Ten sensations in NFL Draft history

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Russell Wilson, QB (2012, 3rd round, Seattle)

A lack of impressive anthropometry (5'10") left the quarterback outside the threshold of the first two rounds. Brandon Weeden and Brock Osweiler were selected ahead of him. He won back a spot in the starting lineup, won a Super Bowl, and at the same time set a number of league records for a rookie.

Larry Wilson, S (1960, 7th round, St. Louis)

The free safety played 13 seasons for the Cardinals. During that time, he threw 52 interceptions, was selected to the All-Star Game eight times, the same number of selections to the All-Star team and eventually ended up in the NFL Hall of Fame.

Ken Houston, S (1967, 9th round, Houston)

The quarterback was likely selected with the 214th pick already purely from the last name. In return, the Oilers got a future Hall of Fame member, the author of 49 interceptions returned for a total of 898 yards. The record of four interceptions and a fumble that turned into five touchdowns held until 2006.

Terrell Davis, RB (1995, 6th round, Denver)

Davis didn't possess the sort of speed for a running back. However, the rookie won a starting spot in his first season, and ended up with 60 touchdowns and over 7,600 yards rushing in seven years. In 1998, the running back broke the landmark two thousand yard rushing mark.

Will Shields, G (1993, 3rd round, Kansas City Chiefs)

In 14 years, Shields never missed a game and only once started a game not in the starting lineup. He has been selected to the All-Star Game 12 consecutive times and eight times to the symbolic team. In 2015, we saw the name of one of the best tackles in football history in the Hall of Fame.

Zach Thomas, LB (1996, 5th round, Miami)

Considered one of the best inside linebackers of the modern era for 13 years. For a 154th pick, pretty underwhelming. Made more tackles than any Hall of Fame linebacker, ranks sixth all-time, in company with such greats as Ray Lewis, London Fletcher and Junior Seiau.

Shannon Sharpe, TE (1990, 7th round, Denver)

Another find from the Broncos. Many teams were unsure if Sharpe could perform at the NFL level. He became a steamroller who not only could, but ended up leading the Tight Ends in every key metric in history (he would later be surpassed by Tony Gonzalez, selected in... the first round).

Joe Montana, QB (1979, 3rd round, San Francisco)

Just some five years ago, considered the best quarterback in the history of the game with a bunch of titles and 40,000 passing yards. Before Montana, no-names Jack Thompson and Steve Fuller went under the hammer. That draft wasn't particularly outstanding on legends at all. Only Dan Hampton and Kellen Winslow made it into the Hall of Fame besides Montana.

Deacon Jones, DE (1961, 14th round, Los Angeles)

The NFL didn't keep snap counts until 1982. In fact, when Jones started his career, there was no such concept at all. There is talk that Deacon made 194.5, but the official figure is impressive - 173.5. Either way, that's the third-highest total in history behind Reggie White and Bruce Smith. That's pretty normal for a 186th pick....

Tom Brady, QB (2000, 6th round, New England)

Scouts wrote that he has a weak arm, is slow, and will remain an understudy at best. I wonder if these people are still on the job? Or are they now writing about Bill Belichick's genius and the fluke of Drew Bledsoe's injury? Four Super Bowl wins and a win in contention with the already-mentioned Montana for the best-ever title has everyone figured out.