| WHAT: | 65th Annual National Football League Player Selection Meeting. |
| WHERE: | The Theater at Madison Square Garden, between 31st and 33rd Streets in New York City. |
| WHEN: | Noon ET, Saturday, April 15, 2000 (Rounds 1-3). |
| 11:00 AM ET, Sunday, April 16, 2000 (Rounds 4-7). | |
| The first three rounds will conclude on Saturday by approximately 10:00 PM ET. In 1999, the first round consumed five hours and four minutes; the second, two hours and 50 minutes; and the third, one hour and 37 minutes. The draft will resume on Sunday at 11:00 AM ET for the final four rounds, ending at approximately 5:00 PM ET. | |
| DRAFTING: | Representatives of the 31 NFL clubs by telephone communication with their general managers, coaches and scouts. |
| ROUNDS: | Seven Rounds – Rounds 1 through 3 on Saturday, April 15, and Rounds 4 through 7 on Sunday, April 16. |
| There will be 254 selections, including 31 compensatory choices that have been awarded to 14 teams which suffered a net loss of certain quality unrestricted free agents last year. | |
| The following compensatory choices will supplement the 223 regular choices in the seven rounds – Round 4: Green Bay, 32; New England, 33; Tennessee, 34; Washington, 35. Round 5: Kansas City, 33; Pittsburgh, 34; Arizona, 35; Minnesota, 36; New Orleans, 37. Round 6: New England, 33; New Orleans, 34; New England, 35; Washington, 36; San Diego, 37; Pittsburgh, 38; San Diego, 39. Round 7: New England, 33; Minnesota, 34; Jacksonville, 35; Green Bay, 36; Jacksonville, 37; Minnesota, 38; Jacksonville, 39; Denver, 40; Jacksonville, 41; Minnesota, 42; Green Bay, 43; Washington, 44; Buffalo, 45; Green Bay, 46; Detroit, 47. | |
| Six teams will have two
selections each in the first round – Baltimore (Nos. 5 and 15), New York Jets (16 and
18), San Francisco (12 and 24), Seattle (19 and 22), Tampa Bay (13 and 27), and Washington
(2 and 3). Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, New England, New Orleans and San Diego do not have
first-round picks. The 1999 expansion Cleveland Browns have 14 selections in the draft – the first choices in rounds 1 through 5 and 7, one supplemental choice in each of rounds 3 through 5, two supplemental choices in each of rounds 6 and 7, and an additional selection in round 7 obtained from Minnesota. |
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| TIME LIMITS: | Round 1: 15 minutes each team. Round 2: 10 minutes each team. Rounds 3 through 7: five minutes each team. |
| TELEVISION: | ESPN will televise the draft on Saturday from Noon ET to 7:00 PM ET. ESPN2 will televise the rest of the draft on Saturday from 7:00 PM ET to its conclusion. ESPN will televise the draft on Sunday from 11:00 AM ET to 1:00 PM ET, with ESPN2 carrying the remainder of the draft from 1:00 PM ET to its conclusion. |
| FAN TICKETS: | Free tickets to the 2000 NFL Draft will be made available to fans on a first-come, first-serve basis on Saturday, April 15. The tickets will be distributed at the Madison Square Garden box office beginning at 9:00 AM on Saturday. Any remaining tickets will be made available on Sunday beginning at 9:00 AM. One ticket will be distributed per person and can be used for admission on both April 15-16. All seating is general admission. Doors will open at 10:30 AM on Saturday and 10:00 AM on Sunday. The Theater at Madison Square Garden seats approximately 4,000 fans for the draft. |
| DRAFT ONLINE: | The NFL, with ESPN, has a special Internet site for the draft. The NFL Draft can be accessed from NFL.com (http://www.nfl.com) and ESPN SportsZone (http://ESPN.go.com). The site features information and audio/video clips on draft prospects. The site will provide live coverage on draft weekend. Fans can hear each draft pick announced via live streaming audio, listen to press conferences with drafted players and ESPN Radio’s coverage of the first round. Fans can also view a "video diary" of Penn State linebacker LA VAR ARRINGTON’s draft weekend in New York. A 360-degree camera will provide a live view of draft headquarters. Fans can participate in live chats with top picks and interact with NFL draft expert GIL BRANDT, the Dallas Cowboys’ chief scout for 29 years. The site’s "Draft Tracker" will enable users to analyze the draft as it unfolds and track selections by player, position, team and other categories. |
2000 NFL DRAFT FIRST-ROUND ORDER
W-L |
Opponents' |
Pct. |
||||
| 1. | Cleveland | 2-14 |
143-113 |
.559 |
||
| 2. | Washington (from New Orleans) | 10-6 |
119-137 |
.465 |
||
| 3. | Washington (from San Francisco) | 10-6 |
119-137 |
.465 |
||
| 4. | Cincinnati | 4-12 |
141-115 |
.551 |
||
| 5. | Baltimore (from Atlanta) | 8-8 |
127-129 |
.496 |
||
| 6. | Philadelphia | 5-11 |
141-115 |
.551 |
||
| 7. | Arizona | 6-10 |
121-135 |
.473 |
||
| 8. | Pittsburgh | 6-10 |
128-128 |
.500 |
||
| 9. | Chicago | 6-10 |
139-117 |
.543 |
||
| 10. | Denver | 6-10 |
144-112 |
.563 |
||
| 11. | New York Giants | 7-9 |
135-121 |
.527 |
||
| 12. | San Francisco (from Carolina through Washington) | 4-12 |
129-127 |
.504 |
||
| 13. | Tampa Bay (from San Diego) | 11-5 |
116-140 |
.453 |
||
| 14. | Green Bay | 8-8 |
127-129 |
.496 |
||
| 15. | Baltimore | 8-8 |
127-129 |
.496 |
||
| 16. | New York Jets (from New England) | 8-8 |
150-106 |
.586 |
||
| 17. | Oakland | 8-8 |
140-116 |
.547 |
||
| 18. | New York Jets | 8-8 |
150-106 |
.586 |
||
| 19. | Seattle (from Dallas) | 9-7 |
124-132 |
.484 |
||
| 20. | Detroit | 8-8 |
139-117 |
.543 |
||
| 21. | Kansas City | 9-7 |
132-124 |
.516 |
||
| 22. | Seattle | 9-7 |
124-132 |
.484 |
||
| 23. | Carolina (from Miami) | 8-8 |
107-149 |
.418 |
||
| 24. | San Francisco (from Washington) | 4-12 |
129-127 |
.504 |
||
| 25. | Minnesota | 10-6 |
121-135 |
.473 |
||
| 26. | Buffalo | 11-5 |
135-121 |
.527 |
||
| 27. | Tampa Bay | 11-5 |
116-140 |
.453 |
||
| 28. | Indianapolis | 13-3 |
125-131 |
.488 |
||
| 29. | Jacksonville | 14-2 |
100-156 |
.391 |
||
| 30. | Tennessee | 13-3 |
110-146 |
.430 |
||
| 31. | St. Louis | 13-3 |
93-163 |
.363 |
||
Draft-order ties are resolved by the cumulative record of each team’s opponents. The team with the weaker opponents receives drafting priority.
Within a tied segment, non-playoff clubs are given priority over playoff clubs. Priority of playoff clubs within a tied segment is based on their advancement in the playoffs, but they do not drop out of their tied segment unless they participate in the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl champion selects 31st and the runner-up 30th.