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NFL Draft 2012 Round 1 RESULTS: Great Pick Or Bust? (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post  |  Posted: 04/26/2012 8:17 pm Updated: 04/26/2012 11:18 pm

Nfl Draft Results 2012
NFL Draft Results 2012: Andrew Luck, right, poses for photographs with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after he was selected as the first pick overall by the Indianapolis Colts in the first round of the NFL football draft at Radio City Music Hall, Thursday, April 26, 2012, in New York.

Entering the 2012 NFL Draft, we knew that quarterbacks Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III were going to be the first players off the board. There were no surprises here as both college standouts came up to shake hands with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

As for the rest of the selections called out, football fans at Radio City Music Hall and at home waited on the edges of their seats. Except for Jets fans. They were doing a lot of standing and booing.

The drama began before NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell even opened the draft, as the Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Browns made a deal involving the No. 3 overall pick. This was just the first of several trades made along the way.

Scroll down and check out the rest of the results from the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft and vote on which picks were great and which you think will be busts.

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  • No. 1 Andrew Luck (QB, Stanford) - Indianapolis Colts

  • No. 2 Robert Griffin III (QB, Baylor) - Washington Redskins

  • No. 3 Trent Richardson (RB, Alabama) - Cleveland Browns

    Acquired via trade with Minnesota

  • No. 4 Matt Kalil (OT, USC) - Minnesota Vikings

    Traded down with Cleveland to No. 4

  • No. 5 Justin Blackmon (WR, OK ST) - Jacksonville Jaguars

    Acquired from Tampa Bay for No. 7 pick.

  • No. 6 Morris Claiborne (CB, LSU) - Dallas Cowboys

    Traded up with St. Louis to get No. 6 pick.

  • No. 7 Mark Barron (S, Alabama) - Tampa Bay Buccaneers

    Traded down from No. 5 to No. 7 (with Jaguars)

  • No. 8 Ryan Tannehill (QB, Texas A&M) - Miami Dolphins

  • No. 9 Luke Kuechly (ILB, BC) - Carolina Panthers

  • No. 10 Stephon Gilmore (DB, South Carolina) - Buffalo Bills

  • No. 11 Dontari Poe (DT, Memphis) - KC Chiefs

  • No. 12 Fletcher Fox (DT, Miss. St) - Philadelphia Eagles

    Traded up with Seattle to get No. 12 pick.

  • No. 13 Michael Floyd (WR, Notre Dame) - Arizona Cardinals

  • No. 14 Michael Brockers (DT, LSU) - St. Louis Rams

    Rams traded down to No. 14 with Dallas.

  • No. 15 Bruce Irvin (CB, WVU) - Seattle Seahawks

    Traded down to No. 15 with the Eagles.

  • No. 16 Quinton Coples (DE, UNC) - New York Jets

  • No. 17 Dre Kirkpatrick (CB, Alabama) - Cincinnati Bengals

    Acquire pick through the Carson Palmer trade

  • No. 18 Melvin Ingram (DE, South Carolina) - SD Chargers

  • No. 19 Shea McClellin (OLB, Boise State) - Chicago Bears

  • No. 20 Kendall Wright (WR, Baylor) - Tennessee Titans

  • No. 21 Chandler Jones (DE, Syracuse) - New England Patriots

    Acquired via trade with Cincinnati

  • No. 22 Brandon Weeden (QB, OK ST) - Cleveland Browns

  • No. 23 Riley Reiff (OT, Iowa) - Detroit Lions

  • No. 24 David DeCastro (OG, Stanford) - Pittsburgh Steelers

  • No. 25 Dont'a Hightower (ILB, Alabama) - New England Patriots

    Acquired via trade with Denver

  • No. 26 Whitney Mercilus (DE, Illinois) - Houston Texans

  • No. 27 Kevin Zeitler (OG, Wisconsin) - Cincinnati Bengals

    Acquired via trade with Patriots.

  • No. 28 Nick Perry (DE, USC) - Green Bay Packers

  • No. 29 Harrison Smith (S, Notre Dame) - Minnesota Vikings

    Acquires via trade with Baltimore.

  • No. 30 A.J. Jenkins (WR, Illinois) - San Francisco 49ers

  • No. 31 Doug Martin (RB, Boise State) - Tampa Bay Buccaneers

    Acquired via trade with Denver.

  • No. 32 Davis Wilson (RB, Va. Tech) - NY Giants

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butchcliff
The future is unwritten
08:52 AM on 04/28/2012
1,2,3, 1st round expected. Don't understand all the screaming from the bleachers. Tuned in to see the drafts & got an Ellen show. Aggravating/distracting/annoying
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dre31
11:13 AM on 04/27/2012
I really like Andrew Luck. He presentation when he was selected was great....What a great guy with a good personality and looks..
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09:35 AM on 04/27/2012
Good luck, Trent Richardson! You will be sorely missed. ROLL TIDE!
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Bobby Smith
Corn, Wine and Oil
10:02 AM on 04/27/2012
RTR
10:25 AM on 04/27/2012
Double RTR! ;)
stumanchu35
Tolerance is a one way street.
08:56 AM on 04/27/2012
Looks like Holder is going to investigate the Colts for taking Luck over RG3.
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OutAtFirst
Mountain goat, desert rat and sea dog
09:48 AM on 04/27/2012
Whifff!!!!
10:46 AM on 04/27/2012
Whatever! I am so glad the Colts took Luck over RG3. Luck will dissolve in the NFL. The Colts are going to be soooooo sorry! RG3 on deck for the Redskins is a better fit anyway!
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Elijah Hathaway
11:27 PM on 04/28/2012
I'd bet on Luck if I had to pick one (I think they'll both do well), RG3 may be more athletic but Luck's ability to read the defense and adjust reminds me of P. Manning, I think Luck end up being the #1 QB in the NFL within a few years.
08:31 AM on 04/27/2012
So many defensive picks in the first round - interesting.
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omegas3
Is it an android you are or are you a quasar?
08:22 AM on 04/27/2012
Go Redskins!!!
04:58 AM on 04/27/2012
Dang, I was hoping my Bears would take Jonathan Martin (OT) from Stanford. I wonder why he slipped out of the first.
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Jamal Spencer
just me being myself
04:54 AM on 04/27/2012
I really like what the Bengals did in the first round. Dre Kirkpatrick can play corner and safety and Kevin Zeitler can guard and center,so what the Bengals added versatility to the team. Now if the Bengals can get a wide receiver and a running back today,then I will be very happy with this draft.
03:13 AM on 04/27/2012
Bama DOMINATED the first round. RTR!!!

Luck and RGIII are both going to be amazing. Colts and Skins fans are very fortunate.
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LFox6
Always remember you are unique, like everyone else
04:38 AM on 04/27/2012
We are we are we are, hopes!! GO SKINS!
09:27 AM on 04/27/2012
They're not as good as Cam.
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Elijah Hathaway
11:29 PM on 04/28/2012
We'll see, if Cam stays on track and keeps improving he'll be unreal but I have extremely high hopes for Luck (as well as RG3)
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Douglas Stevens
01:11 AM on 04/27/2012
When are they going to start playing "Proud to be an American" halfway through my favorite sit-coms and dramas???????
Yay America!!! We lead the world in over-paid, over-glorified athletes.
Oh, and gunshot wounds and deaths.
Beermonger
No, I'm not on F'n Facebook.
01:37 AM on 04/27/2012
Throw a few positives in there. we are also the most innovative country in the world, for example.
03:50 AM on 04/27/2012
How are they overpaid? The market sets their price, just like it does any entertainer.
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MaineIndependant
If corporations were people they'd get jail time
08:46 AM on 04/27/2012
And that's why there is so many people who think our markets are broken. We've got entertainers making hundreds of times more than our educators and our protectors. Priorities, it seems, has no place in free markets.
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biskitdaddy
Romnesia is covered under Obamacare!
11:40 AM on 04/27/2012
Correct. Fans want sports teams, winning teams, nice stadiums. You want top players you gotta pay up.
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DMW1
Carpe diem
01:00 AM on 04/27/2012
So happy to see Justin Blackmon go in the first round. My husband and I got to meet him and his parents two years in a row at the Biletnekoff Award dinner and he and his parents are very nice, gracious people. Best of luck to him in the NFL.
12:52 AM on 04/27/2012
Last 2 QB's from Stanford (Elway and Plunket) have 2 Super Bowl wins each.
10:47 AM on 04/27/2012
Yeah that was then Luck will not see a superbowl ring!
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catboycolo
I'll have the coffee, not the KoolAid
12:43 AM on 04/27/2012
Looks like my Pats did all right, but my Broncos...ehhh.
ChezMJ
Life is a shipwreck; sing in the lifeboats.
12:52 AM on 04/27/2012
catboycolo, I knew I liked you! Go Pats!
Beermonger
No, I'm not on F'n Facebook.
01:37 AM on 04/27/2012
Why do you have 2 teams?
01:47 AM on 04/27/2012
Shame on him. I only have one team -- of course that team changes every year. Right now, it's the Giants!
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catboycolo
I'll have the coffee, not the KoolAid
09:43 AM on 04/27/2012
grew up in Boston, live in CO.
12:18 AM on 04/27/2012
Couldn't finish the slideshow. Too many mistakes in the first minute. Dallas didn't trade with Jacksonville and Fletcher Fox?? lol This is embarrassing.