Two hours later, the Texans traded up 13 spots to take Watson as the third QB off the board. Subtle!
Watson was picked after North Carolinas Mitchell Trubisky to the Bears and Patrick Mahomes to the Chiefs. But theres an easy argument that hes the best quarterback in the class, and college football fans would be eager to make it. After he torched Nick Sabans Alabama in consecutive National Championships, winning the second one, college fans would follow this dude into the gates of … well, Houston, for sure.
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After two years in Chicago, tonights event will take place in Philadelphia for the first time since 1960. The draft will be hosted in the Philadelphia City Hall, and future NFL stars like Deshaun Watson, Mitchell Trubisky, and Leonard Fournette will be in attendance.
This year, there are 32 picks in the first round, after there were only 31 in last years event due to the New England Patriots pick being stripped as a result of DeflateGate. The duration of past drafts have varied — the 2016 draft lasted until about 11:40 p.m., while the 2015 draft lasted until about 11:20 p.m.
Considering past drafts, tonights event will most likely last somewhere between three to four hours, meaning the event could potentially end at any point between 11 p.m. and midnight.