2024 NFL Draft order, schedule: When each team picks

The next generation of pro football is set to introduce itself to the world this spring as the annual 2024 NFL Draft is set for April 25 to April 27 live from Detroit. Once again, the best players college football has to offer will get a chance to realize their life-long dreams and finally get the call from the NFL. When will each team make their selection and how can you watch the whole thing as it happens? Scroll through to see the current schedule and team order for the 2024 NFL Draft.

2024 NFL Draft schedule

You can watch the draft on NFL Network, ESPN, and ABC. Here are the scheduled times for each round of this year's event:

• Thursday, April 25 (Round 1)

• Friday, April 26 (Rounds 2-3)

• Saturday, April 27 (Rounds 4-7)

How long teams have to pick

Round 1: 10 minutes per selection

Round 2: 7 minutes per selection

Rounds 3-6, including compensatory picks: 5 minutes per selection

Round 7, including compensatory picks: 4 minutes per selection

2024 NFL Draft order

This will be updated

1. Bears (via CAR)
2. Commanders
3. Patriots
4. Cardinals
5. Chargers
6. Giants
7. Titans
8. Falcons
9. Bears
10. Jets
11. Vikings
12. Broncos
13. Raiders
14. Saints
15. Colts
16. Seahawks
17. Jaguars
18. Bengals

How the NFL creates the draft order

Simply put, the NFL ranks teams for the draft in terms of record.

Teams with worse records pick players before teams with better records. The Super Bowl champion traditionally picks last.

For teams not in the playoffs, the NFL ranks the first 18 picks by regular season record, worst to best. Any tiebreakers go to teams with the easier strength of schedule.

For teams in the playoffs, the earlier a team loses, the earlier they will pick in the draft.

Draft picks No. 19, No. 20, No. 21, No. 22, No. 23, and No. 24 to to the teams knocked out in the Wild Card Round of the NFL Playoffs.

Again, the strength of schedule determines any tiebreakers.

Picks No. 25-28 go to the teams that lose in the Divisional Round. The 29th and 30th draft picks go to teams that lost their conference championship games.

And finally, No. 31 goes to the loser of the Super Bowl, while No. 32 goes to the NFL champion.