ballentine of the University of Memphis as Mr. Irrelevant, which is the title given to the final player selected.

The 2014 draft made history when the St. Louis Rams selected Michael Sam in the seventh round. Sam, who became the first openly gay player to ever be drafted in the NFL, was selected 249th out of 256 picks in the draft. After this, Sam's jersey was the second best selling rookie jersey on the NFL's website. Sam came out publicly in the months leading up to the draft, but he never actually made the final roster of an NFL team and was out of the league the same year.

Early entrants

A record 98 underclassmen announced their intention to forgo their remaining NCAA eligibility and declare themselves available to be selected in the draft. When including four players who received degrees but still had eligibility remaining, the number swells to 102. Fourteen underclassmen—plus Teddy Bridgewater who graduated with eligibility remaining—were selected in the draft's first round, including the first four and six of the first ten players selected.

Overview

The following is the breakdown of the 256 players selected by position:

Determination of draft order

The draft order is based generally on each team's record from the previous season, with teams which qualified for the postseason selecting after those which failed to make the playoffs. The Houston Texans with a 2–14 record in 2013 held the first selection of each round. The Dallas Cowboys and Baltimore Ravens finished 2013 with identical 8–8 records and strength of schedule ratings, hence a coin flip was used to determine the selection order — the Cowboys won the flip and thus selected ahead of the Ravens.

Player selections

*	= compensatory selection
†	= Pro Bowler

Positions key
C	Center	CB	Cornerback	DB	Defensive back	DE	Defensive end
DL	Defensive lineman	DT	Defensive tackle	FB	Fullback	FS	Free safety
G	Guard	K	Kicker	KR	Kickoff returner	LB	Linebacker
LS	Long snapper	MLB	Middle linebacker	OT	Offensive tackle	OL	Offensive lineman
OLB	Outside linebacker	NT	Nose tackle	P	Punter	PR	Punt returner
QB	Quarterback	RS	Return specialist	RB	Running back	S	Safety
SS	Strong safety	TE	Tight end	WR	Wide receiver

Other notable wide receivers include Mike Evans, Jarvis Landry, Davante Adams, and Brandin Cooks.


Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
1	1	Houston Texans	Jadeveon Clowney ^†	DE	South Carolina	SEC
1	2	St. Louis Rams	Greg Robinson	OT	Auburn	SEC	from Washington
1	3	Jacksonville Jaguars	Blake Bortles	QB	UCF	The American
1	4	Buffalo Bills	Sammy Watkins	WR	Clemson	ACC	from Cleveland
1	5	Oakland Raiders	Khalil Mack ^†	LB	Buffalo	MAC
1	6	Atlanta Falcons	Jake Matthews ^†	OT	Texas A&M	SEC
1	7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Mike Evans ^†	WR	Texas A&M	SEC
1	8	Cleveland Browns	Justin Gilbert	CB	Oklahoma State	Big 12	from Minnesota
1	9	Minnesota Vikings	Anthony Barr ^†	LB	UCLA	Pac-12	from Buffalo via Cleveland
1	10	Detroit Lions	Eric Ebron ^†	TE	North Carolina	ACC
1	11	Tennessee Titans	Taylor Lewan ^†	OT	Michigan	Big Ten
1	12	New York Giants	Odell Beckham Jr. ^†	WR	LSU	SEC
1	13	St. Louis Rams	Aaron Donald ^†	DT	Pittsburgh	ACC
1	14	Chicago Bears	Kyle Fuller ^†	CB	Virginia Tech	ACC
1	15	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ryan Shazier ^†	LB	Ohio State	Big Ten
1	16	Dallas Cowboys	Zack Martin ^†	OG	Notre Dame	Ind. (FBS)
1	17	Baltimore Ravens	C. J. Mosley ^†	LB	Alabama	SEC
1	18	New York Jets	Calvin Pryor	S	Louisville	The American
1	19	Miami Dolphins	Ja'Wuan James	OT	Tennessee	SEC
1	20	New Orleans Saints	Brandin Cooks	WR	Oregon State	Pac-12	from Arizona
1	21	Green Bay Packers	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix ^†	S	Alabama	SEC
1	22	Cleveland Browns	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M	SEC	from Philadelphia ; 2012 Heisman Trophy winner
1	23	Kansas City Chiefs	Dee Ford ^†	DE	Auburn	SEC
1	24	Cincinnati Bengals	Darqueze Dennard	CB	Michigan State	Big Ten
1	25	San Diego Chargers	Jason Verrett ^†	CB	TCU	Big 12
1	26	Philadelphia Eagles	Marcus Smith	LB	Louisville	The American	from Indianapolis via Cleveland
1	27	Arizona Cardinals	Deone Bucannon	S	Washington State	Pac-12	from New Orleans
1	28	Carolina Panthers	Kelvin Benjamin	WR	Florida State	ACC
1	29	New England Patriots	Dominique Easley	DT	Florida	SEC
1	30	San Francisco 49ers	Jimmie Ward	S	Northern Illinois	MAC
1	31	Denver Broncos	Bradley Roby	CB	Ohio State	Big Ten
1	32	Minnesota Vikings	Teddy Bridgewater ^†	QB	Louisville	The American	from Seattle
2	33	Houston Texans	Xavier Su'a-Filo	OG	UCLA	Pac-12
2	34	Dallas Cowboys	DeMarcus Lawrence ^†	DE	Boise State	MW	from Washington
2	35	Cleveland Browns	Joel Bitonio ^†	OT	Nevada	MW
2	36	Oakland Raiders	Derek Carr ^†	QB	Fresno State	MW
2	37	Atlanta Falcons	Ra'Shede Hageman	DT	Minnesota	Big Ten
2	38	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	TE	Washington	Pac-12
2	39	Jacksonville Jaguars	Marqise Lee	WR	USC	Pac-12
2	40	Detroit Lions	Kyle Van Noy	LB	BYU	Ind. (FBS)	from Minnesota via Seattle
2	41	St. Louis Rams	Lamarcus Joyner	S	Florida State	ACC	from Buffalo
2	42	Philadelphia Eagles	Jordan Matthews	WR	Vanderbilt	SEC	from Tennessee
2	43	New York Giants	Weston Richburg	C	Colorado State	MW
2	44	Buffalo Bills	Cyrus Kouandjio	OT	Alabama	SEC	from St. Louis
2	45	Seattle Seahawks	Paul Richardson	WR	Colorado	Pac-12	from Detroit
2	46	Pittsburgh Steelers	Stephon Tuitt	DE	Notre Dame	Ind. (FBS)
2	47	Washington Redskins	Trent Murphy	LB	Stanford	Pac-12	from Dallas
2	48	Baltimore Ravens	Timmy Jernigan	DT	Florida State	ACC
2	49	New York Jets	Jace Amaro	TE	Texas Tech	Big 12
2	50	San Diego Chargers	Jeremiah Attaochu	LB	Georgia Tech	ACC	from Miami
2	51	Chicago Bears	Ego Ferguson	DT	LSU	SEC
2	52	Arizona Cardinals	Troy Niklas	TE	Notre Dame	Ind. (FBS)
2	53	Green Bay Packers	Davante Adams ^†	WR	Fresno State	MW
2	54	Tennessee Titans	Bishop Sankey	RB	Washington	Pac-12	from Philadelphia
2	55	Cincinnati Bengals	Jeremy Hill	RB	LSU	SEC
2	56	Denver Broncos	Cody Latimer	WR	Indiana	Big Ten	from Kansas City via San Francisco
2	57	San Francisco 49ers	Carlos Hyde	RB	Ohio State	Big Ten	from San Diego via Miami
2	58	New Orleans Saints	Stanley Jean-Baptiste	CB	Nebraska	Big Ten
2	59	Indianapolis Colts	Jack Mewhort	OT	Ohio State	Big Ten
2	60	Carolina Panthers	Kony Ealy	DE	Missouri	SEC
2	61	Jacksonville Jaguars	Allen Robinson ^†	WR	Penn State	Big Ten	from San Francisco
2	62	New England Patriots	Jimmy Garoppolo	QB	Eastern Illinois	OVC
2	63	Miami Dolphins	Jarvis Landry ^†	WR	LSU	SEC	from Denver via San Francisco
2	64	Seattle Seahawks	Justin Britt	OT	Missouri	SEC
3	65	Houston Texans	C. J. Fiedorowicz	TE	Iowa	Big Ten
3	66	Washington Redskins	Morgan Moses	OT	Virginia	ACC
3	67	Miami Dolphins	Billy Turner	OT	North Dakota State	MVFC	from Oakland
3	68	Atlanta Falcons	Dezmen Southward	S	Wisconsin	Big Ten
3	69	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Charles Sims	RB	West Virginia	Big 12
3	70	San Francisco 49ers	Marcus Martin	C	USC	Pac-12	from Jacksonville
3	71	Cleveland Browns	Christian Kirksey	LB	Iowa	Big Ten
3	72	Minnesota Vikings	Scott Crichton	DE	Oregon State	Pac-12
3	73	Buffalo Bills	Preston Brown	LB	Louisville	The American
3	74	New York Giants	Jay Bromley	DT	Syracuse	ACC
3	75	St. Louis Rams	Tre Mason	RB	Auburn	SEC
3	76	Detroit Lions	Travis Swanson	C	Arkansas	SEC
3	77	San Francisco 49ers	Chris Borland	LB	Wisconsin	Big Ten	from Tennessee
3	78	Washington Redskins	Spencer Long	OG	Nebraska	Big Ten	from Dallas
3	79	Baltimore Ravens	Terrence Brooks	S	Florida State	ACC
3	80	New York Jets	Dexter McDougle	CB	Maryland	ACC
3	81	Oakland Raiders	Gabe Jackson	OG	Mississippi State	SEC	from Miami
3	82	Chicago Bears	Will Sutton	DT	Arizona State	Pac-12
3	83	Houston Texans	Louis Nix	DT	Notre Dame	Ind. (FBS)	from Pittsburgh via Cleveland and Philadelphia
3	84	Arizona Cardinals	Kareem Martin	DE	North Carolina	ACC
3	85	Green Bay Packers	Khyri Thornton	DT	Southern Miss	C-USA
3	86	Philadelphia Eagles	Josh Huff	WR	Oregon	Pac-12
3	87	Kansas City Chiefs	Phillip Gaines	CB	Rice	C-USA
3	88	Cincinnati Bengals	Will Clarke	DE	West Virginia	Big 12
3	89	San Diego Chargers	Chris Watt	OG	Notre Dame	Ind. (FBS)
3	90	Indianapolis Colts	Donte Moncrief	WR	Ole Miss	SEC
3	91	Arizona Cardinals	John Brown	WR	Pittsburg State	MIAA	from New Orleans
3	92	Carolina Panthers	Trai Turner ^†	OG	LSU	SEC
3	93	Jacksonville Jaguars	Brandon Linder	OG	Miami (FL)	ACC	from New England
3	94	Cleveland Browns	Terrance West	RB	Towson	CAA	from San Francisco
3	95	Denver Broncos	Michael Schofield	OT	Michigan	Big Ten
3	96	Minnesota Vikings	Jerick McKinnon	RB	Georgia Southern	SoCon	from Seattle
3*	97	Pittsburgh Steelers	Dri Archer	RB	Kent State	MAC
3*	98	Green Bay Packers	Richard Rodgers II	TE	California	Pac-12
3*	99	Baltimore Ravens	Crockett Gillmore	TE	Colorado State	MW
3*	100	San Francisco 49ers	Brandon Thomas	OG	Clemson	ACC
4	101	Philadelphia Eagles	Jaylen Watkins	CB	Florida	SEC	from Houston
4	102	Washington Redskins	Bashaud Breeland	CB	Clemson	ACC
4	103	Atlanta Falcons	Devonta Freeman ^†	RB	Florida State	ACC
4	104	New York Jets	Jalen Saunders	WR	Oklahoma	Big 12	from Tampa Bay
4	105	New England Patriots	Bryan Stork	C	Florida State	ACC	from Jacksonville
4	106	San Francisco 49ers	Bruce Ellington	WR	South Carolina	SEC	from Cleveland
4	107	Oakland Raiders	Justin Ellis	DT	Louisiana Tech	C-USA
4	108	Seattle Seahawks	Cassius Marsh	DE	UCLA	Pac-12	from Minnesota
4	109	Buffalo Bills	Ross Cockrell	CB	Duke	ACC
4	110	St. Louis Rams	Maurice Alexander	S	Utah State	MW
4	111	Cincinnati Bengals	Russell Bodine	C	North Carolina	ACC	from Detroit via Seattle
4	112	Tennessee Titans	DaQuan Jones	DT	Penn State	Big Ten
4	113	New York Giants	Andre Williams	RB	Boston College	ACC
4	114	Jacksonville Jaguars	Aaron Colvin	CB	Oklahoma	Big 12	from Baltimore
4	115	New York Jets	Shaq Evans	WR	UCLA	Pac-12
4	116	Oakland Raiders	Keith McGill	CB	Utah	Pac-12	from Miami
4	117	Chicago Bears	Ka'Deem Carey	RB	Arizona	Pac-12
4	118	Pittsburgh Steelers	Martavis Bryant	WR	Clemson	ACC
4	119	Dallas Cowboys	Anthony Hitchens	LB	Iowa	Big Ten
4	120	Arizona Cardinals	Logan Thomas	QB	Virginia Tech	ACC
4	121	Green Bay Packers	Carl Bradford	LB	Arizona State	Pac-12
4	122	Tennessee Titans	Marqueston Huff	S	Wyoming	MW	from Philadelphia
4	123	Seattle Seahawks	Kevin Norwood	WR	Alabama	SEC	from Cincinnati
4	124	Kansas City Chiefs	De'Anthony Thomas	RB	Oregon	Pac-12
4	125	Miami Dolphins	Walt Aikens	CB	Liberty	Big South	from San Diego
4	126	New Orleans Saints	Khairi Fortt	LB	California	Pac-12
4	127	Cleveland Browns	Pierre Desir	CB	Lindenwood	MIAA	from Indianapolis
4	128	Carolina Panthers	Tre Boston	S	North Carolina	ACC
4	129	San Francisco 49ers	Dontae Johnson	CB	NC State	ACC
4	130	New England Patriots	James White	RB	Wisconsin	Big Ten
4	131	Chicago Bears	Brock Vereen	S	Minnesota	Big Ten	from Denver
4	132	Seattle Seahawks	Kevin Pierre-Louis	LB	Boston College	ACC
4*	133	Detroit Lions	Nevin Lawson	CB	Utah State	MW
4*	134	Baltimore Ravens	Brent Urban	DT	Virginia	ACC
4*	135	Houston Texans	Tom Savage	QB	Pittsburgh	ACC
4*	136	Detroit Lions	Larry Webster III	DE	Bloomsburg	PSAC
4*	137	New York Jets	Dakota Dozier	OG	Furman	SoCon
4*	138	Baltimore Ravens	Lorenzo Taliaferro	RB	Coastal Carolina	Big South
4*	139	Atlanta Falcons	Prince Shembo	LB	Notre Dame	Ind. (FBS)
4*	140	New England Patriots	Cameron Fleming	OT	Stanford	Pac-12
5	141	Philadelphia Eagles	Taylor Hart	DE	Oregon	Pac-12	from Houston
5	142	Washington Redskins	Ryan Grant	WR	Tulane	C-USA
5	143	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Kadeem Edwards	OG	Tennessee State	OVC
5	144	Jacksonville Jaguars	Telvin Smith ^†	LB	Florida State	ACC
5	145	Minnesota Vikings	David Yankey	OG	Stanford	Pac-12	from Cleveland
5	146	Dallas Cowboys	Devin Street	WR	Pittsburgh	ACC	from Oakland via Seattle and Detroit
5	147	Atlanta Falcons	Ricardo Allen	CB	Purdue	Big Ten
5	148	Carolina Panthers	Bené Benwikere	CB	San Jose State	MW	from Minnesota
5	149	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Kevin Pamphile	OT	Purdue	Big Ten	from Buffalo
5	150	San Francisco 49ers	Aaron Lynch	DE	South Florida	The American	from Detroit via Jacksonville
5	151	Tennessee Titans	Avery Williamson	LB	Kentucky	SEC
5	152	New York Giants	Nat Berhe	S	San Diego State	MW
5	153	Buffalo Bills	Cyril Richardson	OG	Baylor	Big 12	from St. Louis
5	154	New York Jets	Jeremiah George	LB	Iowa State	Big 12
5	155	Miami Dolphins	Arthur Lynch	TE	Georgia	SEC
5	156	Denver Broncos	Lamin Barrow	LB	LSU	SEC	from Chicago
5	157	Pittsburgh Steelers	Shaquille Richardson	CB	Arizona	Pac-12
5	158	Detroit Lions	Caraun Reid	DT	Princeton	Ivy	from Dallas
5	159	Jacksonville Jaguars	Chris Smith	DE	Arkansas	SEC	from Baltimore
5	160	Arizona Cardinals	Ed Stinson	DE	Alabama	SEC
5	161	Green Bay Packers	Corey Linsley ^†	C	Ohio State	Big Ten
5	162	Philadelphia Eagles	Ed Reynolds	S	Stanford	Pac-12
5	163	Kansas City Chiefs	Aaron Murray	QB	Georgia	SEC
5	164	Cincinnati Bengals	A. J. McCarron	QB	Alabama	SEC
5	165	San Diego Chargers	Ryan Carrethers	DT	Arkansas State	Sun Belt
5	166	Indianapolis Colts	Jonathan Newsome	DE	Ball State	MAC
5	167	New Orleans Saints	Vinnie Sunseri	S	Alabama	SEC
5	168	Atlanta Falcons	Marquis Spruill	LB	Syracuse	ACC	from Carolina via Minnesota
5	169	New Orleans Saints	Ronald Powell	OLB	Florida	SEC	from New England via Philadelphia
5	170	San Francisco 49ers	Keith Reaser	CB	Florida Atlantic	C-USA
5	171	Miami Dolphins	Jordan Tripp	LB	Montana	Big Sky	from Denver via San Francisco
5	172	Seattle Seahawks	Jimmy Staten	DT	Middle Tennessee	C-USA
5*	173	Pittsburgh Steelers	Wesley Johnson	C	Vanderbilt	SEC
5*	174	New York Giants	Devon Kennard	OLB	USC	Pac-12
5*	175	Baltimore Ravens	John Urschel	OG	Penn State	Big Ten
5*	176	Green Bay Packers	Jared Abbrederis	WR	Wisconsin	Big Ten
6	177	Houston Texans	Jeoffrey Pagan	DE	Alabama	SEC
6	178	Tennessee Titans	Zach Mettenberger	QB	LSU	SEC	from Washington
6	179	New England Patriots	Jon Halapio	OG	Florida	SEC	from Jacksonville
6	180	San Francisco 49ers	Kenneth Acker	CB	SMU	The American	from Cleveland
6	181	Houston Texans	Alfred Blue	RB	LSU	SEC	from Oakland
6	182	Minnesota Vikings	Antone Exum	CB	Virginia Tech	ACC	from Atlanta
6	183	Chicago Bears	David Fales	QB	San Jose State	MW	from Tampa Bay
6	184	Minnesota Vikings	Kendall James	CB	Maine	CAA
6	185	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Robert Herron	WR	Wyoming	MW	from Buffalo
6	186	Washington Redskins	Lache Seastrunk	RB	Baylor	Big 12	from Tennessee
6	187	New York Giants	Bennett Jackson	CB	Notre Dame	Ind. (FBS)
6	188	St. Louis Rams	E. J. Gaines	CB	Missouri	SEC
6	189	Detroit Lions	T. J. Jones	WR	Notre Dame	Ind. (FBS)
6	190	Miami Dolphins	Matt Hazel	WR	Coastal Carolina	Big South
6	191	Chicago Bears	Pat O'Donnell	P	Miami (FL)	ACC
6	192	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jordan Zumwalt	OLB	UCLA	Pac-12
6	193	Kansas City Chiefs	Zach Fulton	OG	Tennessee	SEC	from Dallas
6	194	Baltimore Ravens	Keith Wenning	QB	Ball State	MAC
6	195	New York Jets	Brandon Dixon	CB	Northwest Missouri State	MIAA
6	196	Arizona Cardinals	Walt Powell	WR	Murray State	OVC
6	197	Green Bay Packers	Demetri Goodson	CB	Baylor	Big 12
6	198	New England Patriots	Zach Moore	DE	Concordia–St. Paul	NSIC	from Philadelphia
6	199	Seattle Seahawks	Garrett Scott	OT	Marshall	C-USA	from Cincinnati
6	200	Kansas City Chiefs	Laurent Duvernay-Tardif	OT	McGill	RSEQ
6	201	San Diego Chargers	Marion Grice	RB	Arizona State	Pac-12
6	202	New Orleans Saints	Tavon Rooks	OT	Kansas State	Big 12
6	203	Indianapolis Colts	Andrew Jackson	LB	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt
6	204	Carolina Panthers	Tyler Gaffney	RB	Stanford	Pac-12
6	205	Jacksonville Jaguars	Luke Bowanko	C	Virginia	ACC	from San Francisco
6	206	New England Patriots	Jemea Thomas	S	Georgia Tech	ACC
6	207	Denver Broncos	Matt Paradis	C	Boise State	MW
6	208	Seattle Seahawks	Eric Pinkins	SS	San Diego State	MW
6*	209	New York Jets	Quincy Enunwa	WR	Nebraska	Big Ten
6*	210	New York Jets	IK Enemkpali	DE	Louisiana Tech	C-USA
6*	211	Houston Texans	Jay Prosch	FB	Auburn	SEC
6*	212	Cincinnati Bengals	Marquis Flowers	LB	Arizona	Pac-12
6*	213	New York Jets	Tajh Boyd	QB	Clemson	ACC
6*	214	St. Louis Rams	Garrett Gilbert	QB	SMU	The American
6*	215	Pittsburgh Steelers	Daniel McCullers	DT	Tennessee	SEC
7	216	Houston Texans	Andre Hal	CB	Vanderbilt	SEC
7	217	Washington Redskins	Ted Bolser	TE	Indiana	Big Ten
7	218	Baltimore Ravens	Michael Campanaro	WR	Wake Forest	ACC	from Cleveland
7	219	Oakland Raiders	Travis Carrie	CB	Ohio	MAC
7	220	Minnesota Vikings	Shamar Stephen	DT	UConn	The American	from Atlanta
7	221	Buffalo Bills	Randell Johnson	LB	Florida Atlantic	C-USA	from Tampa Bay
7	222	Jacksonville Jaguars	Storm Johnson	RB	UCF	The American
7	223	Minnesota Vikings	Brandon Watts	LB	Georgia Tech	ACC
7	224	Philadelphia Eagles	Beau Allen	DT	Wisconsin	Big Ten	from Buffalo
7	225	Minnesota Vikings	Jabari Price	CB	North Carolina	ACC	from New York Giants via Carolina
7	226	St. Louis Rams	Mitchell Van Dyk	OT	Portland State	Big Sky
7	227	Seattle Seahawks	Kiero Small	RB	Arkansas	SEC	from Detroit
7	228	Washington Redskins	Zach Hocker	K	Arkansas	SEC	from Tennessee
7	229	Detroit Lions	Nate Freese	K	Boston College	ACC	from Chicago via Dallas
7	230	Pittsburgh Steelers	Rob Blanchflower	TE	UMass	MAC
7	231	Dallas Cowboys	Ben Gardner	DE	Stanford	Pac-12
7	232	Indianapolis Colts	Ulrick John	OT	Georgia State	Sun Belt	from Baltimore
7	233	New York Jets	Trevor Reilly	LB	Utah	Pac-12
7	234	Miami Dolphins	Terrence Fede	DE	Marist	Pioneer
7	235	Oakland Raiders	Shelby Harris	DE	Illinois State	MVFC	from Arizona
7	236	Green Bay Packers	Jeff Janis	WR	Saginaw Valley State	GLIAC
7	237	Buffalo Bills	Seantrel Henderson	OT	Miami (FL)	ACC	from Philadelphia
7	238	Dallas Cowboys	Will Smith	LB	Texas Tech	Big 12	from Kansas City
7	239	Cincinnati Bengals	James Wright	WR	LSU	SEC
7	240	San Diego Chargers	Tevin Reese	WR	Baylor	Big 12
7	241	St. Louis Rams	Christian Bryant	FS	Ohio State	Big Ten	from Indianapolis
7	242	Denver Broncos	Corey Nelson	LB	Oklahoma	Big 12	from New Orleans via San Francisco
7	243	San Francisco 49ers	Kaleb Ramsey	DT	Boston College	ACC	from Carolina
7	244	New England Patriots	Jeremy Gallon	WR	Michigan	Big Ten
7	245	San Francisco 49ers	Trey Millard	FB	Oklahoma	Big 12
7	246	Chicago Bears	Charles Leno ^†	OT	Boise State	MW	from Denver
7	247	Oakland Raiders	Jonathan Dowling	SS	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	from Seattle
7*	248	Dallas Cowboys	Ahmad Dixon	SS	Baylor	Big 12
7*	249	St. Louis Rams	Michael Sam	DE	Missouri	SEC	First openly gay player to be selected in the NFL draft
7*	250	St. Louis Rams	Demetrius Rhaney	C	Tennessee State	OVC
7*	251	Dallas Cowboys	Ken Bishop	DT	Northern Illinois	MAC
7*	252	Cincinnati Bengals	Lavelle Westbrooks	CB	Georgia Southern	SoCon
7*	253	Atlanta Falcons	Yawin Smallwood	LB	UConn	The American
7*	254	Dallas Cowboys	Terrance Mitchell	CB	Oregon	Pac-12
7*	255	Atlanta Falcons	Tyler Starr	LB	South Dakota	MVFC
7*	256	Houston Texans	Lonnie Ballentine	FS	Memphis	The American	"Mr. Irrelevant"

Notable undrafted players

^†	= Pro Bowler


Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.
Arizona Cardinals	Chandler Catanzaro	K	Clemson	ACC
Arizona Cardinals	Anthony Steen	C	Alabama	SEC
Atlanta Falcons	Sergio Castillo	K	West Texas A&M	LSC
Atlanta Falcons	Roosevelt Nix ^†	FB	Kent State	MAC
Atlanta Falcons	James Stone	C	Tennessee	SEC
Baltimore Ravens	James Hurst	T	North Carolina	ACC
Baltimore Ravens	Jamie Meder	DT	Ashland	GLIAC
Baltimore Ravens	Zach Orr	LB	North Texas	C-USA
Carolina Panthers	Corey "Philly" Brown	WR	Ohio State	Big Ten
Carolina Panthers	Andrew Norwell	OG	Ohio State	Big Ten
Carolina Panthers	Jeremiah Sirles	T	Nebraska	Big Ten
Chicago Bears	Ryan Groy	C	Wisconsin	Big Ten
Chicago Bears	Christian Jones	LB	Florida State	ACC
Cincinnati Bengals	Trey Hopkins	OG	Texas	Big 12
Cleveland Browns	Taylor Gabriel	WR	Abilene Christian	Ind. (FCS)
Cleveland Browns	Isaiah Crowell	RB	Alabama State	SWAC
Cleveland Browns	Connor Shaw	QB	South Carolina	SEC
Cleveland Browns	Willie Snead IV	WR	Ball State	MAC
Cleveland Browns	K'Waun Williams	CB	Pittsburgh	ACC
Dallas Cowboys	Casey Kreiter ^†	LS	Iowa	Big Ten
Dallas Cowboys	Tyler Patmon	CB	Oklahoma State	Big 12
Dallas Cowboys	Keith Smith	LB	San Jose State	MW
Denver Broncos	Shaquil Barrett ^†	LB	Colorado State	MW
Denver Broncos	Kapri Bibbs	RB	Colorado State	MW
Denver Broncos	Juwan Thompson	RB	Duke	ACC
Denver Broncos	Lou Young III	CB	Georgia Tech	ACC
Detroit Lions	Cornelius Lucas	OT	Kansas State	Big 12
Green Bay Packers	Joe Thomas	LB	South Carolina State	MEAC
Houston Texans	Chris Boswell ^†	K	Rice	C-USA
Houston Texans	Matt Feiler	OG	Bloomsburg	PSAC
Houston Texans	James Ferentz	C	Iowa	Big Ten
Houston Texans	Marcus Williams	CB	North Dakota State	MVFC
Houston Texans	Bryan Witzmann	OG	South Dakota State	MVFC
Indianapolis Colts	Cody Parkey ^†	K	Auburn	SEC
Indianapolis Colts	Zach Kerr	DT	Delaware	CAA
Jacksonville Jaguars	Allen Hurns	WR	Miami (FL)	ACC
Jacksonville Jaguars	Tyler Shatley	OG	Clemson	ACC
Kansas City Chiefs	Cairo Santos	K	Tulane	C-USA
Kansas City Chiefs	Daniel Sorensen	SS	BYU	Ind. (FBS)
Kansas City Chiefs	Charcandrick West	RB	Abilene Christian	Ind. (FCS)
Kansas City Chiefs	Albert Wilson	WR	Georgia State	Sun Belt
Miami Dolphins	Orleans Darkwa	RB	Tulane	C-USA
Miami Dolphins	Damien Williams	RB	Oklahoma	Big 12
Miami Dolphins	Tyler Larsen	C	Utah State	MW
New England Patriots	Malcolm Butler ^†	CB	West Alabama	Gulf South
New England Patriots	Tyler Ott ^†	LS	Harvard	Ivy
New Orleans Saints	Todd Davis	LB	Sacramento State	Big Sky
New Orleans Saints	Pierre Warren	S	Jacksonville State	OVC
New York Giants	Kerry Wynn	DE	Richmond	CAA
New York Jets	Kerry Hyder	DE	Texas Tech	Big 12
Oakland Raiders	Denico Autry	DT	Mississippi State	SEC
Oakland Raiders	Michael Palardy	P	Tennessee	SEC
Philadelphia Eagles	Trey Burton	TE	Florida	SEC
Pittsburgh Steelers	C. J. Goodwin	CB	PennWest California	PSAC
Pittsburgh Steelers	Jordan Berry	P	Eastern Kentucky	OVC
San Diego Chargers	Adrian Phillips ^†	S	Texas	Big 12
San Diego Chargers	Branden Oliver	RB	Buffalo	MAC
Seattle Seahawks	Brock Coyle	LB	Montana	Big Sky
Seattle Seahawks	Garry Gilliam	T	Penn State	Big Ten
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Cameron Brate	TE	Harvard	Ivy
Tennessee Titans	Justin McCray	OG	UCF	The American

Trades

In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the 2014 draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

Round seven

Supplemental draft

The supplemental draft was held on July 10, 2014. For each player selected in the supplemental draft, the team forfeits its pick in that round in the draft of the following season. Four players were eligible, but for the second straight year no players were selected.

Summary

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) led all college athletic conferences in terms of first round selections with eleven, including the first two picks of the draft. For the first time since the league's second draft in 1937, no player from the University of Texas was selected.

For the second year in succession — and only the second time since 1967 — no running back was selected in the first round. The first player taken at the position was Bishop Sankey who was selected in the second round with the 54th pick overall. This is the latest point in the history of the draft for the first running back to be selected.

Selections by college athletic conference

Conference	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Total
NCAA Division I FBS football conferences
The American	4	0	1	0	1	2	4	12
ACC	5	3	7	13	3	5	6	42
Big 12	2	1	2	2	2	3	5	17
Big Ten	4	6	6	4	5	1	4	30
C-USA	0	0	2	1	3	2	1	9
MAC	2	0	1	0	1	1	3	8
MWC	0	5	1	3	2	4	1	16
Pac-12	3	6	4	8	5	5	3	34
SEC	11	7	5	3	10	8	5	49
Sun Belt	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4
Ind.	1	3	2	1	0	2	0	9
NCAA Division I FCS football conferences
Big Sky	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
Big South	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3
CAA	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
Ivy	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
MVFC	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3
OVC	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	4
PFL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
SoCon	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3
Non-Division I football conferences
GLIAC (DII)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
MIAA (DII)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3
NSIC (DII)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
PSAC (DII)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
RSEQ (CIS)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

Schools with multiple draft selections

Selections	Schools
9	LSU
8	Alabama, Notre Dame
7	Florida State
6	Ohio State, Stanford
5	Baylor, Clemson, North Carolina, UCLA, Wisconsin
4	Arkansas, Auburn, Boston College, Florida, Louisville, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oregon
3	Arizona, Arizona State, Boise State, Georgia Tech, Iowa, Miami, Michigan, Nebraska, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Texas A&M, USC, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Virginia Tech
2	Ball State, California, Coastal Carolina, Colorado State, Connecticut, Florida Atlantic, Fresno State, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Indiana, Louisiana Tech, Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Oregon State, Purdue, San Diego State, San Jose State, SMU, South Carolina, Syracuse, Tennessee State, Texas Tech, UCF, Utah, Utah State, Washington, West Virginia, Western Kentucky, Wyoming

Selections by position

Position	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Total
Center	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	10
Cornerback	5	1	2	9	4	7	5	33
Defensive end	2	3	3	2	5	3	2	22
Defensive tackle	2	3	4	3	3	1	4	20
Guard	0	1	6	1	4	2	0	14
Linebacker	5	3	3	5	8	3	7	34
Offensive tackle	5	4	3	1	1	3	4	21
Placekicker	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Punter	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Quarterback	3	2	0	2	2	5	2	16
Running back	0	3	5	5	0	4	2	19
Safety	4	1	2	4	3	2	4	20
Tight end	1	3	3	0	1	0	2	10
Wide receiver	5	7	3	6	3	5	5	34

Position	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Total
Offense	14	21	22	17	13	21	16	124
Defense	18	11	14	23	23	16	24	129
Special teams	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3

U.S. television coverage

The draft was broadcast live by the NFL Network and ESPN. This marks the 35th year of draft coverage on ESPN while the NFL Network had covered the draft since its inception ten years ago.

The two networks' combined first-round coverage drew a record 32 million viewers according to Nielsen ratings which was a 28 percent increase over the previous year. In total 45.7 million viewers watched some part of the three-day event, topping the previous record of 45.4 millions set in 2010.

In popular culture

The events of the 2014 film Draft Day, take place during the fictionalized 2014 NFL draft.
The 2014 NFL draft was also featured in ‘’The League’’.

References

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