September 19, 2024

Orlando Pace to Dwayne Haskins: Ranking Ohio State football’s best NFL Draft prospects of all time

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s 90 first-round NFL Draft picks are the most of any program, and the Buckeyes will be the first to 100 within a handful of seasons. © cleveland.com/TNS Buckeye Talk But which players from that group were the best NFL prospects at the time they left the Buckeyes? More to the point, which ones would still be considered elite talents in the eyes of modern evaluators? Buckeye Talk held a 32-player draft from that pool of first-round picks. There was a consensus, obvious No. 1 pick, but the debates quickly began about the hierarchy of the edge rushers, which quarterback should go first, and whether OSU’s great running backs would still have lofty draft value in the modern NFL. Recommended Buckeyes stories The first 16 picks went by without a receiver coming off the board. But two receivers opened up Part 2 — once from…

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