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The answer to my question, btw, is Orlando Pace in 1997.
These players who came before Pace did not receive 2nd contracts with the team that drafted them. Most of them were abject failures.
Yes, I realize this was a different era of football, but all that proves is that teams didn't value QBs as much as they do now. Drafting DTs and RBs if they were damn good was what you did. The number of non-QBs at the #1 overall spot shows this.
Keyshawn Johnson, 1996
Ki-Jana Carter, 1995
Dan Wilkinson, 1994
Steve Emtman, 1992
Russell Maryland, 1991
It isn't until you get into the 1980s that you see any kind of decent hit rate for non-QBs drafted #1 overall.
Aundray Brown, 1988 (bust)
Bo Jackson, 1986
Bruce Smith, 1985
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