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Originally Posted by MonsterJMcgee
Will Hackenberg wind up being the highest drafted player ever to not have ever played a down while being healthy?
well, there were a bunch back in the 40's including a #1 overall but in the super bowl era, dimitrious underwood immediately came to mind, 1st rounder of the vikings, walked out on training camp the next day, ended up with some playing time in reg season games as a backup on his third team, dallas. Then was out of the league.
The Bills #1 overall pick in 1979 signed with Canada instead, but also played later on in the league (buffalo ended up trading him to cleveland for a 1st in that 83 draft, and because it's the browns, you already guessed that pick was Jim Kelly.)
The first player ever drafted never played that berwanger guy, demanded more money than the eagles or the bears (phi traded him to chicago) were willing to give up.