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An interesting draft class
At a table near the press box elevators, the Ohio State athletic department is handing out a list of past NFL draft picks. Let’s just go over the four years.
2004: Chris Gamble (1st round), Michael Jenkins (1st), Will Smith (1st), Tim Anderson (3rd), Ben Hartsock (3rd), B.J. Sander (3rd), Darion Scott (3rd) Will Allen (4th), Alex Stepanovich (4th), Drew Carter (5th), Craig Krenzel (5th), Robert Reynolds (5th), Adrien Clarke (7th), Shane Olivea (7th).
2005: Mike Nugent (2nd), Dustin Fox (3rd), Maurice Clarett (3rd).
2006: A.J. Hawk (1st), Donte Whitner (1st), Bobby Carpenter (1st), Santonio Holmes (1st), Nick Mangold (1st), Ashton Youboty (3rd), Anthony Schlegel (3rd), Nate Salley (4th), Rob Sims (4th).
2007: Ted Ginn Jr. (1st), Anthony Gonzalez (1st), Quinn Pitcock (3rd), Antonio Pittman (4th), Jay Richardson (5th), Roy Hall (5th), Troy Smith (5th), Doug Datish (6th).
An impressive list. Then, in another section, there’s a box suggesting ways to contact former Buckeyes during draft weekend, because they could potentially be picked or signed by a team. Here’s that list:
Vernon Gholston, Kirk Barton, Larry Grant, Dionte Johnson, Trevor Robinson, Tyler Whaley.
Where did all the good players go? Well, the Buckeyes kept most of their talented underclassmen in school (except for Gholston, but if you had that body pictured above, would you stay in college another year?) Plus, others who would be seniors this year and entering the draft left OSU early.
The combination leads to a scrawny list of potential draftees.
By the way, 10 Buckeyes have been first-round picks since Jim Tressel took over in 2001.
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