NFL draft expert loads up on Buckeyes in first round, top 300
NFL draft expert Matt Miller believes it could be a historic draft for Ohio State.
With nine Buckeyes declaring for the NFL draft, they’ll have no shortage of talent in the field. A lot of that talent, according to Miller’s top 300, will be selected in the first round.
He tabbed six Buckeyes as first-round picks, eight within the first 39 selections and 12 in the first three rounds. The six first-round selections would tie the mark Miami (FL) set in 2004.
For as high as Miller is on Ohio State, he actually didn’t have Joey Bosa as a top-two pick. Still, he had Bosa, Ezekiel Elliott, Mike Thomas, Taylor Decker, Eli Apple and Darron Lee as first-round selections, with Vonn Bell barely missing the cut at No. 32.
In all, he had 15 Buckeyes getting drafted. That makes up for a third of the total B1G players he has being selected in the seven rounds:
First Round (New England forfeited first-round pick)
No. 3 Joey Bosa, OSU
No. 15 Ezekiel Elliott, OSU
No. 17 Michael Thomas, OSU
No. 24 Jack Conklin, MSU
No. 25 Taylor Decker, OSU
No. 26 Eli Apple, OSU
No. 27 Darron Lee, OSU
No. 28 Maliek Collins, NEB
Second Round
No. 32 Vonn Bell, OSU
No. 39 Joshua Perry, OSU
No. 44 Shilique Calhoun, MSU
No. 47 Austin Johnson, PSU
No. 58 Christian Hackenberg, PSU
No. 60 Jason Spriggs, IU
Third Round
No. 65 Tyvis Powell, OSU
No. 67 Leonte Carroo, RU
No. 69 Adolphus Washington, OSU
No. 70 Connor Cook, MSU
No. 83 Braxton Miller, OSU
No. 85 Jordan Howard, IU
No. 90 Carl Nassib, PSU
No. 92 Jalin Marshall, OSU
Fourth Round
No. 104 Aaron Burbridge, MSU
No. 107 Nick Vannett, OSU
No. 118 Eric Murray, MIN
No. 119 Jihad Ward, ILL
Fifth Round
No. 131 Anthony Zettel, PSU
No. 146 Sean Davis, UMD
No. 153 Yannick Ngakoue, UMD
Sixth Round
No. 158 Steve Longa, RU
No. 160 Jack Allen, MSU
No. 166 Jordan Lucas, PSU
No. 170 Michael Caputo, WIS
No. 175 Darius Latham, IU
No. 178 Cardale Jones, OSU
No. 179 Nick VanHoose, NW
No. 187 Joe Schobert, WIS
Seventh Round
No. 190 Briean Boddy-Calhoun, MIN
No. 192 Austin Blythe, IOWA
No. 193 Nate Sudfeld, IU
No. 209 Quinton Jefferson, UMD
No. 231 Kyle Carter, PSU
No. 236 De’Vondre Campbell, MIN
No. 250 Corey Smith, OSU
No. 252 Jake Rudock, UM
(Seventh Round ends after 252 picks)
No. 265 Theiren Cockran, MIN
No. 266 Tevaun Smith, IOWA
No. 271 Jordan Walsh, IOWA
No. 275 Angelo Mangiro, PSU
No. 280 Josh Ferguson, ILL
No. 281 Dan Vitale, NW
No. 282 Jordan Lomax, IOWA
No. 283 Joel Heath, MSU
No. 285 Derek Watt, WIS
No. 296 Frankie Williams, PU
No. 300 Tanner McEvoy, WIS