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List of NFL draft broadcasters

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The following is a list of broadcasters of the National Football League draft.

2020s

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Notes

  • 2022 saw the draft head to Las Vegas after a two-year wait. NFL Network saw no personnel changes, but ESPN and ABC took a few hits. ESPN announced that insider Adam Schefter would miss the draft to attend his son's college graduation, and Mel Kiper Jr. would participate virtually because of his COVID-19 vaccination status. Kirk Herbstreit meanwhile, announced himself that he would be dropping out of ABC's draft coverage due to blood clots.
  • 2021 saw a return to normal as after a one-year hiatus, NFL Network returned to producing their own coverage of the draft. ESPN and ABC continued to carry separate feeds, one with all the "X's and O's" on ESPN, and the other with the College GameDay crew on ABC. After Wingo left ESPN in 2020, Mike Greenberg, host of Get Up!, took over as ESPN's host for the first two nights, while Davis, who continued as ABC's host, hosted ESPN's coverage of Day 3, which was also simulcast on ABC.
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2010s

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2000s

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  • In 2006, ESPN received competition when the NFL Network, which had launched in October 2003, began to produce its own draft coverage. ESPN pays the NFL a rights fee for the non-exclusive rights to draft coverage, a fee that is included in its overall contract to televise games (ESPN Sunday Night NFL from 1987 to 2005, and Monday Night Football from 2006 to the present).[62]
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1990s

Year Networks Host(s) Analyst(s) Draft guru Reporters at the draft Studio host(s) Studio analyst(s) Team reporters
1999 ESPN Chris Berman (Day 1)
Mike Tirico (Day 2)
Joe Theismann and Chris Mortensen (Day 1)
Marty Schottenheimer and Ron Jaworski (Day 2)
Mel Kiper Jr. Chris Fowler and Mark Malone Kirk Herbstreit, Mike Gottfried, Ron Jaworski and Anthony Muñoz Hank Goldberg (Miami), Tom Jackson (Denver) Andrea Kremer (Cleveland), Sal Paolantonio (Cleveland) Sean Salisbury (Indianapolis), Ed Werder (New Orleans) and Solomon Wilcots (New England)
1998 ESPN Chris Berman Joe Theismann Mel Kiper Jr. Mike Tirico Chris Fowler Mike Gottfried and Ron Jaworski Linda Cohn (West Virginia), Hank Goldberg (Green Bay), Mike Golic (Arizona), Andrea Kremer (Jacksonville), Mark Malone (Indianapolis), Chris Mortensen (Miami), Chris Myers (Dallas), Sal Paolantonio (New England) and Solomon Wilcots (Cincinnati)
1997[63] ESPN Chris Berman (Day 1)
Mike Tirico (Day 2)
Joe Theismann (Day 1)
Sterling Sharpe (Day 2)
Mel Kiper Jr. Sterling Sharpe and Tom Jackson Chris Fowler Mike Gottfried and Ron Jaworski Linda Cohn (New Orleans), Hank Goldberg (Seattle), Andrea Kremer (Tampa Bay), Mark Malone (St. Louis), Chris Mortensen (Miami) and Sal Paolantonio (N.Y. Jets)
1996 ESPN Chris Berman (Day 1)
Mike Tirico (Day 2)
Joe Theismann (Day 1)
Sterling Sharpe (Day 2)
Mel Kiper Jr. Craig James Chris Fowler Mike Lombardi and Mike Gottfried Gary Danielson (Arizona), Hank Goldberg (St. Louis), Tom Jackson (Carolina), Andrea Kremer (Tampa Bay), Mark Malone (N.Y. Jets), Chris Mortensen (Miami), Chris Myers (Dallas) and Sal Paolantonio (Baltimore)
1995 ESPN Chris Berman Joe Theismann Mel Kiper Jr. Craig James Gary Danielson (Tampa Bay), Chris Fowler (Buffalo), Hank Goldberg (N.Y. Jets), Andrea Kremer (Jacksonville), Mark Malone (Philadelphia), Chris Mortensen (Carolina), Brad Nessler (Minnesota), Chris Myers (Dallas) and Lesley Visser (San Francisco)
1994[64] ESPN Chris Berman Joe Theismann Mel Kiper Jr. Craig James Gary Danielson (Arizona), Fred Edelstein (San Francisco), Tom Jackson (New England), Andrea Kremer (Minnesota), Mark Malone (Philadelphia), Chris Mortensen (Indianapolis), Chris Myers (Dallas) and Brad Nessler (Tampa Bay)
1993 ESPN Chris Berman Joe Theismann Mel Kiper Jr. Chris Fowler Steve Cyphers (Minnesota), Gary Danielson (Arizona), Fred Edelstein (San Francisco), Tom Jackson (New England), Andrea Kremer (Atlanta), Chris Mortensen (Philadelphia), Chris Myers (Dallas) and Brad Nessler (Tampa Bay)
1992 ESPN Chris Berman Joe Theismann and Tom Jackson Mel Kiper Jr. Chris Fowler Gary Danielson (Atlanta), Andrea Kremer (Washington), Chris Mortensen (Indianapolis) and Chris Myers (Dallas)
1991 ESPN Chris Berman Joe Theismann Mel Kiper Jr. Robin Roberts Fred Edelstein, Chris Mortensen, and Mike Gottfried Mark Schwartz, Chris Myers, Jimmy Roberts, and Roy Firestone
1990 ESPN Chris Berman Mel Kiper Jr.
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1980s

Year Network Host(s) Analyst(s) Draft guru Reporter(s) Studio host(s) Studio analyst(s) Sportscenter anchor
1989 ESPN Bob Ley and Chris Berman Mel Kiper Jr.
1988[65] ESPN Bob Ley and Chris Berman Mel Kiper Jr.
1987 ESPN Bob Ley Mel Kiper Jr. Chris Berman
1986 ESPN Bob Ley Mel Kiper Jr. Chris Berman
1985 ESPN Bob Ley Paul Zimmerman[66] Mel Kiper Jr. Chris Berman
1984 ESPN Bob Ley Mel Kiper Jr.[67] Chris Berman
1983[68] ESPN George Grande Paul Zimmerman and Howard Balzer Sal Marchiano, Leandra Reilly, and Greg Wyatt Bob Ley and Chris Berman Bud Wilkinson David Sullivan
1982 ESPN Bob Ley Chris Berman
1981 ESPN Bob Ley Chris Berman George Grande
1980 ESPN Bob Ley and George Grande[67] Chris Berman[67]

Notes

  • In 1980, Chet Simmons, president of the year-old ESPN, asked Pete Rozelle if the fledgling network could broadcast coverage of the draft live on ESPN.[69][70] Although Rozelle did not believe it would be entertaining television, he agreed.[71][72] In 1988, the NFL moved the draft from weekdays to the weekend and ESPN's ratings of the coverage improved dramatically.[71][73]
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