2020 NFL Draft
2020 NFL Draft | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date | April 23–25, 2020 | ||||
League | National Football League | ||||
|
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. The NFL originally planned to hold the event live in Paradise, Nevada, before all public events related to it were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, all team selections took place via videoconferencing, with league commissioner Roger Goodell broadcasting picks from his home.
<templatestyles src="Template:TOC limit/styles.css" />
Format
The host city was chosen among finalists Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Nashville, and Cleveland/Canton in May 2018 during the NFL Spring League Meeting,[1] when Nashville was chosen to host the 2019 draft. However, the host city for 2020 was deferred. After Denver withdrew, citing scheduling conflicts,[2] Las Vegas was chosen as the original host on December 12, 2018, coinciding with the Las Vegas Raiders' arrival in the city.[3] Plans were announced for a main stage near the Caesars Forum convention center and a "red carpet" stage for arrivals on a floating platform in front of the Bellagio resort, with players being transported to and from the stage by boat.[4] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL announced on March 16 that it had canceled all public festivities associated with the event.[5]
Instead, the draft was held remotely, with team coaches and GMs convening via Microsoft Teams due to all team facilities also being closed.[6][7] NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced the picks for rounds 1–3 from the basement of his home in Bronxville, New York.[8][9] During the draft, Goodell announced that Las Vegas would host the draft in 2022.[10]
Player selections
The following is the breakdown of the 255 players selected by position:
<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>
- 39 Linebackers
- 35 Wide receivers
- 27 Cornerbacks
- 20 Defensive tackles
- 20 Offensive tackles
- 20 Safeties
- 18 Offensive guards
- 18 Running backs
- 17 Defensive ends
- 13 Quarterbacks
- 12 Tight ends
- 9 Centers
- 3 Placekickers
- 2 Punters
- 1 Long snapper
- 1 Safety/linebacker
|
|
Notable undrafted players
Trades
In the explanations below, (PD) indicates trades completed prior to the start of the draft (i.e. Pre-Draft), while (D) denotes trades that took place during the 2020 draft.
Round one
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references>
tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />
, or <references group="..." />
Round two
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references>
tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />
, or <references group="..." />
Round three
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references>
tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />
, or <references group="..." />
Round four
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references>
tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />
, or <references group="..." />
Round five
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references>
tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />
, or <references group="..." />
Round six
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references>
tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />
, or <references group="..." />
Round seven
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references>
tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />
, or <references group="..." />
Forfeited pick
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references>
tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />
, or <references group="..." />
Notes
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references>
tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />
, or <references group="..." />
Media coverage
Coverage of all three days of the draft aired on ABC, ESPN, NFL Network, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN Radio. ESPN and NFL Network aired shared coverage of all three days hosted by Trey Wingo from ESPN's studios in Bristol, which was simulcast by ABC for the third day. Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, and Maria Taylor, all from College GameDay, hosted ABC's telecasts for the first two days.[12][8] Jennifer Hudson was announced to perform as part of a Draft Preshow on the first day, followed by Kelly Clarkson on the second day and OneRepublic on the third.[13]
ESPN Deportes provided Spanish language coverage of the draft with Monday Night Football voices Eduardo Varela and Pablo Viruega. ESPN Radio's coverage featured host Dari Nowkhah from ESPN's SEC Network, former general manager Mike Tannenbaum, ESPN New York's Bart Scott (Thursday/Friday), NFL Draft analyst Jim Nagy (Saturday) and reporter Ian Fitzsimmons with updates from Marc Kestecher.[14][15]
Summary
Selections by NCAA conference
Conference | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NCAA Division I FBS football conferences | ||||||||
American | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
ACC | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 27 |
Big 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
Big Ten | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 48 |
C-USA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
Ind. (FBS) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
MAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
MW | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
Pac-12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 32 |
SEC | 15 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 63 |
Sun Belt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
NCAA Division I FCS football conferences | ||||||||
CAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
MVFC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
OVC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Pioneer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Non-Division I NCAA football conferences | ||||||||
MIAA (DII) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
MIAC (DIII) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
SAC (DII) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Colleges with multiple draft selections
Selections | Colleges |
---|---|
14 | LSU |
10 | Michigan, Ohio State |
9 | Alabama |
7 | Clemson, Florida, Georgia, Utah |
6 | Auburn, Notre Dame |
5 | Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Penn State, TCU |
4 | Baylor, Miami (FL), Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Temple, Wisconsin |
3 | Boise State, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Memphis, Oregon State, Texas, UCLA |
2 | Appalachian State, Arizona State, Arkansas, Charlotte, Florida International, Fresno State, Georgia Southern, Kentucky, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Maryland, Michigan State, Missouri, NC State, Nebraska, North Carolina, Purdue, Stanford, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Tulane, Tulsa, USC, Virginia, Wake Forest, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming |
Selections by position
Position | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Center | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Cornerback | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 27 |
Defensive end | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
Defensive tackle | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
Guard | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
Kicker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Linebacker | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 39 |
Long snapper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Offensive tackle | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
Punter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Quarterback | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
Running back | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
Safety | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
Tight end | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
Wide receiver | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 35 |
Position | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Offense | 18 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 124 |
Defense | 14 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 24 | 125 |
Special teams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
References
Trade references
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references>
tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />
, or <references group="..." />
General references
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references>
tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />
, or <references group="..." />
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Cite error: <ref>
tags exist for a group named "N", but no corresponding <references group="N"/>
tag was found, or a closing </ref>
is missing
Cite error: <ref>
tags exist for a group named "Trade", but no corresponding <references group="Trade"/>
tag was found, or a closing </ref>
is missing
Cite error: <ref>
tags exist for a group named "R1 -", but no corresponding <references group="R1 -"/>
tag was found, or a closing </ref>
is missing
Cite error: <ref>
tags exist for a group named "R2 -", but no corresponding <references group="R2 -"/>
tag was found, or a closing </ref>
is missing
Cite error: <ref>
tags exist for a group named "R3 -", but no corresponding <references group="R3 -"/>
tag was found, or a closing </ref>
is missing
Cite error: <ref>
tags exist for a group named "R4 -", but no corresponding <references group="R4 -"/>
tag was found, or a closing </ref>
is missing
Cite error: <ref>
tags exist for a group named "R5 -", but no corresponding <references group="R5 -"/>
tag was found, or a closing </ref>
is missing
Cite error: <ref>
tags exist for a group named "Forfeited", but no corresponding <references group="Forfeited"/>
tag was found, or a closing </ref>
is missing
Cite error: <ref>
tags exist for a group named "R6 -", but no corresponding <references group="R6 -"/>
tag was found, or a closing </ref>
is missing
Cite error: <ref>
tags exist for a group named "R7 -", but no corresponding <references group="R7 -"/>
tag was found, or a closing </ref>
is missing
- Pages with reference errors
- Articles with short description
- Use mdy dates from January 2019
- Articles with hCards
- National Football League Draft
- 2020 National Football League season
- April 2020 sports events in the United States
- Events in Connecticut
- 2020 in sports in Connecticut
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports