Path to the Draft debuted on NFL Network on February 12, 2007. The show offers fans daily, in-depth coverage of prospects in the lead-up to the NFL Draft. Its first season ran for 50 episodes, opening with a week ranking the top players at each position before pausing for the NFL Scouting Combine and resuming five days a week through draft day. The show has aired every year since, expanding into one of NFL Network’s most consistent annual franchises.
In a typical season, the 30-minute show airs Monday through Friday in the evening, delivering in-depth analysis of top prospects alongside the latest news and reports. Each episode also breaks down all 32 NFL teams’ needs and discusses where in the draft teams might select players to fill them. The show traditionally features news reports, one-on-one interviews, player rankings, exclusive mock drafts, and analysis of which prospects’ draft stock is rising or falling.
Paul Burmeister served as the show’s lead anchor from 2007 to 2014, hosting live each weekday from late February through the end of the draft. Mike Mayock headlined the show’s analyst roster for years before later leaving for an NFL front-office role, working alongside analysts including Charles Davis, Michael Lombardi, Brian Baldinger, and Charley Casserly. Daniel Jeremiah, a former NFL scout who joined NFL Network in 2012, has served as the show’s lead draft analyst since 2019.
For the 2026 season, NFL Network kicked off Path to the Draft on March 30, with episodes airing Monday through Friday at 6 p.m. A rotating team of hosts and analysts — including Rhett Lewis, Patrick Claybon, Bucky Brooks, Charles Davis, Lance Zierlein, Cynthia Frelund, Steve Smith Sr., Brian Baldinger, and Michael Robinson — broke down each day’s developments, with regular appearances from Jeremiah. The 2026 NFL Draft itself was held in Pittsburgh, with NFL Network’s draft-week programming now produced alongside expanded ESPN coverage of the event.
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