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NFL Draft 2011: Draft Order, Facts and Figures

Official NFL Release

Make the jump for all of the details regarding this weekends 2011 NFL Draft festivities. Everything you need to know including full first round draft order, starting times, television coverage etc.

2011 NFL DRAFT FACTS & FIGURES

WHAT:

76th Annual National Football League Player Selection Meeting.

WHERE:

Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Avenue of the Americas, New York City (Between 50th and 51st Streets).

WHEN:

8:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 28 (Round 1).

6:00 PM ET, Friday, April 29 (Rounds 2-3).

Noon ET, Saturday, April 30 (Rounds 4-7).

The first round will conclude on Thursday by approximately 11:30 PM ET. In 2010, the first round consumed three hours and 28 minutes. The second and third rounds will conclude on Friday by approximately 10:15 PM ET. The second and third rounds took four hours and six minutes in 2010. The draft will conclude at approximately 7:15 PM ET on Saturday with the final four rounds. Rounds 4 through 7 took seven hours and eight minutes in 2010.

DRAFTING:

Representatives of the 32 NFL clubs by telephone communication with their general managers, coaches and scouts.

ROUNDS:

Seven Rounds - Round 1 on Thursday, April 28; Rounds 2 and 3 on Friday, April 29; and Rounds 4 through 7 on Saturday, April 30.

There will be 254 selections, including 32 compensatory choices that have been awarded to 16 teams that suffered a net loss of certain quality unrestricted free agents last year.

The following 32 compensatory choices will supplement the 222 regular choices in the seven rounds - Round 3: Carolina, 33. Round 4: Tennessee, 33; Green Bay, 34. Round 5: Baltimore, 33; Baltimore, 34. Round 6: New York Giants, 33; Kansas City, 34; Minnesota, 35; San Diego, 36; New York Giants, 37; Carolina, 38. Round 7: San Diego, 33; Miami, 34; Minnesota, 35; Philadelphia, 36; Tampa Bay, 37; San Francisco, 38; Philadelphia, 39; Oakland, 40; Seattle, 41; New Orleans, 42; Carolina, 43; Buffalo, 44; Cincinnati, 45; Denver, 46; Cleveland, 47; Arizona, 48; San Francisco, 49; Tennessee, 50; Dallas, 51; Washington, 52; Houston, 53.

New England (Nos. 17 and 28) has two selections in the first round. Oakland does not have a first-round pick. All other teams have one first-round selection.

TIME LIMITS:

Round 1: 10 minutes per selection. Round 2: Seven minutes per selection. Rounds 3 through 7: Five minutes per selection.

TELEVISION:

NFL Network and ESPN/ESPN 2 will televise the draft on all three days.

INTERNET & MOBILE:

Exclusive coverage and behind-the-scenes features on NFL.com and team websites for draft weekend will include: "Draft Tracker" with real-time selection information as well as exclusive pick-by-pick analysis from NFL.com's experts; exclusive interactive features, including "Fan War Rooms" where fans can discuss their favorite team's picks, an aggregation of tweets and Twitter predictor tool enabling fans to follow the Draft conversation happening on Twitter; and polls on the NFL's Facebook page; NFL.com's LIVE coverage complementing NFL Network's telecast with live look-ins, exclusive analysis and reports from New York in primetime on Thursday and Friday, plus all day on Saturday; and in-depth coverage from each team website. In addition, "NFL Mobile only from Verizon" will have extensive coverage leading up to and during the 2011 NFL Draft including a live stream of NFL Network and its 2011 NFL Draft coverage, a live draft tracker and draft pick analysis from NFL experts, and the first mobile "Fan War Rooms" integrated with those of NFL.com.


2011 FIRST ROUND DRAFT ORDER

#

Team

Win

Loss

Tie

Winning Percentage

Strength of

Schedule

Opp Win

Opp Loss

Opp Tie

1.

Carolina Panthers

2

14

0

.125

.574

147

109

0

2.

Denver Broncos

4

12

0

.250

.516

132

124

0

3.

Buffalo Bills

4

12

0

.250

.578

148

108

0

4.

Cincinnati Bengals

4

12

0

.250

.582

149

107

0

5.

Arizona Cardinals

5

11

0

.313

.465

119

137

0

6.

Cleveland Browns

5

11

0

.313

.570

146

110

0

7.

San Francisco 49ers

6

10

0

.375

.488

125

131

0

8.

Tennessee Titans

6

10

0

.375

.508

130

126

0

9.

Dallas Cowboys

6

10

0

.375

.512

131

125

0

10.

Washington Redskins

6

10

0

.375

.516

132

124

0

11.

Houston Texans

6

10

0

.375

.523

134

122

0

12.

Minnesota Vikings

6

10

0

.375

.539

138

118

0

13.

Detroit Lions

6

10

0

.375

.543

139

117

0

14.

St. Louis Rams

7

9

0

.438

.449

115

141

0

15.

Miami Dolphins

7

9

0

.438

.539

138

118

0

16.

Jacksonville Jaguars

8

8

0

.500

.453

116

140

0

17.

New England (from Oakland)

8

8

0

.500

.469

120

136

0

18.

San Diego Chargers

9

7

0

.563

.457

117

139

0

19.

New York Giants

10

6

0

.625

.453

116

140

0

20.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

10

6

0

.625

.477

122

134

0

21.

Kansas City Chiefs

10

6

0

.625

.414

106

150

0

22.

Indianapolis Colts

10

6

0

.625

.473

121

135

0

23.

Philadelphia Eagles

10

6

0

.625

.492

126

130

0

24.

New Orleans Saints

11

5

0

.688

.469

120

136

0

25.

Seattle Seahawks

7

9

0

.438

.484

124

132

0

26.

Baltimore Ravens

12

4

0

.750

.484

124

132

0

27.

Atlanta Falcons

13

3

0

.813

.484

124

132

0

28.

New England Patriots

14

2

0

.875

.504

129

127

0

29.

Chicago Bears

11

5

0

.688

.473

121

135

0

30.

New York Jets

11

5

0

.688

.492

126

130

0

31.

Pittsburgh Steelers

12

4

0

.750

.500

128

128

0

32.

Green Bay Packers

10

6

0

.625

.520

133

123

0

Canal Street Chronicles will be having an live open thread for the draft starting at 6pm CT as well as plenty of post-draft coverage and a live call-in podcast following the Saints pick.

The first round of the 2011 NFL Draft starts at 8 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, April 28th and SB Nation has everything you need to prepare for it - NFL mock drafts, draft projections, scouting reports, the full NFL draft schedule and more. Check it all out at SB Nation's NFL Hub and our NFL Draft blog Mocking the Draft