NFL draft

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.

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

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The Giants on Friday added a very versatile defensive back to their secondary, taking Xavier McKinney with the fourth pick of the second round — a place neither he nor the organization saw themselves being in

The New York Jets got a much-needed playmaker on offense, taking Baylor wide receiver Denzel Mims with their second-round pick in the NFL draft

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

The New York Jets got their big man up front to help protect Sam Darnold and clear the way for Le’Veon Bell. Massive Louisville offensive tackle Mekhi Becton was taken by New York with the No. 11 overall pick in the NFL draft, filling what was one of the Jets’ biggest needs. General manager Joe Douglas repeatedly said during the…

The New York Giants used the fourth overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft to beef up the protection around second-year quarterback Daniel Jones

The first virtual NFL draft kicks off tonight. Bruce Beck reports.

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

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.

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.

The NFL will hold a practice remote draft three days before the real thing is done in the same way

Hours before New Jersey closed all gyms indefinitely last month because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 30 NFL draft hopefuls had a chance to showcase their talents in a virtual pro day at TEST Football Academy in Martinsville