When is the NFL Draft 2021? Date and start time of player recruitment day, pick order - and how to watch in UK
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Preparations for the 2021/22 NFL season take another step forward with the player draft.
American football fanatics can tune in and follow live their team’s efforts to land the missing pieces of the jigsaw in the hope of it returning rings in February 2022.
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Hide AdEach team is given a position in the draft order in reverse order relative to its record from the previous season - meaning the last placed team gets first pick for the upcoming year.
Yet it is rarely that straightforward with teams often using their pick placing as a bargaining chip in trades with other teams, leading to drawn out calculations for player recruitment.
When is the NFL Draft?
In 2021, the NFL draft starts on Thursday 29 April with the first round of picks.
Rounds two and three will be held on Friday 30 April before the draft concludes with rounds four through seven held on Saturday 1 May.
Where is the 2021 NFL Draft being held?
The NFL draft is heading to Cleveland, Ohio, for 2021.
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Hide AdIconic downtown Cleveland locations, including FirstEnergy Stadium, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Great Lakes Science Center, will stage the NFL draft.
The spectacle was held remotely last year amid the Coronavirus pandemic but a select group of prospects, managers, fans and media will be allowed on sites this time around.
There will still be a remote connections element to the 2021 draft, as was the case in 2020, with additional groups joining the events virtually.
How can I watch the NFL Draft 2021 in the UK?
UK viewers can tune in to watch the NFL Draft 2021 on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action channels available through monthly subscriptions.
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Hide AdWall-to-wall coverage of the NFL draft will see a range of preview shows before the action begins in the early hours of Friday 30 April for UK fans (1am BST).
Sky Sports packages range from £18 per month for the dedicated Premier League and Football channels to £25 for the complete sports package.
Alternatively, viewers can purchase a day pass from NOW TV for £9.99.
Order of NFL Draft 2021
Round 1 1) Jacksonville Jaguars 2) New York Jets 3) San Francisco 49ers (from Houston Texans through Miami Dolphins) 4) Atlanta Falcons 5) Cincinnati Bengals 6) Miami Dolphins (from Philadelphia Eagles) 7) Detroit Lions 8) Carolina Panthers 9) Denver Broncos 10) Dallas Cowboys 11) New York Giants 12) Philadelphia Eagles (from San Francisco 49ers through Miami Dolphins) 13) Los Angeles Chargers 14) Minnesota Vikings 15) New England Patriots 16) Arizona Cardinals 17) Las Vegas Raiders 18) Miami Dolphins 19) Washington Football Team 20) Chicago Bears 21) Indianapolis Colts 22) Tennessee Titans 23) New York Jets (from Seattle Seahawks) 24) Pittsburgh Steelers 25) Jacksonville Jaguars (from Los Angeles Rams) 26) Cleveland Browns 27) Baltimore Ravens 28) New Orleans Saints 29) Green Bay Packers 30) Buffalo Bills 31) Baltimore Ravens (from Kansas City Chiefs) 32) Tampa Bay Buccaneers Round 2 33) Jacksonville Jaguars 34) New York Jets 35) Atlanta Falcons 36) Miami Dolphins (from Houston Texans) 37) Philadelphia Eagles 38) Cincinnati Bengals 39) Carolina Panthers 40) Denver Broncos 41) Detroit Lions 42) New York Giants 43) San Francisco 49ers 44) Dallas Cowboys 45) Jacksonville Jaguars (from Minnesota Vikings) 46) New England Patriots 47) Los Angeles Chargers 48) Las Vegas Raiders 49) Arizona Cardinals 50) Miami Dolphins 51) Washington Football Team 52) Chicago Bears 53) Tennessee Titans 54) Indianapolis Colts 55) Pittsburgh Steelers 56) Seattle Seahawks 57) Los Angeles Rams 58) Kansas City Chiefs (from Baltimore Ravens) 59) Cleveland Browns 60) New Orleans Saints 61) Buffalo Bills 62) Green Bay Packers 63) Kansas City Chiefs 64) Tampa Bay Buccaneers Round 3 65) Jacksonville Jaguars 66) New York Jets 67) Houston Texans 68) Atlanta Falcons 69) Cincinnati Bengals 70) Philadelphia Eagles 71) Denver Broncos 72) Detroit Lions 73) Carolina Panthers 74) Washington Football Team (from San Francisco 49ers) 75) Dallas Cowboys 76) New York Giants 77) Los Angeles Chargers 78) Minnesota Vikings 79) Las Vegas Raiders (from Arizona Cardinals) 80) Las Vegas Raiders 81) Miami Dolphins 82) Washington Football Team 83) Chicago Bears 84) Philadelphia Eagles (from Indianapolis Colts) 85) Tennessee Titans 86) New York Jets (from Seattle Seahawks) 87) Pittsburgh Steelers 88) Los Angeles Rams 89) Cleveland Browns 90) Minnesota Vikings (from Baltimore Ravens) 91) Cleveland Browns (from New Orleans Saints) 92) Green Bay Packers 93) Buffalo Bills 94) Baltimore Ravens (from Kansas City Chiefs) 95) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 96) New England Patriots (compensatory selection) 97) Los Angeles Chargers (compensatory selection) 98) New Orleans Saints (compensatory selection) 99) Dallas Cowboys (compensatory selection) 100) Tennessee Titans (compensatory selection) 101) Detroit Lions (from Los Angeles Rams; compensatory selection) 102) San Francisco 49ers (special compensatory selection) 103) Los Angeles Rams (special compensatory selection) 104) Baltimore Ravens (special compensatory selection) 105) New Orleans Saints (special compensatory selection) Round 4 106) Jacksonville Jaguars 107) New York Jets 108) Atlanta Falcons 109) Houston Texans 110) Cleveland Browns (from Philadelphia Eagles) 111) Cincinnati Bengals 112) Detroit Lions 113) Carolina Panthers 114) Denver Broncos 115) Dallas Cowboys 116) New York Giants 117) San Francisco 49ers 118) Los Angeles Chargers 119) Minnesota Vikings 120) New England Patriots 121) Las Vegas Raiders 122) New England Patriots (from Arizona Cardinals through Houston Texans) 123) Philadelphia Eagles (from Miami Dolphins) 124) Washington Football Team 125) Minnesota Vikings (from Chicago Bears) 126) Tennessee Titans 127) Indianapolis Colts 128) Pittsburgh Steelers 129) Seattle Seahawks 130) Jacksonville Jaguars (from Los Angeles Rams) 131) Baltimore Ravens 132) Cleveland Browns 133) New Orleans Saints 134) Minnesota Vikings (from Buffalo Bills; conditional) 135) Green Bay Packers 136) Baltimore Ravens (from Kansas City Chiefs) 137) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 138) Dallas Cowboys (compensatory selection) 139) New England Patriots (compensatory selection) 140) Pittsburgh Steelers (compensatory selection) 141) Los Angeles Rams (compensatory selection) 142) Green Bay Packers (compensatory selection) 143) Minnesota Vikings (compensatory selection) 144) Kansas City Chiefs (compensatory selection) Round 5 145) Jacksonville Jaguars 146) New York Jets 147) Houston Texans 148) Atlanta Falcons 149) Cincinnati Bengals 150) Philadelphia Eagles 151) Carolina Panthers 152) Denver Broncos 153) Detroit Lions 154) New York Jets (from New York Giants) 155) San Francisco 49ers 156) Miami Dolphins (from Dallas Cowboys through Philadelphia Eagles) 157) Minnesota Vikings 158) Houston Texans (from New England Patriots) 159) Los Angeles Chargers 160) Arizona Cardinals 161) Buffalo Bills (from Las Vegas Raiders) 162) Las Vegas Raiders (from Miami Dolphins) 163) Washington Football Team 164) Chicago Bears 165) Indianapolis Colts 166) Tennessee Titans 167) Las Vegas Raiders (from Seattle Seahawks) 168) Minnesota Vikings (from Pittsburgh Steelers through Baltimore Ravens) 169) Cleveland Browns (from Los Angeles Rams) 170) Jacksonville Jaguars (from Cleveland Browns) 171) Baltimore Ravens 172) San Francisco 49ers (from New Orleans Saints) 173) Green Bay Packers 174) Buffalo Bills 175) Kansas City Chiefs 176) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 177) New England Patriots (compensatory selection) 178) Green Bay Packers (compensatory selection) 179) Dallas Cowboys (compensatory selection) 180) San Francisco 49ers (compensatory selection) 181) Kansas City Chiefs (compensatory selection) 182) Atlanta Falcons (compensatory selection) 183) Atlanta Falcons (compensatory selection) 184) Baltimore Ravens (compensatory selection) Round 6 185) Los Angeles Chargers (from Jacksonville Jaguars through Tennessee Titans) 186) New York Jets 187) Atlanta Falcons 188) New England Patriots (from Houston Texans) 189) Philadelphia Eagles 190) Cincinnati Bengals 191) Denver Broncos 192) Dallas Cowboys (from Detroit Lions) 193) Carolina Panthers 194) San Francisco 49ers 195) Houston Texans (from Dallas Cowboys through New England Patriots) 196) New York Giants 197) New England Patriots 198) Los Angeles Chargers 199) Minnesota Vikings 200) Las Vegas Raiders 201) New York Giants (from Arizona Cardinals) 202) Cincinnati Bengals (from Miami Dolphins through Houston Texans) 203) Houston Texans (from Washington Football Team through Las Vegas Raiders and Miami Dolphins) 204) Chicago Bears 205) Tennessee Titans 206) Indianapolis Colts 207) Kansas City Chiefs (from Pittsburgh Steelers through Miami Dolphins) 208) Chicago Bears (from Seattle Seahawks through Miami Dolphins; conditional) 209) Los Angeles Rams 210) Baltimore Ravens 211) Cleveland Browns 212) Houston Texans (from New Orleans Saints) 213) Buffalo Bills 214) Green Bay Packers 215) Tennessee Titans (from Kansas City Chiefs) 216) Pittsburgh Steelers (from Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 217) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (compensatory selection) 218) New Orleans Saints (compensatory selection) 219) Atlanta Falcons (compensatory selection) 220) Green Bay Packers (compensatory selection) 221) Chicago Bears (compensatory selection) 222) Carolina Panthers (compensatory selection) 223) Arizona Cardinals (from Minnesota Vikings; compensatory selection) 224) Philadelphia Eagles (compensatory selection) 225) Philadelphia Eagles (compensatory selection) 226) New York Jets (from Carolina Panthers; compensatory selection) 227) Dallas Cowboys (compensatory selection) 228) Chicago Bears (compensatory selection) Round 7 229) New Orleans Saints (from Jacksonville Jaguars) 230) San Francisco 49ers (from New York Jets) 231) Miami Dolphins (from Houston Texans) 232) Tennessee Titans (from Atlanta Falcons through Miami Dolphins) 233) Houston Texans (from Cincinnati Bengals) 234) Philadelphia Eagles 235) Cincinnati Bengals (from Detroit Lions through Seattle Seahawks) 236) Buffalo Bills (from Carolina Panthers) 237) Denver Broncos 238) Dallas Cowboys 239) Denver Broncos (from New York Giants) 240) Philadelphia Eagles (from San Francisco 49ers) 241) Los Angeles Chargers 242) New England Patriots 243) Arizona Cardinals 244) Washington Football Team (from Las Vegas Raiders) 245) Pittsburgh Steelers (from Miami Dolphins) 246) Washington Football Team 247) Arizona Cardinals (from Chicago Bears through Las Vegas Raiders) 248) Indianapolis Colts 249) Jacksonville Jaguars (from Tennessee Titans) 250) Seattle Seahawks 251) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from Pittsburgh Steelers) 252) Los Angeles Rams 253) Denver Broncos (from Cleveland Browns) 254) Pittsburgh Steelers (from Baltimore Ravens) 255) New Orleans Saints 256) Green Bay Packers 257) Cleveland Browns (from Buffalo Bills) 258) Miami Dolphins (from Kansas City Chiefs) 259) Tampa Bay Buccaneers |