Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 2013 NFL Draft was the 78th annual meeting of National Football League (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 New York City on April 25 through April 27.Eric Fisher was chosen first overall by the Kansas City Chiefs becoming the fourth offensive lineman (all tackles) to have that distinction since the first Common draft in 1967. Players who attended high school in thirty-nine states were selected; Florida and California led the way 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 lead the way with 11 players selected.A record eleven players from countries other than the United States were selected (Ghanaians Ezekiel Ansah and Edmund Kugbila, Tongan Star Lotulelei, 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 previous year's draft. No running backs were selected in the draft's first round for the first time in history. Meanwhile nine offensive linemen were selected in the first round which ties a record previously set in 1968.The following is the breakdown of the 254 players selected by position:. }
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- 2013_NFL_Draft abstract "The 2013 NFL Draft was the 78th annual meeting of National Football League (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 New York City on April 25 through April 27.Eric Fisher was chosen first overall by the Kansas City Chiefs becoming the fourth offensive lineman (all tackles) to have that distinction since the first Common draft in 1967. Players who attended high school in thirty-nine states were selected; Florida and California led the way 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 lead the way with 11 players selected.A record eleven players from countries other than the United States were selected (Ghanaians Ezekiel Ansah and Edmund Kugbila, Tongan Star Lotulelei, 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 previous year's draft. No running backs were selected in the draft's first round for the first time in history. Meanwhile nine offensive linemen were selected in the first round which ties a record previously set in 1968.The following is the breakdown of the 254 players selected by position:".