Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray waves to the crowd after the Arizona Cardinals selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft Thursday night in Nashville.
NASHVILLE – A Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback at the top, two more QBs along the way – and a whole lot of guys who like nothing better than putting passers on the ground.
That was the look for the first round of the NFL draft Thursday night.
2019 NFL DRAFT SELECTIONS
At Nashville Thursday FIRST ROUND 1. Arizona, Kyler Murray, QB, Oklahoma. 2. San Francisco, Nick Bosa, DE, Ohio State. 3. N.Y. Jets, Quinnen Williams, NT, Alabama. 4. Oakland, Clelin Ferrell, DE, Clemson. 5. Tampa Bay, Devin White, LB, LSU. 6. N.Y. Giants, Daniel Jones, QB, Duke. 7. Jacksonville, Josh Allen, DE, Kentucky. 8. Detroit, T.J. Hockenson, TE, Iowa. 9. Buffalo, Ed Oliver, DT, Houston. 10. Pittsburgh (from Denver), Devin Bush, LB, Michigan. 11. Cincinnati, Jonah Williams, OT, Alabama. 12. Green Bay, Rashan Gary, DE, Michigan. 13. Miami, Christian Wilkins, DE, Clemson. 14. Atlanta, Chris Lindstrom, OG, Boston College. 15. Washington, Dwayne Haskins, QB, Ohio State. 16. Carolina, Brian Burns, DE, Florida State. 17. N.Y. Giants (from Cleveland), Dexter Lawrence, DT, Clemson. 18. Minnesota, Garrett Bradbury, C, N.C. State. 19. Tennessee, Jeffery Simmons, DT, Mississippi State. 20. Denver (from Pittsburgh), Noah Fant, TE, Iowa. 21. Green Bay (from Seattle), Darnell Savage, S, Maryland. 22. Philadelphia (from Baltimore), Andre Dillard, OT, Washington State. 23. Houston, Tytus Howard, OT, Alabama State. 24. Oakland (from Chicago), Josh Jacobs, RB, Alabama. 25. Baltimore (from Philadelphia), Marquise Brown, WR, Oklahoma. 26. Washington (from Indianapolis), Montez Sweat, DE, Mississippi State. 27. Oakland (from Dallas), Johnathan Abram, S, Mississippi State. 28. L.A. Chargers, Jerry Tillery, DT, Notre Dame. 29. Seattle (from Kansas City), L.J. Collier, DE, TCU. 30. N.Y. Giants (from New Orleans through Green Bay and Seattle), Deandre Baker, CB, Georgia. 31. Atlanta (from L.A. Rams), Kaleb McGary, OT, Washington. 32. New England, N’Keal Harry, WR, Arizona State. Source: The Associated Press
The Arizona Cardinals defied NFL custom and at least temporarily created a quarterback quandary by selecting Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray to start proceedings in a wet and wild selection show.
As thousands of fans withstood rain that began just about when league commissioner Roger Goodell spoke Murray’s name, the Cardinals spent a second straight high pick on a signal caller. Arizona moved up from 15th overall to 10th in 2018 to grab Josh Rosen.