NFL Draft to Take Centre Stage this Weekend

The wait is almost over for thousands of NFL hopefuls.

After beginning to reshape their rosters during the free agency period, NFL teams will now select from the latest batch of players to emerge from the college game, from April 24-26.

They have been scouting the top prospects for months, with fans and media speculating over who will pick who.

NFL analyst, Jerome Jarrett, says dreams will come true this weekend as 257 players hear their name being called out at this year’s NFL Draft.

All 32 teams have one pick in each of the seven rounds – unless they have agreed trades – and they go in the reverse order of last season’s standings, so the team with the worst record gets the first pick and the Super Bowl winners go last.

Going into the final game of last season, the New England Patriots were set for the first pick of the 2025 draft, but victory over a weakened Buffalo means they now have the fourth pick.

That left three teams on three wins from the 2024 season so the draft order was determined by the strength of their schedule – the record of their opponents.

The Tennessee Titans were therefore given the first pick, while the Cleveland Browns will choose second and the New York Giants third.

There were a record six quarterbacks taken in the first 12 picks of last year’s draft but Jarrett says a repeat is very unlikely.

Jerome Jarrett.