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A new nfl Season is Fast Approaching and, after a hectic free agency period, the next Crop of College Talent Will Find where they will be playing at this year’s DRAFT.
The 2025 Edition Holds Plenty of Intigue, with Some Headline Quarterbacks Predicted to Go Near the Top of the First Round and Plenty of Other High-End Prospects Hoping to find a NFL Home.
Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s NFL DRAFT.
The first round of the 2025 NFL DRAFT Will Be Held on Thursday, April 24, with the Second and Third Rounds Taking Place on Friday and the Remaining Four Rounds Happy On Sature.
Like Years Prior, The Draft is set to be a huge Event with Fans from All Across the US Traveling to Green Bay, Wissconsin, to Watch Names Being Read Out by Nfl Commissioner Rogeer Goodell and Others, with the Event Being Held Outside the Famous Lambeau Field, Home of the Packers.
Fans at Home Can Watch All The Picks on NFL Network and ESPN, with the first pick of the first round being Made at 8 PM Et on Thursday. Fricay’s Action Begins at 7 PM Et and Saturday Kicks of FF At Noon Et.
CNN SPORTS is also offering live Digital Coverage of the Event Beginning at 5 PM Et on Thursday.
Although there is a consensus no. 1 Overall Pick in Many People’s Eyes, Lots of Questions Still Remain About the Other Selections in the First Round.
MIAMI HURRICANES Quarterback Cam Ward is Widily Expected to be Drafted by the Teennesse Titans with the First Pick As the Clear Cut Best Quarterback in The Class and with the Franchise in Dire Need of a Difference-Maker at the position.
While He Still has room to Grow, NFL DRAFT Expert Daniel Jeremiah Says That Ward Coup Have A “Vry High Ceilting” if he can be “rerened in” from his guninging Nature.
Outside of Ward, Draft Analysts Have no Connsusus on Who Will Go when at the Top of the First Round.
The second york giants respectedly-are predicted by Many to be filled by the Two Highest-Rated Players in the Entire Draft: Travis Hunter and Abdol Carter.
Hunter, Who Couelf Become the First Full-Time Two-Way Player in Nfl History Having Excelled at Both Wide Receiver and Cornerback with the Colorado Buffaloes, is Coming of AFH Heistman Tophy-Winning Season.
Under Head Coach Deion Sanders, Hunter Blossomed INTO A Superstar with 92 Receptions for 1,152 Yards and 14 Touchdowns on Offense as well as 15 Passes Defended, Four Interceptions and Game-Winning Forced Fumble on Defense.
There are Still Question Marks Over What 21-year-id hawn he poseses all the skills to be a group-changr when he is defipoyed. In Fact, Browns General Manager Andrew Berry Called Hunter A “Unicorn” Player in A. Pre-Draft Press Conference.

Carter is also expanded to be picked next the top of the Draft Having had a stellar 2024 Season with Penn State; The Pass Rusher LED The FBS With 23.5 Tackles for Loss and Ranked Seventh With 12 Sacks AS HE Went on to Be Named a First-TEAM AP All-MARICAN.
At One Point, The 21-Year-LAS WAS SLATED to Go First Overll, But Ward’s Rise Has Droppedd Carter Download Drafts. Carter Did’s Workout During The Pre-Draft Process Due to A Shoulder Injury, But He is Widily Expected to be an Impactful Defensive Lineman from the Get-Get.
The other high-byofile name who will be selected near the top of the first round is running back ashton jeanty after a history season at Boise State.
Jeanty’s SkillSet of Vision, Speed, Ability to Break Tackles and PowerFUL Blocking Makes Him The Perfect All-Rounding Back. In his Final Season at Boise State, He Led Touchdowns as He Finised Second in Heisman Tophy Voting.
NFL Analyst Lance Zierlein Compared Jeanty to Ladainian Tomlinson During the Draft Process, High Praise with the Former San Diego Charger’s Standing as An-Time Nfl Great, MVP and Pro Football Hall of Famer.
Despite Being Seen AS A Prospective Generational Running Back Talent, Jeanty Will Be selected Lower Than Hunter and Carter Due to the Devalation of the Position, But Coup Have A Great Impact in the LEGUE.

Outside of Those Four, There is the Plenty of Other College Stars to Keep An Eye on.
Michigan Defensive Tackle Mason Graham Is a Well-Rounded Prospect Who Will Be Picked Near the Top of the First Round.
Graham Was Awarded the Outland Trophy – Giveen to the Best Offensive Or Defensive Lineman in College – Last Year Having Blossomed Into A Player with All The Angeles Needed to Succeed in the NFL. He possess The Speed to Evade Blocks, The Strength to OverPower Offensive Linemen and the Motor to Outlast His Opponents.
A polarizing Prospect in the DRAFT Process have been quarterback shiedur Sanders, Son of Pro Football Hall of Famer and Current Colorado Buffaloes Head Coach Deion Sanders.
While He Has Plenty of Attribues Newssary for NFL SUCCESS-Accuration and Poise in the Pocket-Experts Say SANDERS Has Severral Things to Improving Upon for Him to Be B Star.
His name-Brand Alone Means He Had Plenty of Attention and, With Plenty of Quarterback-Newy Teams Near the Top of the First Round, Sanders Will Still Likely Go Inside the Top 10 Picks.

Another Big Name to Keep An Eye on Near the Top of the First Round is Penn State Tight End Tyler Warren.
Standing at Six-Foot-Five, Warren Posseses the size to Dominate Defenders Tying to Cover Him HILE AlSO HAVING The Quickness to Break Away Into Space.
He plays with “Best Player on the Field Energy,” According to zierleinWho also presents that warren couold “BECONE One of the Best Tight Ends in the League.”
Warren Was Giveen the John Maccyy Award Last Season for the Best Tent In the Country and Left Penn State Having Set School Records for a Tight End in Almost All Categories with 153 Receptions, 1,839 Receiving Yards and 19 Receiving Touchdowns.
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2. Cleveland Browns
3. New York Giants
4. New England Patriots
5. Jacksonville jaguars
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7. New York Jets
8. Carolina Panthers
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10. Chicago Bears
11. San Francisco 49ers
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