2006 NFL draft

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The 2006 NFL Draft will take place in New York City at Radio City Music Hall on April 29 and April 30 2006, and will be telecast for the 27th consecutive year on ESPN and ESPN2 with an "alternate perspective" coverage on both ESPNU and NFL Network. The selection process will begin at 12:00 PM EDT (16:00 UTC).

Mario Williams signed a contract with the Houston Texans on the evening of April 28, 2006, ensuring that he would become the first pick.

Selection order

Round one

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	School
1	Houston Texans	Mario Williams	Defensive end	North Carolina State
2	New Orleans Saints	Reggie Bush	Running back	Southern California
3	Tennessee Titans	Vince Young	Quarterback	Texas
4	New York Jets	D'Brickashaw Ferguson	Offensive tackle	Virginia
5	Green Bay Packers	A. J. Hawk	Linebacker	Ohio State
6	San Francisco 49ers	Vernon Davis	Tight end	Maryland
7	Oakland Raiders	Michael Huff	Safety	Texas
8	Buffalo Bills	Donte Whitner	Safety	Ohio State
9	Detroit Lions	Ernie Sims	Linebacker	Florida State
10	Arizona Cardinals	Matt Leinart	Quarterback	Southern California
11	Denver Broncos (from St. Louis)	Jay Cutler	Quarterback	Vanderbilt
12	Baltimore Ravens (from Cleveland)	Haloti Ngata	Defensive tackle	Oregon
13	Cleveland Browns (from Baltimore)	Kamerion Wimbley	Defensive end	Florida State
14	Philadelphia Eagles	Brodrick Bunkley	Defensive tackle	Florida State
15	St. Louis Rams (from Atlanta via Denver)	Tye Hill	Cornerback	Clemson
16	Miami Dolphins	Jason Allen	Safety	Tennessee
17	Minnesota Vikings	Chad Greenway	Linebacker	Iowa
18	Dallas Cowboys	Bobby Carpenter	Linebacker	Ohio State
19	San Diego Chargers	Antonio Cromartie	Cornerback	Florida State
20	Kansas City Chiefs	Tamba Hali	Defensive end	Penn State
21	New England Patriots	Laurence Maroney	Running back	Minnesota
22	San Francisco 49ers (from Denver via Washington)	Manny Lawson	Defensive end	North Carolina State
23	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Davin Joseph	Guard	Oklahoma
24	Cincinnati Bengals	Johnathan Joseph	Cornerback	South Carolina
25	Pittsburgh Steelers (from New York Giants)	Santonio Holmes	Wide receiver	Ohio State
26	Buffalo Bills (from Chicago)	John McCargo	Defensive tackle	North Carolina State
27	Carolina Panthers	DeAngelo Williams	Running back	Memphis
28	Jacksonville Jaguars	Marcedes Lewis	Tight end	UCLA
29	New York Jets (from Denver via Atlanta)	Nick Mangold	Center	Ohio State
30	Indianapolis Colts	Joseph Addai	Running back	LSU
31	Seattle Seahawks	Kelly Jennings	Cornerback	Miami (FL)
32	New York Giants (from Pittsburgh)	Mathias Kiwanuka	Defensive end	Boston College

Round two

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	School
33	Houston Texans	DeMeco Ryans	Linebacker	Alabama
34	Cleveland Browns (from New Orleans)	D'Qwell Jackson	Linebacker	Maryland
35	New York Jets
36	Green Bay Packers
37	Denver Broncos (from San Francisco)
38	Oakland Raiders
39	Tennessee Titans
40	Detroit Lions
41	Arizona Cardinals
42	Chicago Bears (from Buffalo)
43	Cleveland Browns
44	Baltimore Ravens
45	Philadelphia Eagles
46	St. Louis Rams
47	Atlanta Falcons
48	Minnesota Vikings
49	Dallas Cowboys
50	San Diego Chargers
51	Minnesota Vikings (from Miami)
52	New England Patriots
53	Washington Redskins
54	Kansas City Chiefs
55	Cincinnati Bengals
56	New York Giants
57	Chicago Bears
58	Carolina Panthers
59	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
60	Jacksonville Jaguars
61	Denver Broncos
62	Indianapolis Colts
63	Seattle Seahawks
64	Pittsburgh Steelers

Round three

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	School
65	Houston Texans
66	Houston Texans (from New Orleans)
67	Green Bay Packers
68	St. Louis Rams (from San Francisco via Denver)
69	Oakland Raiders
70	Buffalo Bills (from Tennessee)
71	New York Jets
72	Arizona Cardinals
73	Chicago Bears (from Buffalo)
74	Detroit Lions
75	New England Patriots (from Baltimore)
76	Philadelphia Eagles
77	St. Louis Rams
78	Cleveland Browns
79	Atlanta Falcons
80	Dallas Cowboys
81	San Diego Chargers
82	Miami Dolphins
83	Minnesota Vikings
84	San Francisco 49ers (from Washington)
85	Kansas City Chiefs
86	New England Patriots
87	New York Giants
88	Carolina Panthers (from Chicago)
89	Carolina Panthers
90	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
91	Cincinnati Bengals
92	Jacksonville Jaguars
93	Atlanta Falcons (from Denver)
94	Indianapolis Colts
95	Minnesota Vikings (from Seattle)
96	New York Giants (from Pittsburgh)
97	New York Jets

Round four

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	School
98	Houston Texans
99	New Orleans Saints
100	San Francisco 49ers
101	Oakland Raiders
102	Tennessee Titans
103	New York Jets
104	Green Bay Packers
105	Buffalo Bills
106	New England Patriots (from Detroit)
107	Arizona Cardinals
108	Philadelphia Eagles
109	St. Louis Rams
110	Cleveland Browns
111	Baltimore Ravens
112	Cleveland Browns (from Atlanta)
113	San Diego Chargers
114	Miami Dolphins
115	Minnesota Vikings
116	Philadelphia Eagles (from Dallas)
117	New York Jets (from Kansas City)
118	New England Patriots
119	Denver Broncos (from Washington)
120	Chicago Bears
121	Carolina Panthers
122	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
123	Cincinnati Bengals
124	New York Giants
125	Jacksonville Jaguars
126	Denver Broncos
127	Philadelphia Eagles (from Indianapolis)
128	Seattle Seahawks
129	New York Giants (from Pittsburgh)
130	Denver Broncos
131	Pittsburgh Steelers
132	Baltimore Ravens
133	Pittsburgh Steelers

Round five

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	School
134	Buffalo Bills (from Houston)
135	New Orleans Saints
136	New England Patriots (from Oakland)
137	Tennessee Titans
138	New York Jets
139	Green Bay Packers
140	San Francisco 49ers
141	Detroit Lions
142	Arizona Cardinals
143	Buffalo Bills
144	St. Louis Rams
145	Cleveland Browns
146	Baltimore Ravens
147	Philadelphia Eagles
148	Atlanta Falcons
	Miami Dolphins
149	Minnesota Vikings
150	Dallas Cowboys
151	San Diego Chargers
152	Cleveland Browns (from New England)
153	Washington Redskins
154	Kansas City Chiefs
155	Carolina Panthers
156	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
157	Cincinnati Bengals
158	New York Giants
159	Chicago Bears
160	Jacksonville Jaguars
161	Denver Broncos
162	Indianapolis Colts
163	Seattle Seahawks
164	Pittsburgh Steelers
165	Green Bay Packers
166	Baltimore Ravens
167	Pittsburgh Steelers
168	Philadelphia Eagles
169	Tennessee Titans

Round six

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	School
170	Houston Texans
171	New Orleans Saints
172	Tennessee Titans
173	Washington Redskins (from New York Jets)
174	New Orleans Saints (from Green Bay)
175	San Francisco 49ers
176	Oakland Raiders
177	Arizona Cardinals
178	Buffalo Bills
179	Detroit Lions
180	Cleveland Browns
181	Cleveland Browns (from Baltimore)
182	Dallas Cowboys (from Philadelphia)
183	St. Louis Rams
184	Atlanta Falcons
185	Minnesota Vikings
186	Kansas City Chiefs (from Dallas)
187	San Diego Chargers
188	San Diego Chargers (from Miami)
189	Washington Redskins
190	Kansas City Chiefs
191	New England Patriots
192	San Francisco 49ers (from Tampa Bay)
193	Cincinnati Bengals
194	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from New York Giants)
195	Chicago Bears
196	Washington Redskins (from Carolina)
197	Jacksonville Jaguars
198	Denver Broncos
199	Indianapolis Colts
200	Chicago Bears (from Seattle)
201	Pittsburgh Steelers
202	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
203	Baltimore Ravens
204	Philadelphia Eagles
205	New England Patriots
206	New England Patriots
207	Indianapolis Colts
208	Baltimore Ravens

Round seven

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	School
209	Cincinnati Bengals (from Houston)
210	New Orleans Saints
211	New York Jets
212	Miami Dolphins (from Green Bay)
213	San Francisco 49ers
214	Oakland Raiders
215	Tennessee Titans
216	Buffalo Bills
217	Detroit Lions
218	Arizona Cardinals
219	Baltimore Ravens
220	Philadelphia Eagles
221	St. Louis Rams
222	Cleveland Browns
223	Atlanta Falcons
224	Dallas Cowboys
225	San Diego Chargers
226	Miami Dolphins
227	San Diego Chargers (from Minnesota)
228	Kansas City Chiefs
229	New England Patriots
230	Washington Redskins
231	Cincinnati Bengals
232	New York Giants
233	Miami Dolphins (from Chicago)
234	Carolina Panthers
235	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
236	San Francisco 49ers (from Jacksonville)
237	Carolina Panthers (from Denver)
238	Tennessee Titans (from Indianapolis)
239	Seattle Seahawks
240	Pittsburgh Steelers
241	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
242	St. Louis Rams
243	St. Louis Rams
244	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
245	Tennessee Titans
246	Tennessee Titans
247	Detroit Lions
248	Buffalo Bills
249	Seattle Seahawks
250	Washington Redskins
251	Houston Texans
252	New Orleans Saints
253	Green Bay Packers
254	San Francisco 49ers
255	Oakland Raiders

= compensatory selection

= supplemental compensatory selection

Eligible players

Further information: List of players eligible for the 2006 NFL Draft

External links

• Official NFL Draft site
• Official NFL Draft order from NFL.com
• ESPN first round draft order with tiebreaks