Over the last two or three years we have seen a drastic change in how the NFL Draft is broadcast to the world. What used to be a boring, all-weekend event has now been morphed into a “prime time” special on Thursday (first round) and Friday night (second and third round). They have starting giving more and more players the opportunity to come to the Draft “live and in person,” so they can actually walk across the stage when they hear Roger Goodell announce their name and future team. Here is the official list of the 23 players that will be attending the 2013 NFL Draft:
- Ezekiel Ansah, DE, Brigham Young
- Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia
- Jonathan Cooper, G, North Carolina
- Eric Fisher, T, Central Michigan
- Sharrif Floyd, DT, Florida
- D.J. Fluker, T, Alabama
- Luke Joeckel, T, Texas A&M
- Lane Johnson, T, Oklahoma
- Dion Jordan, DE, Oregon
- Eddie Lacy, RB, Alabama
- E.J. Manuel, QB, Florida State
- Dee Milliner, CB, Alabama
- Barkevious Mingo, DE, Louisiana State
- Cordarrelle Patterson, WR, Tennessee
- Eric Reid, S, Louisiana State
- Xavier Rhodes, CB, Florida State
- Sheldon Richardson, DT, Missouri
- Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia
- Desmond Trufant, CB, Washington
- Kenny Vaccaro, S, Texas
- Chance Warmack, G, Alabama
- Menelik Watson, T, Florida State
- Bjoern Werner, DE, Florida State