NFL teams are almost on the clock as draft night in the Steel City has arrived
Put aside the mock drafts because it’s time for the real deal.
The NFL draft is here in the Steel City.
A total of 257 players will live out a dream and hear their name called over the course of the next three days, culminating a long journey that required a ton of hard of work and plenty of sacrifice.
The first round kicks off Thursday night when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell takes the stage inside the main theater outside Acrisure Stadium and announces the Las Vegas Raiders’ selection with the No. 1 pick.
Fernando Mendoza, the Heisman Trophy winner who quarterbacked Indiana to its first national title, is the consensus favorite for the Raiders.
- Fernando Mendoza NFL Draft profile: The QB set to go No. 1 to the Raiders CBS Sports —
- Why projected No. 1 pick Fernando Mendoza will not attend NFL Draft, league asked Peyton Manning to help CBS Sports —
- Insider teases NFL Draft bombshell just hours before first pick is made: 'I know something that's going on' Daily Mail —
- Draft King: Star Quarterback Fernando Mendoza on His (Highly Likely) Slot as the NFL’s No. 1 Pick Vanity Fair —
- Tom Brady's Raiders warning to projected No. 1 pick Fernando Mendoza revealed ahead of NFL Draft Daily Mail —