2019 draft sees record number of trades
The 2019 NFL Draft was littered with activity from start to finish, as teams combined for a record 40 trades over the seven-round event, eclipsing the previous mark of 38.
Perhaps the biggest deal came from the Arizona Cardinals, who sent second-year quarterback Josh Rosen to the Miami Dolphins for a second-round pick (62nd overall) and a 2020 fifth-round pick. Rosen was made expendable when the Cardinals used the first overall selection on Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray.
The first trade during the draft came Thursday night when the Pittsburgh Steelers moved up 10 spots to take heralded linebacker Devin Bush from Michigan. Pittsburgh sent its first-rounder (No. 20), second-rounder (No. 52), and a third-round selection in 2020 to the Denver Broncos to make the move.
One of the busiest teams was the Seattle Seahawks, who started Thursday with only four picks but wound up making 11 selections after completing the Frank Clark trade and then moving down several times during the draft.