Congratulations To Sam Bradford -- The First Native American #1 Draft Pick In NFL History
Former University of Oklahoma Quarterback Sam Bradford has become the first Native American selected as the top pick in the National Football League’s annual draft. Bradford was selected by the St. Louis Rams. The draft selection was another significant “First” for Bradford, who is also the first Native American to win The Heisman Trophy, awarded annually to America’s best college football player.
Bradford is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. He is one-sixteenth Cherokee through his paternal great-great-grandmother, Susie Walkingstick, who was a full-blooded Cherokee. He is the first person of Cherokee descent to start at quarterback for a Division I university since Sonny Sixkiller, a full-blooded Cherokee, who played for the University of Washington during the 1970-72 seasons.
After the celebration of his historic achievement, Bradford will quickly engage the first legal challenge of his new profession -- his contract negotiation!
