The 2026 NFL Draft is here.
The draft, held held this year in Pittsburgh, begins Thursday, with the first round starting at 7 p.m. Central time. The second and third rounds will take place Friday, with rounds four through seven held Saturday.
The Chicago Bears have seven picks in the draft, starting at No. 25.
“We feel prepared. We put in the time,” general manager Ryan Poles said on Tuesday. “When we’re on the clock, I’ve got a ton of confidence things are going to work out just the way we planned them to be. If things start to shift and move, we’re agile enough to make adjustments if that’s moving up, moving back, we’ll be ready for anything that comes our way.”
The draft comes as the battle over a new Bears stadium continues, with a location still not set in stone. Wednesday, a mega projects bill passed out of an Illinois House committee in Springfield and then the full House after lawmakers spent weeks working to address concerns and criticism.
Shortly after the bill passed, the Bears released a statement saying they weren’t quite satisfied.
“We welcome the progress made on the House’s version of the mega project bill; however, additional amendments are necessary to make the Arlington Heights site feasible for our stadium project,” the statement said. “We support Illinois leaders as they determine the path forward to making the essential changes to the mega project bill and aligning on infrastructure funding.”
As the draft gets underway, here’s what to know.
NFL Draft start time
The seven-round draft begins at 7 p.m. Central time Thursday, April 23.
The second and third rounds take place Friday. Rounds four, five, six and seven will be held on Saturday, April 25.
Bears draft picks
The Bears own a total of seven picks, including three in the first 60 picks of the draft. Here’s how that breaks down:
Round 1:
The Bears have the 25th pick in round one. They earned that spot by reaching the NFC Divisional Playoffs, where they lost to the Los Angeles Rams.
Round 2:
The Bears have pick 57 and 60 in round two. They earned those picks after trading wide receiver DJ Moore to the Buffalo Bills during the offseason.
Other picks
The Bears also own picks 89 in the third round, 129 in the fourth round and picks 239 and 241 in the seventh round.
The team traded their fifth round pick to the Bills in the Moore trade, and their sixth round pick went to the Cleveland Browns in a trade that brought defensive end Joe Tryon-Shoyinka to Chicago.
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