Where is the 2025 NFL Draft? Location, dates and first round draft order
This year's draft will take place in a city brimming with football history: Green Bay, Wisconsin. The actual event will be centered around Lambeau Field – the Packers' home stadium – and the city's Titletown district. Green Bay will be the ninth unique city to host the NFL draft since 2016.
For 50 years, the NFL draft was an event exclusive to New York City venues. However, since 2015, different cities have been able to submit bids to play host to the annual player selection meeting.
Every NFL draft since 2016 has occurred in a different city with zero repeats in the last 10 years.
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Where is the 2025 NFL Draft?
The 2025 NFL Draft will take place in the Lambeau Field and Titletown district of Green Bay, Wisconsin. It's the second year in a row that the host city is also the home of an NFC North team after Detroit hosted the 2024 draft.
When is the 2025 NFL Draft? Times, Dates, TV, Streaming
The 2025 NFL Draft will take place across three days in the last weekend of April.
Thursday, April 24: Round 1, 8 p.m. ET
Friday, April 25: Rounds 2-3, 7 p.m. ET
Saturday, April 26: Rounds 4-7, Noon ET
TV: ABC, ESPN, NFL Network
Streaming: ESPN+, NFL+
How does the NFL decide where the draft will be?
From 1965-2014, the NFL Draft was held in New York City. However, in 2015, Chicago became the second city to host it in over half a decade. Since then, the NFL draft has been held in seven different cities, with Green Bay being the eighth.
The process of selecting a host city for the draft involves various cities submitting bits, which are reviewed and voted on by the 32 NFL owners.
Where will the 2026 NFL draft be held?
The 2026 NFL draft will be held in Pittsburgh for the third time in the city's history. Pittsburgh also was the host for the 1948 and 1949 NFL drafts.
2025 NFL Draft order for first round
Here's the full order for the first-round of the 2025 NFL Draft:
1. Tennessee Titans: 3-14 record; .522 strength of schedule (SOS)
2. Cleveland Browns: 3-14; .536 SOS
3. New York Giants: 3-14; .554 SOS
4. New England Patriots: 4-13; .471 SOS
5. Jacksonville Jaguars: 4-13; .478 SOS
6. Las Vegas Raiders: 4-13; .540 SOS
7. New York Jets: 5-12; .495 SOS
8. Carolina Panthers: 5-12; .498 SOS
9. New Orleans Saints: 5-12; .505 SOS
10. Chicago Bears: 5-12; .554 SOS
11. San Francisco 49ers: 6-11; .564 SOS
12. Dallas Cowboys: 7-10; .522 SOS
13. Miami Dolphins: 8-9; .419 SOS
14. Indianapolis Colts: 8-9; .457 SOS
15. Atlanta Falcons: 8-9; .519 SOS
16. Arizona Cardinals: 8-9; .536 SOS
17. Cincinnati Bengals: 9-8; .478 SOS
18. Seattle Seahawks: 10-7; .498 SOS
19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 10-7; .502 SOS
20. Denver Broncos: 10-7; .502 SOS
21. Pittsburgh Steelers: 10-7; .502 SOS
22. Los Angeles Chargers: 11-6; .467 SOS
23. Green Bay Packers: 11-6; .533 SOS
24. Minnesota Vikings: 14-3; .474 SOS
25. Houston Texans: 10-7; .481 SOS
26. Los Angeles Rams: 10-7; .505 SOS
27. Baltimore Ravens: 12-5; .529 SOS
28. Detroit Lions: 15-2; .516 SOS
29. Washington Commanders: 12-5; .436 SOS
30. Buffalo Bills: 13-4; .467 SOS
31. Kansas City Chiefs: 15-2; .488 SOS
32. Philadelphia Eagles: 14-3; .453 SOS
NFL Draft Locations, Host Cities by Year, History
The draft has been or will be held in these cities:
2026: Pittsburgh, PA
2025: Green Bay, WI
2024: Detroit, MI
2023: Kansas City, MO
2022: Las Vegas, NV
2021: Cleveland, OH
2020: Virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019: Nashville, TN
2018: Arlington, TX
2017: Philadelphia, PA
2016: Chicago, IL
2015: Chicago, IL
1965-2014: New York City, NY
1962-1964: Chicago, IL
1956-1961: Philadelphia, PA
1955: New York City, NY
1953-1954: Philadelphia, PA
1952: New York City, NY
1951: Chicago, IL
1949-1950: Philadelphia, PA
1948: Pittsburgh, PA
1945-1947: New York City, NY
1944: Philadelphia, PA
1942-1943: Chicago, IL
1941: Washington, DC
1940: Milwaukee, WI
1939: New York City, NY
1938: Chicago, IL
1937: New York City, NY
1936: Philadelphia, PA
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