WHAT: 77th 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 p.m. ET, Thursday, April 26 (Round 1); 7 p.m. ET, Friday, April 27 (Rounds 2-3); and 12 p.m. ET, Saturday, April 28 (Rounds 4-7).
The first round will conclude on Thursday by approximately 11:30 p.m. ET. In 2011, the first round consumed three hours and 30 minutes. The second and third rounds will conclude on Friday by approximately 11:15 p.m. ET. The second and third rounds took four hours and 15 minutes in 2011. The draft will conclude by approximately 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday with the final four rounds. Rounds 4 through 7 took seven hours and 23 minutes in 2011.
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 26; Rounds 2 and 3 on Friday, April 27; and Rounds 4 through 7 on Saturday, April 28.
There will be 253 selections, including 32 compensatory choices that have been awarded to 15 teams that suffered a net loss of certain quality unrestricted free agents last year.
The following 32 compensatory choices will supplement the 221 regular choices in the seven rounds. Round 3: Oakland - 33. Round 4: Minnesota - 33, Oakland - 34, Baltimore - 35, New York Giants - 36, Green Bay - 37, Green Bay - 38, Minnesota - 39, Dallas - 40. Round 5: Oakland - 33, Baltimore - 34, Indianapolis - 35. Round 6: New York Jets - 33, New York Jets - 34, Cleveland - 35, Cleveland - 36, Indianapolis - 37, Carolina - 38. Round 7: Pittsburgh - 33, Green Bay - 34, New York Jets - 35, Green Bay - 36, New York Jets - 37, Cleveland - 38, Pittsburgh - 39, Cleveland - 40, Pittsburgh - 41, Atlanta - 42, San Diego - 43, Buffalo - 44, St. Louis - 45, Indianapolis - 46.
Cleveland (numbers 4 and 22), Cincinnati (numbers 17 and 21) and New England (numbers 27 and 31) have two selections in the first round. Atlanta, New Orleans and Oakland do not have first-round picks. All other teams have one first-round choice.
PANTHERS PICKS: Carolina has seven selections in the draft: first round (9th overall), second round (40th overall), fourth round (104th overall), fifth round (143rd overall), sixth round (180th and 207th overall) and seventh round (216th overall).
The Panthers' second choice in the sixth round is a compensatory pick. Carolina traded its third-rounder to Chicago in exchange for tight end Greg Olsen last July.
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.
