Ohio State Buckeyes and the NFL Draft

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – This is 2025 NFL Draft Week. And with a program record 15 Ohio State Buckeyes receiving invites to the NFL combine earlier this year and as many as 17 hoping to be selected during the three-day draft, expect this year's event in Green Bay, Wisc., to feature plenty of Scarlet & Gray.

Perhaps even a record amount of Scarlet & Gray. The 2025 College Football Playoff national champions are expected to be hovering around the record draft total of 15 selections from one school – Georgia in 2022 – with a contingent of outstanding players who were the foundation of the championship team. Those individuals are:

CB Denzel Burke – A four-year starter and one of only three Buckeyes with at least 50 career starts (51) who had 142 tackles, 28 PBUs and four INTs during his career
WR Emeka Egbuka – 2024 team captain set a school record with 205 receptions, is second with 2,868 receiving yards and seventh with 24 touchdowns; started 40 consecutive game and played in 51
OL Josh Fryar – Two-time all-Big Ten honoree, including first-team in 2023, who started 30 times, including all 29 games in 2023 and 2024, and played in 54 games during his five-years with the program;
DT Ty Hamilton – Played in 57 games, including all 55 from 2021-24, started 29 times and recorded 116 tackles with 13.0 TFLs, including 8.0 QB sacks; career-best senior season included 51 tackles and 6.0 TFLs
DB Jordan Hancock – Played in 51 games and started 23 times and had his best year in 2024 with 48 tackles, eight PBUs and an interception, the third of his career
RB TreVeyon Henderson – 2024 team captain is on Ohio State's Top 5 list of career rushers with 3,761 yards plus scored 48 touchdowns – third-most in school history – and caught 77 passes for 873 yards
QB Will Howard – National championship game and CFP semifinal offensive MVP; set school single season and career passing pct. (.714) records; 9,994 career pass yards with 85 TDs and 1,147 rush yards and 26 TDs
OL Donovan Jackson – 2024 first-team All-American and Academic All-American; played in 55 games and started 40 times, including 10 times at LT in 2024; three-time first-team all-Big Ten
RB Quinshon Judkins – Led national champions in rushing with 1,060 yards and 14 TDs and totaled 3,785 rushing yards, 50 total TDs (45 rushing) and 59 receptions in 42-game/26-start career
OC Seth McLaughlin – 2024 Rimington Trophy winner; first-team All-American and Academic All-American and NFF Scholar-Athlete; played in 45 games at Ohio State & Alabama and started 34
DB Lathan Ransom – Earned five Varsity O letters while playing in 55 games, starting 37 times and earning first-team all-Big Ten honors in 2024 after 76-tackle, 9.0-TFL season
DL Jack Sawyer – 2024 team captain and scoop-and-score legend played in 55 games, started 29 times and had 144 career tackles, 28.5 TFLs (-162 yards), 23 sacks (-152 yards), six FF, 15 QB hurries and 11 PBUs
TE Gee Scott – 55-game veteran started 16 times at tight end and caught 47 passes, including 27 in 2024, for 393 yards and three touchdowns; had 11 receptions for 103 yards in the College Football Playoffs
OL Josh Simmons – Spent two seasons with Ohio State but an injury in the sixth game of 2024 ended his season; started 32 times at LT (19 starts) and RT (13) at Ohio State and San Diego State
LB Cody Simon – 2024 team captain and Block "O" jersey recipient for character, leadership, toughness and accountability; led national champs with 112 tackles while also recording 12.5 TFLs and 7.0 QB sacks; played in 59 games with 30 starts
DL JT Tuimoloau – Three-time all-Big Ten first team; played in 55 games, started 42 times, had a monster 2024 (21.5 TFLs; 12.5 sacks) and had 144 career tackles, 43.5 TFLs (-220), 23.5 QB sacks (-169), 16 QB hurries and 10 PBUs
DL Tyleik Williams – Played in 51 games and started 25 times; had 136 career tackles with 27.0 TFLs (-97), 11.5 QB sacks (-60) and 10 PBUs and was honored four times with all-Big Ten recognition

Ohio State – No. 1 in First-Round Draft Picks
Ohio State will look to add to its all-time record total of 91 first-round NFL Draft picks Thursday night when the draft commences at 8 p.m. with the first round. Network television coverage includes ABC, ESPN, NFL Network and ESPN Deportes. Coverage continues Friday at 7 p.m. (second and third rounds) and Saturday at noon (fourth through the seventh rounds).

NFL Draft Lists

Most First-Round NFL Draft Picks:

91 – Ohio State
86 – USC
82 – Alabama
71 – Notre Dame
67 – Miami

Consecutive Seasons with a First-Round Pick:

16 – Alabama
9 – Ohio State
7 – Georgia
6 – Michigan
5 – Florida, Oregon, USC

Most Players Selected – One Draft (Since 1994):

15 – Georgia, 2022
14 – Ohio State, 2004
14 – LSU, 2020
13 – Michigan, 2024
12 – Ohio State, 2016
12 – Alabama, 2018

Most NFL Draft Picks All-Time (per Pro Football Reference)

569 – Notre Dame
557 – USC
512 – Ohio State
443 – Oklahoma
438 – Michigan

Most Draft Picks the Last Five Years:

49 – Georgia
46 – Alabama
45 - Michigan
43 - LSU
36 – Ohio State

Most Ohio State Players Drafted – One Draft:

14 – 2004
12 – 2016
10 – 2020
10 – 2021

Ohio State's Most Recent Picks by Position:

QB – C.J. Stroud, 2023 by Houston (1st Round)
RB – Trey Sermon, 2021 by San Francisco (3rd)
WR – Marvin Harrison Jr., 2024 by Arizona (1st)
TE – Cade Stover, 2024 by Houston (4th)
OT – Dawand Jones, 2023 by Cleveland (4th)
OG – Wyatt Davis, 2021 by Minnesota (3rd)
OC – Luke Wypler, 2023 by Cleveland (6th)
DE – Zach Harrison, 2023 by Atlanta (3rd)
DT – Michael Hall Jr., 2024 by Cleveland (2nd)
LB – Tommy Eichenberg, 2024 by Las Vegas (5th)
CB – Shaun Wade, 2021 by Baltimore (5th)
SAF – Jordan Fuller, 2020 by LA Rams (6th)

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