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NFL Prospects Get Thousands of Dollars in Tech for Mobile Draft

  • NFL partners Verizon, Bose help provide gear to 58 players
  • Setup includes lights, tripods, iPhones -- and return labels

Photographer: Joe Robbins/Getty Images

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Before their big moment comes during this week’s NFL Draft, football’s future stars are getting a crash course in video production.

As part of the “all-remote” draft, the National Football League and its media partners plan to show small draft parties for 58 different athletes, and interview them on TV when their names are called.