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1. The first round of the 1995 draft included RBs KiJana Carter and Tyrone Wheatley, but this 2000 yard gainer wasn't taken until the 6th round.
2. It's a bit hard to call a first round pick a steal, but considering he was the 6th QB picked in the 1983 draft, this #27 pick fits the category.
3. QBs Jack Thompson, Phil Simms, and Steve Fuller, all went in the first round of the 1979 draft, but this third round signal caller proved to be really super.
4. In 1976, the Seattle Seahawks made DT Steve Niehaus the franchise's first ever draft pick, but it was this fourth rounder from that draft who would turn out to have legendary hands.
5. The 1974 draft was legendary in the history of the Pittsburgh Steelers, as they drafted four future Hall of Famers, including this fifth round ironman from Univ of Wisconsin.
6. DBs Bruce Taylor and Steve Tanner were taken in the first round of the 1970 draft, but you have to wait until the third round to find this Hall of Fame DB who wore #47.
7. The 1952 draft featured Hall of Famers Ollie Matson & Frank Gifford, but this Hall of Fame DB went undrafted that year, later to be signed by the L.A. Rams.
8. The Green Bay Packers chose Dan Currie with the #3 overall pick in the 1958 draft, but it was in the third round that they selected this Hall of Fame defensive leader.
9. It's safe to say that this DB selected in the ninth round by Houston, made more of an impact in the league than the Patriots' John Charles, the only DB taken in the first round of that same 1967 draft.
10. The first round of the 1996 draft included LB's Kevin Hardy (#2), John Mobley (#15) & Reggie Brown (#17), but this MVP lasted until pick #26.
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