Johnny Football may not have appreciated the excruciating wait until he was drafted by the Cleveland Browns with the 22nd pick, but ESPN sure did.
The Nielsen company said Friday that the first round of the NFL draft drew 9.9 million viewers to ESPN Thursday night, shattering the previous record for the event that the network has telecast since 1980. The previous high was 7.3 million viewers in 2010.
The drama about where former Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M would land is considered the biggest factor in the ratings success. Draft forecasters suggested Manziel would go much higher.
Viewership Thursday was 60 percent higher than last year's 6.2 million.
In Friday's second and third rounds of the NFL draft, the picks went as follows (refresh page for updates throughout the evening):
Second Round
1) Houston - Xavier Su'A-Filo, OG, UCLA
2) Dallas (from Washington) - Demarcus Lawrence, OLB, Boise State
3) Cleveland - Joel Bitonio, OT, Nevada
4) Oakland - Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
5) Atlanta - Ra'Shede Hageman, DT, Minnesota
6) Tampa Bay - Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Washington
7) Jacksonville - Marqise Lee, WR, Southern Cal
8) Detroit (from Minnesota through Seattle) - Kyle Van Noy, OLB, BYU
9) St. Louis - Lamarcus Joyner, CB, Florida State
10) Philadelphia - Jordan Matthews, WR, Vanderbilt
11) New York Giants - Weston Richburg, C, Colorado State
12) Buffalo (from St. Louis) - Cyrus Kouandjio, OT, Alabama
13) Seattle (from Detroit) - Paul Richardson, WR, Colorado
14) Pittsburgh - Stephon Tuitt, DE, Notre Dame
15) Washington (From Dallas) - Trent Murphy, OLB, Stanford
16) Baltimore - Timmy Jernigan, NT, Florida State
17) New York Jets - Jace Amaro, TE, Texas Tech
18) San Diego (from Miami) - Jeremiah Attaochu, OLB, Georgia Tech
19) Chicago - Ego Ferguson, DT, LSU
20) Arizona - Troy Niklas, TE, Notre Dame
21) Green Bay - Devante Adams, WR, Fresno State
22) Tennessee (from Philadelphia) - Bishop Stankey, RB, Washington
23) Cincinnati - Jeremy Hill, RB, LSU
24) Denver (from Kansas City through San Francisco) - Cody Latimer, WR, Indiana
25) San Francisco (from San Diego through Miami) - Carlos Hyde, RB, Ohio State
26) New Orleans - Stanley Jean-Baptiste, CB, Nebraska
27) Indianapolis - Jack Mewhort, OT, Ohio State
28) Carolina - Kony Ealy, DE, Missouri
29) Jacksonville (from San Francisco) - Allen Robinson, WR, Penn State
30) New England - Jimmy Garoppolo, QB, Eastern Illinois
31) Miami (from Denver through San Francisco) - Jarvis Landry, WR, LSU
32) Seattle - Justin Britt, OT, Missouri
Third Round
1) Houston - C.J. Fiedorowicz, TE, Iowa
2) Washington - Morgan Moses, OT, Virginia
3) Miami (from Oakland) - Billy Turner, OT, North Dakota State
4) Atlanta - Dezmen Southward, FS, Wisconsin
5) Tampa Bay - Charles Sims, RB, West Virginia
6) San Francisco (from Jacksonville) - Marcus Martin, C, Southern Cal
7) Cleveland - Christian Kriksey, OLB, Iowa
8) Minnesota - Scott Crichton, DE, Oregon State
9) Buffalo - Preston Brown, ILB, Louisville
10) New York Giants - Jay Bromley, DT, Syracuse
11) St. Louis - Tre Mason, RB, Auburn
12) Detroit - Travis Swanson, ILB, Arkansas
13) San Francisco (from Tennessee) - Chris Borland, Wisconsin
14) Washington (from Dallas) - Spencer Long, OG, Nebraska
15) Baltimore -Terrence Brooks, FS, Florida State
16) New York Jets - Dexter McDougle, CB, Maryland
17) Oakland (from Miami) - Gabe Jackson, OG, Mississippi State
18) Chicago - Will Sutton, DT, Arizona State
19) Houston (from Pittsburgh through Cleveland and Philadelphia) - Louis Nix, NT, Notre Dame
20) Arizona - Kareem Martin, DE, North Carolina
21) Green Bay - Khyri Thornton, DT, Southern Miss
22) Philadelphia - Josh Huff, WR, Oregon
23) Kansas City - Phillip Gaines, CB, Rice
24) Cincinnati - Will Clarke, DE, West Virginia
25) San Diego - Chris Watt, OG, Notre Dame
26) Indianapolis - Donte Moncrief, WR, Mississippi
27) Arizona (from New Orleans) - John Brown, WR, Pittsburg State (KS)
28) Carolina - Trai Turner, OG, LSU
29) Jacksonville (from new England) - Brandon Linder, OG, Miami
30) Cleveland (from San Francisco) - Terrance West, RB, Towson
31) Denver - Michael Schofield, OT, Michigan
32) Minnesota (from Seattle) - Jerick McKinnon, RB, Georgia Southern
33) Pittsburgh (compensatory selection) - Dri Archer, RB, Kent State
34) Green Bay (compensatory selection) - Richard Rodgers, TE, California
35) Baltimore (compensatory selection) - Crockett Gillmore, TE, Colorado State
36) San Francisco (compensatory selection) - Brandon Thomas, OT, Clemson