All-time ultimate mock draft, pick No. 18

Every day or so leading up to the NFL Draft on April 26-27, "Greatest Pro Bowls of all time, and other stuff" will go from pick No. 32 to pick No. 1, recalling the greatest players ever selected in those spots.

The ultimate all-time mock draft continues with pick No. 18 ...

Paul Krause, S, Washington Redskins (1964, Iowa)


Talk about making an impact in your rookie season, Krause picked off 12 passes in his first season with the Redskins in 1964. When was the last time the NFL had a player intercept 12 or more passes? You have to go all the way back to 1980, when the Oakland Raiders' Lester Hayes picked off 13 passes.

That 1964 season propelled Krause to become the NFL's all-time leader with 81 interceptions, which were collected over the course of a 16-year NFL career. Krause was eventually traded to the Vikings, with whom he was the starting free safety on all four of the Vikings' Super Bowl teams. Krause was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998.

Other notable players selected at No. 18 include ...

Art Monk, WR, Washington Redskins (1980, Syracuse), who will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year.

Jim Hill, DB, San Diego Chargers (1968, Texas A&M-Kingsville), who is famous in the Los Angeles area for his sports reporting on CBS channel 2's Sports Central.

John Henry Johnson, FB, Pittsburgh Steelers (1953, Arizona State), who was a part of the 49ers' famed "Million Dollar Backfield" that also included Hall of Famers Hugh McElhenny, Y.A. Tittle and Joe Perry.

Frank "Bruiser" Kinard, T, Brooklyn Dodgers (1938, Mississippi), who weighed just 195 pounds, but packed enough of a punch to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.

Tuffy Leemans, B, New York Giants (1936, George Washington), who was a member of the NFL's very first draft class (in 1936), helped the Giants contend for the league title on an annual basis, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1978.

Current NFL players selected at No. 18: Leon Hall, CB, Cincinnati Bengals (2007, Michigan); Bobby Carpenter, LB, Dallas Cowboys (2006, Ohio State); Erasmus James, DE, Minnesota Vikings (2005, Wisconsin); Will Smith, DE, New Orleans Saints (2004, Ohio State); Calvin Pace, DE, Arizona Cardinals (2003, Wake Forest); T.J. Duckett, RB, Atlanta Falcons (2002, Michigan State); Jeff Backus, OT, Detroit Lions (2001, Michigan); Chad Pennington, QB, New York Jets (2000, Marshall); Eddie Kennison, WR, St. Louis Rams (1996, LSU).