RAMS POSSESS EIGHT PICKS IN 2017 NFL DRAFT Los Angeles has seven selections, plus a compensatory pick in this year’s draft NFL DRAFT SET FOR APRIL 27-29 RAMS, YOU’RE ON THE CLOCK The 2017 NFL Draft will be the 82nd annual meeting of National Football The Los Angeles Rams hold eight League franchises to select newly eligible football players. It is scheduled to selections in the 2017 NFL Draft, the be held in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from Thursday, April 27 to 81st draft in franchise history and the Saturday, April 29. The draft returns to Philadelphia for the first time since 1961. 51st time drafting as the Los Angeles Rams. The player selections will be announced from an outdoor theatre built on the famous Rocky Steps, marking the first time an entire NFL draft has been held The Rams and General Manager Les outdoors. Snead, who is entering his sixth draft guiding the Rams franchise, pos- The first round begins at 5 p.m. PT on Thurs., April 27. The second and third sess eight selections in rounds two rounds will be held on Fri., April 28 starting at 4 p.m. PT, and the draft will con- through six, including two fourth- clude with rounds 4-7 on Sat., April 29, beginning at 9 a.m. PT. round selections and two sixth-round picks. There will be 253 selections over the draft’s seven rounds, including 32 com- pensatory selections that have been awarded to 16 teams that suffered a net Snead will collaborate with first-year loss of certain quality unrestricted free agents last year. The Rams hold a total Head Coach Sean McVay to continue Rams QB Jared Goff posing with NFL Comissioner of eight selections. to bolster a roster which fielded the Roger Goodell at the 2016 NFL Draft ninth-ranked defense a season ago and add pieces around last year’s No. 1 Teams will have 10 minutes to make selections in the first round and seven minutes to make selections in the second round. In rounds 3-6, teams will be overall selection, QB Jared Goff. allotted five minutes per selection and four minutes for the seventh round. Since Snead took over guiding the Rams personnel department in 2012, the The 2016 NFL Draft will be televised nationally by NFL Network and ESPN/ESPN franchise has drafted 43 players, 24 of which (56 percent) are still on the team 2 and can be heard nationwide on Westwood One Radio, SiriusXM NFL Radio today. Additionally, 16 of those 24 players have made major contributions in a and TuneIn Radio. starting role. Of the 43 draft picks from the Snead era, the seven players selected in the first MEDIA SCHEDULE round have combined to start 288 games for the Rams. Additionally, Snead has selected players in the second round that have started a combined 125 games. Tues., April 25 GM Les Snead and Head Coach Sean McVay pre-draft availability: 12 p.m. In Snead’s tenure, he has brought in three rookies that have gone on to earn Pro Voluntary veteran minicamp: 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Select Bowl honors: RB Todd Gurley, DT Aaron Donald, P Johnny Hekker. players available following practice Currently, the Rams roster only includes three players that were not drafted Wed., April 26 No availability or acquired by Snead and his personnel department in DE Robert Quinn, OL Thur., April 27 Media Center at CLU opens: 2 p.m. Rodger Saffold and LS Jake McQuaide. Draft begins at 5:00 p.m. Snead and McVay available following the completion of the draft each day DRAFT DAY IN L.A. Fri., April 28 Media Center at CLU opens: 1 p.m. Draft begins at 4:00 p.m. Snead and McVay available following the completion of The Los Angeles Rams made major moves in the draft each day each of their first two drafts in the City of Angels, as the 1946 NFL Draft and the 2016 NFL Draft each Sat., April 30 Media Center at CLU opens: 8 a.m. proved to be memorable ones. Draft begins at 9:00 a.m. Snead and McVay available following the completion of the draft each day The 1946 NFL Draft included historical milestone Rams Draft Party: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Barker Hangar in Santa selections of halfback Kenny Washington and Monica (media that wants to cover, contact Joanna end Woody Strode, the first African-American Hunter) players in the modern NFL, one year before Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The team was led by Owner RAMS COMMUNICATIONS Dan Reeves, Head Coach Adam Walsh and General Manager Charles F. Walsh. Reeves went on to be ARTIS TWYMAN inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967. [email protected] The Rams made a splash in the franchise’s 50th JULIA FARON draft in Los Angeles, trading up to receive the top- [email protected] pick in the 2016 NFL Draft to select QB Jared Goff. TIFFANY WHITE Los Angeles Rams’ draft classes boast eight Hall Kenny Washington of the University of [email protected] of Famers in QB Norm Van Brocklin (1949), DE California at Los Angeles, signs a contract to play with the Los Angeles Rams with TRAVIS LANGER Andy Robustelli (1951), LB Les Richter (1954), DE Rams general manager Charles F. Walsh, [email protected] Deacon Jones (1961), DT Merlin Olsen (1962), G right, watching, March 23, 1946. Tom Mack (1966), DE Jack Youngblood (1971), T JOANNA HUNTER Jackie Slater (1976) and RB Eric Dickerson (1983). [email protected] Los Angeles Rams 2017 NFL Draft Selections Second Round (1): 5th Choice, 37th Overall Third Round (1): 5th Choice, 69th Overall Fourth Round (2): 5th Choice, 112th Overall 35th Choice, 141st Overall (Compensatory Selection) Fifth Round (1): 5th Choice, 149th Overall Sixth Round (2): 5th Choice, 189th Overall 22nd Choice, 206th Overall Received from Miami in trade for DE William Hayes Seventh Round (1): 16th Choice, 234th Overall Received from Baltimore in trade for WR Chris Givens RAMS 2017 SELECTIONS RAMS ROSTER BY ROUND The Rams first selection in 2017 comes in the second round, at No. 37 A total of 26 players currently on the Rams’ roster were drafted by the overall. The Chargers S Eric Weddle (now with the Ravens), was selected No. team, including eight players who were selected in the first round and three in 37 overall in the 2007 draft, while Cardinals S Tyrann Mathieu was taken No. the second. Below is a round-by-round listing of drafted Rams players. 69 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft. In 1947, the Los Angeles Rams used the 37th overall selection on QB Norm Van Brocklin. FIRST (8) Below is a look at who has been drafted at each of the Rams eight selections *DE Robert Quinn (No. 14), North Carolina, 2011 over the past decade. DT Michael Brockers (No. 14), LSU, 2012 WR Tavon Austin (No. 8), West Virginia, 2013 During the 2016 NFL Draft, the Rams selected WR Michael Thomas No. 206 LB Alec Ogletree (No. 30), Georgia, 2013 overall; the Rams will once again hold the No. 206 overall selection this year, via a trade with the Miami Dolphins for DE William Hayes. T Greg Robinson (No. 2), Auburn, 2014 DT Aaron Donald (No. 13), Pittsburgh, 2014 Players taken where the Rams are drafting over the last 10 years RB Todd Gurley (No. 10), Georgia, 2015 No. 37 overall: QB Jared Goff (No. 1), California, 2016 2007: Eric Weddle, S, SD 2008: Curtis Lofton, LB, ATL SECOND (3) 2009: Alphonso Smith, CB, DEN *T Rodger Saffold (No. 33), Indiana, 2010 2010: Nate Allen, S, PHI DB Lamarcus Joyner (No. 41), Florida St., 2014 2011: Jabaal Sheard, DE, CLE 2012: Mitchell Schwartz, T, CLE T Rob Havenstein (No. 57), Wisconsin, 2015 2013: Giovani Bernard, RB, CIN 2014: Ra’Shede Hageman, DT, ATL THIRD (3) 2015: Devin Smith, WR, NYJ CB Trumaine Johnson (No. 65), Montana, 2012 2016: Chris Jones, DT, KC G Jamon Brown (No. 72), Louisville, 2015 No. 69 overall: QB Sean Mannion (No. 89), Oregon State, 2015 2007: Buster Davis, LB, ARI 2008: Jacob Hester, FB, SD FOURTH (4) 2009: Jason Williams, LB, DAL S Maurice Alexander (No. 110), Utah St., 2014 2010: Jared Veldheer, T, OAK 2011: Rob Housler, TE, ARI T Andrew Donnal (No. 119), Iowa, 2015 2012: T.J. Graham, WR, BUF TE Tyler Higbee (No. 110), Western Kentucky, 2016 2013: Tyrann Mathieu, S, ARI WR Pharoh Cooper (No. 117), South Carolina, 2016 2014: Charles Sims, RB, TB 2015: Tyler Lockett, WR, SEA SIXTH (6) 2016: Yannick Ngakoue, DE, JAX K Greg Zuerlein (No. 171), Missouri Western, 2012 No. 112 overall: CB E.J. Gaines (No. 188), Missouri, 2014 2007: Daniel Sepulveda, P, GB G Cody Wichmann (No. 215), Fresno State, 2015 2008: Anthony Collins, T, CIN TE Temarrick Hemingway (No. 177), South Carolina State, 2016 2009: Glover Quin, S, HOU 2010: Joe McKnight, RB, NYJ LB Josh Forrest (No. 190), Kentucky, 2016 2011: Greg Salas, WR, STL/LA WR Michael Thomas (No. 206), Southern Mississippi, 2016 2012: Bobby Massie, T, ARI 2013: Tyler Wilson, QB, OAK SEVENTH (2) 2014: DaQuan Jones, DT, TEN C Demetrius Rhaney (No. 250), Tennessee St., 2014 2015: Arie Kouandjio, G, WAS 2016: Malcolm Mitchell, WR, NE LB Bryce Hager (No. 224), Baylor, 2015 *No. 141 overall: * Denotes drafted prior to Snead’s hiring 2007: Greg Peterson, DE, TB 2008: Gary Barnidge, TE, CAR 2009: Kenny McKinley, WR, DEN 2010: Joshua Moore, CB, CHI 2011: D.J.