2008 NFL First Round Draft Selections
--------------------------------------- The selections of the first round of the 2008 NFL draft on Saturday in New York: 1. Miami -- Jake Long, t, Michigan 2. St. Louis -- Chris Long, de, Virginia 3. Atlanta -- Matt Ryan, qb, Boston College 4. Oakland -- Darren McFadden, rb, Arkansas 5. Kansas City -- Glenn Dorsey, dt, Lousiana St 6. New York Jets -- Vernon Gholston, de, Ohio St 7. New Orleans from San Francisco through New England -- Sedrick Ellis, dt, Southern California 8. Jacksonville from Baltimore -- Derrick Harvey, de, Florida 9. Cincinnati -- Keith Rivers, lb, Southern California 10. New England from New Orleans -- Jerod Mayo, lb, Tennessee 11. Buffalo -- Leodis McKelvin, cb, Troy 12. Denver -- Ryan Clady, t, Boise State 13. Carolina -- Jonathan Stewart, rb, Oregon 14. Chicago -- Chris Williams, t, Vanderbilt 15. Kansas City from Detroit -- Branden Albert, g, Virginia 16. Arizona -- Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, cb, Tennessee St 17. Detroit from Minnesota through Kansas City -- Gosder Cherilus, t, Boston College 18. Baltimore from Houston -- Joe Flacco, qb, Delaware 19. Carolina from Philadelphia -- Jeff Otah, t, Pittsburgh 20. Tampa Bay -- Aqib Talib, cb, Kansas 21. Atlanta from Washington -- Sam Baker, t, Southern California 22. Dallas from Cleveland -- Felix Jones, rb, Arkansas 23. Pittsburgh -- Rashard Mendenhall, rb, Illinois 24. Tennessee -- Chris Johnson, rb, East Carolina 25. Dallas from Seattle -- Mike Jenkins, cb, South Florida 26. Houston from Jacksonville through Baltimore -- Duane Brown, t, Virginia Tech 27. San Diego -- Antoine Cason, cb, Arizona 28. Seattle from Dallas -- Lawrence Jackson, de, Southern California 29. San Francisco from Indianapolis -- Kentwan Balmer, dt, North Carolina 30. New York Jets from Green Bay -- Dustin Keller, te, Purdue 31. New York Giants -- Kenny Phillips, s, Miami