Path to the Draft is a television show on the NFL Network

NFL Network

NFL Network is an American television specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League . It was launched November 4, 2003, only eight months after the league's 32 team owners voted unanimously to approve its formation...

. The program debuted on February 12, 2007 and is scheduled to run for 50 episodes, with analysis of the NFL Draft

NFL Draft

The National Football League Draft is an annual event in which the National Football League teams select eligible college football players and it is their most common source of player recruitment. The basic design of the draft is each team is given a position in the drafting order in reverse order...

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Personalities

• Paul Burmeister
  Paul Burmeister
  Paul Burmeister is an analyst for the NFL Network, hosting such shows as College Scoreboard, Path to the Draft and Playbook....
  
   Host
• Charles Davis
  Charles Davis (football player)
  Charles Davis is a former football player for the University of Tennessee.Davis was an All-SEC defensive back for the Tennessee Volunteers. He earned a master's degree in history while a student at Tennessee.-Biography:...
  
   Lead Analyst
• Jamie Dukes
  Jamie Dukes
  Jamie Donnell Dukes is a former offensive lineman who played 10 seasons for the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, and Arizona Cardinals, of the National Football League. He played college football at Florida State...
  
   Analyst
• Derrin Horton
  Derrin Horton
  Derrin Horton is an American sportscaster based in Los Angeles, California.Horton joined NFL Network at the start of the 2004 NFL season where he currently serves as an anchor, reporter and host. Horton provides in-depth interviews, post-game reports, and sideline reports for the Network.Before...
  
   Fill-in Host
• Mike Mayock
  Mike Mayock
  Michael Francis Mayock is a former professional football player, a safety with the New York Giants of the National Football League...
  
   Lead Analyst
• Adam Schefter Reporter
• Solomon Wilcots
  Solomon Wilcots
  Solomon Wilcots is a former American football defensive back in the NFL. Wilcots played sixs in the league for the Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings, and Pittsburgh Steelers.-Broadcasting:...
  
   Analyst
• Rod Woodson
  Rod Woodson
  Roderick Kevin "Rod" Woodson is the current cornerbacks coach for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He is also a former defensive back best known for his 10-year stint with the Pittsburgh Steelers as well as being a key member of the Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl XXXV championship...
  
   Analyst

Program schedule

The first week of shows ranked the top players in the draft at each position. The show then took a break until the NFL Scouting Combine in late February

February 2007

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, on which two shows aired.

The program resumed on March 1, following the combine, and will appear five days a week until the day of the draft on April 28.

Basic structure

Each program contains in-depth analysis of the best draft-eligible players at each position, a "first draft" video diary of a top prospect, and an "on the clock" feature which focuses on each team's draft needs.