@tour2ma said:

Though....we COULD use them all.

They won't take all these OSU guys...but as I said before, just like on WRs last year, I think they carboload on DBs this year, if not right off the top, a bit later.

The 2004 ‘Canes set an NFL record that still stands: Six first-round picks, a group that included the late, great Sean Taylor

@mjp28 said:

If 5-6 players go in the first 3 rounds, that is pretty good production for a "factory". I mean, look what they did last year. I think they got more players drafted from one school than any other in history (or at least in the 7 round draft era)

I think Miami had it at one time.

Here it is, most players taken from one school in a single draft:

YEAR SCHOOL PICKS

1984 Texas 17

1946 Notre Dame 16 1

1953 USC 15

1945 Notre Dame 15

1975 USC 14

2004 Ohio State 14

1977 USC 13

1987 Penn State 13

1988 Oklahoma 13

1971 Ohio State 13

1975 Ohio State 13

1944 Notre Dame 13

1950 Minnesota 13

1944 USC 12

1974 UCLA 12

1982 Texas 12

1944 Texas 12

1981 Pittsburgh 12

2016 Ohio State 12

1954 Notre Dame 12

1950 Notre Dame 12

1975 Nebraska 12

1988 Miami (FL) 12

1952 Maryland 12

1976 Colorado 12

The NFL draft went to 7 rounds in 1993. Note that Ohio State actually has the two highest number of players picked in any given year since then: 2004 with 14. Last year with 12. Miami had 11 in 2002 to hold the mark for a couple of years.

In 1984 when Texas had 17 players taken there were 12 rounds.

5 *Marshon Lattimore CB 1 Ohio State rSo 6-0 193 1

7 *Malik Hooker FS 1 Ohio State rSo 6-1 206 1

25 *Gareon Conley CB 3 Ohio State rJr 6-0 195 1

45 *Curtis Samuel WR 4 Ohio State Jr 5-11 196 2

46 *Raekwon McMillan ILB 3 Ohio State Jr 6-2 240 2

74 Pat Elflein C 1 Ohio State rSr 6-3 303 2-3

177 *Noah Brown WR 24 Ohio State rSo 6-2 222 5

362 Cameron Johnston P 4 Ohio State Sr 5-11 194 ––

580 Brionte Dunn RB 44 Ohio State rSr 6-0 214 ––

710 Dontre Wilson WR 91 Ohio State Sr 5-10 183 ––

762 Corey Smith WR 102 Ohio State rSr 6-0 183 ––

Those top 6 will get drafted fairly early. Brown should be taken late.

When he first started I thought Dontre Wilson would be the shit. Apparently not since he is ranked #710. Though I still think he has some kick return skills.

Brionte Dunn? Oi!! He came out of GlenOak. How long has this guy been playing? He was like a Junior or senior when my daughter was cheerleading as a sophomore in high school, and Wadsworth played GlenOak in the state playoffs. She has already graduated, and he is just now getting done?

When he was recruited people thought he would be the next Eddie George, with his strong, staight up style of running. Guess not. He barely got a peep.

@the-gipper said:

It was a young team in a rebuilding year especially after the big NFL draft the prior year. Outside of the DBs and a few others they shouldn't lose much in the draft.

They should be good in 2017.

@mjp28 said:

They made the Field of Four, so I don't know how much of an off year it was. Hell, losing that kind of apparent talent could mean this coming year is the "off year".