Five No. 1 Overall Picks Who Skipped Draft Ceremony Before Fernando Mendoza

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Five No. 1 Overall Picks Who Skipped Draft Ceremony Before Fernando Mendoza

In 2022, Travon Walker stayed in Atlanta, while in 2021, Trevor Lawrence celebrated in Clemson. Joe Burrow missed the 2020 event due to the pandemic’s remote format. Earlier, Baker Mayfield (2018), Myles Garrett (2017), and Jameis Winston (2015) chose to remain with family. Before the 1980s, attendance wasn't a league custom, making Mendoza’s absence a return to this private tradition.

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