College football stars will take their first steps toward becoming professional football stars (or flops) at the 2023 N.F.L. draft. Expect to hear “Alabama,” “Georgia” and “Ohio State” a lot, as well as “acceleration,” “physicality” and “football I.Q.”
The draft begins Thursday evening and continues Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, from Union Station in Kansas City, Mo.
How can I watch it?
Coverage of the first round begins Thursday at 8 p.m. Eastern time on ABC. Friday’s coverage, of Rounds 2 and 3, begins at 7 p.m. on ESPN, and Rounds 4 through 7 begin Saturday at noon on ESPN.