Below you will find example sentences with "overall pick". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Overall Pick in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: overall
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 19
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 32.1 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "overall pick" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 32.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as no 1 overall pick in the, 2019 first overall pick by the, draft, first and round stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with draft pick, record overall, overall market, overall health and overall performance, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with overall pick
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The RemoBell S was most recently added as the best overall pick and the best value pick. (17 words)
Montreal also holds the seventh overall pick, while the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and B.C. Lions will pick eighth and ninth, respectively. (22 words)
Toronto, with the 85th overall pick, took Stanford midfielder Fletcher Bank with Montreal choosing Western Michigan midfielder Carson Hodgson one pick later. (22 words)
It’s still early in Poles’ tenure, but his decision to trade the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft to acquire wide receiver D.J. Moore looks shaky with the spectacular rise of Texans rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud, the second overall pick. (46 words)
Haskins’ great season resulted in him finishing third in the Heisman Memorial Trophy voting; behind only Kyler Murray, the 2019 first-overall pick by the Arizona Cardinals, and Tua Tagovailoa, who is projected to be a high pick next year’s NFL draft. (43 words)
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats landed the sixth overall pick and a fifth-round selection (No. 37 overall) in the ’18 draft from the Edmonton Eskimos for the first pick of the second round (No. 10) and a third-round selection (No. 20). (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
With two star receivers, a rookie second-round pick and a former top-ten pick on the roster, the team had high hopes for the weapons they were surrounding the No. 1 overall pick with.
It’s still early in Poles’ tenure, but his decision to trade the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft to acquire wide receiver D.J. Moore looks shaky with the spectacular rise of Texans rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud, the second overall pick.
The team is expected to hold the No. 1 overall pick, but their current quarterback, Justin Fields, was the 11th overall pick in 2021 and has two years remaining on his contract.
Toronto FC, which landed Trinidad and Tobago wingback Tyrese Spicer with the first overall pick last December, traded away this year’s first-round pick (ninth overall) to San Diego in the deal that netted TFC Brazilian winger Thiago Andrade.
Nico Hischier, the No. 1 overall pick in the 17-18 draft, was entering his third season and he was joined by fellow Jack Hughes, the No. 1 overall pick in the June draft.
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats landed the sixth overall pick and a fifth-round selection (No. 37 overall) in the ’18 draft from the Edmonton Eskimos for the first pick of the second round (No. 10) and a third-round selection (No. 20).
The Oilers selected Nugent-Hopkins with the No. 1 overall pick at the 2011 NHL Draft, the Avalanche took Landeskog second overall and the Lightning got Kucherov in the second round (58th overall).
Montreal also holds the seventh overall pick, while the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and B.C. Lions will pick eighth and ninth, respectively.
The Bears had the No. 1 overall pick this year, but traded down to No. 9 in a deal with the Panthers that brought them wide receiver DJ Moore, the Panthers’ first-round pick next year and their second-rounder in 2025.
Toronto, with the 85th overall pick, took Stanford midfielder Fletcher Bank with Montreal choosing Western Michigan midfielder Carson Hodgson one pick later.
Last year the Cleveland Guardians won the No. 1 overall pick despite having 2% odds, enabling them to pick standout infield prospect Travis Bazzana.
The New England Patriots are expected to pick third in the upcoming NFL draft, which is the highest the club has had since drafting Richard Seymour with the sixth overall pick in 2001.
Cincinnati selected former University of Southern California quarterback with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft, the last time the franchise owned the rights to the top pick.
Even though the Cavaliers are currently projected to have the second overall pick in the upcoming draft, per Tankathon, it’s anything but a certainty that they’ll receive a pick that high.
If so, they might be able to get the 33rd overall pick from the Bengals, and make the first pick of Day Two.
Haskins’ great season resulted in him finishing third in the Heisman Memorial Trophy voting; behind only Kyler Murray, the 2019 first-overall pick by the Arizona Cardinals, and Tua Tagovailoa, who is projected to be a high pick next year’s NFL draft.
Holding the first overall pick in any draft is exciting, but it also means that your team was absolutely horrendous the year before, unless you traded for the pick.
The Cardinals spent Tuesday that they are considering ditching 2018 first-round pick in favor of Kyler Murray, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t enjoying the attention that comes with holding the first overall pick.
The RemoBell S was most recently added as the best overall pick and the best value pick.
The White Sox signed baseman Andrew Vaughn, the No. 3 overall pick in the draft, to the full pick value of $7,221,200.