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With Caleb Williams' selection, USC holds the crown for most No. 1 NFL picks

With Caleb Williams' selection, USC holds the crown for most No. 1 NFL picks

Not long after he'd led a USC to a win in the 2002 Orange Bowl, the soon-to-be-drafted Carson Palmer sat down with newly-minted agent David Dunn, who pointed out a specific point on the pre-draft timeline: this is when you'll get picked apart. This was a lay-everything-out conversation, and so Dunn went through scheduling with Palmer on a variety of topics. Before Caleb Williams, Palmer was USC's last No. 1 pick, in 2003.