NFL Draft Betting Guide 2025 | Draft Order, Odds, And Strategy
The crown jewel of the NFL offseason is always the Draft. Green Bay hosts this year's draft, a first for the city. Round 1 of the NFL Draft begins Thursday, Apr. 24, at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT; Rounds 2-3 play out Friday, Apr. 25, at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT; and Rounds 4-7 wrap up Saturday, Apr. 26. This year's race to be the No. 1 overall pick is more interesting than in recent years, with Miami QB Cam Ward, Penn State EDGE Abdul Carter, and Colorado stars Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders all being in the mix. The Tennessee Titans hold this year's top overall pick.
NFL Draft odds
Sportsbooks have posted 2025 NFL Draft odds, such as who will be picked first overall. NFL Draft betting props for all picks inside the top 10 are available at the best sports betting sites like DraftKings Sportsbook and FanDuel Sportsbook.
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Sportsbooks also have "Pick by Position" NFL Draft odds for which QB will be selected first, which RB will be selected first, etc. Check out NFL Draft odds for each position by looking at our position-by-position draft previews:
- Quarterback
- Running Back
- Wide Receiver
- Offensive Line
- Tight End
- Linebacker
- Defensive line
- Cornerback
- Safety
Draft specials
Sportsbooks like DraftKings have a variety of special markets for the 2025 Draft. To wager on any of the following markets at DraftKings go here.
- Player draft positions
- Number of QBs/WRs/OL taken in the first round
- First player drafted at each position
- Will pick 32 be offensive or defensive player
NFL Draft order
Here is the current NFL Draft order. Team needs pulled from Pro Football Focus and will change during free agency.
Pick Team Needs 1 Tennessee Titans QB 2 Cleveland Browns OL, QB 3 New York Giants OL, QB 4 New England Patriots OL, DL 5 Jacksonville Jaguars DL, CB, IOL 6 Las Vegas Raiders RB, WR, DB 7 New York Jets OL, WR, TE 8 Carolina Panthers EDGE, DB, WR 9 New Orleans Saints CB, OL, WR 10 Chicago Bears EDGE, OL, RB 11 San Francisco 49ers OL, DL 12 Dallas Cowboys WR, RB, CB 13 Miami Dolphins OL, DL, SAF 14 Indianapolis Colts TE, OL, LB 15 Atlanta Falcons EDGE, DL, DB 16 Arizona Cardinals OL, WR, DL 17 Cincinnati Bengals EDGE, SAF, LB 18 Seattle Seahawks OL, DB 19 Tampa Bay Buccaneers LB, CB, EDGE 20 Denver Broncos WR, LB, TE 21 Pittsburgh Steelers QB, DL 22 Los Angeles Chargers TE, WR, DL 23 Green Bay Packers CB, WR, EDGE 24 Minnesota Vikings CB, OL, SAF 25 Houston Texans OL, WR, DL 26 Los Angeles Rams CB, WR, OT 27 Baltimore Ravens OL, DB 28 Detroit Lions EDGE, OL, SAF 29 Washington Commanders EDGE, DB 30 Buffalo Bills CB, DL, WR 31 Kansas City Chiefs OL 32 Philadelphia Eagles OT, DL
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NFL Draft prospects
The following are the top 50 NFL Draft prospects, per Daniel Jeremiah of NFL Network. Check back for frequent updates.
Rank Position Player School 1 EDGE Abdul Carter Penn State 2 WR/CB Travis Hunter Colorado 3 RB Ashton Jeanty Boise State 4 DT Mason Graham Michigan 5 TE Tyler Warren Penn State 6 TE Colston Loveland Michigan 7 EDGE Jalon Walker Georgia 8 CB Jahdae Barron Texasd 9 LT Will Campbell LSU 10 QB Cam Ward Miami (FL) 11 OT Armand Membou Missouri 12 LB Jihaad Campbell Alabama 13 CB Will Johnson Michigan 14 RB Omarion Hampton North Carolina 15 WR Matthew Golden Texas 16 WR Tetairoa McMillan Arizona 17 WR Emeka Egbuka Ohio State 18 QB Shedeur Sanders Colorado 19 SAF Nick Emmanwori South Carolina 20 EDGE Mykel Williams Georgia 21 EDGE Mike Green Marshall 22 EDGE James Pearce Jr. Tennessee 23 G Tyler Booker Alabama 24 IOL Grey Zabel North Dakota State 25 SAF Malaki Starks Georgia 26 DT Derrick Harmon Oregon 27 EDGE Shemar Stewart Texas A&M 28 DT Kenneth Grant Michigan 29 LT Kelvin Banks Texas 30 EDGE Donovan Ezeiruaku Boston College 31 WR Luther Burden III Missouri 32 CB Maxwell Hairston Kentucky 33 RB TreVeyon Henderson Ohio State 34 DT Walter Nolen Ole Miss 35 LT Josh Simmons Ohio State 36 RB Quinshon Judkins Ohio State 37 TE Mason Taylor LSU 38 OT Josh Conerly Jr. Oregon 39 G Donovan Jackson Ohio State 40 QB Jaxson Dart Ole Miss 41 CB Trey Amos Ole Miss 42 CB Azareye'h Thomas Florida State 43 DT Joshua Farmer Florida State 44 CB Benjamin Morrison Notre Dame 45 TE Elijah Arroyo Miami (FL) 46 LB Carson Schwesinger UCLA 47 EDGE Landon Jackson Arkansas 48 RB Kaleb Johnson Iowa 49 DT Darius Alexander Toledo 50 RT Marcus Mbow Purdue
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Biggest Risers
- Armand Membou, OT, Missouri
- Nick Emmanwori, SAF, South Carolina
- Omarion Hampton, RB, North Carolina
- Malaki Starks, SAF, Georgia
- Maxwell Hairston, CB, Kentucky
Biggest Fallers
- Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona
- Mykel Williams, EDGE, Georgia
- Tyler Booker, IOL, Alabama
- Kenneth Grant, DT, Michigan
- Walter Nolen, DT, Ole Miss
How to bet on NFL draft odds
In the coming weeks, more and more prop bets will be released to give bettors action on the 2025 NFL Draft. The most common bet type is for who will be the First Overall Pick, which brings a lot of intrigue this season.
Bet options will focus on the top prospects, especially at the skill positions. Their potential landing spots, as well as their draft spot, will be available betting options. Additionally, bets will separate players by position and look at who will be the first QB, WR, or RB to be taken.
People will also be able to bet on how many of a certain position will be selected in the first round, or overall. Prospects may also be pitted head-to-head for who is the first to be selected.
How NFL draft odds work
Like with betting the moneyline or the spread for games, you’re generally deciding between only two possible outcomes, either the Over or Under on draft position or the number of a certain position to be selected. The biggest difference is in picking from select groups of players to be chosen with the No. 1 pick or to be the top player selected at their position.
When betting a prop such as who will be the First Overall Pick, each option listed is given odds based on their likelihood to go first overall. Cam Ward is a favorite and has odds of -120 at DraftKings Sportsbook in early April. This means a $100 bet would return a profit of $83.33. These are fairly low, or short, odds. Unless you have a large bankroll to support making big wagers, it's probably best to look elsewhere.
Be sure to shop around, as the odds for each player can vary considerably from sportsbook to sportsbook.
2025 NFL Draft details
Where is the 2025 NFL Draft?
The 2025 NFL Draft takes place in Green Bay. Next year's draft has been confirmed for Pittsburgh.
When is the 2025 NFL Draft?
Thursday, April 24 through Saturday, April 26.
- Round 1: Thursday beginning at 8 p.m. ET
- Rounds 2 and 3: Friday beginning at 7 p.m. ET
- Rounds 4-7: Saturday beginning at 12 p.m. ET
How to watch the 2025 NFL draft
The entirety of the 2025 NFL Draft will be broadcast across ABC, ESPN, and NFL Network. It also will be streamed on NFL.com.
How the NFL Draft works
Determining draft order
The draft order for spots 1 through 18 is determined by the reverse order of the standings at the conclusion of the regular season. Barring trades (discussed below) the team which finishes last will make the first pick of each round, while the Super Bowl champions will make the final selection of each round.
Spots 19 through 32 go to playoff teams, with the order being determined by which round teams are eliminated from the postseason, plus their regular-season record. The Super Bowl champion is given the final pick of each round, so long as they haven’t made any trades.
Tiebreakers
Teams which finish with the same regular-season record (i.e. 4-12, 10-6) will have their order decided by tiebreakers, based on the first of these scenarios which results in the teams having a different record:
- Head-to-head, if applicable
- Best record against shared opponents (minimum of four)
- Strength of victory over all games
- Best league ranking in points scored and points allowed
- Best point differential
- Net touchdowns
- Coin flip
The teams involved in the tiebreakers will alternate which team chooses first in each round, with the tiebreaker awarding the higher pick for Round 1.
Compensatory draft picks
Based on the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement, the league can assign up to a total of 32 “compensatory free agent” picks. These allow teams that have lost free agents to recoup losses through the draft. Picks are made at the ends of the third through seventh rounds. Each team can have as many as four additional picks, and these have been eligible to be traded since 2017.
Timing
Each team has up to 10 minutes to make its pick in the first round. That time drops to seven minutes for Round 2, five minutes for Rounds 3 through 6 and four minutes for Round 7. If the clock expires before a team makes its selection, they are able to make the selection later but the next team is able to select the desired player.
Trades
All draft picks are eligible to be traded in exchange for other picks, future picks and active NFL players at any point up until that draft slot. Both teams must phone in a trade with the same information for league approval when trades are made during the draft.
Player eligibility
Players are draft eligible if they have been out of high school for at least three years and have used up their college football eligibility before the start of the next college season. They’re eligible only in the year after they finished their college eligibility. Underclassmen and players who graduated before using their full college eligibility may request league approval for early entry to the draft.
Supplemental Draft
Players who had their eligibility change following the given year’s NFL draft are eligible for the supplemental draft in July. Teams must bid on players by saying which round they’d select a given player and if no other team bids on the same player, his right are awarded to that team, or they’re awarded to the highest bidding team. The team will lose a pick in the same round in the ensuing year’s draft.
NFL Draft history
Over the last 10 NFL drafts, a quarterback was selected first overall eight times. Browns DE Myles Garrett in 2017 and Jaguars DE Travon Walker in 2022 are the lone exceptions. The fewest number of quarterbacks taken in the first round was one (2022) and the most was five (2018) during that span. 2023 saw three QBs being taken in the first four picks.
To date, six quarterbacks selected with a No. 1 pick have led their team to a Super Bowl title. The most quarterbacks selected in a single draft since it was cut to seven rounds was in 2004 when 17 QBs were selected.
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