The 2013

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was the 78th annual meeting of

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(NFL) franchises to select newly eligible football players. The draft, which is officially called the "NFL Player Selection Meeting", was held at Radio City Music Hall in

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on April 25 through April 27. Eric Fisher was chosen first overall by the

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, becoming the fourth

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ever to be selected with the top pick (all of them being tackles), since the first Common draft in 1967. Players who attended high school in 39 of the 50 states were selected in this draft; Florida and California led with 27 draftees each. South Carolina contributed the most drafted players on a per capita basis with 13 players, or one of every 355,798 residents of the state. Among colleges, Florida State led with 11 players selected. A record 11 players from countries other than the

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were selected (Ghanaians Ezekiel Ansah and Edmund Kugbila, Tongan

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, German Björn Werner, Englishman Menelik Watson, Estonian Margus Hunt, Liberian Sio Moore, Jamaican Trevardo Williams, Australian Jesse Williams, Canadian Luke Willson and Zimbabwean Stansly Maponga), breaking the record set by the 2012 NFL Draft. Meanwhile, nine offensive linemen were selected in the first round which ties a record previously set in

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. The following is the breakdown of the 254 players selected by

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Early entrants

A record 73 underclassmen forfeited any remaining NCAA eligibility they may have been eligible for and declared themselves available to be selected in the draft. Of these, 52 (71.2%) were drafted.

Determination of draft order

The draft order is based generally on each team's record from the previous season, with teams which qualified for the postseason selecting after those which failed to make the playoffs.

Player selections

Notable undrafted players

Trades

In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft. ;Round one ;Round two ;Round three ;Round four ;Round five ;Round six ;Round seven

Forfeited picks

Two selections in the 2013 draft were forfeited:

Supplemental draft

The supplemental draft was held on July 11, 2013. For each player selected in the supplemental draft, the team forfeits its pick in that round in the draft of the following season. 6 players were eligible, but none were selected.

Selections by conference

Selection totals by college conference (including supplemental draft): : 63 players from one conference was an NFL Draft record. It was broken in

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, when 64 were selected. Twelve players from

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(SEC) programs were selected in the first round, which tied the record for most first-round selections from a single college conference set in 2006 by the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Schools with multiple draft selections

Popular culture

During Super Bowl XLVII, the NFL presented a promotional advertisement for the 2013 Draft featuring retired athlete Deion Sanders attempting a comeback return under the name " Leon Sandcastle". The ad followed the fictional exploits of Sandcastle (portrayed by

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cornerback Andre Dawson) through tryouts until he is drafted first overall by the Kansas City Chiefs.

Notes

Trade references

External links

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Radio City Music Hall