The NFL draft was first held Feb. 8, 1936, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia.
In the 87 years since, most teams have realized the best way to build a sustainable championship contender is by finding young talent through the draft. Just take the Super Bowl champion Chiefs, who had nine of their 10 draft picks play significant snaps in 2022 and in the playoffs and Super Bowl.
This April, 32 NFL general managers will hope to do exactly that with a rookie class remembered for generations. As you’ll see below, many teams have found such a group over the decades, while some are still searching.
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