2012 NFL Draft: 1st-round picks

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Posted: 04/26/2012

CINCINNATI - Even before the 2012 NFL Draft kicked off Thursday night  in New York City, one trade had already been made with several more that followed.

The Cleveland Browns traded up from the number four spot to the number three spot held by the Minnesota Vikings.

The Jacksonville Jaguars traded up to the Tampa Buccaneers' fifth spot from number seven.

The Dallas Cowboys moved up to number six by trading with the St. Louis Rams, who had already traded out of the number two spot.

The Philadelphia Eagles acquired the 12th overall pick from the Seattle Seahawks.

After drafting Dre Kirkpatrick, the Bengals swapped first-round picks with the New England Patriots. Cincinnati drops down to the 27th pick and gets New England's third-round pick (no. 93).

The Patriots then moved up to the 25th pick from Denver.

Minnesota moved up to acquire Baltimore's 29th overall pick.

Tampa Bay then traded up to Denver's late first-round spot, previously held by New England

Here's the picks so far in the first round:

1. Indianapolis -- Andrew Luck, quarterback from Stanford

2. Washington -- Robert Griffin III, quarterback from Baylor

3. Cleveland -- Trent Richardson, running back from Alabama

4. Minnesota -- Matt Kalil, offensive tackle from Southern California

5. Jacksonville - Justin Blackmon, wide receiver from Oklahoma State

6. Dallas - Morris Claiborne, cornerback from LSU

7. Tampa Bay - Mark Barron, defensive back from Alabama

8 . Miami - Ryan Tannehill, quarterback from Texas A & M

9 . Carolina - Luke Kuechly, linebacker from Boston College

10. Buffalo - Stephon Gilmore, cornerback from South Carolina

11. Kansas City - Dontari Poe, defensive tackle from Memphis

12 Philadelphia - Fletcher Cox, defensive tackle from Mississippi State

13. Arizona - Michael Floyd, wide receiver from Notre Dame

14. St. Louis - Michael Brockers, defensive tackle from LSU

15. Seattle - Bruce Irvin, linebacker from West Virginia

16. New York Jets - Quinton Coples, defensive end from North Carolina

17. - Cincinnati - Dre Kirkpatrick, cornerback from Alabama

18. - San Diego - Melvin Ingram, defensive end from South Carolina

19. Chicago - Shea McClellin, linebacker from Boise State

20. Tennessee - Kendall Wright, wide receiver from Baylor

21. New England (acquired from Cincinnati) - Chandler Jones, defensive end from Syracuse

22. Cleveland - Brandon Weeden, quarterback from Oklahoma State

23. Riley Feiff, offensive tackle from Iowa

24. Pittsburgh - David DeCastro, offensive guard from Stanford

25. New England (from Denver) - Dont'a Hightower, linebacker from Alabama

26. Houston - Whitney Mercilus, defensive end from Illinois

27. Cincinnati - Kevin Zeitler, offensive guard from Wisconsin

28. Green Bay - Nick Perry , defensive end from USC

29. Minnesota (from Baltimore) - Harrison Smith, defensive back from Notre Dame

30. San Francisco - A.J. Jenkins, wide receiver from Illinois

31. Tampa Bay (from Denver, New England) - Doug Martin, running back from Boise State

32. New York Giants - David Wilson, running back from Virginia Tech

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