2016 NFL draft

2016 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)	April 28–30, 2016
Location	Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois
Network(s)	ESPN, ESPN2, NFL Network
Overview
253 total selections in 7 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Jared Goff, QB Los Angeles Rams
Mr. Irrelevant	Kalan Reed, CB Tennessee Titans
Most selections (14)	Cleveland Browns
Fewest selections (5)	New Orleans Saints Carolina Panthers
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The 2016 NFL draft was the 81st annual draft of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible American football players. As in 2015, the draft took place at the Auditorium Theatre and Grant Park in Chicago.^[1] The draft began on Thursday, April 28 with the first round, and ended on Saturday, April 30. The Tennessee Titans, the team with the fewest wins in the NFL for the 2015 season, traded the right to the top pick in the draft to the Los Angeles Rams, the first time the top pick was traded before the draft since 2001 when the San Diego Chargers traded their first pick to the Atlanta Falcons. Ohio State became the second school to have three players drafted in the top ten and to have five players drafted in the first round.