When is the NFL Draft 2025? Date, start times, TV schedule, channel
When is the 2025 NFL Draft?
For the 49th consecutive year, the NFL draft will occur in the middle of spring; The draft has taken place during this time of the calendar since 1976.
The top college players will hear their names called sometime between Thursday, April 24 and Saturday, April 26.
The draft is the biggest event of the NFL offseason, and obviously, it's so big it can't be contained to one night. The first day of the draft will feature only the first round and 32 picks; the second day will feature Rounds 2 and 3 on Friday night, followed by the remaining four rounds on Saturday.
Here's everything you need to know about the 2025 NFL Draft:
When is the 2025 NFL Draft?
The first round of the 2025 NFL draft will kick off on Thursday, April 24. The draft is slated to get underway at 8 p.m. ET.
The second and third rounds occur the following day, and the draft will conclude on day three with Rounds 4 through 7 on Saturday, April 26.
What time is the NFL Draft?
Here are the scheduled start times for all three days of the draft:
- Thursday, April 24: Round 1, 8 p.m. ET
- Friday, April 25: Rounds 2-3, 7 p.m. ET
- Saturday, April 26: Rounds 4-7, Noon ET
Where is the 2025 NFL Draft?
The 2025 NFL draft will be in Green Bay, Wisconsin, at the home of the Packers, Lambeau Field, and the Titletown campus.
How to watch the 2025 NFL Draft
Live coverage of the NFL draft can be found on ABC, ESPN and the NFL Network.
Streaming coverage is also available on ESPN+, NFL+, YouTube TV, Hulu+ Live TV, Fubo TV and Sling TV.
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2025 NFL Draft order
Here's the order of picks ahead of the 2025 NFL draft:
- Tennessee Titans: 3-14 record; .522 strength of schedule (SOS)
- Cleveland Browns: 3-14; .536 SOS
- New York Giants: 3-14; .554 SOS
- New England Patriots: 4-13; .471 SOS
- Jacksonville Jaguars: 4-13; .478 SOS
- Las Vegas Raiders: 4-13; .540 SOS
- New York Jets: 5-12; .495 SOS
- Carolina Panthers: 5-12; .498 SOS
- New Orleans Saints: 5-12; .505 SOS
- Chicago Bears: 5-12; .554 SOS
- San Francisco 49ers: 6-11; .564 SOS
- Dallas Cowboys: 7-10; .522 SOS
- Miami Dolphins: 8-9; .419 SOS
- Indianapolis Colts: 8-9; .457 SOS
- Atlanta Falcons: 8-9; .519 SOS
- Arizona Cardinals: 8-9; .536 SOS
- Cincinnati Bengals: 9-8; .478 SOS
- Seattle Seahawks: 10-7; .498 SOS
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 10-7; .502 SOS
- Denver Broncos: 10-7; .502 SOS
- Pittsburgh Steelers: 10-7; .502 SOS
- Los Angeles Chargers: 11-6; .467 SOS
- Green Bay Packers: 11-6; .533 SOS
- Minnesota Vikings: 14-3; .474 SOS
- Houston Texans: 10-7; .481 SOS
- Los Angeles Rams: 10-7; .505 SOS
- Baltimore Ravens: 12-5; .529 SOS
- Detroit Lions: 15-2; .516 SOS
- Washington Commanders: 12-5; .436 SOS
- Buffalo Bills: 13-4; .467 SOS
- Kansas City Chiefs: 15-2; .488 SOS
- Philadelphia Eagles: 14-3; .453 SOS