Overview
- Klein, a 23-year-old tight end and recent Michigan team captain, was selected No. 59 by Houston on Friday in Pittsburgh.
- The draft ended Saturday with six other German prospects going unselected, and by Sunday offensive lineman Paul Rubelt signed with the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent.
- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said 320,000 people attended opening night in Pittsburgh, a record that reflects the league’s practice of counting re-entries at the draft site.
- Arizona’s No. 3 selection experienced a brief delay when the Cardinals, according to GM Monti Ossenfort, were working with the wrong phone number.
- Teams leaned into tight ends on Day 2, with nine drafted; Klein was the fourth tight end off the board and is slated for an estimated $8.185 million over four years under the rookie pay scale.