COLUMBUS – By the time the 2016 NFL draft ended Saturday, Ohio State had fallen a little short of matching its own league record of 14 players selected, but led all other programs in this year’s draft.
Linebacker Joshua Perry got things started early as the fourth pick of the fourth round by San Diego and the 102nd overall pick at the Auditorium Theater in downtown Chicago.
Quarterback Cardale Jones joined Perry as a fourth-round pick with Buffalo selecting him with the 139th overall pick.
Rounds 5 through 7 came and went without another Buckeye being selected and, while OSU’s 12 total picks missed its own NFL record of 14 from one school set in 2004, it was more than from any other program in this year’s draft and the 12 picks in first four rounds are the most since 1967.
Ohio State’s 2016 NFL Draft Selections
First Round
No. 3 – DE Joey Bosa to the San Diego Chargers
No. 4 – RB Ezekiel Elliott to the Dallas Cowboys
No. 10 – CB Eli Apple to the New York Giants
No. 16 – OT Taylor Decker to the Detroit Lions
No. 20 – LB Darron Lee to the New York Jets
Second Round
No. 47 – WR Michael Thomas to the New Orleans Saints
No. 61 – SAF Vonn Bell to the New Orleans Saints
Third Round
No. 80 – DT Adolphus Washington to the Buffalo Bills
No. 85 – WR Braxton Miller to the Houston Texans
No. 94 – TE Nick Vannett to the Seattle Seahawks
(Note: 10 picks in the first three rounds sets an NFL record.)
Fourth Round
No. 102 – LB Joshua Perry to the San Diego Chargers
No. 139 – QB Cardale Jones to the Buffalo Bills