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Corbett and Havs were both 2nd rounders and Noteboom and Evans were 3rd rounders. AW was of course a 1st rounder. Typically although there are exceptions 1st round oline picks are reserved for LTs.
Small point. AW was also a 2nd rounder.
But, I generally agree with the idea that not all good OLs are built from high picks. Developmental picks are a routine part of successful OL building. Like the 99 OL. Yes they had Pace but to finish the 99 unit, they let a 1st rounder and 2nd rounder walk (Gandy and Wiegert) and replaced them with a UDFA who had played in Canada a bit and a 5th rounder (Nutten and Miller). The center was a UDFA (Gruttadauria) and Timmerman was originally a 7th round pick when Green Bay drafted him.