NFL.COM offers fans the most comprehensive coverage of the 2001 NFL Draft with player diaries, behind-the-scenes segments from Emmy Award-winning NFL Films hosted by New York Giants’ running back TIKI BARBER, expert draft analysis, a live internet radio show and more throughout the April 21-22 football event and preceding weeks.

In addition, for the first time, NFL Wireless, an initiative launched during the regular season, will enable fans to have access to NFL Draft news anywhere, at anytime. The NFL, working with Ignite Sports Media, will deliver the latest picks in real-time, team-by-team selections and other news on Web-enabled devices such as cell phones, PDAs (personal digital assistants), RIMs (two-way paging devices) and pagers. Fans also can use NFL Wireless to browse NFL.COM.

NFL.COM will feature live chats with more than 50 of the top draft prospects leading up to and through Draft Weekend. Fans can look to NFL.COM for analytical profiles on the top-rated draft-eligible players. The site shares expert analysis on more than four dozen prospects including in-depth features on more than 25 players.

NFL Draft on NFL.COM programming includes:

• A behind-the-scenes video diary of MICHAEL VICK, a leading candidate to be the first pick of the draft. NFL Films will produce segments beginning Thursday night as Vick hits New York for Draft weekend.

• Live chats on Draft day from The Theater at Madison Square Garden, site of the Draft, with Vick, LEONARD DAVIS, T, Texas; DEUCE McALLISTER, RB, Mississippi, JUSTIN SMITH, DE, Missouri, DAVID TERRELL, WR, Michigan; LaDAINIAN TOMLINSON, RB, Texas Christian and KENYATTA WALKER, T, Florida. In addition, NFL Commissioner PAUL TAGLIABUE, who in 1995 became the first athlete or sports league executive to chat online, will also converse with fans on NFL.com.  

• Immediate draft selection analysis from Draft guru GIL BRANDT, former personnel chief of the Dallas Cowboys, and NFL Insider Magazine National Editor VIC CARUCCI, an NFL journalist for two decades.

• College game-action video highlights of NFL prospects. In addition, NFLHS.com, the NFL’s site for high school football players, coaches and parents, will feature high school footage of select players, provided by Sportscapsule. The players include: DREW BREES, Purdue, Austin (TX) Westlake High School; STEVE HUTCHINSON, Michigan, Coral Springs (FL) High School; FREDDIE MITCHELL, UCLA, Kathleen (FL) High School; KENYON RAMBO, Ohio State, Long Beach (CA) Polytechnic High School; KOREN ROBINSON, North Carolina State, South Point High School (Belmont, NC); TOMLINSON, TCU, Waco (TX) University High School; MARQUES TUIASASOPO, Washington, Woodinville (WA) High School; and VICK, Warwick (VA) High School.

• The NFL Draft Tracker, which provides club-by-club draft selection pages with information links for every drafted player. Sortable features allow fans to view players selected by position and college.

• Comprehensive Draft Board lists all available players position-by-position throughout the Draft’s seven rounds.

This year marks the seventh NFL Draft NFL.COM has covered for fans around the world. NFL.COM, the world’s most popular sports league web site, made its debut at the 1995 NFL Draft. NFL.COM is part of the NFL Internet Network.

The first day of the NFL Draft from 1995-2000 has accounted for six of the seven highest-traffic days in NFL.COM history with nearly one million unique visitors.