Here’s everything you need to know about the 87th annual National Football League player selection meeting in Las Vegas.
When:
5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET – Thursday, April 28 (Round 1).
4:00 PM PT / 7:00 PM ET – Friday, April 29 (Rounds 2-3).
9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET – Saturday, April 30 (Rounds 4-7).
The first round will conclude on Thursday by approximately 8:30 PM PT (11:30 PM ET). In 2021, the first round consumed three hours and 44 minutes. The second and third rounds will conclude on Friday by approximately 8:00 PM PT (11:00 PM ET). The second and third rounds took a combined four hours and 26 minutes in 2021. The draft will conclude by approximately 3:30 PM PT (6:30 PM ET) on Saturday with the final four rounds. Rounds 4 through 7 took six hours and 42 minutes in 2021.
Television & Radio Coverage:
The 2022 NFL Draft will be televised nationally by NFL Network, ABC, ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and can be heard nationwide on Westwood One Radio, SiriusXM NFL Radio and ESPN Radio.
Panthers Selections:
The Carolina Panthers have the No. 6 overall pick in the first round. The No. 6 pick is expected to be made between 8:40 and 8:50 p.m. There are 262 total picks this year, including 39 compensatory choices. The Panthers hold the following selections in this year’s draft:
Round Pick (Overall)
1 6 (6)
4 32 (137)
5 1(144)
5 6 (149)
6 21 (199)
7 21 (242)
Selection Time Limits:
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
Draft Trends:
Quarterbacks:
The 2022 NFL Draft has as many as five quarterbacks who could be selected in the first round, including Pittsburgh’s Kenny Pickett and Liberty’s Malik Willis. This
can become the ninth consecutive draft with multiple quarterbacks selected in the first round, the second longest streak in the common draft era.
If three quarterbacks are selected, it would be the seventh consecutive draft with at least three quarterbacks drafted in the first round, extending the longest streak in the common-draft era.
Offensive Line:
Mississippi State’s Charles Cross, North Carolina State’s Ikem Ekwonu, Alabama’s Evan Neal and Northern Iowa’s Trevor Penning lead a deep offensive line class for the 2022 NFL Draft. If four offensive linemen are chosen in the top-15 picks, it would mark the fourth NFL Draft since 2000 to feature at least four offensive linemen selected in the top 15, joining 2013 (six), 2020 (four) and 2008 (four). If two are selected in the top five, it would become the fifth NFL Draft the have multiple offensive linemen selected in the top five since 1967.
Defensive Line:
Michigan’s Aidan Hutchinson, Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeaux and Georgia’s Travon Walker spearhead the 2022 NFL Draft Class for defensive linemen. If they are selected with the first three picks, it would mark the first time in the common-draft era that three defensive linemen were the top-three selections. Since 1967, seven drafts have had multiple defensive linemen selected in the top-three picks. Four defensive ends have been selected No. 1 overall since 2000.
Georgia’s Jordan Davis and Devonte Wyatt are expected to be among the first interior defensive linemen taken in the 2022 NFL Draft. Georgia can become the third school to have at least four interior defensive linemen selected in the first round since 2000.