NFL draft

The NFL Draft finally ended on Saturday with rounds 4 through 7. Only one Aztec heard his name called. Cornerback Darren Hall went to the Falcons in the 4th round with the 108th overall selection. Hall is an intriguing prospect. In 2019 he led the nation in pass breakups and last year picked off three passes, taking one back for…

The NFL welcomed 32 new players into its ranks Thursday night during the 2021 NFL Draft. Where they were drafted will have a big impact on their salaries.

Opening night of the 2021 NFL Draft was down compared to last year’s virtual event but also the second-highest viewed.

JaMarr Chase and Jaylen Waddle highlight the most memorable outfits from the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft.

The themes for the 2021 NFL draft were many, starting with the quarterbacks.

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.