Sports now. first round of the nfl draft is in the books with defensive players leading the way. andy scholes has the bleacher report. yeah, first round began with a run of five straight defensive players getting selected. first time since 1991 that the first five picks were all on the defensive side of the ball. and the jaguars taking trayvon walker with the first overall pick. walker originally projected mid to late first round pick, but he shot all the way up to number one. the national xhachl i don t know b champion bulldogs first to produce five first round picks. they were more than the acc, pac-12 and big 12 had as a conference. and first quarterback taken in the first round was kenny pickett who is stay bing home after going to the steelers.