CLEVELAND - The 86th annual NFL Draft opened Thursday night on the coast of Lake Erie, welcoming the first 32 of this weekend’s 259 draftees.Round 1 aired on the NFL Network, ABC and ESPN at 8 p.m.
ET.No suspense at the top of this NFL draft: Trevor Lawrence to the Jacksonville Jaguars.The star quarterback who led Clemson to a national title and generally is considered the best prospect at the position since Andrew Luck in 2012 has had his name called first by Commissioner Roger Goodell.Lawrence, a junior, joins new coach Urban Meyer, himself a major success in the college ranks, in trying to turn around a franchise that went 1-15 last season.In what has been billed a "quarterbacks draft," at least for the first round, Zach Wilson of BYU is.