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2025 NFL Draft No. 1 pick odds: Cam Ward favored, Abdul Carter surges

Updated Jan. 14, 2025 11:07 a.m. ET

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Miami's Cam Ward still sits at the top of the oddsboard to be chosen first in the 2025 NFL draft.

However, Penn State's Abdul Carter is surging up the board. 

Let's take a look at the odds to be the first pick in the 2025 draft at FanDuel Sportsbook as of Jan. 14.

2025 NFL DRAFT NO. 1 PICK ODDS: 

Cam Ward, Miami: -125 (bet $10 to win $18 total)
Shedeur Sanders, Colorado: +105 (bet $10 to win $20.50 total)
Travis Hunter, Colorado: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total)
Abdul Carter, Penn State: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)
Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas: +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)
Will Campbell, LSU: +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)
Mykel Williams, Georgia: +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)
Mason Graham, Michigan: +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)
Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona: +6000 (bet $10 to win $610 total)
Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss: +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total)
Will Johnson, Michigan: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)
Jalen Milroe, Alabama: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)
James Pearce Jr., Tennessee: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)
Quinn Ewers, Texas: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)
Ashton Jeanty, Boise State: +15000 (bet $10 to win $1,510 total)

Why Cam Ward sitting out second half of Pop-Tarts Bowl is not a big deal

Hurricanes' quarterback Cam Ward moved to -125 from +155 over the last two weeks and from +750 since the end of November. 

Ironically, critics questioned whether Ward's draft stock would take a hit after his team's 42-41 loss to Iowa State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl since he sat out the second half of the matchup.

Instead, bettors saw Ward's stock improve. 

About New York selecting Ward, FOX Sports NFL Draft analyst Rob Rang wrote that Cam "isn't as polished as his Heisman highlights suggest, but his quick release and flair for the dramatic could be big hits on Broadway."

Second is Sanders, whose odds stayed put at +105.

This season, he passed for 4,134 yards and 37 touchdowns. In the Buffs' 36-14 loss to BYU in the Alamo Bowl, the QB threw for 208 yards and two TDs, with two interceptions.

At the end of April, he opened as the favorite in this spot. 

Rounding out the top three is Heisman winner Travis Hunter, whose odds sit at +1000 for the second week in a row. 

Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter in Colorado's Top 10 Plays of 2024 Season

The biggest shift over the last week was Penn State's Abdul Carter moving up the board to +2500 from +6000.

However, Rang has Carter going seventh to the Jets in April's draft.

"After back-to-back seasons of disappointment, Jets fans need some solace," Rang noted. "It could come in the 2025 draft if it falls this way with Carter — the most explosive edge rusher in the class."

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