Buckeye defensive start Joey Bosa went to the San Diego Chargers with the number 3 overall pick in the draft. J.J. Watt, the Houston Texans’ star defensive end, is a three-time Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year. California’s Jared Goff posesafter being selected by the Los Angeles Rams as the first pick in the National Football League draft Thursday night in Chicago. It was a scarlet-letter day for Ohio State at the 2016 NFL Draft. Perry is the fourth defensive player taken out of Columbus and the second OSU senior selected in this 2016 draft class. Here’s a complete list of the Big Ten products taken in this year’s draft. As for Apple, some experts had him possibly slipping out of the first round, even though he was one of five Buckeyes who made the trip to Chicago to be part of the festivities. “Intelligent people find a way to be successful”, Ohio State defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Luke Fickell said about Perry before the draft. The Volunteers also had eight players selected in the first three rounds that year, the record that the Buckeyes beat. Because of his drop in production, Bosa was expected to come off the board later in the draft, but San Diego overlooked his sack numbers in an effort to bring in one of the most dominant edge-rushers in this year’s class. “We think Hargreaves is a good player; we think this guy is a better player”, Giants general manager Jerry Reese told the NY media. …
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