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Cincinnati Bengals select LSU QB Joe Burrow with No. 1 pick in 2020 NFL Draft

Get to know new Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow. Wochit

Joe Burrow is officially Cincinnati bound after the Bengals selected him No. 1 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.

Burrow is Cincinnati’s first No. 1 overall pick since Carson Palmer in 2003. The 23-year-old quarterback is the first player since Cam Newton to win a Heisman Trophy, national championship and be selected No. 1 overall.

As the first pick in this year’s draft, Burrow will sign a four-year contract that includes a fifth-year option. The total value of the deal is worth $36.19 million.