Donald Trump, Roger Goodell expected to announce Commanders as 2027 NFL Draft host

The Commanders are turning to the commander-in-chief to make a major announcement on Monday. 

President Donald Trump will announce on Monday that the NFL draft is headed to the nation’s capital in 2027, Axios reported.

The announcement will be made with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Commanders owner Josh Harris on hand at the White House, with the plan being for the three-day event to be held on the National Mall. 

Trump has been hob knobbing with NFL personnel recently with the Eagles having visited the White House last week and the president golfing and spending the day with Saquon Barkley before that. 

Donald Trump is pictured May 4. Getty Images

The draft will be another feather in the cap for the Commanders, who have seen a massive turnaround as an organization since Harris took over as majority owner after decades being owned by Dan Snyder.

The draft has become a massive boon for cities since the NFL started taking the annual league event on the road beginning in 2015. 

Detroit saw 750,000 people attend the three-day event in 2024, which set an attendance record, and last month in Green Bay, over 600,000 football fans made the trip to Wisconsin. 

Hosting the draft is the second piece of good news that Commanders fans have gotten over the past few days after it had been announced last week that the team and officials in Washington D.C. had come to an agreement on a new stadium at the RFK Stadium site. 

Roger Goodell is pictured during a press conference April 1. Imagn Images

The deal brings the Commanders back to the place they once called home for the first time since 1996. 

The franchise has called Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, since 1997. 

Trump even weighed in on the Commanders’ stadium deal when it was announced. 

He praised it as a “HUGE WIN for Washington, D.C.”