NFL commissioner Roger Goodell comments on the draft being held in Washington D.C. in 2027. President Donald Trump formally announced Monday that the NFL will hold its 2027 draft in Washington. An artist's rendering of what the National Mall will look like when Washington, D.C. hosts the NFL draft in 2027. The NFL draft has been held in a different city each year since 2015 and will take place in Pittsburgh next spring. Trump made the announcement about the 2027 draft with Goodell, Harris and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser alongside him in the Oval Office.