NFL Draft

The defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers did a good job filling their needs on draft weekend.

Seth Markman was just as nervous as NFL coaches and general managers about the unknown factors involved with a virtual draft. But the ESPN executive producer said he was overwhelmed with how everything came together over the three days.

Maybe the Southeastern Conference should simply hold onto its players and become part of the NFL

The Chicago Bears were busy on the final day of the 2020 NFL Draft, making multiple trades and acquiring a new crop of young players to add to their roster. The Bears kicked off the day by selecting outside linebacker/defensive end Trevis Gipson out of Tulsa. The Bears traded a 2021 fourth round pick to the Minnesota Vikings in order…

It’s been a challenge to keep up with the wheelings and dealings of the Chicago Bears in recent years during the NFL Draft, and with all the moves made by GM Ryan Pace, the team’s 2020 picks are scattered all over the board. The Bears did not have a first round pick or a third round pick as a...

Pitch and catch

Many kids dream of getting the chance to play a sport for their hometown team, but Notre Dame tight end Cole Kmet will get to make that dream a reality after he was drafted by the Chicago Bears on Friday night. Kmet, who was born in Lake Barrington and grew up in Arlington Heights, has been a Bears fan his…

The Chicago Bears had two picks in the second round of the NFL Draft, and they ultimately used both of them as they picked Utah cornerback Jaylon Johnson with the 50th overall pick Friday night. Johnson just wrapped up his third season with the Utes, picking off a pair of passes and scoring his second collegiate touchdown. He also had…

The Chicago Bears have made their first selection in the 2020 NFL Draft, picking tight end Cole Kmet out of Notre Dame. Kmet, a Lake Barrington-native, caught 43 passes for 515 yards and six touchdowns last season for the Fighting Irish. He was listed as the top tight end on the board by numerous draft experts, and the Bears will…

The Cincinnati Bengals on Friday opened the second round of the NFL draft by selecting WR Tee Higgins of Clemson. The first night of the NFL draft, on Thursday, averaged a record 15.6 million viewers on television, easily shattering the record set six years ago. Thursday night’s first round was aired on ABC, ESPN, the NFL Network and ESPN Deportes….

Six wide receivers were taken in the first round of the NFL draft and another half dozen could go on Day 2, when rounds two and three are completed.

For all the uniqueness of this NFL draft, including the angst over a potential communications fiasco, things looked and sounded pretty normal Thursday night.

It’s been about a month now that Joe Gaziano has been living with his parents in Scituate, Mass., a town outside Boston. Since local gyms are closed, the 6-feet 4-inch tall defensive end hasn’t been able to work out like he normally does, but that hasn’t stopped the NFL prospect from staying in shape. Weights from a local high...

With the NFL’s annual draft underway, Gaziano is closer than ever to realizing his dream of playing on Sundays. NBC 5’s Mike Berman reports.

The Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday made LSU QB Joe Burrow the first pick of the NFL draft.

Fifty-eight prospects will take part remotely in the NFL draft, which has gone virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic

For those who haven’t mastered the odds of Belarussian soccer or Russian table tennis, this week’s NFL draft gives U.S. gamblers their first opportunity in weeks to bet on an event about which they actually know something.

ESPN and NFL Network will air a combined broadcast all three days. It will now originate from ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut, but most of the reporters and analysts will be at their homes.

The NFL will hold a practice remote draft three days before the real thing is done in the same way

Arlington Heights native and Notre Dame tight end Cole Kmet is keeping busy at home while waiting for this year’s virtual NFL draft. NBC 5’s Mike Berman reports.