If
you’re an NFL fan, I’m sure everything I’m posting today with even more
information that I haven’t captured here is known to you. If you’re not an NFL fan but would like to
know how the Wolverines did on Thursday, Friday and Saturday:
With a little help from MGoBlue.com:
This
year's figure: 11 players selected from the University of Michigan led all
schools and stands as the 12th most in draft history and is the third-highest
total since the draft was reduced to
seven rounds. As recently as
last season, OSU had 12 players drafted.
Michigan is tied at 11 with multiple schools.
The
Big Ten had 35 total selections with Michigan accounting for 31 percent of the
picks. Ohio State had seven selections and Iowa followed with four.
1.
Safety/linebacker Jabrill Peppers (Cleveland, 25th overall) and
defensive end Taco Charlton (Dallas, 28th overall) were selected
in the first round, giving U-M multiple selections in the opening round for the
eighth time in draft history and the first time since 2005.
2.
Michigan had four players selected in the third round with
defensive end Chris Wormley (Baltimore, 74th overall, and to
brother of Michigan Head Coach Harbaugh), cornerback Jourdan Lewis (Dallas, 92nd overall), safety Delano Hill (Seattle, 95th overall) and wide
receiver Amara Darboh (Seattle, 106th overall) earning
calls.
3.
On the final day of the draft, linebacker Ben Gedeon (Minnesota, 120th overall), defensive
tackle Ryan Glasgow (Cincinnati, 138th overall) and wide
receiver Jehu Chesson (Kansas City, 139th overall, Kansas
City) were selected in the fourth round, while Jake Butt was the first selection of the fifth
round (Denver, 145th overall). Cornerback Jeremy Clarkwas the final
player selected with his call coming in the sixth round (197th overall) by the
New York Jets.
4.
Peppers became the 14th Wolverine drafted by the Browns all-time
and 16th U-M player selected by a Cleveland organization (Cleveland Rams).
Peppers is the first U-M player selected by the Browns in the first round since
Braylon Edwards in 2005 (first round, third overall).
5.
Charlton and Lewis became the sixth and seventh Wolverines,
respectively, drafted by the Cowboys all-time and first since 1991 (Tony
Boles). Charlton is the first U-M player selected by the Cowboys in the first
round since 1985 (Kevin Brooks, 17th overall).
6.
Wormley became the third Wolverine drafted by the Ravens
all-time and first since 2016 (Willie Henry). Hill and Darboh became the first
U-M players selected by Seattle since Frank Clark in
2015 (63rd overall).
7.
Glasgow is the 13th draft selection by Cincinnati and the first
U-M pick since Morgan Trent in
2009 (179th overall).
8.
Chesson is the eighth
draft selection by Kansas City and first since 2012 when Junior Hemingway was picked in the seventh round (238th
overall).
9.
Butt is the 10th U-M player chosen by Denver and first since Michael Schofield in 2014 (95th overall).
10. Michigan currently has 21
players in the NFL. This brings the
total to a potential 32.
Sheesh….Shouldn’t
they have won more games in 2017???
Here’s and interesting chart: Schools with the most ever players drafted:
I cut the list off at 200....
Observations: Again,
when that much talent is seen or discovered and then taken by the NFL, I’m
looking at the coaching staff and wondering what gives? You know what else I’m looking at? A lot of these players were Hoke’s legacy. Very impressive, Coach Hoke. Very impressive. If you would have only had an O-Coordinator
and a D-Coordinator when you were here.
Further, the Cleveland Browns and Dallas Cowboys
(yuck) are now teams I have to, kind of, well….I guess I will find time to
watch and pull for those guys when I’m not rooting for the Lions. Who REALLY PISSED ME OFF when they took
a Toledo Tight End vs. Jake Butt (who went 5 or 7 picks later). Dumb-ass Lions will never, ever win
a Super Bowl in my lifetime, assuming I live to 100. Maybe even two lifetimes…
Oh, and Butt dropping to the 5th round
from that ACL injury (he had been a consensus 2nd round pick and
around 4th TE overall) even with the insurance policy, probably cost
himself at least $2M in the process. For
one lousy game that didn’t count that Michigan lost. Think the end of the bowls aren’t coming
when more and more seniors (and most likely juniors) start opting out or meaningless
bowls? Think again! That will escalate quickly and schools will
try to counter with if you’re an underclassmen, you’re playing!!! Which sends an I don’t care about you or your
future in the NFL. Yeah… Let’s see how far that goes…
Back to the draft: I’ll
give the Lions a C+ as they addressed needs but they DIDN’T DRAFT A RUNNING
BACK which, don’t they desperately need one of those?
What else: The
Jets got a steal when they grabbed Jeremy Clark. Before he went down to injury, he was the semi-equivalent
to Jourdan Lewis on the other side of the field, defensively. A lot of Michigan guys have signed as
undrafted free agents and I’d be willing to bet several of them make pro
rosters.
Overall a fun three days if you were a Michigan Fan and
that kind of success on draft day will translate into recruiting. Always does.
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