Where 2020 1st Round NFL Draft Picks played high school football

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We’ll be tracking every 2020 NFL Draft pick throughout the weekend. This is the sixth straight year that High School Football America is tracking where every pick played high school football.

Texas wins the first round with seven former high schoolers picked Thursday night during the league’s “virtual” draft, because of the coronavirus pandemic. Following the Lone Star State was Florida with four former players. Georgia and Louisiana had three each. Alabama had two picks. Arizona, California, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nevada, New York, Maryland, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina and Virginia had one player each.

Related: Every Overall No. 1 Pick since 1936

Below, you can see every pick from Thursday night.

2020 NFL Draft 1st Round Picks

No. 1 Cincinnati Bengals — Joe Burrow, QB – Athens (Ohio)

No. 2 Washington Redskins — Chase Young, DE – DeMatha (Maryland)

No. 3 Detroit Lions — Jeff Okudah, CB – South Grand Prairie (Texas)

No. 4 New York Giants — Andrew Thomas, OT – Pace Academy (Georgia)

No. 5 Miami Dolphins — Tua Tagovailoa, QB – Saint Louis (Hawaii)

No. 6 Los Angeles Chargers — Justin Herbert, QB – Sheldon (Oregon)

No. 7 Carolina Panthers — Derrick Brown, DT – Lanier (Georgia)

No. 8 Arizona Cardinals — Isaiah Simmons, CB – Olathe North (Kansas)

No. 9 Jacksonville Jaguars — C.J. Henderson, CB – Miami Columbus (Florida)

No. 10 Cleveland Browns — Jedrick Wills, OT – Lafayette (Kentucky)

No. 11 New York Jets — Mekhi Becton, OT – Highland Springs (Virginia)

No. 12 Las Vegas Raiders — Henry Ruggs III, WR – Robert E. Lee (Montgomery, Alabama)

No. 13 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (trade with San Francisco 49ers) — Tristan Wirfs, OT – Mount Vernon (Iowa)

No. 14 San Francisco 49ers (trade with Tampa Bay Buccaneers) — Javon Kinlaw, DT – Goose Creek (South Carolina)

No. 15 Denver Broncos — Jerry Jeudy, WR – Deerfield Beach (Florida)

No. 16 Atlanta Falcons — A.J. Terrell, CB – Westlake (Georgia)

No. 17 Dallas Cowboys — CeeDee Lamb, WR – Foster (Texas)

No. 18 Miami Dolphins — Austin Jackson, OT – North Canyon (Arizona)

No. 19 Las Vegas Raiders — Damon Arnette, CB – St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida)

No. 20 Jacksonville Jaguars — K’Lavon Chaisson, LB – North Shore (Texas)

No. 21 Philadelphia Eagles — Jalen Reagor, WR — Waxahachie (Texas)

No. 22 Minnesota Vikings — Justin Jefferson, WR – Destrehan (Louisiana)

No. 23 Los Angeles Chargers (trade with the New England Patriots) — Kenneth Murray, LB – Fort Bend Elkins (Texas)

No. 24 New Orleans Saints — Cesar Ruiz, C – IMG Academy (Florida)

No. 25 San Francisco 49ers (trade with the Minnesota Vikings) — Brandon Aiyuk, WR – McQueen (Nevada)

No. 26 Green Bay Packers (trade with the Miami Dolphins) — Jordan Love, QB – Liberty (Bakersfield, California)

No. 27 Seattle Seahawks — Jordyn Brooks, LB – Stratford (Texas)

No. 28 Baltimore Ravens — Patrick Queen, LB – Livonia (Louisiana)

No. 29 Tennessee Titans — Isaiah Wilson, OT – Poly Prep (Brooklyn, New York)

No. 30 Miami Dolphins — Noah Igbinoghene, CB – Hewitt-Trussville (Alabama)

No. 31 Minnesota Vikings — Jeff Gladney, CB – New Boston (Texas)

No. 32 Kansas City Chiefs — Clyde Edwards-Helaire, RB – Catholic (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.