<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> ← 2015 </Li> <Li> NFL Drafts </Li> <Li> 2017 → </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> ← 2015 </Li> <Li> NFL Drafts </Li> <Li> 2017 → </Li> </Ul> <P> The 2016 NFL Draft was the 81st annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible American football players . As in 2015, the draft took place in Chicago, Illinois at the Auditorium Theatre and Grant Park . The draft began on Thursday, April 28 with the first round, and ended on Saturday, April 30 . The Tennessee Titans, the team with the fewest wins in the NFL for the 2015 season, traded the right to the top pick in the draft to the Los Angeles Rams, the first time the top pick was traded before the draft since 2001 when the San Diego Chargers traded their first pick to the Atlanta Falcons . Ohio State became the second school to have three players drafted in the top ten and to have five players drafted in the first round . </P> <P> Ninety - six underclassmen announced their intention to enter the 2016 NFL Draft as underclassmen, which primarily include juniors and redshirt sophomores who are forgoing future years of college eligibility . In order to be eligible to enter the draft, players must be at least 3 years removed from high school . The deadline for underclassmen to declare for the draft was January 18, 2016 . </P>

Who had the first pick in the 2016 nfl draft