No sport has a more confusing history with statistics than football. In the NCAA, its only recently that bowl games counted for stats, meaning Wisconsin legend Ron Dayne is no longer the all-time record holder for rushing yards, despite having 701 more than San Diego State’s Donnel Pumphrey.
Then there’s the NFL, whose history has created a cacophony of disputes when it comes to record keeping about the draft. Some only look back to the Common Draft, which began in 1967. Others only consider the NFL’s records valid since the merger with the AFL in 1970.
Nonetheless, the draft has existed in some form or another since 1936.