Baylor Duo

Heisman Trophy winner and consensus first-team All American QB ROBERT GRIFFIN III should have his name called early on Thursday night. Griffin would become the first Baylor quarterback selected in the first round since 1967.

Griffin’s college teammate WR KENDALL WRIGHT also hopes to have his name called in Round 1. If both players are selected in the first round, it would mark the second consecutive year Baylor would have two players selected on opening night. In 2011, PHIL TAYLOR (No. 21 overall, Cleveland) and DANNY WATKINS (No. 23, Philadelphia) became the first pair of Baylor players to be selected in Round 1 of an NFL Draft.

Baylor has had eight first-round picks since the inception of the common draft in 1967.

BAYLOR PLAYERS SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND (Since 1967)

YEAR	PLAYER	POSITION	TEAM	OVERALL SELECTION
1977	Gary Green	DB	Kansas City	10
1979	Greg Hawthorne	RB	Pittsburgh	28
1982	Walter Abercrombie	RB	Pittsburgh	12
1990	James Francis	LB	Cincinnati	12
1996	Daryl Gardener	DT	Miami	20
2009	Jason Smith	T	St. Louis	2
2011	Phil Taylor	DT	Cleveland	21
2011	Danny Watkins	G	Philadelphia	23