Updates

The Jacksonville Jaguars own the No. 1 pick of the 2021 NFL Draft, which is scheduled to be held April 29–May 1 in Cleveland.

The tentative order of the first round is subject to the results of the playoffs.

The draft order is determined by the following procedures:

1. The winner of the Super Bowl shall select last, while the loser shall select next-to-last in all rounds, regardless of the regular-season records of the Super Bowl participants.
2. The losers of the Conference Championship games shall select 29th and 30th in all rounds, according to the reverse order of their standing.
3. The losers of the Divisional playoff games shall select in the 25th through 28th positions in all rounds, according to the reverse order of their standing.
4. The losers of the Wild Card games shall select in the 19th through 24th positions in all rounds, according to the reverse order of their standing.
5. Clubs not participating in the playoffs shall select in the first through 18th positions in all rounds, according to the reverse order of their standing.

If ties still exist after these procedures have been applied, ties shall be broken by figuring the aggregate strength of schedule (won-lost-tied percentage) of each tied club’s regular-season opponents and awarding the higher draft selection to the club with the schedule with the lowest aggregate strength of schedule (won-lost-tied percentage).

If ties still exist between teams in the same division or the same conference, the divisional or conference tie-breaking method shall be used, whichever is applicable.

If ties still exist, the procedures for breaking ties for teams of different conferences shall be applied.

See the NFL’s tiebreaking procedures.

For interconference ties, the draft order is determined by the following procedures:

1. Ties involving two teams from different conferences shall be broken by (A) head-to-head meetings, (B) best won-loss-tied percentage in a minimum of four common games, (C) strength of victory in all games, (D) best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed in all games, (E) best net points in all games, (F) best net touchdowns in all games, and lastly, (G) coin toss.
   
   
2. Ties involving three or more clubs from different conferences shall be broken by applying (A) divisional tie breakers to determine the lowest-ranked team in a division, (B) conference tie-breakers to determine the lowest-ranked team within a conference, (C) interconference tie breakers to determine the lowest-ranked team in the league. The process will be repeated until the draft order has been established.

Clubs involved in two-club ties will alternate positions from round to round. In ties that involve three or more clubs, the club at the top of a tied segment in a given round will move to the bottom of the segment for the next round, while all other clubs in the segment move up one position. This rotation continues throughout the Draft.

2021 FIRST-ROUND DRAFT ORDER

*- Subject to Playoffs​