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2020 NFL DRAFT 21300 Redskin Park Drive | Ashburn, VA 20147 | 703.726.7000 @Redskins | www.Redskins.com | https://redskins.1rmg.com/ WASHINGTON REDSKINS 2020 NFL DRAFT NOTES REDSKINS ENTER 2020 NFL FIRST ROUND PICKS IN THE NFL DRAFT CURRENTLY ON THE REDSKINS ROSTER: DRAFT WITH SEVEN PICKS Player Position Draft Selection The Washington Redskins currently hold seven selections in the Alex Smith QB 2005 1st 85th National Football League Draft, which opens on the evening of Thomas Davis Sr. LB 2005 14th Thursday, April 23. The first round begins at 8 p.m. ET and will be tele- Adrian Peterson RB 2007 7th vised by NFL Network, FOX, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. Trent Williams T 2010 4th The draft will continue at 7 p.m. ET on Friday with the second and Ryan Kerrigan LB 2011 16th third rounds, and will conclude with rounds 4-7 on Saturday, starting Brandon Scherff OL 2015 5th at noon ET. Jonathan Allen DL 2017 17th The team will host media virtually during all three days of the draft. Reuben Foster LB 2017 31st Head Coach Ron Rivera and Vice President of Player Personnel Kyle Daron Payne DL 2018 13th Smith will speak to members of the media at the end of proceedings on Dwayne Haskins Jr. QB 2019 15th Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The team’s selections on Thursday and Montez Sweat DE 2019 26th Friday are scheduled to be introduced to select members of the media via a Zoom press conference on Monday, April 27th. Players in burgundy were originally drafted by the Washington Redskins Last year, Washington made 10 selections in the 2019 NFL Draft in Nashville. Eight of the 10 members of Washington's 2019 draft class Of the Redskins' seven current selections in the 2020 draft, one (Dwayne Haskins Jr., Montez Sweat, Terry McLaurin, Wes Martin, Ross was awarded by the NFL as a compensatory pick. Along with the Tam- Pierschbacher, Cole Holcomb, Kelvin Harmon and Jimmy Moreland) pa Bay Buccaneers, Chicago Bears, Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens, appeared in game action as rookies. Seattle Seahawks, and Philadelphia Eagles, the Redskins were award- Washington produced two Pro Bowlers in 2019, including tackle ed a fourth-round compensatory pick. Thursday’s first round will allow Brandon Scherff and punter Tress Way. Scherff was a first-round pick 10 minutes before each pick. The second round, which resumes the of the Redskins in 2015 (No. 5 overall). draft on Friday evening, allows seven minutes between picks. The third In the last seven seasons, the Redskins have had eight players earn round allows five minutes between selections. The final four rounds a total of 18 Pro Bowl selections, seven of which were by homegrown will take place on Saturday. Rounds four through six allow five minutes talents. Seven of the eight Redskins Pro Bowler's since 2013 (Williams, between picks, and all seventh round and compensatory picks allow 7; Kerrigan, 4, Scherff, 3; Alfred Morris, 2; Kirk Cousins, 1; Brian Orakpo, four minutes each. The 2020 draft will mark the fourth year in which 1; Jordan Reed, 1) entered the NFL as Redskins draft picks. teams will be able to trade compensatory selections. Barring a trade, the Redskins’ first selection of the 2020 NFL Draft will come with the No. 2 overall pick. Through the draft and in free agency the Redskins have compiled 11 players who were selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. Seven of those players were drafted by Washington and four were acquired via free agency The table below outlines all 11 of the current Redskins selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. REDSKINS SELECTIONS IN THE 2020 NFL DRAFT The Redskins enter the 2020 NFL Draft with a total of seven scheduled REDSKINS 2020 NFL DRAFT SELECTIONS selections. The Redskins were the only team to finish the season 3-13. See Page 5 for more details on how the NFL determines the draft order in each Rd. Pick Overall How Acquired round. 1 2 2 Original Selection The Redskins retain four of their original selections, including picks in 3 2 66 Original Selection the first, third, fourth and seventh rounds. The Redskins also hold two fourth 4 2 108 Original Selection and seventh-round picks, respectively. 4 36 142 Compensatory Pick Washington originally held a pick in the second round and an additional 5 2 162 Trade via Seattle pick in the fifth round. The Redskins traded their second-round pick (No. 7 2 216 Original Selection 34) to the Indianapolis Colts for the 26th overall pick in the 2019 Draft in 7 15 229 Trade via Broncos which they selected DE Montez Sweat. They traded their original fifth-round pick to the Carolina Panthers for QB Kyle Allen. The club traded CB Quinton Dunbar to the Seattle Sehawks in exchange for the 162nd overall pick. The club also acquired QB Case Keenum and the No. 229 pick from Denver in ex- change for No. 181 overall pick. The Redskins were awarded a fourth-round compensatory pick. 2020 NFL DRAFT 1 2020 NFL DRAFT REDSKINS 2020 DRAFT GUIDE 2020 NFL DRAFT MEDIA INFORMATION WHAT: 85th Annual National Football League Player MEDIA INFORMATION: Selection Meeting Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the media room at Inova Sports Performance Center at Redskins Park will be closed. WHEN: Round 1: Thursday, April 23 (8 p.m. ET) Rounds 2-3: Friday, April 24 (7 p.m. ET) MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Rounds 4-7: Saturday, April 25 (12 p.m. ET) Head Coach Ron Rivera and Vice President of Player Personnel Kyle Smith are tentatively scheduled to speak with the media each TIME LIMITS: 10 minutes for each pick in Round 1 day of the draft. The press conferences will be held virtually on Zoom. 7 minutes for each pick in Round 2 As soon as possible, Redskins Public Relations will digitally pro- 5 minutes for each pick in Rounds 3-6 vide notes and other materials on each selection. Redskins Public Re- 4 minutes for each pick in Round 7 lations staffers will coordinate a conference call with each of the Red- skins’ draft picks shortly after their selections. These calls will take BROADCAST: NFL Network ESPN/ABC place on our conference call line. Media will need to RSVP in order to get the call-in information. Digital transcripts will be provided. Sean DeBarbieri [email protected] REDSKINS PR: The Redskins will formally introduce their picks from the first two Jessie Johnson [email protected] Charlie Mule [email protected] days of the draft during Zoom press conferences on Monday, April 27, 2020. Exact timing has not yet been determined. VIRTUAL DRAFT PARTY Washington Redskins fans are invited to attend the Redskins’ Vir- tual Draft Party presented by 7-Eleven on Saturday, April 25 at 6:00 p.m. Live coverage each day of the NFL Draft will be available on the Redskins’ social media channels and include interviews with Redskins coaches, players and celebrity fans as well as giveaways. Voice of the Redskins Larry Michael will host the coverage along with a number of special guests joining throughout the program, in- cluding Redskins Head Coach Ron Rivera, Defensive Coordinator Jack Del Rio, Offensive Coordinator Scott Turner, Vice President of Player Personnel Kyle Smith and alumni Fred Smoot and Brian Mitchell. Grammy nominated rapper Wale will also guest host the Redskins Virtual Draft Party. He’ll also produce exclusive Redskins content dur- ing Draft Week, including producing and directing three Redskins music highlight videos featuring tracks from his latest album Wow… That’s Crazy. Current players scheduled to attend include Jonathan Allen, Land- on Collins, Kendall Fuller, Dwayne Haskins Jr. and Adrian Peterson. All coverage will be streamed live on the Redskins’ Facebook, Ins- tagram, Twitter and YouTube pages. Registration for the Virtual Draft Party is free for all fans at Red- skins.com/VirtualDraft. 2 2020 NFL DRAFT 2020 NFL DRAFT REDSKINS DRAFT HISTORY The Redskins have made 10 picks all-time with the current overall selections held by the team in the 2020 NFL Draft. The team has made PRO BOWL DRAFT PICKS two at No. 2, three at No. 66, one at No. 142, one at No. 148, two at No. 216, an one at No. 229. The Redskins organization has never selected Since the turn of the century, Washington has had 16 of its draft at No. 108. picks make the Pro Bowl as members of the Redskins. Eleven of those 16 have made the Pro Bowl multiple times. Five of the Redskins’ last 10 first-round picks have earned Pro Bowl honors with Washington. NO. 2 OVERALL Year Rd. Overall Pos. Player School PLAYER (DRAFT YEAR, PICK) PRO BOWL YEARS* W/ REDSKINS 2000 1 2 LB LaVar Arrington Penn State G Tre Johnson (1994, No. 31) 2000 2012 1 2 QB Robert Griffin III Baylor RB Stephen Davis (1996, No. 102) 2000, 2001 TE Stephen Alexander (1998, No. 48) 2001 CB Champ Bailey (1999, No. 7) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 LB LaVar Arrington (2000, No. 2) 2002, 2003, 2004 NO. 66 OVERALL T Chris Samuels (2000, No. 3) 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Year Rd. Overall Pos. Player School S Sean Taylor (2004, No. 5) 2007, 2008 1988 3 66 RB Mike Oliphant Puget Sound TE Chris Cooley (2004, No. 81) 2008, 2009 1989 3 66 DT Tracy Rocker Auburn LB Brian Orakpo (2009, No. 13) 2010, 2011, 2014 2014 2 66 OL Morgan Moses Virginia T Trent Williams (2010, No. 4) 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 LB Ryan Kerrigan (2011, No.