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NFL Draft: How’d Your Team Do?

May 7, 2015 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

You get the last 25-years of first-round picks and their bust rates courtesy of NFL analyst Brad Gagnon. This isn’t the final word on your team’s first-round pick(s) by any means. But it does provide the risk of drafting certain positions over the last 25-years. As you can see RBs and QBs top the list. We’ll find out the truth for this year’s class soon enough.  

Bust rates among first-round picks, 25-year sample:

draft busts

 

Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

First round results:

1 Buccaneers Jameis Winston QB
2 Titans Marcus Mariota QB
3 Jaguars Dante Fowler, Jr. OLB
4 Raiders Amari Cooper WR
5 Redskins Brandon Scherff OG
6 Jets Leonard Williams DE
7 Bears Kevin White WR
8 Falcons Vic Beasley OLB
9 Giants Ereck Flowers OG
10 Rams Todd Gurley RB
11 Vikings Trae Waynes CB
12 Browns Danny Shelton NT
13 Saints Andrus Peat OT
14 Dolphins DeVante Parker WR
15 Chargers Melvin Gordon RB
16 Texans Kevin Johnson CB
17 49ers Arik Armstead DT
18 Chiefs Marcus Peters CB
19 Browns Cameron Erving C
20 Eagles Nelson Agholor WR
21 Bengals Cedric Ogbuehi OT
22 Steelers Bud Dupree OLB
23 Broncos Shane Ray DE
24 Cardinals D.J. Humphries OT
25 Panthers Shaq Thompson OLB
26 Ravens Breshad Perriman WR
27 Cowboys Byron Jones CB
28 Lions Laken Tomlinson OG
29 Colts Phillip Dorsett WR
30 Packers Damarious Randall FS
31 Saints Stephone Anthony ILB
32 Patriots Malcom Brown DT

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E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zildjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West (RIP JB) and Paris.

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