First-round draft order set
NEW YORK -- The NFL has set the order for April's draft for non-playoff teams, with the Indianapolis Colts owning the No. 1 overall pick.
Behind Indianapolis is St. Louis, which also went 2-14 but against a more difficult schedule, earning the Colts' the chance to pick Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, considered the top prospect at the position in many years.
Minnesota will select third after a 3-13 season under first-year head coach Leslie Frazier.
Cleveland will select fourth overall after a disappointing year with another first-year coach, Pat Shumur. A positive the Browns have is that they also own Atlanta’s first round pick after a draft-day trade a year ago that landed the Falcon’s Julio Jones.
Tampa Bay will select fifth to round out the top five.
Here is the order for remaining 15 non-playoff teams:
6. Washington Redskins
7. Jacksonville Jaguars
8. Carolina Panthers*
9. Miami Dolphins* (Will flip a coin with Carolina on draft week to determine seeding. The coin flip is the fourth and deciding tie breaker.)
10. Buffalo Bills
11. Kansas City Chiefs*
12. Seattle Seahawks* (Coin flip with Kansas City)
13. Arizona Cardinals
14. Dallas Cowboys
15. Philadelphia Eagles
16. New York Jets
17. Oakland Raiders
18. San Diego Chargers
19. Chicago Bears
20. Tennessee Titans
The winner of the Super Bowl will select last and the other Super Bowl participant second-last, regardless of their regular-season records. Conference championship game losers will select 29th and 30th.
Divisional round participants not advancing to the conference title games will select 25th through 28th.
Losers of the wild card games will select 21st through 24th.
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