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2007 NFL draft

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The 2007 NFL Draft will take place in New York City on April 28 and April 29 2007. The draft will be televised for the 28th consecutive year on ESPN and ESPN2. The venue for the event has yet to be determined.

Current first round draft order

Based on ESPN.com's draft order
Teams in blue are still active in the 2006 NFL Playoffs; the numbers listed are accurate as of the end of the Divisional round.
Pick # Team 2006 record 2006 strength of schedule
1 Oakland Raiders 2-14 .555
2 Detroit Lions 3-13 .523
3–4* Cleveland Browns 4-12 .535
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4-12 .535
5 Arizona Cardinals 5-11 .500
6 Washington Redskins 5-11 .512
7 Minnesota Vikings 6-10 .488
8 Houston Texans 6-10 .500
9 Miami Dolphins 6-10 .543
10 Atlanta Falcons 7-9 .457
11 San Francisco 49ers 7-9 .500
12 Buffalo Bills 7-9 .574
13 St. Louis Rams 8-8 .465
14 Carolina Panthers 8-8 .473
15 Pittsburgh Steelers 8-8 .496
16 Green Bay Packers 8-8 .500
17 Jacksonville Jaguars 8-8 .531
18 Cincinnati Bengals 8-8 .535
19 Tennessee Titans 8-8 .570
20 New York Giants 8-8 .520
21 Denver Broncos 9-7 .531
22 Dallas Cowboys 9-7 .457
23 Kansas City Chiefs 9-7 .492
24 New England Patriots (from Seattle Seahawks) 9-7 .453
25 New York Jets 10-6 .469
26 Philadelphia Eagles 10-6 .477
27 New Orleans Saints 10-6 .461
28 New England Patriots 12-4 .496
29 Baltimore Ravens 13-3 .461
30 San Diego Chargers 14-2 .457
31–32** Indianapolis Colts 12-4 .500
Chicago Bears 13-3 .430
* Cleveland and Tampa Bay have the same records and schedule strength. A coin flip after Super Bowl XLI will determine their pick order.[1]

** The winner of Super Bowl XLI will pick 32nd, while the loser will pick 31st.

Traded picks

Round Pick # Team receiving pick Team giving up pick Reason
1 24 New England Seattle Traded for Deion Branch
2 New York Jets Washington Traded for 35th pick in 2006 NFL Draft (used to select Rocky McIntosh)
2 Tampa Bay Indianapolis Traded for Anthony McFarland
3 N/A Cincinnati Used in Supplemental Draft to select Ahmad Brooks
3 Denver Washington (via Atlanta) Atlanta acquired the pick for T.J. Duckett, and traded it to Denver for Ashley Lelie
3/4 New Orleans Philadelphia Traded for Donte Stallworth (conditional pick: drops to 4th if not re-signed for 2007)
4 Atlanta Denver Acquired during 2006 NFL Draft
4 New Orleans Kansas City Traded for Michael Bennett
4 San Francisco New York Jets Traded for Kevan Barlow (conditional pick)
4 San Francisco Washington Traded for Brandon Lloyd
4 Tennessee Baltimore Traded for Steve McNair
5 St. Louis Buffalo Traded for Anthony Hargrove
5 Oakland New England Traded for Doug Gabriel
6 Detroit Miami Traded for Joey Harrington (conditional)
6 Kansas City Dallas Traded for Scott Fujita
6 Tennessee Indianapolis Traded for 238th pick in 2006 NFL Draft (used to select T. J. Rushing
6 Tennessee San Diego Traded for Billy Volek (conditional)
7 Green Bay NY Jets Traded for Steve Morley
7 Cleveland San Francisco Traded (with Ken Dorsey) for Trent Dilfer
7 Dallas NY Jets Traded for Sean Ryan
7 NY Jets Detroit Traded for Jon McGraw
7 Dallas New Orleans Traded for Scott Shanle
7 New England Arizona Traded for Brandon Gorin (conditional)
7 Chicago Cleveland Traded for Lenny Friedman
Unkn Indianapolis Baltimore Traded for Gerome Sapp (conditional)
Unkn Baltimore Indianapolis Traded for Ryan LaCasse
Unkn Cincinnati St. Louis Traded for Dave Ragone (conditional)
Unkn Cincinnati St. Louis Traded for Dave Ragone (conditional)
Unkn Oakland NY Jets Traded for Bobby Hamilton
Unkn NY Jets Tampa Bay Traded for Doug Jolley
Unkn NY Jets Minnesota Traded for Brooks Bollinger
Unkn New Orleans Atlanta Traded for Wayne Gandy

ESPN.com's Top Draft Prospects

Listing includes top senior prospects at all major positions along with a handful of underclassmen who are draft eligible and are projected to be selected in the draft, should they declare.

Underclassmen are marked with a *.

Players are listed in no particular order.

Quarterback Prospects

Running Back

Fullback

Wide receivers

One highly-rated wide receiver prospect, Jeff Samardzija of Notre Dame, chose not to pursue an NFL career, signing a contract to pitch in the Chicago Cubs organization.

Tight ends

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Chace Pittman - LSU

Defensive Backs

Kickers

Punters

See Also

References