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2003 NFL Draft.

The 2003 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 26-27, 2003.^[1] The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season. The draft was broadcast on ESPN beginning at noon on Saturday, April 26 and beginning at 11:00 AM on Sunday, April 27. The draft began with the Cincinnati Bengals selecting Carson Palmer, and ended with Mr. Irrelevant, Ryan Hoag, being chosen by the Oakland Raiders. There were 32 compensatory picks distributed among 15 teams, with 5 of them receiving 4 picks.^[2] The colleges most recognized in the draft were Penn State University and the University of Miami, who both had 4 players selected in the first round. The selection of Willis McGahee as the first running back was notable because he was recovering from a career-threatening injury.^[3] The 262 players chosen in the draft were composed of:

[edit] Player selections

= compensatory selection

= supplemental compensatory selection

= Pro Bowler^[4]

[edit] Round one

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Cincinnati Bengals	Carson Palmer ^[5]	Quarterback	USC
2	Detroit Lions	Charles Rogers	Wide Receiver	Michigan State
3	Houston Texans	Andre Johnson	Wide Receiver	Miami (FL)
4	New York Jets ^{(from Chicago)}	Dewayne Robertson	Defensive Tackle	Kentucky
5	Dallas Cowboys	Terence Newman	Cornerback	Kansas State
6	New Orleans Saints ^{(from Cardinals)}	Johnathan Sullivan	Defensive Tackle	Georgia
7	Jacksonville Jaguars ^[6]	Byron Leftwich	Quarterback	Marshall
8	Carolina Panthers ^[6]	Jordan Gross	Offensive Tackle	Utah
9	Minnesota Vikings ^[6]	Kevin Williams	Defensive Tackle	Oklahoma State
10	Baltimore Ravens	Terrell Suggs	Defensive End/Linebacker	Arizona State
11	Seattle Seahawks	Marcus Trufant	Cornerback	Washington State
12	St. Louis Rams	Jimmy Kennedy	Defensive Tackle	Penn State
13	New England Patriots ^{(from Washington through NY Jets and Chicago)}	Ty Warren	Defensive End	Texas A&M
14	Chicago Bears ^{(from Buffalo through New England)}	Michael Haynes	Defensive End	Penn State
15	Philadelphia Eagles ^{(from San Diego)}	Jerome McDougle	Defensive End	Miami (FL)
16	Pittsburgh Steelers ^{(from Kansas City)}	Troy Polamalu	Safety	USC
17	Arizona Cardinals ^{(from Miami through New Orleans)}	Bryant Johnson	Wide Receiver	Penn State
18	Arizona Cardinals ^{(from New Orleans)}	Calvin Pace	Defensive End	Wake Forest
19	Baltimore Ravens ^{(from New England)}	Kyle Boller	Quarterback	California
20	Denver Broncos	George Foster	Offensive Tackle	Georgia
21	Cleveland Browns	Jeff Faine	Center	Notre Dame
22	Chicago Bears ^{(from NY Jets)}	Rex Grossman	Quarterback	Florida
23	Buffalo Bills ^{(from Atlanta)}	Willis McGahee	Running Back	Miami (FL)
24	Indianapolis Colts	Dallas Clark	Tight End	Iowa
25	New York Giants	William Joseph	Defensive Tackle	Miami (FL)
26	San Francisco 49ers	Kwame Harris	Offensive Tackle	Stanford
27	Kansas City Chiefs ^{(from Pittsburgh)}	Larry Johnson	Running Back	Penn State
28	Tennessee Titans	Andre Woolfolk	Cornerback	Oklahoma
29	Green Bay Packers	Nick Barnett	Linebacker	Oregon State
30	San Diego Chargers ^{(from Philadelphia)}	Sammy Davis	Cornerback	Texas A&M
31	Oakland Raiders	Nnamdi Asomugha	Cornerback	California
32	Oakland Raiders ^{(from Tampa Bay)} ^[7]	Tyler Brayton	Defensive End	Colorado

Washington's pick went to the NY Jets for WR Laveranues Coles.
Buffalo's original pick went to New England for QB Drew Bledsoe.
Miami's pick went to New Orleans for RB Ricky Williams.
Atlanta's pick went to Buffalo for WR Peerless Price.

[edit] Round two

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
33	Cincinnati Bengals	Eric Steinbach	Guard	Iowa
34	Detroit Lions	Boss Bailey	Linebacker	Georgia
35	Chicago Bears	Charles Tillman	Cornerback	Louisiana-Lafayette
36	New England Patriots	Eugene Wilson	Cornerback	Illinois
37	New Orleans Saints	Jon Stinchcomb	Offensive Tackle	Georgia
38	Dallas Cowboys	Al Johnson	Center	Wisconsin
39	Jacksonville Jaguars	Rashean Mathis	Cornerback	Bethune-Cookman
40	Minnesota Vikings	E.J. Henderson	Linebacker	Maryland
41	Houston Texans	Bennie Joppru	Tight End	Michigan
42	Seattle Seahawks	Ken Hamlin	Safety	Arkansas
43	St. Louis Rams	Pisa Tinoisamoa	Linebacker	Hawaii
44	Washington Redskins	Taylor Jacobs	Wide Receiver	Florida
45	New England Patriots	Bethel Johnson	Wide Receiver	Texas A&M
46	San Diego Chargers	Drayton Florence	Cornerback	Tuskegee
47	Kansas City Chiefs	Kawika Mitchell	Linebacker	USF
48	Buffalo Bills	Chris Kelsay	Defensive End	Nebraska
49	Miami Dolphins	Eddie Moore	Linebacker	Tennessee
50	Carolina Panthers	Bruce Nelson	Center	Iowa
51	Denver Broncos	Terry Pierce	Linebacker	Kansas State
52	Cleveland Browns	Chaun Thompson	Linebacker	West Texas A&M
53	New York Jets	Victor Hobson	Linebacker	Michigan
54	Arizona Cardinals	Anquan Boldin	Wide Receiver	Florida State
55	Atlanta Falcons	Bryan Scott	Safety	Penn State
56	New York Giants	Osi Umenyiora	Defensive End	Troy State
57	San Francisco 49ers	Anthony Adams	Defensive Tackle	Penn State
58	Indianapolis Colts	Mike Doss	Safety	Ohio State
59	Pittsburgh Steelers	Alonzo Jackson	Linebacker	Florida State
60	Tennessee Titans	Tyrone Calico	Wide Receiver	Middle Tennessee State
61	Philadelphia Eagles	L.J. Smith	Tight End	Rutgers
62	San Diego Chargers	Terrence Kiel	Safety	Texas A&M
63	Oakland Raiders	Teyo Johnson	Tight End	Stanford
64	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Dewayne White	Defensive End	Louisville

[edit] Round three

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
65	Cincinnati Bengals	Kelley Washington	Wide Receiver	Tennessee
66	Detroit Lions	Cory Redding	Defensive Tackle	Texas
67	Houston Texans	Antwan Peek	Linebacker	Cincinnati
68	Chicago Bears	Lance Briggs	Linebacker	Arizona
69	Dallas Cowboys	Jason Witten	Tight End	Tennessee
70	Arizona Cardinals	Gerald Hayes	Linebacker	Pittsburgh
71	Minnesota Vikings	Nate Burleson	Wide Receiver	Nevada
72	Jacksonville Jaguars	Vince Manuwai	Guard	Hawaii
73	Seattle Seahawks	Wayne Hunter	Tackle	Hawaii
74	St. Louis Rams	Kevin Curtis	Wide Receiver	Utah State
75	Houston Texans	Seth Wand	Offensive Tackle	NW Missouri State
76	Carolina Panthers	Mike Seidman	Tight End	UCLA
77	Baltimore Ravens	Musa Smith	Running Back	Georgia
78	Miami Dolphins	Wade Smith	Tackle	Memphis
79	Green Bay Packers	Kenny Peterson	Defensive Tackle	Ohio State
80	San Diego Chargers	Courtney VanBuren	Tackle	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
81	Washington Redskins	Derrick Dockery	Guard	Texas
82	Carolina Panthers	Ricky Manning Jr.	Cornerback	UCLA
83	Oakland Raiders	Sam Williams	Defensive End	Fresno State
84	Cleveland Browns	Chris Crocker	Safety	Marshall
85	New York Jets	B.J. Askew	Fullback	Michigan
86	New Orleans Saints	Cie Grant	Linebacker	Ohio State
87	Miami Dolphins	Taylor Whitley	Guard	Texas A&M
88	Houston Texans	Dave Ragone	Quarterback	Louisville
89	San Francisco 49ers	Andrew Williams	Defensive End	Miami (FL)
90	Indianapolis Colts	Donald Strickland	Cornerback	Colorado
91	New York Giants	Visanthe Shiancoe	Tight End	Morgan State
92	Kansas City Chiefs	Julian Battle	Cornerback	Tennessee
93	Tennessee Titans	Chris Brown	Running Back	Colorado
94	Buffalo Bills	Angelo Crowell	Linebacker	Virginia
95	Philadelphia Eagles	Billy McMullen	Wide Receiver	Virginia
96	Oakland Raiders	Justin Fargas	Running Back	USC
97	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Chris Simms	Quarterback	Texas

[edit] Round four

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
98	Cincinnati Bengals	Dennis Weathersby	Cornerback	Oregon State
99	Detroit Lions	Artose Pinner	Running Back	Kentucky
100	Chicago Bears	Todd Johnson	Safety	Florida
101	Houston Texans	Domanick Davis	Running Back	LSU
102	New Orleans Saints	Montrae Holland	Guard	Florida State
103	Dallas Cowboys	Bradie James	Linebacker	LSU
104	Jacksonville Jaguars	George Wrighster	Tight End	Oregon
105	Minnesota Vikings	Onterrio Smith	Running Back	Oregon
106	St. Louis Rams	Shaun McDonald	Wide Receiver	Arizona State
107	St. Louis Rams	DeJuan Groce	Cornerback	Nebraska
108	Denver Broncos	Quentin Griffin	Running Back	Oklahoma
109	Baltimore Ravens	Jarret Johnson	Defensive End	Alabama
110	Seattle Seahawks	Seneca Wallace	Quarterback	Iowa State
111	Buffalo Bills	Terrence McGee	Cornerback	Northwestern State
112	San Diego Chargers	Matt Wilhelm	Linebacker	Ohio State
113	Kansas City Chiefs	Brett Williams	Tackle	Florida State
114	Denver Broncos	Nick Eason	Defensive Tackle	Clemson
115	Cleveland Browns	Lee Suggs	Running Back	Virginia Tech
116	Chicago Bears	Ian Scott	Defensive Tackle	Florida
117	New England Patriots	Dan Klecko	Linebacker	Temple
118	Cincinnati Bengals	Jeremi Johnson	Fullback	Western Kentucky
119	Carolina Panthers	Colin Branch	Safety	Stanford
120	New England Patriots	Asante Samuel	Cornerback	Central Florida
121	Atlanta Falcons	Justin Griffith	Fullback	Mississippi State
122	Indianapolis Colts	Steve Sciullo	Guard	Marshall
123	New York Giants	Roderick Babers	Defensive Back	Texas
124	San Francisco 49ers	Brandon Lloyd	Wide Receiver	Illinois
125	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ike Taylor	Cornerback	Louisiana-Lafayette
126	Tennessee Titans	Rien Long	Defensive Tackle	Washington State
127	Buffalo Bills	Sam Aiken	Wide Receiver	North Carolina
128	Denver Broncos	Bryant McNeal	Defensive End	Clemson
129	Oakland Raiders	Shurron Pierson	Defensive End	USF
130	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Lance Nimmo	Tackle	West Virginia
131	Philadelphia Eagles	Jamaal Green	Defensive End	Miami (FL)
132	Jacksonville Jaguars	LaBrandon Toefield	Running Back	LSU
133	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Austin King	Center	Northwestern
134	Baltimore Ravens	Ovie Mughelli	Fullback	Wake Forest
135	Seattle Seahawks	Solomon Bates	Linebacker	Arizona State

[edit] Round five

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
136	Cincinnati Bengals	Khalid Abdullah	Linebacker	Mars Hill
137	Detroit Lions	Terrence Holt	Safety	North Carolina State
138	Indianapolis Colts	Robert Mathis	Defensive End	Alabama A&M
139	Chicago Bears	Bobby Wade	Wide Receiver	Arizona
140	New York Jets	Derek Pagel	Safety	Iowa
141	Arizona Cardinals	Kenny King	Defensive End	Alabama
142	Cleveland Browns	Ryan Pontbriand	Long Snapper	Rice
143	Chicago Bears	Justin Gage	Wide Receiver	Missouri
144	Detroit Lions	James Davis	Linebacker	West Virginia
145	Carolina Panthers	Kindal Moorehead	Defensive Tackle	Alabama
146	Baltimore Ravens	Aubrayo Franklin	Tackle	Tennessee
147	Green Bay Packers	James Lee	Tackle	Oregon State
148	St. Louis Rams	Dan Curley	Tight End	Eastern Washington
149	San Diego Chargers	Mike Scifres	Punter	Western Illinois
150	New York Jets	Matt Walters	Defensive End	Miami (FL)
151	Buffalo Bills	Ben Sobieski	Guard	Iowa
152	Cleveland Browns	Michael Lehan	Cornerback	Minnesota
153	Kansas City Chiefs	Jordan Black	Tackle	Notre Dame
154	Tennessee Titans^{(from Houston through New England)}	Donnie Nickey	Safety	Ohio State
155	New Orleans Saints	Melvin Williams	Defensive End	Kansas State
156	Miami Dolphins	Donald Lee	Tight End	Mississippi State
157	Denver Broncos	Ben Claxton	Center	Mississippi
158	Denver Broncos	Adrian Madise	Wide Receiver	Texas Christian
159	Atlanta Falcons	Jon Olinger	Wide Receiver	Cincinnati
160	New York Giants	David Diehl	Tackle	Illinois
161	San Francisco 49ers	Aaron Walker	Tight End	Florida
162	Indianapolis Colts	Keyon Whiteside	Linebacker	Tennessee
163	Pittsburgh Steelers	Brian St. Pierre	Quarterback	Boston College
164	New England Patriots	Dan Koppen	Center	Boston College
165	Seattle Seahawks	Chris Davis	Fullback	Syracuse
166	Green Bay Packers	Hunter Hillenmeyer	Linebacker	Vanderbilt
167	Oakland Raiders	Doug Gabriel	Wide Receiver	Central Florida
168	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Sean Mahan	Guard	Notre Dame
169	Miami Dolphins	J. R. Tolver	Wide Receiver	San Diego State
170	St. Louis Rams	Shane Walton	Safety	Notre Dame
171	Chicago Bears	Tron LaFavor	Defensive Tackle	Florida
172	St. Louis Rams	Kevin Garrett	Cornerback	Southern Methodist
173	Baltimore Ravens	Tony Pashos	Tackle	Illinois

[edit] Round six

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
174	Cincinnati Bengals	Langston Moore	Defensive Tackle	South Carolina
175	Detroit Lions	David Kircus	Wide Receiver	Grand Valley State
176	Jacksonville Jaguars	Brandon Green	Defensive End	Rice
177	Arizona Cardinals	Reggie Wells	Guard	Clarion
178	Dallas Cowboys	B.J. Tucker	Defensive Back	Wisconsin
179	Jacksonville Jaguars	David Young	Safety	Georgia Southern
180	Minnesota Vikings	Eddie Johnson	Punter	Idaho State
181	Miami Dolphins	Corey Jenkins	Linebacker	South Carolina
182	Baltimore Ravens	Gerome Sapp	Safety	Notre Dame
183	Seattle Seahawks	Rashad Moore	Defensive Tackle	Tennessee
184	St. Louis Rams	Scott Tercero	Guard	California
185	Philadelphia Eagles	Jeremy Bridges	Tackle	Southern Miss
186	Dallas Cowboys	Zuriel Smith	Wide Receiver	Hampton
187	Buffalo Bills	Lauvale Sape	Defensive Tackle	Utah
188	San Diego Chargers	Hanik Milligan	Safety	Houston
189	Kansas City Chiefs	Jimmy Wilkerson	Defensive End	Oklahoma
190	Minnesota Vikings	Michael Nattiel	Linebacker	Florida
191	Chicago Bears	Joe Odom	Linebacker	Purdue
192	Houston Texans	Drew Henson	Quarterback	Michigan
193	Jacksonville Jaguars	Marques Ogden	Tackle	Howard
194	Denver Broncos	Aaron Hunt	Defensive End	Texas Tech
195	Cleveland Browns	Antonio Garay	Defensive Tackle	Boston College
196	Atlanta Falcons	LaTarence Dunbar	Wide Receiver	Texas Christian
197	San Francisco 49ers	Arnaz Battle	Wide Receiver	Notre Dame
198	Indianapolis Colts	Cato June	Linebacker	Michigan
199	New York Giants	Willie Ponder	Wide Receiver	Northwest Missouri State
200	New York Jets	Brooks Bollinger	Quarterback	Wisconsin
201	New England Patriots	Kliff Kingsbury	Quarterback	Texas Tech
202	Atlanta Falcons	Waine Bacon	Defensive Back	Alabama
203	New Orleans Saints	Kareem Kelly	Wide Receiver	USC
204	Oakland Raiders	Dustin Rykert	Tackle	Brigham Young
205	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Torrie Cox	Cornerback	Pittsburgh
206	Chicago Bears	Brock Forsey	Running Back	Boise State
207	New York Giants	Frank Walker	Cornerback	Tuskegee
208	Indianapolis Colts	Makoa Freitas	Tackle	Arizona
209	Miami Dolphins	Tim Provost	Tackle	San José State
210	Arizona Cardinals	Tony Gilbert	Linebacker	Georgia
211	New York Giants	David Tyree	Wide Receiver	Syracuse
212	Green Bay Packers	Brennan Curtin	Tackle	Notre Dame
213	Miami Dolphins	Yeremiah Bell	Safety	Eastern Kentucky
214	Houston Texans	Keith Wright	Defensive Tackle	Missouri

[edit] Round seven

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
215	Cincinnati Bengals	Scott Kooistra	Tackle	North Carolina State
216	Detroit Lions	Ben Johnson	Tackle	Wisconsin
217	Houston Texans	Curry Burns	Defensive Back	Louisville
218	Jacksonville Jaguars	Malaefou MacKenzie	Fullback	USC
219	Dallas Cowboys	Justin Bates	Guard	Colorado
220	Detroit Lions	Blue Adams	Cornerback	Cincinnati
221	Minnesota Vikings	Keenan Howry	Wide Receiver	Oregon
222	Seattle Seahawks	Josh Brown	Kicker	Nebraska
223	Baltimore Ravens	Trent Smith	Tight End	Oklahoma
224	Seattle Seahawks	Taco Wallace	Wide Receiver	Kansas State
225	Tennessee Titans	Todd Williams	Tackle	Florida State
226	Carolina Panthers	Walter Young	Wide Receiver	Illinois
227	Denver Broncos	Clint Mitchell	Defensive End	Florida
228	Buffalo Bills	Mario Haggan	Linebacker	Mississippi State
229	San Diego Chargers	Andrew Pinnock	Fullback	South Carolina
230	Kansas City Chiefs	Montique Sharpe	Defensive Tackle	Wake Forest
231	New Orleans Saints	Talman Gardner	Wide Receiver	Florida State
232	Washington Redskins	Gibran Hamdan	Quarterback	Indiana
233	Houston Texans	Chance Pearce	Center	Texas A&M
234	New England Patriots	Spencer Nead	Fullback	Brigham Young
235	Denver Broncos	Ahmaad Galloway	Running Back	Alabama
236	Detroit Lions	Brandon Drumm	Running Back	Colorado
237	New York Jets	Dave Yovanovits	Guard	Temple
238	Atlanta Falcons	Demetrin Veal	Tackle	Tennessee
239	New England Patriots	Tully Banta-Cain	Linebacker	California
240	New York Giants	Charles Drake	Defensive Back	Michigan
241	San Francisco 49ers	Ken Dorsey	Quarterback	Miami (FL)
242	Pittsburgh Steelers	J.T. Wall	Running Back	Georgia
243	New England Patriots	Ethan Kelley	Defensive Tackle	Baylor
244	Philadelphia Eagles	Norman LeJeune	Defensive Back	LSU
245	Green Bay Packers	Chris Johnson	Cornerback	Louisville
246	Oakland Raiders	Siddeeq Shabazz	Safety	New Mexico State
247	Carolina Panthers	Casey Moore	Running Back	Stanford
248	Miami Dolphins	Davern Williams	Defensive Tackle	Troy State
249	New York Giants	Wayne Lucier	Center	Colorado
250	Baltimore Ravens	Mike Mabry	Center	Central Florida
251	St. Louis Rams	Scott Shanle	Linebacker	Nebraska
252	Kansas City Chiefs	Willie Pile	Safety	Virginia Tech
253	Green Bay Packers	DeAndrew Rubin	Wide Receiver	South Florida
254	St. Louis Rams	Richard Angulo	Tight End	Western New Mexico
255	New York Giants	Kevin Walter	Wide Receiver	Eastern Michigan
256	Green Bay Packers	Carl Ford	Wide Receiver	Toledo
257	Green Bay Packers	Steve Josue	Linebacker	Carson-Newman
258	Baltimore Ravens	Antwoine Sanders	Defensive Back	Utah
259	Cincinnati Bengals	Elton Patterson	Defensive End	Central Florida
260	Detroit Lions	Travis Anglin	Wide Receiver	Memphis
261	Chicago Bears	Bryan Anderson	Guard	Pittsburgh
262 ^[8]	Oakland Raiders	Ryan Hoag	Wide Receiver	Gustavus Adolphus