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2022 NFL Draft: How to watch, stream Thursday’s first round. Day 1 players from area?

N.C. State’s Ikem Ekwonu waits to take the field before the start of N.C. StateÕs game against Kentucky in the Gator Bowl at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday, January 2, 2021.
N.C. State’s Ikem Ekwonu waits to take the field before the start of N.C. StateÕs game against Kentucky in the Gator Bowl at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday, January 2, 2021. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com

The 2022 NFL Draft starts Thursday, April 28, 2022 (8 p.m., EST), live from Las Vegas. It continues Friday (7 p.m. EST) through Saturday (April 30, noon). All seven rounds will be broadcast on the NFL Network, ABC, ESPN and ESPN Deportes.

How to watch if you are a cord cutter?

The NFL Network can be streamed in the NFL app. The draft can also be streamed on YouTube TV, Hulu Plus, Hulu Live TV and fuboTV.

Which local players could go and when?

Several players from the Triangle are expected to come off the board over the three days of the draft. Up to seven players from N.C. State and UNC should hear their names called.

Player

School

Position

Projection

Ikey Ekwonu

N.C. State

Offensive line

Round 1

Sam Howell

UNC

Quarterback

Round 2

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