NFL Draft Odds: What Order Will the Top 5 Quarterbacks Go in 2025 Draft?

It’s an impressive group: a former Heisman Trophy winner, a young gunslinger and three transfers who piled up yards and touchdowns almost at will. The 2025 NFL Draft is loaded with great quarterback prospects, with Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, Jayden Daniels, Michael Penix Jr. and Bo Nix leading the pack.

Sportsbooks have Williams of USC as the favorite to go No. 1 overall in the draft, scheduled for April 25-27. Three others – Maye (from North Carolina), Daniels (from LSU) and Nix (from Oregon) – appear locks to go in the first round, while options on Penix (from Washington) vary from the first round to the later rounds.

It’s drama ready-made for {anchor("North Carolina sports betting","USAToday.com - Site Pages - Top Sites",68,"","","","gtm-content-internal-links")|raw}}, which launches March 11. Betting markets on other players – such as Duke tackle Graham Barton, a likely first-round pick – will emerge as the draft nears. But the quarterbacks will be the focus, so here’s a list of the top five QBs and their odds of going first overall.

NFL Draft Odds for Top 5 QBs to Go 1st Overall?

Is UNC’s Maye bound for D.C.?

Within the Old North State, much of the draft focus will be on Maye, who passed for 8,018 yards and 63 touchdowns in just 26 starts at North Carolina. Maye has +450 odds of being the first quarterback taken in the draft (behind -1000 Williams), with Daniel Jeremiah of NFL Network forecasting that he’ll go to Washington with the No. 2 overall selection

The NFL Network mock draft also has Williams going No. 1 overall to Chicago, Daniels going No. 3 overall to New England and Nix going No. 14 overall to New Orleans. The wild card is Penix, who due to concerns over an old knee injury and a poor performance in the national championship game, is notably absent from most first-round mock drafts.

Some of the top sportsbook promo codes offer up bonus bets as a welcome offer this time of year, and if you are in a legal state you can avail yourself of as many offers as you like.

The bonus bets from any of those offers can be used to wager on the NFL Draft, where the quarterbacks promise to own the spotlight in the first round. You may not be a general manager making a franchise-defining selection, but having your own piece of NFL Draft action is the next best thing.

North Carolina Bettors Can Back Maye In March

After launch day, sports bettors looking to wager on the NFL Draft in NC will be able to claim North Carolina sportsbook promos, which offer new users bonus bets they can wager with. You must be at least 21 years old and physically within the state to claim promo code offers, or to bet legally in North Carolina.

What will those promos be on North Carolina betting apps? We have an idea based on what’s been offered in other states. The bet365 North Carolina bonus code, for instance, will likely be a Bet & Get option such as the Bet $1, Get $200 it has offered for other launches.

The Caesars Sportsbook North Carolina promo code was recently a $1,000 first-bet offer, but the operator has frequently offered a Bet & Get as well for new state launches and that could be the case here.

Also expect BetMGM North Carolina bonus code to be one of the tops in the market, as it often throws in extra perks for early registration, which is slated to begin March 1.