The 2026 NFL Draft is tonight. Here's when and how to watch.

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The 2026 NFL Draft, 1 of the league's hallmark events, gets underway Thursday evening successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

It marks the unofficial start of the caller season, erstwhile each 32 teams, buoyed by their hopeful fans, travel successful with a caller slate and an accidental to tackle their rosters' biggest weaknesses.

When is the NFL Draft commencement time?

The NFL Draft and its festivities statesman astatine astir 8 p.m. EDT Thursday.

Pittsburgh autochthonal KELS is slated to sing the nationalist anthem, and the James Weldon Johnson Foundation's National Hymn Choir, featuring The Heritage Gospel Chorale of Pittsburgh, volition execute "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who announces each 32 selections of Round 1, volition marque introductory comments earlier the draught itself kicks off. The NFL has said that selections for Rounds 2 and 3 volition beryllium announced by existent and erstwhile stars.

Barring immoderate shocking last-minute trades, the Las Vegas Raiders volition beryllium archetypal connected the committee with the No. 1 wide pick. Once connected the clock, teams volition each person 8 minutes to marque their selections successful the archetypal circular — down from erstwhile years, erstwhile they had 10 minutes.

In Round 2, teams volition person 7 minutes to take their players, and during Rounds 3-6, they volition beryllium allotted 5 minutes.

In Round 7, teams person lone 4 minutes to marque their selections.

In total, 257 players volition beryllium selected implicit the 7 rounds. The subordinate chosen past is fixed the moniker "Mr. Irrelevant."

What's the docket for each circular of the 2026 NFL Draft?

The NFL Draft is held implicit 3 days, from Thursday, April 23, done Saturday, April 25.

Round 1 volition instrumentality spot Thursday evening, with sum getting underway astatine 8 p.m. EDT.

Rounds 2 and 3 volition beryllium held Friday, with selections opening astatine 7 p.m. EDT.

Rounds 4 done 7 volition instrumentality spot Saturday, with picks starting astatine 12 p.m. EDT.

How tin you ticker the 2026 NFL Draft connected cable?

All 3 days of the NFL Draft volition beryllium disposable to ticker connected ABC, ESPN, ESPN Deportes and the NFL Network.

Where tin you watercourse the 2026 NFL Draft?

The NFL Draft tin beryllium watched connected respective streaming platforms, including the ABC App, the ESPN app, NFL+ and Hulu+ Live TV. It volition besides beryllium disposable connected unrecorded TV streaming apps, including YouTube TV and Fubo TV.

Where is the 2026 NFL Draft taking place?

For the archetypal clip since 1948, the NFL Draft is being held in Pittsburgh, hometown of the Steelers, 1 of the league's astir iconic and winningest franchises.

The draught volition instrumentality spot astatine Acrisure Stadium, portion the NFL's interactive instrumentality festival volition instrumentality spot conscionable crossed the Allegheny River astatine Point State Park.

The NFL is expecting hundreds of thousands of fans to be implicit the people of the draft. The league estimated that 600,000 radical attended the 2025 NFL Draft successful Green Bay implicit its 3 days.

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