Thursday's first round of the NFL Draft was full of surprises, from about 10 minutes until nearly midnight before the Green Bay Packers wrapped things up. Once Von Miller went to Denver with the second overall pick, the major shake-up was on, all the way down to a bizarre “passing” of the pick by the Baltimore Ravens at 26. While giving grades a day after the draft is silly (general rule of thumb is to wait three years), we will examine each pick of the first round in detail.

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Arian Foster became a household name last season in winning the rushing title despite being undrafted, but he isn't alone.

What Priest Holmes once did and what Foster accomplished in 2010 prove that it isn't how you start, it's how you finish. Running backs no longer are all the rage in the NFL Draft in part because of guys like Foster, Danny Woodhead, and LeGarrette Blount.

In the postseason, a sixth-round unknown named James Starks became the Packers' go-to tailback in the team's run to a...