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OHIO STATE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST SEVEN NFL DRAFT PICKS, BUT SEVERAL OTHER BUCKEYES ALSO HAVE DRAFT HOPES
Ohio State is one of three schools, along with Alabama and Florida, that has had at least seven players selected in each of the last two NFL drafts.
That streak appears safely set to continue for the Buckeyes in this week’s NFL draft.
While Denzel Ward is the only Buckeye consistently projected to be a first-round pick on Thursday, Billy Price and Sam Hubbard are both widely projected to be selected in the draft’s first two rounds, while Jamarco Jones, Jerome Baker, Tyquan Lewis and Jalyn Holmes are all projected to be drafted between the second and fifth rounds.
It would be a big surprise if any of those Buckeyes went undrafted, and it’s likely all of them will be drafted with at least a couple of rounds to spare. As such, it appears to be a sure bet that Ohio State will have at least many draft picks as it had in 2017, when Marshon Lattimore, Malik Hooker, Gareon Conley, Curtis Samuel, Raekwon McMillan, Pat Elflein and Noah Brown were all chosen.
Whether any other Buckeyes get drafted, however, could be the big question from an Ohio State perspective as this year’s draft progresses.
The eighth-most likely Buckeye to be selected in this year’s draft appears to be Damon Webb, who has drawn his fair share of praise from draft analysts in the weeks leading up to this week’s event. Pro Football Focus’ Steve Palazzolo and The Athletic’s Ted Nguyen have both gone as far as to name Webb as the best pure free safety in the draft.
If you ask Webb himself, he isn’t afraid to tell you he agrees with their evaluation.
"I feel like I am the best safety here," Webb said at last month’s NFL Scouting Combine. "I’m a hybrid safety. I can play in the box, I’ve got post range and I can also play man-to-man."
Despite those superlatives, however, Webb isn’t unanimously projected to be drafted, and most of those who are projecting him to be selected don’t have him coming off the board until the late rounds. In recently published seven-round mock drafts, NFLDraftScout.com’s Dane Brugler and NFL.com’s Chad Reuter each project that Webb will be a sixth-round pick, but CBS Sports’ R.J. White doesn’t project Webb to be selected at all.
Given that any team who needs a safety and agrees with Palazzolo and Nguyen would likely be inclined to invest a draft pick in Webb, and it only takes out of 32, Webb’s chances of being drafted still appear to be promising. But he could have to endure an anxious wait before hearing his name called.
Damon Webb should hear his name called in this week's NFL draft, but he's likely to face a longer wait than many of his former Buckeye teammates.
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n total, Ohio State had 11 players invited to this year’s NFL Scouting Combine – which is usually an indicator that a player has a good shot at being drafted – but along with Webb, three of them appear to be sitting even more squarely on the draft bubble: Marcus Baugh, J.T. Barrett and Chris Worley, none of whom were included in any of the aforementioned seven-round mock drafts.
While Baugh, Barrett and Worley were all multi-year starters for the Buckeyes, they lack the spectacular playmaking ability or physical traits to stand out among their position groups in the draft class. Still, all of them have valuable playing experience under their belts that should improve their chances of making it on NFL rosters even if they are late-round picks or undrafted free agents.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-several-other-buckeyes-also-have-draft-hopes
Ohio State is one of three schools, along with Alabama and Florida, that has had at least seven players selected in each of the last two NFL drafts.
That streak appears safely set to continue for the Buckeyes in this week’s NFL draft.
While Denzel Ward is the only Buckeye consistently projected to be a first-round pick on Thursday, Billy Price and Sam Hubbard are both widely projected to be selected in the draft’s first two rounds, while Jamarco Jones, Jerome Baker, Tyquan Lewis and Jalyn Holmes are all projected to be drafted between the second and fifth rounds.
It would be a big surprise if any of those Buckeyes went undrafted, and it’s likely all of them will be drafted with at least a couple of rounds to spare. As such, it appears to be a sure bet that Ohio State will have at least many draft picks as it had in 2017, when Marshon Lattimore, Malik Hooker, Gareon Conley, Curtis Samuel, Raekwon McMillan, Pat Elflein and Noah Brown were all chosen.
Whether any other Buckeyes get drafted, however, could be the big question from an Ohio State perspective as this year’s draft progresses.
The eighth-most likely Buckeye to be selected in this year’s draft appears to be Damon Webb, who has drawn his fair share of praise from draft analysts in the weeks leading up to this week’s event. Pro Football Focus’ Steve Palazzolo and The Athletic’s Ted Nguyen have both gone as far as to name Webb as the best pure free safety in the draft.
If you ask Webb himself, he isn’t afraid to tell you he agrees with their evaluation.
"I feel like I am the best safety here," Webb said at last month’s NFL Scouting Combine. "I’m a hybrid safety. I can play in the box, I’ve got post range and I can also play man-to-man."
Despite those superlatives, however, Webb isn’t unanimously projected to be drafted, and most of those who are projecting him to be selected don’t have him coming off the board until the late rounds. In recently published seven-round mock drafts, NFLDraftScout.com’s Dane Brugler and NFL.com’s Chad Reuter each project that Webb will be a sixth-round pick, but CBS Sports’ R.J. White doesn’t project Webb to be selected at all.
Given that any team who needs a safety and agrees with Palazzolo and Nguyen would likely be inclined to invest a draft pick in Webb, and it only takes out of 32, Webb’s chances of being drafted still appear to be promising. But he could have to endure an anxious wait before hearing his name called.
Damon Webb should hear his name called in this week's NFL draft, but he's likely to face a longer wait than many of his former Buckeye teammates.
I
n total, Ohio State had 11 players invited to this year’s NFL Scouting Combine – which is usually an indicator that a player has a good shot at being drafted – but along with Webb, three of them appear to be sitting even more squarely on the draft bubble: Marcus Baugh, J.T. Barrett and Chris Worley, none of whom were included in any of the aforementioned seven-round mock drafts.
While Baugh, Barrett and Worley were all multi-year starters for the Buckeyes, they lack the spectacular playmaking ability or physical traits to stand out among their position groups in the draft class. Still, all of them have valuable playing experience under their belts that should improve their chances of making it on NFL rosters even if they are late-round picks or undrafted free agents.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-several-other-buckeyes-also-have-draft-hopes
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