NFL Draft 2026: Expected pick times for every team’s first round selection

Apr 23, 2026 - 19:45
NFL Draft 2026: Expected pick times for every team’s first round selection
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - APRIL 24: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell looks on during the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft at Lambeau Field on April 24, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) | Getty Images

The 2026 NFL Draft is right around the corner.

And starting this year, you can expect the first round to move a little faster.

Previously, the NFL announced that each team now has just eight minutes to make a selection in the first round, reducing the time allowed for each team by two minutes. This is the first time the league has adjusted the time allowed in the first round since 2008, when the NFL cut the time allotment down to 10 minutes from 15 minutes.

The timing for rounds 2-7 of the 2026 NFL Draft remains unchanged from last year. Teams will have seven minutes to make selections in the second round, five minutes to make their picks in rounds 3-6, and then four minutes in the seventh, and final, round.

Adjusting the time allowed for each pick should considerably shorten the first round, which had been ending around 11:45 p.m. Eastern in each of the last few seasons.

That is a welcome change for those of us on the East Coast.

With the caveat that the exact times depend on how long each team makes to announce their selections, these are the approximate times you can expect the teams currently holding a pick in the first round to make their decisions:

PickTeamTime (Eastern)
1Las Vegas Raiders8:08
2New York Jets8:16
3Arizona Cardinals8:24
4Tennessee Titans8:32
5New York Giants8:40
6Cleveland Browns8:48
7Washington Commanders8:56
8New Orleans Saints9:04
9Kansas City Chiefs9:12
10New York Giants (via CIN)9:20
11Miami Dolphins9:28
12Dallas Cowboys9:36
13Los Angeles Rams (via ATL)9:44
14Baltimore Ravens9:52
15Tampa Bay Buccaneers10:00
16New York Jets (via IND)10:08
17Detroit Lions10:16
18Minnesota Vikings10:24
19Carolina Panthers10:32
20Dallas Cowboys (via GB)10:40
21Pittsburgh Steelers10:48
22Los Angeles Chargers 10:56
23Philadelphia Eagles11:04
24Cleveland Browns (via JAX)11:12
25Chicago Bears11:20
26Buffalo Bills11:28
27San Francisco 49ers11:36
28Houston Texans11:44
29Kansas City Chiefs (via LAR)11:52
30Miami Dolphins (via DEN)12:00
31New England Patriots12:08
32Seattle Seahawks12:16

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