The player selections were announced from an outdoor theater built on theRocky Steps, marking the first time an entire NFL draft was held outdoors.[4] The NFL announced that the draft was the most attended in history, with more than 250,000 people present.[5][6] Starting with this draft, compensatory picks could be traded.[7] The record for most trades made during an NFL draft was set this year at 37, surpassing the 34 trades made in the2008 NFL draft.[8] The number of trades was surpassed in2019, when 40 trades were made.
First overall pickMyles Garrett won the 2023 Defensive Player of the Year award; he has earned three First-Team All Pro and been selected to five Pro Bowls.Running backChristian McCaffrey, taken 8th overall by Carolina, broke several NFL and franchise all-purpose yards records before being traded to San FranciscoKansas City Chiefs quarterbackPatrick Mahomes has won two NFL MVP awards, five AFC Championships, and three Super Bowls. He has been named Super Bowl MVP three times in the seven NFL seasons he has played; he was drafted 10th overall in the 2017 NFL draft.QuarterbackDeshaun Watson, taken 12th overall by Houston, is a three-time Pro-Bowler and led the Texans to two division titles before he was traded to Cleveland.
LinebackerT. J. Watt, taken 30th overall, won the 2021 Defensive Player of the Year award and has earned four First-Team All Pro and seven Pro Bowl selections. He is tied withMichael Strahan for the most sacks (22.5) in a single NFL season.
JuJu Smith-Schuster (top), was selected in the second round and is the youngest player to reach 2,500 career receiving yards whileCooper Kupp (bottom), a third-round pick by the Rams, won the triple crown of receiving in 2021 and was the third wide receiver to win the Offensive Player of the Year award in route to playing in a Super Bowl. Kupp was the MVP of Super Bowl LVI.
San Francisco tight endGeorge Kittle, taken in the fifth round, is a four-time Pro Bowler and held the record for the most receiving yards by a player in a season at the position untilTravis Kelce broke his record in 2020.Chad Kelly was taken with thefinal pick of the draft by the Denver Broncos.
Michigan andAlabama set school records leading the country with 11 and 10 picks respectively, marking the 2nd consecutive year a Big Ten school had the most players selected.[11][12]
(PD) indicates trades completed prior to the start of the draft (i.e.Pre-Draft), while(D) denotes trades which took place during the 2017 draft. Note that this is the first year where teams were allowed to trade compensatory picks.
Round one
^No. 2: San Francisco → Chicago (D).San Francisco traded a first-round selection (2nd) toChicago in exchange for Chicago's first-, third-, and fourth-round selections (3rd,67th, and111th) as well as a third-round selection in2018.[source 1]
^No. 5: LA Rams → Tennessee (PD). TheRams traded their first- and third-round selections, as well as their first-, two second-, and third-round selections in2016 (15th,43rd,45th, and76th) toTennessee in exchange for a conditional seventh-round selection, as well as Tennessee's first-, fourth-, and sixth-round selections in2016 (1st,113th, and177th). Had the Rams received acompensatory selection in the third round of the 2017 draft, the third-round pick sent to Tennessee would have been the compensatory selection, not the standard third-round pick assigned to the Rams; otherwise, Tennessee would have received the Rams' regular third-round pick, and Tennessee's seventh-round pick would have gone to the Rams.[source 2]
^No. 10: Buffalo → Kansas City (D).Buffalo traded a first-round selection (10th) toKansas City in exchange for Kansas City's first- and third-round selections (27th and91st), as well as a first-round selection in2018.[source 1]
^No. 12: multiple trades: No. 12: Philadelphia → Cleveland (PD).Philadelphia traded a first-round selection, as well as first-, third-, and fourth-round selections in2016 (8th,77th, and100th) and a second-round selection in 2018 toCleveland in exchange for Cleveland's first-round selection in2016 (2nd) and a conditional fifth-round selection in 2017. Since Cleveland received a compensatory fourth-round selection, it went to Philadelphia. If it did not, Cleveland would have sent a fifth-round selection to Philadelphia.[source 3] No. 12: Cleveland → Houston (D).Cleveland traded a first-round selection (12th) toHouston in exchange for Houston's first-round selections (25th) as well as a first-round selection in2018.[source 1]
^No. 14: Minnesota → Philadelphia (PD).Minnesota traded a first-round selection, as well as a conditional fourth-round selection in2018, toPhiladelphia in exchange for quarterbackSam Bradford.[source 4]
^No. 26: Seattle → Atlanta (D).Seattle traded a first-round selection (26th) toAtlanta in exchange for Atlanta's first-, third-, and seventh-round selections (31st,95th, and249th).[source 1]
^No. 29: Green Bay → Cleveland (D).Green Bay traded a first-round selection (29th) toCleveland in exchange for Cleveland's second- and fourth-round selections (33rd and108th).[source 1]
^No. 36: Chicago → Arizona (D).Chicago traded second- and seventh-round selections (36th and221st) toArizona in exchange for Arizona's second-, fourth-, and sixth-round selections (45th,119th, and197th) as well as a fourth-round selection in2018.[source 1]
^No. 37: LA Rams → Buffalo (D). TheRams traded their second- and fifth-round selections (37th and149th) toBuffalo in exchange for Buffalo's second- and third-round selections (44th and91st).[source 1]
^No. 41: Cincinnati → Minnesota (D).Cincinnati traded a second-round selections (41st) toMinnesota in exchange for Minnesota's second- and fourth-round selections (48th and128th).[source 1]
^No. 52: Tennessee → Cleveland (PD).Tennessee traded a second-round selection, along with a first-round selection (15th) and a third-round selection (76th) in2016 toCleveland in exchange for Cleveland's first-round selection (8th) and sixth-round selection (176th) in2016.[source 6]
^No. 63: Atlanta → Buffalo (D).Atlanta traded a second-round selection (63rd) toBuffalo in exchange for Buffalo's third-round selection (75th) and two fifth-round selections (149th and156th).[source 1]
^No. 64: New England → Carolina (PD).New England traded a second-round selection (64th) toCarolina in exchange for Carolina's third-round selection (72nd) and defensive endKony Ealy.[source 7]
Round three
^No. 67: multiple trades: No. 67: Chicago → San Francisco (D). seeNo. 2: San Francisco → Chicago. No. 67: San Francisco → New Orleans (D).San Francisco traded a third-round selection (67th) toNew Orleans in exchange for New Orleans's seventh-round selection (229th) and their 2018 second-round selection.[source 1]
^No. 70: NY Jets → Minnesota (D). TheJets traded their third-round selection (70th) toMinnesota in exchange for Minnesota's third- and fifth-round selections (79th and160th).[source 1]
^No. 74: Philadelphia → Baltimore (PD).Philadelphia traded a third-round selection (74th) toBaltimore in exchange for Baltimore's third-round compensatory selection (99th) and defensive tackleTimmy Jernigan.[source 8]
^No. 85: Detroit → New England (D).Detroit traded a third-round selection (85th) toNew England in exchange for New England's third- and fourth-round selections (96th and124th).[source 10]
^No. 86: multiple trades: No. 86: Miami → Minnesota (PD).Miami traded third- and fourth-round selections as well as a sixth-round selection in 2016 (186th) toMinnesota in exchange for Minnesota's third-round selection in 2016 (86th). If Miami had received a fourth-round compensatory selection, that pick would have gone to Minnesota instead of Miami's original fourth-round selection (No. 129).[source 6] No. 86: Minnesota → Kansas City (D).Minnesota traded a third-round selection (86th) toKansas City in exchange for Kansas City's third-, fourth-, and seventh-round selections (104th,132nd, and245th).[source 1]
^No. 107: NY Jets → Tampa Bay (D). TheJets traded their third-round selection (107th) toTampa Bay in exchange for Tampa Bay's fourth- and sixth-round selections (125th and204th).[source 12]
^No. 112: LA Rams → Chicago (D). TheRams traded their fourth-round selection (112nd) toChicago in exchange for Chicago's fourth- and sixth-round selections (117th and197th).[source 13]
^No. 114: NY Jets → Washington (PD). TheJets traded their fourth-round selection toWashington in exchange for Washington's 2016 fifth-round selection (158th).[source 6]
^No. 131: Seattle → New England (PD).Seattle traded a fourth-round selection, along with their 2016 seventh-round selection (225th) toNew England in exchange for New England's 2016 fifth- and seventh-round selections (147th and243rd).[source 6]
^No. 154: New Orleans → Washington (PD).New Orleans traded a fifth-round selection, along with a fifth-round selection in2016 (152nd) toWashington in exchange for Washington's fourth-round selection in 2016 (120th).[source 6]
^No. 155: Philadelphia → Tennessee (D).Philadelphia traded a fifth-round selection (155th) toTennessee in exchange for Tennessee's fifth- and sixth-round selections (164th and214th).[source 1]
^No. 171: Dallas → Buffalo (PD).Dallas traded a fifth-round selection toBuffalo in exchange for Buffalo's seventh-round selection and quarterbackMatt Cassel.[source 25]
^No. 172: Green Bay → Denver (D).Green Bay traded a fifth-round selection (172nd) toDenver in exchange for Denver's fifth- and seventh-round selections (175th and238th).[source 1]
^No. 199: Minnesota → Washington (D).Minnesota traded sixth- and seventh-round selections (199th and230th) toWashington in exchange for Washington's sixth- and seventh-round selections (201st and220th).[source 1]
^No. 202: Denver → San Francisco (PD).Denver traded a sixth-round selection, along with a sixth-round selection in2016 (207th) toSan Francisco in exchange for San Francisco's seventh-round selection in 2016 (228th) and tight endVernon Davis.[source 29]
^No. 203: Tennessee → Denver (PD).Tennessee traded a sixth-round selection, along with a sixth-round selection in2016 (176th) toDenver in exchange for Denver's fifth- and seventh-round selections in 2016 (157th and253rd).[source 6]
^No. 206: Miami → LA Rams (PD).Miami traded a sixth-round selection (206th) to theRams in exchange for the Ram's seventh-round selection (223rd) and defensive endWilliam Hayes.[source 30]
^No. 208: Oakland → Arizona (D).Oakland traded a sixth-round selection (208th) toArizona in exchange for Arizona's sixth- and seventh-round selections (221st and231st).[source 1]
^No. 209: Houston → Washington (PD).Houston traded a sixth-round selection, along with a first-round selection in2016 (22nd) toWashington in exchange for Washington's first-round selection in2016 (21st).[source 6]
^No. 211: Dallas → New England (D).Dallas traded a sixth-round selection (211th) toNew England in exchange for New England's sixth- and seventh-round selections (216st and239st).[source 1]
^No. 215: New England → Detroit (PD).New England traded a sixth-round selection toDetroit in exchange for Detroit's 2017 seventh-round selection and linebackerKyle Van Noy.[source 33]
^No. 223: multiple trades: No. 223: LA Rams → Miami (PD). seeNo. 206: Miami → LA Rams.[source 30] No. 223: Miami → Tampa Bay (D).Miami traded a seventh-round selection (223rd) toMiami in exchange for Miami's seventh-round selections (237th) as well as a seventh-round selection in2018.[source 1]
^No. 226: Carolina → Seattle (PD).Carolina traded a seventh-round selection toSeattle in exchange for wide receiverKevin Norwood on the condition that he made Carolina's roster, which he did.[source 35]
^TheNew England Patriots forfeited their highest fourth-round selection due to theDeflategate scandal. The team also forfeited a2016 first-round selection.[source 14]
^TheNew York Giants fourth-round selection was moved to the back of the fourth round, after all of the compensatory draft picks (but no more than 12 picks) for illegal use of a walkie-talkie on their sideline during week 14 of the2016 season. This pick will be no worse than the 35th pick of the fourth round, after the other 30 regular picks and no more than 4 compensatory picks.[source 17]
^TheSeattle Seahawks forfeited their fifth-round selection for violating theNFL's collective bargaining agreement regarding off-season workout policies.[source 24]
^TheKansas City Chiefs forfeited their sixth-round selection for violating the NFL's Anti-Tampering policy during the2015 free agency period. The team also forfeited a 2016 third-round selection.[source 31]