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Each Spring, the football world is oblivious to the rest of the world for three days of intense and hectic activity as the NFL Draft takes over homes and bars around the USA. Although it may seem chaotic to the uneducated football fan, very tight regulations govern the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NFL Draft lasts three days in Spring, starting at 8 am Eastern Time on Thursday and ending on Saturday. There are seven rounds of the draft split over three days, with each round having a progressively smaller time allocation for teams to make their picks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s look at the days that each round is allocated, the time frame that each draft round offers teams to make their picks, and a simple overview of the picking process as it unfolds from the starting Thursday to the end on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is The Draft Picking Order, And How Is It Determined?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The NFL Draft is a superbly well organized and regulated procedure, and all 32 teams are represented in the draft in reverse order of final standings at the end of the last season. This means the team that finished last gets to pick first, with the SuperBowl Champions choosing last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teams that failed to qualify for the previous season\u2019s playoffs are assigned numbers from 1-20, and those that did make the playoff get numbers 21-32. The eliminated wild card teams get slots 21-24; the teams that lost in the divisional rounds are allocated pick slots 25-28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teams eliminated at the conference championship get pick slots 29-30, and the loser of the SuperBowl gets slot 31, while the SuperBowl Champs get pick slot 32. All positions are allocated in reverse results order, with the teams finishing lowest in the playoff rounds getting a lower draft pick slots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can therefore gauge a team’s previous season’s success (or failure) by their position in the draft pick rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NFL Draft Rounds \u2013 Duration And Picking Window<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The draft’s first round happens on the Thursday of the draft weekend and usually lasts about four hours, commencing at 8 am and ending at noon. For this draft, each team only has ten minutes to make their pick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Draft pick rounds two and three are held on Friday, with rounds four through seven held on Saturday. With each round of picking, the team has less time to make their draft choice, with round two only giving each team seven minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rounds three through six see the teams get just six minutes to make their choice, and in the final round, this time is further reduced to just five minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Draft Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When the pick is announced, that is the culmination of a fairly complex process that precedes the release of the draft pick name to the public through the NFL’s broadcast partners. Let’s examine the process from the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n