NFL Draft Betting Odds 2025: Carter's Stock Takes Hit After Injury Revelation

Miami QB Cam Ward remains favored to go to the quarterback-starved Tennessee Titans first overall, and the odds gap widened following the news that Abdul Carter has a stress fracture in his foot that may require surgery.

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Feb 27, 2025 • 09:15 ET • 4 min read
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The Tennessee Titans own the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming NFL Draft, and there appears to be some indecision on who they should take. 

Based on the most recent 2025 NFL Draft odds, Cam Ward is slowly putting distance between himself and Abdul Carter. A recent injury revelation from the Carter camp has helped stoke this movement.

Join me as I break down the latest NFL odds with the Draft still two months out. 

2025 NFL Draft betting odds

Player Position DraftKings
Miami Cam Ward QB -155
Penn State Abdul Carter  DE +185
Colorado Travis Hunter CB/WR +425
Colorado Shedeur Sanders QB +850
Mississippi Jaxson Dart QB +6500
Michigan Mason Graham DL +6500
Washington State Will Campbell OT +10000
Georgia Tetairoa McMillan WR +10000

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February 27, 2025: Cam Ward has created just a bit more separation for himself ahead of the Combine, shortening up from -140 to -155. Abdul Carter, meanwhile, rose from +175 to +185 after news broke that he has a stress fracture in his right foot that might require surgery. Two-way sensation Travis Hunter has also not been ruled out as the No. 1 overall pick, with Titans brass praising the 2024 Heisman winner prior to the Combine. Hunter fell from +625 to +425 overnight.


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• Quarterback is the most important position on the football field and following Chicago taking Caleb Williams at No.1 in 2024, 20 of the last 27 first-overall picks have been QBs.

• All but two of the last 17 NFL Drafts have seen an offensive lineman get picked in the Top 10, with 2024 being no different as Joe Alt went fifth and JC Latham went at No.7.

List of first overall NFL Draft picks

Year Player Position
2024 Panthers Caleb Williams QB
2023 Panthers Bryce Young QB
2022 Jaguars Travon Walker DE
2021  Jaguars Trevor Lawrence QB
2020 Bengals Joe Burrow QB
2019 Cardinals Kyler Murray QB
2018 Cardinals Baker Mayfield QB
2017 Cardinals Myles Garrett DE
2016 Cardinals Jared Goff QB
2015 Cardinals Jameis Winston QB
2014 Cardinals Jadeveon Clowney DE
2013 Chiefs Eric Fisher OT
2012 Cardinals Andrew Luck QB
2011 Panthers Cam Newton QB
2010 Cardinals Sam Bradford QB
2009 Cardinals Matthew Stafford QB
2008 Cardinals Jake Long OT
2007 Cardinals JaMarcus Russell QB
2006 Cardinals Mario Williams DE

How to bet on the 2025 NFL Draft

Sportsbooks will post odds for the player to go first overall in the draft as soon as the previous year's draft is over. Once the college football season begins in September, these odds could change weekly depending on how players are performing as well as the evaluations of trusted draftniks such as Mel Kiper Jr.

In addition, this NFL futures bet may also take into account the team needs of the worst team(s) in the NFL.

After the NCAA football season is over, NFL Draft odds will solidify after key events such as the underclassmen declaration deadline, the NFL Scouting Combine and pro days. In the weeks leading up to the draft, sportsbooks will offer more NFL Draft prop bets. 

Understanding NFL Draft odds

The odds of going first overall in the NFL Draft will typically look like this:

  • Shedeur Sanders +400

This means that if you placed a $100 bet on Sanders, you would win $400 if the Buffaloes QB goes first overall in 2025. When you get closer to the draft and there is a consensus on who will go first overall, you might see a player with a minus sign (-) ahead of his odds, like this:

  • Carson Beck -550

This means you'd have to bet $550 to win $100 on Beck being drafted first overall.

Above we have posted the American odds for the 2025 NFL Draft. However, these are easy to convert to decimal odds or fractional odds with our odds converter tool.

Get more NFL Draft betting tips and strategies with our draft betting guide.

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Robert M. Criscola’s road to becoming a Covers publishing editor began with an internship at Metro New York, which eventually turned into a freelance job at MetroBet covering many sports from a wagering angle, including horse racing. He continued to focus on “The Sport of Kings” by writing for shapperdacapper.com, danonymousracing.com, and informer.fanxt.com before joining the team at the TwinSpires Edge in 2019 as a regular contributor and weekend editor. “Crisco” began writing game previews for Covers in 2022 and joined the editing team in 2023.

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