7:45 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Devin Lloyd wasn’t planning on lifting NFL commissioner Roger Goodell off his feet when he hugged him after getting his name called as a first-round pick for the Jacksonville Jaguars Thursday night. But he wasn’t going to disobey his mom. “I just told Devin to make sure he picked
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6:00 PM ET Matt MillerESPN The biggest draft class in NFL history is officially in the books with 262 players joining the ranks of professional football players following the 2022 NFL draft. What big takeaways are there from this draft? What lessons can be learned, studied and applied from the 2022 class? This draft saw
6:31 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Hall of Famer Deion Sanders’ first NFL draft pick as a college head coach will start his career in the Motor City. Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes drafted HBCU linebacker James Houston IV from Jackson State in the sixth round, 217th overall. Holmes, an HBCU graduate of North Carolina
4:02 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Quarterback Sam Howell called the ending a dream come true. Others could call it an unexpected one. The Washington Commanders drafted Howell with the first pick of the fifth round Saturday, ending a slide for a player many projected as a second-round pick. “I had no expectations coming into
4:04 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets, who haven’t done too many things right over the past decade, found themselves in an unusual position near the conclusion of the NFL draft on Saturday. On the receiving end of universal praise. Instead of taking a bow, coach Robert Saleh shrugged it off.
3:58 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts do not look at new starting quarterback Matt Ryan as just a one-year Band-Aid at the position, owner Jim Irsay said Saturday. The addition of Ryan from Atlanta in March initially could have been compared to when the Colts signed veteran Philip Rivers for a year in 2020
2:41 PM ET Some NFL punter history was made on Saturday, and it didn’t include the “punt god.” For the first time since 2007, two punters were selected in the first four rounds of the NFL draft. The Baltimore Ravens selected Penn State’s Jordan Stout with the No. 130 overall pick, and the Tampa Bay
2:15 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks addressed one of their biggest needs with one of the NFL draft‘s most interesting names, taking former Cincinnati cornerback Coby Bryant on Saturday with their fourth-round pick. And yes, the newest member of Seattle’s secondary is named after the NBA legend. So is there
2:48 PM ET The Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams reacquired cornerback Troy Hill from the Cleveland Browns on Saturday for a 2023 fifth-round draft pick. Hill left Los Angeles to sign with Cleveland last offseason and played in 12 games (starting four) for the Browns at nickelback. Before that, Hill spent five seasons with
2:31 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Joshua Williams became the first HBCU player selected in this year’s NFL draft when he was chosen by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round with the 135th overall pick. Williams is a cornerback from Fayetteville State, a Division II school in North Carolina. The Los Angeles