By The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The NFL draft begins tonight! The Carolina Panthers are on the clock with the No. 1 choose and sure will select between quarterbacks Bryce Young and C.J. Stroud. The occasions at Kansas City’s Union Station begin at 1 p.m. Eastern and can embody a purple carpet and musical acts highlighted by Fall Out Boy. The draft will start at 8 p.m. EST and may be seen on NFL Network, ABC, ESPN and ESPN Deportes. Follow for reside updates from Associated Press reporters throughout the nation (all instances EST).
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4:50 p.m.
C.J. Stroud has gone from being thought-about the probably No. 1 general choose to doubtlessly dropping out of the highest 10 after stories the Ohio State quarterback scored poorly within the S2 Cognition take a look at.
“First, second, third, 20th, 105th, whatever it looks like, I’m just blessed to be able to have an opportunity,” Stroud, seemingly not involved about any of the unfavourable criticism, informed AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi hours earlier than the draft. “Wherever I do go, I’m gonna take full benefit of the chance.
“I’m not mad about it,” Stroud mentioned of the stories. “I have nothing to hide or to be ashamed of.”
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4 p.m.
With about 4 hours earlier than the primary choose, are you sticking along with your man to be chosen No. 1 in tonight’s NFL draft?
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is the overwhelming favourite based on most oddsmakers and most mock drafts.
The Carolina Panthers will kick issues off after buying and selling 4 draft picks and huge receiver DJ Moore to the Chicago Bears for the No. 1 general choose.
The Panthers are selecting between Alabama’s Bryce Young, Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud, Kentucky’s Will Levis and Florida’s Anthony Richardson as they attempt to escape the quarterback quagmire they’ve been trapped in for half a decade.
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3 p.m.
The NFL draft is about to start in Kansas City in 5 hours and one of many extra intriguing names to observe is that of Georgia defensive lineman Jalen Carter, writes AP’s Rob Maaddi.
Carter was as soon as projected to be the No. 1 general choose within the draft earlier than the Chicago Bears made a commerce with the quarterback-needy Carolina Panthers.
There are questions on how far the Bulldogs’ standout defensive lineman might slip due to his involvement in a automobile crash that killed a Georgia teammate and a group staffer. Carter was given 12 months’ probation and a $1,000 fantastic after pleading no contest to misdemeanor costs of reckless driving and racing
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2 p.m.
Draft events in some cities received’t be so raucous tonight as a result of 5 groups don’t have any first-round picks within the NFL draft that begins in six hours.
Moving up within the draft for quarterbacks has change into a typical incidence, however the Broncos, Rams and Browns bucked that pattern by parting with their 2023 first-round picks in trades for veteran quarterbacks. The 49ers don’t have a first-rounder due to the Trey Lance commerce in 2021 and the Dolphins forfeited their first-rounder for tampering with Tom Brady and Sean Payton whereas they had been with different groups.
AP Football Writer Josh Dubow evaluations a number of the finest and worst trade-ups for quarterbacks.
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12:45 p.m.
Who will steal the highlight with a daring style assertion on the NFL draft tonight?
While prime prospects on this yr’s draft like quarterbacks Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson put together their outfits for the large evening, Kristie Rieken appears again at a number of the most memorable draft evening ensembles since Deion Sanders made a splash together with his monitor go well with and gold chains in 1989.
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11:45 a.m.
Bijan Robinson is anticipated to be the primary working again chosen within the NFL draft. How excessive he goes is the large query.
The Texas star has top-10 expertise however NFL groups now not place a premium on working backs, so he may nonetheless be on the board late within the first spherical. Only 4 working backs have been chosen within the first spherical since Saquon Barkley was chosen at No. 2 by the New York Giants in 2018. None went increased than No. 24.
“Everybody has their opinions and understandably so because the running back position came to be one-dimensional,” Robinson informed AP. “But if you have a guy who is really versatile and can line up as a receiver, in the slot and have as much effect (as a receiver) as at running back, that’s when the value really takes off.”
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10 a.m.
The NFL draft will probably be held at Kansas City’s Union Station, the place the league has constructed its largest stage complicated for its second-biggest occasion behind the Super Bowl, writes Dave Skretta.
Once a fixture at Radio City Music Hall in New York, the draft has grown in reputation because it took to the street eight years in the past in 2015. The occasion has change into a significant boon for the league, groups and host cities.
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