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NFL Buckeyes Tracker 9-11-2024 update = 60 NFL Buckeyes - 39 starters

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There are several different conclusions that can be drawn from the data above – clearly, as you’d expect, five-star recruits are more likely to end up in the NFL than three-star recruits – but altogether, the numbers show Ohio State has done an excellent job of both recruiting and developing NFL-caliber talent, and that while the top-ranked recruits are the most likely Buckeyes to be draft picks three to five years later, a significant percentage of lower-ranked recruits have also developed into NFL players in Columbus.
 
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5-5-2020 update = 63 NFL Buckeyes

AFC North
J.K. Dobbins, Malik Harrison (Baltimore Ravens)
Vonn Bell, Billy Price, Isaiah Prince, Sam Hubbard, Michael Jordan (Cincinnati Bengals)
Malcolm Pridgeon, Denzel Ward (Cleveland Browns)
J.T. Barrett, Cameron Heyward, Ryan Shazier/ (Pittsburgh Steelers)

AFC East
Jerome Baker, Raekwon McMillan (Miami Dolphins)
John Simon, Rashod Berry (New England Patriots)

AFC South
Gareon Conley, Bradley Roby (Houston Texans)
Parris Campbell, Malik Hooker, Tyquan Lewis (Indianapolis Colts)
Davon Hamilton, Andrew Norwell (Jacksonville Jaguars)

AFC West
Jeff Heuerman, Dre'Mont Jones, Nick Vannett (Denver Broncos)
Damon Arnette, Johnathan Hankins, Liam McCullough, Rod Smith (Las Vegas Raiders)
Joey Bosa, K.J. Hill (Los Angeles Chargers)

NFC North
Ted Ginn Jr. (Chicago Bears)
Jashon Cornell, Taylor Decker, Jonah Jackson, Jeff Okudah (Detroit Lions)
Corey Linsley (Green Bay Packers)
Pat Elflein, Jalynn Holmes (Minnesota Vikings)

NFC East
Noah Brown, Ezekiel Elliott, Devin Smith (Dallas Cowboys)
Nate Ebner, Austin Mack, Binjimen Victor (New York Giants)
Cameron Johnston (Philadelphia Eagles)
Marcus Baugh, Dwayne Haskins, Terry McLaurin, Chase Young (Washington Redskins)

NFC South
Kendall Sheffield (Atlanta Falcons)
Branden Bowen, Curtis Samuel (Carolina Panthers)
Malcolm Jenkins, Marshon Lattimore, Michael Thomas (New Orleans Saints)

NFC West
Johnnie Dixon (Arizona Cardinals)
Jordan Fuller, Jake McQuaide (Los Angeles Rams)
Nick Bosa (San Francisco 49ers)
Carlos Hyde, Jamarco Jones, Demetrius Knox (Seattle Seahawks)


bold = starter
* = practice squad
> = reserve/did not report
# = reserve/injured
@ = reserve/injured-designated for return
+ = reserve/suspended by commissioner
% = reserve/suspended by club
^ = reserve/non-football injury
/ = reserve/physically unable to perform
$ = reserve/retired
& = reserve/future
 
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Position U is one of the great bragging rights debates in college athletics. Which program produces the most NFL talent for any given position? It’s a living debate, it’s historical and, in many cases, it’s irrelevant. We can live in the abstract where a college program produces talent, but the reality is that coaches produce talent and coaches recruit talent, but coaches also job hop, the game changes and evolves, and programs cycle up and down.

Instead of diving into the debates of Position U, we’ve decided to take a more recent and more relevant look at what programs are producing NFL Talent at every position in the now. Today we’re taking a look at defensive backs by studying the results of the last five NFL Drafts.

Each NFL Draft pick produced received a point value, seven points for a first rounder, one point for a seventh rounder and the correlating point value for every round in between. These are the teams that are separating.

1. OHIO STATE
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Points: 61
Draft picks: 10

It’s really not close. Ohio State is the clear runaway winner at defensive back. Not only does it have a lot of guys getting drafted but they’re getting drafted high with seven of the ten picks going in the first round and another going in the second round. Ohio State has done it with highly rated players, turning Top100 talents like Eli Apple, Marshon Lattimore and Jeff Okudah into first-rounders. It has maximized players like Vonn Bell and Gareon Conley that were highly recruited but had doubters at other programs. And they’ve identified and developed some 247Sports Composite three-stars like Denzel Ward, Malik Hooker and Damon Arnette.
 
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5-22-2020 update = 64 NFL Buckeyes

AFC North
J.K. Dobbins, Malik Harrison (Baltimore Ravens)
Vonn Bell, Billy Price, Isaiah Prince, Sam Hubbard, Michael Jordan (Cincinnati Bengals)
Malcolm Pridgeon, Denzel Ward (Cleveland Browns)
J.T. Barrett, Cameron Heyward, Ryan Shazier/ (Pittsburgh Steelers)

AFC East
Jerome Baker, Raekwon McMillan (Miami Dolphins)
John Simon, Rashod Berry (New England Patriots)

AFC South
Gareon Conley, Bradley Roby (Houston Texans)
Parris Campbell, Malik Hooker, Tyquan Lewis (Indianapolis Colts)
Davon Hamilton, Andrew Norwell (Jacksonville Jaguars)

AFC West
Jeff Heuerman, Dre'Mont Jones, Nick Vannett (Denver Broncos)
Damon Arnette, Johnathan Hankins, Liam McCullough, Rod Smith (Las Vegas Raiders)
Joey Bosa, K.J. Hill (Los Angeles Chargers)

NFC North
Ted Ginn Jr. (Chicago Bears)
Jashon Cornell, Taylor Decker, Jonah Jackson, Jeff Okudah (Detroit Lions)
Corey Linsley (Green Bay Packers)
Pat Elflein, Jalynn Holmes (Minnesota Vikings)

NFC East
Noah Brown, Ezekiel Elliott, Devin Smith (Dallas Cowboys)
Nate Ebner, Austin Mack, Binjimen Victor (New York Giants)
Cameron Johnston (Philadelphia Eagles)
Marcus Baugh, Dwayne Haskins, Terry McLaurin, Chase Young (Washington Redskins)

NFC South
Kendall Sheffield (Atlanta Falcons)
Branden Bowen, Curtis Samuel (Carolina Panthers)
Malcolm Jenkins, Marshon Lattimore, Michael Thomas (New Orleans Saints)

NFC West
Johnnie Dixon (Arizona Cardinals)
Jordan Fuller, Jake McQuaide (Los Angeles Rams)
Nick Bosa (San Francisco 49ers)
Carlos Hyde, Jamarco Jones, Demetrius Knox (Seattle Seahawks)


bold = starter
* = practice squad
> = reserve/did not report
# = reserve/injured
@ = reserve/injured-designated for return
+ = reserve/suspended by commissioner
% = reserve/suspended by club
^ = reserve/non-football injury
/ = reserve/physically unable to perform
$ = reserve/retired
& = reserve/future
 
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Position U: Ranking the Top WR Schools of All Time

1. Ohio State Buckeyes

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Ohio State hasn't put much receiving prowess into the NFL in the past decade. Its most recent first-round picks at this position came in 2007 (Ted Ginn Jr. and Anthony Gonzalez), and only three receivers drafted since 2010 have amounted to anything.

Granted, Michael Thomas is one hell of an exception to that rule, trailing only Julio Jones for the most receiving yards since the beginning of 2016. And Terry McLaurin had quite the rookie year with Washington in 2019, recording 58 receptions for 919 yards and seven touchdowns in just 14 games.
But aside from those two and Curtis Samuel—who is still trying to carve out a niche after three years with the Carolina Panthers—there hasn't been out of Columbus in recent years. The Buckeyes are certainly well behind LSU as of late.

From 1987 to 2009, though, it's hard to argue with what they brought to the table.
That era of wide receiver dominance began with Cris Carter, who put up 13,899 yards and 130 touchdowns during his Hall of Fame career. Though he was ineligible his senior year and was forced to enter a supplemental draft because it was uncovered that he secretly signed with an agent, he was still one of the best college receivers and the best pro receiver in Ohio State's history.

In the 1990s, Ohio State produced Jeff Graham (8,172 yards; drafted in 1991), Joey Galloway (10,950 yards; drafted in 1995), Chris Sanders (3,285 yards; drafted in 1995), Terry Glenn (8,823 yards, drafted in 1996) and David Boston (4,699 yards, drafted in 1999). Galloway, Glenn and Boston were each selected in the top 10 and were each worth it. Boston's career numbers weren't great, but he was an All-Pro (and a fantasy football deity) in 2001.

The 2000s didn't provide anyone as dominant as Carter, Galloway or Glenn, but Michael Jenkins, Santonio Holmes, Ted Ginn Jr. and Brian Hartline have each accounted for more than 4,400 career receiving yards.

Throw in Paul Warfield—who was drafted in 1964 but an All-Pro in both 1971 and 1973—and there's no Super Bowl era alumni base of wide receivers better than this one.

Entire article: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2888485-position-u-ranking-the-top-wr-schools-of-all-time
 
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So, we’ll call it Position U but we’re not interested in what happened decades ago. We’re interested in the here and the now. Specifically, we’ve looked at which programs have had the most success producing NFL Draft picks within the last five years.

1. OHIO STATE
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Points: 30
Draft picks: 7

What’s remarkable about Ohio State’s production at the wide receiver position is that there’s a case to be made that the best is yet to come. Urban Meyer’s offense leaned so heavily on the quarterback run game and on hybrid, slot athletes that killed opponents with their catch-and-run ability. Under Ryan Day (and Dwayne Haskins and Justin Fields), the dynamic, explosive element is still there but there’s a downfield pass game that has highlighted those wide receivers in a different way. Even with players like Terry McLaurin and Michael Thomas excelling in the NFL out of Ohio State, talent like Chris Olave, Garrett Wilson and Ohio State’s unreal 2020 recruiting class is ripe to produce even more high-end picks.
 
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Here's a different way to rank them:

College programs ranked by active NFL earnings

Most athletes will say publicly that winning is the biggest motivating factor for them. But it is also safe to assume financial security ranks near the top on their list of priorities.

College football players, for the moment at least, are not allowed to monetarily benefit from their exploits on or off the field. Instead, in the world of recruiting, the best college programs sell their school as a means to an end in terms of a big payday.

Have you ever wondered which college football programs produce the highest-earning NFL players? Some of the answers might surprise you, but by researching active players’ salaries using sportrac.com, we have unearthed the best programs in terms of earning power.

Scroll up to see college football’s top 25 programs ranked by the amount of money earned by active NFL players heading into the 2020 season.

7. OHIO STATE, $559,624,007
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We’re certainly in the blue bloods section of the list. The Buckeyes have about as long of a track record as any college football program with putting guys in the NFL. And that’s only increased since Urban Meyer returned to coaching at Ohio State before the 2012 season. The Buckeyes’ highest active earner might not jump off the page in terms of dollars, but that’s because the reason Ohio State is so high on the list is it has an impressive 64 alums active in the NFL. New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins tops the list of Ohio State earners at $59.4 million. Even though Jenkins is only 32 years old, it seems as if the three-time Pro Bowler has been in the league much longer than 12 seasons. Jenkins became an unrestricted free agent after playing five seasons with the Saints, and made the move to Philadelphia where he would make all three of his Pro Bowl appearances. This offseason, Jenkins decided to return to New Orleans by signing a four-deal deal worth $32 million.
 
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MADDEN NFL 21 RATINGS FOR EVERY FORMER OHIO STATE PLAYER
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Ohio State will be well-represented once again in Madden NFL 21.

Fifty-seven NFL players who completed their collegiate careers at Ohio State are included in this year’s installment of the Madden video game franchise, headlined by New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas, one of five players to receive a 99 overall rating. According to a list of all-time Madden ratings compiled by I-80 Sports Blog, Thomas is the first Ohio State player to ever receive a 99, the highest possible rating in the game.

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is the second-highest-rated Buckeye in this year’s game with an overall rating of 92, which ties him with Nick Chubb for the third-highest-rating among running backs (behind Christian McCaffrey and Derrick Henry) in Madden 21.

Joey Bosa (91), Cameron Heyward (90) and Nick Bosa (89) are all ranked among the game’s top 10 defensive ends, while Bosa is also the highest-rated player on the Los Angeles Chargers’ roster. Denzel Ward and Marshon Lattimore, who each received overall ratings of 86, are tied for 13th among cornerbacks.

Malcolm Jenkins (85), back with the Saints after six seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, is tied for seventh among strong safeties in the ratings, while Andrew Norwell (83) is ranked seventh among left guards. Malik Hooker and Terry McLaurin, who both received 82 overall ratings, round out the top 11 Buckeyes in the game.

No. 2 overall NFL draft pick Chase Young, one of five Buckeyes who received an overall rating of 80, is the highest-rated rookie in the game. No. 3 overall pick Jeff Okudah (76) is also tied for the highest-rated rookie cornerback in the game, while J.K. Dobbins (75) is the game's highest-rated rookie running back.

A look at the ratings, from highest to lowest, for all 57 Buckeyes in Madden NFL 21, listed by their positions in the game: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...21-ratings-for-every-former-ohio-state-player
 
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Ohio State’s first seven selections in the 2020 NFL draft – first-round picks Chase Young, Jeff Okudah and Damon Arnette, second-round pick J.K. Dobbins and third-round picks DaVon Hamilton, Jonah Jackson and Malik Harrison – have now all officially signed their initial four-year contracts with the teams that drafted them, and those seven contracts themselves combine to hit the nine-figure mark.

Add in seventh-round pick K.J. Hill, who signed his contract with the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, plus the projected contracts (via Spotrac) of sixth-round pick Jordan Fuller and seventh-round pick Jashon Cornell – who haven’t yet officially put pen to paper, but are expected to do so any day now before their teams start training camp this week – and Ohio State’s 10 draft picks are set to top the $110 million mark with their first NFL contracts.

That puts the total contract value of Ohio State’s 2020 NFL draft class just a hair ahead of its legendary 12-man 2016 NFL draft class – the initial contracts signed by Joey Bosa, Ezekiel Elliott, Eli Apple, Taylor Decker, Darron Lee, Michael Thomas, Vonn Bell, Adolphus Washington, Braxton Miller, Nick Vannett, Joshua Perry and Cardale Jones also totaled over $111 million – for the highest-paid draft class in school history.
 
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