10:50 PM ET A wide receiver draft class advertised as historic has lived up to its billing. An NFL-record 13 receivers went in the first two rounds of the 2020 draft, surpassing the previous record of 12 set in 2014, a year that included Pro Bowlers Odell Beckham, Mike Evans, Davante Adams and Jarvis Landry,
10:01 PM ET The Chicago Bears must believe in the strength in numbers theory at tight end. On Friday, the Bears made yet another attempt to improve their fortunes at tight end by using the 43rd overall pick of the 2020 NFL draft on Notre Dame’s Cole Kmet, who became the 10th tight end on
9:46 PM ET The Detroit Lions added another player to their SEC-heavy backfield Friday in the 2020 NFL Draft, selecting D’Andre Swift out of Georgia with the No. 35 overall pick. Swift joins Kerryon Johnson from Auburn and Bo Scarbrough from Alabama as the likely top options in the Lions’ run game. “It’s amazing,” Swift
9:40 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Just how old is Tom Brady? Old enough to have once been intercepted by the father of his new teammate Antoine Winfield Jr., whom the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected in the second round (No. 45) of the 2020 NFL draft Friday. On Nov. 11, 2001, Winfield Sr., who spent
9:33 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — A year after setting the NFL’s single-season rushing record, the Baltimore Ravens used a second-round pick in the 2020 NFL draft on Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins. Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said he wanted to use the draft to make the offense “undefendable,” and he took
8:52 PM ET With his first pick as New England Patriots coach in the post-Tom Brady era, Bill Belichick had his dog, Nike, nearby and delivered a mild surprise by selecting small-school safety Kyle Dugger of Division II Lenoir-Rhyne University early in the second round (No. 37) of the 2020 NFL draft. Dugger, whose draft
8:46 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — New Colts quarterback Philip Rivers will have another threat out of the backfield to turn to next season. The Colts jumped up three spots in the NFL draft to add to what was a top-10 rushing offense last season. They selected Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor in the second round
8:56 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — In a surprise move, the Philadelphia Eagles selected Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Jalen Hurts in the second round of the 2020 NFL draft on Friday. Hurts represents good value at No. 53 overall, but the Eagles are locked into quarterback Carson Wentz, having just handed him a four-year, $128 million extension
7:08 PM ET South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner said the regional differences and restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak could make it challenging for conferences to align on when to play the 2020 college football season. Tanner spoke at a university board meeting Friday about the challenges to reach a consensus on the football season.
7:42 PM ET ESPN News Services PULLMAN, Wash. — The Whitman County coroner says a Washington State football player who was found dead in his apartment last month died of acute intoxication. Coroner Annie Pillers said Friday that 22-year-old Bryce Beekman died after consuming a combination of fentanyl and promethazine. Fentanyl is a powerful pain