For the first time in the history of the NFL Draft, or at least the last 10 years that Zennie62Media has covered it, there will be no top quarterback scheduled to attend the 2015 NFL Draft. That means no Jameis Winston or Marcus Mariota, or any QB, at least officially.
The list the NFL released for the “80th Annual National Football League Player Selection Meeting” has no quarterbacks on it at all. Not one.
Arik Armstead, DE, Oregon
Vic Beasley, DE, Clemson
La’el Collins, T , Louisiana St.
Landon Collins, S, Alabama
Bud Dupree, LB, Kentucky
Cameron Erving, T, Florida St.
Dante Fowler, Jr, DE, Florida
Melvin Gordon, RB, Wisconsin
Randy Gregory, DE, Nebraska
Todd Gurley, RB, Georgia
D.J. Humphries, T, Florida
Kevin Johnson, CB, Wake Forest
Byron Jones, CB, Connecticut
Benardrick McKinney, LB, Mississippi St.
DeVante Parker, WR, Louisville
Andrus Peat, T, Stanford
Breshad Perriman, WR, Central Florida
Shane Ray, DE, Missouri
Brandon Scherff, T, Iowa
Danny Shelton, DT, Washington
Devin Smith, WR, Ohio St.
Jaelen Strong, WR, Arizona St.
Laken Tomlinson, G, Duke
Trae Wayne, CB, Michigan St.
Kevin White, WR, West Virginia
Leonard Williams, DT, Southern California
As a note, some times a draftee flies up to meet the assembled media that second day of the NFL Draft, so don’t rule out the idea that Winston or Mariota will not show up.
2015 NFL DRAFT FACTS & FIGURES
WHAT:
80th Annual National Football League Player Selection Meeting.
WHERE:
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois.
WHEN:
7:00 PM CT/8:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 30 (Round 1).
6:00 PM CT/7:00 PM ET, Friday, May 1 (Rounds 2-3).
11:00 AM CT/Noon ET, Saturday, May 2 (Rounds 4-7).
The first round will conclude on Thursday by approximately 10:30 PM CT. In 2014, the first round consumed three hours and 39 minutes. The second and third rounds will conclude on Friday by approximately 10:00 PM CT. The second and third rounds took four hours and 12 minutes in 2014. The draft will conclude by approximately 6:00 PM CT on Saturday with the final four rounds. Rounds 4 through 7 took seven hours and four minutes in 2014.
DRAFTING:
Representatives of the 32 NFL clubs by telephone communication with their general managers, coaches and scouts.
ROUNDS:
Seven Rounds – Round 1 on Thursday, April 30; Rounds 2 and 3 on Friday, May 1; and Rounds 4 through 7 on Saturday, May 2.
There will be 256 selections, including 32 compensatory choices that have been awarded to 14 teams that suffered a net loss of certain quality unrestricted free agents last year.
The following 32 compensatory choices will supplement the 224 regular choices in the seven rounds –
Round 3: New England, 33; Kansas City, 34; Cincinnati, 35. Round 4: San Francisco, 33; Denver, 34; Seattle, 35; Cincinnati, 36; Baltimore, 37. Round 5: Carolina, 33; Seattle, 34; Baltimore, 35; Kansas City, 36; Kansas City, 37; Carolina, 38; Houston, 39; Baltimore, 40. Round 6: Seattle, 33; Green Bay, 34; Houston, 35; Pittsburgh, 36; Green Bay, 37; Seattle, 38; St. Louis, 39; Houston, 40; Kansas City, 41. Round 7: Denver, 33; Denver, 34; Denver, 35; New England, 36; San Francisco, 37; Indianapolis, 38; Arizona, 39.
Cleveland (Nos. 12 and 19) and New Orleans (Nos. 13 and 31) have two selections in the first round. Buffalo and Seattle do not have first-round picks. All other teams have one first-round selection.
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