2009 NFL draft

Overview

The following is the breakdown of the 256 players selected by position:

Player selections

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:#17: New York Jets → Cleveland (D). See #5: Cleveland → New York Jets above. :TampaTradeUp**#17: Cleveland → Tampa Bay (D).** Cleveland traded its first-round selection it acquired from the Jets (17th overall, used to select Josh Freeman) to Tampa Bay for first- and sixth-round selections (19th overall, traded to Philadelphia, who selected Jeremy Maclin; and 191st overall, used to select Coye Francies).|group="R1 -"}}|cfb page exists=yes}}

:#19: Tampa Bay → Cleveland (D). See #17: Cleveland → Tampa Bay above. :PhiladelphiaTradeUp**#19: Cleveland → Philadelphia (D).** Cleveland traded the first-round selection it acquired from Tampa Bay (19th overall, used to select Jeremy Maclin) to Philadelphia for first- and sixth-round selections (21st and 195th overall, used to select Alex Mack and James Davis, respectively).|group="R1 -"}}|cfb page exists=yes}}

:#26: Baltimore → New England (D). See #23: New England → Baltimore above. :GreenBayTradeUp**#26 New England → Green Bay (D).** New England traded the first-round selection it acquired from Baltimore (26th overall, used to select Clay Matthews) and a fifth-round selection (162nd overall) to Green Bay for a second-round selection (41st overall, used to select Darius Butler) and two third-round selections (73rd overall, traded to Jacksonville, who selected Derek Cox; and 83rd overall, used to select Brandon Tate).|group="R1 -"}}|probowl=yes|cfb page exists=yes}}

:Otah**#28: Carolina → Philadelphia (PD).** Carolina traded its 2009 first-round selection (28th overall, which was traded to Buffalo, used to select Eric Wood), and its 2008 second- and fourth-round selections (43rd overall, which was traded to Minnesota, who selected Tyrell Johnson; and 109th overall, used to select Mike McGlynn) to Philadelphia for its 2008 first-round selection (19th overall, used to select Jeff Otah). :Peters**#28: Philadelphia → Buffalo (PD).** Philadelphia traded the 2009 first-round selection it acquired from Carolina (28th overall, used to select Eric Wood) and its 2009 fourth-round selection (121st overall) to Buffalo for Jason Peters.|group="R1 -"}}|probowl=yes|cfb page exists=yes}}

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:Hester**#47: San Diego → New England (PD).** San Diego traded its 2008 second-round selection (47th overall) and its 2008 fifth-round selection (160th overall, traded to Tampa Bay, who selected Josh Johnson) to New England for one of New England's 2008 third-round selections (69th overall, used to select Jacob Hester).

:NewEnglandTradeUp**#47: New England → Oakland (D).** See #40: Oakland → New England above.|group="R2 -"}}|cfb page exists=yes}}

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:GreenBayTradeUp**#73: Green Bay → New England (D).** See #26: New England → Green Bay above. :Edelman**#73: New England → Jacksonville (D).** New England traded this selection to Jacksonville for its 2010 second-round selection and 2009 seventh-round selection (232nd overall, used to select Julian Edelman).|group="R3 -"}}|cfb page exists=yes}}

:Favre**#83: New York Jets → Green Bay (PD).** The Jets traded this selection to Green Bay for Brett Favre. The conditional selection, originally a fourth-round selection, became a third-round selection (83rd overall) because Favre took more than 50 percent of the team's snaps; had the Jets made the playoffs, it would have become a second-round selection. :GreenBayTradeUp**#83: Green Bay → New England (D)** See #26: New England → Green Bay above.|group="R3 -"}}|cfb page exists=yes}}

:Cutler**#84: Chicago → Denver (PD).** See #18: Chicago → Denver above. :DenverTradeUp**#84 Denver → Pittsburgh (D).** See #64: Pittsburgh → Denver above.|group="R3 -"}}|probowl=yes|cfb page exists=yes}}

:NewYorkPhilly**#91: New York Giants → Philadelphia (PD).** New York traded this selection to Philadelphia. :PhillySeattleTrade**#91: Philadelphia → Seattle (D).** Philadelphia traded this selection to Seattle for their 2010 third round selection and 2008 fifth- and seventh-round selections (137th overall, traded to New England then Baltimore, who selected Jason Phillips, and 213rd overall, used to select Paul Fanaika).|group="R3 -"}}|cfb page exists=yes}}

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                  - Round 5   ************

-- :Redding**#137: Detroit → Seattle (D).**Detroit traded Cory Redding and its fifth-round selection (137th overall) to Seattle for Julian Peterson. :Seattle traded the 137th pick to Philadelphia. Philadelphia traded two fifth-round picks (137th and 141st overall) to New England for cornerback Ellis Hobbs. New England traded this pick to Baltimore.|group="R5 -"}}|cfb page exists=yes}}

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                  - Round 7   ************

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Trades

In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

Round seven

Supplemental draft selections

One player was selected in the 2009 Supplemental Draft:

Notable undrafted players

Selections by conference

Selection totals by college conference:

Selections by position

References

General references

• 2009 NFL Draft at Pro Football Reference
• 2009 NFL Draft at ESPN

Trade references

Specific references

References

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