The National Football League has announced that 33 legendary NFL alumni, one representing each team and two representing the St. Louis Rams, will announce live on Friday, April 27, second- and third-round Draft picks from Radio City Music Hall. This continues a successful program that began last year in which each selection in the second round is announced by a former player.
The NFL alumni scheduled to be on-hand to make the announcements from the podium feature six Pro Football Hall of Famers, including two from the Class of 2012:
- *Arizona Cardinals, Roger Wehrli (DB)
- Atlanta Falcons, Alge Crumpler (TE)
- Baltimore Ravens, Matt Stover (K)
- Buffalo Bills, Phil Hansen (DE)
- Carolina Panthers, Mike Rucker (DE)
- Chicago Bears, Otis Wilson (LB)
- Cincinnati Bengals, Isaac Curtis (WR)
- Cleveland Browns, Gary Collins (WR)
- Dallas Cowboys , Chad Hennings (DL)
- Denver Broncos, Terrell Davis (RB)
- Detroit Lions, Barry Sanders (RB)
- Green Bay Packers, LeRoy Butler (S)
- Houston Texans, Danny Clark (LB)
- Indianapolis Colts, Marvin Harrison (WR)
- Jacksonville Jaguars, Fred Taylor (RB)
- Kansas City Chiefs, Will Shields (G)
- Miami Dolphins, Dwight Stephenson (C)
- Minnesota Vikings, Anthony Carter (WR)
- New England Patriots, Troy Brown (WR)
- *New Orleans Saints, Willie Roaf (OL)
- New York Giants, Michael Strahan (DE)
- New York Jets, Wesley Walker (WR)
- *Oakland Raiders, Willie Brown (DB)
- Philadelphia Eagles, Brian Westbrook (RB)
- Pittsburgh Steelers, Dermontti Dawson (C)
- St. Louis Rams, Isaac Bruce (WR) & Torry Holt (WR)
- San Diego Chargers, Courtney Hall (OL)
- San Francisco 49ers, Jesse Sapolu (OL)
- Seattle Seahawks, Walter Jones (OL)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dexter Jackson (S)
- Tennessee Titans, Eddie George (RB)
- *Washington Redskins, Ken Harvey (LB)
Teams marked with a * do not have a second-round selection, barring a trade into Round 2. Their player representatives will announce their Round 3 picks.
The 2012 NFL Draft will continue the three-day format introduced in 2010, with the first three rounds broadcast in primetime at 8:00 pm ET on Thursday, April 26 and 7:00 pm ET on Friday, April 27, and concluding with Rounds 4-7 on Saturday, April 28 at 12:00 pm ET. The NFL Draft will be broadcast on NFL Network and ESPN/ESPN2. Fans also may watch the live NFL Network stream on NFL Mobile.
