Facts and figures on the NFL draft
A primer for the three-day selection process, which starts Thursday night in Chicago:
April 23, 2016 at 10:52PM
When: Round 1, 7 p.m. Thursday. Rounds 2-3, 6 p.m. Friday. Rounds 4-7, 11 a.m. Saturday
Where: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
TV: ESPN, ESPN2 and NFL Network
Selections: 253, including 32 compensatory choices
Vikings choices (eight): First round, 23rd overall; second, 54th; third, 86th; fourth, 121st; fifth, 160th; sixth, 180th (from 49ers); seventh, 240th (from Buffalo) and 244th
Time frame: There are 10 minutes between picks in the first round, seven in the second, five in rounds 3-6, and four in the seventh.
First-round order
1. Los Angeles (from Tennessee)
2. Philadelphia (from Cleveland)
3. San Diego
4. Dallas
5. Jacksonville
6. Baltimore
7. San Francisco
8. Cleveland (from Phila. and Miami)
9. Tampa Bay
10. New York Giants
11. Chicago
12. New Orleans
13. Miami (from Philadelphia)
14. Oakland
15. Tennessee (from Los Angeles)
16. Detroit
17. Atlanta
18. Indianapolis
19. Buffalo
20. New York Jets
21. Washington
22. Houston
23. Vikings
24. Cincinnati
25. Pittsburgh
26. Seattle
27. Green Bay
28. Kansas City
29. Arizona
30. Carolina
31. Denver
(New England lost its first-round pick in Deflategate)
Top prospects
Jared Goff, QB, California
Carson Wentz, QB, NDSU
DeForest Buckner, DE, Oregon
Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Ohio State
Laremy Tunsil, OT, Mississippi
Jalen Ramsey, CB, Florida State
Joey Bosa, DE, Ohio State
Myles Jack, LB, UCLA
Ronnie Stanley, OT, Notre Dame
Laquon Treadwell, WR, Miss.
Shaq Lawson, DE, Clemson
Vernon Hargreaves, CB, Florida
about the writer
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