how long do teams have to draft in the nfl
1 Each team gets assigned one draft pick per each of the 7 rounds. 2  32 additional picks are given out as compensatory selections to teams that qualify. 3  There are a total of 256 draft slots available each year, assuming 32 teams in the National Football League, and no picks have been taken away. For the first round, the team picking gets 10 minutes to submit a player's name to be drafted. 2  7 minutes in Round 2, and 5 minutes in Rounds 3-7. 3  If the time expires before the pick is submitted, the next team can begin to submit their pick, but the team who's time expired can still submit their pick at any point.