For weeks, just about everyone in and around the NFL knew that the Tennessee Titans were selecting University of Miami quarterback Cam Ward with the No. 1 overall pick. After the draft, Ward was asked how he's going to prove that the Titans were right to take him with the top pick.

Spotrac has listed the contract values for every draft pick at the 2025 NFL draft, with all of the first-round selections now locked into place. Here's how the first six picks shake out: Cam Ward, QB, Tennessee Titans: Four-year, $48.7 million deal with a $32.1 million signing bonus.

The name Cam Ward has very different meanings in North Carolina's Research Triangle and the rest of the country. In Raleigh, N.C., he is forever the nerve center of the Carolina Hurricanes' 2006 Stanley Cup team—the rookie who backstopped his squad to the promised land.