Draft Pick Jersey Numbers

LandoCommmando said
Who is #4 for the Saints already? Thought that Vacarro would want that # if avaliable.

To answer your question, #4 is Ryan Griffin. But as stated in the quote below, the NFL restricts what numbers players of all positions can wear.

QB's = #'s 1-19
WR's = #'s 10-19 & 80-89
DB's = #'s 20-49

And so on and so forth. That's why Reggie unsuccessfully petitioned, and couldn't use his college number of #5.

That's why teams rarely ever actually retire numbers, because there are simply not enough numbers to go around by retiring a few players at the same position. That's why teams "retire numbers but are still given out to active players".

Hustle said
In the NFL DBs can only wear numbers in the 20s, 30s and 40s.

Bingo.