COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football did not always claim a prominent place at the top of the NFL Draft. Between 1998 and 2015, the Buckeyes went without a first-round pick eight times. The era immediately preceding Urban Meyer’s arrival was especially barren, resulting in no first-round picks four times in a six-year span. The transition from Meyer’s tenure to Ryan Day has maintained a different standard. Ohio State has produced 16 first-round picks in the past six drafts. Only Alabama — with 21 in the past five years — can beat OSU’s development record. The Buckeye Talk Podcast resurrected its offseason Mark It Down Monday podcast by naming which OSU players we believe will be taken in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft. As we considered the candidates, we recognized that even without a crowded first-round contingent, those Buckeyes might verge on a historic class. Back in…
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