Just a quick reminder of the line-up so far for tonight's first round - still no trades to speak of, but rumours of the Jaguars seriously considering trading with the Browns for the second pick....

• 1. Tennessee Titans
• 2. Cleveland Browns
• 3. New York Giants
• 4. New England Patriots
• 5. Jacksonville Jaguars
• 6. Las Vegas Raiders
• 7. New York Jets
• 8. Carolina Panthers
• 9. New Orleans Saints
• 10. Chicago Bears
• 11. San Francisco 49ers
• 12. Dallas Cowboys
• 13. Miami Dolphins
• 14. Indianapolis Colts
• 15. Atlanta Falcons
• 16. Arizona Cardinals
• 17. Cincinnati Bengals
• 18. Seattle Seahawks
• 19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• 20. Denver Broncos
• 21. Pittsburgh Steelers
• 22. Los Angeles Chargers
• 23. Green Bay Packers
• 24. Minnesota Vikings
• 25. Houston Texans
• 26. Los Angeles Rams
• 27. Baltimore Ravens
• 28. Detroit Lions
• 29. Washington Commanders
• 30. Buffalo Bills
• 31. Kansas City Chiefs
• 32. Philadelphia Eagles

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Right, here we go, the 2025 NFL Draft is officially under way. Wonder who the Titans will pick?

14 players selected first overall have gone on to make the NFL Hall of Fame, while quarterbacks have been chosen first in six of the last seven years.

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell arrives on stage on a bicycle - didn't see that one coming!

The crowd give him the usual boos as he peddles around before annoucing the official start of the draft.

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If you’re looking for someone to come into your team and run your defence, Georgia safety Malaki Starks is your man. His college coaches rave about his football intelligence and he’s an incredibly committed individual dedicated to his craft.

On the field he produces a rare ability to make plays from deep. This is a skill reserved for very few players these days, such as Jessie Bates currently with the Atlanta Falcons. It won’t be a surprise if, in two years time, Starks is viewed as the best free safety in the league. His ability to trigger and react to what’s happening in front of him is impressive.

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This isn’t a draft class full of stars. Many teams will be accepting they need to find mere starters instead. For that reason, a player like Grey Zabel the North Dakota State offensive lineman could go earlier than people realise.

His pre-draft testing profile matches some of the best players in the league, including Creed Humphrey with the Chiefs. He can play anywhere across the line but his best role is likely guard. He has the best package of athletic upside, consistency and low bust-rate arguably in the whole class.

NFL teams are constantly looking for good lineman. Zabel is a player to watch tonight.

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Ole Miss defensive tackle Walter Nolen could be a top-10 pick tonight. Or he could fall out of the first round altogether.

Scouts rave about his talent and potential. He’s been compared to Eagles star Jalen Carter for his ability to wreck games from the interior. However, there are question marks about his consistency and character.

As a consequence, mock drafters have a hard time placing him in this class. There were games last year, such as against Florida, where he looked unstoppable. Philadelphia took a chance on Carter two years ago.

How early will someone be willing to take a chance on Nolen this year?

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Ohio State had a loaded roster last year full of stars as they won the College Football National Championship. However, when I spoke to a former NFL GM a few weeks ago, he told me wide receiver Emeka Egbuka was the main man on campus.

He was the player who led by example and who everyone turned to for advice. He won all of the 1v1 basketball games played among team-mates. He was the consistent and productive force as they launched a playoff run. Egbuka is mature, dynamic and reliable. He’ll have a long NFL career and could be taken earlier than people think.

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One of the big questions tonight is where will Shedeur Sanders end up, and for a variety of reasons he's a divisive figure among many NFL executives.

Some have questioned his attitude and whether having a legend like Deion Sanders as his father has made him too cocky - and some also think that Coach Prime will get involved too much if they draft his son.

So a few teams do not want the media circus that will no doubt come with drafting the Colorado quarterback.

He does have some great qualities though and he can clearly handle the spotlight so could well be a franchise QB capable to leading a team to success in the NFL.

The Giants might well pick him at three, the Saints could be tempted at pick nine and if he's still there the Steelers are said to have had the best meeting with Sanders at the NFL Combine.

Or could the worries around the baggage he comes with see him slide down even further, or not get picked at all tonight? He is not attending the draft in Green Bay if that is an omen.

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A joint workout involving Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders back in February explains a lot about how they are viewed by NFL scouts and why their draft stock has since gone in different directions.

Ward made the most touchdown passes in college football last season to win two of the most prestigious quarterback awards, while Shedeur Sanders won the other.

They pair engaged in some trash talk during the workout, with Ward dismissing the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award as a "completion percentage award" and told Sanders he went for easy passes to boost his record.

"If I did that, my completion percentage would be 90," he added. "I throw the ball downfield. You don't."

Sanders replied by saying "I do what my team needs me to do to win. If we've got to throw screens, I'll throw screens."

Ward then insisted he's the number one quarterback in this draft and mocked Sanders for taking an early drinks break.

Sanders reminded Ward he 'gets paid to drink' as part of a sponsorship deal, to which Ward replied: "I don’t need to get paid. Football pays me."

New York Jets linebacker Jermaine Johnson, 2022 first-round pick (26th overall), speaking to BBC Sport.

"I can see him doing anything he puts his mind to. As time goes, athletes evolve and new heights are reached. It’s corny to say, but records are meant to be broken.

"I’m so excited to see him attempt to do it - as long as whoever picks him is OK to do it - but I think he has every ounce of talent and mindset to be able to do that."

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Travis Hunter's father was unable to attend the Heisman Trophy ceremony in December as it came just nine days after he was released from a Florida prison.

Travis Hunter Sr was sentenced to 90 days last September in relation to gun and drug charges.

The 39-year-old is now on a three-year period of probation and has been ordered to complete the first year under home confinement.

And although he was not able to join his son for his Heisman victory, he has been granted permission to attend the draft,, external so will be beside the two-way star in the green room in Green Bay.

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Travis Hunter is pretty in pink in Green Bay tonight and he looks set to be sitting pretty with the Cleveland Browns tipped to pick him second in the draft.

He insists he can play both cornerback and receiver in the NFL, but it will not be as easy as it was in college - and it is not just down to talent, as he obviously has the ability to star on offence and defence.

But the logistics are tough, the days are longer, the players are faster and stronger and the playbooks are thicker in the NFL, and just physically being in meetings and at practice for both offence and defence will be near impossible.

More likely is he will start at one position and have a package of special plays on the other side of the ball to utilise his abundance of skills.

From Travis Kelce to George Kittle and last season Brock Bowers - a dominant tight end can be a game breaker in the NFL, and the success of Bowers in his rookie year last year could mean teams are tempted to make history tonight.

There has never been two tight ends chosen in the first half of the first round of the draft, but many experts have both Tyler Warren and Colston Loveland going inside the top 16 picks tonight.

They both display tremendous speed and skill coupled with size and strength and ability to get yards after the catch - exactly what a modern tight end should be.

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The Steelers have a big call to make at 21. Currently Mason Rudolph is the only quarterback on their roster. How committed is Aaron Rodgers to playing for the Steelers in 2025? Is Kirk Cousins a trade option? Neither veteran gets the juices flowing like Shedeur Sanders would.

Head coach Mike Tomlin is said to be a fan of Sanders. This could be an ideal spot for player and team. However, the Steelers also have big needs on the defensive line and at running back. If they don’t take Sanders, he possibly lasts until day two.

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The Bears have enjoyed the most impactful off-season so far. Bringing in Ben Johnson as head coach was a masterstroke. They rebuilt their offensive line. Now they can afford to be aggressive, with three picks in the top 50.

Will they trade up for Ashton Jeanty? It’s a tantalising thought. He’d be the ideal foil for quarterback Caleb Williams and in Johnson’s offense, playing behind that revamped line, he could be an immediate star in the NFL.

For me Jeanty is pound-for-pound the best player in the draft. Positional value will put some teams off. Johnson had success as offensive coordinator in Detroit after they spent a high pick on Jahmyr Gibbs. Could they pull off a huge move to get Jeanty tonight? Or could he even last to them with the 10th pick?

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NFL fans just love the draft, with thousands of them packing out the stage outside Lambeau Field.

Why do they love it so much? Well, no matter how bad your team was last year, there's always hope that selecting a superstar of the future can turn the entire franchise around.

It's that hope that makes tonight so exciting.

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The most interesting team tonight are going to be the Giants. Assuming they don’t take a quarterback with the third pick, they’ll be looking for a route back into the first round. They have to come away with a signal caller.

Furthermore, all of the speculation in the American media is that head coach Brian Daboll prefers Jaxson Dart and not Shedeur Sanders. Could Dart be the second quarterback taken? It might be trending that way.

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The Denver Broncos pulled off a surprise in 2010 by trading up to the first round to take someone who wasn't expected to go until at least the third round.

Although quarterback Tim Tebow had been a success at college, there were doubts over whether he had the technical ability to establish himself in the NFL.

Tebow started most of Denver's games in 2011 and during a thrilling run he steered them to four comeback wins. During that run 'Tebowing' became a thing. A devout Christian, he often knelt on the field to pray in a trademark pose.

But eventually his shortcomings were exposed. That off-season free agent Peyton Manning joined Denver, with whom he won his second Super Bowl in 2015, while Tebow was traded to the New York Jets and was out of the league soon after. He then pursued a baseball career before making a brief, unsuccessful return to the NFL with Jacksonville in 2021 - as a tight end.

There were no doubts over Randy Moss' talent in 1998 but there were concerns over his off-field issues.

The Dallas Cowboys were particularly interested in the wide receiver and had a chance to take him at number eight. They passed up on it though, and that made other teams pay heed to red flags.

Moss eventually fell to 21 before the Minnesota Vikings felt he was worth the risk and it paid off handsomely. The Vikings played Dallas in the Thanksgiving game that year, with Moss going into the Cowboys' house and scoring three touchdowns.

He continued to haunt them throughout his career and he's now in the Hall of Fame as well as sitting fourth on the all-time list for receiving yards. After winning three Super Bowls in 90s, Dallas didn't win another play-off game for 12 years.

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Officials in Green Bay are expecting 240,000 fans across three days of the draft.

And those fans are certainly turning up in style.

Who do you reckon this guy supports?