This weekend's draft at Radio City Music Hall is being used as the backdrop for a new Kevin Costner movie called Draft Day. Costner plays the general manager of the Browns. "It's a film about the day of the draft," actor Josh Pence told nfl.com. "It's about all the chaos that surrounds the GM on the day of the draft and a struggling team trying to piece together what he's going to do, who he's going to take No. 1." The film is scheduled to be released next year.
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Best still available
QUARTERBACK
Geno Smith.................6-3/218...........West Va.
Matt Barkley................6-3/227...........USC
Ryan Nassib................6-2/227...........Syracuse
Tyler Wilson................6-2/215...........Arkansas
RUNNING BACK
Eddie Lacy..................5-11/231..........Alabama
Giovani Bernard..........5-9/202............N. Carolina
Montee Ball.................5-11/214..........Wisconsin
Johnthan Franklin........5-10/205...........UCLA
Andre Ellington............5-9/199............Clemson
RECEIVER/TIGHT END
WR Robert Woods........6-1/201...........USC
WR Keenan Allen.........6-2/206...........California
OFFENSIVE LINE
Menelik Watson...........6-5/314............FSU
Brian Winters..............6-4/315............Kent St.
Terron Armstead.........6-5/306............Ark-Pine Bluff
DEFENSIVE LINE
DT Johnathan Hankins......6-3/320........Ohio State
LINEBACKER
Arthur Brown..............6-0/241.............Kansas St.
Manti Te'o..................6-1/241.............Notre Dame
Kevin Minter...............6-0/246.............LSU
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First round by position
OL - 9
DL - 8
DB - 7
WR - 3
LB - 3
TE - 1
QB - 1
RB - 0
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First round by conference
SEC - 12
ACC - 6
Pac-12 - 6
Big 12 - 2
Independent - 2
Big Ten - 1
Big East - 1
Mid-American - 1
Conference USA - 1