WHAT:76th Annual National Football League Player Selection Meeting.
WHERE: Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Avenue of the Americas, New York City (Between 50th and 51st Streets).
WHEN: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 28 (Round 1).
6:00 PM ET, Friday, April 29 (Rounds 2-3).
Noon ET, Saturday, April 30 (Rounds 4-7).
The first round will conclude on Thursday by approximately 11:30 PM ET. In 2010, the first round consumed three hours and 28 minutes. The second and third rounds will conclude on Friday by approximately 10:15 PM ET. The second and third rounds took four hours and six minutes in 2010. The draft will conclude at approximately 7:15 PM ET on Saturday with the final four rounds. Rounds 4 through 7 took seven hours and eight minutes in 2010.
DRAFTING: Representatives of the 32 NFL clubs by telephone communication with their general managers, coaches and scouts.
ROUNDS: Seven Rounds – Round 1 on Thursday, April 28; Rounds 2 and 3 on Friday, April 29; and Rounds 4 through 7 on Saturday, April 30.
There will be 254 selections, including 32 compensatory choices that have been awarded to 16 teams that suffered a net loss of certain quality unrestricted free agents last year.
The following 32 compensatory choices will supplement the 222 regular choices in the seven rounds – Round 3: Carolina, 33. Round 4: Tennessee, 33; Green Bay, 34. Round 5: Baltimore, 33; Baltimore, 34. Round 6: New York Giants, 33; Kansas City, 34; Minnesota, 35; San Diego, 36; New York Giants, 37; Carolina, 38. Round 7: San Diego, 33; Miami, 34; Minnesota, 35; Philadelphia, 36; Tampa Bay, 37; San Francisco, 38; Philadelphia, 39; Oakland, 40; Seattle, 41; New Orleans, 42; Carolina, 43; Buffalo, 44; Cincinnati, 45; Denver, 46; Cleveland, 47; Arizona, 48; San Francisco, 49; Tennessee, 50; Dallas, 51; Washington, 52; Houston, 53.
New England (Nos. 17 and 28) has two selections in the first round. Oakland does not have a first-round pick. All other teams have one first-round selection.
TIME LIMITS: Round 1: 10 minutes per selection. Round 2: Seven minutes per selection. Rounds 3 through 7: Five minutes per selection.
TELEVISION: NFL Network and ESPN/ESPN 2 will televise the draft on all three days.
INTERNET & MOBILE: Exclusive coverage and behind-the-scenes features on NFL.com and team websites for draft weekend will include: "Draft Tracker" with real-time selection information as well as exclusive pick-by-pick analysis from NFL.com's experts; exclusive interactive features, including "Fan War Rooms" where fans can discuss their favorite team's picks, an aggregation of tweets and Twitter predictor tool enabling fans to follow the Draft conversation happening on Twitter; and polls on the NFL's Facebook page; NFL.com's LIVE coverage complementing NFL Network's telecast with live look-ins, exclusive analysis and reports from New York in primetime on Thursday and Friday, plus all day on Saturday; and in-depth coverage from each team website. In addition, "NFL Mobile only from Verizon" will have extensive coverage leading up to and during the 2011 NFL Draft including a live stream of NFL Network and its 2011 NFL Draft coverage, a live draft tracker and draft pick analysis from NFL experts, and the first mobile "Fan War Rooms" integrated with those of NFL.com.
2011 FIRST ROUND DRAFT ORDER
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#
Team
Win
Loss
Tie
Winning Percentage
Strength of
Schedule
Opp Win
Opp Loss
Opp Tie
1.
Carolina Panthers
2
14
0
.125
.574
147
109
0
2.
Denver Broncos
4
12
0
.250
.516
132
124
0
3.
Buffalo Bills
4
12
0
.250
.578
148
108
0
4.
Cincinnati Bengals
4
12
0
.250
.582
149
107
0
5.
Arizona Cardinals
5
11
0
.313
.465
119
137
0
6.
Cleveland Browns
5
11
0
.313
.570
146
110
0
7.
San Francisco 49ers
6
10
0
.375
.488
125
131
0
8.
Tennessee Titans
6
10
0
.375
.508
130
126
0
9.
Dallas Cowboys
6
10
0
.375
.512
131
125
0
10.
Washington Redskins
6
10
0
.375
.516
132
124
0
11.
Houston Texans
6
10
0
.375
.523
134
122
0
12.
Minnesota Vikings
6
10
0
.375
.539
138
118
0
13.
Detroit Lions
6
10
0
.375
.543
139
117
0
14.
St. Louis Rams
7
9
0
.438
.449
115
141
0
15.
Miami Dolphins
7
9
0
.438
.539
138
118
0
16.
Jacksonville Jaguars
8
8
0
.500
.453
116
140
0
17.
New England (from Oakland)
8
8
0
.500
.469
120
136
0
18.
San Diego Chargers
9
7
0
.563
.457
117
139
0
19.
New York Giants
10
6
0
.625
.453
116
140
0
20.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
10
6
0
.625
.477
122
134
0
21.
Kansas City Chiefs
10
6
0
.625
.414
106
150
0
22.
Indianapolis Colts
10
6
0
.625
.473
121
135
0
23.
Philadelphia Eagles
10
6
0
.625
.492
126
130
0
24.
New Orleans Saints
11
5
0
.688
.469
120
136
0
25.
Seattle Seahawks
7
9
0
.438
.484
124
132
0
26.
Baltimore Ravens
12
4
0
.750
.484
124
132
0
27.
Atlanta Falcons
13
3
0
.813
.484
124
132
0
28.
New England Patriots
14
2
0
.875
.504
129
127
0
29.
Chicago Bears
11
5
0
.688
.473
121
135
0
30.
New York Jets
11
5
0
.688
.492
126
130
0
31.
Pittsburgh Steelers
12
4
0
.750
.500
128
128
0
32.
Green Bay Packers
10
6
0
.625
.520
133
123
0
