This year's NFL draft, at least with regard to viewers and attendance numbers was a huge success.
The League and the ESPN announced Tuesday that the NFL draft was the second most watched draft in history. Only the draft of the NFL 2020, which came at the start of the Pandemic COVID-19, performed better. About 7.5 million people have passed to look at the draft on all channels this spring, which is up 27% compared to last year.
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Saturday was also the third most watched day of the draft, with around 4.3 million average viewers connecting to watch the last rounds of the event – which is historically the least watched day of the three. This is probably due, at least in part, in the slide of SheDer Sanders. The quarter of Colorado, many of which expected to be a first round choice, . THE During the first two days, when his name was not called.
More than 600,000 fans also attended the NFL draft in Green Bay over the three days. It is roughly double the population of the Green bay, Wisconsin, the metropolitan region and almost six times the population of the city itself. This made it one of the most popular projects in the NFL in history. The draft last year in Detroit, which attracted around 775,000 fans, had more people present.
Miami quarter Cam Ward went n ° 1 in total in the draft Thursday evening to the titans of Tennessee. Fellow Colorado Star and Heisman Trophy Winner Travis Hunter was taken second by Jacksonville Jaguarswho exchanged to obtain it. And Penn State Edge Rusher Abdul Carter finished third in the general classification To the Giants of New York.
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It was the first time that Green Bay hosted the NFL draft, which was held before in New York for decades before he starts traveling in 2015. The draft of next year will be held in Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania. Washington, DC and Denver submitted offers to accommodate the recovery of the NFL 2027, although a location has not yet been determined.
