page_title: 2012 NFL Draft
section_title: Player selections
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 NFL Draft / Player selections
caption_attribution_description: English: Luke Kuechly in 2014 Pro Bowl.
context_page_description: The 2012 NFL draft was the 77th annual meeting of National Football League franchises to select newly eligible football players. The draft, which is officially called the "NFL Player Selection Meeting", was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City from April 26–28. The Indianapolis Colts, who compiled the league's worst record in the 2011 season with a 2–14 record, had the right to the first selection.
  On April 17, Indianapolis general manager Ryan Grigson announced that the team would take Andrew Luck as their first pick, saying it was "the right thing to do" in anticipation of the "media gauntlet" Luck would face in the days leading up to the draft. Luck, being highly regarded as one of the best quarterback prospects in years, had been the subject of the "Suck for Luck" campaigns by fans hoping their teams would end up with the worst record in the 2011 season so they would have the chance to draft Luck. Something rare occurred when the first and last picks in the draft were both quarterbacks and were taken by the same team. Chandler Harnish, chosen with the final pick of the draft by the Colts, made him Mr. Irrelevant for 2012.
caption: 2013 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Luke Kuechly was drafted with the 9th overall pick by the Carolina Panthers.
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