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CAA Leads The Way At NFL Draft, Repping Nine Players In First Round

CAA Football for the second year in a row led all agencies with nine players selected in the first round of the NFL Draft, including three of the top 10 picks. Athletes First and Lagardère Sports tied for the second most picks in the first round with four each. BC Sports' Bus Cook reps No. 1 overall pick DE Myles Garrett, while Rep 1 Sports represents QB Mitchell Trubisky, who went second overall. There were 13 different agencies repping Round 1 players, compared to 19 last year. See today's issue of THE DAILY for a complete rundown of agents and agencies repping first-round picks.

PICK
TEAM
PLAYER/POS./SCHOOL AGENT(S)/FIRM
1
Browns
Myles Garrett/DE/Texas A&M Bus Cook/BC Sports
2
Bears
Mitchell Trubisky/QB/North Carolina Bruce Tollner, Chase Callahan/
Rep 1 Sports
3
49ers
Solomon Thomas/DE/Stanford Tom France, Tom Condon,
Tom Condon Jr., RJ Gonser/CAA
4
Jaguars
Leonard Fournette/RB/LSU Ari Nissim, Kim Miale/Roc Nation
5
Titans
Corey Davis/WR/Western Michigan Tom Condon, Ben Renzin,
Patrick Collins/CAA

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