Ten college football coaches are officially locked in to attend the 2019 NFL Draft, which begins Thursday April 25 in Nashville, Tenn.

A total of nine head coaches are slated to attend. The representatives will be David Cutcliffe from Duke, Matt Luke from Ole Miss, Joe Moorhead from Mississippi State, Ed Orgeron from LSU, Lincoln Riley from Oklahoma, Nick Saban from Alabama, Mark Stoops from Kentucky, Dabo Swinney from Clemson and Willie Taggart from Florida State.

All nine head coaches have “skin in the game.”

Riley has been the strongest advocate for potential No. 1 overall pick Kyler Murray and also watched Baker Mayfield go to the Cleveland Browns last year. Saban has three players appearing in the Draft in Josh Jacobs, Quinnen Williams and Jonah Williams.

Every coach has at least one player in attendance to represent. Cutcliffe will represent quarterback Daniel Jones. Luke will represent receiver D.K. Metcalf. Moorhead will represent Montez Sweat. Orgeron will represent both linebacker Devin White and cornerback Greedy Williams. Swinney will represent defensive lineman Christian Wilkins and Taggart represents defensive end Brian Burns.

Most interestingly is the announcement of Ohio State defensive line coach Larry Johnson, who is the only assistant listed to attend. With Urban Meyer no longer head coach of the Buckeyes, it makes sense for one of college football’s most-respected position coaches to be in Nashville in support of potential No. 1 overall pick Nick Bosa. Johnson also coached Dre’Mont Jones, who could be a high pick. He worked with defensive ends Sam Hubbard, Tyquan Lewis and Jalyn Holmes in 2018 before all three were NFL Draft picks last year.

The NFL Draft begins at 8 p.m. EST April 25 with the first round. The second and third rounds take place Friday April 26 starting at 7 p.m. EST. The fourth through seventh rounds take place Saturday April 27 starting at noon. The 2019 NFL Draft will be televised nationally by NFL Network, ABC, ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and can be heard nationwide on Westwood One Radio, SiriusXM NFL Radio, TuneIn Radio and ESPN Radio.

The Arizona Cardinals are on the clock where speculation continues about new coach Kliff Kingsbury, quarterback Josh Rosen and Murray, the 2018 Heisman Trophy winner out of Oklahoma.

“I mean, I guess it's more what don't you like? When you watch him play, I mean he can run it, he can throw it, he's a competitor,” Kingsbury said when asked what he liked about Murray. “...He's one of the better dual threat players to ever play.”

Murray and Kingsbury share an agent, and a long-standing history out of the Lonestar state.

“Kyler, he is a freak, man,” Kingsbury said during his tenure at Texas Tech. “I don’t have enough good things to say about him. He’s phenomenal. I’ve never seen him have a poor outing — not one. Which at quarterback, is impossible to do. But he’s done it. I’d take him with the first pick in the draft if I could. I know he’s signed to play baseball, but he is a dominant football player and I’d take him with the first pick.”