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75 – 51 MOST VALUABLE DRAFT PICKS OF ALL TIME ANNOUNCED

Top 10 All-Time Draft Picks Revealed During 2010 NFL Draft

In celebration of the 75th NFL Draft, which kicks off in primetime for the first time on Thursday, April 22, fans chose the 75 Most Valuable Draft Picks of all time presented by Verizon. Nearly 45 million votes were cast from March 12 – April 18 on NFL.com.

The NFL announced today picks 75 – 51. Picks 50 – 26 will be announced on Tuesday, April 20 and picks 25 – 11 on Wednesday, April 21 on NFL.com and NFL Network. The top 10 greatest Draft picks then will be revealed during the 2010 NFL Draft, which begins Thursday, April 22 at 7:30 PM ET. The Second and Third Rounds of the Draft will be on Friday, April 23 at 6:00 PM ET followed by Rounds 4-7 on Saturday, April 24 at 10:00 AM ET.

The 10 Most Valuable Draft Picks will be announced during Round 1, when many of the Top 10 will be in attendance at Radio City Music Hall, the home of the 2010 NFL Draft. The order of the Top 10 will be revealed following the conclusion of the Second Round of the Draft on Friday night. Some of these players will be on hand for the announcement.

NFL.com editors narrowed down the first 74 Drafts to a list of the top 320 players, consisting of 10 players from each team. Fans began the process of determining the Most Valuable Draft Pick by choosing between pairs of players randomly generated from the list of 320 greats.

51 – 75 MOST VALUABLE DRAFT PICKS OF ALL TIME AS SELECTED BY FANS ONNFL.COM

(The team listed is the team that drafted the player.)

Rk	Name	Team	Year; Round, Pick
51	Darrell Green	Washington Redskins	1983; 1, 28
52	Art Monk	Washington Redskins	1980; 1; 18
53	Brian Urlacher	Chicago Bears	2000; 1; 9
54	Warren Sapp	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1995; 1; 12
55	Thurman Thomas	Buffalo Bills	1988; 2; 40
56	Dan Fouts	San Diego Chargers	1973; 3; 64
57	Champ Bailey	Washington Redskins	1999; 1; 7
58	Dwight Freeney	Indianapolis Colts	2002; 1; 11
59	Jerome Bettis	Los Angeles Rams	1993; 1; 10
60	Terrell Davis	Denver Broncos	1995; 6; 196
61	Terrell Owens	San Francisco 49ers	1996; 3; 89
62	Brian Dawkins	Philadelphia Eagles	1996; 2; 61
63	Jared Allen	Kansas City Chiefs	2004; 4; 126
64	Darren Sharper	Green Bay Packers	1997; 2; 60
65	Mel Blount	Pittsburgh Steelers	1970; 3; 53
66	Jack Ham	Pittsburgh Steelers	1971; 2; 34
67	Larry Csonka	Miami Dolphins	1968; 1; 8
68	Andre Johnson	Houston Texans	2003; 1; 3
69	Kellen Winslow	San Diego Chargers	1979; 1; 13
70	Ray Nitschke	Green Bay Packers	1958; 3; 36
71	Julius Peppers	Carolina Panthers	2002; 1; 2
72	Derrick Brooks	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1995; 1; 28
73	John Lynch	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1993; 3; 82
74	Sammy Baugh	Washington Redskins	1937; 1; 6
75	Gene Upshaw	Oakland Raiders	1967; 1; 17

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Quite a few Redskins listed here. You have Darrell Green and Art Monk leading off the list at 51 and 52. Hard to deny these two players what they are due. Champ Bailey deserves his place. However, Sammy Baugh, at 74 I think is too low. Anyway this was a fan vote, but the accolades are all well deserved.