Now that the NFL season is over, the focus around the league is on the upcoming offseason. For many fans, this means the NFL Draft in April. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2025 NFL Draft, including the current draft order, dates, location, top prospects, and more.
When and Where Is the 2025 NFL Draft?
The 2025 NFL Draft will take place from Thursday, April 24, to Saturday, April 26. This is the draft’s traditional spot on the final Thursday in April. It is the second earliest draft in the past 15 editions, with only the 2020 edition starting on an earlier date (April 23).
Green Bay will host the 2025 NFL Draft at Lambeau Field and the adjacent Titletown District. This will be the first time that Green Bay has hosted the NFL Draft and the second time it has been hosted in Wisconsin. In 1940, the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee hosted the event.
Top NFL Draft Prospect
The top five players in the PFSN Mock Draft Simulator in the 2025 NFL Draft are as follows:
1) Abdul Carter, EDGE, Penn State
Abdul Carter has good overall size but just average length for an edge defender. He is an outstanding overall athlete with a rare blend of speed, burst, and agility that allows him to be a game-wrecker as a pass rusher. Carter is a versatile player who can align all across the defensive front. He is best when he is rushing from a wide alignment where he can use his speed to win the edge quickly and get around the tackle nearly untouched.
Carter's lack of length allows longer tackles to get their hands into his chest to stop his forward momentum and stymie his rush. Carter is a speed rusher who plays with a relentless motor. His speed makes it nearly impossible for opposing quarterbacks to get away from him when he is closing down in pursuit.
2) Travis Hunter, WR/CB, Colorado
Travis Hunter enters the NFL Draft as one of the best prospects in the class, and he also profiles as one of most intriguing players in recent memory since he legitimately qualifies as a top-five pick at two positions. He is truly a one-of-one type of NFL prospect.
Hunter possesses below-average overall size and length but offers once-in-a-generation type of overall athleticism. He has rare quickness, speed, and burst that allow him to excel and win against most players he lines up against on either side of the ball. Furthermore, Hunter has rare instincts, ball skills and is hyper-competitive.
3) Cam Ward, QB, Miami (FL)
Cam Ward is the ultimate playmaker at QB, boasting elite arm talent, effortless velocity, and dynamic athleticism. His confidence and creativity set him apart, but his tendency for risky throws and inconsistent footwork can lead to trouble.
Staying on schedule within the offense will be key to his development. With time to refine his mechanics behind a veteran, Ward has the ceiling of a franchise QB capable of making the game’s biggest throws.
4) Mason Graham, DT, Michigan
Mason Graham is a well-built interior disruptor with outstanding first-step quickness and good overall athleticism. He lacks prototypical length for the position but makes up for it with quickness, power, and instincts. As a pass rusher, Graham displays explosive first-step quickness to immediately get upfield and stress the edges of interior offensive linemen. He is able to win the edge off the snap and shows very good ankle flexion to corner at the top of his rush and get home to the quarterback.
Graham is a very loose mover for a man his size and shows outstanding body control and flexibility. However, Graham lacks prototypical length and will often play with a high pad level, which will allow offensive linemen to win the leverage battle and drive him backwards. Additionally, Graham struggles versus double teams and is not a player who can be used to occupy gaps in an odd-front scheme.
5) Will Campbell, OT, LSU
Will Campbell has the size, strength, agility, and football IQ to step in right away as a starting offensive lineman, just as he did at LSU. His upright blocking stance makes him a unique prospect to watch, but more often than not, he makes it work. Projecting him at the next level, Campbell seems to have enough range on tape to stick around as a left tackle. That said, until his arm-length measurements get confirmed, some questions will remain regarding whether he’ll need to kick inside to guard. There are some instances on tape where edge rushers can enter his chest with long-arm moves and bull rushes.
Overall, though, Campbell is a pro-ready starting offensive lineman with the potential to make Pro Bowls, whether it ends up being at tackle or guard. He’s a step below a blue-chip prospect at the offensive tackle position, but he’s worthy of a top-10 pick when you factor in his experience for his age and his positional value.
Which Teams Have the Most Draft Picks This Year?
As things stand, the Cleveland Browns are projected to have the most draft picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, with 12.
The Browns have four of their original seven selections, a projected three compensatory selections, and five picks they have traded for. Cleveland still has its first four selections and has added an extra third-round pick courtesy of the Buffalo Bills (and a 2026 seventh-round selection) in the Amari Cooper trade, in which the Browns also gave up a sixth-round selection this year.
The Browns have also acquired a fifth-round pick from the Detroit Lions in the Za’Darius Smith trade. Intriguingly, Cleveland had previously given up its own 2025 fifth-round selection when they traded for Smith from the Minnesota Vikings.
The Browns also have the Miami Dolphins’, Minnesota Vikings’, and Detroit Lions’ sixth-round selections. Cleveland received the Dolphins' pick via the Chicago Bears in a trade for Chris Williams and the Browns' seventh-round selection. They acquired the Vikings’ pick in the trade for Smith in 2023 and the Lions' pick in the Cooper trade.
Which Teams Have the Least Draft Picks This Year?
The Vikings currently have the fewest picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, with four. They are one ahead of the Atlanta Falcons, who currently have five.
The Vikings still have their picks in the first and fifth rounds, a projected compensatory selection in Round 3, and a pick they acquired from the Browns in Round 5. Minnesota acquired that fifth-rounder in the trade for Smith back in 2023, which is also when they traded away their sixth and seventh-round picks this year.
The Vikings have traded away picks in the second, third, fourth, sixth, and seventh rounds. Their second-round pick was traded to the Houston Texans in exchange for a second first-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. The Texans subsequently traded the pick to Buffalo.
Minnesota’s third and fourth-round picks this year were also traded away in the 2024 NFL Draft. The Vikings packaged the No. 23 overall selection they had acquired from Houston and combined it with their third and fourth-round picks from the 2025 draft to move up to No. 17 overall and select Dallas Turner.
The Falcons still have their picks in the first, second, and sixth rounds, a projected compensatory selection in Round 6, and acquired a pick from the Los Angeles Rams in Round 7.
Atlanta was stripped of its fifth-round selection for “improper contact” with Kirk Cousins, Darnell Mooney, and Charlie Woerner. The Falcons then traded away their third-round pick to the New England Patriots in the Matthew Judon trade, their fifth-rounder to the Rams in the Van Jefferson trade (Atlanta also acquired a seventh-round pick), and their seventh-round pick to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Kentavius Street trade.