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Joe Burrow joins exclusive club after Cincinnati Bengals draft him first overall

By Zac Wassink | Last updated 4/23/20

Immediately after the Cincinnati Bengals made LSU quarterback Joe Burrow the first overall pick of the 2020 NFL Draft, the 23-year-old joined an exclusive club.

As ESPN Stats & Info shared, Burrow is only the fourth player in history to achieve three specific feats:

LSU QB Joe Burrow caps an incredible last several months...

He joins Cam Newton (No. 1 overall in 2011), Leon Hart (1949) and Angelo Bertelli (1943) as the only players all-time to win a Heisman, win the national championship and go 1st overall all in the same academic year. pic.twitter.com/QAsjAAZiaz
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) April 24, 2020

Matching Cam Newton in the NFL wouldn't be too shabby for the young man Cincinnati fans hope will be a franchise savior. Newton won Most Valuable Player honors for the 2015 regular season and guided the Carolina Panthers to a Super Bowl appearance.

For now, Bengals fans are merely hoping their favorite team landed a rookie who is already the second-best signal-caller in the AFC North behind only reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson.

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