Lincoln Riley could be second person in CFB history to achieve amazing feat

By Matt Zemek, Trojans Wire: Football historians know this, but it’s still fascinating and still worth mentioning: The first NFL draft was held in 1936, months after the first Heisman Trophy was awarded in 1935.

The draft and the Heisman came into being in the same cycle of the football year. The college Class of 1935 fed directly into the 1936 NFL draft class.

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Lincoln Riley could become the second man in CFB history to achieve one amazing feat

Football historians know this, but it's still fascinating and still worth mentioning: The first NFL draft was held in 1936, months after the first Heisman Trophy was awarded in 1935. The draft and the Heisman came into being in the same cycle of the football…

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