OHIO — The National Football League’s 2025 Draft is right around the corner, and Ohio’s two teams are preparing.

Aside from the latest developments in stadium funding, both for the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals, both teams are looking to strengthen their rosters with picks through the drafts. 

The draft will comprise seven rounds over three days. The first round begins at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 24; rounds two and three will begin at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, April 25; the rest of the rounds will begin at noon ET on Saturday, April 26. 

This year’s draft will be held in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

For the Bengals, they have six picks throughout the first six rounds. The team traded its seventh round pick to the Chicago Bears for RB Khalil Herbert during the 2024 season. 

The Bengals 2025 draft picks are:

• Round 1, Pick 17

• Round 2, Pick 49

• Round 3, Pick 81

• Round 4, Pick 119

• Round 5, Pick 153

• Round 6, Pick 193

This is the fourth time the Bengals have picked 17th. Their most recent pick was CB Dre Kirkpatrick in 2012.

For the Cleveland Browns, they have 10 picks over seven rounds. Three of the teams picks came through trades with Buffalo, Miami and Minnesota.

The Brown’s 2025 draft picks are:

• Round 1, Pick 2

• Round 2, Pick 33

• Round 3, Pick 67

• Round 3, Pick 94 (from Buffalo)

• Round 4, Pick 104

• Round 6, Pick 179

• Round 6, Pick 192 (from Miami through Chicago)

• Round 6, Pick 200 (from Minnesota)

• Round 6, Pick 216 (Compensatory Selection)

• Round 7, Pick 255 (Compensatory Selection)

Compensary Selection Picks are awarded to teams who have a net loss of compensatory free agents in free agency. The picks are assigned based on the value of compensatory free agents lost and usually fall into the later rounds, third through seventh.