2025 NFL Draft: Day 3 time, draft order, best available players, including Shedeur Sanders, how to watch and everything else you need to know
Five quarterbacks were taken in the first three rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft, and Sanders wasn't among them. There's still plenty of time for him to go, but it's been a disappointing slide for a prospect who was considered by many to be the second- or third-best quarterback in the class.
The fourth round of the draft gets started early. When will that happen? How many minutes will teams have to make their picks?
Here's everything you need to know about the 2025 NFL Draft.
The first three rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft are over, and we've already handed out grades for them.
The fourth through seventh rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft will take place Saturday, April 26 at 12 p.m. ET. Teams will have five minutes to submit picks in the fourth through the sixth rounds of the draft. Teams get just four minutes to make a pick in the seventh and final round of the draft.
Once the 257th pick is made, the 2025 NFL Draft will officially end.
The 2025 NFL Draft is being hosted in Green Bay, Wisconsin. For decades, the NFL Draft was hosted in New York. But in 2015, the NFL decided to shift the event to different host cities. A number of places have hosted the NFL Draft since then, including Chicago, Las Vegas and Kansas City. Detroit hosted the NFL Draft last season.
Pittsburgh has already been chosen to host the 2026 NFL Draft next April.
The 2025 NFL Draft will air on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and the NFL Network. Each network will host their own NFL Draft shows, with different analysts breaking down all the action.
ESPN and ABC — which are both owned by Disney — will have two separate broadcasts during the draft. The ESPN broadcast will focus on "the specific NFL team and the draftee's on-field performance," per a release from the network. The ABC broadcast will "emphasize storytelling and the draftee's road to the NFL Draft."
Mike Greenberg will host ESPN's broadcast. He'll be joined by Mel Kiper Jr., Booger McFarland, Louis Riddick, Molly McGrath and Adam Schefter.
Due to the NBA playoffs. Saturday's broadcast on ESPN2 will begin at 12 p.m. ET.
Rece Davis will host ABC's coverage. He'll be joined by Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Nick Saban, Field Yates, Laura Rutledge and Pete Thamel.
ABC's live broadcast will begin at 12 p.m. ET on Saturday.
Rich Eisen will get hosting duties over at NFL Network. He'll be joined by Daniel Jeremiah, Charles Davis and Joel Klatt on the main desk. Kurt Warner and Ian Rapoport will also provide analysis and Jamie Erdahl will be on the stage.
NFL Network will carry the event at its standard times. Saturday's coverage will begin at 12 p.m. ET.
Here's how the fourth through seventh rounds will play out Saturday:
103. Tennessee Titans104. Cleveland Browns105. New York Giants106. New England Patriots107. Jacksonville Jaguars108. Las Vegas Raiders109. Buffalo Bills (from Bears)110. New York Jets111. Carolina Panthers112. New Orleans Saints113. San Francisco 49ers114. Carolina Panthers (from Cowboys)115. Arizona Cardinals116. Miami Dolphins117. Indianapolis Colts118. Atlanta Falcons119. Cincinnati Bengals120. Tennessee Titans (from Seahawks)121. Tampa Bay Buccaneers122. Denver Broncos123. Pittsburgh Steelers124. Green Bay Packers125. Los Angeles Chargers126. Jacksonville Jaguars (from Vikings)127. Los Angeles Rams128. Washington Commanders (from Texans)129. Baltimore Ravens130. Detroit Lions131. New Orleans Saints (from Commanders)132. Buffalo Bills133. Kansas City Chiefs134. Philadelphia Eagles (reacquired through Lions)135. Miami Dolphins (Compensatory Selection)136. Baltimore Ravens (Compensatory Selection)137. Seattle Seahawks (Compensatory Selection)138. San Francisco 49ers (Compensatory Selection)
139. Minnesota Vikings (from Browns)140. Carolina Panthers (from Giants)141. Tennessee Titans142. Jacksonville Jaguars143. Las Vegas Raiders144. New England Patriots145. New York Jets146. Carolina Panthers147. San Francisco 49ers (from Saints through Commanders)148. Chicago Bears149. Dallas Cowboys150. Miami Dolphins151. Indianapolis Colts152. Arizona Cardinals153. Cincinnati Bengals154. New York Giants (from Seahawks)155. Miami Dolphins (from Broncos)156. Pittsburgh Steelers157. Tampa Bay Buccaneers158. Los Angeles Chargers159. Green Bay Packers160. San Francisco 49ers (from Vikings)161. Philadelphia Eagles (from Texans)162. New York Jets (from Rams through Steelers)163. Carolina Panthers (from Ravens)164. Philadelphia Eagles (from Lions through Browns)165. Philadelphia Eagles (from Commanders)166. Cleveland Browns (from Bills through Texans)167. Tennessee Titans (from Chiefs)168. Philadelphia Eagles169. Buffalo Bills (Compensatory Selection)170. Buffalo Bills (from Cowboys; Compensatory Selection)171. New England Patriots (from Cowboys; Compensatory Selection)172. Seattle Seahawks (Compensatory Selection)173. Buffalo Bills (Compensatory Selection)174. Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory Selection)175. Seattle Seahawks (Compensatory Selection)176. Baltimore Ravens (Compensatory Selection)
177. Buffalo Bills (from Giants)178. Tennessee Titans179. Houston Texans (from Browns)180. Las Vegas Raiders181. Los Angeles Chargers (from Patriots)182. Jacksonville Jaguars183. Baltimore Ravens (from Panthers)184. New Orleans Saints (reacquired through Commanders)185. Pittsburgh Steelers (from Bears through Seahawks)186. New York Jets187. Minnesota Vikings (from 49ers)188. Tennessee Titans (from Cowboys)189. Indianapolis Colts190. Los Angeles Rams (from Falcons)191. Denver Broncos (from Cardinals)192. Cleveland Browns (from Dolphins through Bears)193. Cincinnati Bengals194. Jacksonville Jaguars (from Seahawks)195. Los Angeles Rams (from Steelers)196. Detroit Lions (from Buccaneers)197. Denver Broncos198. Green Bay Packers199. Los Angeles Chargers200. Cleveland Browns (from Vikings)201. Los Angeles Rams202. Los Angeles Rams (from Texans through Steelers and Bears)203. Baltimore Ravens204. Dallas Cowboys (from Lions through Browns and Bills)205. Washington Commanders206. Buffalo Bills207. New York Jets (from Chiefs)208. Denver Broncos (from Eagles)209. Los Angeles Chargers (Compensatory Selection)210. Baltimore Ravens (Compensatory Selection)211. Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory Selection)212. Baltimore Ravens (Compensatory Selection)213. Las Vegas Raiders (Compensatory Selection)214. Los Angeles Chargers (Compensatory Selection)215. Las Vegas Raiders (Compensatory Selection)216. Houston Texans (from Browns; Compensatory Selection)
217. Dallas Cowboys (from Titans through Patriots)218. Atlanta Falcons (from Browns through Chargers)219. New York Giants220. New England Patriots221. Jacksonville Jaguars222. Las Vegas Raiders223. Seattle Seahawks (from Saints through Eagles and Steelers)224. Miami Dolphins (from Bears)225. Arizona Cardinals (from Jets through Chiefs)226. Kansas City Chiefs (from Panthers)227. San Francisco 49ers228. Detroit Lions (from Cowboys)229. Pittsburgh Steelers (from Falcons through Eagles)230. Carolina Panthers (from Cardinals)231. Miami Dolphins232. Indianapolis Colts233. Chicago Bears (from Bengals)234. Seattle Seahawks235. Tampa Bay Buccaneers236. Houston Texans (from Broncos through Eagles and Commanders)237. Green Bay Packers (from Steelers)238. New England Patriots (from Chargers)239. Dallas Cowboys (from Packers through Titans)240. Chicago Bears (from Vikings through Browns)241. Houston Texans242. Atlanta Falcons (from Rams)243. Baltimore Ravens244. Detroit Lions245. Washington Commanders246. New York Giants (from Bills)247. Dallas Cowboys (from Chiefs through Panthers)248. New Orleans Saints (from Eagles through Commanders)249. San Francisco 49ers (Compensatory Selection)250. Green Bay Packers (Compensatory Selection)251. Kansas City Chiefs (Compensatory Selection)252. San Francisco 49ers (Compensatory Selection)253. Miami Dolphins (Compensatory Selection)254. New Orleans Saints (Compensatory Selection)255. Houston Texans (from Browns; Compensatory Selection)256. Los Angeles Chargers (Compensatory Selection)257. Kansas City Chiefs (Compensatory Selection)
Yahoo Sports' draft experts Nate Tice and Charles McDonald released a number of mock drafts leading up to the 2025 NFL Draft. Monday's first-round mock draft featured some expected picks, like Cam Ward to the Tennessee Titans.
It also featured more recent surprises, like the Jacksonville Jaguars taking Jeanty at No. 5 overall. As for Sanders, well, he actually fell out of the first round in Tice and McDonald's latest mock draft — which is what ended up happening in the actual draft.
If you want to know who Tice and McDonald believe are the best players still available in the 2025 NFL Draft, check out Yahoo Sports' big board.
Many of the biggest stars of the 2025 class are already off the board, but there's still plenty of value to be found on Day 3. Here are some of the notable names — including Shedeur Sanders — still available:
Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado
Marcus Mbow, OG, Purdue
Jack Sawyer, Edge, Ohio State
Bradyn Swinson, Edge, LSU
Damien Martinez, RB, Miami
Dylan Sampson, RB, Tennessee
Cam Skattebo, RB, Arizona State
Devin Neal, RB, Kansas
Elic Ayomanor, WR, Stanford
Riley Leonard, QB, Notre Dame
Deone Walker, DT, Kentucky
Tory Horton, WR, Colorado State
Billy Bowman, S, Oklahoma
Kyle McCord, QB, Syracuse
Jalen Royals, WR, Utah State
Cameron Williams, OT, Texas
Denzel Burke, CB, Ohio State
Ollie Gordon II, RB, Oklahoma State
Mitchell Evans, TE, Notre Dame
With the draft in Green Bay, a number of Packers greats appeared on the first night of the event. Mason Crosby, Ahman Green, James Jones, Clay Matthews and Jordy Nelson opened the event with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday.
Jaguars defensive end Arik Armstead, who was named the 2024 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, announced the Jaguars' first-round pick Thursday night.
A handful of current NFL stars announced picks on the second night of the draft. That list includes Terrion Arnold, Chuba Hubbard, Alec Ingold, Ryan Ramczyk and Jonathan Taylor.
Former NFL legends will also be in attendance to announce picks during the event. Lynn Swann and Joe Thomas are among the NFL Hall of Famers who will have that duty.
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