2016 NFL Draft: TV Time, Picks Order And More

The 2016 NFL Draft gets underway Thursday night from Chicago, where teams will choose what they hope will be future stars from the college ranks.

No longer is the draft a one-day affair with an expedited picking process. The NFL has turned it into a weekend-long event with wall-to-wall TV coverage.

Here's everything you need to know to watch your team make their picks.

Schedule

Thursday, April 28, 8 p.m. ET — Round 1

Friday, April 29, 7 p.m. ET— Rounds 2 and 3

Saturday, April 30, 12 p.m. ET — Rounds 4 through 7

TV

Both ESPN and NFL Network will have live TV coverage from on-site at Roosevelt University. On Friday night, ESPN's coverage will move to ESPN2 at 8 p.m. ET.

Their reporters have also agreed not to spoil the picks on Twitter or other social media before they get announced on TV. The same can't be said for reporters from, say, Yahoo! or CBS, though.

First-round draft order

Below is the full order for the first round of the draft. There will only be 31 first-round picks, since the New England Patriots had their first-round pick taken away from them as part of their Deflategate sanctions.

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