The 2021 NFL draft was the 86th National Football League draft, the annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2021 NFL season. The draft was held in Cleveland from April 29 to May 1, 2021.
View of the temporary stage used for the draft
Quarterback Trevor Lawrence led the Jacksonville Jaguars to their first division title and playoff win in four years
Wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase set the single-year record for rookie receiving yards and won Offensive Rookie of the Year
Quarterback Justin Fields holds the NFL record for quarterback rushing yards in a regular season game
The National Football League draft, also called the NFL draft or (officially) the Annual Player Selection Meeting, is an annual event which serves as the most common source of player recruitment in the National Football League. Each team is given a position in the drafting order in reverse order relative to its record in the previous year, which means that the last place team is positioned first and the Super Bowl champion is last. From this position, the team can either select a player or trade its position to another team for other draft positions, a player or players, or any combination thereof. The round is complete when each team has either selected a player or traded its position in the draft. The first draft was held in 1936, and has been held every year since.
League commissioner Roger Goodell announcing a pick live at the 2010 NFL draft at Radio City Music Hall in New York City
"Selection Square" for the 2016 NFL draft at Grant Park's Buckingham Fountain in Chicago.
The set for the 2010 NFL draft at Radio City Music Hall in New York City
The stage for the 2017 NFL draft on Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
