Who is attending 2025 NFL Draft tonight? List of green room invites
Who is attending 2025 NFL Draft tonight? List of green room invites
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Mina Kimes talks NFL Draft, Travis Hunter, and "chaotic" NFL teams
ESPN analyst Mina Kimes stops by Sports Seriously to talk NFL Draft and her new partnership with NFL x AWS with their new Draft IQ program.
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Since 2020, the current generation has become more accustomed to remote work and sparse face-to-face interactions. As a coincidental byproduct, attending the NFL draft in person has become less prevalent for the next wave of prospects.
Despite the ease of staying at home, the NFL previously announced a list of 17 players who will be in attendance at the 2025 NFL Draft. This list has evolved over the past two weeks leading up to the first round, and we now know which players will be present in Green Bay.
In total, 15 players will be present at the 2025 NFL Draft tonight. Cam Ward and Jalen Milroe are the only two quarterbacks who will be present in Green Bay after Jaxson Dart opted not to attend. Blue chip prospects Travis Hunter and Abdul Carter also headline the group attending the league's biggest offseason event.
Here's a full list of the players attending the NFL draft festivities:
Prospects attending the 2025 NFL Draft
Tyler Booker, G, Alabama
Jihaad Campbell, LB, Alabama
Will Campbell, OT, LSU
Abdul Carter, Edge, Penn State
Matthew Golden, WR, Texas
Mason Graham, DT, Michigan
Maxwell Hairston, CB, Kentucky
Travis Hunter, CB/WR, Colorado
Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State
Will Johnson, CB, Michigan
Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona
Jalen Milroe, QB, Alabama
Malaki Starks, S, Georgia
Shemar Stewart, Edge, Texas A&M
Cameron Ward, QB, Miami (FL)
Attending prospects will walk the red carpet ahead of the first round today in iconic Lambeau Field. Then the players will head to the green room, where they will wait to hear their names called on the stage at the NFL Draft Theater.
The stage where the picks are announced is between Lambeau Field and the Resch Expo.
The 2025 NFL Draft will begin tonight with the first round at 8 p.m. ET.
2025 NFL Draft order
Here's the order of picks ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft:
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