First-round draft order set

Stanford's Andrew Luck will almost certainly be the top pick in this year's NFL Draft.
Stanford's Andrew Luck will almost certainly be the top pick in this year's NFL Draft.

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Sportsnet Staff | January 2, 2012, 11:16 am

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.

With articles from the Associated Press

 
 
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