Draft Question - players changing position

[LionelRichie]

with all of the talk about taking long or gholston @ 6 i wondered if anyone knew the success rate of using a high 1st rd pick on a player and changing their position?

who was the last player taken in the top half of the draft to play a different position than they played in college? i know urlacher kind of fits this mold, but who else has successfully made the transition?

[BroadwayJoe12]

Demarcus Ware, Kamerion Wimbley and Shawne Merriman as of recently. I made a very long post concerning just this topic in the gholston with #6 pick, I don't wanna annoy people and post the same thing over and over, but it's definately worth a look.

[Jedi_Jet1121]

Chris Long simple if not a first round Offense of line

[Thai Jet]

Chris Long simple if not a first round Offense of line

Without a I'm not sure if you're making a funny or thinking of Jake Long.

[will]

with all of the talk about taking long or gholston @ 6 i wondered if anyone knew the success rate of using a high 1st rd pick on a player and changing their position?

who was the last player taken in the top half of the draft to play a different position than they played in college? i know urlacher kind of fits this mold, but who else has successfully made the transition?

I doubt anyone could answer this one. There are position changes (G to T; DT to DE, DL to LB) and there are position changes (QB to WR or RB or DB, etc). It'd be tough to group them all together and come up with anything meaningful. IMO.