7 notable players to be picked at No. 74 overall

The most recent 74th overall pick to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, Shields clinched 12 consecutive Pro Bowls with the Chiefs from 1995-2006 and never missed a game across his 14-year career. He was enshrined in Canton in 2015.

Martin, a five-time Pro Bowler, stands sixth on the NFL’s all-time rushing leaderboard after he started his career with 10 straight 1,000-yard seasons, joining Barry Sanders as the only running backs to achieve the feat. He spent the first three years of his career with the Patriots before joining the Jets, whom he played for the next eight years. He became a Hall of Famer in 2012.

Sanders was a seven-time Pro Bowler and two-time first team All-Pro player in Detroit, where he played for all 10 of his NFL seasons. Sanders was the Lions’ receiving leader in six of those seasons and was named to the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 1970s. He was enshrined in Canton in 2007.

Wilson became a Hall of Famer in 1978 after a 13-year career where he was voted to the Pro Bowl eight times and named a first team All-Pro player five times. He recorded two or more interceptions in every year of his career and finished his time in St. Louis with 52 career picks.

Smith could become the fifth Hall of Famer on this list — he’s been a semifinalist the last year two years — but has yet to be on the final ballot after a 16-year career where he topped 1,000 yards eight times. He’s a five-time Pro Bowler and two-time first team All-Pro player who stands eighth on the NFL’s all-time receiving leaderboard with 14,731 yards.

Tuck was a two-time Pro Bowler who totaled 66.5 sacks in his career. He was a mainstay in the Giants’ defensive line for the first nine years of his career before playing two seasons with the Oakland Raiders. He topped double-digit sacks four times in his…