Cam Ward is new favorite to go No. 1 in the 2025 NFL Draft at sportsbooks

Miami (FL) Hurricanes QB becomes odds-on favorite to be selected first in April

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The 2025 NFL draft is still several months away, but the market for a player to be drafted No. 1 overall has been live pretty much since Mr. Irrelevant was drafted last April.

At BetMGM, Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders opened as the favorite at +300 odds, followed by Miami (FL) QB Cam Ward at +350 and Colorado WR/CB Travis Hunter at +750. Georgia QB Carson Beck and Texas QB Quinn Ewers also had better odds at other books, and Beck was even the favorite to go No. 1 at sportsbooks for a brief period of time this season.

Since late October, though, Sanders has been the favorite at sportsbooks and he was around -120 to go No. 1 at sportsbooks before this weekend’s NFL games. However, with the Tennessee Titans losing and the New England Patriots winning on Sunday, the Titans now hold the No. 1 overall pick in th…