NFL draft

Football players don’t go to West Point thinking they’re on the fast track to a National Football League career. In the last 50 years only two Black Knights have been selected in the NFL Draft. But sometimes they turn out to be better than they even knew. That’s the case with linebacker Cole Christiansen, who signed as an undrafted...

The defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers did a good job filling their needs on draft weekend.

Seth Markman was just as nervous as NFL coaches and general managers about the unknown factors involved with a virtual draft. But the ESPN executive producer said he was overwhelmed with how everything came together over the three days.

America’s Finest City has been the breeding ground for some of America’s finest football players. Being a part of that club is something guys who grow up in San Diego take to heart. “There are great guys who have come out of San Diego so putting myself in that conversation is a shocker, that I could be one of...

Maybe the Southeastern Conference should simply hold onto its players and become part of the NFL

Pitch and catch

The Cincinnati Bengals on Friday opened the second round of the NFL draft by selecting WR Tee Higgins of Clemson. The first night of the NFL draft, on Thursday, averaged a record 15.6 million viewers on television, easily shattering the record set six years ago. Thursday night’s first round was aired on ABC, ESPN, the NFL Network and ESPN Deportes….

Six wide receivers were taken in the first round of the NFL draft and another half dozen could go on Day 2, when rounds two and three are completed.

For all the uniqueness of this NFL draft, including the angst over a potential communications fiasco, things looked and sounded pretty normal Thursday night.

The last time the Chargers had a starting quarterback who went to Oregon it worked out pretty well. That guy’s name was Dan Fouts. So, Justin Herbert has some big shoes to fill. The Bolts took Herbert with the 6th overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. It’s the first time they’ve selected a QB in the first round...

The Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday made LSU QB Joe Burrow the first pick of the NFL draft.

Fifty-eight prospects will take part remotely in the NFL draft, which has gone virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic

The 2020 NFL Draft is going to be different as teams must do things virtually. It’s also potentially going to be wild. At least, that’s what I’m hoping for. No in-person visits mean talent evaluators are going to have to lean more on tape … you know, how a guy actually plays football on the field … and less on…

Football Night in San Diego’s Greg Camarillo and Rich Ohrnberger weigh in on the challenges of the draft’s unique format in 2020, and look ahead to the major storylines.

For those who haven’t mastered the odds of Belarussian soccer or Russian table tennis, this week’s NFL draft gives U.S. gamblers their first opportunity in weeks to bet on an event about which they actually know something.

No player in the nation had more interceptions than Luq Barcoo in 2019. But in the leadup to the NFL Draft, the Aztec cornerback once again found himself getting overlooked. “I’ve kind of been in this position where I’ve had to kind of take the under the radar route.” He’s faced adversity in sports and in life – the...

The SDSU cornerback had a breakout senior season, but still had to put in extra effort to get the attention of NFL teams.

The University of San Diego is an FCS, mid-major, non-scholarship football program. But head coach Dale Lindsey has helped build it into a football factory. “Think about the number of NFL players who have come out of there ,” says Chargers General Manager Tom Telesco of a list that includes Jamal Agnew, Josh Johnson and Ross Dwelley. “They do a…

ESPN and NFL Network will air a combined broadcast all three days. It will now originate from ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut, but most of the reporters and analysts will be at their homes.

Next week, from Thursday through Saturday, the NFL Draft will be held as scheduled. It’ll be done in a virtual setting with picks being sent in from training facilities across the country. Typically, teams would have prospects come in to their facilities and spend hours upon hours with them, breaking down tape and working out and getting to know...