Luck, RGIII go as expected, then trades abound Browns, Cowboys make big moves in first round of draft updated 8:40 p.m. NEW YORK - Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck has been selected first overall in the NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts, followed by Baylor QB Robert Griffin III, who was taken by the Washington Redskins. Luck is the first player the Colts have selected No. 1 overall since taking Manning in 1998. He was projected to be the top player in the 2011 draft but surprised some by returning to school. As a redshirt junior, he had the Cardinal poised to make a national championship run until a November loss to Oregon. And though he finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting to Robert Griffin III, most scouts still ranked Luck the best player in this draft class. That entourage included the Colts, who told Luck he would be the pick last week. "It's a new era, it's a new beginning," first-time general manager Ryan Grigson said minutes after the selection. Really, it's exciting and we got our guy. He's the one we feel is going to take us where we want to go with this thing. He shares the same vision that we all do, so we're excited. What the Colts are getting is a younger, cheaper version of Manning. Both grew up with NFL-playing fathers, left their home states to attend college, returned for one more college season when the "experts" thought they should have jumped to the NFL and then finished as Heisman runner-ups. Now both have been taken No. 1 overall by the Colts, and strangely, they'll even have the same tutors. Bruce Arians was Manning's first NFL quarterbacks coach and now he's back as Indy's offensive coordinator, and former offensive coordinator Clyde Christensen is now the Colts quarterback coach. The big move of the draft so far came from the Cleveland Browns, who moved up one spot, from fourth overall to third, in a trade with the Minnesota Vikings. The Browns took running back Trent Richardson of Alabama. The Vikings took tackle Matt Kalil of USC. Minnesota also gets picks in the fourth, fifth and seventh rounds from the Browns. The Jacksonville Jaguars traded up to take Tampa Bay's No. 5 pick and selected Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon. Dallas followed by trading up to St. Louis' spot at No. 6 and took LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne.