NFL Draft 2016: Picks, reaction and full coverage of Round 1

When teams negotiate those swap of selections on draft day, they will likely use the trade value chart to decide fair compensation.

Essentially, the chart attempts to quantify the value of each pick, with the No. 1 pick valued at 3,000 points, the No. 10 pick at 1,300 points and just 100 points for the No. 100 pick.

Myles Jack likely would have been a first-round pick if not for a bizarre admission just before the start of the 2016 NFL Draft. Less than 24 hours before the Los Angeles Rams went on the clock, he gave a subdued prognosis of his bothersome knee injury, saying he may need microfracture surgery in the future and that he would understand if teams passed on him.

They did. SB Nation’s Dan Kadar ranked the linebacker (and sometimes running back and defensive back) as the No. 4 overall player in this year’s class. That’s in line with where many other media outlets projected him. Jack is unanimously one of the best young football players in the world, and as of Friday afternoon he cannot be selected higher than No. 32 overall.

The biggest story surrounding the NFL Draft on Thursday were the bizarre posts on Laremy Tunsil’s Twitter and Instagram accounts, which showed him smoking marijuana from a gas mask and asking Ole Miss coaches for cash. But apparently the commissioner was oblivious to it all.

In an interview with ESPN’s Mike & Mike Friday, Goodell said he was unaware of Tunsil’s situation until later on in the evening. And once he did hear about it, Goodell said he was entertained by the whole ordeal.

The NFL Draft is supposed to be a celebration of futures. Instead, the NFL world watched in real time as somebody used Laremy Tunsil’s past to sabotage him.

Tunsil was considered by some to be the best prospect. Not the best offensive lineman, not the best player from the SEC, but the best player. But minutes before the start of Thursday night’s draft, somebody posted a video of Tunsil smoking from a bong to Tunsil’s Twitter account.

Thursday night’s opening round of the NFL Draft was supposed to be some sort of coronation for Ole Miss, the fulfillment of that 2013 signing class, with offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil going in the top five and joined afterward by Laquon Treadwell and Robert Nkemdiche.

Roughly 10 minutes before the draft started, someone posted a video of Tunsil ripping a bong while wearing a gas mask to the OT’s verified Twitter account. Jokes were made, there was much commotion and multiple reporters said the Baltimore Ravens -- the first team on the clock in major need of a player at Tunsil’s position -- had just taken him off their board entirely.

Players only get drafted into the NFL once. So while they spend years training physically for the moment, the celebrations often get overlooked. Do you go for high-fives? Maybe hugs? When Germain Ifedi got picked No. 31 by the Seahawks, he and his group were way too excited to coordinate any celebration. So instead they jumped around in a giant pile.

There was a brief awkward moment there where Infedi, his family, friends and agent, Spencer Cannold, seem a little unsure of what they are going to do. Are we jumping? We’re jumping!

Another trade saw the San Francisco 49ers move back up into the first round to select a guard, Joshua Garnett. Linebacker Myles Jack is probably the top player who didn’t go in the first round, once expected to be drafted in the top five.

The full list of picks for the first round are below:

The initial outlook for the first round in the 2016 NFL Draft is mostly a positive one. Even though we saw several trades in the first round, a lot of teams navigated the draft to their favor.

Ultimately how well they navigated the first round won’t truly be known for a few years, but way too early grades need to be handed out. These grades were decided on a number of factors: Relative value, need, system fit, risk and potential. These are snap reaction grades that we’ll revisit in a few years.

The Houston native started 36 games in college, becoming a mainstay on Texas A&M’s offensive line as a redshirt freshman in 2013. He earned second-team All-SEC honors during his junior campaign before electing to go pro after three seasons with the Aggies.

At 6’6, 324 pounds and with 36-inch arms, Ifedi has the pure physical traits that scouts covet in a tackle. He’s a tremendous athlete with excellent upper-body strength, lateral quickness and balance that allows him to easily drive defenders off the line. His positional versatility -- having played both guard and tackle at Texas A&M -- is also a big plus.

Defensive tackle Vernon Butler will enter the NFL as a member of the Carolina Panthers, who took the Louisiana Tech alum with the No. 30 overall pick in the draft. The 6’4, 323-pound tackle has incredible athleticism for a guy his size, and despite being a little top heavy, still moves really well and can get low.

As a two-year starter, Butler proved he’s able to close gaps, and earned first-team All-C-USA after his senior year -- when he recorded 50 tackles, 10 for loss, and three sacks. Ahead of the draft, Butler was seen as a player who could start right away at nose tackle, and was considered one of the best inside guys available.

Ole Miss offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil had a rough draft night. Projected by many as a top-five choice, Tunsil tumbled to the Miami Dolphins at pick No. 13, potentially losing $10 million in the process.

Just 10 minutes before the draft, a video was posted to Tunsil’s verified Twitter account showing a person resembling Tunsil ripping a bong from a gas mask. Word came that some teams -- including the Ravens, who selected Notre Dame’s Ronnie Stanley instead -- actually took Tunsil off their board altogether.

With the No. 29 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, the Arizona Cardinals have selected Ole Miss defensive lineman Robert Nkemdiche. The Georgia-born son of Nigerian immigrants, Nkemdiche is one of the most talented players in this year’s draft. But he’s also one who drew heavy criticism in the pre-draft process for his part in a December 2015 incident that ended with him in the hospital.

Nkemdiche concluded his third season with Ole Miss by being named to the All-SEC first team, but also by being suspended for the 2016 Sugar Bowl, a game that his teammates won without his help, 48-20, over Oklahoma State. His suspension came on the heels of the December incident.

Garnett fills a huge need for the 49ers, who struggled at the guard position last season. Jordan Devey was their starting right guard and he was one of the worst in the league. On top of that, they lost Alex Boone in free agency this offseason.

New head coach Chip Kelly dealt with guard issues for years with Philadelphia, so it’s not surprising to see his first big move with the 49ers be a move up to take one of the top guard prospects in the draft.

The path to the NFL -- or any professional sport -- is an incredibly long and hard one. The odds of making it are astronomical, and the amount of hard work players put in to get to that point is impossible to calculate. So when the moment hits and the player finally makes it to the league, the range of motions can be broad.

For Paxton Lynch, it was an emotional moment with his family after the Denver Broncos traded up to pick him No. 26. There probably weren’t a lot of dry eyes in that room as Lynch celebrated. No matter what happens in his NFL career, he’ll have that incredible moment to remember forever.

Green Bay was No. 21 against the run in 2015 and allowed 4.5 yards per carry, the fourth-worst mark in the NFL. Clark, a 6’3, 318 pound defensive tackle offers some versatility for the Packers to work with and could play some nose tackle or even kick out to defensive end in the team’s 3-4 defense.

Clark was once a high school wrestler and he used that kind of leverage and power to bulldoze through Pac-12 offensive lineman and earn two All Pac-12 nods.

Laquon Treadwell was picked No. 23 overall by the Minnesota Vikings. He got to walk up on stage and fulfill a life-long dream. Then, he was immediately overshadowed by his adorable 3-year-old daughter, Madison.

First, the two posed for a picture together with Treadwell’s new VIkings jersey.

Heading into his junior season at Memphis, scouts weren’t sold on Paxton Lynch as an upper-echelon NFL quarterback prospect. But a strong final collegiate campaign and impressive pro day appeared to change their minds.

The Denver Broncos selected Lynch with the No. 26 pick in the first round, which makes him the third quarterback drafted this year after Jared Goff and Carson Wentz were selected with the first two picks. The Broncos traded up to take Lynch, dealing with the Seattle Seahawks.

With the No. 25 overall pick, the Pittsburgh Steelers took cornerback Artie Burns and get themselves one of the most exciting defensive backs in this year’s draft class.

Burns was an elite two-sport athlete at the University of Miami, garnering All-American honors as a hurdler for the track and field team, while becoming one of the best corners in the conference.

One of the top cornerbacks in this year’s NFL Draft class, William Jackson was taken by the Cincinnati Bengals with the No. 24 overall pick. Jackson, a JUCO transfer to Houston, was a two-year starter with the team and is one of the few cornerbacks considered NFL-ready. However, he was overshadowed by bigger names like Jalen Ramsey and Vernon Hargreaves in the pre-draft process.

But Jackson is a legitimate cornerback and has more than his fair share of supporters. Some even suggested he could be the best cornerback in the 2016 NFL Draft, as Sam Monson of Pro Football Focus suggested in February. Jackson doesn’t make all of the flashy plays, but he takes wide receivers out of the game for lengthy periods.

Soon, analysts were predicting he could be the second or third receiver off the board. He ended up being the fourth off the board with Corey Coleman, Will Fuller and Josh Doctson all going before him. In what is considered a relatively weak class at the position overall, that’s a big deal, but Treadwell was still obviously going to be a high pick in the draft. And concerns about his speed are probably, as usual, overblown.

Treadwell led the SEC in receiving in 2015 with 82 catches for 1,153 yards and 11 touchdowns. He was All-SEC and earned All-America honors for his efforts, made all the more impressive after a gruesome leg injury cut short his sophomore season. Experts tout his ability to fight for a ball in the air, his excellent catching radius and his excellent concentration.

Doctson was a three-star recruit out of Mansfield, Texas, committing to Wyoming. After just one season, he transferred to TCU and blossomed as a junior, hauling in 65 catches for 1,018 yards and 11 touchdowns. He was even better in 2015, finishing the year with 79 catches, 1,327 yards and 14 scores despite missing two regular season games and the Alamo Bowl with a wrist injury. Doctson was named to the national All-American team that year.

His best game of the 2015 season came against Texas Tech, when he grabbed a ridiculous 18 catches for 267 yards and three touchdowns. Somehow, his biggest play of the game was the catch he didn’t make — Doctson couldn’t reel in a high pass from Trevone Boykin, but the ball got tipped into Aaron Green’s hands for the game-winning touchdown.

Washington moved back a spot in the draft order and received a 2017 sixth-round pick in exchange, which is a small amount of compensation, but an easy trade to make so long as the team wasn’t concerned that the Texans would grab a player they wanted.

Fuller was the Fighting Irish’s team MVP in 2015, hauling in 62 catches for 1,258 yards and 14 touchdowns. Most impressively, he was among the best big-play wideouts in the nation as a junior last year. His 15 receptions of 30-plus yards and his yards-per-catch average of 20.3 both ranked second among Power 5 players with at least 50 catches.

His playmaking skills also set him apart from other receiver prospects. Fuller’s 14 receiving touchdowns were tied for the fifth-most in FBS last year, and he totaled a staggering 30 touchdowns in 29 career starts at Notre Dame. His ability to get behind a defense and create separation in the secondary makes him a threat to reach the end zone on any play.

With the No. 20 pick, the New York Jets drafted linebacker Darron Lee out of Ohio State. With only three years under his belt at linebacker, the former high school quarterback has a much higher ceiling than some of his counterparts coming out of college.

Amid some rumblings after the season that Lee could get first- or second-round consideration, he cemented his place among the best prospects available with his workout at the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine. With an official 40-yard dash time of 4.47, he was the second-fastest Buckeye to perform -- behind only cornerback Eli Apple -- and was the top time among linebackers.

In fact, this isn’t a great class overall, but Lawson is a gifted player who would stand out even in a crowded field of pass-rushing talent. The Clemson edge rusher was a four-star prospect out of D.W. Daniel High School in Central, South Carolina. He spent a year at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia, because he didn’t qualify for Clemson academically.

A big reason Lawson wanted to play with Clemson was its close proximity to his home, the decision being made shortly after his father was killed in a car accident during his senior season in high school. He originally intended to join Tennessee.