Official team visits for draft prospects are a portion of the NFL Draft that is often left shrouded in mystery.
In these so-called top-30 visits, teams are allowed to bring up to 30 draft-eligible players to team facilities for private meetings, which serve a variety of purposes. Sometimes, prospects are brought in so teams can fully evaluate their recovery from recent injuries. Other times, teams want to learn more about small-school players who weren’t invited to the NFL Scouting Combine.
Prospects often find themselves making multiple team visits. Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce famously recalled his visit with the Baltimore Ravens during the 2013 draft cycle.