2025 NFL Draft: Schedule, dates, order, venue & more

Everything you need to know about the 2025 NFL Draft as Green Bay, Wisconsin, plays host to the undoubted highlight of the American Football off-season.

2025 NFL Draft - Explained

What is the 2025 NFL Draft?

The NFL Draft is the annual highlight of the league's off-season calendar as all 32 NFL teams bid to strengthen their groups by taking their pick from hundreds of college football's top prospects.

The annual event serves as the most common source of player recruitment in the NFL, with each of the 32 teams designated one selection across all seven rounds of the Draft.

Each team is given a position in the drafting order in reverse order relative to its record in the previous year, and from this position, the team can either select a player or trade its position to another team for other draft positions, a player or players, or any combination thereof.

Each of the seven selection rounds are complete when each team has either selected a player or traded its position in the draft.

2025 NFL Draft - Start Date

When does the NFL Draft take place?

The 2025 NFL Draft gets underway on Thursday 24th April and will finish on Saturday 26th April.

2025 NFL Draft - Start Time

What time will the NFL Draft picks start?

The first round of the 2025 NFL Draft is projected to start at 19:00 (Central) on Thursday 24th April, which is 01:00 (BST) on Friday 25th April in the UK.

2025 NFL Draft - Schedule

What is the schedule for the NFL Draft?

The NFL Draft takes place over a three-day period, with round one filling the full day one schedule, rounds two and three take place across day two, whilst rounds four, five, six and seven all feature on day three.

• Round 1: Friday, 25th April at 01:00 (BST)
• Rounds 2-3: Saturday, 26th April at 00:00 (BST)
• Rounds 4-7: Saturday, 26th April at 17:00 (BST)

2025 NFL Draft - Location and Venue

Where is the NFL Draft taking place?

This year's NFL Draft will take place at the Lambeau Field, the home of the Green Bay Packers in Wisconsin.

2025 NFL Draft - Order

How is the NFL Draft order determined?

The NFL Draft order is determined by the reverse order of finish in the previous season.

This means the team with the worst record gets the first pick, the second-worst team picks second, and so on.

However, teams are able to trade players for picks, and in a further twist, teams have the opportunity to offer up picks to other teams during the Draft, should they wish, to move up the board in a bid to land a player of interest.

Who has the first pick in the NFL Draft?

Tennessee Titans have first pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

The Titans finished the 2024 regular season with the worst record in the league as they won only three of their 17 matches.

The Chicago Bears had the first overall pick last year and selected quarterback Caleb Williams.

2025 NFL Draft - Round 1 Order

1. Tennessee Titans
2. Cleveland Browns
3. New York Giants
4. New England Patriots
5. Jacksonville Jaguars
6. Las Vegas Raiders
7. New York Jets
8. Carolina Panthers
9. New Orleans Saints
10. Chicago Bears
11. San Francisco 49ers
12. Dallas Cowboys
13. Miami Dolphins
14. Indianapolis Colts
15. Atlanta Falcons
16. Arizona Cardinals
17. Cincinnati Bengals
18. Seattle Seahawks
19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
20. Denver Broncos
21. Pittsburgh Steelers
22. Los Angeles Chargers
23. Green Bay Packers
24. Minnesota Vikings
25. Houston Texans
26. Los Angeles Rams
27. Baltimore Ravens
28. Detroit Lions
29. Washington Commanders
30. Buffalo Bills
31. Kansas City Chiefs
32. Philadelphia Eagles

2025 NFL Draft - Picks

How many picks are there in the NFL Draft?

The NFL Draft has a total of 256 picks; these picks are distributed among the 32 NFL teams over seven rounds.

2025 NFL Draft - Selection Time

How much time do teams get between picks in the NFL Draft?

The length of time that teams have to determine their selections varies between rounds.

For example, in the first round, teams have ten minutes per pick, whereas the time shortens to just seven minutes per pick in the second round.

Round three to six will see each of the teams given five minutes to confirm their selections, whilst in the seventh, and final round, they have just four minutes on the clock.

2025 NFL Draft - Draft Projections & Top Players

Who are the top players in the NFL Draft?

The name on everybody's lips heading into the 2025 NFL Draft is Travis Hunter, who became the first two-way player to win the Heisman Trophy since Charles Woodson in 1997.

Hunter's ability to play on both sides of the ball as both a cornerback and wide receiver make him an extremely attractive proposition, although teams are currently undecided on what his best position is.

There are several other outstanding defensive candidates, including Penn State's OLB Abdul Carter and Michigan's DT Mason Graham, while Colorado's Shedeur Sanders is predicted to be the pick of the quarterback crop ahead of Miami's Cam Ward and Jaxson Dart from Ole Miss.