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2 former B1G stars will appear in-person at NFL draft
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While most NFL prospects will participate in the draft virtually next week, there’s still a small number who will be in Cleveland for the live event.
The NFL announced a list of 13 players who will be in-person for the draft next week, and that group includes Northwestern lineman Rashawn Slater as well as Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons.
Both Slater and Parsons are potential top-10 picks, depending on how the draft unfolds. But regardless, they should both be off the board in the front half of the first round.
Another similarity is that both players opted out of the 2020 season due to COVID-19. That decision doesn’t seem to have impacted their draft stock in a negative way — especially for Parsons, who is likely to be the first defensive player off the board.
Here’s the full list of prospects who will be attending:
- Christian Barmore, Alabama
- Ja’Marr Chase, LSU
- Caleb Farley, Virginia Tech
- Mac Jones, Alabama
- Trey Lance, North Dakota State
- Micah Parsons, Penn State
- Kyle Pitts, Florida
- Gregory Rousseau, Miami
- Rashawn Slater, Northwestern
- DeVonta Smith, Alabama
- Patrick Surtain, Alabama
- Jaylen Waddle, Alabama
- Zach Wilson, BYU
Other high-profile Big Ten prospects such as Justin Fields, Wyatt Davis, Rondale Moore and others will be participating in the draft virtually.
The draft is April 29-May 1.
Spenser is the news manager at Saturday Road and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.