Washington Redskins draft history

This is a list of the Washington Redskins NFL Draft selections. The Washington Redskins franchise was founded as the Boston Braves, named after the local baseball franchise. [cite web | work=Washington Redskins' Official Website | url=http://www.redskins.com/team/history-history.jsp#1930 | title=History: History by Decades | accessdate=2008-04-24] The team changed their name to the Redskins in 1933 and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1937. [cite web | work=Sportsecyclopedia | url=http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/washington/redskins.html | title=Washington Redskins (1937-present) | accessdate=2008-04-24]

Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting," which is more commonly known as the NFL Draft. Teams are ranked in inverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, and the second worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion "always" picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser "always" picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades. [cite web|url=http://football.about.com/od/miscinformation/a/detdraftorder.htm| last = Alder | first = James | title = "NFL Draft Basics:Determining Order of Selection" | work = football.about.com | accessdate=2008-04-24]

The Boston Redskins were one of the nine original franchises that participated in the 1936 NFL Draft, which was the first official draft of the National Football League. The first player ever selected in the draft, Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger, chose not to play professional football. Riley Smith, taken second overall by the Redskins, holds the distinction of being the first drafted player to play in the NFL. [cite web | work=Pro Football Hall of Fame official Web site | url=http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1930s.jsp | title=Pro Football Draft History: The 1930s | accessdate=2008-04-24]

Positions

Key

legend2|#FFE6BD|Inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame|border=1px solid #AAAAAA
legend2|#FFCCCC|Inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame|border=1px solid #AAAAAA
legend2|#ddffdd|Voted one of the 70 Greatest Redskins|border=1px solid #AAAAAA [cite web | work=Washington Redskins | url=http://www.redskins.com/team/history-70.jsp | title=History : 70 Greatest Redskins | accessdate=2008-04-30]
legend2|#D0E7FF|Selected to Pro Bowl|border=1px solid #AAAAAA
legend2|#96CDCD|Never played on the Redskins|border=1px solid #AAAAAA

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1990s

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References

ee also

*List of professional football drafts

External links

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*cite web | work=DraftHistory.com | url=http://www.drafthistory.com/years.html | title= Draft by Year | accessdate=2008-04-25
*cite web | work=The Football Database | url=http://www.footballdb.com/draft.html | title=Draft History | accessdate=2008-04-25
*cite web | work=TheHogs.net | url=http://www.thehogs.net/History/draftHistory3.php | title=Draft History: 1936-59 | accessdate=2008-04-25
*cite web | work=TheHogs.net | url=http://www.thehogs.net/History/draftHistory2.php | title=Draft History: 1960-89 | accessdate=2008-04-25
*cite web | work=TheHogs.net | url=http://www.thehogs.net/History/draftHistory.php | title=Draft History: 1990-Present | accessdate=2008-04-25
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*cite web | work=Pro Football Hall of Fame | url=http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/teams.html | title=Hall of Famers by Franchise | accessdate=2008-04-25
*cite web | work=Pro Football Reference | url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/ | title= NFL Draft History and AFL Drafts | accessdate=2008-05-13
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