Two Former NFL Assistants Explain Why Buckeyes Excel in the Pros

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Joey Bosa was just one of a number of successful Buckeye rookies last year.Photo courtesy SunSentinel.com One year ago, Ohio State sent five Buckeyes into the first round of the NFL Draft. Over the three rounds after that, seven more former Buckeyes would hear their names called. While the numbers last year may have been unique, the successes that those players had weren’t all that new. Sure, Ezekiel Elliott and Joey Bosa brought home more hardware than most, but the draft was littered with Buckeyes who had very successful seasons. In fact all five of those first-round Buckeyes last year — Bosa, Elliott, Eli Apple, Taylor Decker, and Darron Lee — found themselves on NFL.com’s All-Rookie Team. As did second-round pick Michael Thomas and former Buckeye Noah Spence. Clearly something is going right at Ohio State currently. What is it? It’s a combination of things. “What we found in the…

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