Ohio State Sets Modern Era Record on Day 2

OHIO STATE SETS NEW MODERN ERA RECORD ON DAY 2

Before we talk about what Ohio State just did, here are the full results of the second and third rounds!

OHIO STATE SETS NEW MODERN ERA RECORD WITH 10 TOP 3 ROUND PICKS

Alabama finished second today with 7 players selected so far and Notre Dame now has 6 so far.

ALABAMA HAS 4 PLAYERS TAKEN WITHIN A 9 PICK RUN

In the middle of a 9 pick run in the 2^nd round we saw the Crimson Tide have 4 players drafted. It started when the Bills took ILB Reggie Ragland at 41, the Titans took RB Derrick Henry 45^th, then Detroit took DT A’Shawn Robinson 46^th, and Seattle picked DT Jarran Reed 49^th overall.

FIRST SPECIALIST COMES OFF THE BOARD

Many people, including NFL Network’s Mike Mayock don’t give kickers and punters much attention but they had to on Friday night with Florida State kicker Roberto Aguayo with the 59^th overall pick in the 2^nd round to the Tampa Bay Bucs.

ONE COMBINE SNUB TAKEN IN ROUND 3

We projected that either Akron linebacker Jatavis Brown or Middle Tennessee State safety Kevin Byard would go in the 3^rd round and Byard came off the board making him the first and only combine snub drafted.

Byard was a surprise combine snub from the start at 5’11, 212 pounds with 4.4 speed. He had a 38-inch vertical and 4.15 short shuttle at his pro day. Byard was a 2014 and 2015 1^st-team All-Conference USA selection who had 10 interceptions over the last two years. One little known fact is that he was first-team All-Sun Belt back in 2012 when MTSU played in the Sun Belt. He also participated in the 2016 Senior Bowl.

EXPECT A RUN ON SMALL SCHOOL DBS ON DAY 3

With only Samford CB James Bradberry coming off the board during day 2 with the Panthers selecting him 62^nd overall in the second round we expect at least 2-3 small school defensive backs to come off the board in the 4^th round now with Southern Utah S Miles Killebrew, North Carolina Central CB Ryan Smith, UNI S/CB Deiondre Hall, and possibly William & Mary CB/S DeAndre Houston-Carson coming off the board.

BEST VALUE

We had Stanford tight end Austin Hooper as a late 2^nd round value and he was taken by the Falcons in the middle of the 3^rd round.

BIGGEST REACH

The Patriots took Nebraska DT Vincent Valentine with the 96^th overall pick despite him being rated outside of our top 290. His inconsistent play is why we had him so low but the Patriots feel they can coach him up. Keep an eye on this pick and see who ends up being right. The Patriots have the Super Bowl rings so maybe they see something we don’t but we believe they could have taken him much later than they did.

3 ROUND CONFERENCE DRAFT TRACKER

Big Ten- 23

SEC- 22

Atlantic Coast Conference- 14

Pac 12- 10

Big 12- 9

Independents- 7

Mountain West Conference- 5

American Athletic Conference- 2

Conference USA- 2

MEAC- 1

Missouri Valley Conference- 1

Ohio Valley- 1

Southern Conference- 1

LEADERSHIP QUESTIONS LEAVE MICHIGAN STATE QB ON THE BOARD

We weren’t sure if the leadership questions of Connor Cook would hurt him too much because he is a top 50 talent but they have hurt him and leave him wondering where he will land heading into day 3. We fully expect him to go in the 4^th round and end the fall.

TOP PLAYERS AVAILABLE

Here are our top 25 players available.