The NFL Draft currently consists of seven rounds. Each of the 32 teams typically receives one pick per round, but the total number of selections per round can vary due to compensatory picks and trades
. Historically, the draft had many more rounds-up to 30 or more in earlier decades-but it was reduced to seven rounds starting in 1994 after experimenting with eight rounds in 1993
. In summary:
- The draft has 7 rounds today.
- Each round generally has 32 picks, one per team, but compensatory picks can increase the total number of selections per round.
- The total number of picks in the 2025 NFL Draft is 257, spread across the seven rounds
