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VIDEO: Chris Berman brutally botched Ohio State’s program draft record
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You might not want to rely on draft facts that come from Chris Berman.
The ESPN personality is heading draft coverage and he was attempting to highlight a record-breaking night for Ohio State. When Eli Apple was the third Buckeye selected in the top 10, it marked the first time in program history that happened.
Berman, however, said that it was the first time in draft history that ANY team had three players in the top 10.
The only problem with that? It already happened 12 times, 13 if you include Ohio State:
Do not rely on Chris Berman for your draft facts pic.twitter.com/gyUBwTUIoy
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) April 29, 2016
You’ll notice that Michigan State and Penn State were two of the schools that had at least three players selected in the top 10.
In Berman’s defense, he wasn’t the person coming up with a nugget like that. He could’ve either been given false information or just botched it altogether.
Still, it never looks good to make a claim like that on the air that was so brutally wrong.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.