2000 NFL Draft

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.

The draft was famous for the pick of Michigan quarterback Tom Brady at the 199th pick in the sixth round by the New England Patriots.

As of the 2022 NFL season, Brady is the only active player from this draft.

Player selections

Chad Pennington (top) and Marc Bulger (middle) are two of the six quarterbacks taken before Tom Brady (bottom)

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Trades

In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the 2000 Draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.

Round one

1. ↑ No. 2: New Orleans → Washington (PD). New Orleans traded its first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh-round selections (12th, 71st, 107th, 144th, 179th and 218th) in 1999 and first- and third-round selections (2nd and 64th) in this draft to Washington in return for Washington's first-round selection (5th) in 1999.
2. ↑ No. 3: San Francisco → Washington (PD). San Francisco traded its first-round selection (3rd) to Washington for their two first-round selections and fourth- and fifth-round selections (12th, 24th, 119th and 154th).
3. ↑ No. 5: Atlanta → Baltimore (PD). Atlanta traded their first-round selection to Baltimore in 1999 in return for their 2nd round choice (42) in the 1999 draft.
4. ↑ No. 10: Denver → Baltimore (PD). Denver traded their first-round selection to Baltimore in return for their 1st-round (15) and 2nd-round choices (42) in the 2000 draft.
5. ↑ No. 12: multiple trades:

   No. 12: San Francisco → New York Jets (PD). San Francisco traded this selection to the New York Jets in return for New York's first-round selection (16) and second-round selection (48).

   No. 12: Washington → San Francisco (PD). See No. 3: San Francisco → Washington.

   No. 12: Carolina → Washington (PD). Washington received this pick as compensation for signing Sean Gilbert in 1998.

6. ↑ No. 13: multiple trades:

   No. 13: Tampa Bay → New York Jets (PD). Tampa Bay traded two first-round picks (13 and 27) to the New York Jets in return for Keyshawn Johnson.

   No. 12: San Diego → Tampa Bay (PD). Tampa Bay traded their 1998 second-round pick to San Diego in return for their first round pick in 2000.

7. ↑ No. 15: Baltimore → Denver (PD). See No. 10: Baltimore → Denver.
8. ↑ No. 16: multiple trades:
          No. 16: New England → N.Y. Jets (PD). New York Jets were awarded New England's first-round selection (16th) and fourth- and seventh-round selections (101st and 206th) in 2001 as compensation for New England signing Jets head coach Bill Belichick, with New England receiving the Jets' fifth-round selection (149th) in 2001 and seventh-round selection in 2002.
          No. 16: N.Y. Jets → San Francisco (D). See No. 12: San Francisco → N.Y. Jets.
9. ↑ No. 19: Dallas → Seattle (PD). Dallas traded their first-round selection (19th) and first-round selection in (7th) to Seattle for WR Joey Galloway.
10. ↑ No. 23: Miami → Carolina (PD). Miami traded its first-round selection (23rd) to Carolina in return for Carolina's second-round selection (44th) in 1998.
11. ↑ No. 24: Washington → San Francisco (D). See No. 3: San Francisco → Washington.
12. ↑ No. 27: Tampa Bay → N.Y. Jets (PD). See No. 13: Tampa Bay → N.Y. Jets.

Round two

1. ↑ No. 45: Baltimore → Denver (D). See No. 10: Denver → Baltimore.
2. ↑ No. 48: N.Y. Jets → San Francisco (D). See No. 12: San Francisco → N.Y. Jets.
3. ↑ No. 51: Carolina → Tampa Bay (D). Carolina traded its second-round selection (51st) to Tampa Bay in return for Tampa Bay's second- and fourth-round selections (57th and 120th).
4. ↑ No. 56: Washington → Minnesota (PD). Washington traded its 2000 second-round selection (56th) and first- and third-round selections in 1999 to Minnesota in return for QB Brad Johnson.
5. ↑ No. 57: Tampa Bay → Carolina (D). See No. 51: Carolina → Tampa Bay.
6. ↑ No. 61: Tennessee → Philadelphia (D). Tennessee traded its second-round selection (61st) to Philadelphia in return for Philadelphia's third- and fifth-round selections (68th and 135th).

Round three

1. ↑ No. 64: New Orleans → Washington (PD). See No. 2: New Orleans → Washington.
2. ↑ No. 68: Philadelphia → Tennessee (D). See No. 61: Tennessee → Philadelphia.
3. ↑ No. 77: Oakland → Pittsburgh (PD). Oakland traded its third-round selection (77th) to Pittsburgh in return for Pittsburgh's two fifth-round selections (146th and 163rd) in 1999.
4. ↑ No. 80: Dallas → Seattle (PD). Dallas traded its third-round selection (80th) to Seattle in return for WR James McKnight.
5. ↑ No. 86: Seattle → San Francisco (D). Seattle traded its third-round selection (86th) to San Francisco in return for San Francisco's fourth- and fifth-round selections (119th and 154th).
6. ↑ No. 87: Washington → Chicago (PD). Washington traded its third-round selection (87th) and first, third, fourth and fifth-round selections (12th, 71st, 106th and 143rd) in 1999 in return for Chicago's first-round selection (7th) in 1999.

Round four

1. ↑ No. 98: San Francisco → Green Bay (D). San Francisco traded its fourth-round selection (98th) to Green Bay in return for Green Bay's fourth- and fifth-round selections (108th and 132nd).
2. ↑ No. 104: Chicago → St. Louis (D). Chicago traded its fourth-round selection (104th) to St. Louis in return for St. Louis' fourth-, fifth- and seventh-round selections (125th, 150th and 225th).
3. ↑ No. 106: Baltimore → Minnesota (PD). Baltimore traded its fourth-round selection (106th) and sixth-round selection (185th) in 1999 to Minnesota in return for G Everett Lindsay.
4. ↑ No. 108: multiple trades:
          No. 108: N.Y. Jets → Green Bay (PD). N.Y. Jets traded its fourth-round selection (108th) to Green Bay in return for QB Rick Mirer.
          No. 108: Green Bay → San Francisco (D). See No. 98: San Francisco → Green Bay.
5. ↑ No. 111: multiple trades:
          No. 111: Detroit → Philadelphia (PD). Detroit traded its fourth-round selection (111th) to Philadelphia in return for Philadelphia's fifth-round selection (137th) in 1999.
          No. 111: Philadelphia → San Diego (D). Philadelphia traded this fourth-round selection (111th) to San Diego in return for San Diego's third-round selection in 2001.
6. ↑ No. 112: Carolina → Denver (PD). Carolina traded its fourth-round selection (112th) and third-round selection (67th) in 1999 to Denver in return for QB Jeff Lewis.
7. ↑ No. 119: multiple trades:
          No. 119: Washington → San Francisco (D). See No. 3: San Francisco → Washington.
          No. 119: San Francisco → Seattle (D). See No. 86: Seattle → San Francisco.
8. ↑ No. 120: Tampa Bay → Carolina (D). See No. 51: Carolina → Tampa Bay.
9. ↑ No. 125: St. Louis → Chicago (D). See No. 104: Chicago → St. Louis.

Round five

1. ↑ No. 132: multiple trades:
          No. 132: San Francisco → Green Bay (PD). San Francisco traded its fifth-round selection (132nd) to Green Bay in return for CB Craig Newsome.
          No. 119: Green Bay → San Francisco (D). See No. 98: San Francisco → Green Bay.
2. ↑ No. 135: Philadelphia → Tennessee (D). See No. 61: Tennessee → Philadelphia.
3. ↑ No. 138: multiple trades:
          No. 138: Chicago → New Orleans (PD). Chicago traded its fifth-round selection (138th) to New Orleans in return for WR Eddie Kennison.
          No. 138: New Orleans → Indianapolis (D). New Orleans traded this fifth-round selection (138th) to Indianapolis in return for Indianapolis' fifth- and sixth-round selections (158th and 195th).
4. ↑ No. 139: Denver → St. Louis (PD). Denver traded its fifth-round selection (139th) and fifth-round selection in 2001 to St. Louis in return for S Billy Jenkins.
5. ↑ No. 148: San Diego → Baltimore (PD). San Diego traded its fifth-round selection (148th) to Baltimore in return for QB Jim Harbaugh.
6. ↑ No. 150: multiple trades:
          No. 150: Baltimore → Detroit (PD). Baltimore traded its fifth-round selection (150th) and third-round selection (72nd) in 1999 to Detroit in return for QB Scott Mitchell.
          No. 150: Detroit → St. Louis (PD). Detroit traded this fifth and seventh-round selections (150th and 220nd) to St. Louis in return for RB Greg Hill.
          No. 150: St. Louis → Chicago (D). See No. 104: Chicago → St. Louis.
          No. 150: Chicago → San Francisco (D). Chicago traded this fifth-round selection (150th) to San Francisco in return for San Francisco's sixth- and seventh-round selections (170th and 209th).
7. ↑ No. 151: Seattle → Green Bay (PD). Seattle traded RB Ahman Green and its fifth-round selection (151st) to Green Bay in return for CB Fred Vinson and Green Bay's sixth-round selection (185th).
8. ↑ No. 154: multiple trades:
          No. 154: Washington → San Francisco (D). See No. 3: San Francisco → Washington.
          No. 154: San Francisco → Seattle (D). See No. 86: Seattle → San Francisco.
          No. 154: Seattle → Denver (D). Seattle traded this fifth-round selection (154th) to Denver in return for Denver's sixth- and seventh-round selections (175th and 231st).
9. ↑ No. 155: Minnesota → Washington (PD). Washington received this selection from Minnesota as compensation for Minnesota's signing of restricted free agent Brad Badger.
10. ↑ No. 158: Indianapolis → New Orleans (D). See No. 138: New Orleans → Indianapolis.
11. ↑ No. 161: St. Louis → New England (PD). St. Louis traded and its fifth-round selection (161st) to New England in return for DE Mike Jones.

Round six

1. ↑ No. 167: Cleveland → Miami (PD). Cleveland traded and its sixth-round selection (167th) to Miami in return for RB Karim Abdul-Jabbar.
2. ↑ No. 170: San Francisco → Chicago (D). See No. 150: Chicago → San Francisco.
3. ↑ No. 175: Denver → Seattle (D). See No. 154: Seattle → Denver.
4. ↑ No. 178: Oakland → Philadelphia (PD). Oakland traded its sixth-round selection (178th) to Philadelphia in return for QB Bobby Hoying.
5. ↑ No. 185: Green Bay → Seattle (PD). See No. 151: Seattle → Green Bay.
6. ↑ No. 188: Miami → Kansas City (PD). Miami traded and its sixth-round selection (188th) and its second- and third-round selections (54th and 84th) in 1999 to Kansas City in return for Kansas City's second-round selection (43rd) in 1999.
7. ↑ No. 189: multiple trades:
          No. 189: Kansas City → St. Louis (PD). Kansas City traded its sixth-round selection (189th) to St. Louis in return for TE Mitch Jacoby.
          No. 189: St. Louis → Denver (D). St. Louis traded this sixth-round selection (189th) to Denver in return for RB Derek Loville.
8. ↑ No. 191: Minnesota → Baltimore (PD). See No. 106: Baltimore → Minnesota.
9. ↑ No. 192: Washington → Philadelphia (PD). Washington traded its sixth-round selection (188th) to Philadelphia in return for QB Rodney Peete.
10. ↑ No. 195: Indianapolis → New Orleans (D). See No. 138: New Orleans → Indianapolis.

Round seven

1. ↑ No. 208: New Orleans → Kansas City (PD). New Orleans was required to swap its seventh-round selection (208th) with Kansas City for its seventh-round selection (228th) as compensation for New Orleans signing Kansas City's DB coach Ron Zook as their new defensive coordinator.
2. ↑ No. 209: multiple trades:
          No. 209: San Francisco → Chicago (D). See No. 150: Chicago → San Francisco.
          No. 209: Chicago → Cleveland (D). Chicago traded two seventh-round selections (209th and 225th) to Cleveland in return for Cleveland's three seventh-round selections (223rd, 232nd and 254th).
3. ↑ No. 212: multiple trades:
          No. 212: Philadelphia → New England (PD). Philadelphia traded its seventh-round selection to New England in return for WR Dietrich Jells.
          No. 212: New England → San Francisco (D). New England traded this seventh-round selection (212th) to San Francisco in return for San Francisco's sixth-round selection in 2001.
4. ↑ No. 213: Chicago → Tennessee (PD). Chicago traded its seventh-round selection (213th) to Tennessee in return for LB Lemanski Hall.
5. ↑ No. 216: Pittsburgh → Washington (PD). Pittsburgh traded its seventh-round selection (216th) to Washington in return for OT Shar Pourdanesh.
6. ↑ No. 220: Detroit → St. Louis (PD). See No. 150: New Orleans → Indianapolis.
7. ↑ No. 223: Cleveland → Chicago (D). See No. 209: Chicago → Cleveland.
8. ↑ No. 225: multiple trades:
          No. 225: Baltimore → St. Louis (PD). Baltimore traded its seventh-round selection (225th) and fifth-round selection (145th) in 1999 to St. Louis in return for QB Tony Banks.
          No. 225: St. Louis → Chicago (D). See No. 104: Chicago → St. Louis.
          No. 225: Chicago → Cleveland (D). No. 209: Chicago → Cleveland.
9. ↑ No. 228: Kansas City → New Orleans (PD). See No. 208: New Orleans → Kansas City.
10. ↑ No. 229: Seattle → Green Bay (PD). Seattle traded its seventh-round selection (229th) to Green Bay in return for WR Derrick Mayes.
11. ↑ No. 230: Miami → San Francisco (PD). Miami traded its seventh-round selection (230th) to San Francisco in return for QB Jim Druckenmiller.
12. ↑ No. 231: multiple trades:
           No. 231: Washington → Denver (PD). Washington traded its seventh-round selection (231st) and seventh-round selection in 2001 to Denver in return for CB Tito Paul.
           No. 231: Denver → Seattle (D). See No. 154: Seattle → Denver.
           No. 231: Seattle → Oakland (D). Seattle traded this seventh-round selection (231st) to Oakland in return for Oakland's sixth-round selection in 2001.
13. ↑ No. 232: multiple trades:
           No. 232: Minnesota → Cleveland (PD). Minnesota traded its seventh-round selection (232nd) and DT Stalin Colinet to Cleveland in return for DT Jerry Ball.
           No. 232: Cleveland → Chicago (D). See No. 209: Chicago → Cleveland.
           No. 232: Chicago → Miami (D). Chicago traded this seventh-round selection (232nd) and its seventh-round selection in 2001 to Miami in return for P Brent Bartholomew.
14. ↑ No. 238: multiple trades:
           No. 238: St. Louis → Oakland (PD). St. Louis traded its seventh-round selection (238th) to Oakland in return for QB Paul Justin.
           No. 238: Oakland → Indianapolis (D). Oakland traded this seventh-round selection (238th) to Indianapolis in return for Indianapolis' sixth-round selection in 2001.
15. ↑ No. 254: Cleveland → Chicago (D). See No. 209: Chicago → Cleveland.

Forfeited picks

Notable undrafted players