Are we going to break the draft by school record?
Likely drafted:
- Jake Butt
- Jehu Chesson
- Ryan Glasgow
- Ben Braden
- Ben Gedeon
- Jeremy Clarke
50/50:
- Channing Stripling
- Deveon Smith
- Kyle Kalis
- Kenny Allen
- Erik Magnuson
It is a good bet that Michigan will have 14+ guys drafted this year. Of course, they should all go in the 1st round!
I think the record is Miami with 11 in 2002, right? If so, I'd say we've got a good shot with 6 guys already drafted
14, to be exact.
I think it's unlikely we hit that
April 29th, 2017 at 12:22 PM ^
They won't, either...
April 29th, 2017 at 11:01 AM ^
April 29th, 2017 at 12:10 PM ^
I'd honestly put Braden, Gedeon, and Clark (there is no e) in the 50/50 catagory. I think they'll get drafted, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were priority FAs. Smith showed well, so I'd add him to that category. Stribling did everything well, but was awful on the bench press so maybe that killed his chances of being drafted.
Anyway, outside of Butt, Chesson and Glasgow...we're now to the point where a team loves you or they think you're a FA. Any of those guys could go in the 4th round and any of them could go undrafted. How did they do in the interviews? Who scouted them? Who's got the need?
Hopefully Harbaugh's name and connections mean a lot and teams well take all of them today knowing they were well coached.
I disagree on Gedeon, I think that he is more likely to be drafted than everyone left, save Butt and Glasgow. Not only was he very good last year, but he showed very well at the combine. I think he goes in the 4th or 5th round.
Overall, I think we finish at 13 and get taunted by Buckeyes for a while.
And we'll agree to disagree. He did show well, but that was a given...his nickname is The Freak and he's built for the combine.
Last year he showed great in run support, he got torched in coverage more than a few times.
Which means, IMO, he's got to go to the right team. Which means, IMO, he could slide. But like I said, he could go at the top of the 4th and I wouldn't be surprised either.
My point is this late in the draft, there are plenty of guys who fan bases think will get drafted in the mid-rounds and don't end up drafted at ALL. I don't think that will be the case here, but it happens.
Now if you think Gedeon is in the Butt/Glasgow/Chesson category, I disagree. Smith did well in all of the pre-draft stuff as well. If you put Gedeon in there, then I think you have to put De'Veon in there who was more productive in college, has a coach who's obsessed with him, did so well in one bowl practice he got invited to another. And didn't test himself out of the draft.
Like I said...I would not be shocked to see every single one of those players listen in the OP get drafted. They're all going to get a legit shot to play in the NFL. No question. Hopefully we hear a lot of names today. As I mentioned, with Harbaugh's connection...it could be one of those things where we hear a lot of them late because teams know the coaching these guys received.
Yeah I agree with 90% of what you're saying. I'm a homer but I think that Gedeon is a valuable second or third (depending on 4-3 or 3-4 base) ILB on NFL teams for a while. It would do him well to land on a 3-4 team with two starting linebackers but a need for depth - then he could rotate in to keep them fresh while he adjusts to the NFL. I agree with your point that a lot of mid round guys that fan bases are familiar with fall because NFL GMs are not as familiar.
Where I disagree is Chesson. There are more WRs in the draft than there are quality ILBs, and Chesson has fallen sharply as a prospect over the last year. If he entered the drafted after his junior year he's probably a second round pick. However, after his injury in the Citrus Bowl he really stagnated. He caught a lot of balls with his body this year and his production really diminished. Then at the combine he didn't even beat Darboh in the 40! Darboh ran a really good time, but for most of Chesson's career we were made to believe that he was a top 3 speed guy on the team, running very close to the 4.3s. I think his combine time was 4.48. All of this being said, I still think Chesson is a WR that somebody will draft, I just think that Gedeon is probably in the top 10 ILBs left on the board and Chesson is probably only in the top 20s for remaining receivers.
April 29th, 2017 at 10:30 AM ^
Understandable...and RB (De'Veon) is also a lot deeper than ILB.
FWIW, Gedeon is popping up on a lot of "Best Available Player" lists this morning between #10 & #35. Jake Butt's been mentioned top 5 of every one I've seen, I expect him to go quickly.
April 29th, 2017 at 12:55 PM ^
I kid you not, I just read this exchange and he just got drafted.
April 29th, 2017 at 12:54 PM ^
4th round to the Vikings!
April 29th, 2017 at 11:12 AM ^
That's our high-water mark.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Michigan_Wolverines_in_the_NFL_dr…
April 29th, 2017 at 11:51 AM ^
I feel kinda bad for Braden. He was bounced out to LT just as he was getting into form after that minor injury at the start of the season. If he had stayed at LG, I think he would have been a lock as a draft choice. Instead, he took one for the team and finished his senior year getting poor reviews at LT - a position he had never played in college.
Somewhere Brady Hoke is happy for and proud of the players he recruited, even if their best times on the field came under the following coach.
In the seven-round format, from what I can find, it is indeed the Ohio State Buckeyes with 14 in 2014, followed by Miami with 11 in that 2002 class. Going back to the older iterations of the NFL Draft though, there are a few teams that nearly hit 20, from the looks of things, which would be utterly ridiculous in the current format at it would represent about 1 in every 11 or so players selected.
Ohio State had 6 guys drafted in 2014. They had 14 players drafted in 2004.
deserves a pro career, fingers crossed
April 29th, 2017 at 10:36 AM ^
- Jake Butt
- Jehu Chesson
- Ben Gedeon
- Jeremy Clark
- Channing Stribling
April 29th, 2017 at 11:10 AM ^
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April 29th, 2017 at 11:14 AM ^
We had 14 (the most this season).
April 29th, 2017 at 11:18 AM ^
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April 29th, 2017 at 12:27 PM ^
Who is they? If you mean buckeye fans, just ignore those losers. Just pickup your food and leave the counter.
April 29th, 2017 at 12:34 PM ^
We won't beat the Ohio State record, but it shows we are on a par with them.
Little by little we are eroding the huge advantage they have had over us the last decade.
History shows when we are roughly even with them, so is our record against them. Then it comes down to a few plays here and there . . . mostly just luck at that point.
Jim Harbaugh is doing what he came to Michigan to do, and why we paid him all those millions to do it.
Don't see that happening in any foreseeable timeframe with any other coach we had a shot at.
April 29th, 2017 at 11:10 PM ^
in terms of NFL draft picks, sure. In terms of high draft picks aka 1st round? Michigan isn't there yet. OSU got a bunch of players drafted at 1st round.