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April 13, 2016In just over two weeks, the NFL will conduct their amateur player draft in what has become one of the nation’s most watched reality shows. Players invited to attend the NFL Draft in person must weigh if they want to risk being on the dreaded last person in the green room watch versus the ability to walk on stage in front of fans and shake NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s hand (or hug him off the ground).1 The NFL has now released their list of players and coaches that can attend the draft in Chicago.
On that list are an NFL record-tying five former Ohio State Buckeyes (matching the 2012 Alabama team): cornerback Eli Apple, defensive end Joey Bosa, offensive tackle Taylor Decker, running back Ezekiel Elliott, and linebacker Darron Lee will all be in the green room representing the scarlet and gray along with head coach Urban Meyer.
In his fourth and latest mock draft, ESPN’s Mel Kiper has all five invited Buckeyes being selected in the first round along with safety Vonn Bell. Decker is the lone senior projected to be picked in the first round for the Buckeyes and also the lone senior who can attend the draft for Ohio State.
While the Buckeyes tied an NFL record for most players invited to the draft, don’t forget that they sent an NFL record 14 players to the NFL Combine and will now tie the record for most players attending the draft. Hopefully, all five Buckeyes in attendance will have short stays in the green room and not be picked by the Pittsburgh Steelers or Baltimore Ravens.
In other draft records per university, Ohio State has had the most draft picks in one year (14 in 2004), second in all-time first-round picks (69), and third in all-time draft picks (416)..
The three-day NFL Draft will begin April 28, with the first round of the draft is April 28 at 8 p.m. ET, while rounds 2-3 are April 29, and rounds 4-7 are April 30.
The 25 players who will be in the green room:
- CB Eli Apple, Ohio State
- DE Joey Bosa, Ohio State
- DT Vernon Butler, Louisiana Tech
- WR Corey Coleman, Baylor
- OT Jack Conklin, Michigan State
- OT Taylor Decker, Ohio State
- WR Josh Doctson, Texas Christian
- DE Kevin Dodd, Clemson
- RB Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State
- QB Jared Goff, California
- CB Vernon Hargreaves, Florida
- LB Myles Jack, UCLA
- DT Chris Jones, Mississippi State
- DE Shaq Lawson, Clemson
- LB Darron Lee, Ohio State
- S Keanu Neal, Florida
- DT Robert Nkemdiche, Mississippi
- LB Reggie Ragland, Alabama
- CB Jalen Ramsey, Florida State
- DT Jarran Reed, Alabama
- DT A’Shawn Robinson, Alabama
- OT Ronnie Stanley, Notre Dame
- WR Laquon Treadwell, Mississippi
- OT Laremy Tunsil, Mississippi
- QB Carson Wentz, North Dakota State
The 12 coaches who will be in the green room:
- Art Briles, Baylor
- Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
- Sonny Dykes, California
- Jimbo Fisher, Florida State
- Hugh Freeze, Mississippi
- Brian Kelly, Notre Dame
- Chris Klieman, North Dakota State
- Urban Meyer, Ohio State
- Jim Mora, UCLA
- Gary Patterson, Texas Christian
- Nick Saban, Alabama
- Dabo Swinney, Clemson
- Perhaps the only time of the year that NFL players look forward to being near Goodell. [↩]
4 Comments
Decent odds 1 of these 25 players listed will be there at 32
But, not so good odds that any of those Buckeyes will be there.
Man OSU fans were spoiled the past few years.
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