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Buckeyes taken in the first round of NFL draft since 2007

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — More than 260 players will realize a lifelong dream in Las Vegas this weekend when their name will be called in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Once again, multiple Ohio State players will discover which NFL franchise they will begin their professional careers with. The Buckeyes are widely projected to have a first-round player for the seventh consecutive draft in receivers Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave.


Eighty-five former Buckeyes have been taken in the first round of the draft, the most of any school, with the first being running back Jim McDonald in 1938.

In the past 15 years, the Buckeyes selected in the first round have become some of the top young players in the NFL, won Super Bowls, and one even became a congressman.

Here are the first round picks from Ohio State since 2007.

QB Justin Fields (Active)

CB Damon Arnette (Active)

CB Jeff Okudah (Active)

DE Chase Young (Active)

QB Dwayne Haskins

DE Nick Bosa (Active)

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C Billy Price (Active)

CB Denzel Ward (Active)

CB Gareon Conley (Active)

S Malik Hooker (Active)

CB Marshon Lattimore (Active)

LB Darron Lee (Active)

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OT Taylor Decker (Active)

CB Eli Apple (Active)

RB Ezekiel Elliott (Active)

DE Joey Bosa (Active)

CB Bradley Roby (Active)

LB Ryan Shazier

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DL Cameron Heyward (Active)

RB Chris “Beanie” Wells

CB Malcolm Jenkins

DL Vernon Gholston

WR Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16 representative)

WR Ted Ginn Jr.

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