70th annual meeting of National Football League franchises to select newly eligible players
The 2005 NFL draft, the 70th in league history, took place on April 23 and 24, 2005. The draft was held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City[1][2] and was televised for the 26th consecutive year, with coverage on ESPN and ESPN2. It was the first to be held at the Javits Center, as Madison Square Garden had been utilized for drafts since 1995.[3]
The draft is perhaps best known for quarterback Aaron Rodgers' slide to the 24th selection despite his projection as one of the top picks.[4] Rodgers believed that he would be taken first overall by the San Francisco 49ers, but after the 49ers selected quarterback Alex Smith, teams with other positional needs drafted other players until he was selected by the Green Bay Packers.[5][6][7] The fall has drawn retrospective scrutiny because Rodgers became one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.[8][9][10][11]
Compensatory selections were distributed among 14 teams, with the Philadelphia Eagles and St. Louis Rams garnering the most with four picks each.[12] Three of the first five picks were running backs, an NFL draft first.[13]
The league also held a supplemental draft in 2005 after the regular draft but before the regular season.
The 255 players chosen in the draft were composed of:
Supplemental draft selections
For each player selected in the supplemental draft, the drafting team forfeited its pick in that round in the regular draft of the following season.
Trades
In the explanations below, (PD) indicates trades completed prior to the start of the draft while (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft.
- Round one
- ^ No 7: Oakland → Minnesota (PD). Oakland traded its first- (7th) and seventh-round (219th) picks to Minnesota in exchange for wide receiver Randy Moss.
- ^ No 12: NY Giants → San Diego (PD). The Giants traded their third-round selection (65th) in 2004 and first- (12th) and fifth-round (144th) selections in 2005 to San Diego in exchange for quarterback Eli Manning
- ^ No 13: Houston → New Orleans. (D) New Orleans traded their first- and third-round selections (16th and 66th) to Houston in exchange for Houston's first-round selection (13th)
- ^ No 16: New Orleans → Houston (D) see No. 13: Houston → New Orleans
- ^ No 20: Buffalo → Dallas. (PD) Buffalo traded their first-round selection (20th) together with their second- and fifth-round selections (43rd and 144th) in 2004 to Dallas in exchange for Dallas' first-round selection (22nd) in 2004
- ^ No 23: Seattle → Oakland. (D) Seattle traded their first-round selection (23rd) to Oakland in exchange for Oakland's first- and fifth-round selections (26th and 105th)
- ^ No 25: Denver → Washington (PD). Denver traded their first-round selection (25th) to Washington in exchange for Washington's third-round selection (76th) and first- and fourth-round selections (22nd and 119th) in 2006
- ^ No. 26: multiple trades:
No. 26: NY Jets → Oakland. (PD) the Jets traded their first- and seventh-round selections (23rd and 230th) to Oakland in exchange for Oakland's second- and two sixth-round selections (47th, 182nd and 185th) and tight end Doug Jolley.
No. 26: Oakland → Seattle. (D) see No. 23: Seattle → Oakland.
- Round two
- ^ No 35: Miami → Philadelphia (PD). Miami traded its second-round selection (35th) to Philadelphia in exchange for quarterback A.J. Feeley
- ^ No 37: Tennessee → Detroit (D). Tennessee traded its second-round selection (37th) to Detroit in exchange for Detroit's second- and fourth-round selections (41st and 113rd)
- ^ No 40: Washington → New Orleans (PD). Washington traded its fifth-round selection (139th) in 2004 and second-round selection (40th) to New Orleans in exchange for New Orleans' third- and fifth round selections (81st and 151st) in 2004
- ^ No. 41: Detroit → Tennessee (D) see No. 37: Tennessee → Detroit
- ^ No 45: Carolina → Seattle (D). Carolina traded its second-round selection (45th) to Seattle in exchange for Seattle's second- and two fourth-round selections (54th, 121st and 126th)
- ^ No. 46: Kansas City → Miami (PD). Kansas City traded its second- and fifth-round selections (46th and 162nd) to Miami in exchange for cornerback Patrick Surtain and Miami's fifth-round selection (138th)
- ^ No. 47: multiple trades:
No. 47: Houston → Oakland (PD). Houston traded their second- and third-round selections (47th and 78th) to Oakland in exchange for cornerback Phillip Buchanon.
No. 47: Oakland → NY Jets (PD). see No. 26: Oakland → NY Jets.
- ^ No. 51: New Orleans → Green Bay (PD) New Orleans traded its second-round selection (51st) and quarterback J.T. O'Sullivan to Green Bay in exchange for cornerback Mike McKenzie and Green Bay's sixth-round selection (174th)
- ^ No. 54: Seattle → Carolina (D) see No. 45: Carolina → Seattle
- ^ No. 64: New England → Baltimore (D). New England traded its second-round selection (64th) to Baltimore in exchange for Baltimore's third- and sixth-round selections (84th and 195th) and third-round selection in 2006
- Round three
- Round four
- Round five
- Round six
- Round seven