NFL DRAFT PROSPECTS TAKE PART IN EVENTS THROUGHOUT
NEW YORK CITY PRIOR TO 2008 NFL DRAFT
NFL Draft Prospects Who Will Be In New York For The 2008 NFL Draft:
GLENN DORSEY, Defensive Tackle, Louisiana State
VERNON GHOLSTON, Defensive End, Ohio State
CHRIS LONG, Defensive End, Virginia
JAKE LONG, Tackle, Michigan
DARREN McFADDEN, Running Back, Arkansas
MATT RYAN, Quarterback, Boston College
THURSDAY, APRIL 24
9:30AM - 10:35 AM
* NFL Players, DRAFT PROSPECTS AND NeW YOrK CITY YOUTH COME TOGETHER IN CENTRAL PARK FOR NFL PLAY 60 YOUTH FOOTBALL FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY NIKE LET ME PLAY
Players will help public school students stay active for 60 minutes a day, as part of the NFL PLAY 60 youth health and fitness campaign and Nike’s Let Me Play program. Kids will learn NFL FLAG drills alongside players and have the chance to talk about their healthy habits. Clinic will take place at Rumsey Field/SummerStage, Central Park (media entrance on 72nd and Fifth Avenue) from 9:30 AM to 10:35 AM.
11:15 AM - 2 PM
* NFL DRAFT LUNCHEON AT THE LIGHTHOUSE AT CHELSEA PIERS
Doors open for the NFL Draft Media Luncheon at 11:15 AM, with NFL Network talent (analysts Charles Davis, Marshall Faulk, Steve Mariucci and Mike Mayock) made available at 11:30 AM. Prospects will be made available from 12:00 noon to 12:45 PM, at which point lunch will be served until 2 PM. Chelsea Piers is located on West 23rd Street and the West Side Highway (on the Hudson River).
Those credentialed to cover the 2008 NFL Draft may pick up their credential at the Draft Luncheon. A government-issued photo ID must be shown.
Media planning to cover this event are to confirm their attendance via email to EventCredentialHelp@NFL.com.
2:15 PM
* NFL DRAFT PROSPECTS ATOP RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL MARQUEE
Photographers will be able to capture photos of NFL Draft prospects atop the marquee at Radio City Music Hall. Radio City is on Sixth Avenue between 50th and 51st streets. Photographers will shoot from the west side of Sixth Avenue across the street at the players atop the marquee.
In the event of rain, this photo op will be held on Friday (4/25) at 4:15 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 25
12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM
• NFL DRAFT PREVIEW AT THE WINTER GARDEN
Prospects will be featured at this free public event, emceed by NFL Network’s Jamie Dukes, at the World Financial Center (225 Vesey Street). A photo riser will be reserved for cameras in front of the event stage. No street parking is available.
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
* NFL DRAFT PROSPECTS To VISIT With CHILDREN AT The MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
Prospects will visit with pediatric patients in the Kravis Children’s Hospital at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. Players and the patients will meet in ‘The Zone,’ a state-of-the-art therapeutic play and educational environment for children and families funded by Troy Aikman, Garth Brooks and others in the Kravis Children’s Hospital.
Mount Sinai Medical Center is located at 1184 Fifth Avenue (at 99th St) and the Kravis Children’s Hospital is on 1st Floor.
