In less than 24 hours, Denzel Ward will officially be a professional football player. Sam Hubbard and Billy Price could be, too, if Thursday night’s first round of the 2018 NFL draft goes the way they hope.
For Ward, Hubbard and Price and many of college football’s other top players from last season, the day they have dreamed of since they were kids is finally here.
The 2018 NFL draft begins Thursday night at 8 p.m., when the first 32 picks of this year’s selection meeting will be made. Ward, who will be in attendance for Thursday night’s first round of the draft at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, is fully expected to be among the first 10 to 15 players to hear his name called, walk across the stage, shake NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s hand and hold up the jersey of his new NFL team.