AMERICAN football’s annual talent show takes place this week with Dallas braced for the 2018 NFL Draft.
The top college prospects in the US will begin their professional careers as they are selected by one of 32 teams.
Here is all you need to know on how to watch the Draft.
When is the NFL Draft?
The NFL Draft begins on Thursday, April 26 and is a three-day event in Texas.
The first round will begin at 8pm Eastern Time in the US, which will be 1am in the early hours of Friday morning.
Rounds two and three on Friday will begin an hour earlier at midnight, while rounds four to seven get underway at 5pm BST on Saturday.
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What TV channel is it on?
Sky Sports will broadcast the first two days of the Draft.
Coverage of Thursday night’s first round will begin at 12.30am on Friday morning on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Mix.
The second night will begin at 11.15pm on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Arena and Sky Sports Mix.
Sky Sports Mix is an entertainment channel and available to the majority of Sky customers without the need for a sports package subscription.
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Sky customers can stream the Draft via laptop, mobile and tablet on Sky Go.
Non-Sky subscribers can buy a Now TV pass starting from £7.99 to stream the matches. Find it here.
NFL’s streaming service NFL Game Pass will broadcast the whole draft with additional round-the-clock coverage on NFL Network.
Where is it being held?
Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium will be home to the NFL Draft this year.
Last year’s event took place in Philadelphia while the 2015 and 2016 shows were held in Chicago.
New York City had hosted the draft from 1965 until it was moved to Chicago in 2015.
What is the NFL Draft?
The NFL Draft is an event similar to transfer deadline day in football in that people tune in from all over the world yet no actual sport takes place.
All 32 teams gather to select the best college football players in a pre-determined order.
The order of selection is usually decided by results from the previous season with the worst team receiving the first pick in each round, and the Super Bowl winners going last.
There are seven rounds in total and teams can trade picks as well. Often these trades will have involved existing players moving teams from earlier in the year.
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