COLUMBUS, Ohio — The first round of the NFL draft came and went on Thursday without a player from college football’s national champion being selected for the first time since 2003.
But make no mistake, it won’t be long before Ohio State adds another first-rounder to its resume.
In fact, Joey Bosa would have been a lock to be selected with one of the first 32 picks on Thursday, if not for one small issue: He’s only a sophomore. But in just two years, the Buckeyes defensive end has shown enough to already have WalterFootball.com projecting him as the player who will be selected with the first overall pick of the 2016 draft.
“I obviously hear about it and see it around,” Bosa said of the draft chatter that has seemingly surrounded him since he was midway through his freshman year. “But it doesn’t really get to my ahead.”
If recent history is any indication, it may not even take that much.
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