Teeing up the NFL draft: When, where, TV info and what to watch

After months of watching film, analyzing workouts and speculating, the 2015 NFL draft will finally get underway Thursday evening.

If you’re a draft junkie like we are, make sure you know where you can find coverage and who will be discussing the draft as it unfolds during the annual three-day NFL offseason extravaganza.

Here’s the who, when and where for this year’s NFL draft:

When: Round 1: Thursday, 8 p.m. ET; Rounds 2-3: Friday, 7 p.m. ET; Rounds 4-7: Saturday, 12 p.m. ET

Where: Auditorium Theatre — Roosevelt University — Chicago (formerly Radio City Music Hall in New York City)

Coverage: ESPN and NFL Network on all three days (ESPN’s Day 2 coverage will be broadcast on ESPN2); livestresms on WatchESPN app and NFL.com; radio broadcasts on Sirius XM NFL Radio and ESPN Radio.

Who: ESPN: Chris Berman, Mel Kiper Jr., Jon Gruden, Louis Riddick (in place of Ray Lewis), Chris Mortensen, Adam Schefter, Suzy Kolber (Day 1); Trey Wingo, Trent Dilfer, Todd McShay, Kiper, Mortensen, Schefter, Kolber (Day 2); Wingo, Kiper, McShay, Bill Polian, Mortensen, Schefter (Day 3).

NFL Network: Rich Eisen, Mike Mayock, Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Kurt Warner, Michael Irvin, David Shaw (Day 1); Eisen, Mayock, Mariucci, Faulk, Warner, Irvin, Charlier Strong (Day 2); Eisen, Mayock, Mariucci, Faulk, Warner, Irvin, Pat Fitzgerald (Day 3).

Who to watch for: There will be 27 prospects in attendance in Chicago for the start of the NFL draft, including eight players from the SEC: Todd Gurley, D.J. Humphries, Cedric Ogbuehi, Landon Collins, Benardrick McKinney, Bud Dupree, Dante Fowler Jr. and Shane Ray.

Ethan Levine

A former newspaper reporter who has roamed the southeastern United States for years covering football and eating way too many barbecue ribs, if there is such a thing.