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The 2000 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur U.S. college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 15 – 16, 2000, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
- LaVar Arrington
LaVar RaShad Arrington (born June 20, 1978) is an American...
- Courtney Brown
Courtney Lanair Brown (born February 14, 1978) is an...
- Cleveland Browns
The 2000 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 48th season...
- Jarious Jackson
Jarious K. Jackson (born May 3, 1977) is an American...
- R. Jay Soward
Rodney Jay Soward (born January 16, 1978) is an American...
- Plaxico Burress
Plaxico Antonio Burress (born August 12, 1977) is an...
- Trung Canidate
Trung Jered Canidate (born March 3, 1977) is an American...
- Chad Clifton
Jeffrey Chad Clifton (born June 26, 1976) is an American...
- Sherrod Gideon
Sherrod Gideon (born February 21, 1977) is a former American...
- New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional American football team...
- LaVar Arrington
Checkout the 2000 NFL Draft Results including drafted players and trade timelines and their career stats on Pro-Football-Reference.com
List of NFL drafts. This list of NFL drafts provides a comprehensive accounting of all of the annual player selection meetings that have been held by the National Football League (NFL). The National Football League draft has taken place prior to every season since 1936 .
2000 NFL Draft. The 2000 NFL Draft was held on April 15-16, 2000. A total of 254 players were chosen over 7 rounds. The Cleveland Browns chose Defensive End Courtney Brown from Penn State as the first pick in the draft. Future Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher was selected in this draft.
- History
- Current Format
- Events Leading Up to The Draft
- Tickets
- NFL Venues
- AFL Venues
- Supplemental Draft
- See Also
Precursor and rationale
In the early 1930s, Stan Kostka had an excellent college career as a University of Minnesota running back, leading the Minnesota Gophers to an undefeated season in 1934. Every NFL team wanted to sign him. Kostka took advantage of the lack of a draft and held out for the highest possible offer. While a free agent he even running for Mayor of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. Although his political career did not take off, Kostka's nine-month NFL holdout succeeded and he became the league's highe...
The first draft
The first NFL draft began at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia on February 8, 1936. Ninety names were written on a blackboard in the meeting room from which the teams would choose. As no team had a scouting department, the list was created from either print media sources, visits to local colleges by team executives, or by recommendations to team executives. The draft would last for nine rounds, and it had no media coverage. The first player ever selected in the draft was Jay Berwanger. B...
Early drafts
Art Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, chose Byron "Whizzer" White in the first round of the 1938 draft despite White's known public declaration that he would not play professional football and would instead begin work on his Rhodes scholarship. White did, however, agree to play for the 1938 season after Rooney publicly gave him a guaranteed contract of $15,000, double what any other player had ever made in the NFL. The size of the dollar amount brought condemnation from other owners b...
Players who have been out of high school for at least three years are eligible for the NFL draft. The rules do not state that a player must attend college, but virtually all of the players selected in the NFL draft have played college football, usually in the United States but occasionally from Canadian universities as well. A few players are occas...
NFL Draft Advisory Board decisions
College football players who are considering entering the NFL draft but who still have eligibility to play football can request an expert opinion from the NFL-created Draft Advisory Board. The Board, composed of scouting experts and team executives, makes a prediction as to the likely round in which a player would be drafted. This information, which has proven to be fairly accurate, can help college players determine whether to enter the draft or to continue playing and improving at the colle...
NFL Scouting Combine
The NFL Scouting Combine is a six-day assessment of skills occurring every year in late February or early March in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. College football players perform physical and mental tests in front of NFL coaches, general managers, and scouts. With increasing interest in the NFL draft, the scouting combine has grown in scope and significance, allowing personnel directors to evaluate upcoming prospects in a standardized setting. Its origins have evolved from the Na...
Pro Day
Each university has a Pro Day, during which the NCAA allows NFL scouts to visit the school and watch players participate in NFL Combine-like events and drills. Some smaller universities join with nearby schools. They are essentially job fairsfor prospective NFL players.
Tickets to the NFL draft are free and made available to fans on a first-come first-served basis. The tickets are distributed at the box office the morning of the draft, one ticket per person.
History
From the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s, the draft was held in various Northeastern, Midwestern, Mid-Atlantic, and Westerncities with NFL franchises. Between 1965 and 2014, the NFL held the draft at various venues in New York City. The Theater at Madison Square Garden hosted the event for a ten-year period from 1995 to 2004, before it was moved to Javits Convention Center in 2005 following a dispute with the Cablevision-owned arena, who were opposing the West Side Stadium, which would have served...
Future venues
Future venues are as follows: 1. Las Vegas, 2022 2. Kansas City, 2023
Summary by city
Chicago: 1938, 1942–1943, 1951, 1962–1964, 2015–2016(9) 1. Auditorium Theatre and Grant Park: 2015, 2016(2) 2. Blackstone Hotel: 1951(1) 3. InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile/Sheraton Hotel & Towers: 1962, 1963, 1964(3) 4. Palmer House Hotel: 1942, 1943(2) 5. Sherman House Hotel: 1938(1) Cleveland: 2021(1) 1. FirstEnergy Stadium: 2021(1) Dallas: 2018(1) 1. AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas): 2018(1) Kansas City: 2023(1) Las Vegas: 2022(1) Los Angeles: 1956(1) 1. Ambassador Hotel: 1956*(1)...
Dallas: 1961–1963(3) 1. Dallas Statler Hilton(1961–1963) Minneapolis: 1960(1) 1. Nicollet Hotel(1960) New York: 1964–1966(3) 1. Waldorf Astoria(1964–1966*) No location (by telephone): 1965*(1) *: Year with more than one draft venue Source: NFL Draft Locations
Since 1977, the NFL has also held a supplemental draft to accommodate players who did not enter the regular draft. Players generally enter the supplementary draft because they missed the filing deadline for the NFL draft or because issues developed which affected their eligibility (such as academic or disciplinary matters). The supplemental draft i...
The 2000 NFL Draft was the yearly player selection by the National Football League teams. It was held April 15–16, 2000, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Courtney Brown was the first player picked in the draft.
Apr 15, 2015 · Yes, it was the 2000 NFL Draft, which kicked off 15 years ago Wednesday in New York. Here are some of memorable occurrences from this dial-up era draft: The top two picks — defensive Courtney Brown (Cleveland) and linebacker LaVar Arrington (Washington) — played together on the same defense at Penn State.
