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The 2017 NFL draft was the 82nd annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible American football players. It was held in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art [ 1 ] on April 27–29, returning to Philadelphia for the first time since 1961 .
The 2020 NFL draft was the 85th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2020 NFL season. The first round was held on April 23, followed by the second and third rounds on April 24. The draft concluded with rounds 4–7 on April 25.
Checkout the 2017 NFL Draft Results including drafted players and trade timelines and their career stats on Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- History
- Current Format
- Events Leading Up to The Draft
- Tickets
- NFL Venues
- AFL Venues
- Supplemental Draft
- See Also
Precursor and rationale
In the early 1930s, Stan Kostka had an excellent college career as a University of Minnesota running back, leading the Minnesota Gophers to an undefeated season in 1934. Every NFL team wanted to sign him. Kostka took advantage of the lack of a draft and held out for the highest possible offer. While a free agent he even running for Mayor of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. Although his political career did not take off, Kostka's nine-month NFL holdout succeeded and he became the league's highe...
The first draft
The first NFL draft began at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia on February 8, 1936. Ninety names were written on a blackboard in the meeting room from which the teams would choose. As no team had a scouting department, the list was created from either print media sources, visits to local colleges by team executives, or by recommendations to team executives. The draft would last for nine rounds, and it had no media coverage. The first player ever selected in the draft was Jay Berwanger. B...
Early drafts
Art Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, chose Byron "Whizzer" White in the first round of the 1938 draft despite White's known public declaration that he would not play professional football and would instead begin work on his Rhodes scholarship. White did, however, agree to play for the 1938 season after Rooney publicly gave him a guaranteed contract of $15,000, double what any other player had ever made in the NFL. The size of the dollar amount brought condemnation from other owners b...
Players who have been out of high school for at least three years are eligible for the NFL draft. The rules do not state that a player must attend college, but virtually all of the players selected in the NFL draft have played college football, usually in the United States but occasionally from Canadian universities as well. A few players are occas...
NFL Draft Advisory Board decisions
College football players who are considering entering the NFL draft but who still have eligibility to play football can request an expert opinion from the NFL-created Draft Advisory Board. The Board, composed of scouting experts and team executives, makes a prediction as to the likely round in which a player would be drafted. This information, which has proven to be fairly accurate, can help college players determine whether to enter the draft or to continue playing and improving at the colle...
NFL Scouting Combine
The NFL Scouting Combine is a six-day assessment of skills occurring every year in late February or early March in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. College football players perform physical and mental tests in front of NFL coaches, general managers, and scouts. With increasing interest in the NFL draft, the scouting combine has grown in scope and significance, allowing personnel directors to evaluate upcoming prospects in a standardized setting. Its origins have evolved from the Na...
Pro Day
Each university has a Pro Day, during which the NCAA allows NFL scouts to visit the school and watch players participate in NFL Combine-like events and drills. Some smaller universities join with nearby schools. They are essentially job fairsfor prospective NFL players.
Tickets to the NFL draft are free and made available to fans on a first-come first-served basis. The tickets are distributed at the box office the morning of the draft, one ticket per person.
History
From the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s, the draft was held in various Northeastern, Midwestern, Mid-Atlantic, and Westerncities with NFL franchises. Between 1965 and 2014, the NFL held the draft at various venues in New York City. The Theater at Madison Square Garden hosted the event for a ten-year period from 1995 to 2004, before it was moved to Javits Convention Center in 2005 following a dispute with the Cablevision-owned arena, who were opposing the West Side Stadium, which would have served...
Future venues
Future venues are as follows: 1. Las Vegas, 2022 2. Kansas City, 2023
Summary by city
Chicago: 1938, 1942–1943, 1951, 1962–1964, 2015–2016(9) 1. Auditorium Theatre and Grant Park: 2015, 2016(2) 2. Blackstone Hotel: 1951(1) 3. InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile/Sheraton Hotel & Towers: 1962, 1963, 1964(3) 4. Palmer House Hotel: 1942, 1943(2) 5. Sherman House Hotel: 1938(1) Cleveland: 2021(1) 1. FirstEnergy Stadium: 2021(1) Dallas: 2018(1) 1. AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas): 2018(1) Kansas City: 2023(1) Las Vegas: 2022(1) Los Angeles: 1956(1) 1. Ambassador Hotel: 1956*(1)...
Dallas: 1961–1963(3) 1. Dallas Statler Hilton(1961–1963) Minneapolis: 1960(1) 1. Nicollet Hotel(1960) New York: 1964–1966(3) 1. Waldorf Astoria(1964–1966*) No location (by telephone): 1965*(1) *: Year with more than one draft venue Source: NFL Draft Locations
Since 1977, the NFL has also held a supplemental draft to accommodate players who did not enter the regular draft. Players generally enter the supplementary draft because they missed the filing deadline for the NFL draft or because issues developed which affected their eligibility (such as academic or disciplinary matters). The supplemental draft i...
Get pick by pick results from each round of the 2017 NFL Draft with Draftcast on ESPN.
Mar 9, 2020 · The 2017 pick: Linebacker Jarrad Davis. The redraft pick: Wide receiver Kenny Golladay. Nabbing Golladay near the end of Round 3 still stands as one of Bob Quinn’s sharpest moves as Lions GM ...
Mar 12, 2024 · Get the complete 2017 NFL draft results and picks from all the rounds along with the pick no, player position, and school. Also, find out who were the top 10 picks in the 2017 NFL...
