Football fans traveled in packs to go to the NFL draft, with an estimated 600,000 people attending over the three days last week. The draft doesn’t end until a new Mr. Irrelevant is named, that title ...

Each goes by the name Mr. Irrelevant, but no two are alike. So when Irrelevant Week is held annually in Newport Beach, Calif., to honor the last player taken in the NFL draft, many of the activities ...

It’s last year, April 30, Las Vegas, Caesar’s Forum. Melanie Salata-Fitch waits patiently, for one specific NFL draft pick, the same selection, always—the very last one. Her pops, the late Paul Salata ...

Fifty years ago Paul Salata had this idea of doing something nice for someone for no reason. That someone would be the last player picked in the NFL Draft. This week, a tradition born 50 years ago ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Jaylen Key felt like everyone was staring at him. He was right. Key, dressed in suit and tie, stood at the front of a yacht, surrounded by cheerleaders in Jets garb. The boat ...

When it comes to being the last guy picked in the NFL Draft, the draftee gets two things: A lifetime of being able to tell anyone in earshot—nephews, grocery baggers, flight attendants, whoever—that ...

If you’re not first, the saying goes, you’re last. But in the case of the annual NFL draft, finishing dead last is by no means a bad thing at all. In fact, being selected as the very last guy on ...

Kobee Minor’s first look at Orange County’s coast reminded him of Netflix’s shoreline-set, teen-drama series “Outer Banks.” That’s the closest he’d ever been to an actual beach. Five days on the bay, ...

Jaylen Key wasn't anywhere on the NFL's radar just a couple years ago. Being drafted Saturday, even with the final pick of the NFL Draft, shows how far he came his final two college seasons. Key, a ...

Welcome to the 50th anniversary of irrelevancy. Well, that honor will go to one special player at the end of the 2025 NFL Draft. The final pick of the draft will receive the honor of earning the title ...