Trades at the top of the NFL draft bring the most interest and intrigue, but teams have stayed away from moving early first-round picks in recent years.

Just seven trades involving top-seven picks have occurred in the past seven drafts — with four of those swaps finalized weeks before the event. The four pre-draft deals include:

The three draft-day trades involving top-seven selections occurred in 2018, when the Bills moved up to No. 7 overall (QB Josh Allen), and in 2023, when the Texans acquired the No. 3 overall pick (Edge Will Anderson Jr.) from the Cardinals for the 12th overall selection, which Arizona then included in a deal with the Lions to climb back up the board to No. 6 (OT Paris Johnson Jr.).

In four of the last six drafts, the first trade involving a Round 1 selection occurred at or after the team picking 10th overall was on the clock. The six trades below continue this trend, with the first deal happening at Pick 12. The trade terms are based on traditional charts that assign numerical values to each draft pick based on historical data. Trade compensation will vary, however, based on how competitive I think teams will be at a specific slot (which drives up the price) and whether I think a team might value extra selections more than a Day 1 pick.

So, without further ado, here are the six trades involving Round 1 selections that I could see happening between now and the end of Day 1 of the 2025 draft on April 24 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.