2000 NFL Draft


The 2000 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur U.S. college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 15–16, 2000, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. No teams chose to claim any players in the supplemental draft that year.
The draft started with Penn State teammates Courtney Brown and LaVar Arrington being selected consecutively, making them the only Penn State players to go number one and two in the same draft. The New York Jets had four first-round draft picks, the most by any team in the history of the draft.
The draft was notable for the selection of Michigan quarterback Tom Brady at the 199th pick in the sixth round by the New England Patriots; in his 20 seasons with the team Brady has gone on to win 3 NFL MVP awards, a record 6 Super Bowl titles and 4 Super Bowl MVPs, and is widely considered the greatest quarterback of all time. It was also the first year since 1966 that a pure placekicker was drafted in the first round, with the Oakland Raiders selecting Florida State's Sebastian Janikowski 17th overall. The University of Tennessee led all colleges with nine selections in the 2000 NFL draft. As of 2019, the last remaining active player from this draft is Brady, following the retirement of placekicker Sebastian Janikowski on April 28, 2019.

Player selections

Trades

In the explanations below, ' denotes trades that took place during the 2000 Draft, while ' indicates trades completed pre-draft.
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Forfeited picks

Notable undrafted players

Hall of Famers