2008 NFL Draft

The 2008 NFL Draft will take place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 26 and 27, 2008. For the 29th consecutive year, the draft will be televised on ESPN and ESPN2; the NFL Network will also broadcast coverage of the event, its third year doing so. The 2008 Draft is currently scheduled to have 254 draft selections: 222 regular selections in rounds one through seven (two selections were exercised in the 2007 NFL Supplemental Draft), plus 32 compensatory selections, distributed among rounds three through seven. ("Selection" is the official NFL term, although the more commonly-used term is "picks.") This will be the second draft presided over by current NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

For the first time, two rounds will take place during the first day (compared to three in previous years), and the draft will start at 3:00 p.m. ET (compared to noon in previous years). Limits in the amount of time a team has to make a selection have also changed: the first round has been reduced to ten minutes (from fifteen) and the second round was reduced from ten minutes to seven. The second day will begin at 10:00 a.m. ET, with no changes to the selection time limit (five minutes).

[edit] Top Prospects

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[edit] Draft Order

[edit] Current first round order

Notes (based on NFL.com):

• Except for Super Bowl teams (who receive the final two picks), the draft order is determined by win-loss record. Where there are ties, a complicated set of tie-breakers is used to determine the draft order within that group of teams. For playoff teams, whomever advances further has a lower draft order.
• The Atlanta Falcons, Kansas City Chiefs, and Oakland Raiders finished with the same strength-of-schedule in the 2007 season. Since Kansas City finished third in the AFC West Division and the Raiders fourth (the tie was broken on the basis of record in common games), the Raiders will draft ahead of the Chiefs. Atlanta and Oakland will flip a coin for the third position at the NFL Combine in February. As Atlanta won the coin toss, the Falcons will draft third, the Raiders fourth, and the Chiefs fifth.

[edit] Trades

• Browns to Cowboys. The Cleveland Browns traded their first-round selection in the 2008 Draft to the Dallas Cowboys, as well as the 36th overall selection in the 2007 Draft (later traded to the Philadelphia Eagles, used to select Kevin Kolb) in exchange for the 22nd overall selection in the 2007 Draft (used to select Brady Quinn).
• 49ers to Patriots. The San Francisco 49ers traded their first-round selection in the 2008 Draft to the New England Patriots, as well as the 110th overall selection in the 2007 Draft (traded to the Oakland Raiders for Randy Moss, used to select John Bowie) in exchange for the 28th overall selection in the 2007 Draft (used to select Joe Staley).
• Colts to 49ers. The Indianapolis Colts traded their first-round selection in the 2008 Draft to San Francisco, as well as the 126th overall selection in the 2007 Draft (used to select Dashon Goldson) in exchange for the 42nd overall selection in the 2007 Draft (used to select Tony Ugoh).

[edit] Second round

• Texans to Falcons. The Houston Texans traded their second-round selection in the 2008 Draft to the Atlanta Falcons, as well as the 8th and 39th overall selections in the 2007 Draft (used to select Jamaal Anderson and Justin Blalock, respectively) in exchange for the 10th overall selection in the 2007 Draft (used to select Amobi Okoye) and Matt Schaub.
• Chargers to Dolphins. The San Diego Chargers traded their second-round selection in the 2008 Draft to the Miami Dolphins for Chris Chambers.

[edit] Third round

• Chargers to Bears. San Diego traded their third-round selection in the 2008 Draft to the Chicago Bears, as well as the 62nd, 93rd, and 167th overall selections in the 2007 Draft (used to select Dan Bazuin, Garrett Wolfe and Kevin Payne, respectively) in exchange for the 37th overall selection in the 2007 Draft (used to select Eric Weddle).
• Raiders to Patriots. The Oakland Raiders traded their third-round selection in the 2008 Draft to New England, as well as the 211th overall selection in the 2007 Draft (used to select Oscar Lua) in exchange for the 91st overall selection in the 2007 Draft (used to select Mario Henderson).
• Ravens to Bills. The Baltimore Ravens traded their third-round selection in the 2008 Draft to the Buffalo Bills, as well as the 92nd and 239th overall selections in the 2007 Draft (used to select Trent Edwards and C. J. Ah You, respectively) in exchange for Willis McGahee.

[edit] Fifth round

• Dolphins to Chiefs. Miami traded its fifth-round selection in the 2008 Draft (conditionally) to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for Trent Green. The selection will become a fourth-round selection if Green meets certain (albeit undisclosed) performance criteria.
• Bears to Bills. Chicago traded their fifth-round selection in the 2008 Draft (conditionally) to Buffalo in exchange for Darwin Walker. The round of the selection may vary, depending on the playing time of Walker.
• Panthers to Bears. The Carolina Panthers traded their fifth-round selection in the 2008 Draft to Chicago in exchange for Chris Harris.
• Raiders to Broncos. The Oakland Raiders traded their fifth-round selection in the 2008 Draft (conditionally) to the Denver Broncos in exchange for Gerard Warren.

[edit] Sixth round

• Seahawks to Browns. The Seattle Seahawks traded their sixth-round selection in the 2008 Draft to Cleveland in exchange for Charlie Frye.
• Packers to Giants. The Green Bay Packers traded their sixth-round selection in the 2008 Draft to the New York Giants in exchange for running back Ryan Grant.

[edit] Undisclosed Picks

• Titans to Seahawks. The Tennessee Titans traded an undisclosed draft pick in the 2008 Draft to the Seattle Seahawks for defensive end Bryce Fisher.

[edit] Forfeited Picks

• Patriots first-round pick - As penalty for videotaping defensive signals in their season opener against the New York Jets, the Patriots forfeited their first-round pick since they qualified for the playoffs. Their second- and third-round picks would have been forfeited if they had failed to qualify. They will however keep the pick they acquired from the 49ers.
• Chargers fourth-round pick - Used in the 2007 Supplemental Draft to select Paul Oliver.
• Ravens fifth-round pick - Used in the 2007 Supplemental Draft to select Jared Gaither.

[edit] 2008 NFL Mock Drafts

This is an index of mock drafts available on the web. You can add to this list by hitting the edit link to the right.