40 draft picks in Harbaugh era, 37 in 2005-2015 drafts; 4 OL drafted for first time since 1948

We get guys drafted which is great.  But the number of guys we placed in the first 3 rounds this year vs Alabama, LSU, Clemson and OSU was also really telling (summary - a lot fewer).  I get that they’ll be some ebb and flow on raw numbers each year depending on demographics but if you assume NFL scouts are good judges of talent we are solid but clearly not in the upper echelon.  Which is also what it feels like on the field.

Go Blue either way and congrats to all UM players moving on to the NFL!  May they all have careers that are successful, long, healthy, and lucrative.

I guess this stat means something...but I don't know what it is.  Harbaugh still doesn't have this team anywhere close to elite.  We are getting destroyed at historic levels by our biggest rival.  We have a horrible Bowl record.  Can't beat ranked teams on the road. 

But...I guess "Hooray" that we have more people in the NFL draft than before.  The stat is meaningless when it comes to results on the field, but happy for these young men to play out their dreams in the NFL.

First year OC with a banged and inconsistent QB was tough. Let's see what happens next year.

Thia isn't how I would phrase it, but I do wonder why the running game wasn't more effective.

Oh fuck off. He was a year OC figuring out what he had.MEvery HC and OC/DC gets a mulligan their first season to figure shit out. 

That's not something unique to Michigan. 

I'm really not sure why I got negged, this was a serious question for comparison sakes. I think someone is a little too sensitive right now. 

Plenty of Alabama, Clemson, OSU, Georgia and LSU guys have been run out of the league in the last few years, too.

Beautiful thing about the league is it is truly merit based. If your game is actually worth a damn, you get to stay. It doesn’t give a fuck how many stars you had coming out of HS. 

I guess that depends on the development and chances their respective franchises give them and (far more important) their personal drive to succeed, wouldn’t you say? 

But he was horrible at player development.  Just horrible.   He could recruit, but couldn’t do anything with them.  Which would explain he ever declining record. 

I don't think so.  Look closer.  Harbaugh's list includes the 2016 draft class that was huge and all recruited by his predecessor.  I think the talent gap between UM and OSU or other powers is bigger today than it was when Harbaugh arrived.  He's had trouble stringing together more than two good classes in a row.  OSU and the rest have top classes every single year.  

Hard to agree when most of OSU's guys are getting drafted in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd rounds while most of ours are getting drafted in the 5th, 6th and 7th rounds.  Shows that there's still a significant talent gap, even if the raw number of draft picks is the same.

Once Wisconsin gets off the schedule, I think after this year, part of that problem goes away. The rest of the Big Ten West is a joke. Harbaugh can beat MSU and PSU, and Wisconsin (at home). He’s proven he can do that. 

OSU is a loss every year until proven otherwise, but you find years where you don’t have to play Wisconsin or go to Kinnick, and I think you’re in great shape. MSU is clearly down, almost beat Penn State at home this year. This is just me, but I think getting Wisconsin off the schedule does wonders for Michigan over the next few years.

When the schedule lines up right and you get a down MSU on the road and PSU at home, I think you can get Michigan to win 11 games in regular season and make the Rose Bowl.