Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports Tap Facebook Live for NFL Draft Coverage

Twitter held its own mock draft, using data on players most-mentioned in tweets discussing given teams and the draft

The first round of the 2017 National Football League Draft kicks off Thursday night, and Sports Illustrated and Yahoo Sports will provide coverage of all 32 picks via Facebook Live.

In addition, Twitter held its own mock draft, using data on players most-mentioned in tweets discussing given teams and the draft to predict all 32 picks.

SI will go live from two sets starting at 7:45 p.m. ET Thursday. One set will feature host Maggie Gray, The MMQB senior writer Albert Breer and SI college football insider Andy Staples providing breaking news and analysis with each pick.

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