Back on NFL Network

STANFORD, Calif. - For the eighth consecutive year, Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football David Shaw will join NFL Network for its coverage of the NFL Draft. Shaw will be on the main desk as the only college football coach covering the first round of the NFL Draft live in primetime on April 25 in Nashville, Tennessee.
 
The coaching resume of Shaw, who is entering his ninth season as Stanford's head coach, includes nine years of NFL experience with the Philadelphia Eagles (1997), Oakland Raiders (1998-2001) and Baltimore Ravens (2002-05).
 
Under Shaw, the Cardinal has produced 30 draft picks, including six first-round selections since the 2012 NFL Draft, the most of any Pac-12 Conference program. Andrew Luck was the first overall pick of the 2012 NFL Draft following the 2011 season. In 2017, Solomon Thomas, selected third overall by the San Francisco 49ers, became the highest defensive draft pick in program history. Running back Christian McCaffrey was selected with the eighth overall pick in that same draft.
 
Stanford has produced 25 NFL Draft first-round selections and has had 263 players drafted by professional football teams since 1936. The Cardinal has produced four first-round draft picks in the last four years. 
 
The 2019 campaign will be the ninth for Shaw, who is the winningest coach in program history with an overall record of 82-26, which includes three Pac-12 titles and two wins in the Rose Bowl. Stanford has won at least 11 games four times and had at least 10 wins five times under Shaw, while also going to a bowl game every season in which he has been the head coach. Shaw has been named Pac-12 Coach of the Year four times and AFCA Regional Coach of the Year three times.