Ward large favourite to be No. 1 select of NFL draft

Miami quarterback Cam Ward is a huge favourite to be the No. 1 select within the NFL draft, and odds-on favorites even have emerged at choices two thru 5 at sportsbooks across the country.

Ward entered Thursday as a -20,000 favourite to be the highest select by way of the Tennessee Titans at ESPN BET. Colorado‘s Travis Hunter is the favourite (-5,000) to move 2d, adopted by way of Penn State‘s Abdul Carter (-700) at No. 3, LSU‘s Will Campbell (-700) at No. 4, and Boise State‘s Ashton Jeanty (-230) at No. 5.

Ward opened as a 7-1 underdog to the No. 1 select when odds had been first posted in November, at the back of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders and Hunter. Ward leapfrogged Colorado’s two stars all the way through the school soccer season, changing into the favourite to be the highest select in early January. His odds jumped to -1000 in past due March after which to -20,000 and shorter final week. Caleb Williams, final yr’s most sensible select, additionally used to be a -20,000 favourite to move No. 1.

“Everything the Titans have hinted at over the past few months suggests that Cam Ward is their guy, and this is why we are offering -50,000 on Cam Ward to go No. 1 overall in the draft,” Joey Feazel, head of soccer buying and selling at Caesars Sportsbook, stated.

Sanders opened as the favourite to be the No. 1 select, however the over/beneath on his draft place dropped considerably Wednesday at sportsbooks, transferring from 9.5 to 21.5.

Skepticism within the media in regards to the New Orleans Saints taking Sanders with the 9th select, moderately than an inflow of bets, drove the shift in odds, sportsbooks stated. The Pittsburgh Steelers have the 21st select. Sanders stays the favourite to be the second one quarterback picked within the draft, at -200 at ESPN BET.