The2020 NFL draft was the 85th annual meeting ofNational Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the2020 NFL season. The first round was held on April 23, followed by the second and third rounds on April 24. The draft concluded with rounds 4–7 on April 25. The NFL originally planned to hold the event live inParadise, Nevada, before all public events related to it were canceled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. Instead, all team selections took place viavideoconferencing with league commissionerRoger Goodell announcing picks from his home.
The host city was chosen among finalistsDenver,Kansas City,Las Vegas,Nashville, andCleveland/Canton in May 2018 during the NFL Spring League Meeting,[1] when Nashville was chosen to host the2019 draft. However, the host city for 2020 was deferred. After Denver withdrew, citing scheduling conflicts,[2] Las Vegas was chosen as the original host on December 12, 2018, coinciding with theLas Vegas Raiders'arrival in the city.[3] Plans were announced for a main stage near theCaesars Forum convention center and a "red carpet" stage for arrivals on a floating platform in front of theBellagio resort, with players being transported to and from the stage by boat.[4] However, due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, the NFL announced on March 16 that it had canceled all public festivities associated with the event.[5]
Instead, the draft was held remotely, with team coaches and GMs convening viaMicrosoft Teams due to all team facilities also being closed.[6][7] NFL commissionerRoger Goodell announced the picks for rounds 1–3 from his home inBronxville, New York, with the rest of the rounds being announced byDave Gardi.[8][9] During the event Goodell announced that Las Vegas would host the2022 NFL draft.[10]
(PD) indicates trades completed prior to the start of the draft (i.e.Pre-Draft), while(D) denotes trades which took place during the 2020 draft.
Round one
^No. 13: multiple trades. Indianapolis → San Francisco (PD). Indianapolis traded a first-round selection to San Francisco in exchange fordefensive tackleDeForest Buckner.[Trade 1] San Francisco → Tampa Bay (D). San Francisco traded first- and seventh-round selections (13th and245th) to Tampa Bay in exchange for first- and fourth-round selections (14th and117th).[Trade 2]
^No. 18: Pittsburgh → Miami (PD). Pittsburgh traded first- and fifth-round selections and a 2021 sixth-round selection to Miami in exchange forsafetyMinkah Fitzpatrick and a fourth-round selection.[Trade 3]
^No. 19: Chicago → Las Vegas (PD). Chicago traded first- and third-round selections as well as2019 first- and sixth-round selections to Las Vegas, then based in Oakland, in exchange foroutside linebackerKhalil Mack, a second-round selection, and a conditional fifth-round selection,[Trade 4] later converted into a seventh-round selection.
^No. 20: LA Rams → Jacksonville (PD). Los Angeles traded their first-round selection as well as2021 first- and fourth-round selections to Jacksonville in exchange for cornerbackJalen Ramsey.[Trade 5]
^No. 22: Buffalo → Minnesota (PD). Buffalo traded first-, fifth-, and sixth-round selections as well as a 2021 fourth-round selection to Minnesota in exchange forwide receiverStefon Diggs and a seventh-round selection.[Trade 6]
^No. 23: New England → LA Chargers (D). New England traded a first-round selection (23rd) to Los Angeles in exchange for second- and third-round selections (37th and71st).[Trade 7]
^No. 25: Minnesota → San Francisco (D). Minnesota traded a first-round selection (25th) to San Francisco in exchange for San Francisco's first-, fourth-, and fifth-round selections (31st,117th, and176th).[Trade 8]
^No. 34: Washington → Indianapolis (PD). Washington traded a second-round selection and a 2019 second-round selection to Indianapolis in exchange for a 2019 first-round selection.[Trade 11]
^No. 41: Cleveland → Indianapolis (D). Cleveland traded a second-round selection (41st) to Indianapolis in exchange for second- and fifth-round selections (44th and160th).[Trade 13]
^No. 41: NY Jets → Seattle (D). New York traded a second-round selection (48th) to Seattle in exchange for second- and third-round selections (59th and101st).[Trade 14]
^No. 55: multiple trades. New England → Atlanta (PD). New England traded a second-round selection to Atlanta in exchange for wide receiverMohamed Sanu.[Trade 15] Atlanta → Baltimore (PD). Atlanta traded New England's second- and fifth-round selections to Baltimore in exchange for tight endHayden Hurst and a fourth-round selection.[Trade 16]
^No. 56: New Orleans → Miami (PD). New Orleans traded a second-round selection to Miami in exchange for a 2019 second-round selection.[Trade 11]
^No. 57: Houston → LA Rams (PD). Houston traded a second-round selection to Los Angeles in exchange for wide receiverBrandin Cooks and a future fourth-round selection.[Trade 17]
^No. 60: Baltimore → New England (D). Baltimore traded second- and fourth-round selections (60th and129th) to New England in exchange for two third--round selections (71st and98th).[Trade 18]
^No. 63: San Francisco → Kansas City (PD). San Francisco traded a second-round selection to Kansas City in exchange for defensive end/outside linebackerDee Ford.[Trade 19]
'^No. 64: multiple trades. Kansas City → Seattle (PD). Kansas City traded a second-round selection along with 2019 first- and third-round selections to Seattle in exchange for a 2019 third-round selection and defensive endFrank Clark.[Trade 20] Seattle → Carolina (D). Seattle traded a second-round selection (64th) to Carolina in exchange for third- and fifth-round selections (69th and148th).[Trade 21]
Round three
^No. 68: NY Giants → NY Jets (PD). The New York Giants traded their third-round and 2021 fifth-round selections to the New York Jets in exchange for defensive endLeonard Williams.[Trade 22]
^No. 74: Cleveland → New Orleans (D). Cleveland traded third- and seventh-round selections (74th and244th) to New Orleans in exchange for a third-round selection (88th) and a 2021 third-round selection.[Trade 23]
^No. 75: Indianapolis → Detroit (D). Indianapolis traded third- and sixth-round selections (75th and197th) to Detroit in exchange for third-, fifth-, and sixth-round selections (85th,149th,182nd).[Trade 24]
^No. 83: Pittsburgh → Denver (PD). Pittsburgh traded a third-round selection along with 2019 first- and second-round selections to Denver in exchange for Denver's 2019 first-round selection.[Trade 11]
^No. 91: multiple trades. Seattle → Houston (PD). Seattle traded a third-round selection, plus outside linebackersJacob Martin, andBarkevious Mingo to Houston in exchange for defensive endJadeveon Clowney.[Trade 26] Houston → Las Vegas (PD). Houston traded Seattle's third-round selection toLas Vegas, then based in Oakland, in exchange for cornerbackGareon Conley.[Trade 27] Las Vegas → New England (D). Las Vegas traded third- and fifth-round selections (91st and159th) to New England in exchange for third-, fourth-, and fifth-round selections (100th,139th, and172nd).[Trade 28]
^No. 95: San Francisco → Denver (PD). San Francisco traded third- and fourth-round selections to Denver in exchange for wide receiverEmmanuel Sanders and Denver's fifth-round selection.[Trade 29]
^No. 97: Houston → Cleveland (PD). Houston traded a third-round selection to Cleveland in exchange for running backDuke Johnson. This was originally in the fourth round, but became a third-round selection because Johnson was on Houston's active roster for at least ten games in 2019.[Trade 30]
^No. 101: multiple trades. Seattle → NY Jets (D). SeeNo. 48: NY Jets → Seattle.[Trade 14] NY Jets → New England (D). New York traded a third-round selection (101st) to New England in exchange for two fourth-round selections (125th and129th) and a 2021 sixth-round selection.[Trade 28]
^No. 105: Minnesota → New Orleans (D). Minnesota traded a third-round selection (105th) to New Orleans in exchange for fourth-, fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-round selections (130th,169th,203rd, and244th).[Trade 31]
Round four
^No. 109: Detroit → Las Vegas (D). Detroit traded a fourth-round selection (109th) to Las Vegas in exchange for fourth- and fifth-round selections (121st and172nd).[Trade 32]
^No. 111: multiple trades. Miami → Houston (PD). SeeNo. 26: Houston → Miami.[Trade 9] Houston → Miami (D). Houston traded a fourth-round selection (111st) to Miami in exchange for two fourth-round selections (136th and141st).[Trade 33]
^No. 125: multiple trades. Chicago → New England (PD). Chicago traded a fourth-round selection as well as 2019 third- and fifth-round selections to New England in exchange for 2019 third- and sixth-round selections.[Trade 11] New England → NY Jets (D). SeeNo. 101: NY Jets → New England.[Trade 28]
^LA Rams → Houston (D). Los Angeles traded a fourth-round selection (126th) to Houston in exchange for a fourth-round selection and two seventh-round selections (136th,248th, and250th).[Trade 34]
^No. 135: multiple trades. Tennessee → Miami (PD). Tennessee traded a fourth-round selection as well as a 2019 seventh-round selection to Miami in exchange for a 2019 sixth-round selection and quarterbackRyan Tannehill.[Trade 36] Miami → Pittsburgh (PD). SeeNo. 18: Pittsburgh → Miami.[Trade 3]
^No. 139: multiple trades. Tampa Bay → New England (PD). Tampa Bay traded a fourth-round selection to New England in exchange for tight endRob Gronkowski and a seventh-round selection.[Trade 38] New England → Las Vegas (D). SeeNo. 91: Las Vegas → New England.[Trade 28]
^No. 140: Chicago → Jacksonville (PD). Chicago traded a fourth-round selection to Jacksonville in exchange for quarterbackNick Foles.[Trade 39]
^No. 146: Philadelphia → Dallas (D). Philadelphia traded a fourth-round selection (146th) to Dallas in exchange for a fifth-round selection (164th) and a 2021 fifth-round selection.[Trade 40]
^No. 152: multiple trades. Miami → Arizona (PD). Miami traded a fifth-round and2019 second-round selections to Arizona in exchange for quarterbackJosh Rosen.[Trade 42] Arizona → Miami (PD). Miami regained this selection from Arizona in exchange for running backKenyan Drake, after 2019 performance thresholds were met.[Trade 43] Miami → San Francisco (D). Miami traded a fifth-round selection (153rd) to San Francisco in exchange for running backMatt Breida.[Trade 44]
^No. 154: multiple trades. Jacksonville → Pittsburgh (PD). Jacksonville traded a fifth-round selection to Pittsburgh in exchange for quarterbackJoshua Dobbs.[Trade 45] Pittsburgh → Miami (PD). SeeNo. 18: Pittsburgh → Miami.[Trade 3]
^No. 155: multiple trades. Cleveland → Buffalo (PD). Cleveland traded fifth- and sixth-round selections to Buffalo in exchange for guardWyatt Teller and a 2021 seventh-round selection.[Trade 46] Buffalo → Minnesota (PD). SeeNo. 22: Buffalo → Minnesota. Minnesota → Chicago (D). Minnesota traded a fifth-round selection (155th) to Chicago in exchange for a 2021 fourth-round selection.[Trade 47]
^No. 156: multiple trades. Denver → San Francisco (PD). SeeNo. 95: San Francisco → Denver.[Trade 29] San Francisco → Washington (D). San Francisco traded a fifth-round (156th) and a 2021 third-round selection to Washington in exchange for offensive tackleTrent Williams.[Trade 48]
^No. 162: multiple trades. Pittsburgh → Seattle (PD). Pittsburgh traded a fifth-round selection to Seattle in exchange for tight endNick Vannett.[Trade 50] Seattle → Washington (PD). Seattle traded Pittsburgh's fifth-round selection to Washington in exchange for cornerbackQuinton Dunbar.[Trade 51]
^No. 164: multiple trades. Dallas → Philadelphia (D). SeeNo. 146: Philadelphia → Dallas.[Trade 40] Philadelphia → Miami (D). Philadelphia traded a fifth-round selection (164th) to Miami in exchange for fifth- and seventh-round selections (173rd and227th).[Trade 52]
^No. 165: LA Rams → Jacksonville (PD). Los Angeles traded their fifth-round and2019 third-round selections to Jacksonville in exchange for defensive endDante Fowler.[Trade 53]
^No. 168: New England → Philadelphia (PD). New England traded a fifth-round selection to Philadelphia in exchange for a seventh-round selection and defensive linemanMichael Bennett.[Trade 54]
^No. 173: multiple trades. Baltimore → LA Rams (PD). Baltimore traded a fifth-round selection and linebackerKenny Young to Los Angeles in exchange for cornerbackMarcus Peters.[Trade 58] LA Rams → Miami (PD). Los Angeles traded Baltimore's fifth-round selection and cornerbackAqib Talib to Miami in exchange for a2022 seventh-round selection.[Trade 59] Miami → Philadelphia (D). SeeNo. 164: Philadelphia → Miami.[Trade 52] Philadelphia → Chicago (D). Philadelphia traded fifth- and seventh-round selections (173rd and227th) to Chicago in exchange for two fifth-round selections and a seventh-round selection (196th,200th, and233rd).[Trade 60]
^No. 181: Washington → Denver (PD). Washington traded a sixth-round selection to Denver in exchange for a seventh-round selection and quarterbackCase Keenum.[Trade 61]
^No. 182: multiple trades. Detroit → Indianapolis (D). SeeNo. 75: Indianapolis → Detroit.[Trade 24] Indianapolis → New England (D). Indianapolis traded a sixth-round selection (182nd) to New England in exchange for two sixth-round selections (212nd and213rd).[Trade 62]
^No. 187: Arizona → Cleveland (PD). Arizona traded a sixth-round selection to Cleveland in exchange for cornerbackJamar Taylor.[Trade 63]
^No. 190: multiple trades. Atlanta → Philadelphia (PD). Atlanta traded a sixth-round selection and linebackerDuke Riley to Philadelphia in exchange for safetyJohnathan Cyprien and a seventh-round selection.[Trade 64] Philadelphia → San Francisco (D). Philadelphia traded a sixth-round selection (190th) to San Francisco in exchange for wide receiverMarquise Goodwin and a sixth-round selection (210th).[Trade 65]
^No. 192: Las Vegas → Green Bay (PD). Las Vegas, then based in Oakland, traded a sixth-round selection to Green Bay in exchange for wide receiverTrevor Davis.[Trade 66]
^No. 195: Denver → New England (PD). Denver traded a sixth-round selection to New England in exchange for cornerbackDuke Dawson and a seventh-round selection (237th overall).[Trade 67]
^No. 197: multiple trades. Dallas → Miami (PD). Dallas traded a sixth-round selection to Miami in exchange for defensive endRobert Quinn.[Trade 68] Miami → Indianapolis (PD). Miami traded Dallas's sixth-round selection to Indianapolis in exchange for a seventh-round conditional selection and center/guardEvan Boehm.[Trade 69] Indianapolis → Detroit (D). SeeNo. 75: Indianapolis → Detroit.[Trade 24]
^No. 200: multiple trades. Philadelphia → Chicago (PD). Philadelphia traded an originally conditional sixth-round selection to Chicago in exchange for running backJordan Howard.[Trade 70] Chicago → Philadelphia (D). SeeNo. 173: Philadelphia → Chicago.[Trade 60]
^No. 201: multiple trades. Buffalo → Minnesota (PD). SeeNo. 22: Buffalo → Minnesota.[Trade 6] Minnesota → Baltimore (D). Minnesota traded sixth- and seventh-round selections (201st and219th) to Baltimore in exchange for a seventh-round selection (225th) and a 2021 fifth-round selection, originally acquired from Pittsburgh.[Trade 71]
^No. 202: New England → Arizona (PD). New England traded a sixth-round selection to Arizona in exchange for offensive tackleKorey Cunningham.[Trade 72]
^No. 204: Houston → New England (PD). Houston traded a sixth-round selection to New England in exchange for cornerbackKeion Crossen.[Trade 73]
^No. 206: Seattle → Jacksonville (PD). Seattle traded a sixth-round selection to Jacksonville in exchange for a 2019 seventh-round selection.[Trade 11]
^No. 208: Tennessee → Green Bay (PD). Tennessee traded a conditional sixth-round selection to Green Bay in exchange for outside linebackerReggie Gilbert.[Trade 75]
^No. 211: multiple trades. Kansas City → NY Jets (PD). Kansas City traded a sixth-round selection to New York in exchange for linebackerDarron Lee.[Trade 76] NY Jets → Indianapolis (D). New York traded a sixth-round selection (211st) to Indianapolis in exchange for cornerbackQuincy Wilson.[Trade 77]
^No. 217: Detroit → San Francisco (PD). Detroit traded a conditional seventh-round selection to San Francisco in exchange for linebackerEli Harold.[Trade 78]
^No. 228: multiple trades. Tampa Bay → Philadelphia (PD). Tampa Bay traded a seventh-round selection as well as wide receiverDeSean Jackson to Philadelphia in exchange for Philadelphia's2019 sixth-round selection.[Trade 82] Philadelphia → Atlanta (PD). SeeNo. 190: Atlanta → Philadelphia.[Trade 64]
^No. 236: multiple trades. Buffalo → Cleveland (PD). Buffalo traded a seventh-round selection to Cleveland in exchange for wide receiverCorey Coleman.[Trade 84] Cleveland → Green Bay (PD). Cleveland traded seventh-round selections with Green Bay in exchange for guard and tackleJustin McCray.[Trade 85]
^No. 237: multiple trades. New England → Denver (PD).SeeNo. 195: Denver → New England.[Trade 67] Denver → Tennessee (PD). Denver traded New England's seventh-round selection to Tennessee in exchange for defensive endJurrell Casey.[Trade 86] Tennessee → Kansas City (D). Tennessee traded a seventh-round selection (237th) to Kansas City in exchange for a 2021 sixth-round selection[Trade 87]
^No. 238: New Orleans → NY Giants (PD). New Orleans traded seventh-round and2019 fourth-round selections to New York in exchange for cornerbackEli Apple.[Trade 88]
^No. 240: Houston → New Orleans (D). Houston traded a seventh-round selection (240th) to New Orleans in exchange for a 2021 sixth-round selection.[Trade 89]
ESPN Deportes provided Spanish language coverage of the draft withMonday Night Football voicesEduardo Varela and Pablo Viruega. ESPN Radio's coverage featured hostDari Nowkhah from ESPN'sSEC Network, former general managerMike Tannenbaum, ESPN New York'sBart Scott (Thursday/Friday), NFL Draft analyst Jim Nagy (Saturday) and reporter Ian Fitzsimmons with updates fromMarc Kestecher.[14][15]
^Lambert, Ivan (April 25, 2020)."Goodbye Trent".Sports Illustrated. RetrievedApril 25, 2020.Williams will now become a member of the San Francisco 49ers; while in return the Redskins received a fifth round choice in this year's draft (156 overall) and also a third round choice in the 2021 draft.
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