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Where each 1st round pick played high school football

Where each 1st round pick played high school football

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The NFL was infused with an abundance of promising talent in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft.

It was not too long ago that the NFL’s newest brightest stars were dominating at their respective high schools, though. Long before the college stardom that led them to be drafted in the first round, many of Thursday night’s selections were key pieces for prominent high school football programs.

With the first round of this year’s NFL draft in the books, USA Today High School Sports decided to a look at where each first-rounder played their high school football.

Let’s get into it.

1

DE Travon Walker — Upson-Lee (Ga.)

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2

DE Aidan Hutchinson — Divine Child (Mich.)

Syndication: Detroit Free Press

3

CB Derek Stingley Jr. — Dunham School (La.)

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

4

CB Ahmad Gardner — Martin Luther King (Mich.)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

5

DE Kayvon Thibodeaux — Oaks Christian (Calif.)

Syndication: Detroit Free Press

6

OT Ikem Ekwonu — Providence Day School (N.C.)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

7

OT Evan Neal — IMG Academy (Fla.)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

8

WR Drake London — Moorpark (Calif.)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

9

OT Charles Cross — Laurel (Miss.)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

10

WR Garrett Wilson — Lake Travis (Texas)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

11

WR Chris Olave — Mission Hills (Calif.)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

12

WR Jameson Williams — Cardinal Ritter College Prep (Mo.)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

13

DT Jordan Davis — Mallard Creek (N.C.)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

14

S Kyle Hamilton — Marist School (Ga.)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

15

G Kenyon Green — Atascocita (Texas)

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

16

WR Jahan Dotson — Nazareth (Pa.)

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17

G Zion Johnson — Riverdale Baptist (Md.)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

18

WR Treylon Burks — Warren (Ark.)

Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports

19

OT Trevor Penning — Newman Catholic (Iowa)

AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

20

QB Kenny Pickett — Ocean Township (N.J.)

Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports

21

CB Trent McDuffie — St. John Bosco (Calif.)

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports

22

LB Quay Walker — Crisp County (Ga.)

AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

23

CB Kaiir Elam — The Benjamin School (Fla.)

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

24

OT Tyler Smith — North Crowley (Texas)

Mary Holt-USA TODAY Sports

25

C Tyler Linderbaum — Solon (Iowa)

Syndication: Arizona Republic

26

DE Jermaine Johnson — Eden Prairie (Minn.)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

27

LB Devin Lloyd — Otay Ranch (Calif.)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

28

DT Devonte Wyatt — Towers (Ga.)

Syndication: Online Athens

29

G Cole Strange — Farragut (Tenn.)

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports

30

DE George Karlaftis — West Lafayette (Ind.)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

31

S Daxton Hill — Booker T. Washington (Okla.)

Kareem Elgazzar-USA TODAY NETWORK

32

S Lewis Cine — Trinity Christian School (Texas)

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