2024 NFL draft
2024 NFL draft
The 2024 NFL draft was the 89th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players. The draft was held at Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza in Detroit on April 25–27, 2024. The draft had an attendance of over 775,000, breaking the record previously set in (/wiki/2019NFLdraft).
2024 NFL draft
Six quarterbacks were selected in the first round—Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, Michael Penix Jr., J. J. McCarthy, and Bo Nix—tying the record from (/wiki/1983NFLdraft). The six were within the first 12 picks, with five in the top 10. Conversely, for the first time since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger, no quarterbacks were selected in the second through fourth rounds. Seven wide receivers were also selected in the first round, tying the record from (/wiki/2004NFLdraft). A record 23 offensive players were selected in the first round, with 14 consecutive offensive players to start the draft.
Host city
Detroit was chosen over Green Bay and Washington, D.C. as the host city on March 28, 2022. The city prepared to host the draft by undertaking beautification efforts, including construction work in various parts of the city and organizing a series of pop-ups to fill vacant storefronts downtown in time for the draft's visitors.
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