2025 NFL Draft Central

The 2025 NFL Draft kicks off from venerable Lambeau Field on Thursday, April 24, at 8 p.m. It will be televised on ESPN, ABC and NFL Network. Round 1 is Thursday, Rounds 2-3 are Friday and the draft wraps up Saturday with Rounds 4-7.

The Canes have produced 363 all-time draft selections — most in the ACC — including 66 first-round picks. Quarterback Cam Ward became that 66th first rounder Thursday night when the Tennessee Titans took him first overall. Ward became the third Miami player selected with the top overall pick, joining quarterback Vinny Testaverde (Tampa Bay, 1987) and defensive tackle Russell Maryland (Dallas, 1990).

We will continue to update our Draft Central page through all seven rounds.

Canes Draft Coverage

Football / April 24, 2025 Photo Gallery: Ward Goes No. 1 in Titletown

Football / April 24, 2025 Ward Selected First Overall by Tennessee Titans

Football / April 23, 2025 Hoping for the Call

Football / March 25, 2025 Ward, Canes Put on Show at Pro Day

Football / March 24, 2025 Versatility Key to Rivers' Draft Goals

Football / March 2, 2025 Leading by Example

Football / February 28, 2025 Ward, Canes in the Spotlight at Combine

Cam Ward

Tennessee Titans, First Round (First Overall)

Miami quarterback Cam Ward was selected with the first overall pick of the 2025 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans Thursday night.

Ward became the third Hurricane to ever be selected No. 1 overall in the NFL Draft and the first since 1991, when defensive tackle Russell Maryland was taken by the Dallas Cowboys with the draft’s top pick. Quarterback Vinny Testaverde was also selected No. 1 overall in 1987 by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The first Hurricane to be selected in the first round since defensive ends Greg Rousseau and Jaelan Phillips in 2021, Ward won the Manning Award and the Davey O’Brien Award honoring the nation’s top quarterback after a prolific 2024 season with the Hurricanes.

In addition to leading Miami to a 10-win season, Ward was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy and the winner of the ACC Player of the Year honor, a first for a Hurricane student-athlete.

The 66^th first-round pick in Miami school history, Ward completed 305-of-454 passes for 4,313 yards (second in the nation) and 39 touchdowns (No. 1 in the country) with just seven interceptions.

The native of West Columbia, Texas, was a consensus All-American earning recognition from the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), the Associated Press, the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), The Sporting News, and the Walter Camp Foundation.

Cam Ward begins a new chapter in Nashville as he's selected number one overall by the Titans in the 2025 NFL Draft.

2025 CANES DRAFT PROSPECTS

“He reminds me of Patrick, he remind me of Mahomes with how he can be unconventional, throw the football from all different kinds of weird angles, and then just put a bunch of horsepower on it when he needs to. If someone was telling me hey, that’s maybe what you’re getting, I’d be pretty damn excited.”

ESPN's Louis Riddick on Cam Ward

Miami Hurricanes All-Time First Round NFL Draft Picks

2025: QB Cam Ward (No. 1, Tennessee)

2021: DE Jaelan Phillips (No. 18, Miami); DE Greg Rousseau (No. 30, Buffalo)

2017: TE David Njoku (No. 29, Cleveland)

2016: CB Artie Burns (No. 25, Pittsburgh)

2015: OL Ereck Flowers (No. 9, NY Giants), WR Phillip Dorsett (No. 29, Indianapolis)

2008: S Kenny Phillips (No. 31, NY Giants)

2007: S Brandon Meriweather (No. 24, New England); LB Jon Beason (No. 25, Carolina); TE Greg Olsen (No. 31, Chicago)

2006: CB Kelly Jennings (No. 31, Seattle)

2005: CB Antrel Rolle (No. 8, Arizona)

2004: S Sean Taylor (No. 5, Washington); TE Kellen Winslow II (No. 6, Cleveland); LB Jonathan Vilma (No. 12, NY Jets); LB D.J. Williams (No. 17, Denver); OT Vernon Carey (No. 19, NY Jets); DT Vince Wilfork (No. 21, New England)

2003: WR Andre Johnson (No. 3, Houston); DE Jerome McDougle (No. 15, Philadelphia); RB Willis McGahee (No. 23, Buffalo); DT William Joseph (No. 25, NY Giants)

2002: OT Bryant McKinnie (No. 7, Minnesota); TE Jeremy Shockey (No. 14, NY Giants); CB Phillip Buchanon (No. 17, Oakland); S Ed Reed (No. 24, Baltimore); CB Mike Rumph (No. 26, San Francisco)

2001: LB Dan Morgan (No. 11, Carolina); DT Damione Lewis (No. 12, St. Louis); WR Santana Moss (No. 16, NY Jets); WR Reggie Wayne (No. 30, Indianapolis)

2000: TE Bubba Franks (No. 14, Green Bay)

1999: RB Edgerrin James (No. 4, Indianapolis)

1998: CB Duane Starks (No. 10, Baltimore)

1997: WR Yatil Green (No. 15, Miami); DE Kenard Lang (No. 17, Washington); DE Kenny Holmes (No. 18, Tennessee)

1996: LB Ray Lewis (No. 26, Baltimore)

1995: DT Warren Sapp (No. 12, Tampa Bay)

1992: OL Leon Searcy (No. 11, Pittsburgh); DB Darryl Williams (No. 28, Cincinnati)

1991: DT Russell Maryland (No. 1, Dallas); WR Randal Hill (No. 23, Miami)

1990: DT Cortez Kennedy (No. 3, Seattle)

1989: DE Bill Hawkins (No. 21, LA Rams); RB Cleveland Gary (No. 26, LA Rams)

1988: S Bennie Blades (No. 3, Detroit); WR Michael Irvin (No. 11, Dallas)

1987: QB Vinny Testaverde (No. 1, Tampa Bay); RB Alonzo Highsmith (No. 3, Houston); DT Jerome Brown (No. 9, Philadelphia)

1985: WR Eddie Brown (No. 13, Cincinnati)

1983: QB Jim Kelly (No. 14, Buffalo)

1982: DT Lester Williams (No. 27, New England)

1979: RB Ottis Anderson (No. 8, St. Louis); DE Don Smith (No. 17, Atlanta)

1978: DT Don Latimer (No. 27, Denver)

1977: DE Eddie Edwards (No. 3, Cincinnati)

1975: OL Dennis Harrah (No. 11, LA Rams)

1973: RB Chuck Foreman (No. 12, Minnesota); DB Burgess Owens (No. 13, NY Jets)

1967: DT Gene Trosch (No. 24, Kansas City)

1957: RB Don Bosseler (No. 9, Washington)

1956: RB Jack Losch (No. 8, Green Bay)

1952: RB Jim Dooley (No. 8, Chicago)

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