2025 NFL Draft to Kick Off in Primetime at 8 p.m. ET On Thursday, April 24
NEW YORK – As announced tonight on NFL Network’s “Path to the Draft,” 17 prospects are confirmed to attend the 2025 NFL Draft presented by Bud Light in Green Bay.
Three colleges – Alabama (three players), Georgia (two) and Michigan (two) – will have multiple players on-site. The Southeastern Conference leads all conferences with nine prospects confirmed to attend, followed by the Big Ten (four), Big 12 (two), Atlantic Coast Conference (one) and Mountain West Conference (one).
The Draft begins with the first round on Thursday night, April 24, and continues Friday, April 25, with Rounds 2-3. The Draft will conclude on Saturday, April 26, with Rounds 4-7.
The NFL Draft, which was held in Detroit last year, will be hosted in the state of Wisconsin for the first time since 1940.
The players confirmed to attend this year’s NFL Draft to date:
1)
Tyler Booker
G
Alabama
2)
Jihaad Cambell
LB
Alabama
3)
Will Campbell
T
LSU
4)
Abdul Carter
DE
Penn State
5)
Jaxson Dart
QB
Mississippi
6)
Matthew Golden
WR
Texas
7)
Mason Graham
DT
Michigan
8)
Travis Hunter
DB/WR
Colorado
9)
Ashton Jeanty
RB
Boise State
10)
Will Johnson
DB
Michigan
11)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR
Arizona
12)
Jalen Milroe
QB
Alabama
13)
Josh Simmons
T
Ohio State
14)
Malaki Starks
DB
Georgia
15)
Shemar Stewart
DE
Texas A&M
16)
Cameron Ward
QB
Miami (Fla.)
17)
Mykel Williams
DE
Georgia
2025 NFL Draft Facts & Figures
WHAT:
90th Annual National Football League Player Selection Meeting.
11 a.m. CT (noon ET), Saturday, April 26 (Rounds 4-7).The first round will conclude on Thursday by approximately 10:30 p.m. CT (11:30 p.m. ET). In 2024, the first round consumed three hours and 36 minutes. The second and third rounds will conclude on Friday by approximately 10 p.m. CT (11 p.m. ET). The second and third rounds took a combined four hours and nine minutes in 2024. The draft will conclude by approximately 6 p.m. CT (7 p.m. ET) on Saturday with the final four rounds. Rounds four through seven took seven hours and six minutes in 2024.
ROUNDS:
Seven Rounds – Round 1 on Thursday, April 24; Rounds 2 and 3 on Friday, April 25; and Rounds 4 through 7 on Saturday, April 26. For the 2025 NFL Draft round-by-round order (as of April 9, 2025), click here.There will be 257 selections, including 35 compensatory choices that have been awarded to 16 teams. Click here for more information on 2025 NFL Draft compensatory selections (as of March 14, 2025).
TIME LIMITS:
Round 1: 10 minutes per selection. Round 2: Seven minutes per selection. Rounds 3 through 6, including compensatory picks: Five minutes per selection. Round 7, including compensatory picks: Four minutes per selection.
TELEVISION & RADIO:
The 2025 NFL Draft will be televised nationally by NFL Network, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes, and can be heard nationwide on Westwood One Radio, SiriusXM NFL Radio and ESPN Radio.
MOBILE:
Live NFL Network coverage of the 2025 NFL Draft is available across devices (smartphone, PC, tablet and connected TVs) through the NFL app or NFL.com/watch for subscribers of participating NFL Network providers and on NFL+. For more information, go to NFL.com/nflnetwork.
NFL CHANNEL:
Additional live coverage of the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay is available on the NFL Channel, the NFL’s free ad-supported streaming offering, with NFL Draft Center. Mike Yam, Bucky Brooks and Lance Zierlein anchor the coverage Thursday at 8 p.m. ET, Friday at 7 p.m. ET and Saturday at noon ET. The NFL Channel is available on the NFL App, Roku Channel, Peacock, Pluto TV, Tubi, Vizio WatchFree, Xumo Play, LG and at NFL.com/nflchannel.