The Beast, Dane Brugler’s complete guide to the NFL Draft, is here.
Former USC quarterback and 2022 Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams will likely become the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears on Thursday night in Detroit. But who will be selected next at No. 2? And where can I watch Williams and the other 31 players who will be drafted in the first round?
Here’s our handy little guide to the first day of this year’s NFL Draft.
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When is the NFL Draft?
• First round: April 25, at 8 p.m. ET
• Rounds 2 and 3: April 26, 7 p.m. ET
• Rounds 4 to 7: April 27, noon ET
How can I watch the NFL Draft?
All rounds will be televised on ESPN/ABC and NFL Network and in Spanish on ESPN Deportes.
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First round order
Here is our regularly updated list of all picks in the seven-round 2024 NFL Draft.
As for the first round, here’s where the teams are expected to pick before Thursday night:
1. Chicago Bears (from Carolina)
2. Washington Commanders
3. New England Patriots
4. Arizona Cardinals
5. Los Angeles Chargers
6. New York Giants
7. Tennessee Titans
8. Atlanta Falcons
9. Chicago Bear
10. New York Jets
11. Minnesota Vikings
12. Denver Broncos
13. Las Vegas Raiders
14. New Orleans Saints
15. Indianapolis Colts
16. Seattle Seahawks
17. Jacksonville Jaguars
18. Cincinnati Bengals
19. Los Angeles Rams
20. Pittsburgh Steelers
21. Miami Dolphins
22. Philadelphia Eagles
23. Minnesota Vikings (Cleveland to Houston)
24. Dallas Cowboys
25. Green Bay Packers
26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
27. Arizona Cardinals (from Houston)
28. Buffalo Bills
29. Detroit Lions
30. Baltimore Ravens
31. San Francisco 49ers
32. Kansas City Chiefs
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Best players available
(Via Brugler’s Top 300 Prospects List)
No. | Perspective | Pos. | School |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Caleb Williams |
QB1 |
U.S.C.
|
2 |
Marvin Harrison Jr. |
WR1 |
state of ohio
|
3 |
Malik Nabors |
WR2 |
LSU
|
4 |
Drake Maye |
QB2 |
North Carolina
|
5 |
Joe Alt |
OT1 |
Our Lady
|
6 |
Rome Odunze |
WR3 |
Washington
|
7 |
Brock Bowers |
1 |
Georgia
|
8 |
Jayden Daniels |
QB3 |
LSU
|
9 |
Troy Fautanu |
OG1 |
Washington
|
ten |
Terrion Arnold |
CB1 |
Alabama
|
11 |
Quinton Mitchell |
CB2 |
Toledo
|
12 |
It’s Fashanu |
OT2 |
State of Pennsylvania
|
13 |
JC Latham |
OT3 |
Alabama
|
14 |
Dallas Turner |
EDGE1 |
Alabama
|
15 |
Brian Thomas Jr. |
WR4 |
LSU
|
16 |
Byron MurphyII |
T1D |
Texas
|
17 |
Laugh |
OT4 |
Oregon State
|
18 |
Graham Barton |
OC1 |
Duke
|
19 |
Amarius Sims |
OT5 |
Georgia
|
20 |
Jared Verse |
EDGE2 |
State of Florida
|
21 |
JJ McCarthy |
QB4 |
Michigan
|
22 |
Laiato Latu |
EDGE3 |
UCLA
|
23 |
Jackson Powers-Johnson |
OC2 |
Oregon
|
24 |
Nate Wiggins |
CB3 |
Clemson
|
25 |
Cooper Déjean |
CB4 |
Iowa
|
26 |
Chop Robinson |
EDGE4 |
State of Pennsylvania
|
27 |
Tyler Guyton |
OT6 |
Oklahoma
|
28 |
Johnny Newton |
DT2 |
Illinois
|
29 |
Jordan Morgan |
OG2 |
Arizona
|
30 |
Kool-Aid McKinstry |
CB5 |
Alabama
|
31 |
Ladd McConkey |
WR5 |
Georgia
|
32 |
Marshawn Kneeland |
EDGE5 |
Western Michigan
|
33 |
Adonai Mitchell |
WR6 |
Texas
|
34 |
Zach Frazier |
OC3 |
West Virginia
|
35 |
Darius Robinson |
EDGE6 |
Missouri
|
36 |
Kris Jenkins |
DT3 |
Michigan
|
37 |
Keon Coleman |
WR7 |
State of Florida
|
38 |
Cooper Beebe |
OG3 |
Kansas State
|
39 |
Jaden Hicks |
SAF1 |
Washington State
|
40 |
Kingsley Suamatia |
OT7 |
BYU
|
41 |
Romain Wilson |
WR8 |
Michigan
|
42 |
Colson Junior |
LB1 |
Michigan
|
43 |
Mike Sainristil |
CB6 |
Michigan
|
44 |
Bo Nix |
QB5 |
Oregon
|
45 |
Pearall difficult |
WR9 |
Florida
|
46 |
Edgerrin Cooper |
LB2 |
Texas A&M
|
47 |
Christian Haynes |
ET4 |
Connecticut
|
48 |
Jonathan Brooks |
RB1 |
Texas
|
49 |
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. |
CB7 |
Missouri
|
50 |
Xavier Digne |
WR10 |
Texas
|
NFL Draft Pick Betting Odds
Below are odds for draft scenarios involving picks Nos. 2-10, via BetMGM. These odds are live, so there could be movement at any time before Thursday’s draft. The No. 1 pick odds are irrelevant given the assumption that the Bears will draft Williams:
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Required reading
- How the NFL views the NIL era: ‘This whole draft landscape has changed’
- How do top quarterback prospects in the NFL Draft value intangibles? The scouts intervene
- Will Malik Nabers be chosen before Marvin Harrison Jr.? Executives and coaches rank the best WRs in the NFL Draft
- 2024 NFL Draft Confidential: Coaches Choosing Nabers Over Harrison, Caleb Williams’ Development and More
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