VIDEO: History of the NFL Draft

Today, the NFL Draft is a ratings bonanza.

But more than 80 years ago when the draft started here in Philadelphia, it was much smaller, with much less fanfare.

Rick Williams takes a look back at the history of the NFL Draft in the above video.

Washington Redskins Club president George Marshall with National Football League Commissioner Bert Bell in Philadelphia on Jan. 31, 1957.

AP Photo/Bill Ingraham

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