The Ohio State Buckeyes set a record for the most players taken in the first three rounds in NFL Draft history. Perry will also join teammate Joey Bosa in San Diego, who was the first-round selection of the Chargers with the third overall pick.
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Six slots later, tackle Taylor Decker became the fourth Buckeye taken in Round 1 when the Detroit Lions dialed him up.
Ohio State had 5 players drafted within the top 20 of the 2016 draft. He is the fourth-highest drafted Big Ten running back in the modern era (1967-present), and beat out Penn State’s Curtis Enis for the highest selected running back in the conference since 1998. The Buckeyes won at Michigan in 2013 and ’15 and at Michigan State in ’14.
Similarly, Jaylon Smith, the Notre Dame linebacker who also looked like a top-10 talent, might not hear his name called even on day two due to the gruesome injury he suffered in his final collegiate game that will cost him at least the 2016 season. “If there’s starters on the board tomorrow, we have to find them”.
By then, Bosa already was a solid hour into his new life as a Charger.
The self-appointed Hero in a Half Shirt knew this would be a good night, and he was right. That being said, the draft should kick off with the back-to-back selections of franchise quarterbacks Cal’s Jared Goff and Carson Wentz of North Dakota in some order.
ESPN and NFL Network will once again provide television coverage. But they were never considered for the top two-picks because they aren’t quarterbacks.
Perry said that he and Bosa were close in college. “I can’t wait to get out there”. Other potential draftees include QB Cardale Jones, linebacker Joshua Perry, safety Tyvis Powell and wideout Jalin Marshall.
Ohio States Darron Lee poses for photos after being selected by the New York Jets as the 20th pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL football draft, Thursday, April 28, 2016, in Chicago. Now Elliott is headed to “America’s team”, which has won five Super Bowls but none since 1995.
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There will be more Buckeyes picked in the second round and these are the players that have the best chances.
