The NFL Virtual Draft of 2020 (Round 1)

As everyone knows, we are all currently living through a pandemic referred to as the Coronavirus. With the Coronavirus pandemic happening, just about everyone is staying home, wearing masks in public, more frequently ordering needed resources online, and sanitizing as often as they can. Lots of people are affected by this pandemic and this social way of change and unfortunately, so are incoming athletes to the NFL who hope to be picked in the NFL Draft.

Before talking any more about the NFL Draft, it is important to know what the NFL Draft is. The NFL Draft is an event gathering in which all 32 teams in the NFL select the best players in a series of seven rounds. Although there are seven rounds, the most intriguing round is the first round of the draft (each team gets one pick). This round is used for teams who know they have a certain position on the field that needs a new/better replacement. These certain picks could be caused by a player who had retired the previous season or just wasn’t as good as the team needed them to be.

As it was stated earlier in the article that each team gets one pick in the first round in the NFL Draft, it is important to know how to determine which teams turn it is to select their pick. The way that the order is determined is by the record of the previous season of every team from worst to best. If there was a tie in the ending record of 2 or more teams, then the tiebreaker would be the strength of each team’s schedule. The team(s) that played a harder schedule will receive the higher (worse) pick. With all of this understanding, now it is come time to hear the results of the first round of the NFL 2020 Virtual Draft.

The first pick of the NFL Draft went to the Cincinnati Bengals who chose Joe Burrow, a quarterback coming from LSU. 

The second pick went to the Washington Redskins who chose Chase Young, a defensive end coming from Ohio State. 

The third pick went to the Detroit Lions who chose Jeff Okudah, a cornerback also coming from Ohio State. 

The fourth pick went to the New York Giants who chose Andrew Thomas, an offensive tackle coming from Georgia. 

The fifth pick went to the Miami Dolphins who chose Tua Tagovailoa, a quarterback coming from Alabama.

The sixth pick went to the Los Angeles Chargers who chose Justin Herbert, a quarterback coming from Oregon.

The seventh pick went to the Carolina Panthers who chose Derrick Brown, a defensive tackle coming from Auburn.

The eighth pick went to the Arizona Cardinals who chose Isaiah Simmons, a linebacker coming from Clemson.

The ninth pick went to the Jacksonville Jaguars who chose C.J. Henderson, a cornerback coming from Florida.

The tenth pick went to the Cleveland Browns who chose Jedrick Wills, an offensive tackle coming from Alabama.

The eleventh pick went to the New York Jets who chose Mekhi Becton, an offensive tackle coming from Louisville.

The twelfth pick went to the Las Vegas Raiders who chose Henry Ruggs III, a wide receiver coming from Alabama.

The thirteenth pick was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who chose Tristan Wirfs, an offensive tackle coming from Iowa.

The fourteenth pick was traded to the San Francisco 49ers who chose Javon Kinlaw, a defensive tackle coming from South Carolina.

The fifteenth pick went to the Denver Broncos who chose Jerry Jeudy, a wide receiver coming from Alabama. 

The sixteenth pick went to the Atlanta Falcons who chose A.J. Terrell, a cornerback coming from Clemson.

The seventeenth pick went to the Dallas Cowboys who chose CeeDee Lamb,  a wide receiver coming from Oklahoma.

The eighteenth pick was traded to the Miami Dolphins who chose Austin Jackson, an offensive tackle coming from USC.

The nineteenth pick was traded to the Las Vegas Raiders who chose Damon Arnette, a cornerback coming from Ohio State.

The twentieth pick was traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars who chose K’Lavon Chaisson, an outside linebacker coming from LSU.

The twenty first pick went to the Philadelphia Eagles who chose Jalen Reagor, a wide receiver coming from TCU.

The twenty second pick was traded to the Minnesota Vikings who chose Justin Jefferson, a wide receiver coming from LSU.

The twenty third pick was traded to the Los Angeles Chargers who chose Kenneth Murray, a linebacker coming from Oklahoma.

The twenty fourth pick went to the New Orlean Saints who chose Cesar Ruiz, who plays both center and guard coming from Michigan.

The twenty fifth pick was traded to the San Francisco 49ers who chose Brandon Aiyuk, a wide receiver coming from Arizona State. 

The twenty sixth pick was traded to the Green Bay Packers who chose Jordan Love, a quarterback coming from Utah State.

The twenty seventh pick went to the Seattle Seahawks who chose Jordyn Brooks, a linebacker coming from Texas Tech.

The twenty eighth pick went to the Baltimore Ravens who chose Patrick Queen, a linebacker coming from LSU.

The twenty ninth pick went to the Tennessee Titans who chose Isaiah Wilson, an offensive tackle coming from Georgia. 

The thirtieth pick was traded to the Miami Dolphins who chose Noah Igbinoghene, a cornerback coming from Auburn.

The thirty first pick was traded to the Minnesota Vikings who chose Jeff Gladney, a cornerback coming from TCU.

The thirty second and last pick went to the Kansas City Chiefs who chose Clyde Edwards-Helaire, a running back coming from LSU.