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By Marc Lawrence, PlaybookSports.com — Bryce Young was the seventh Heisman-winning QB to go No. 1 overall in the past 14 drafts, after just three such QBs did so in the previous 39.
• 2010: Sam Bradford (2008 Heisman)
• 2011: Cam Newton (2010 Heisman)
• 2015: Jameis Winston (2013 Heisman)
• 2018: Baker Mayfield (2017 Heisman)
• 2019: Kyler Murray (2018 Heisman)
• 2020: Joe Burrow (2019 Heisman)
• 2023: Young (2021 Heisman)
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