On Monday, President Donald Trump announced at the White House that the 2027 draft will take place at the National Mall in Washington D.C., with the Washington Commanders as the hosts. Mark Maske and Nicki Jhabvala of the Washington Post first reported the news before Monday's official announcement.

Since 2015, the draft has been part of a traveling circus of sorts for the league. Awarded to a rotation of NFL cities, over the years it's hit nine different cities. It started with back-to-back years in Chicago,