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3. Ohio State
Draft picks since 1999: 70
First-round picks: 17
Highlights: CB Antoine Winfield, CB Nate Clements, DE Will Smith, WR Santonio Holmes, LB Na?il Diggs, DT Ryan Pickett, CB Chris Gamble
Lowlights: WR David Boston, LB Andy Katzenmoyer, RB Joe Montgomery, CB Derek Ross
Skinny: No college program produced more NFL draft picks over the past 10 years, and no team had a larger single haul than the Buckeyes? monstrous 14-pick class in 2004. How Ohio State didn?t win more national championships over this span is anyone?s guess, particularly given the program?s absurd wealth of defensive talent. The Buckeyes were the preeminent producer of talent in the secondary over the last decade.
Maybe the only thing keeping them from taking the runner-up spot to Miami is the number of young players who have yet to hit their stride ? linebackers A.J. Hawk and Bobby Carpenter, safety Donte Whitner and defensive end Vernon Gholston among others. If USC has a stranglehold on the NFL?s underachieving young offensive talent, then Ohio State is its defensive counterpart.
8. Michigan
Draft picks since 1999: 48
First-round picks: 8
Highlights: QB Tom Brady, G Steve Hutchinson, LB Ian Gold, T Jon Jansen, LB Larry Foote, T Jeff Backus, LB Cato June
Lowlights: WR David Terrell, WR Marquis Walker, TE Ben Joppru, CB Jeremy LeSueur, RB Chris Perry, G David Baas
Skinny: It remains to be seen how new coach Rich Rodriguez will fare, but the previous 10 years under Lloyd Carr?s direction established a dependable NFL pipeline. Aside from the rare freak who tested out extremely well, Carr?s Michigan teams had a reputation for guys who proved to be good players despite not being first-round picks. Amongst NFL personnel men, Carr?s players had a history of interviewing very well and scoring high in football intelligence. Many also proved to be good in the locker room. One of the few complaints about the program was that Carr tended to be overly secretive.
?Within the last few years, they had a first-round guy that we wanted to get in and see in their practices, and he refused,? an NFC personnel man said. ?It wasn?t a first. He just didn?t like the idea of letting [scouts] in. I think [Carr] had paranoia about that attention influencing players to leave early. ? It never prevented us from getting an accurate [report] together, but it made it more difficult than it had to be.?
Notre Dame (48): Only three first-round picks and a generous number of low- to zero-impact talent on the NFL level. Defensive end Justin Tuck is the only major star to emerge from this program in a decade.