Hindsight is 2020, and the 2016 NFL draft class for Ohio State has done fairly well. So well in fact, that NFL.com believes that not only would have four players still gone in the first round, but three of those would have been selected within the top four picks overall.
It’s always like looking in the crystal ball to try and evaluate how guys will translate from college football to the highest level on the planet, and sometimes NFL executives and scouts get it right, and other times they don’t. As it played out, OSU had a pretty good day anyhow, with five Buckeyes going in the top 20 players selected, and twelve overall throughout the draft.
But to have three of the top four would have been outright ridiculous. And when you look back at it and re-evaluate teams’ needs vs. who has produced since then, that’s what Adam Rank of NFL.com believes should have taken place.
Here’s how it all could have — and according to him — should have, played out.