The draft season is upon us 231 days until next year's NFL draft.

But who's counting? Yes, 231 days until next year's NFL draft.

But who's counting?

College football is back and better than ever,

and that means we're breaking down the hottest prospects

all season long.

Is it the year of the quarterback?

With Carson Beck and Shador Sanders leading the way?

Could we see another Mel Kuiper and Field Yates have those answers and more?

We're responding to your

draft dreams live.

First draft starts right now.

Hello again everybody and welcome to this season's first edition of First Draft. You can listen to us every

week through this college football season on Thursday afternoons, live on the

ESPN YouTube channel, and wherever you get your podcasts. The legends are here. Mel Kuiper Jr. the man who invented the draft and the great Field Yates.

And I want to give very briefly the story of how this came to be. I'm Greeny and what am I doing here. Well I'll tell you what I'm doing here.

I this podcast has been an invaluable resource for me in the years that I've had the privilege of sitting with Mel and Lewis and

Booger and everybody hosting the ESPN draft the NFL draft excuse me on ESPN and I

I said you guys you know Field has has tried to do double duty these last few years hosting

and being the insider and all of that and I said, if you want me to come in and just ask you

guys the questions, I'd be delighted to do it.

And so that's what I'm here to do. You want to hear from Mel, you want to hear from field, you want to ask your questions to them, and that's what we plan to do. And for the first time ever, we're doing it through the college football season so we'll be with

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