The NFL's 81st annual draft has kicked off and the nation's elite college football players continue to nervously wait to find out if and where they will be drafted.
The draft will include 253 picks over seven rounds. In the first round, Jared Goff of California, the No. 1 overall pick selected by the Los Angeles Rams and Carson Wentz of North Dakota State, selected by the Philadelphia Eagles, rounded out the two top picks in this year's draft.
Many No. 1 picks never reach the lofty expectations that come along with being chosen first among the best of the best. In fact, of the richest NFL players of all time, only two were No. 1 draft picks. The other five include Brett Favre (pick 33 in 1991), Tom Brady (pick 199 in 2000), John Madden (pick 244 in 1958), Roger Staubach (pick 129 in 1964) and Jerry Richardson (pick 154 in 1958).
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