NFL draft

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.

If the military wanted you to have a family, they would have issued you one. So goes the old saying, which seeks to describe how the military frowns upon any and all personal entanglements which may interfere with your commitment to the service. It’s a principle two Air Force Academy football players were reminded of this weekend.

Bills owner Terry Pegula completed an offseason front-office purge by firing Whaley, his general manager, and the team’s entire scouting staff on Sunday, a day after completing the NFL draft.

The NFL Draft has turned into a zoo, literally, and NFL Network draft guru Mike Mayock is having none of it.

The Minnesota Vikings were eager enough to start drafting after sitting out the first round that they traded up seven spots for Florida State running back Dalvin Cook with the 41st pick.

Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon is headed to Cincinnati, which added to its reputation for taking chances on players with off-field problems.

A wise man once said that laughing at someone’s draft pick is like laughing at someone’s lottery ticket. While you’re sitting there laughing, that person could have just drafted the best player in the NFL. You simply don’t know what’s going to happen.

[LANGUAGE WARNING] Thursday, the Atlanta Falcons drafted defensive end Takkarist McKinley out of UCLA with the 26th pick of the first round. Upon selection, an emotional McKinley recounted how he promised his grandmother on her deathbed that he would go

The Indianapolis Colts have taken Ohio State safety Malik Hooker with the 15th pick in the NFL Draft.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the first round of the NFL draft (all times local):

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — No surprises at the top of the NFL draft: Roger Goodell got booed, then Myles Garrett was picked first overall by the Cleveland Browns.

April 26 (UPI) — A league source says that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are trying to move down from its No. 19 pick in the first round of Thursday’s 2017 NFL Draft.

April 27 (UPI) — Texas A&M’s Myles Garrett is set to be the No. 1 pick in Thursday’s 2017 NFL Draft, but that doesn’t mean the Cleveland Browns wont draft a quarterback.

Unless you are one of a mere handful of NFL teams, you probably need some serious secondary help. So, many franchises have major holes when it comes to defensive backs. The good news is that there’s a Jersey guy ready to don a pro jersey and contribute immediately. The bad news is that many squads will let Anthony Cioffi slip through their fingertips.