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The University of Oklahoma Sooners football team has had 414 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936.[1][A 1] This includes 44 players taken in the first round and five number one overall picks: Lee Roy Selmon in 1976, Billy Sims in 1980, Sam Bradford in 2010, Baker Mayfield in 2018, and Kyler Murray in 2019.[4] In the 2010 NFL draft, Oklahoma became the only school in history to have three players selected in the first four picks of the draft.[5]
Each NFL franchise seeks to add new players through the annual NFL Draft. The team with the worst record the previous year picks first, the next-worst team second, and so on. Teams that did not make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record with any remaining ties broken by strength of schedule. Playoff participants are sequenced after non-playoff teams, based on their round of elimination (wild card, division, conference, and Super Bowl).[6]
Before the merger agreements in 1966, the American Football League (AFL) operated in direct competition with the NFL and held a separate draft. This led to a massive bidding war over top prospects between the two leagues. As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues would hold a multiple round "Common Draft". Once the AFL officially merged with the NFL in 1970, the "Common Draft" simply became the NFL Draft.[2][3][7]
A total of 31 former Sooners have been selected to at least one Pro Bowl, 18 to more than one, and 35 former Sooners have won a league championship.
Key
| QB | Quarterback | WR | Wide receiver | TE | Tight end |
| RB | Running back | FB | Fullback | B | Back |
| OL | Offensive lineman | OT | Offensive tackle | C | Center |
| T | Tackle | G | Guard | E | End |
| CB | Cornerback | DB | Defensive back | LB | Linebacker |
| DE | Defensive end | DT | Defensive tackle | K | Kicker |
| * | Selected to a Pro Bowl | ||||
| † | Won a league championship | ||||
| ‡ | Selected to a Pro Bowl and won a league championship | ||||
Selections
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