83rd annual meeting of National Football League franchises to select newly eligible players
2018 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)
April 26–28, 2018
Location
AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas
Network(s)
ESPN/ABC, ESPN2, Fox/NFL Network[1][2]
Overview
256 total selections in 7 rounds
League
NFL
First selection
Baker Mayfield, QB Cleveland Browns
Mr. Irrelevant
Trey Quinn, WR Washington Redskins
Most selections (12)
Baltimore Ravens
Fewest selections (4)
Tennessee Titans
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2019 →
The 2018 NFL draft was the 83rd annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2018 NFL season. The draft was held on April 26–28 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas; it was the first draft to take place in an NFL stadium and the first to be held in Texas.[3][4][5] In order to be eligible to enter the draft, players must be at least three years removed from high school. The deadline for underclassmen to declare for the draft was January 15, 2018.[6]
Five quarterbacks were selected in the first round — Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Josh Allen, Josh Rosen, and Lamar Jackson — tied for the second highest number of first-round quarterback selections (along with the 1999 and 2021 drafts) after the six selected in 1983 and 2024.[7] As of 2023, only Allen and Jackson have remained with their original teams. The draft was also the first to have siblings — safety Terrell Edmunds and linebacker Tremaine Edmunds — selected in its first round.[8]
The 2018 NFL draft was the first of two professional sports drafts to be held in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex during the calendar year, as the Dallas Stars hosted the 2018 NHL Entry Draft in June.
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^"Philly tried, but Dallas will host the 2018 NFL draft". philly.com. October 18, 2017. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
^Patra, Kevin (October 18, 2017). "Dallas selected as host of 2018 NFL Draft". NFL.com. National Football League. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
^"Dallas, AT&T Stadium chosen as site of 2018 NFL draft". espn.com. ESPN. October 18, 2017. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
^"2018 National Football League Important Dates". NFL.com. National Football League. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
^"2018 NFL draft Round 1 recap, analysis: Ravens take Lamar Jackson; Bills trade up for Josh Allen; Browns take Baker Mayfield No. 1". The Washington Post. April 26, 2018. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
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