Sentence examples for first pick over from inspiring English sources

They took receiver Keyshawn Johnson with the first pick over all, a no-brainer.

The first pick over all in the 1995 draft, Smith is joining his 11th team in a 15-year N.B.A. career.

The MetroStars acquired midfielder Ross Paule from the Colorado Rapids yesterday for Steve Shak, the first pick over all in Major League Soccer's 2000 draft.

Bledsoe was the first pick over all in the 1993 draft; Brady was the 199th player picked in the 2001 draft.

There will be another next season -- the first pick over all in the recent draft, Yao Ming, a 7-5 center picked by the Houston Rockets.

When the Washington Capitals took Ovechkin, a 6-foot-2, 200 pound left wing from Dynamo Moscow, he became the second player from Russia to be selected with the first pick over all.

The Jets made Gholston the sixth pick over all.

The rookie salary for Williams, the eighth pick over all in April, will be $1 million.

The draft produced Peter Warrick, the Florida State receiver, with the fourth pick over all.

Kenny Smith, a Queens native, was drafted by the Sacramento Kings in 1987 with the sixth pick over all.

Arizona's Thomas Jones, the seventh pick over all, and Jamal Lewis, who was Baltimore's fifth pick, have not signed.