The National Football League is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams. Here’s the NFL 2024 draft picks.
NFL 2024 : Draft, Hosts, Dates, Picks
The NFL is one of the major North American professional sports leagues and the highest professional level of American football in the world.
Each NFL season begins with a three-week preseason in August, followed by the 18-week regular season which runs from early September to early January, with each team playing 17 games and having one bye week.
| Formerly | American Professional Football Conference (1920) American Professional Football Association (1920–1921) |
|---|---|
| Sport | American football |
| Founded | September 17, 1920 Canton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Inaugural season | 1920 |
| Commissioner | Roger Goodell |
| No. of teams | 32 |
| Country | United States |
Following the conclusion of the regular season, seven teams from each conference (four division winners and three wild card teams) advance to the playoffs, a single-elimination tournament that culminates in the Super Bowl, which is contested in February and is played between the AFC and NFC conference champions. The league is headquartered in New York City.
The NFL season format consists of a three-week preseason, an 18-week regular season (each team plays 17 games), and a 14-team single-elimination playoff culminating in the Super Bowl, the league’s championship game.
At the corporate level, the National Football League considers itself a trade association made up of and financed by its 32 member teams. Up until 2015, the league was an unincorporated nonprofit 501(c)(6) association.
NFL 2024 draft
The 2024 NFL Draft will be the 89th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players. The draft is scheduled to be held in Detroit, Michigan.
| 2024 NFL Draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Date(s) | TBD 2024 |
| Location | Campus Martius Park Detroit, Michigan |
| Network(s) | ESPN, ABC, NFL Network, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio |
Since the 2021 draft, the league, under 2020 Resolution JC-2A passed in November 2020, rewards teams for developing minority candidates for head coach and/or general manager positions.
The resolution rewards teams whose minority candidates are hired away for one of those positions by awarding draft picks.
These draft picks are at the end of the third round, after standard compensatory picks; if multiple teams qualify, they are awarded by draft order in the first round.
These picks are in addition to, and have no impact on, the standard 32 compensatory picks.
Hosts
Detroit beat out the likes of Green Bay and Washington D.C. to serve as the 2024 draft host, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
The draft has been a roving affair in recent years and one of the most successful tentpole events on the NFL calendar. The 2022 NFL Draft is slated for Las Vegas. In 2023, it will be in Kansas City.
The 2024 NFL Draft has been awarded to Detroit, the league announced Monday.
“The draft has become a prominent offseason event across the country, and we are excited to work with the Lions and their partners to bring the 2024 NFL Draft to the Motor City,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement.
“With the help of Visit Detroit, the Detroit Sports Commission, and the City of Detroit the Lions passionate fan base and all visitors will be treated to an incredible three-day experience.”
The news comes hours after the Detroit Lions were announced as the featured club of the HBO docuseries Hard Knocks during the 2022 training camp.
NFL 2024 dates
On April 14, the Detroit Sports Commission is hosting a free party to bring folks from far and wide to Campus Martius for food trucks, appearances by Detroit Lions legends and Roary, family-friendly activities, and music by Lions GameDay DJ Ray Ya Dig. NFL on CBS analyst Charles Davis will emcee.
According to the Detroit Sports Commission, they’ll reveal a “custom interactive display representing Detroit that will have a permanent home in the city where fans can gather to celebrate the historic announcement.”
Potentially to remind fans, especially if things get brutal mid-season, that this is a win to celebrate and there’s something to look forward to.
Picks
Cleveland traded first- and fourth-round selections to Houston alongside 2022 first- and fourth-round selections, and 2023 first- and third-round selections in exchange for quarterback Deshaun Watson and a sixth-round selection.
Philadelphia traded two 2022 first-round selections (16th and 19th overall) and a sixth-round selection (194th overall) to New Orleans in exchange for 2022 first, third, and seventh-round selections (18th, 101st, and 237th overall) as well as a 2023 first-round selection and a 2024 second-round selection.
Caralina traded a conditional fifth-round selection to Cleveland in exchange for quarterback Baker Mayfield. This selection can become a fourth-round depending on Mayfield’s playing time with Carolina.
Denver traded a sixth-round selection to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for linebacker Kenny Young and a seventh-round selection.
New Orleans traded a seventh-round selection to Houston in exchange for running back Mark Ingram.