2024 NFL Draft first round: Live updates

The clock has started officially for the Chicago Bears to make the first selection in the 2024 NFL Draft. In the first round, teams have 10 minutes to make their selections. In the second round, the time to pick drops to seven minutes. In the third through sixth rounds, teams have five minutes to pick. In the seventh round, the pace picks up to four minutes per selection.

BEFORE THE DRAFT

The NFL’s 89th annual Selection Meeting, better known as the draft, will see the league’s 32 teams choose 257 players over the next three days in Detroit.

The first round kicks off at 7 p.m. CDT Thursday, second- and third-round picks will be made beginning at 6 p.m. Friday and the fourth through seventh rounds will be held starting at 11 a.m. Saturday. ABC, ESPN and NFL Network are televising the draft.

Before the inevitable trading of picks starts, the Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams have the most selections in this year’s draft with 11 apiece. But not all draft picks are created equal. The Cardinals and the Washington Commanders have six selections each in the first two days of the draft, when 100 players will be chosen.

The Chicago Bears have the fewest choices with four. But the Bears hold the No. 1 pick. Chicago didn’t have the worst record in the NFL in 2023, but it traded last year’s first choice to the team that ended up in that spot – the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers traded up to take Alabama quarterback Bryce Young with the No. 1 pick in 2023, then went 2-15.

Chicago’s selection will be followed by the 31 other picks in the first round on Thursday night. The order for the first round going into the draft:

· 1. Chicago Bears

· 2. Washington Commanders

· 3. New England Patriots

· 4. Arizona Cardinals

· 5. Los Angeles Chargers

· 6. New York Giants

· 7. Tennessee Titans

· 8. Atlanta Falcons

· 9. Chicago Bears

· 10. New York Jets

· 11. Minnesota Vikings

· 12. Denver Broncos

· 13. Las Vegas Raiders

· 14. New Orleans Saints

· 15. Indianapolis Colts

· 16. Seattle Seahawks

· 17. Jacksonville Jaguars

· 18. Cincinnati Bengals

· 19. Los Angeles Rams

· 20. Pittsburgh Steelers

· 21. Miami Dolphins

· 22. Philadelphia Eagles

· 23. Minnesota Vikings

· 24. Dallas Cowboys

· 25. Green Bay Packers

· 26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

· 27. Arizona Cardinals

· 28. Buffalo Bills

· 29. Detroit Lions

· 30. Baltimore Ravens

· 31. San Francisco 49ers

· 32. Kansas City Chiefs

The Bears, Cardinals and Vikings hold two choices apiece in the first round. The Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns and Houston Texans do not have a first-round selection unless they can swing a trade on Thursday night.

The first round is expected to be heavy with quarterbacks, offensive tackles and wide receivers.

Among the quarterbacks considered a first-round possibility is former Pinson Valley High School standout Bo Nix, who played three seasons at Auburn before completing his college career with two seasons at Oregon.

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The other quarterbacks considered first-round possibilities include Southern Cal’s Caleb Williams, the presumed No. 1 pick; LSU’s Jayden Daniels, North Carolina’s Drake Maye, Michigan’s J.J McCarthy and Washington’s Michael Penix Jr.

No conference has produced more than two first-round quarterbacks in a single draft, although three quarterbacks from independent programs were chosen in the first round of the 1983 draft – Penn State’s Todd Blackledge at No. 7 by the Kansas City Chiefs, Miami (Fla.)’s Jim Kelly at No. 14 by the Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh’s Dan Marino at No. 27 by the Miami Dolphins.

If Williams, Nix and Penix are picked on Thursday night, the Pac-12 would go out with a record three first-round quarterbacks.

At least one player from Alabama has been chosen in the first round in each of the past 15 drafts, which is the longest streak for a college program in the event’s history. The streak will continue on Thursday night with cornerbacks Terrion Arnold and Kool-Aid McKinstry, edge rusher Dallas Turner and offensive tackle J.C. Latham considered first-round candidates.

Other SEC players who are projected as first-round picks include Georgia tight end Brock Bowers and offensive tackle Amarius Mims, LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels and wide receivers Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas Jr. and Missouri defensive end Darius Robinson.

Thirteen players are attending the draft on Thursday night, including Arnold, Daniels, Latham, Nabers, Robinson, Thomas and Turner.