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National Football League Press Release
The 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay was seen by an average audience of 7.5 million viewers across ESPN, ABC, NFL Network, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and digital channels for the three-day event, making it the second most-watched draft on record behind only 2020 and up 27% versus last year.
All seven rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft were presented across ESPN, ABC and NFL Network – the seventh straight year that The Walt Disney Company worked with the National Football League to offer a multi-network presentation of the draft.
Round 1 coverage on Thursday averaged 13.6 million viewers across ESPN, ABC, NFL Network, ESPN Deportes and digital channels – up 11% versus 2024 and the second most-watched day 1 on record.
Coverage of rounds 2 and 3 on Friday averaged 7.5 million viewers across ESPN2, ABC, NFL Network, ESPN Deportes and digital channels – the second most-watched day 2 on record and up 48% versus 2024.
Saturday’s coverage of rounds 4-7 averaged 4.3 million viewers across ESPN, ABC, NFL Network, ESPN Deportes and digital channels, making it the most-watched day 3 on record and up 43% versus 2024.
Over the three days, more than 600,000 fans attended the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, matching Nashville’s record in 2019 for the second-highest attendance in draft history.
NFL programming is the most valuable content in all of sports and entertainment. NFL games ranked as 90 of the top 100 telecasts during the 2024 season.
Source: Nielsen panel viewership + first-party streaming.
•The NFL also announced the Buffalo Bills offseason organized team practice program dates: workouts are May 27-29; and June 2, 3 and 5; mandatory minicamp runs June 10-12; and rookie minicamp is May 9-10.
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