NFL draft

New York Giants Rookie Corey Ballentine is finally at practice after taking a bullet wound on the night of the NFL Draft.

May 13 (UPI) — New York Giants rookie cornerback Corey Ballentine has rejoined the team after being shot last month.

President Donald Trump congratulated NFL Draftee Nick Bosa for his good fortune after the NFL Draft, but because he did not also congratulate the #1 overall pick, Kyler Murray, who is black.

In the 2019 NFL draft, the New York Giants picked Duke quarterback Daniel Jones over Ohio State QB Dwayne Haskins, and some people feel Jacksonville cornerback Jalen Ramsey implied on Twitter that the move was racially-driven.

Viewership for the 2019 NFL Draft was down over numbers from 2018, according to reports.

Fan outrage and angst over the Giants draft picks this weekend gave way to genuine thoughts and prayers on Sunday, when it was learned that New York’s 6th round pick Corey Ballentine was injured in an off-campus shooting.

President Trump tweeted out his congratulations to top NFL Draft pick Nick Bosa on being picked by the San Francisco 49ers, and offered him a bit of encouragement to keep his chin up.

Draft night can produce a wide, varying mix of reactions. Some fans rejoice upon hearing their team’s first round draft selection. Other people, do what Giants fans did last night.

Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray is the first pick in the NFL draft, going to Arizona and immediately creating a quarterback quandary.

NASHVILLE, April 25 (UPI) — The 2019 NFL Draft kicks off Thursday in Nashville and several teams are looking to trade down or out of the first round.

Top NFL pick Nick Bosa is promising to keep his political ideas to himself from now on, after taking wide criticism from liberal sports media over his traditional conservative political opinions.

Larry Kudlow, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, had a few words of advice on where the NFL’s top draft picks should put their new-found wealth.

Top NFL Draft prospect Nick Bosa, admits that he felt compelled to put an end to his pro-Trump tweets for fear that teams like the San Francisco 49ers would not draft him. Or, possibly to avoid criticism from San Francisco-based media after getting drafted there.

Kyler Murray, the first-round Major League Baseball draft pick and Heisman Trophy-winning Oklahoma quarterback, declared himself eligible for the NFL draft on Monday.

DALLAS (AP) — The NFL draft is heading to Las Vegas for 2020. It almost certainly will arrive before the Raiders do.

It’s not often that fifth-round draft picks are greeted with multiple, lucrative endorsement deals only days after getting drafted. Then again, the NFL has never seen a fifth-rounder quite like this before.

Some Philadelphia Eagles fans are urging Eagles rookie Dallas Goedert to change his first name because he shares it with his new team’s arch rival, the Dallas Cowboys, 12Up reported.

The Browns are taking a chance that Florida wide receiver Antonio Callaway will stay out of trouble.

With four rounds left in the NFL draft, there are still plenty of gems left to be unearthed.

Former Philadelphia Eagles kicker David Akers trolled the Dallas Cowboys hard during the 2018 NFL Draft, with a couple of barbs that went straight to the Cowboys’ heart.

The first round of the NFL draft ended with a few players still left in the green room at AT&T Stadium, including an All-American.

Now that the Great QB Grab of 2018 is over, what’s ahead for the five first-round quarterbacks selected might be more daunting than getting selected on opening night of the draft.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the NFL draft (all times local):

While college seniors prepare for graduation in the coming weeks, the following student-athletes chose to instead enter this week’s NFL draft before their senior year of college football. We took a look at the teams hurt the most by talented players leaving early.

UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen, one of the hottest NFL prospect in the upcoming 2018 Draft, recently noted that he gets a lot of anti-Semitic taunts because of his Jewish heritage.

The Miami Dolphins have invited members of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas football team, to help announce their 2018 NFL Draft picks next week.

Mitchell Trubisky’s chances of appearing on Dream Ridez just took a serious hit.

So, it turns out selecting the most toxic player in the NFL Draft was not such a great idea. This realization might have already begun to crystalize in the upper reaches of the Bengals organization, since it appears their decision to draft woman-beating running back Joe Mixon has sparked a hometown media revolt.

New York Jets 2017 first-round pick Jamal Adams is an amazing young man. Not only the best safety prospect in last weekend’s draft, but also considered the best leader. Jets coach Todd Bowles describes the former LSU star as “an alpha dog.”

Few will soon forget the stunning entrance and passionate speech of Falcons 1st round draft pick Takkarist McKinley, who made his way down the steps to meet the commissioner carrying a large portrait of his deceased grandmother and shouting her praises. McKinley then told all in attendance of how his grandmother had told him to continue his dream of playing in the NFL, and how getting drafted by an NFL team completed that journey.