NEW YORK

Short on glam, slim on glitter and no sign of Manti Te’o, the NFL draft was still a solid B-plus: as in Big, as in Brawn, as in Bulk, as in Beefy.

We’re talking a scale-busting 600 pounds at the outset Thursday night with offensive tackles Eric Fisher of Central Michigan and Luke Joeckel of Texas A&M.

The first seven picks all were linemen: four on offense, three on defense.

“That’s a lot of love for the big boys up front, which we usually don’t get,” Fisher said.

None of the teams making the first 32 selections went for Te’o, not even Minnesota, which had three first-round picks. The All-America linebacker’s poor performance in Notre Dame’s loss to Alabama in the national championship game surely was a factor. Still to be determined is how much the fake girlfriend hoax cost him.

Unlike the last few years when bumper crops of quarterbacks reigned, this was pure muscle, and lots of it.

Actually, not a single QB was selected until Florida State’s EJ Manuel went to Buffalo at No. 16 – the lowest since 2000, when Chad Pennington went 18th to the Jets.

No running backs were chosen, either.

Fisher became the first Mid-American Conference player selected at the top when Kansas City’s new regime led by coach Andy Reid chose the 6-7, 306-pound offensive tackle.

“This is so surreal,” Fisher said. “I’m ready to get to work right now. I’m ready to start playing some football. I can’t process what’s going on right now.”

Fisher was followed by All-American Joeckel going to Jacksonville, defensive end Dion Jordan of Oregon to Miami, which traded up with Oakland, and Oklahoma tackle Lane Johnson to Philadelphia. Not a skill position player yet in sight – a stark change from the last four drafts, when quarterbacks went first.

The procession of linemen continued with BYU defensive end Ziggy Ansah, born in Ghana, going to Detroit, LSU defensive end Barkevious Mingo to Cleveland and North Carolina guard Jonathan Cooper to Arizona.

That made for a ton of beef after the first seven picks. In all, 18 linemen went in the first round, weighing an estimated 5,650 total pounds.

Fisher only was the third offensive tackle picked No. 1, joining Orlando Pace (1997) and Jake Long (2008) since the 1970 merger of the NFL and AFL. It’s also the first time since 1970 that offensive tackles went 1-2.

“What you’re getting is a very athletic player, a great kid, smart kid, engineering major,” Reid said of Fisher, who really began to draw attention with a strong Senior Bowl, showing he could handle the highest level of competition. “He can play any position along the line and loves to play the game.”

Joeckel didn’t seem any less thrilled to go No. 2.

“I don’t have words for all the emotions I feel,” he said. “It’s the best feeling of my entire life.”

Miami, envisioning Jordan as the next Jason Taylor, sent its first-rounder (12th overall) and this year’s second-rounder to Oakland. Then new Eagles coach Chip Kelly got a road-grader for his uptempo offense in Johnson.

“Tackle is not a very sexy position,” Johnson said. “But it’s a position of dire need.”

The next big trade saw the Rams move up eight spots – and send four picks to Buffalo to do so. St. Louis ended the pursuit of heft by grabbing West Virginia wide receiver Tavon Austin, who at 5-8, 174 pounds, probably could fit in the hip pocket of any of the guys picked ahead of him.

The New York Jets may have found a replacement for star cornerback Darrelle Revis – traded to Tampa Bay – when they picked Alabama All-American Dee Milliner. That was the first of three consecutive selections from two-time national champion Alabama: Tennessee took guard Chance Warmack, and San Diego got offensive tackle D.J. Fluker.

Oakland used the pick it got from the Dolphins for Houston cornerback D.J. Hayden.

Unlike their choice of Milliner, which was met raucous cheers, the Jets next selection, defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson of Missouri, drew scattered boos.

Utah defensive tackle Star Lotulelei went 14th to Carolina, followed by Texas safety Kenny Vaccaro to New Orleans.

Then came Manuel, although many analysts pegged West Virginia’s Geno Smith as the top quarterback. Smith went undrafted in the first round.

New England dealt its pick to Minnesota, which took Tennessee wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson.

Pittsburgh picked Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones.

Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert went 21st to Cincinnati.

Atlanta’s choice of Washington cornerback Desmond Trufant gave that family three brothers in the league. His older siblings Marcus and Isaiah preceded him.

One major surprise was the New York Giants’ selection of Justin Pugh, yet another tackle, but one who wasn’t projected to go in the opening round by many draft analysts.

The round took 3 hours, 33 minutes.

NFL Draft

Round 1

Thursday at New York

1. Kansas City, Eric Fisher, ot, Central Michigan.

2. Jacksonville, Luke Joeckel, ot, Texas A&M.

3. Miami (from Oakland), Dion Jordan, de, Oregon.

4. Philadelphia, Lane Johnson, ot, Oklahoma.

5. Detroit, Ziggy Ansah, de, BYU.

6. Cleveland, Barkevious Mingo, de, LSU.

7. Arizona, Jonathan Cooper, g, North Carolina.

8. St. Louis (from Buffalo), Tavon Austin, wr, West Virginia.

9. New York Jets, Dee Milliner, db, Alabama.

10. Tennessee, Chance Warmack, g, Alabama.

11. San Diego, D.J. Fluker, ot, Alabama.

12. Oakland (from Miami), D.J. Hayden, db, Houston.

13. New York Jets (from Tampa Bay), Sheldon Richardson, dt, Missouri.

14. Carolina, Star Lotulelei, dt, Utah.

15. New Orleans, Kenny Vaccaro, db, Texas.

16. Buffalo (from St. Louis), E.J. Manuel, qb, Florida State.

17. Pittsburgh, Jarvis Jones, lb, Georgia.

18. San Francisco (from Dallas), Eric Reid, db, LSU.

19. New York Giants, Justin Pugh, ot, Syracuse.

20. Chicago, Tyler Long, g, Oregon.

21. Cincinnati, Tyler Eifert, te, Notre Dame.

22. Atlanta (from Washington through St. Louis), Desmond Trufant, db, Washington.

23. Minnesota, Sharrif Floyd, dt, Florida.

24. Indianapolis, Bjoern Werner, de, Floida State.

25. Minnesota (from Seattle), Xavier Rhodes, db, Florida State.

26. Green Bay, Datone Jones, de, UCLA.

27. Houston, DeAndre Hopkins, wr, Clemson.

28. Denver, Sylvester Williams, dt, North Carolina.

29. Minnesota (from New England), Cordarrelle Patterson, wr, Tennessee.

30. St. Louis (from Atlanta), Alec Ogletree, lb, Georgia.

31. Dallas (from San Francisco), Travis Frederick, c, Wisconsin.

32. Baltimore, Matt Elam, db, Florida.

Associated Press