How to watch Yahoo Sports' NFL Draft Live show (2025)

The 2025 NFL Draft starts Thursday, April 24. Players including Cam Ward, Travis Hunter, Abdul Carter and Will Johnson will be in the mix, and coverage is airing across all the usual suspects — NFL Network, ESPN, ESPN2, NFL+ and ESPN+. But you can also find coverage of the 2025 NFL Draft right here on Yahoo Sports with the Yahoo Sports Draft Live show.

Host Jason Fitz will be joined in studio by Football 301's Nate Tice, Charles McDonald and Matt Harmon for pick-by-pick analysis, with senior NFL reporters Charles Robinson and Jori Epstein making appearances. Yahoo Sports Draft Live will be available to stream via the Yahoo Sports website, app, YouTube, X and Facebook.

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In addition to the Yahoo Sports Draft Live show, Yahoo Sports will also deliver expanded coverage throughout the draft, including a crossover Football 301 and Yahoo Fantasy Forecast show breaking down the first round of the draft and a live edition of Inside Coverage this Saturday, April 26, at 4 p.m. ET. Also on tap: A live edition of Football 301 Sunday, April 27, at 3 p.m. ET to deliver final draft grades and a taping of Yahoo Fantasy Forecast this Sunday to break down what this draft means for your fantasy teams next year. Are you ready to tune in?

Stream Yahoo Sports' NFL Draft Live show

Here's what else you can do in the Yahoo Sports app:

Connect with other NFL fans

The Yahoo Sports app will let you connect with other fans around the NFL Draft in real time. Using the Discussions feature, you can chat with each other and Yahoo Sports experts about each player and pick in the draft.

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To access Discussions for each player, go to their prospect pages. You can find Discussions about the broader draft in a draft megathread.

Use emojis to react to NFL draft picks

You can now react to each pick in the draft with emojis — but only a select few. You can share 🔥 if you agree with the pick, 🤔 if you're unsure how you feel about the pick, or 😬 if you don't like the pick.

Emoji reactions are available on both iOS and Android versions of the Yahoo Sports app.

Live activities feature

The Yahoo Sports app has a new live activities feature, which lets you stay up to date on each pick in the draft, even if your phone is locked.

When is the 2025 NFL Draft?

Round 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft kicks off on Thursday, April 24, at 8 p.m. ET. Rounds 2-7 will follow on Friday, April 25, and Saturday, April 26.

Yahoo Sports Draft Live time

Yahoo Sports' NFL Draft Live show will begin at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, Apr. 24. Friday's Yahoo Sports Draft Live show will stream at 7 p.m. ET.

2025 NFL Draft channel

In addition to Yahoo Sports' coverage of the draft, you can tune into coverage of this year's NFL Draft on NFL Network, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes (Spanish broadcast). You can stream coverage on NFL+ and ESPN+.

More ways to watch the NFL Draft: