For 1st round NFL draft picks, quarantine comfort was in, fashion was out
Every year around this time, the top NFL draft prospects enjoy walking up the red carpet, flashes blinding as they nervously speak to the media about how this is a dream come true.
The COVID-19 pandemic changed that — dramatically.
This year, as the first-round draft picks anxiously waited to hear their names called, they had to do so — not in front of hundreds of screaming fans and bright lights — but in the embrace of their own families. And while the players are usually decked out in high-end suits, most of the top picks went decidedly casual.
Call it the Special Quarantine Edition of the draft, where comfort trumped style.
Not that there weren’t a few special draft moments.
Before the draft, Old Spice teamed up with the NFL draft and some of the athletes to put on a fashion show — OK, they wore bath robes — for Twitter with the hashtags #NFLDraftRedCarpet, giving them a small taste of what it felt like to be in Las Vegas.
Here are some of our favorites from a handful of the top draftees of Thursday evening.
Joe Burrow:
Despite the tweet, we didn’t feel that the first pick of the 2020 draft really needed to throw us a Twitter caveat.
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Joe, your hair was perfect.
Second pick in the draft, Chase Young:
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Our Grand Prairie hometown hero, Jeff Okudah:
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The newest Cleveland Brown, Jedrick Wills Jr.:
Tua Tagovailoa was looking sharp when the Miami Dolphins selected him.
Here are some more who graced Twitter with their style pre-draft:
Isaiah Simmons:
Derrick Brown:
CJ Henderson:
Andrew Thomas:
Tristan Wirfs:
Josh Uche:
Justin Madubuike: