The 2014 NFL Draft is now complete, and there was certainly no shortage of storylines out of the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Here are the NFL Draft results.
Jadeveon Clowney went to the Houston Texans on Thursday night with the No. 1 overall pick. The Rams selected offensive tackle Greg Robinson with the No. 2 pick. The Jaguars then surprised many, taking UCF quarterback Blake Bortles at No. 3. Many liked Bortles, but very few thought he was worthy of a top-five selection. The Bills traded up to land talented wide receiver Sammy Watkins with the fourth pick, and the Raiders added a potential game-changing linebacker with Khalil Mack at five.
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Johnny Manziel sliding in the first round stole the show on Thursday night. There was even a photoshop of Manziel drinking beer in the green room. Finally, the Browns swooped in and added Johnny Football with the 22nd pick. Once he finally heard his name called, Manziel bought a $2,000 round of drinks for his friends and fans back home at a Texas A&M bar.
It was not a kind year to running backs. For the first time in draft history, no tailback was taken in the top-40. The Tennessee Titans finally broke the streak when they selected Washington Huskies star Bishop Sankey with the No. 54 pick. Jeremy Hill of LSU and Carlos Hyde of Ohio State were the only other running backs taken in the first two rounds.
With the 249th pick of the draft, the St. Louis Rams selected Michael Sam, the SEC Defensive Player of the Year and a consensus All-American. Sam is the first openly-gay player to be drafted in the NFL.
Here is a full recap of the 2014 NFL Draft, from picks one through 256.
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | School |
| 1 | Houston Texans | Jadeveon Clowney | DE | South Carolina |
| 2 | St. Louis Rams | Greg Robinson | OT | Auburn |
| 3 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Blake Bortles | QB | UCF |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Sammy Watkins | WR | Clemson |
| 5 | Oakland Raiders | Khalil Mack | OLB | Buffalo |
| 6 | Atlanta Falcons | Jake Matthews | OT | Texas A&M |
| 7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Mike Evans | WR | Texas A&M |
| 8 | Cleveland Browns | Justin Gilbert | CB | Oklahoma State |
| 9 | Minnesota Vikings | Anthony Barr | OLB | UCLA |
| 10 | Detroit Lions | Eric Ebron | TE | North Carolina |
| 11 | Tennessee Titans | Taylor Lewan | OT | Michigan |
| 12 | New York Giants | Odell Beckham Jr. | WR | LSU |
| 13 | St. Louis Rams | Aaron Donald | DT | Pittsburgh |
| 14 | Chicago Bears | Kyle Fuller | CB | Virginia Tech |
| 15 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ryan Shazier | OLB | Ohio State |
| 16 | Dallas Cowboys | Zack Martin | OL | Notre Dame |
| 17 | Baltimore Ravens | C.J. Mosley | ILB | Alabama |
| 18 | New York Jets | Calvin Pryor | S | Louisville |
| 19 | Miami Dolphins | Ja'wuan James | OT | Tennessee |
| 20 | New Orleans Saints | Brandin Cooks | WR | Oregon State |
| 21 | Green Bay Packers | Ha Ha Clinton-Dix | S | Alabama |
| 22 | Cleveland Browns | Johnny Manziel | QB | Texas A&M |
| 23 | Kansas City Chiefs | Dee Ford | DE | Auburn |
| 24 | Cincinnati Bengals | Darqueze Dennard | CB | Michigan State |
| 25 | San Diego Chargers | Jason Verrett | CB | TCU |
| 26 | Philadelphia Eagles | Marcus Smith | OLB | Louisville |
| 27 | Arizona Cardinals | Deone Bucannon | S | Washington State |
| 28 | Carolina Panthers | Kelvin Benjamin | WR | Florida State |
| 29 | New England Patriots | Dominique Easley | DT | Florida |
| 30 | San Francisco 49ers | Jimmie Ward | S | Northern Illinois |
| 31 | Denver Broncos | Bradley Roby | CB | Ohio State |
| 32 | Minnesota Vikings | Teddy Bridgewater | QB | Louisville |
Round 2
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | School |
| 33 | Houston Texans | Xavier Su'a-Filo | OG | UCLA |
| 34 | Dallas Cowboys | Demarcus Lawrence | DE | Boise St. |
| 35 | Cleveland Browns | Joel Bitonio | OT | Nevada |
| 36 | Oakland Raiders | Derek Carr | QB | Fresno St. |
| 37 | Atlanta Falcons | Ra'Shede Hageman | DT | Minnesota |
| 38 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Austin Seferian-Jenkins | TE | Washington |
| 39 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Marqise Lee | WR | USC |
| 40 | Detroit Lions | Kyle Van Noy | OLB | BYU |
| 41 | St. Louis Rams | Lamarcus Joyner | CB | Florida St. |
| 42 | Philadelphia Eagles | Jordan Matthews | WR | Vanderbilt |
| 43 | New York Giants | Weston Richburg | C | Colorado St. |
| 44 | Buffalo Bills | Cyrus Kouandjio | OT | Alabama |
| 45 | Seattle Seahawks | Paul Richardson | WR | Colorado |
| 46 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Stephon Tuitt | DE | Notre Dame |
| 47 | Washington Redskins | Trent Murphy | OLB | Stanford |
| 48 | Baltimore Ravens | Timmy Jernigan | NT | Florida St. |
| 49 | New York Jets | Jace Amaro | TE | Texas Tech |
| 50 | San Diego Chargers | Jeremiah Attaochu | OLB | Georgia Tech |
| 51 | Chicago Bears | Ego Ferguson | DT | LSU |
| 52 | Arizona Cardinals | Troy Niklas | TE | Notre Dame |
| 53 | Green Bay Packers | Davante Adams | WR | Fresno St. |
| 54 | Tennessee Titans | Bishop Sankey | RB | Washington |
| 55 | Cincinnati Bengals | Jeremy Hill | RB | LSU |
| 56 | Denver Broncos | Cody Latimer | WR | Indiana |
| 57 | San Francisco 49ers | Carlos Hyde | RB | Ohio St. |
| 58 | New Orleans Saints | Stanley Jean-Baptiste | CB | Nebraska |
| 59 | Indianapolis Colts | Jack Mewhort | OT | Ohio St. |
| 60 | Carolina Panthers | Kony Ealy | DE | Missouri |
| 61 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Allen Robinson | WR | Penn St. |
| 62 | New England Patriots | Jimmy Garoppolo | QB | Eastern Illinois |
| 63 | Miami Dolphins | Jarvis Landry | WR | LSU |
| 64 | Seattle Seahawks | Justin Britt | OT | Missouri |
Round 3
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | School |
| 1. (65) | Houston Texans | C.J. Fiedorowicz | TE | Iowa |
| 2. (66) | Washington Redskins | Morgan Moses | OT | Virginia |
| 3. (67) | Miami Dolphins (from Oakland) | Billy Turner | OT | North Dakota State |
| 4. (68) | Atlanta Falcons | Dezmen Southward | S | Wisconsin |
| 5. (69) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Charles Sims | RB | West Virginia |
| 6. (70) | San Francisco 49ers (from Jacksonville) | Marcus Martin | C | USC |
| 7. (71) | Cleveland Browns | Christian Kirksey | OLB | Iowa |
| 8. (72) | Minnesota Vikings | Scott Crichton | DE | Oregon State |
| 9. (73) | Buffalo Bills | Preston Brown | LB | Louisville |
| 10. (74) | New York Giants | Jay Bromley | DT | Syracuse |
| 11. (75) | St. Louis Rams | Tre Mason | RB |
Auburn |
| 12. (76) | Detroit Lions | Travis Swanson | C | Arkansas |
| 13. (77) | San Francisco 49ers (from Tennessee) | Chris Borland | LB | Wisconsin |
| 14. (78) | Washington Redskins (from Dallas) | Spencer Long | OG | Nebraska |
| 15. (79) | Baltimore Ravens | Terrence Brooks | S | Florida State |
| 16. (80) | New York Jets | Dexter McDougle | CB | Maryland |
| 17. (81) | Oakland Raiders (from Miami) | Gabe Jackson | G | Mississippi State |
| 18. (82) | Chicago Bears | Will Sutton | DT | Arizona State |
| 19. (83) | Houston Texans (from Pittsburgh; originally Cleveland, Philadelphia) | Louis Nix | DT | Notre Dame |
| 20. (84) | Arizona Cardinals | Kareem Martin | DE | North Carolina |
| 21. (85) | Green Bay Packers | Khyri Thornton | DT | Southern Miss |
| 22. (86) | Philadelphia Eagles | Josh Huff | WR | Oregon |
| 23. (87) | Kansas City Chiefs | Phillip Gaines | CB | Rice |
| 24. (88) | Cincinnati Bengals | Will Clarke | DE | West Virgina |
| 25. (89) | San Diego Chargers | Chris Watt | OL | Notre Dame |
| 26. (90) | Indianapolis Colts | Donte Moncrief | WR | Ole Miss |
| 27. (91) | Arizona Cardinals (from New Orleans) | John Brown | WR | Pittsburg State |
| 28. (92) | Carolina Panthers | Trai Turner | OG | LSU |
| 29. (93) | New England Patriots | Brandon Linder | OG | Miami |
| 30. (94) | Cleveland Browns (from San Francisco) | Terrance West | RB | Towson |
| 31. (95) | Denver Broncos | Michael Schofield | OT | Michigan |
| 32. (96) | Minnesota Vikings (from Seattle) | Jerick McKinnon | RB | Georgia Southern |
| 33. (97) | Pittsburgh Steelers (compensatory) | Dri Archer | RB | Kent State |
| 34. (98) | Green Bay Packers (compensatory) | Richard Rodgers | TE | California |
| 35. (99) | Baltimore Ravens (compensatory) | Crockett Gilmore | TE | Colorado State |
| 36. (100) | San Francisco 49ers (compensatory) | Brandon Thomas | OT | Clemson |
Round 4
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | School |
| 101 | Philadelphia Eagles | Jaylen Watkins | CB | Florida |
| 102 | Washington Redskins | Bashaud Breeland | CB | Clemson |
| 103 | Atlanta Falcons | Devonta Feeman | RB | Florida State |
| 104 | New York Jets | Jalen Saunders | WR | Oklahoma |
| 105 | New England Patriots | Bryan Stork | C | Florida State |
| 106 | San Francisco 49ers | Bruce Ellington | WR | South Carolina |
| 107 | Oakland Raiders | Justin Ellis | DT | Louisiana Tech |
| 108 | Seattle Seahawks | Cassius Marsh | DE | UCLA |
| 109 | Buffalo Bills | Ross Cockrell | CB | Duke |
| 110 | St. Louis Rams | Maurice Alexander | S | Utah State |
| 111 | Cincinnati Bengals | Russell Bodine | C | UNC |
| 112 | Tennessee Titans | Daquan Jones | DT | Penn State |
| 113 | New York Giants | Andre Williams | RB | Boston College |
| 114 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Aaron Colvin | CB | Oklahoma |
| 115 | New York Jets | Shaquelle Evans | WR | UCLA |
| 116 | Oakland Raiders | Keith McGill | CB | Utah |
| 117 | Chicago Bears | Ka'Deem Carey | RB | Arizona |
| 118 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Martavis Bryant | WR | Clemson |
| 119 | Dallas Cowboys | Anthony Hitchens | OLB | Iowa |
| 120 | Arizona Cardinals | Logan Thomas | QB | Virginia Tech |
| 121 | Green Bay | Carl Bradford | OLB | Arizona State |
| 122 | Tennessee Titans | Marqueston Huff | CB | Wyoming |
| 123 | Seattle Seahawks | Kevin Norwood | WR | Alabama |
| 124 | Kansas City Chiefs | De'Anthony Thomas | RB | Oregon |
| 125 | Miami Dolphins | Walt Aikens | CB | Liberty |
| 126 | New Orleans Saints | Khairi Fortt | OLB | California |
| 127 | Cleveland Browns | Pierre Desir | CB | Lindenwood |
| 128 | Carolina Panthers | Tre Boston | S | UNC |
| 129 | San Francisco 49ers | Dontae Johnson | CB | NC State |
| 130 | New England | James White | RB | Wisconsin |
| 131 | Chicago Bears | Brock Vereen | S | Minnesota |
| 132 | Seattle Seahawks | Kevin Pierre-Louis | OLB | Boston College |
| 133 | Detroit Lions (compensatory) | Nevin Lawson | CB | Utah State |
| 134 | Baltimore Ravens (compensatory) | Brent Urban | DE | Virginia |
| 135 | Houston Texans (compensatory) | Tom Savage | QB | Pittsburgh |
| 136 | Detroit Lions (compensatory) | Larry Webster | DE | Bloomsburg |
| 137 | New York Jets (compensatory) | Dakota Dozier | OT | Furman |
| 138 | Baltimore Ravens (compensatory) | Lorenzo Taliaferro | RB | Coastal Carolina |
| 139 | Atlanta Falcons (compensatory) | Prince Shembo | OLB | Notre Dame |
| 140 | New England Patriots (compensatory) | Cameron Fleming | OT | Stanford |
Round 5
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | School |
| 141 | Philadelphia Eagles | Taylor Hart | DE | Oregon |
| 142 | Washington Redskins | Ryan Grant | WR | Tulane |
| 143 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Kadeem Edwards | OG | Tennessee |
| 144 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Telvin Smith | ILB | Florida State |
| 145 | Minnesota Vikings | David Yankey | OG | Stanford |
| 146 | Dallas Cowboys | Delvin Street | WR | Pittsburgh |
| 147 | Atlanta Falcons | Ricardo Allen | CB | Purdue |
| 148 | Carolina Panthers | Bené Benwikere | CB | San Jose State |
| 149 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Kevin Pamphile | OT | Purdue |
| 150 | San Francisco 49ers | Aaron Lynch | DE | South Florida |
| 151 | Tennessee Titans | Avery Williamsom | ILB | Kentucky |
| 152 | New York Giants | Nat Berhe | SS | San Diego State |
| 153 | Buffalo Bills | Cyril Richardson | OG | Baylor |
| 154 | New York Jets | Jeremiah George | ILB | Iowa State |
| 155 | Miami Dolphins | Arthur Lynch | TE | Georgia |
| 156 | Denver Broncos | Lamin Barrow | OLB | LSU |
| 157 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Shaquille Richardson | CB | Arizona |
| 158 | Detroit Lions | Caraun Reid | DT | Princeton |
| 159 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Chris Smith | DE | Arkansas |
| 160 | Arizona Cardinals | Ed Stinson | DE | Alabama |
| 161 | Green Bay Packers | Corey Linsley | C | Ohio State |
| 162 | Philadelphia Eagles | Ed Reynolds | FS | Stanford |
| 163 | Kansas City Chiefs | Aaron Murray | QB | Georgia |
| 164 | Cincinnati Bengals | A.J. McCarron | QB | Alabama |
| 165 | San Diego Chargers | Ryan Carrethers | NT | Arkansas State |
| 166 | Indianapolis Colts | Jonathan Newsome | DE | Ball State |
| 167 | New Orleans Saints | Vinnie Sunseri | SS | Alabama |
| 168 | Atlanta Falcons | Marquis Spruill | ILB | Syracuse |
| 169 | New Orleans Saints | Ronald Powell | OLB | Florida |
| 170 | San Francisco 49ers | Keith Reaser | CB | Florida Atlantic |
| 171 | Miami Dolphins | Jordan Tripp | OLB | Montana |
| 172 | Seattle Seahawks | Jimmy Staten | DT | Middle Tennessee State |
| 173 | Pittsburgh Steelers (compensatory) | Wesley Johnson | OT | Vanderbilt |
| 174 | New York Giants (compensatory) | Devon Kennard | OLB | USC |
| 175 | Baltimore Ravens (compensatory) | John Urschel | OG | Penn State |
| 176 | Green Bay Packers (compensatory) | Jared Abbrederis | WR | Wisconsin |
Round 6
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | School |
| 177 | Houston Texans | Jeoffrey Pagan | DE | Alabama |
| 178 | Tennessee Titans | Zach Mettenberger | QB | LSU |
| 179 | New England Patriots | Jon Halapio | G | Florida |
| 180 | San Francisco 49ers | Kenneth Acker | CB | SMU |
| 181 | Houston Texans | Alfred Blue | RB | LSU |
| 182 | Minnesota Vikings | Antone Exum | CB | Virginia Tech |
| 183 | Chicago Bears | David Fales | QB | San Jose State |
| 184 | Minnesota Vikings | Kendall James | CB | Maine |
| 185 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Robert Herron | WR | Wyoming |
| 186 | Washington Redskins | Lache Seastrunk | RB | Baylor |
| 187 | New York Giants | Bennett Jackson | CB | Notre Dame |
| 188 | St. Louis Rams | E.J. Gaines | CB | Missouri |
| 189 | Detroit Lions | T.J. Jones | WR | Notre Dame |
| 190 | Miami Dolphins | Matt Hazel | WR | Coastal Carolina |
| 191 | Chicago Bears | Pat O'Donnell | P | Miami |
| 192 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jordan Zumwalt | ILB | UCLA |
| 193 | Kansas City Chiefs | Zach Fulton | G | Tennessee |
| 194 | Baltimore Ravens | Keith Wenning | QB | Ball State |
| 195 | New York Jets | Brandon Dixon | CB | Northwest Missouri State |
| 196 | Arizona Cardinals | Walt Powell | WR | Murray State |
| 197 | Green Bay Packers | Demetri Goodson | CB | Baylor |
| 198 | New England Patriots | Zach Moore | DE | Concordia (MN) |
| 199 | Seattle Seahawks | Garrett Scott | OL | Marshall |
| 200 | Kansas City Chiefs | Laurent Tardif-Duvernay | OT | McGill (Canada) |
| 201 | San Diego Chargers | Marion Grice | RB | Arizona State |
| 202 | New Orleans Saints | Tavon Rooks | OT | Kansas State |
| 203 | Indianapolis Colts | Andrew Jackson | ILB | Western Kentucky |
| 204 | Carolina Panthers | Tyler Gaffney | RB | Stanford |
| 205 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Luke Bowanko | C | Virginia |
| 206 | New England Patriots | Jemea Thomas | CB | Georgia Tech |
| 207 | Denver Broncos | Matthew Paradis | C | Boise State |
| 208 | Seattle Seahawks | Eric Pinkins | S | San Diego State |
| 209 | New York Jets | Quincy Enunwa | WR | Nebraska |
| 210 | New York Jets | IK Enemkpali | DE | Louisiana Tech |
| 211 | Houston Texans | Jay Prosch | FB | Auburn |
| 212 | Cincinnati Bengals | Marquis Flowers | OLB | Arizona |
| 213 | New York Jets | Tajh Boyd | QB | Clemson |
| 214 | St. Louis Rams | Garrrett Gilbert | QB | SMU |
| 215 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Daniel McCullers | DT | Tennessee |
Round 7
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | School |
| 216 | Houston Texans | Andre Hal | CB | Vanderbilt |
| 217 | Washington Redskins | Ted Bolser | TE | Indiana |
| 218 | Baltimore Ravens | Mike Campanaro | WR | Wake Forest |
| 219 | Oakland Raiders | Travis Carrie | CB | Ohio |
| 220 | Minnesota Vikings | Shamar Stephen | DT | Connecticut |
| 221 | Buffalo Bills | Randell Johnson | OLB | Florida Atlantic |
| 222 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Storm Johnson | RB | Central Florida |
| 223 | Minnesota Vikings | Brandon Watts | OLB | Georgia Tech |
| 224 | Philadelphia Eagles | Beau Allen | DT | Wisconsin |
| 225 | Minnesota Vikings | Jabari Price | CB | North Carolina |
| 226 | St. Louis Rams | Mitchell Van Dyk | OT | Portland St. |
| 227 | Seattle Seahawks | Kiero Small | RB | Arkansas |
| 228 | Washington Redskins | Zach Hocker | K | Arkansas |
| 229 | Detroit Lions | Nate Freese | K | Boston College |
| 230 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Rob Blanchflower | TE | Massachusetts |
| 231 | Dallas Cowboys | Ben Gardner | DE | Stanford |
| 232 | Indianapolis Colts | John Ulrick | OT | Georgia St. |
| 233 | New York Jets | Trevor Reilly | OLB | Utah |
| 234 | Miami Dolphins | Terrence Fede | DE | Marist |
| 235 | Oakland Raiders | Shelby Harris | DE | Illinois St. |
| 236 | Green Bay Packers | Jeff Janis | WR | Saginaw Valley St. |
| 237 | Buffalo Bills | Seantrel Henderson | OT | Miami |
| 238 | Dallas Cowboys | Will Smith | OLB | Texas Tech |
| 239 | Cincinnati Bengals | James Wright | WR | LSU |
| 240 | San Diego Chargers | Tevin Reese | WR | Baylor |
| 241 | St. Louis Rams | C.B. Bryant | S | Ohio St. |
| 242 | Denver Broncos | Corey Nelson | OLB | Oklahoma |
| 243 | San Francisco 49ers | Kaleb Ramsey | DE | Boston College |
| 244 | New England Patriots | Jeremy Gallon | WR | Michigan |
| 245 | San Francisco 49ers | Trey Millard | FB | Oklahoma |
| 246 | Chicago Bears | Charles Leno Jr. | OT | Boise St. |
| 247 | Oakland Raiders | Jonathan Dowling | S | Western Kentucky |
| 248 | Dallas Cowboys | Ahmad Dixon | S | Baylor |
| 249 | St. Louis Rams | Michael Sam | DE | Missouri |
| 250 | St. Louis Rams | Demetrius Rhaney | C | Tennessee St. |
| 251 | Dallas Cowboys | Ken Bishop | DT | Northern Illinois |
| 252 | Cincinnati Bengals | Lavelle Westbrooks | CB | Georgia Southern |
| 253 | Atlanta Falcons | Yawin Smallwood | OLB | Connecticut |
| 254 | Dallas Cowboys | Terrance Mitchell | CB | Oregon |
| 255 | Atlanta Falcons | Tyler Starr | OLB | South Dakota |
| 256 | Houston Texans | Lonnie Ballentine | S | Memphis |