Former ASU football safety Damarious Randall was taken No. 30 in the first round of the 2015 NFL draft Thursday, selected by the Green Bay Packers.
With the 30th pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, the #Packers select DB Damarious Randall, Arizona St. #PackersDraft pic.twitter.com/gRLo7y9NzP
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) May 1, 2015
Randall is the first ASU player to be selected in the first round since Terrell Suggs was taken by the Ravens in 2003.
Randall began his career with Butler Community College where he played baseball, transferred to Mesa Community College and then played at ASU in 2013-14.
He had 177 tackles in his Sun Devil career in addition to six interceptions, two of which were returned for touchdowns.
Randall was considered a mid-round pick but his stock rose considerably late in the draft process.
Randall joins former ASU linebacker Carl Bradford (2014 draft pick) and former ASU center Garth Gerhart in Green Bay.
According to ESPN Stats and Info, the nine Pac-12 players taken in the first round were the most in the common draft era.
Congrats to @RandallTime going to the Packers! Packers just got a great player! #BirdGang
— Todd Graham (@CoachGrahamASU) May 1, 2015
LETS GOO!!! @RandallTime to the Packers!!! My boy!!!!
— Jordan Simone (@JordanSimone38) May 1, 2015
New Green Bay Packer Damarious Randall at his draft party. pic.twitter.com/2blneKDB2O
— Brad Denny (@BDenny29) May 1, 2015
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