It’s time for the 2025 NFL Draft. Starting Thursday, April 24, the best college football players, including Cam Ward, Travis Hunter, Abdul Carter and Will Johnson, will be entering the draft. Thursday’s first round of the 2025 NFL Draft will kick off at 8 p.m. ET, with coverage airing across NFL Network, ESPN and ESPN2. You can stream draft coverage on NFL+ and ESPN+. Here’s what else you need to know about watching the 2025 NFL Draft, including the full first-round order, TV schedule for rounds 2-7 and more.
Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025
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Time: 8 p.m. ET
Location: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
TV channel: NFL Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes
Streaming: NFL+, ESPN+, DirecTV, Fubo and more
Round 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft kicks off on Thursday, April 24, at 8 p.m. ET. Rounds 2-7 will follow on Friday, April 25, and Saturday, April 26. The complete NFL Draft schedule (and Round 1 order) is listed below.
Round 1 of the NFL Draft will begin at 8 p.m. ET. Rounds 2-3 will air Friday starting at 7 p.m. ET. Saturday’s coverage of rounds 4-7 will start at 12 p.m. ET.
You can tune into coverage of this year’s NFL Draft on NFL Network, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes (Spanish broadcast). You can stream coverage on NFL+ and ESPN+.
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In addition to tuning into the NFL Draft, you can watch Yahoo Sports’ NFL Draft Live show in the Yahoo Sports app, starting at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday for the first round, and 7 p.m. ET Friday for the second and third rounds.
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Host Jason Fitz will be joined by Football 301’s Nate Tice, Charles McDonald and Matt Harmon in-studio for pick-by-pick analysis, with senior NFL reporters Charles Robinson and Jori Epstein making appearances.
Stream Yahoo Sports’ NFL Draft Live show
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, 12 p.m. ET
Subject to change
