Five consecutive defensive players were taken to open the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft on a wonky night one in Sin City. A.J. Brown got traded, Hollywood Brown got traded, and Mitchell Trubsiky got Mike Glennon’d. What a first night in Vegas!
1) Jacksonville — EDGE – Travon Walker, Georgia
2) Detroit — EDGE – Aidan Hutchison, Michigan
3) Houston — CB – Derek Stingley Jr., LSU
4) NY Jets — CB – Ahmad Gardner, Cincinnati
5) NY Giants — EDGE – Kayvon Thibodeaux, Oregon
6) Carolina — OT – Ikem Ekwonu, NC State
7) NY Giants (via Bears) — OT – Evan Neal, Alabama
8) Atlanta — WR – Drake London, USC
9) Seattle (via Denver) — OT – Charles Cross, Mississippi State
10) NY Jets — WR – Garrett Wilson, Ohio State
11) New Orleans (via Washington) — WR – Chris Olave, Ohio State
12) Detroit (via Minnesota) — WR – Jameson Williams, Alabama
13) Philadelphia (via Houston) — DT – Jordan Davis, Georgia
14) Baltimore — S – Kyle Hamilton, Notre Dame
15) Houston (via Philadelphia) — G – Kenyon Green, Texas A&M
16) Washington (via Indianapolis) — WR – Jahan Dotson, Penn State
17) LA Chargers — OL – Zion Johnson, Boston College
18) Tennessee (via Philadelphia) — WR – Treylon Burks, Arkansas
19) New Orleans (via Philadelphia) — OT – Trevor Penning, Northern Iowa
20) Pittsburgh — QB – Kenny Pickett, Pitt
21) Kansas City (via New England) — CB – Trent McDuffie, Washington
22) Green Bay (via Las Vegas) — LB – Quay Walker, Georgia
23) Buffalo (via Arizona) — CB – Kaiir Elam, Flordia
24) Dallas — OT – Tyler Smith, Tulsa
25) Baltimore (via Buffalo) — OL – Tyler Linderbaum, Iowa
26) NY Jets (via Tennessee) — DE – Jermaine Johnson, Florida State
27) Jacksonville (via Tampa Bay) — LB – Devin Lloyd, Utah
28) Green Bay — DT – Devonte Wyatt, Georgia
29) New England (via Kansas City) — G – Cole Strange, Chattanooga
30) Kansas City — EDGE – George Karlaftis, Purdue
31) Cincinnati — S – Daxton Hill, Michigan
32) Minnesota (via LA Rams) — S – Lewis Cine, Georgia