COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State Buckeyes widened their lead for the most first-round draft picks in NFL history after C.J. Stroud, Paris Johnson Jr., and Jaxon Smith-Njigba were drafted in the 2023 NFL Draft on Thursday night. That gave Ohio State 90 first-round picks since the draft started in 1936. The Buckeyes took the lead over USC for most first-round picks in 2020 and have extended their lead the last three years. The Trojans had one first-round pick Thursday and sit at 86 first-rounders. Here’s the list of the top five programs for NFL first-rounders: 1. Ohio State, 90 2. USC, 86 3. Alabama, 78 (plus one AFL pick, which is why some lists show the Tide with 79) 4. Notre Dame, 70 5. Miami, 67 A Buckeye has been picked in the first round for eight straight years, which is the second-longest first-round streak behind Alabama’s 15. Ohio…
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