The 2011 NFL Draft will be the 76th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible football players. Like the 2010 draft, the 2011 draft will be held at Radio City Music Hall over three days: this year, the first round is scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 28, 2011; the second and third rounds on Friday, April 29; and the final four rounds on Saturday, April 30, 2011.
The Detroit Lions will forfeit a seventh-round draft pick in the upcoming draft after the NFL ruled the team was in violation of the league's tampering rules.
Dave Duerson, who played strong safety on the 1985 Chicago Bears who won Super Bowl XX, was found dead in his Miami home. He was 50 years old.
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