2015 NFL Draft Begins Thursday Night
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 | Football
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The 2015 NFL Draft begins Thursday night at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University in Chicago, Ill. The first round of the draft will be held on Thursday, the second and third rounds on Friday night and the remaining rounds on Saturday.
The entire draft will be televised live on both the NFL Network and ESPN, beginning with the first round on Thursday at 8:00 p.m. On Friday, coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. for the second and third rounds. Rounds four through seven will be broadcast on Saturday beginning at noon.
UF has had 46 first-round draft picks in school history, the sixth best total in the nation and second in the SEC (Alabama leads with 49). In addition, the Gators have totaled 11 first-round picks since 2007, which is third-most among all schools nationally.
Florida is also one of six schools to have had a player taken every year in the Common Draft era (since 1967) and has had a player selected every year since 1952.
For a complete list of Florida's Football history in the draft, click here.
Fans interested in keeping up with former Florida football players and the draft can follow @GatorZoneFB on twitter and check GatorZone.com at the completion of each days' picks.
From the Gators' 2014 roster, most experts are projecting up to 22 former players who have a chance to be drafted or signed as an undrafted free agent following the draft.
2015 DRAFT-ELIGIBLE GATORS (listed alphabetically)
FB Gideon Ajagbe
OLB Neiron Ball*
RB Mack Brown
OL Trenton Brown*
TE Clay Burton
P Kyle Christy*
DL Darious Cummings
WR Andre Debose
WR Quinton Dunbar
LS Drew Ferris
OLB Dante Fowler, Jr.*
OL Max Garcia*
DB Jabari Gorman
OL Chaz Green*
OL D.J. Humphries*
RB Matt Jones*
FB Hunter Joyer
OL Tyler Moore
DL Leon Orr*
ILB Michael Taylor
K Francisco Velez
TE Tevin Westbrook
*participated in the 2015 NFL Combine in Indianapolis
