The top 5 picks in the 2004 NFL draft were:
1. San Diego Chargers- Eli Manning QB
2. Oakland Raiders- Robert Gallery T
3. Arizona Cardinals- Larry Fitzgerald WR
4. New York Giants- Philip Rivers QB
5. Washington Redskins- Sean Taylor DB
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Ki-Jana Carter, RB - Penn State Drafted 1st overall by the Cincinnati Bengals.
I don't know about the top 50, but Wikipedia lists the following as the best example of NFL draft busts:Todd BlackledgeBrian BosworthKi-Jana CarterCurtis EnisRyan LeafCade McNownTony MandarichTodd MarinovichLawrence PhillipsHeath ShulerAkili SmithAndre Ware
As of 11-08, the University of Miami has 46 active players on NFL rosters. Second is FSU with 37.
You have to be a collegiate football player first, once you're in your junior or senior year, you may declare you are going to the NFL draft, which will make you eligible for NFL teams to pick you during the draft. & if NFL scouts consider you one of the top prospects (best players in the draft), they'll invite you to go up on stage & be able to hold your new teams jersey up in front of the crowd.
He was the top paid player in the NFL in 1981 at $600,000.