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NFL Draft: Jared Goff goes No. 1 to Los Angeles Rams

Unlike another famous Cal quarterback, Jared Goff didn't have to wait around on draft day.

Goff barely had time to settle into his seat Thursday night at Auditorium Theater in Chicago before the Los Angeles Rams ended the scant suspense and made him as the No. 1 pick of the NFL draft.Now, the Rams hope Goff can follow in the footsteps of Aaron Rogers. The two-time NFL MVP out of Cal famously plummeted to 24th overall in 2005 after speculation he might go first.Goff, in contrast, was off the board in the blink of an eye. He became the first Bears quarterback to go first overall since quarterback Steve Bartkowski in 1975.