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∙ 11y agoIn 2001 Kwame Brown was drafted out of high school number 1 by the Washington Wizards.
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According to NFL.com's historical draft database, the first Rutgers player drafted was Linebacker Bob Simms who was drafted in the 10th round in the 1960 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.
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Moses Malone Actually Moses was the 2nd player to skip college. The first was Reggie arding 12 years before Moses did it. So, the list of the first few is: 1. Reggie Harding 1962 NBA (had graduated high school when drafted) 2. Moses Malone 1974 ABA (drafted while in high school) 3. Daryl Dawkins 1975 NBA Draft 5th pick (drafted while in high school) 4. Bill Willoughby 1975 NBA Draft 19th pick (had graduated high school when drafted) It did not happen again until 1989 with Shawn Kemp (1989, attended University of Kentucky and Trinity Valley Community College but did not play college basketball. Was kicked off the University of Kentucky basketball team after pawning a teammate's necklace.)
Forward Garry Monahan was drafted first overall by the Montreal Canadiens in 1963
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In 2001 Kwame Brown was drafted out of high school number 1 by the Washington Wizards.
Ilya Kovalchuk is a Russian professional ice hockey player. He was drafted first overall in the 2001 NHL draft by the Atlanta Thrashers. His professional career started in 2001.
Basketball HistoryMoses Malone was the first male player to go straight from high school into the NBA. That is a wrong answer!!!! Darrell Dawkins was the first person to enter the NBA from High School!!Moses Malone was the first person to go from high school to the ABA!!___________________________________________________________Actually, Reggie Harding was the first player to go from high school to the NBA. Reggie was drafted in 1962 by the Detroit Pistons. In 1962 "Chocolate Thunder" was 5 years old and Moses Malone was 7 years old.Reggie Harding was supposed to be the first player to go from high school to the NBA but when he was drafted the NBA rules was that you must wait until one year after you high school class graduated so Reggie had to play Minor Basketball League. Darryl Dawkins was the first person to enter the NBA from High School. Darryl was drafted in the 1975 draft. He was 18 years old.
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According to NFL.com's historical draft database, the first Rutgers player drafted was Linebacker Bob Simms who was drafted in the 10th round in the 1960 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.
Nic Naitanui was their first pick (Pick 2 overall). He was drafted from Swan Districts.
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