Remember the 2007 Draft Class

Multiple players selected on the first round that year ended up having Hall of Fame careers

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April 11, 2023

As we get closer to the next NFL Draft, it is always fun to revisit some of the greatest and most iconic draft classes in the history of the league. And there are no doubts one of these memorable classes happened in 2007. Let’s remember the 2007 Draft Class and see how did the players do in the league. A lot of them ended up having Hall of Fame careers.

2007 Draft first round

So, to get us started, let’s see and remember the 32 first-round picks from that year.

Overall pick	Team	Player drafted	Position	College
1	Oakland Raiders	JaMarcus Russell	QB	LSU
2	Detroit Lions	Calvin Johnson	WR	Georgia Tech
3	Cleveland Browns	Joe Thomas	OT	Wisconsin
4	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Gaines Adams	DE	Clemson
5	Arizona Cardinals	Levi Brown	OT	Penn State
6	Washington Commanders	LaRon Landry	S	LSU
7	Minnesota Vikings	Adrian Peterson	RB	Oklahoma
8	Atlanta Falcons (from HOU)	Jamaal Anderson	DE	Arkansas
9	Miami Dolphins	Ted Ginn Jr.	WR	Ohio State
10	Houston Texans (from ATL)	Amobi Okoye	DT	Louisville
11	San Francisco 49ers	Patrick Willis	LB	Mississipi
12	Buffalo Bills	Marshawn Lynch	RB	California
13	St. Louis Rams	Adam Carriker	DE	Nebraska
14	New York Jets (from CAR)	Darrelle Revis	CB	Pittsburgh
15	Pittsburgh Steelers	Lawrence Timmons	LB	Florida State
16	Green Bay Packers	Justin Harrell	DT	Tenessee
17	Denver Broncos (from JAX)	Jarvis Moss	DE	Florida
18	Cincinnati Bengals	Leon Hall	CB	Michigan
19	Tennessee Titans	Michael Griffin	S	Texas
20	New York Giants	Aaron Ross	CB	Texas
21	Jacksonville Jaguars (from DEN)	Reggie Nelson	S	Florida
22	Cleveland Browns (from DAL)	Brady Quinn	QB	Notre Dame
23	Kansas City Chiefs	Dwayne Bowe	WR	LSU
24	New England Patriots (from SEA)	Brandon Meriweather	S	Miami
25	Carolina Panthers (from NYJ)	Jon Beason	LB	Miami
26	Dallas Cowboys (from PHI)	Anthony Spencer	DE	Purdue
27	New Orleans Saints	Robert Meachem	WR	Tennessee
28	San Francisco 49ers (from NE)	Joe Staley	OT	Central Michigan
29	Baltimore Ravens	Ben Grubbs	OG	Auburn
30	San Diego Chargers	Craig Davis	WR	LSU
31	Chicago Bears	Greg Olsen	TE	Miami
32	Indianapolis Colts	Anthony Gonzalez	WR	Ohio State

Best Players

From this list do you recognize any good players? Any great player? Or even any legend? Well, the NFL social media team helped us with that one. Check out some of the names coming out of the 2007 Draft Class and some of their biggest achievements in the league.

The 2007 first round NFL Draftees showed OUT and became legends 💪

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