NFL Exclusive - 22 TOP PROSPECTS & 13 NCAA HEAD COACHES TO ATTEND NFL DRAFT

22 TOP PROSPECTS & 13 NCAA HEAD COACHES  TO ATTEND NFL DRAFT

Twenty-two top prospects, who are expected to be selected on Thursday or Friday night (April 27-28), are confirmed to attend the 2017 NFL Draft in Philadelphia, the NFL announced today.  Louisiana State leads all colleges with three players in attendance, while the Pac-12 leads all conferences with seven prospects confirmed to attend the event.  Thirteen NCAA head coaches will join their players in the green room as they await their selections.  The draft begins with the first round on Thursday night, April 27 and continues Friday, April 28, with Rounds 2-3. The draft will conclude on Saturday, April 29 with Rounds 4-7.  The NFL Draft, which had been held in Chicago in each of the past two years, returns to Philadelphia for the first time since 1961. Philadelphia’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel served as the location of the first NFL Draft in 1936. The city also hosted the event in 1949-50, 1953-54, 1956 (Rounds 1-3) and 1957-61.

The players confirmed to attend this year’s NFL Draft:  1) Jamal Adams S Louisiana State 12) Marshon Lattimore CB Ohio State 2) Jonathan Allen DT Alabama 13) Malik McDowell DT Michigan State 3) Chidobe Awuzie CB Colorado 14) Takkarist McKinley LB UCLA 4) Derek Barnett DE Tennessee 15) Ryan Ramczyk T Wisconsin 5) Garett Bolles T Utah 16) Haason Reddick LB Temple 6) Gareon Conley CB Ohio State 17) Cam Robinson T Alabama 7) Corey Davis WR Western Michigan 18) John Ross WR Washington 8) Leonard Fournette RB Louisiana State 19) Solomon Thomas DE Stanford 9) Adoree’ Jackson CB Southern California 20) Mitchell Trubisky QB North Carolina 10) Kevin King CB Washington 21) Deshaun Watson QB Clemson 11) DeShone Kizer QB Notre Dame 22) Tre’Davious White CB Louisiana State

The college head coaches confirmed to attend this year’s NFL Draft:  1) Larry Fedora North Carolina 8) Chris Petersen Washington 2) P.J. Fleck Minnesota 9) Matt Rhule Baylor 3) Butch Jones Tennessee 10) Nick Saban Alabama 4) Brian Kelly Notre Dame 11) David Shaw Stanford 5) Urban Meyer Ohio State 12) Dabo Swinney Clemson 6) Jim Mora UCLA 13) Kyle Whittingham Utah 7) Ed Orgeron Louisiana State