College Quote by Antonio Gates

I had all kinds of different quarterbacks. But we never drafted a first-rounder.

— Jon Gruden

I felt like I was a first-round pick.

— Jordan Clarkson

I was drafted in the sixth round, and nobody thought I would last a season in the NFL.

— Jason Kelce

I definitely would embrace that opportunity to be the No. 1 overall pick, obviously that every quarterback would love to be that. It's no…

— Josh Allen

I wasn't ready to get drafted in the first round.

— Martin Brodeur

I was just hoping I'd be drafted in the first round. So to be able to be the first receiver, that was a big…

— Demaryius Thomas

Being a first-round draft pick means nothing to me without my education.

— Cardale Jones

In the NFL you get one first-round draft pick if you're lucky. You couldn't really outwork anybody else. In college I could recruit ten…

— Nick Saban

You're only a first-round pick for one year.

— Ken Griffey Jr

Even through all those Pro Bowls, at the end of the day, I was always just a seventh-round pick.

— Shannon Sharpe

I'll tell you, people remember every single pick I make against their team, they really do. There's just so much passion in college football,…

— Lee Corso

Once my junior year finished at Florida State, I won the Rhodes Scholarship and I was also projected as a second-round draft pick.

— Myron Rolle