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What your favorite player looked like on NFL Draft night
![Peyton Manning](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc0a3c3924f532b793a127d_GettyImages-268508.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.690.suffix/1573182568684.jpeg)
Jamie Squire
It's easy to forget, but the stars of the NFL Draft are usually, beneath the stunting suits and goofy draft caps, little more than kids. Some of them even look like they could use a Proactiv endorsement. To celebrate the spotty complexions, youthful exuberance and return of the NFL's most irrationally optimistic weekend, we dug into the vaults to find the swaggiest (and sometimes sweatiest) old photos we could find. No matter who your favorite player is, something tells us you won't believe what they looked like on their first day on the job.
Eric Dickerson - 1983
![Football Player Eric Dickerson Posing with Ram's Owner and Coach](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc09ecd616a6029e1331232_GettyImages-515240834.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182578644.jpeg)
Bettmann
John Elway - 1984
![Portrait of John Elway](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc0a039eeefc5205f9ac851_GettyImages-515240812.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182587982.jpeg)
Bettmann
Richard "Refrigerator" Perry - 1985
![Chicago Bears](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc0927aeeefc5056c9ac843_Fridge.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182560564.jpeg)
Jonathan Daniel
Troy Aikman - 1989
![Troy Aikman Holding Jersey](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc09218c225e93dc3c9b55a_Aikman.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.544.suffix/1573182554782.jpeg)
Bettmann
Brett Favre - 1991
![Brett Favre - Atlanta Falcons - File Photos](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc092fa924f530cbf3a1279_Favre.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.773.suffix/1573182582831.jpeg)
Perry McIntyre
Drew Bledsoe - 1993
![1993 NFL Draft](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc09375c225e9c440c9b560_Bledsoe.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182561387.jpeg)
Focus On Sport
Marshall Faulk - 1994
![1994 NFL Draft](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc092bcc225e91d20c9b55c_Marshallfaulk.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182559737.jpeg)
Focus On Sport
Trent Dilfer - 1994
![1994 NFL Draft](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc0933ac225e91470c9b55e_TrentDilfer.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182583709.jpeg)
Focus On Sport
Keyshawn Johnson - 1996
![Keyshawn Johnson, potential number one NFL draft pick, talks](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc093b7eeefc5f7b19ac845_Keyshawn.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182562188.jpeg)
New York Daily News Archive
Orlando Pace - 1997
![Orlando Pace](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc093f2c225e911d8c9b562_OrlandoPace.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.690.suffix/1573182579467.jpeg)
Al Bello
Peyton Manning - 1998
![Peyton Manning](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc09424c225e98447c9b564_Peyton.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182549813.jpeg)
Ezra Shaw
LaDanian Tomlinson - 2000
![The NFL's No. 4 pick, LaDainian Tomlinson, is all smiles as](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc094a877f02216737f8e60_GettyImages-97287457.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.690.suffix/1573182555619.jpeg)
New York Daily News Archive
Chris Samuels and LaVar Arrington - 2000
![NFL Draft 2000 Samuels](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc09521616a60793d33122a_SamuelsArrington.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182582027.jpeg)
M. David Leeds
Eli Manning - 2004
![2004 NFL Draft](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc0970c77f02226757f8e62_Eli1.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182573575.jpeg)
Chris Trotman
Eli Manning Part Deux - 2004
![2004 NFL Draft](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc0973c616a601c2733122c_Eli2.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182544776.jpeg)
Chris Trotman
Ben Roethlisberger - 2004
![2004 NFL Draft - Day One](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc098d0616a60f20b331230_BigBen.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.690.suffix/1573182546573.jpeg)
Tom Berg
Alex Smith - 2005
![2005 NFL Draft](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc097cdeeefc5eef69ac849_alexsmith.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182574383.jpeg)
Sporting News Archive
Matt Leinart - 2006
![2006 NFL Draft](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc09582eeefc5db519ac847_leinart.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.725.suffix/1573182567825.jpeg)
Chris Trotman
Brady Quinn - 2007
![2007 NFL Draft - April 28, 2007](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc09831616a60d06f33122e_bradyquinn.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182550628.jpeg)
Rich Schultz
Jamarcus Russell and Adrian Peterson - 2007
![Radio City Photo Call For NFL Draft](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc0988477f022f6997f8e64_JamarcusRussel-AP.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182581217.jpeg)
Chris McGrath
Joe Flacco - 2008
![Joe Flacco Drafted By Baltimore Ravens - Press Conference](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc09974eeefc55c4c9ac84b_Flacco.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182587016.jpeg)
Jeff Fusco
Sam Bradford - 2010
![2010 NFL Draft Round 1](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc09d3eeeefc5357f9ac84d_GettyImages-98620708.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182588833.jpeg)
Jeff Zelevansky
Beast Mode - 2012
![Bay Area News Group Archive](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc09d97eeefc524269ac84f_GettyImages-1006143368.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.690.suffix/1573182542334.jpeg)
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Odell Beckham Jr. - 2014
![NFL: MAY 08 National Football League Draft](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc09c2ac225e9f0aec9b566_GettyImages-579082656.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182584515.jpeg)
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Ezekiel Elliott - 2016
![NFL Draft - Red Carpet](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc09b15924f53ac283a127b_GettyImages-525682684.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182576894.jpeg)
Kena Krutsinger
Jamal Adams - 2017
![SiriusXM At The 2017 NFL Draft](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/24/5cc0a215616a60ba9e331234_GettyImages-674277160.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix/1573182589626.jpeg)
Lisa Lake