FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orange Bowl Committee
April 30, 2012
Noah Sharfman
[email protected]
305-341-4737
THIRTY FOUR PLAYERS HOSTED BY THE ORANGE BOWL
SELECTED IN THE 2012 NFL DRAFT
Miami Lakes, FL (www.orangebowl.org) – Highlighted by first overall selection Andrew Luck, 34 players who were
hosted by the Orange Bowl were selected in the 2012 NFL Draft. Including the five first round draftees in 2012, the
Orange Bowl has now hosted 257 players who were later selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. The 2012 NFL
Draft was held April 26-28 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The Indianapolis Colts made Luck, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2011 Discover Orange Bowl, the 15th player
hosted by the Orange Bowl to be selected with the first overall pick in the NFL Draft. In addition to Luck, West Virginia’s
Bruce Irvin (2012 Orange Bowl) was selected 15th by Seattle, Iowa’s Riley Reiff (2010 OB) was picked 23rd by Detroit,
Stanford’s David DeCastro (2011 OB) was selected 24th by Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech’s David Wilson was selected
with the final pick in the first round, 32nd, by the New York Giants.
Luck and DeCastro were two of the four Stanford Cardinals drafted this year. The Colts also selected Coby Fleener
with the 34th pick. Jonathan Martin will return to Sun Life Stadium, the site of Stanford’s 40-12 victory over Virginia
Tech in the 2011 Discover Orange Bowl, after being drafted by the Miami Dolphins with the 42 nd pick.
Virginia Tech, Stanford’s opponent in the 2011 Discover Orange Bowl, had three players drafted, including New York’s
first round pick, Wilson. Jayron Hosley will join Wilson on the Giants after being selected 94th.
Including West Virginia’s Irvin, seven players from the 2012 Discover Orange Bowl heard their names called during the
2012 NFL Draft. Irvin was the first of three Mountaineers drafted while Clemson boasted four draft picks. Clemson’s
Dwayne Allen, the 2012 Mackey Award winner, joins Luck and Fleener in Indianapolis after being selected 64th by the
Colts.
Seven players hosted during the 2010 Orange Bowl between Iowa and Georgia Tech were selected, highlighted by
Reiff’s selection in the first round. Including Reiff, the Hawkeyes had six players drafted while Stephen Hill was Georgia
Tech’s only draftee. Hill was picked 43rd by the New York Jets.
Nine players hosted by the Orange Bowl during the 2009 BCS National Championship Game were selected. Oklahoma
had six players selected, including a pair by the Detroit Lions (the Lions also selected OU’s Ronnell Lewis, but Lewis
was not a member of OU’s 2009 team). Three members of Florida’s National Championship team were drafted,
including Janoris Jenkins who transferred to North Alabama following the 2010 season. Additionally, four players from
the Cincinnati Bearcats team that played in the 2009 Orange Bowl were drafted in 2012.
The Orange Bowl’s partner, the Atlantic Coast Conference, had 15 of the first 100 players taken, and tied with the
PAC-12 Conference for the second-highest total among all conferences in the top 100, behind only the Southeastern
Conference (17). The SEC led all conferences in overall selections with 42 players chosen in the draft, followed by the
Big Ten with 41 and the ACC with 31.
The 2013 Discover Orange Bowl will be played on January 1, 2013 and the 2013 Discover BCS National
Championship Game will be played on January 7, 2013. Both games will be played at Sun Life Stadium in Miami
Gardens, FL. For ticket information for the Discover Orange Bowl, BCS National Championship Game and all Orange
Bowl Festival events, please contact 305-341-4701 or log on to www.orangebowl.org.
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About the Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl is a 352-member, primarily-volunteer non-profit sports organization that promotes and serves the
South Florida community. The Orange Bowl Festival features a year-round schedule of events culminating with the
Discover Orange Bowl on January 1, 2013 and the Discover BCS National Championship on January 7, 2013. Other
Orange Bowl core events include the MetroPCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic, Orange Bowl Youth Football Alliance
presented by Sports Authority, Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships, Orange Bowl Sailing Regatta Series
and Orange Bowl Paddle Championships. For more information on the 2012-13 Orange Bowl Festival and its events,
including promotional and volunteer opportunities through the Ambassador Program, log on to www.orangebowl.org.
The complete list of players hosted by the Orange Bowl in the 2012 NFL Draft:
DRAFT
CLEMSON - 2012 Orange Bowl
PLAYER
POSITION
ROUND
DE
2
Andre Branch
TE
3
Dwayne Allen
DT
3
Brandon Thompson
CB
4
Coty Sensabaugh
WEST VIRGINIA - 2012 Orange Bowl
OLB
1
Bruce Irvin
ILB
5
Najee Goode
CB
6
Keith Tandy
STANFORD - 2011 Orange Bowl
QB
1
Andrew Luck
OG
1
David DeCastro
TE
2
Coby Fleener
OT
2
Jonathan Martin
VIRGINIA TECH - 2011 Orange Bowl
RB
1
David Wilson
CB
3
Jayron Hosley
WR
5
Danny Coale
GEORGIA TECH - 2010 Orange Bowl
WR
2
Stephen Hill
IOWA - 2010 Orange Bowl
OT
1
Riley Reiff
DT
4
Mike Daniels
OG
5
Adam Gettis
CB
5
Shaun Prater
WR
6
Marvin McNutt
DB
7
Jordan Bernstine
FLORIDA - 2009 BCS National Championship Game
CB
2
Janoris Jenkins (North Alabama)
DT
4
Jaye Howard
RB
5
Chris Rainey
OKLAHOMA - 2009 BCS National Championship Game
WR
2
Ryan Broyles
OT
3
Donald Stephenson
CB
3
Jamell Fleming
DE
4
Frank Alexander
TE
6
James Hanna
OLB
7
Travis Lewis
CINCINNATI - 2009 Orange Bowl
DT
2
Derek Wolfe
RB
2
Isaiah Pead
DT
3
John Hughes
TE
4
Adrien Robinson
DRAFT
PICK
38
64
93
115
TEAM
DRAFTED BY
Jacksonville
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Tennessee
15
140
174
Seattle
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay
1
24
34
42
Indianapolis
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Miami
32
94
152
NY Giants
NY Giants
Dallas
43
NY Jets
23
132
141
156
194
217
Detroit
Green Bay
Washington
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Washington
39
114
159
St. Louis
Seattle
Pittsburgh
54
74
80
103
186
223
Detroit
Kansas City
Arizona
Carolina
Dallas
Detroit
36
50
87
127
Denver
St. Louis
Cleveland
NY Giants
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Orange Bowl Committee
14360 NW 77th Ct., Miami Lakes, Florida 33016
Tel 305.341.4700 Fax 305.341.4750 www.orangebowl.org