The Chicago Bears will go on the clock shortly after 8 p.m. ET on Thursday evening as the primary spherical of the 2024 NFL Draft kicks off in Detroit.

32 faculty soccer stars may have their names referred to as on Thursday evening all through the primary spherical, which often takes round 4 hours to finish.

How lengthy does every workforce need to submit their choose? It is dependent upon the spherical. The printed will start with a brief intro from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, and for the primary spherical, the workforce with the primary choose will then be placed on a 10-minute timer.

Right here’s a breakdown of how lengthy every workforce should choose all through the draft:

2024 NFL Draft clock guidelines:

• First spherical: Groups have 10 minutes per choose within the first spherical
• Second spherical: 7 minutes per choose
• Rounds 3, 4, 5 and 6: 5 minutes per choose
• Spherical 7: 4 minutes per choose

What occurs if a workforce doesn’t submit an NFL Draft choose in time?

That is uncommon, however has occurred on a number of events. If a workforce goes over its allotted time, it will possibly nonetheless submit a choose after the timer expires – however the subsequent workforce in line will probably be placed on the clock, and may have an opportunity to submit their choose earlier than the workforce that ran out of time.

This famously occurred in 2003, when the Minnesota Vikings owned the No. 7 choose within the draft, however truly picked ninth after their time expired and each the Jaguars and Panthers had been in a position to submit picks earlier than the Vikings picked Kevin Williams. How was this attainable? The Vikings had been negotiating a commerce with the Ravens that was submitted to the NFL from Minnesota’s facet, however Ravens couldn’t get by way of to NFL officers. It was an enormous controversy that led the NFL to change its draft-night protocol the next 12 months.

Groups used to have an extended timer for first-round picks

The primary two rounds of the draft used to take for much longer. Groups initially had quarter-hour for every first-round choose and 10 minutes for every second-round choose, however these limits had been modified in 2007.