83rd annual meeting

The 8erd annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) will be the 2018 NFL Draft to franchises to select newly eligible football players.

Round two

Philadelphia → St. Louis (PD). Philadelphia traded their second-round selection in this year's draft, a 2015 fourth-round selection and quarterback Nick Foles to St. Louis in exchange for St. Louis' 2015 fifth-round selection and quarterback Sam Bradford. The trade also includes a possible conditional selection in this year's draft going to Philadelphia based on Bradford's playing time in 2015. If Bradford takes less than 50 percent of the snaps, Philadelphia will receive St. Louis' fourth-round selection; the selection will upgrade to a third-rounder if Bradford does not play at all in 2015.

Round three

Detroit → Philadelphia (PD). Detroit traded their third-round selection in this year's draft to Philadelphia in exchange for a fourth-round selection in the 2015 NFL Draft (113th used to draft defensive tackle Gabe Wright).

Round four

Denver → Baltimore (PD). Denver traded this selection to Baltimore in exchange for Baltimore's fifth-round selection and center Gino Gradkowski.[source 3]

St. Louis → Philadelphia (PD). see Philadelphia → St. Louis (round two). This conditional selection will return to St. Louis if Bradford plays more than 50 percent of the snaps in 2015 or can become a third-round selection if Bradford does not play at all.

Round five

Baltimore → Denver (PD). see Denver → Baltimore (round four).

Denver → Detroit (PD). Denver traded this selection, their 2015 first- and fifth-round selections and guard/center Manny Ramirez to Detroit in exchange for Detroit's 2014 first-round selection.

San Diego → San Francisco (PD). San Diego traded this selection, and their 2015 first- and fourth-round selections, in exchange for San Francisco's 2015 first-round selection.[source 5]

Round six

Dallas → San Francisco (PD). Dallas traded this selection to San Francisco in exchange for San Francisco's 2015 seventh-round selection (246th).

New Orleans → Washington (PD). New Orleans traded this selection along with their sixth-round selection in the 2015 NFL draft (187th) to Washington in exchange for Washington's fifth-round selection.

Washington → Tampa Bay (PD). Washington traded this selection to Tampa Bay in exchange for Tampa Bay's seventh-round selection and safety Dashon Goldson.

Round seven

Buffalo → Minnesota (PD). Buffalo traded this selection and a 2015 fifth-round selection to Minnesota in exchange for quarterback Matt Cassel and Minnesota's 2015 sixth-round selection.

Houston → New England (PD). Houston traded their seventh–round selection in the 2018 draft to New England in exchange for quarterback Ryan Mallett. The pick could have been a sixth–round selection but Mallett did not play 40% of the snaps in 2014.

New York Jets → Houston (PD). The Jets traded a conditional seventh-round round selection in the 2018 draft to Houston in exchange for quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. The pick can become a sixth-round selection based on Fitzpatrick's playing time.

St. Louis → Houston (PD). St.Louis traded this selection to Houston in exchange for quarterback Case Keenum.

Tampa Bay → Washington (PD). see Washington → Tampa Bay (round six).

Forfeited picks

Atlanta will forfeit their fifth-round selection as the punishment for piping artificial crowd noise into the Georgia Dome during the 2013 and 2014 seasons. If Atlanta receives multiple fifth-round selections, the team will forfeit the highest selection.

New England will forfeit their first-round selection as the punishment for the team's Deflategate scandal. If New England receives multiple first-round selections, the team will forfeit the highest selection. The team will also forfeit a 2017 fourth-round selection.

NFL Draft Time

2018 Timing changes. Shortly before the draft, the NFL shortened the amount of time for certain selections to be made. The time for seventh-round selections was reduced from five minutes to four minutes; similarly, the time for all compensatory selections, which cannot be traded, was reduced from seven minutes to four minutes.

It's finally here. The 2018 NFL Draft finally begins tonight. Over the next three days, the NFL's future stars will take the stage in Chicago, Illinois as they find out the teams they will play for to begin their careers.

As has been the case for the better part of the last decade, fans will have two options for draft coverage on television: ESPN and the NFL Network. The four-letter network will continue to feature Chris Berman, Mel Kiper, and company on its draft telecasts (full details here), while Mike Mayock gets top billing over on the league's channel.

We have compiled the broadcast schedules for you here to get you ready for the event.

Round One: Thursday, April 30th

7:00 PM Central

The first round begins at 7 and will of course be televised on both ESPN and NFL Network. Time on the clock for each pick will be ten minutes. But as one would expect both networks will have coverage leading up to the first round much of the day. Here's what you can expect if you want nothing but NFL coverage all day long:

ESPN

1:30 PM to 2:30 - NFL Insiders

2:30 to 3:30 - NFL Live

6:00 - SportsCenter Special: Draft Countdown

NFL Network

9:00 AM to 12 noon - Path to the Draft

12 noon to 5:00 PM - NFL Draft Kickoff

5:00 to 6:30 - NFL Draft Gold Carpet

6:30 to 7:00 - NFL Draft Kickoff

Rounds Two and Three - Friday, May 1st

6:00 PM Central

Everything gets going an hour earlier on Friday so the league can fit two rounds of the draft into Prime Time. The second round will have seven minutes per pick, and the third round five minutes (with the exception of the three compensatory picks after the third round, which get four minutes each). ESPN's pre-draft coverage is scaled back by an hour (no Draft Countdown show), while the NFL Network is, of course, all draft analysis:

ESPN

1:30 PM to 2:30 - NFL Insiders

2:30 to 3:30 - NFL Live

NOTE: Friday's draft coverage will be televised on ESPN. This article previously indicated that Friday would be shown on ESPN2, but that has been changed back to the primary network.

NFL Network

9:00 AM to 12 noon - Path to the Draft

12 noon to 6:00 PM - NFL Draft Kickoff

Rounds Four through Seven - Saturday, May 2nd

11:00 AM Central

On Saturday, the draft wraps up with the final four rounds. ESPN is showing just the draft itself, as it has other non-NFL-specific programming (read: lots and lots of SportsCenter) planned for the morning. Picks in rounds four through six are five minutes each, while the seventh round and all compensatory picks are four minutes apiece.

NFL Network

9:00 AM to 12 noon - Path to the Draft

Players Attending Draft

The NFL has extended invitations to numerous players to attend the draft in Chicago, and 28 players accepted. Here's the list of players who will be in attendance, as announced by NFL.com.

RB Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin

RB Todd Gurley, Georgia

WR DeVante Parker, Louisville

WR Breshad Perriman, Central Florida

WR Devin Smith, Ohio State

WR Jaelen Strong, Arizona State

WR Kevin White, West Virginia

OL La'el Collins, LSU*

OL Cameron Erving, Florida State

OL D.J. Humphries, Florida

OL Cedric Ogbuehi, Texas A&M

OL Andrus Peat, Stanford

OL Brandon Scherff, Iowa

OL Donovan Smith, Penn State

OL Laken Tomlinson, Duke

S Landon Collins, Alabama

CB Kevin Johnson, Wake Forest

CB Byron Jones, Connecticut

CB Trae Waynes, Michigan State

LB Benardrick McKinney

LB/DE Vic Beasley, Clemson

LB/DE Alvin "Bud" Dupree, Kentucky

LB/DE Dante Fowler, Jr., Florida

LB/DE Randy Gregory, Nebraska

LB/DE Shane Ray, Missouri

DL Arik Armstead, Oregon

DL Danny Shelton, Washington

DL Leonard Williams, USC

2018 Top Draft Prospects

2018 TOP NFL DRAFT PROSPECTS

Fabian Moreau	CB	1	UCLA	Sr	6-0	200
Jordan Lucas	CB	3	Penn State	Sr	6-0	198
William Jackson	CB	5	Houston	Sr	6-1	175
Domonique Noble	CB	––	Georgia Tech	rSr	6-1	216
Donovan Riley	CB	––	Virginia Tech	Sr	5-11	207
Juston Burris	CB	––	NC State	rSr	6-1	207
Steven Montgomery	CB	––	Minnesota	rSr	5-10	206
Cortez Johnson	CB	––	Oklahoma	rSr	6-2	206
Danzel McDaniel	CB	––	Kansas State	Sr	6-1	205
Kweishi Brown	CB	––	Arizona State	Sr	5-11	205
Matthias Farley	CB	––	Notre Dame	rSr	5-11	204
Ra'Chard Pippens	CB	––	Stanford	rSr	6-2	202
Jalen Brown	CB	––	Notre Dame	rSr	6-1	202
Kenya Dennis	CB	––	Missouri	Sr	6-0	200
Alvin Hill	CB	––	Maryland	Sr	5-11	200
Josh M. Harris	CB	––	Wake Forest	rSr	5-11	200
Wayne Morgan	CB	––	Syracuse	Sr	5-10	199
Wayne Lyons	CB	––	Michigan	rSr	6-1	196
Patrick Glover	CB	––	Arizona	Sr	6-1	196
Anthony Brown	CB	––	Purdue	Sr	5-11	195
Eric Murray	CB	––	Minnesota	Sr	6-0	195
Lafayette Pitts	CB	––	Pittsburgh	rSr	5-11	195
Morgan Burns	CB	––	Kansas State	Sr	5-11	195
Larry Scott	CB	––	Oregon State	rSr	5-11	195
Naji Patrick	CB	––	Oregon State	rSr	5-8	195