The player selections were announced from an outdoor theater built on the Rocky Steps, marking the first time an entire NFL draft was held outdoors. The NFL announced that the draft was the most attended in history, with more than 250,000 people present. Starting with this draft, compensatory picks could be traded. The record for most trades made during an NFL draft was set this year at 37, surpassing the 34 trades made in the 2008 NFL draft. The number of trades was surpassed in 2019, when 40 trades were made.
First overall pick Myles Garrett won the 2023 Defensive Player of the Year award; he has earned three First-Team All Pro and been selected to five Pro Bowls.Running back Christian McCaffrey, taken 8th overall by Carolina, broke several NFL and franchise all-purpose yards records before being traded to San FranciscoKansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has won two NFL MVP awards, five AFC Championships, and three Super Bowls. He has been named Super Bowl MVP three times in the seven NFL seasons he has played; he was drafted 10th overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.Quarterback Deshaun Watson, taken 12th overall by Houston, is a three-time Pro-Bowler and led the Texans to two division titles before he was traded to Cleveland.
Linebacker T. J. Watt, taken 30th overall, won the 2021 Defensive Player of the Year award and has earned four First-Team All Pro and six Pro Bowl selections. He is tied with Michael Strahan for the most sacks (22.5) in a single NFL season.
JuJu Smith-Schuster (top), was selected in the second round and is the youngest player to reach 2,500 career receiving yards while Cooper Kupp (bottom), a third-round pick by the Rams, won the triple crown of receiving in 2021 and was the third wide receiver to win the Offensive Player of the Year award in route to playing in a Super Bowl. Kupp was the MVP of Super Bowl LVI.
San Francisco tight end George Kittle, taken in the fifth round, is a four-time Pro Bowler and held the record for the most receiving yards by a player in a season at the position until Travis Kelce broke his record in 2020.Chad Kelly was taken with the final pick of the draft by the Denver Broncos.
Notable undrafted players
Summary
Selections by college athletic conference
The SEC led all conferences for the 11th year in a row with 53 selections.
Schools with multiple draft selections
Stage during draft
Michigan and Alabama set school records leading the country with 11 and 10 picks respectively, marking the 2nd consecutive year a Big Ten school had the most players selected.
Selections by position
Notes
Trades
(PD) indicates trades completed prior to the start of the draft (i.e. Pre-Draft), while (D) denotes trades which took place during the 2017 draft. Note that this is the first year where teams were allowed to trade compensatory picks.
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