CoachingSearch.com indicated the record for an entire draft class is 14, which Ohio State is certainly in striking distance of achieving with so many picks remaining.The draft, particularly Thursday’s first round, was the payoff.And the huge total doesn’t even count gifted pass-rusher Noah Spence, who began his career at Ohio State but was dismissed from the program because of off-field issues. He had gone into the night not knowing where he was headed or when.Rumors abounded that the Cowboys were considering Bosa, Elliott and cornerback Jalen Ramsey of Florida State before the pick was made public. Perry will also join teammate Joey Bosa in San Diego, who was the first-round selection of the Chargers with the third overall pick.With five first-round picks, Ohio State (74 players selected in the first round) trails only USC (79) for the most first-round picks of any college program.But at the same time, the NFL Draft is consistently a ratings juggernaut.”I can do a little bit of everything”, he said. The Houston Texans nabbed quarterback-turned-wide receiver Braxton Miller No. 85.”Because it is all football now”, Jones said.Five Buckeyes crossed the Auditorium Theater stage to embrace National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell in the top 20, with Lee drafted 20th by the New York Jets.The Chargers took the 6-foot-4, 254-pound, Galena, Ohio, product with the 102nd pick in this year’s draft to address a need at linebacker after allowing 362 yards per game. He will probably start opposite left tackle Riley Reiff, a 2012 first-round pick entering the a year ago of his contract.If you were wondering just how much talent Ohio State needs to replace off its 2015 team, a quick glance of the first three rounds of the 2016 NFL Draft will tell you all you need to know.CHICAGO – Jared Goff is moving down the West Coast to Los Angeles. He fell all the way to Miami at 13 after a pair of damaging posts to his social media accounts. Atlanta took Florida Gators safety Keanu Neal at No. 17 and New England didn’t have a first round pick as a part of the Deflategate Scandal. It’s the second straight year two QBs were the first names off the board and the seventh time in the modern era of the draft since 1967.
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