Houston Texans owner Cal McNair says that neither he nor his wife, Hannah, forced his team's front office to draft Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud.

"Hannah and I don't make the picks. We'll make it clear there," McNair said during the 20th annual Houston Texans Charity Golf Classic.

"We have a great group of scouts led by Nick [Caserio] and James Lippert, and they did a lot of work on the draft board, and then they followed that on draft day, and they moved up when they saw the value was there and moved back."

There was speculation that the McNairs forced Caserio, the team's general manager, and coach DeMeco Ryans to select a quarterback since the Texans' quarterbacks posted the worst QBR in the NFL last season.

The Kansas City Police Department has arrested two USC journalism students for the theft of more than $1,000 worth of first-round draft pick jerseys, according to a report.

The pair worked for the student-run multiplatform news outlet known as Annenberg Media, which operates under the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

The NFL reported a San Francisco 49ers jersey, a Dallas Cowboys jersey and a Minnesota Vikings jersey missing. All had the number 1 printed on the back but with no player names.

Police recovered the Cowboys and 49ers jerseys in a search of the students' baggage after arresting them as they boarded a plane back to Los Angeles.

The New York Giants tried to trade up to draft a wide receiver in last weekend's NFL Draft, according to a report.

The Giants were actively trying to acquire a pick that would net them Boston College star Zay Flowers, the report states.

New York held the No. 24 pick and was ultimately unable to find a deal for them to move up and take Flowers, who went No. 22 to the Baltimore Ravens.

The Giants ended up taking Maryland cornerback Deonte Banks with the 24th pick after a run on receivers from picks 20-23.

A record 43 trades were made during the 2023 NFL Draft, breaking the mark (40) set back in 2019.

There were six trades made on the clock in Thursday's first round alone.

Deion Sanders tweeted Saturday that he is "ashamed" of 31 NFL teams after Isaiah Bolden was the lone HBCU player drafted this year.

Bolden, a cornerback and returner for Jackson State, was selected by the New England Patriots in the seventh round.

Sanders, now the coach at Colorado, coached Bolden at Jackson State.

"So proud is you @isaiahbolden23 You deserved to be drafted much higher but I'm truly proud of u," Sanders wrote on Twitter. "I know how much u want this. I'm ashamed of the 31 other @nfl teams that couldn't find draft value in ALL of the talented HBCU players & we had 3 more draft worthy players at JSU."

Four HBCU players were selected in last year's NFL draft.